Woman of 96 Reflects on Civil War, Christmas Hospital Stay
Mrs. Sarah Webb, 96, of Turkey Creek Wyoming county, spends Christmas at Raleigh General Hospital after major surgery. A Rockingham County, North Carolina native, she recalls Lincoln’s era, notes women lacked political awareness then, and proudly mentions she is mother to ten children whose father died 22 years ago of old age.
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Sarah Webb
Turkey Creek
Wyoming County
Raleigh General Hospital
Rockingham County
N. C
Lincoln
Register
JAIL INMATES GIVEN BASKETS ON CHRISTMAS DAY
The Salvation Army supplied Raleigh County jail inmates with baskets containing fruits nuts cigarettes and other items for Christmas. Prison officials called the baskets highly appreciated by prisoners and staff. Separately about 10 000 types of signal corps equipment arrived with American troops in North Africa.
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Salvation Army
Raleigh
Signal Corps
North Africa
Thirty Three Jailed on Christmas Eve
Thirty three persons were admitted to the county jail on Christmas Eve on charges of drunkenness and minor offenses. Alfred Staples is in the jail on his station, jail officials reported.
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Alfred Staples
Frozen Sweet Potato Prices Hit Wholesale and Retail Ceilings
The West Virginia office of price administration announces frozen prices for sweet potatoes at wholesale and retail levels, aligning with the peak charges during December 17 to 21. Kopperston mine superintendent A P Bosley expected home before New Year’s from Richmond where he received hospital treatment. Mrs Bosley to spend Christmas with him. 615 million acres of forest land constitute about one third of the U.S. land area.
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Associated Press
Charleston
West Virginia
Office of Price Administration
Kopperston
A. P. Boxley
Kopperston Mines
Richmond
United States
Camp Creek Man Killed By Auto
Clark formerly of Camp Creek was killed instantly near Canton Ohio as he walked home from a steel mill shift. His uncle Move of Prosperity learned of the death. funeral services planned in Canton with survivors including his widow and a child and his brothers and sisters. The fatality followed a 20 year gap since his father died in 1923 from a shooting during an arrest attempt. The assailant died in a deputy sheriff’s gunfire. details remained unlearned locally.
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Peer
Clark
Camp Creek
Canton
Olin
B. F. Move
Dunns
Mercer County
Moye
Sharif
Move
U.S. Navy
Willie Clark
Ones
Edra Mitchem
Princewick
Belva Hatcher
Durns
Maye
C.td. Maye
Beaver Avenue
Mellon foundation gifts Homer painting to national gallery
The W L and May T Melton foundation of Pittsburgh donated Winslow Homer's Breezing Up to the National Gallery of Art. David F Finley, gallery director, called the gift a sign of Mellon family ongoing support to the gallery.
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Associated Press
Washington
W. L. and
May T. Melton Foundation
Pittsburgh
Winslow Homer
National Gallery of Art
David F. Finley
Mellon
Andrew W. Mellon
Secretary of the Treasury
Food Tips From Strawberry on the Italian Front
Delayed dispatch recalls mess sergeant FE H Shook known as Strawberry who keeps hot coffee ready for troops and serves pie at meals. He hails from Waco Texas and once cooked for the veterans administration. The piece notes GI dining morale and cites 1942 U S accidental deaths, a third from motor vehicle crashes.
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Associated Press
Strawberry
Sgt. Shank
FE. H. Shook
Waco
Tex
Veteran's Administration
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