Sunday blue laws and sidewalks in High Point
A High Point column surveys Sunday blue laws stirred local debate and notes strictures on curb markets and service hours. It laments uneven sidewalks, suggests volunteer sidewalk work, and recalls a 1914 Army sick call anecdote before closing with a note on the War Production Board’s regional branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Enterprise
Australia
Time Magazine
United States
Lexington Avenue
Camp Stotsenburg
Philippine Islands
Bowman
Bervinds
War Production Board
U S Army Finance Experts Will Streamline Huge Task
Army finance chiefs outline a massive overhaul to pay troops fast and accurately. The plan centralizes disbursement, audits contracts, and handles dependents, insurance, and war bonds while expanding systems to manage roughly 40 billion dollars this year. Major Gen. Loughry and Col. Clark oversee the shift to a streamline bookkeeping operation with IBM tooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
Washington
Kisling
Army
Finance
Congress
Bataan
Thomas G. McCulloch
Col. McCulloch
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Leavenworth
Uncle Sam
H. K. Loughry
Loughry
John W. Clark
Col. McCullough
IBM
Finance Department
Rome claims five Allied planes downed in Egypt
Italian high command reports 51 Allied planes shot down by Italian and German fighters in Egypt over two days, with four more Allied planes crashing after hits from Italian anti-aircraft fire. Axis aircraft attacked Allied forward and rear lines as motorized German Italian troops pressed thrusts on land.
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Rome
Egypt
Ruler of WAVES Pioneer in Progressive Education
Mil dred H McAfee led WAVES training and reform in women’s wartime roles. A career educator from Vassar to Wellesley, she championed progressive schooling, swapped gym bloomers for shorts, and pushed for women’s officer training to replace men.
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Ruler of
Marm
Margaret Kernodle
Washington
Mildred H. McAfee
Waves of
Navy
Broboklyn
Chicago
Commander McAfee
Illinois
Vassarj
Francis Parker
Tennessee
University of Chicago
Bryn Mawr
Centre College
Danville
Columbia University
al Vassar
Oberlin College
Ohio
Wellesley
Miss McAfee
Brooklyn
Mildred
Stc
Gene Tunney
Dr McAfee
MenAfee
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Robert Ruark
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Ws. C
T. Y. Hamilton
English Street
QO. A. Kirkman
Juorseeet
Home Service Stores
Colgate
Hemo
PET
Super Suds
Klek
Lipton’s
Octagon
Kellogg’s
Santi
Staley
Morning Glory
Stark’s
Delicio Apples
JFG
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