Battle Scenes To Be Shown At Army Show At Camp Butner
Army show at Camp Butner presents two films tomorrow at High Point with a feature explaining wartime cooperation. The program includes battle footage from England and Tarawa, a talk by a returning veteran, a military band, a vocalist, and skits, aimed at workers in High Point mills to honor war contributions and boost morale.
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Army
Warrant Co
V. Kelley
Sgt. Bernard
Pfc. Barile
Phil Tannenbaum
Charles
Edward Kausch
Texse
High Point
Local Hosiery Mills To Work On Labor Day
High Point hosiery mills will mostly operate on Labor Day September 4 by military request. Banks and post office will close or follow holiday hours while Col. Thomas W. Jones urges manufacturers to maintain full production for war needs. City offices stay open.
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High Point Hosiery
Thomas W. Jones
Philadelphia
Infant Daughter Of H L Seckler Dies In Hospital
Pamelia Catherine Seckler infant daughter of Harold L. and Oriana Scott Seckler of 921 Rosewood avenue died at a local hospital. Graveside services were to be held this afternoon at Flora Garden Cemetery by Rev Clyde Glosson. Survivors include the parents and the maternal grandparents James E Scott and Mrs. James E Scott. Father Harold L. Seckler is with the army at Camp Wheeler Georgia.
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Pamelia Catherine
Harold L
Oriana Scott Seckler
Rosewood Avenue
Flora Garden Cemetery
Clyde Glosson
Kernersville Baptist Church
Rs. W. W. Seckler
High Point
James E. Scott
Jamestown
Avold L. Seckler
Army
Camp Wheeler
Council postpones auditorium decision curb by Crooks
City council referred the American Legion Memorial auditorium matter to the law public safety committee after debate on control and operation. Officials approved refinancing of 175 900 in outstanding bonds and extended 51 000 in deferred interest. City Manager Braden was authorized to seek an additional 161 000 in bond refunding. The panel also set a 20 percent first installment on foreclosed property purchases and approved a 15 property sale totaling 7 505. A payroll office handbill rule was eased to allow the US Employment Office to recruit wartime workers.
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M. F. Crooks
American Legion Memorial Auditorium
Law Public Safety Committee
Jon
Church Street
Crooks
A. C. Ingram
C. E. Stewart
Louis
United States Employment Office
W.S. McLeod
Riker and Younts
Reidsville
Everett, Zane and Muse
Certified Public Accountants
Veterans to Sell Forget-Me-Nots for Disabled Veterans
Disabled American Veterans volunteers plan a Saturday street sale of Forget-Me-Nots to support welfare work for veterans and dependents. Proceeds fund post and national programs, with a new share for active service members and VA liaison work in the Washington regional office. Women and teen girls are invited to assist from the Elwood Hotel lobby Saturday morning.
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Veterans Administration
Washington
Elwood Hotel
Japanese Cleared From Chindwin River
Japanese troops were cleared from the west bank of the Chindwin river north of Tonhe and resistance collapsed on the Kabaw valley track toward Thangdut. A cleanup was progressing on the Tamu Sittaung track with the enemy ousted from another position.
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Kandy
Ceylon
Chindwin River
Tonhe
Kabaw Valley
Thangdut
Tamu-Sittaung
Woman Is Sentenced For Immorality In Municipal Court
In municipal court Judge D C MacRae sentenced Mrs W D to 30 days in the county workhouse and ordered $10 plus court costs on a prostitution charge. Another woman, Mrs Brown, admonished for revolting acts with a soldier, was found with him in an orchard on the town outskirts. Cliff Charles, a Route 1 High Point Negro, got 12 months suspended on good behavior for carrying a concealed weapon after concealing an ice pick in his sleeve. Satterwhite and Martin pleaded reckless driving in a recent collision. case dismissed with damages shared. Levi Carter bound over to superior court for larceny of an automobile with $500 bond. Mattie Miller’s assault case continued until next Friday due to missing witness.
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Charles
William Satterwhite
Guilford Martin
Levi Carter
Rt. 3
Mattie Miller
Wea
CED Extends Postwar Plan To Merchants In High Point
The High Point Committee of Economic Development expands its postwar employment drive to wholesalers and retailers. Amos Kearns names a merchant committee to study two new handbooks and a mass meeting will follow, with a confidential survey of merchant prospects and an eventual public report.
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High Point Committee of Economic Development
Sheraton Hotel
CED
Amos Kearns
High Point
Kearns
Bible Class Lions To Feast Tigers At Chicken Dinner
The E. T. Hedrick Bible class of First Reformed Church held a Lions versus Tigers contest that ended with a Tigers victory. The Lions will host the Tigers for a chicken dinner celebration.
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E. T. Hedrick Bible Class
First Reformed Church
Lions and
Tigers
Lions
Lions Club hears Col Hawkins on Demobilized Records Office
Col J D Hawkins spoke at the Sheraton Hotel on the Demobilized Records Office of the War Department. He described its Washington based adjutant general office duties, extensive records since 1812, and daily mail volume with 560 staff including 15 percent men. Loyd Flythe presided. Dan Monroe announced prizes for Lions Ralph Starnes and Jimmie Harris.
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J. D. Hawkins
War Department
Lions Club
Sheraton Hotel
Adjutant General's Office
Washington
Union
Loyd Flythe
Dan Monroe
Ram
Colonel Hawkins
Ralph Starnes
Jimmie Harris
Week of Conferences Precedes School Opening
City schools outline a week of conferences leading to the September 18 start. F Carroll, superintendent, and Dr J Henry Highsmith will lead sessions with Negro and white teachers and principals. Meetings cover courses of study, devotionals, and faculty sessions with beginner first grade registration on September 15.
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F. Carroll
J. Henry Highsmith
Ofleigh
Division To Public Instruction
William Penn High School
War Veteran Jas M Wagoner Dies in Fayetteville
James M Wagoner 53 of Jamestown WWI veteran died Thursday at 5pm in Veterans Hospital Fayetteville after a long illness. Born March 18 1891 in Jamestown he was survived by six daughters, a brother J E Wagoner Haw River and a sister Mrs Louella Brown. Funeral Sunday 3pm Oakdale Methodist church with burial at Mitchells Grove cemetery.
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James M. Wagoner
Jamestown
Veterans Hospital
Fayetteville
Mr. Watt
Albert L
Rachel Alfred Wagoner
Emma Cruthers
Oakdale
Board of Christian Education
Adams-Millis Corporation
Mozelle
Virginia
Juanita
Margie
Mary Lou
Betty Sue Wagoner
J. E.wagoner
Haw River
Louella Brown
Oakdale Methodist Church
C. M. McKinney
Jamestown - Oakda
Mitchell's Grove Cemetery
Red Army displays force as Danube sweep advances
In Bucharest crowds praised the tanks as Romanians reported Allied equipment in a parade. Romanians noted German quiet as Red Army traffic guided civilians while Tolbukhin’s frontier patrols held the Black Sea border. Far north the Warsaw front showed first definite gains near Warsaw, with Germans hashing out heavy concentrations guarding the capital.
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Ploesti
Bucharest
Associated Press
Joseph Morton
Krivitsky
Red Army
Black Sea
Constanta
Feodor I. Tolbukhin
Danube
Malinovsky
Warsaw
Mrs. Cora McMillan Weatherspoon Dies in Clermont
Death reported from Clermont near Hickory. Former High Point resident Mrs. Cora McMillan Weatherspoon died last night. Survived by husband C. Weatherspoon, a Navy stepson O. D. Weatherspoon, step-daughter Inez Weatherspoon, five sisters, three brothers, and other relatives. Funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Cleremont
Hickory
Cora McMillan Weatherspoon
C. Weatherspoon
O. D. Weatherspoon
U.S. Navy
Inez Weatherspoon
Durham
R. E. Mitchell
High Point
Luther Caughton
Thomas Cruthers
Randolph County
Bill Nance
Kannapolis
John Peacock
Denton
Conrad McMillan
Thomas McMillan
California
Wade McMillan
Cedar Falls
Commander of Nazi 7th Army Is Taken
Supreme Headquarters announced the capture of General Eberbach who had succeeded Col. Gen. Paul Hausser as commander of the shattered German Seventh Army. His capture occurred at a breakfast table surprise as Allied forces advanced.
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7Th Army
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
Eberbach
Seventh Army
Paul Hausses
Alfred T S
Lions and Tigers Compete in Roughhouse Point Contest
Guests at a chicken dinner will meet at the Postal Employes' hut Saturday afternoon at 6. Games run from 4. Points are awarded for Sunday school attendance, church visits, Bible reading and total scores. Lions total 10 230. Tigers 10 940. Lions lead in Sunday school and church. Tigers win in visits Bible reading and overall total.
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Cats
Lions
Tigers
New Belts Provided for School Boy and Girl Patrols
Two hundred new belts have been received for members of the School Boy and School Girl patrol units, according to J O Pike ser geant of the traffic division. Plans for expansion of the patrol program are under way as belts will relieve a previous shortage. There are about three hundred patrol members in eight white and two Negro elementary schools, with both boys and girls served by the new supply.
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J. O. Pike
Pike
High Point
More Donations To Polio Fund Reported
S84.85 added in recent days to the polio fund through the Junior Chamber of Commerce. New gifts include 54.85 from Hon stat of Toms, 5 from Gordon, and 25 from the Women’s Society of Christian Services of Ward Street Methodist Church.
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Jior Chamber of Commerce
Toms
Gordon
Women's ‘Society of Christian Services
Ward Street
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Herbert M. Pool
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Firestone Factory
North Main
R. M. Campbell
Walnut Street
O. L. Ruth
Campbell
Ruth
First Pilgrim Church
Republican Party
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Mt. Airy
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Archdale
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Esse Eee
France
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International Soundphoto
Jas. M. Wagoner
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