World War II Update and Early War News Briefs
Reports from wartime fronts describe a strong Polish defense, German armored and artillery offensives, and naval actions. The Athenia rescue saves nearly all but the first explosion victims. Queen Mary reaches New York with a record passenger list. Roosevelt neutrality proclamations will be issued within 24 hours. Italy signals neutrality while planning resumed liner sailings. Hitler vows rapid conquest of Poland, claiming weeks to subdue its allies. Senator Capper warns US entry would mean dictatorship. The Highland cotton mill strike ends in High Point, contracts accepted after mediation. In 1944 memory notes, Allied forces reportedly enter Antwerp and advance in southern France as MacArthur reports Jap an airfield destruction near Davao. Berlin says Red Army launches a front assault near Warsaw with limited penetrations.
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White House
Roosevelt
New York
Italy
Germany
Adolf Hitler
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Capper
R-Kan
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Antwerp
France
Belgium
Brussels
Reich
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Atlantic
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Rimini
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Davao
Berlin
Red Army
Warsaw
Births
Mr and Mrs N H Hutton announce the birth of Carmen Marie September 1 at High Point Memorial hospital Boulevard unit. Mr and Mrs Ray Winslow announce the birth of Mary Linda August 20 at the local hospital Boulevard unit. Mr and Mrs W C Idol Jr announce Katherine Jane born July 26 in Camden. Mr and Mrs Charles Armfield Jr announce Thomas Scott born August 30 at Washington Street unit. Mr and Mrs M F Baldwin announce Ronnie Lee born August 31 at Washington Street unit. Mr and Mrs K J Barnes announce James Eugene born August 25 in Daytona Beach. Mrs Barnes is the former Doris Thompson of this city. Mr and Mrs J B Eller announce Nancy Joye born August 28 at the local hospital unit.
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Rys. N. H. Hutton
Route 3
Carmen Marie
Boulevard Unit
High Point Memorial Hospital
Armfield
Charles Armfield, Jr
Jamestown
Thomas Scott
Washington Street
Ronnie Badwin
M. F. Baldwin
Ronnie Lee
J. B. Eller
Nancy Joye
S'Amusante Club Meets at Mrs Dalton Home
The S'Amusante club will meet this evening at the home of Mrs. Frank Dalton 1013 Johnson Street for its regular gathering, announced today.
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S'Amusante Club
Frank Dalton
Johnson Street
Penny Lea Collins Feted on Birthday
Mrs. Leon Collins hosted a party at Gibson's Gold Room to celebrate Penny Lea Collins fifth birthday. Children enjoyed games prizes were given to Jerry Chastain and Wayne Hinkle and each guest received candy and novelty favors.
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Leon Collins
Gibson's Gold Room
Penny Lea
Jerry Chastain
Wayne Hinkle
Garden Council To Resume Fall Meetings
The Council of Garden clubs will hold its first fall meeting Tuesday at 10 o’clock at the Y W C A. All presidents and representatives are urged to attend, announced council president Mrs Valette J Harris yesterday.
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Council of Garden Clubs
Valette J. Harris
Graduate Nurses To Meet at YWCA
The High Point Graduate Nurses club will hold a dinner meeting at the Adams Memorial YWCA on Wednesday at 6:30 PM. No program is planned due to summer business accumulation. Members should call Mrs Pat Brown at 3738 to reserve.
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High Point Graduate Nurses Club
Adams Memorial Ywca
Pat Brown
Modern Study Club To Meet Tuesday Evening
The Modern Study Club will meet Tuesday at 7 30 pm with Mrs John B Austin 1216 Cedron Avenue. Mrs Doyle Early leads the program.
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Modern Study Club
John B. Austin
Cedron Avenue
Doyle Early
Y M C A High Point Plan Details New Building
The proposed Y M C A structure features reinforced concrete columns and walls on the first floor with upper levels on a steel frame. The roof uses built up tar and gravel and the interior includes a pool, gym, health club, lounges, two handball courts, dormitory rooms, and a large all purpose room with a kitchen and seating for 600.
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High Point
High Point’s economy shown as solid by regional brochure
A regional economic brochure analyzes High Point and surrounding counties within 50 and 100 miles, detailing population, manufacturing value, retail sales, farm receipts, labor force and productive employment. It also covers five states’ totals, power capacity, transportation and foreign trade figures, arguing High Point isn’t as bad off as perceived.
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High Point
North Carolina
Georgia
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Cooperettes Meet At Lancaster Home
The Cooperettes International will meet with Mrs. J M Lancaster at 312 Louise Avenue Tuesday evening at 7 45.
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Cooperettes
Lancaster
The
Coperettes International
J. M. Lancaster
Louise Avenue
Hoover Reunion Set For September at Clark's Park
The annual Hoover reunion will be held at Clark's Park near Greensboro next Sunday. A well planned program starts at 11 a.m. Lunch will be served picnic style, and attendees are asked to bring baskets of food.
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Hoover
Clark's Park
Greensboro
Wind damage rises with square of speed
The text explains wind force grows with velocity squared, so a 30 mile wind causes far more damage than a 10 mile wind. Small increases in wind speed lead to large increases in potential damage due to the quadratic relationship.
Carroll Reveals Teacher Appointments for High Point
The High Point public schools announce new and replacement teacher appointments as released by Superintendent Charles F. Carroll. The lists include numerous principals and staff across Ada Blair Brentwood Cloverdale Elm Street Emma Blair School Johnson Street Oak Hill Bay Street Junior High School and Senior High School assignments with multiple teachers, principals, and instructional staff named.
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High Point
Charles F. Carroll
Ada Blair
Evelyn R. Sutton
Pearl Blanche Bumgarner
Burwell P. Edwards
Cornelia Howard Farr
Lucile Turner
Clara Worth Bryan
Ebien Clifton
Eva Plummer Craig
Sara Wardlaw
Edwards
Evelyn Jane Gallant
Annie Maud Hire
Paulette Lindsay
Lucy T. McNeely
Rada Marguerite Poston
Margaret Strickland
Marjorie B Welborn
Elm Street
Lloyd Yates Thayer
Mary Grace Clark
Mary Elizabeth Clegg
Helen Crocker
Addie R. Daniel
Deaths and Funerals Urice Moton Duncan and James Davis Jr
Funeral services for Alice Moton Duncan 69 will be Sunday at 1 PM at the home of her son Oscar Duncan 1228 Silk Street by Rev W H Barker. Interment Floral Garden Park Cemetery. James Howard Davis Jr 27 a former resident drowned in Stockton California arrived back by rail. Funeral Monday 2 PM at Flat Rock Presbyterian Mt Airy with burial Oakdale Cemetery. Body remains at Koonce Funeral Home until 11 30 AM Monday.
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Alice Moton Duncan
Oscar Duncan
Silk Street
W. H. Barker
Southside
James Howard Davis, Jr
Stockton
Cal
Koonce Funeral Home
Flat Rock Presbyterian Church
Mt. Airy
McCarty
Oakdale Cemetery
Mrs Mary J Scott 52 Wife of Hubert F Scott Dies
Mrs Mary J Scott aged 52 died at her daughter Mrs W E Enger s home 1101 Smith Street at noon Saturday after three months decline. Born April 26 1897 in Surry County she lived in Winston-Salem before moving to Walnut Cove last December Survived by husband three daughters two sons a brother and a sister six grandchildren Funeral at Koonce Funeral Home Saturday afternoon then to Oakwood Cemetery for interment
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Mary J. Scott
Hubert F. Scott
W. E. Enger
Smith Street
Surry County
Monroe
Susan Phillips
Winston-Salem
Walnut Cove
Gladys Scott
D. S. Wells
el Paso
Texas
Ray F. Scott
James F. Scott
C. C. Phillips
C. G. Alexander
Worthville
Koonce Funeral Home
Mr. Myers
Bethel Temple Church of God
Oakwood Cemetery
Labor Day Observances Highlight Local Closings
Regular holiday schedules will govern mail pickup and special delivery. About 40 percent of city plants will operate through Monday, with 26 of 45 firms surveyed observing Labor Day. Claimants scheduled to file on Monday will file on Monday September 12 for two weeks.
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Associated Industries
Noble Praigy
Ralph Miller
State Employment Security Commission Office
Rev George Clemmer to Lead Conference
Rev George B Clemmer district superintendent of the Thomasville District Methodist churches will conduct Memorial Methodist churchs Fourth Quarterly Conference Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the church Reports will be made officials and committees elected for the next Conference year The current year ends September 18 The annual Conference convenes on September 21 in Winston Salem
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Thomasville
George B. Clemmer
Memorial Methodist Church
Winston- Salem
Church Group Meets Tuesday At Council Office Luncheon
A church group meeting is scheduled for Tuesday with a luncheon at the council office. Miss Head of New York will address the United Nations council on The Church and the United Nations followed by a 1 45 p m business session and officer elections. A 5 30 p m fellowship banquet features greetings and guest recognitions. An ecumenical service at 7 30 p m will conclude the day with installation of new officers and remarks by Dr George D Kelsey.
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Council
Miss Head
New York
United Nations
United Council of Church Women
Church
State Council
Stanley C. Harrell
Edwin A. Penick
Raleigh
Weir
Evangelism Workshop
United Evangelistic Advance
J. H. Satterwhite
Board of Christian Activities
Paul Tudor Jones
George D. Kelsey
Inter-Council Field Department
Kelsey
United States Name History and British Civil Service Counts
The United States has been known officially by that name since the Declaration of Independence replacing United Colonies. National and local government office-holders in Great Britain now total 2,146,000, up from 1,385,000 ten years ago.
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United States
United Colonies
Great Britain
Thanking Friends for Kindness After Loss
A note from Elbert Caldwell and Mrs Joseree Ashworth expresses gratitude to friends for flowers cards and other kindnesses shown during the illness and death of Wife and Mother Mrs Sarah Caldwell.
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Sarah Caldwell
Elbert Caldwell
Joseree Ashworth
Enterprise Classified Adcepts and Rate Rules
A historical classified ad notice outlines cash rates and minimum charges for ads, with policies on insertions, cancellations, errors, and prepayment. It specifies line counts, inch thresholds, and deadlines for submitting text, plus pricing per line and for multiple consecutive days.
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Della Mae Alexander
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Sarah C. Clapp
Helen Hi
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Thelma Briggs
Thelma Bryan
Eula Wall Burns
Virginia Calhoun
Faye Coley
Susan Copeland
Ray Correll
Helen Dickson
Bertha Frost
Helen Graham
Kalopia Harrison
Frances Kogue
Helen Ingram
Elizabeth Kee
Madeline Kivett
Lavinia Knox
Mildred Knox
Gladys Lee
Thelma Limehouse
Beatrice Lowe
Evelyn Malone
Mary Frances Martin
Jeannette B. McArthur
Margaret McIntyre
Fred Mills
Hunt
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Mary Rainey Moran
Roger Morris
Lois Muse
Unity Nash
George Nicolson
Catherine B. Parsons
Martha 8S
Rogers
Edna B. Ross
Hallie S
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Clara Page Harrison
Martha Louisa Hatch
Harry E. Hendrick
Geneva D. Highfill
Dorothy Hollar
Adolph J.floneycutt
Lidie P. Horton
Nile B. Hunt
Louise Hunter
Mary Ella Ingram
Cuthbert Ishee
Elizabeth Lindsay
Lloyd Grey Lowder
May M. Meador
Mary Hampton McDavid
Mary McInnis
Anna Mendenhall
Ida
Leila B. Rogers
Henry T. Rohde
R. H. Shaw
A. J. Simeon
Rose Smith
Lyda P. Sowers
Ann Upchurch
Ralph Vance
Vera Davis Walden
Winona Walker
Paul Walter
W. K. Whitesell
Eleanor Clare Young
J. W. McGuinn
Carl G. N. Cronstedt
Virginia Frank
Julian Helm
Ethel G. Cobb
Ralph Gardner, Jr
Elizabeth C
Gus
Thomas W. Hughes
Annie L. Jones
Nathaniel S. Morehead
Edwin A Moseley
Alice P. McLeod
Dorothy M. Parrish
Nnette B Speight
Ethel M. Wilson
Clarence E. Yokely
Fairview Street
Mytrolene L. Graye
Mary H. Blackburn
Erline J. Dennis
Lessie E. Flowe
Herman L. Forbes
Magolia M.hart
Galatia E. Lynch
Nettie C
Moss Edna V. Perry
Mattie C. Robinson
Edna Williams Strader
Janie K. Williams
Leonard Street
Shepard
Whitted
Ethel Brown Ballenger
Beulah M. Boyd
Willie Mae Boyd
Thena Yores
Hdrincefield
Jessie Lee Covington
Charlie H. Curry
John Paul Dennis
Mary Jones Forbes
Julia Irvin Hall
Callie Virginia Holmes
Dahlia Dawkins Ingram
Bertha Beatrice Lomax
Georgiayna F. Matthews
Lillian B. §& Merritt
Cornelia Reid
Marie Davidson Rivers
Margaret Johnson Simmons
Terah Walser
Whitten
Grady Della Whitaker
Urice Moton Duncan
James Howard Davis
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Gara
Woodrow Avenue
Lexington Avenue
West Russell Street
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Woodbury
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Hamilton Street
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English Street
R. B. Gantt & CO
Ams
Renta
Nathan Hunt
Sherwood Village
John Smith
Valley Ridge Drive
Curtis Smith Deal, Incorporated
North Main Street
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Asheboro Street
Taylor M. Simpson Company
College
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Ocean
F. Johnson
N. C
Hilton
Concord
Thayer
Forrest Avenue
Fabrice Mart
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City Appliance Co
N. Main St
English Construction Company
Cyprea Street
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Monark
Fast Green Street
Hendrix Furniture Store
S. Wrenn Street
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Army
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Knabe
George Steck
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Jake Harris
Enmore Wood
Singer
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English St
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Tarheel Trading CO
N. Wrenn
Duncan Phyfe
Jake Harms
Fairbanks
Atlas Concrete Products Company
Old Trinity Road
Homer Hall
Archdale Methodist Church
Asheboro Road
Commerce Furniture Exchange
East Commerce St
Oldboy
Curtis Smith Deal, Inc
J. H. Lambeth and Sons
Waddel’s
Sedgefield
Armour’s Star
Piner and Sons
Santee
Buchanan Plumbing and Supplies
Westinghouse
Porter Porter C
James
FE. Johnson
Paul Kennedy
Walter J. Mitchell
Fairfield Road
C. B. Hunt
John Atkins
S. Wrenn St
Stanley's Jewelers
South Main St
Howard Avenue
Oakhill Nursery
Ward St
Beeson Hardware
George Clemmer
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