State And National News Condensed In Brief Form
War era notes on meat packing expanding for government contracts tours for visitors, labor shifts in Australia, and aliens formed for military work. Mexico reports Cartel Avram injuring in car crash after bullfight trip to Mexico City. Price Administration Tred Henderson and Wickard agree cost of living should be tabled. Red Coast Artillery pay protests and Port Macarthur security orders. Cheraw obituary notes oldest resident at 101, Sherman era memories. Kings Mountain Tire rewards Feb shipments amid fuel and tire supply changes.
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Melbourne
Australia
Forde Ansons
Hi Gins
Austratis
Forde
of Price Administration
Leon Henderson
Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Kings Mountain youths tied to string of thefts broken up
Police in Kings Mountain dismantled a ring of thieves aged 15 to 21 who confessed to a wave of robberies over the past weekend. arrests included Barber junior Cus Maesty Willem Holmes and others. items stolen from vehicles and a typewriter from The Herald Office were recovered, and the South Ore Railway mileage log was found destroyed.
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Kings Mountain
Pour Reutter
Penn
Jr Cus Maesty
J. Willem Holmes
MD Phifer
CS Peak
Clyde Fett
Milly Mouser
Rocky
Herald Office
Inet
Paws
Chartette
Southore
Mrs Janette Mills Dies in Shelby Community
Mrs Janette Mills died Friday night after a brief illness. A native of Tennessee she had lived in the Shelby area for about a year. A short service was held at her home Sunday afternoon led by Rev Bam McLesin and Rev Lemmons. Funeral services and interment were planned for Monday at Pine Springs Baptist Church in Greenville Tennessee.
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Janette Mile
Shelby Hospital
Tennesner
Mie Yorke
Lonnie Mille
Deledean
Bam McLesin
New Lemmons
Shelby
Pine Springs Baptist Church
Greenville Teun
HC Tarleton
MF Redsere
Williams of Atlanta Called to Presbyterian Ministry
Jake H Williams of Atlanta Georgia who began preaching at the First Presbyterian Church Pot 820 spoke of his calling. He served as a prominent minister for about nine years and conducted evangelistic work. A January 1900 meeting in Gastonia led by Pastor Mesa Wilson was described as the most successful in their church history.
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Jake H Wiliams
Atlants
Piret Presbyterian
Wiliams
Williams
Gastonia
Mesa Wils
Atlen
Kings Mountain Red Cross Chapter awards home nursing certificates
Representatives present confer four Home Nursing certificates as part of the North Carolina program. Recipients include Audre Fridges Allee Barton Rathives Goforth Virginia Ware Hagel Carpenter Bernie Horse Butler Margaret Barber Wi Martin Martha Maliender Wwene McMurray Lillie Beaton.
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Kings Mountat
The
Red Cross
North Carolina
Audre
Allee
Barton Rathives
Goforth
Virginia Ware Hagel Carpenter
Bernie Horse
Meecea Butler
Margaret Barber
Wi ‘Is
Martin Martha —Maliender
Wwene McMurray
Lillie Bae Beaton
Daylight Saving Time Sets New Town Work Hours
February 16 1942 volunteers and town workers of Kings Mountain affected by DST shift. Employees who used 1:30 AM start now report at 8:00 AM west. City Hall offices open at 8:30 AM. Change aims to align work with daylight and conserve electric current.
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Zam
Kings Moun Cate
Kings Mountain
Ciy
Oiepee
Will Rogers Humorous Story Adaptation Prompt
A fragmented prompt presents a Will Rogers humorous theme with incomplete wording about a story and nighttime setting. It references a possible voice or instruction but lacks clear names, dates, or events. The readable elements suggest a light anecdote style rather than a reportage item from a specific date.
Scrap Metal Drive To Be Staged Tomorrow
A community scrap metal drive is planned with local officials and volunteers collecting metals to support defense needs. The event, aided by Kings Pacis and Davidson Celered school, aims to gather metal donations for wartime use and welfare programs, with all items turned over to the Welfare Department after collection.
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Heaths
Lorat
cMisens
HL Murdetve
Merchants Adjust Opening and Closing Hours
Mountain voted on a motion by Hilton Hatch, promoting the sale of tense stamps and bonds during the week of February 16. Herb named committee chair to carry out plans with JG Derracott, C. W. Myers II, Alexander Marry Page, Joe Lee Woodward, Hubert Aberhardt. Directors of the association set officers for the coming year, with details to be announced after secret action. Origene items tied to shaving and toothpaste tubes needed for national defense. Don Bientoni urged Kings Mountain reg Store to provide shipments for deposit and help send supplies to Nations Hest quarters during this emergency.
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Hilton Hatch
Herb
JG Derracott
C. W. Myers II
Alesander
Page Joe Lee Woodward
Hubert Aberhardt
Origene
Don Bientoni
Kings Mountain Reg
Emer
Scout Week Observed Here With Civic Services
Scout Week will be observed in Kings Mountain with church services at central locations. The climax occurs Thursday night at the High School Cafeteria where Lions and Kiwanis join in a banquet and emergency service program featuring guest speaker Raleigh. Tickets will be sold by local merchants.
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Lions
Kiwante Ce
Fin
Raleigh
J & Haneycatt
War Production and Rationing Efforts Raise Civic Spirit
The piece notes American resolve as rationing expands per wartime needs. It highlights consumer adaptation, continued labor participation, and government guidance shaping work and home duties. It mentions forty percent of workers commuting by car and signals ongoing checks on resources.
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Ameria
Fide
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