McLellan Stores Reopens In Modern High Point Space
McLellan Stores at 119 South Main Street celebrates a quarter century in High Point with a remodeled, larger site featuring a new horticulture department snack bar expanded candy and a kindergarten toy section. The store doubles its space with 60 feet added and modernized interiors and offers a public viewing and invitations.
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Paige Holder
High Point
McLellan Stores
South Main Street
McLellan
Stret
H. Y. Chandler
Dive Bomber Action Off Battleship Fleet
Lieutenant Elder recalls leading torpedo planes in a strike against a fleet of four heavy cruisers six light cruisers and six destroyers. Swede and Gordon attacked. Elder scored a bow hit on a battleship and Swede struck a cruiser amidships with a massive water plume.
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Mander
Lieut. Elder
Robert Gordon
Mer Cook
Neb
Gordon
Oklahoma Ranks Second in US Crude Oil Shippers
Oklahoma remains the nation’s second largest crude oil producer and shipper while Texas holds the top position. The statement highlights Oklahoma’s significant role in oil exports alongside Texas.
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Oklahoma
United States
Texas
Roosevelt Urges Enforcing 35 MPH Speed Limit
President Roosevelt cites the Baruch Committee plan and notes the lack of compliance with a 35 mile per hour limit. He recounts a Hyde Park test driving at 35 mph, where 22 cars followed behind, all exceeding the limit. He says enforcement will depend on the rubber administrator and mentions reviewing a Russian offer on synthetic rubber information.
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Baruch
Hyde Park
N Y
Rhinebeck
Albany Post Road
Secret Service
Roosevelt
Baruch Committee
Jungle battles rage as Allied planes strike New Guinea sector
Allied forces pounded Buna Gona area on New Guinea's eastern shore with low altitude air attacks. Reports say over 160 Japanese soldiers were killed in jungle fighting while many snipers were shot from trees by strafing aircraft. Rugged terrain and rains hamper advances as patrols press south of Mubo near Salamaua.
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Buna-Gona
New Guinea
Allied
MacArthur
Mubo
Salamaua
Air routes loom as postwar plan shifts Allied logistics
The article argues the war will hand the Gascar back to France but envisions Africa to Middle East air routes opening. American workers carve airports through African jungles as air transport grows, yet ocean shipping remains the backbone of Allied operations and must be controlled.
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France
Cape
Africa
Middle East
August Markets and Acquittal Paragraphs
August 1941 market data shows Bright Belt and Border Belt sales and averages across the period, with August 6 opening and totals for producers' sales. Separately, Mont McNeely was acquitted in Marion, Illinois, for allegedly aiding the death of his uncle Joseph McNeely after a body was found on a farm. Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln share a birthday note.
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New Bright Belt
Border Belt
M’neely
Marion
Mont McNeely
McDowell Superior Court
Joseph McNeely
Bill Bryant
Bryant
British Forces Capture Madagascar West Coast Ports
London reports British forces have seized three west coast ports on Madagascar after a largely unopposed invasion begun yesterday. Churchill stated the operation aimed to avoid partition of French forces, with Vichy defenses estimated at about 1,500 to 10,000 troops and two divisions arrayed against roughly 30,000 attackers.
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Ikopa
Tenanarive
Mahakilo
Antisirane
London
Madagascar
Churchill
House of Commons
Vichy
Africa
Mozambique Channel
Foreign Office
Soviet Counterattacks Halt German Drive at Stalingrad
Red infantry repulsed three German assaults on the western gates of Stalingrad and reported destroying tanks and wiping out enemy units. Soviet counterattacks southwest claimed hundreds of Germans, tanks, anti-tank guns, and trucks as Red Star outlined the failed rapid capture plan and German exhaustion in the city.
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von Bock
Fritz von Manstein
Stalingrad
Black Sea
Nouvorrossisk
Terek
Central Caucasus
Red Army
Central Front
Red Star
Caucasus
Novorssisk
Berlin
Governmental Rivalries Slow North Carolina State Work
The Enterprise Bureau notes Raleigh agencies hinder efficiency due to interdepartmental jealousies and credit seeking. It cites historic NC Agriculture versus State College feuds now resolved, and minor incidents over safety programs typewriters and publicity credits. Departments like Agriculture, Employment Service, Public Health, Highway and Public Works, Labor, and Civilian Defense run PR offices, with agency press aims clashing.
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Lynn Nisbet
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Motel
Raleigh
Washington
State College
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Atinck
Highway Commission
Highway Patrol
The
Utilities Commission
Agriculture
Office of
Civilian Defense
Soviet Forces Retake Ground On Central Front
Soviet marines reportedly wiped out a Romanian company and in other actions in the area yesterday six Axis tanks and an armored car were knocked out. Red Army artillery cut paths for infantry as 25 Nazi blockhouses and nine dugouts were destroyed, with troops breaking into the outskirts of a large populated place. Pravda urged vigilance but noted Germany’s failure to open a western front limits and complicates the war for the Red Army.
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Avxis
Red Army
Russia
Communist Party
Pravda
West
Europe
Army doubles divisions as McNair reports growth
Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair says U S Army ground forces now have more than twice the divisions than at year start with full mobilization and expanding training facilities. He spoke during ground air coordination of Lt Gen Walter Kurger's Third Army maneuvers noting improved leadership development and broader warfare schooling.
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Third Army
Louisiana
Lesley J. McNair
U. S. Army
McNair
Continental
United States
Walter Kurger
South Carolina Records $22 Million Tobacco Crop Income
South Carolina tobacco growers report a record season with August receipts reaching 22 947 959 dollars. Auctions continue on nine markets through September with some warehouses open into October. The state, led by Agriculture Commissioner J Roy Jones, notes a 1937 season total of 21 112 829 dollars and highlights ongoing agency cooperation and a three year old cross-agency agreement between Agriculture and State College.
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Columbia
South Carolina
J. Roy Jones
Jones
Department of Conservation and Development
Capitol Square
Office of Civilian Defense
Welfare Department
Red Cross
Department of Agriculture
State College
Strike at Cartridge Plant Endangers Soldiers
Alton, Sept 11. Workers at a large western cartridge plant halted operations over a discharge dispute. War Labor Board chair William H. Davis urged strikers to return to work, warning the stoppage endangers thousands of soldiers as militia units mobilize and negotiations continue. Francis Murphy and federal conciliators attempt settlement. Olds denied militia use and appealed to President Roosevelt for troops if needed.
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Western Cartridge
William H. Davis
The
War Labor Board
Wark
Davis
Washington
Fred Olds
American Federation of Labor
Olds
National Labor Board
War Department
War Labor Boards
Army
Roosevelt
Francis Murphy
Illinois Department of Labor
Weather Report Sees Little Temperature Change
A brief regional forecast notes only slight fluctuations in temperatures across North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia with no major storms or precipitation expected. Rain chances remain low and daytime highs stay in the comfortable range for late spring.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Jobs Needed in Eastern North Carolina Camp
The North Carolina Employment Service seeks 35 white laborers for an Eastern North Carolina project plus 713 carpenters 30 electricians and 100 painters for a camp. Union membership preferred for trades. pay includes time and a half overtime and a $15 weekly bonus plus transport from Greensboro. Also openings in National Defense Training Classes at the Senior High School. Contact 3102 North Main Street.
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North Carolina
Rachel Shipplett
The
North Carolina Employment Service
North Main Street
Melvin L Cable Promoted to Sergeant at Fort Sill
Melvin L Cable son of Mr and Mrs AValsie Cable 522 Cable St High Point NC has been promoted to a Sergeant in the Forty Seventh Artillery Battalion at Fort Sill Oklahoma announced from Fort Sill on September 11 Special service notes the promotion for the soldier who is the son of local residents.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Melvin L. Cable
Avalsie Cable
Cable St
High Point
N. C
Forty Seventh Artillery Battalion
Special Service Honors Local School Faculty at Church
A special Sunday service at Main Street Methodist Church honoring all local school faculty members will be led by Pastor Rev. Lee F. Tuttle. The theme for the event is Allies. A note adds that about 43 gallons of water fill an average bathtub.
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Thomasville
Main Street
Lee F. Tuttle
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