City Exemption Aid Charged Fees Sparks Outcry
Indignation rises as clerks and attorneys in the coast line railroad district charged from five to ten dollars for filling questionnaires under the selective service act. Chairman J. A. Rountree vows investigation and promises free legal aid from local attorneys to those in need.
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Iliutic Coast Line Railroad
Tul
Proin Selective Service Act
J. Al'be
Cuul
George Roun
Lestai Advisory Board
Prescent Wilson
Catina Rountree
Auty
Mantes Boisseaux
Jervery
Heal Advisory Board
Rank
Bic
North Carolina
City Tennis Tournaments Set for Christmas at Robert Strange
A large turnout of city players plans both doubles and singles events at Robert Strange playgrounds starting Christmas morning. Entries cost 1 dollar and close December 22 at Cape Fear Hardware. Prizes include handsome racquets. spectators welcomed free of charge.
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Robert Strange
Cape Fear
Pastor W. G. Hall to Lead Zebulon Baptist Church
Rev W G Hall will become pastor of the Zebulon Baptist Church effective January 1 after accepting the call from the Zebulon congregation. He has served seven years at Southside Baptist Church in this city and is highly regarded for his work. The Zebulon church is described as a growing, active congregation with a promising community. Hall previously preached there during the Baptist Convention visit and informed the church of his acceptance yesterday.
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W. G. Hall
Zebulon
Hall
Southside Baptist Church
Zecujon
Ms. Hel
Bapismere
W. Grah
Rural schools push patriotic programs for North Carolina Day
Local schools plan evening events at Winter Park and Castle Haynes with Four Minute Men speakers promoting Red Cross and War Savings Stamps. Wrightsboro will hold morning exercises with H E Rogers. Officials urge post-Christmas observance and integration with War Savings efforts as per Dr Joyner.
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Winter Park
Castle Haynes
Wrightsboro
Red Cross
W. J. Campbell
Chas B. Newcombe
Psq
Spear
Wic
Hisboro
H. E. Rogers
North Carolina
Catlett Forlay
State Department of Education
North
ev@ry
Holman Appointed Manager of Lorraine Hotel
At a Lumberton board meeting the directors decided to operate the Lorraine hotel for the coming year. John S. Holman, in charge since December, was hired as manager. He previously served as assistant manager at the Hotel Wilmington and is well known in the city.
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Limberton
Lumberton
Cemonanv
John S. Holman
Holman
Wilmington O
Air Lumberton
Widows Without Turkeys Local Lodges Adapt Christmas Aid
The Junior Order of United American Mechanics will not provide turkeys to widows this year. Both councils plan to support members who enlisted in the service, with provisions arranged to remember them on Christmas Day.
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Order of United American Mechanics
Makimom Price On Sugar Fixed
Food Administration sets a maximum sugar price at 11 cents per pound amid shortages. Wilmington received three carloads of sugar to ease supply, while wholesalers and retailers face enforcement through license controls and possible shutdowns for profiteering.
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Food Administration
Wilmington
Department of Justice
Cancn
J. G. McCormick
New Hanover County
Henry Page
Page
North Carolina
Egupty
Suger
Two Fires Strike Local Homes Yesterday
Fire crews answered two calls yesterday. At 4 30 p m smoke broke from a defective flue at 806 North Sixth street but caused no damage. At 8 p m a blaze at 716 South Seventh street destroyed the roof and two rooms of a two story frame dwelling owned by S H Mintz and occupied by A Ma Motte.
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North Sixth Street
South Seventh Street
S. H. Mintz
A.ma ‘Motte
Recorder Court Fines Defendants in Assault Cases
Elisha Holden a colored man was fined 25 dollars or three months on the roads for assault with a deadly weapon a pistol in Ruth Hall area. Mattie Blaney a colored woman received 50 dollars fine plus costs for aiding and abetting in an assault that injured a colored girl named Florence Jones.
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Elisha Holden
Recorder
Ruth Hall
Mattie Blaney
Florence
Jones
Eve
Norfolk Southern to move dispatchers office to New Bern
Unofficial reports say the Norfolk Southern Railway will move its dispatcher's office from Washington North Carolina back to New Bern during the first week of January. The exact head of the office is not known but former chief dispatcher C Himes is expected to return.
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Norfolk Southern
New Bern
Norfolk Southern Railway Company
Washington
N.C
Himes
Samuel W. Latham
J. B. Hurley
Methodist Church
Newbern
Middle
Broad Street
Universal health insurance urged to save democracy after war
Prof. Irving Fisher of Yale calls universal health insurance essential for workingmen to improve public health and prevent poverty, arguing it will mobilize employer and state support to save human life and strengthen democracy postwar. He notes many nations already adopt compulsory insurance.
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Irving Fisher
Raleigh
N. C
Yale University
America
Fisher
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Luxemburg
Norway
Serbia
Russia
England
Roumania
Holland
France
Belgium
Switzerland
Denmark
Sweden
Iceland
Italy
Spain
Portugal
Montenegro
Albania
Bulgaria
Turkey
Greece
United States
Christ as Eve and New Bern Aid Requested for Program
The ats program around the tree invites the people of New Bern to help make the project a success. Local participants are urged to engage in the festive gathering and support efforts surrounding the event.
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Ats
New Bern
Steel plants idle due to coal shortage in Youngstown
About half of Youngstown steel production is idle, accounting for roughly 10 percent of U.S. output, due to coal shortages.
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Youngstown
United States
Poverty Causes and Disease Highlighted in Lecture
A fragment notes a lecturer arguing power and descent into poverty are linked to disease. It states poverty as the most important single cause, alongside critics of ease and social neglect. The passage reflects debates on poverty's root causes and public health.
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