National AAU Ring Tournament Opens in Boston Garden
The 128 unidentified boxers and nearly 200 amateurs from 30 states and Hawaii begin a three day chase for eight national AAU championships at Boston Garden. The first day will eliminate 120 competitors leaving survivors to enter quarter finals. Corey Storace of Rome New York defends his welterweight title won last year in San Francisco. Hawaii arrives as a top challenger after winning its first senior crown.
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Boston
Hawaiian Islands
Boston Garden
San Francisco
Corey Storace
Rome
N. Y
Hawaii
Webber Takes Over Meredith Dining, Ball Moves to Roanoke VA
Miss Marion Ball, Meredith College dietitian for three years, resigns to become therapeutic dietitian at the Veterans Administration Facility neuro-psychiatric hospital in Roanoke Virginia. Her father is Dr. William L. Ball, pastor of Earle Street Baptist Church in Greenville South Carolina. C B Webber becomes Meredith dining room manager for the rest of the term, after serving as assistant steward at NC State College Cafeteria. Webber hails from Cleveland County and has restaurant experience in Memphis Tennessee and High Point North Carolina.
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Meredith College
Bah
Marion
Ball
Veterans Administration Facility
Roanoke
William L. Ball
Earle Street Baptist Church
Greenville
S. C
Flora MacDonald College
Meredith
Woman's College of Furman University
School of Dietetics
Morrisania Hospital
New York City
C. BR. Webber
L. H. Harris
North Carolina State College
Webber
Cleveland County
Memphis
Tenn
High Point
Raleigh
Detroit killers recount crimes and murders for profit
Two youths, John Kasap aged 22 and John Kur gawa 21, told police how they killed two men for profit from selling their cars. Prosecutors planned murder charges for the slayings of Dorsey Bowman 35 and Philip Loust 24 as life imprisonment looms under Michigan law.
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Detroit
John Kasap
John Kurgawa
William E. Dowling
Dorsey E. Bowman
Philip G. Loust
Michigan
Flashes Of Life in Brief Local Items
A man parked his car in a storage garage for the night then returned to find his six year old daughter asleep in the back seat. In Washington a boy narrowly escapes a bed time dispute when a car crashes into his room, landing on his bed but injuring none. In Iowa an elderly resident hatches two chicks from a single egg in an electric incubator, a curious twist on nature.
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Macon
Yakima, Wash
John Freauf
State Patrol
Dumont
Iowa
M. V. Schuler
Reunion in Chicago Reveals Old Friends Turn Accident Charge
Twenty one years after parting, Thomas Burroughs and Joseph Aubert meet after a collision at an intersection en route to a hospital. They recall youth and then discuss fault. Aubert files a complaint charging Burroughs with reckless driving.
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Chicago
Thomas Burroughs
Joseph A. Aubert
Burrough
Aubert
Burroughs
Florence High School observes National Negro Health Week
Florence High School held programs April 4 and 5 under the theme Cooperative Endeavor for the Attainment of Community Health. Dr. Le Mon spoke on syphilis and health habits, with dental remarks by Dr. J. J. Wilson, music by the high school chorus and elementary club, and student biology presentations. Proceeds from rental income support community center renovations.
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Florence High School
High Point
le Mon
C. T. Whitten
J. J. Wilson
Hgh School Girls’ Chorus
M. D. Whitley
M. H. Gannaway
J. E. Whittley
Clara Lindsay
Lottie Wobson
Josephine Lindsay
Elsie Williams
Garrett Hayes, Jr
Bernine Hairston
Everett Snipp
Ida Hicks
J. B. Whitley
NM. H. Gannaway
Negro Health Week Observance Highlights Local Programs
The Health Week events included sermons at Calvary Baptist and Finst Presbyterian Churches, lectures by Drs Whitten Davis Wilson Greenwood LeMom Herring Morgan Young, radio broadcasts, and a film at Leonard Street and Florence high schools. The Bligh Point Professional Men's Club Health Committee thanks participants for their combined efforts.
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Calvary Baptist Church
W. R Robbins
R. N
Finst Presbyterian Church
Oiyphelia Corbett
Burrus Memorial Hospital
C. Thos. Whitten
Leonard Street
A. M. Greenwood
Lutheran School
Florence High School
H. M. LeMom
J. J. Wilson
Trinity Graded and High School
William Young
William Penn High School
R. A. Herring
J. C. Morgan
Bligh Point Professional Men's Club
Madame Bright and Frank Roane to Sing Recital at William Penn High
Madame Bright a soprano and Frank Roane a Richmond baritone will appear in a recital at William Penn High School auditorium on Friday evening April 13 at 8 o'clock. Sponsor is the Recreation Advisory Council chaired by Dr. J J Wilson president.
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Vivian King Bright
Winston-Salem
Frank Roane
Richmond
William Penn High School
Recreation Advisory Council
Madame Bright
Madame Vivian
King Bright
Soprans
Camwell
J. J. Wilson Jp
Ladies' Aid Circle No One to Meet at Hall Home
The Ladies' Aid Circle No. One of St. Mark Methodist Church will meet at Mrs. J. I. Hall's home on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock.
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St. Mark Methodist Church
J. I. Hall
High Point
H. H. LeMon
East Washington Street
Health Week Observance A Success In High Point
National Negro Health Week activities were praised as the most effective observance yet with simple health talks on diet teeth and eyes plus a tuberculosis film reaching adults and children in the city and nearby communities. Credit goes to Dr C Thomas Whitten for organizing through the High Point Professional Men’s Club and planning began early this year.
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C. Thomas Whitten
High Point Professional Men's Club
High Point
William Penn High School
T W U A Local Addressed By Rob T Parker In Meeting
Members of Local 319 of the Textile Workers Union of America met in the Union Hall on South Main Street and voted to move the regular meeting time to 7 30 p m. Robert Parker spoke on union benefits while a Friday dance and a Saturday Workers Education Class debate were noted and workers were invited to attend.
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Textile Workers Union of America
Sli
South Main Street
Robert Parker
David Chauns
Lunch stand broken into. cigarette machine stolen
A lunch stand on East Commerce and Willowbrook was broken into Sunday morning through a back door. A cigarette machine was taken. A bicycle from Guy McFall at 1116 Kivett Drive was also reported stolen.
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East Commerce
Willowbrook Streets
Guy McFall
Kivett Drive
Stacy Roxboro speech set at schoolmasters club meeting
H E Stacy of Lumberton retiring president of the North Carolina School Board Association will be the principal speaker at a meeting of the Person County Schoolmasters Club tomorrow in Roxboro.
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Stacy Roxboro
H. E. Stacy
Lumberton
North Carolina School Board Association
Person County Schoolmasters’ Club
Bicyclist Arrested in Asheville for DUI
Buncombe County officers arrested a man on charges of driving a bicycle while drunk in Asheville. The incident was reported by AP with the date listed as April. The case involves a local offender and underscores enforcement of drunk cycling laws.
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Asheville
Buncombe County
Broadway Tributes William Faversham, Old School Matinee Idol
Broadway mourns William Faversham who died at 72 from coronary embolism in a Long Island rooming house. A leading man to Maude Adams and others, he championed romantic roles and later played Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road touring.
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New York
Broadway
William Faversham
Maude Adams
Long Island
Faversham
Eugene O'Neill
Elmer Rice
Tobacco Road
Jeeter Lester
Governor Hoey Praises North Carolina Courts at New Courthouse
Governor Hoey addressed dedication of Lenoir County’s new 516950 dollar courthouse in Kinston praising state courts and officers for observing the law. He urged officials to uphold justice, noting courts as essential to peace and public service while defending fairness across races.
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Kinston
Hoey
North Carolina
Lenoir County
Henry L. Stevens, Jr
Warsaw
Maxwell Campaign Names Rowan County Manager
Maxwell campaign headquarters says S Worth Freeze of China Grove will manage the Maxwell campaign in Rowan County.
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Raleigh
Maxwell
S. Worth Freeze
China Grove
Rowan County
McNeill to Speak at Sampson County GOP Convention
Robert H. McNeill of Statesville, a Republican gubernatorial candidate, will address the Sampson County GOP convention on Saturday April 8 14. The event highlights a key campaign appearance by a statewide contender.
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McNeiles
Clinton
Robert H. McNeill
Statesville
Sampson County
Nazis Report Big Air Battle Over North Sea and France
Berlin reports seven Allied planes shot down yesterday over the North Sea and France. It says three German planes are missing. The communiqué notes heavy air activity with multiple engagements on the Western Front and sea battles about 100 miles north of Sylt.
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Berlin
German High Command
North Sea
France
Helgoland
Bight
Salt Island
Messerschmitt
DNB
Sylt
Charlotte First National Bank Sold for $917000
On April 8 W Frank Hipp of Greenville South Carolina purchased the 21 story First National Bank Building in Charlotte for 917000. The building, former home of the defunct bank, was bought at public auction before Federal Judge E Yates Webb by Gaston P D Galloway agent. The bank entered receivership ten years ago.
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Charlotte
W. Frank Hipp
Greenville
S. C
Liberty Mutual Life Insurance Company
First National Bank
Hipp
Gaston PD. Galloway
E. Yates Webb
Tar Heel leaders push for NC man on Interstate Commerce Commission
North Carolina's congressional delegation was pressed today to back a Tar Heel for the vacancy on the Interstate Commerce Commission. A telegram from H C Ferebee, president of the North Carolina Livestock Association, urged a united North Carolina delegation, noting the opportunity to have a North Carolinian on the commission. Mentioned candidates included former Lieutenant Governor A H Graham Creighton of Charlotte and Cooper of Murphy.
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Washington
North Carolina
Congress
Tar Heel
H. C. Ferebee
North Carolina Livestock Veting Association
A. H. Graham
Creighton
Charlotte
Cooper
Murphy
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