Local Weather Noon Today With Temperatures Across States
North Carolina report notes fall to partly cloudy skies and continued warm conditions tonight and Tuesday, with scattered showers in the mountains Tuesday afternoon. Winds vary from northeast to east central regions, mostly fair tonight and Tuesday. Temperature readings from multiple stations show Raleigh at 96, Charlotte 69, Atlanta 94, Jacksonville 34, Wilmington 73, and other city data across the region.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
cLoupy Block Island
Charlotte
Elel Weather Bureau
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Asheville
Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Charleston
Chicago
Columbia
Denver
Detroit
Evansville
Galveston
Greensboro
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Key West
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
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Raleigh
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Washington
Wilmington
Daniels to Speak at Milwaukee Legion Convention
Milwaukee Sept 8 Officials announced United States ambassador to Mexico and former secretary of the navy Josephus Daniels will speak at the National American Legion convention next week. Daniels was added to the list of distinguished speakers on the Sept 7 program.
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Milwaukee
Josephus Dav’s
United States
Mexico
Navy
National American Legion
Daniels
Thomasville Draftees Struggle To Depart For Fort Bragg
Spectators at the Thomasville bus terminal watch as 20 draftees were to report for induction to Fort Bragg. Only 18 answered at first, one man injures his foot, a mistaken bus rider is found, and a final count leaves 18 aboard with Frank Leach in charge. Names of the 18 who left include Staley Bodenheimer, William Hayworth, Z W Turner, Jesse Shaw, John Crawford, Early Hedgecock, Lawrence Clinard, Charles Brinkley, and others.
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Thomasville
Draft Board
Fort Bragg
Paul Alexander Loflin
Denton
Davidson County
Charles Roscoe Thomas
Winston-Salem
Thomas
High Point
Frank Leach
Staley Bodenheimer
William H. Hayworth
Z. W. Turner
Jesse W. Shaw
John H. Crawford
Early Hedgecock
Lawrence Clinard
Charles R. Brinkley
Roby Gordon Phillips
Raymond Miller
William A. Carter
Lee M. Beck
Raymond Stewart
James W. Holt
Robert W. Nance
Alfred S. Payne, and
C. M. Hamilton
Front Reports Grim Struggle as War Rages Across Front
Soviet bulletin claims active fighting from the Baltic to the Black Sea despite bad weather. Nazi command asserts Finnish forces near Leningrad. Stuka air raids batter Leningrad while mud hinders German movement. In Ukraine, Soviet forces repulse attacks on Kiev and Odessa with heavy artillery fire. Red Star says 7,200 German planes destroyed since week 12, Televestia notes higher losses than production. A German submarine is captured in the Barents Sea.
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Black Sea
Hitler
Leningrad
Svir
Lake
Ladoga
Onega
DNB News
Russia
Ukraine
Kiev
Odessa
Barents Sea
Arctic Circle
Red Star
Tevestia
Soviet Orders Mass Volga German Relocation
The decree signed at the Kremlin on August 28 directs the relocation of Volga Germans 1,600 to 2,000 miles east into regions of Siberia and adjacent localities rich in land. The plan, overseen by the national defense council under Stalin, aims to move about 600,000 people from a 10,300 square mile area as the Red Army fights Nazi forces.
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Caspia Sea
Dnieper River
Red Army
Omsk
Novosibirsk
Siberia
Altai
Kazakhstan Republic
Kremlin
Michael Kalinin
National Defense Council
Joseph Stalin
Volga
Roosevelt matriarch recalls a life beside Franklin’s rise
The Roosevelt family plans funeral arrangements at the residence and burial in St James Episcopal Church grounds. The article recalls Mrs Roosevelt's life, her influence on Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Hyde Park estate’s future when he dies, including transfer to the government.
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Roosevelt
St. James Episcopal Church
United States
Franklin
Huey Long
Hyde Park House
Louisiana
Newburgh
N. Y
France
Germany
James Roosevelt
Hudson
Albany Post Road
Big Fires Through Berlin Raid Cast Glows Across Night Sky
The Berlin raid was described as the heaviest of the war so far with anti aircraft fire. Attacks targeted Boulogne Kiel Huls and the Rhineland as RAF bombers crossed the Dover Strait. American Eagle pilots clashed with Me 109s over Boulogne while British defenses held firm.
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Wasi
Bergso
Nor Way
Kiel
Rhineland
Huls
Boulogne
RAF
Dover Strait
Kent
Air Ministry
England
Huis
Eagle Squadron
Germany
Liew
S. G. Petersen
Santaquin
Utah
Petersen
Patrick Dowling
Dowling
High Command
Nachtausgabe
Britain
Great Yarmouth
Boston
Peterhead
Ramsgate
Margate
Luftwaffe
Middle Belt Weed Growers Put Best Tobacco On Floor
Raleigh September eighth report from North Carolina state agriculture notes growers on the Middle Belt placed their best flue cured tobacco on nine markets. Openings this year expected to rival the best in years with prices averaging at least 25 cents a pound in other belts and optimistic sentiment across Aberdeen Carthage Durham Henderson Louisburg Oxford Sanford and Warrenton markets. Durham market carried about a million pounds on the floors over the weekend with heavy sales predicted.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Middle Belt
South
State Department of l Agriculture
Aberdeen
Carthage
Fitcquay Springs
Durham
Henderson
Louisburg
Oxford
Sanford
Warrenton
Paris Nazi Fear Reports Communist Plot Amid Shootings
An authorized report from Vichy sources claims Paris violence stems from a Communist plot to force Germany’s withdrawal. It cites August demonstrations in Jewish quartiers, arrests of about 60 suspected Communists, and three hostages shot by Germans. Also notes searches for Paul Colette’s weapon accomplice and arrests of nurses near Laval and Deat in Versailles.
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Paris
Crui du Peuple
Vichy
Germany
Porte St. Denis
Alasse
Valensi
Masse
Poincare
Democratic Aliance
Pierre- Etienne Flandin
Paul Colette
Pierre Laval
Marcel Deat
Versailles
Laval
Deat
High Point Garden Club Meeting Postponed To Wednesday
The High Point Garden Club meeting set for tomorrow at Mrs. W. C. Beavans on North Main Street is postponed to Wednesday at 10 o clock due to the funeral of Mrs. M. Blanche Brown, mother of Mrs. O. E. Mendenhall.
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High Point Garden Club
W. C. Beavans
North Main Street
M. Blanche Brown
O. E. Mendenhall
Army Tests Largest New Tank M3 in First Field Trials
Army's biggest and newest tank, the M 3, undergoes its first field trial with the first armored division in Louisiana. Reporter Jerry T. Baulch rode inside, witnessing 25 mph maneuvers, a 37 mm gun, a .30 cal machine gun, and a 75 mm gun under Capt. Ben G. Crosby.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Second Army
Louisiana
U. S. Army
Ben G. Crosby
Lexington
James H. Goodwin
Indianapolis
Twelve Certified For City Vacancies
The Civil Service Commission has certified to the Accounting Department the names of 12 people eligible for employment as second class clerks. City Accountant H. L. Crow will hire four of them to fill current vacancies. Probation is six months at $100 monthly, rising to $105, with top pay at $135. Eligible names include Ruth Meyers Oscar Chastain Seema Morris and others.
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Civil Service Commission
Accounting Department
Fists
H. L. Crow
Ruth Meyers
Oscar Chastain
Seema Morris
Sally Baynes Edmonds
Addie Broughton
John W. Wood, Jr
Eliaoulse Johnson
Bruce Carraway, Jr
Christine Stephens
Margaret Sink
Harvey Welch
Elizabeth Wilson
Maxwell Tax Talk Presses Session For Tax Cuts
Maxwell discussion from Page One notes Rep Victor Bryant of Durham urging a possible special session to cut taxes as federal levies rise. Capus Waynick of High Point blasts the tax burden on the “little flivver driver” and questions highway diversion. Senator Gordon Gray of Winston-Salem calls for continued tax figure study beyond politics.
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Victor Bryant
Durham
General Assembly
Capus M. Waynick
High Point
Highway and Public Works Commission
North Carolina
Gordon Gray
Winston-Salem
No Drop in Gasoline Curfew Says Auto Association
The American Automobile Association urged lifting the eastern seaboard 7 p.m. gasoline curfew as unnecessary and ineffective for fuel conservation. Russell E. Singer told a Senate committee that night closing hurts motorists and that savings by outlets are not passed to consumers.
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Washington
Sept
The
American Automobile Association
Eastern Seaboard
East
Russell E. Singer
Association
Senate
Singer
Funeral Rites for W. G. Seckler Held at Home
Funeral services for W. G. Seckler, 29, who died Friday at Baptist Hospital Winston-Salem, were held at 2108 East Green Street with Rev. Julian S. Hopkins and Dr. E. H. Blackard in charge. A quartet sang including Ethel Samuels and Argie Wood. burial followed at Floral Garden Cemetery. A New instrument to measure aniserkonia, a condition where visual images differ in size between eyes, has been developed in the United States.
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W. G. Seckler
W. G. iPetea Seckler
Baptist Hospital
Winston- Salem
East Green Street
Julian S. Hopkins
Green Street Baptist Church
E. H. Blackard
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Ethel Samuels
W. C. Brawley
Ray Cross
Argie Wood
M.C. Holton
God
M. C. Holton
Norman Hivett
Alton Malpass
Earl Brown
William Brown
Frank Autry
Floral Garden Cemetery
United States
Better Vision Institute
Woodmen of World Hold Picnic Session at Ragan Homeplace
Woodmen of World presented a deed to the Ragan homeplace on West High Street for use as a clubhouse and meeting place. Mayor Arthur Kirkman spoke on Fraternalism and National Defense as about 200 members and guests attended. A barbecue supper followed. plans were made to attend a district meeting in Elkin Saturday.
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WIP. Ragan
West High Street
John P. Bruton Council
The
Woodmen of the World
W. L. Jackson
Ragan
Woodmen
Arthur Kirkman
W. S. Atkins
James Ellington
Paul Carroll
Jack Booser
Jack McCain
Short
Greensboro
Habeas Corpus Hearing Set This Afternoon in Sherman Derrick Case
Judge Don MacRae signs a writ of habeas corpus for Sherman Derrick, an employee of the Thomas Car Works. Police had arrested him as an escapee from Augusta Veterans Hospital. A hearing on the writ is scheduled for this afternoon. Derrick’s location was learned from letters written since his arrival in High Point. Hospital authorities and legal guardian W. D. Hatch of Athens, Tenn. requested the arrest and writ. Also report returns from funeral where J H Williamson of High Point attended his mother Mrs W H Williamson’s funeral near Red Springs.
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Don MacRae Laday
Sherman Derrick
Thomas Car Works
United States Veterans Hospital
Augusta
Derrick
High Point
W. D. Hatch
Athens
Tenn
J. H. Williamson
Raeford
W. H. Williamson
Red Springs
City Manager Finds Slight Mistake In Bridge Overpass Contract
City Manager E M Knox in High Point rejects a Raleigh drafted Hamilton Street overpass contract. He notes a $42 000 debt avoidance clause misstates state owes but expects quick fix. He aims to confirm city expenses for water and sewer line changes and resolve wording with Charles Ross. A donor note quotes a young editor’s pondering on war headlines and camphor fuel substitutes in Hunan Province China.
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E. M. Knox
State Highway Commission
Raleigh
Knox
Charles Ross
Commission
U. S
Leningrad
Billy Johnston
Clark Johnston
Donora Herald-American
Hunan
China
German Bombers Sink Four British Freighters in Gulf Area
Berlin reports four British freighters totaling 25 000 tons were sunk in the Gulf or Suez area and two more damaged at 11 500 tons. A tanker bound for Vladivostok from the United States arrived this morning. NBC broadcast notes Luftwaffe air attacks near Leningrad with extensive dive-bomber activity.
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Suez
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Leningrad
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