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A fragment from a Greensboro editor notes road machinery authority E F Craven and Gideon group work, then shares a satirical poem with Hitler and Satan. Also included are Jersey reflections on pork and a Chapel Hill story by Louis Graves with a birth anecdote about Herman Baity and his wife.
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E. F. Craven
Greensboro
Craven
South
Gideon Group
Road Magazine
Devil
Hitler
I. W. Barber
Louis Graves
Chapel Hill
Graves
Herman G. Baity
Philip Chesley
Tony
Knox Reveals Loss of Six U S Warships at Pearl Harbor
Washington December 15 Navy Secretary Frank Knox disclosed the loss of the battleship Arizona and five other U S warships in the Pearl Harbor surprise attack. He reported 2,807 sailors and soldiers killed and 879 wounded with 26 missing as Japan failed to cripple American naval power in the Pacific. The secretary praised heroic acts and said a court of inquiry would probe responsibility. He noted United States forces remain capable and prepared to pursue the Japanese fleet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States
Pacific
Navy
Frank Knox
Arizona
Pearl Harbor
Knox
Hawaii
Gawn
Japan
America
U.S
Army
Airforce
Roosevelt
Oahu
War Department
Pacific High Command
Norway
Utah
Cassin
Downes
Shaw
Oglala
Oklahoma
Navy Department
Midway
Wake Islands
Hawaiian
Nippon
Secretary of Navy
Isaac Campbell Kidd
Ohio
Directors Election Meeting Notice at First National Bank
The regular annual meeting of stockholders of The First National Bank of Mount Airy North Carolina will be held on Tuesday January 13 1942 at 4 PM in the bank office for the election of directors. This notice is dated December 4 1941 signed D C Rector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank of Mount Airy
N. C
D. C. Rector
Notice of Trustee Sale Under Deed of Trust
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash in front of The First National Bank Mount Airy N C of land described as two tracts conveyed by Susan Chriss to Samet with metes and bounds. Date December 8 1941 recorded December 19 1926 2. D L Hiatt substitute trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. L. Love
Virginia Line
Branch
State Line
Mount Airy Road
Stock
Childress
W. A. Collings
Nina Collins
E. N. Scott
Register of Deeds Office of
Surry County
Jess Hickman
D. L. Hiatt
First National Bank
Main Street
Mount Airy
N. C
Samet
Susan Chriss
Trusteessale notice of Zeb V Hatcher lands in Mount Airy NC
Trustee announces sale of land to highest bidder for cash in front of the First National Bank Mount Airy North Carolina. Property begins at a wild cherry tree on the north bank and adjoins G L Watson Clay Lawrence and other landowners in Westfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zeb V. Hatcher
First National Bank
Mount Airy
North Carolina
Westfield
G. L. Watson
Clay Lawrence
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Hitler and the Devil
Central
Hell
Satan
Howdy
Uncle Sam
Sam
Eldora Township
Sol Johnson
Sol
Mr. Sol
Mr. Baity
U. S
Dr. Grim Mant
Geography
Far Pacific
Far East
Wake
Guam
Philippines
Sandwich Islands
San Francisco
Republic of Hawaii
Spain
Philip III
Tom Connally
Texas
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Congress
John Paul Jones
Dewey
F. R
Archer’s Creek
Sam Pike
Said Creek
Patrick Road
Coaster
Tot
IVY Johnson
Hayes Cash Hardware CO
North Main Street
Mount Airy, N. C
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B&e
Blue Ridge Clothing Co
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