North Carolina Olivine Plans Boost Magnesium for War
Western North Carolina and Georgia hold olivine deposits tied to magnesium oxide production. The Department of Creation and Development explores two quick ore extraction methods and a chromite by product approach to lower costs. Promoters seek state and private backing while critics warn of resource loss. The effort aims to supply essential metal for war and future industry, with modest agricultural impact.
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Sprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Leigh
North Carolina
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Carolina
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E.department
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Northlina
Fess Aluminum
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Essential Metals
Sforts
Unity Chest Aided Sponsoring Camp For City Girls
Unity Chest aided sponsoring a day camp for Negro girls in the city during July 14 to 22 with help from the Common Chest and YWCA. William Penn School hosted activities including tennis, swimming, wood and clay work, folk dancing, music, and arts as part of a broad program for young women in High Point. obje
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Common Chest
Y.W.C.A
William Penn School
High Point
Tolerance, war effort and Wake Island bond drive notes
A column mixes a Willkie autograph exchange and calls for tolerance toward minorities with reflections on unity, anti-hatred, and the need to understand. It cites a Wake Island bond drive film and urges readers to buy bonds, then moves to a reminiscence about Main Street High Point and its evolving paving, landmarks, and social history.
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Main
Main Street
High Point
D. B. Carrick
Washington
Sheraton
Raymond
North Main
Ku Klux Klan unit to be incorporated if lawful aims
North Carolina Secretary of State Thad Eure confirmed that a Washington County man was told a Social Ku Klux Klan group could incorporate only if its aims are lawful. The inquiry cited local violence, with the man claiming residents want to protect families in an orderly legal way. Carl Lippard faced $5,000 bond after appearing in Charlotte court on charges tied to liquor law violations. Eight co-defendants were to be tried on conspiracy charges.
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Mr. Willkie
Omaha World-Herald
Nebraska
North Carolina
Raleigh
Thad Eure
Washington County
Charlotte
Carl Lippard
Superior Court
Lippard
Guy T. Carswell
Increase Shown In Tax Revenue For America
Washington reports August tax receipts show Social Security and liquor levies leading the gains, with income tax increasing sharply. Cigarettes and the automobile use tax posted solid totals, while gasoline, autos, trucks, and fuel taxes fell due to rationing, reflecting wartime effects. Social Security topped the totals at 177,282,256.60. liquor levies reached 122,898,256.95. corporation and individual income taxes rose.
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Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Treasury Department
Social Security
Main Street Finds Resolve Amid Turbulent Times
A reflective profile captures how a city’s heart has grown from village life to modern fabrics and industries. It notes resilience through panics and wars, the deliberate quiet of disruption, and a renewed call to action as global conflict unfolds.
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Chatham
Main
Twenty Five Drown After Picnic Launch Sinks Near Midland
A launch carrying 41 Midland Machine and Foundry Company workers sank off Beausoleil Island in Georgian Bay. Twenty five men drowned, 16 were saved. One victim was Bert Corbeau, foreman of the Midland foundry and owner of the boat. The incident occurred during a day trip on Georgian Bay, about 50 miles north of Toronto.
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Midland
Beausoleil Island
Georgian Bay
Midland Machine and Fountry Company
Bert Corbeau
Toronto
Lake Huron
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Wake Island
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Robert Preston
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Lydia E. Pinkham
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