First Photos Of A Wrecked Military Objective
London dispatch recounts an early morning raid with diving planes, multiple explosions, and a hospital stream of four injured per ambulance at a bombed railway station. A nearby underground blast wounded or trapped workers as a subway car exploded later, causing a surge of casualties and urgent medical response. A man named Charles R Byrd at 415 Tate Street denies involvement in a Hickory arrest for drunken driving and concealed weapon charges.
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London
Charles R. Byrd
Tate Street
Enterprise
Hickory
College Choir to Perform Sacred Concert at First Methodist
The High Point College Choir will appear at the First Methodist Church this evening at 8 o clock in a full sacred music program. The choir's first full concert of the year is expected to draw a large audience, with the college quartet and soloists also taking part. Holy Communion is set for tomorrow night at 7 30, followed by the cooperative Good Friday service Friday from 12 to 3 o'clock and a children's Easter pageant Friday at 7 30.
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High Point College
First Methodist Church
High Point
Urston
Union Service Planned for Good Friday in Asheboro
Ministers of Asheboro announce a union service on Good Friday at Central Methodist Church at 2 PM. Gipsy Smith Jr. will speak after a two week meeting at First Methodist. The public is invited to attend.
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Asheboro
Central Methodist Church
Gipsy Smith, Jr
First Methodist Church
License Boom Near Lancaster Sees Two to Wed Soon
Lancaster area couple Christian H. Brooks and Anna L. Hoff meir obtained a license to wed at the county courthouse during a visit. Brooks, 60, has 12 children from a previous marriage and said the wedding would be very soon. Hoff meir, 32, lives nearby. A dog license was also noted in the report.
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Lancaster
Christian H. Brooks
West Willow
Anna L. Hoffmeir
Isking
Brooks
Annapolis Bridge Masters Use Strategy at Carvel Hall
An Annapolis duplicate bridge game at Carvel Hall featured Mrs. Wilton MacCarthy directing and Mrs. Allan Westcott guiding the proceedings. Private citizens and retired officers joined a weekly contest highlighting skilled play and strategic bidding.
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Annapolis
Carvel Hall
Wilton MacCarthy
Allan Westcott
Bridge hand demonstrates defense and finesse strategy
A club lead and heart discard sequence set up a defensive trap. North passes, East plays jack forcing ace, declarer cashes clubs and deduces West holds king hearts. Declarer wins by heart finesse avoidance, exits with spades, and East later cashes three spades while West is left with only the king of diamonds.
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North
East
Declarer
South
West
Asheboro ministers seek study of local colored conditions
The Asheboro Ministerial Association met at First Methodist Church with the city colored ministers group and sent a recommendation to the Inter-Church Council, led by president S. B. Stedman, urging a study of religious and social conditions of colored people in Asheboro.
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Asheboro
First Methodist Church
Association of Colored Ministers of
Inter-Church Council
S. B. Stedman
Out of House and Home Dallas Goats Auctioned
A stray dog named Oscar caused damage at the livestock pound by gnawing a wooden support. Overseer P O Davis ordered an auction to clear the pound of goats, Oscar’s four partners sold for 35 cents.
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Dallas
Oscar
P. O. Davis
Guilford County Realty Transfers in High Point and Morehead Townships
Guilford County real estate transfers listed include High Point Township deeds from Samuell R. Conrad and others to Sam M. Swaim and from Alya DeWitt to Owen Sorirel, with properties on Mangum Avenue and Blain Street. Also noted are transfers to Trustees of High Point College for multiple plots in College Terrace, and numerous parcels in Morehead and Bruce townships involving several individuals and entities.
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High Point Township
Samuell R. Conrad
Sam M. Swaim
Mangum Avenue
Alya DeWitt
Owen Preston Sorreil
Blain Street
D. H. Cole
Charles M. Brown
Cole and Hunt
Dexter Welborn
Emma Redman Hayworth
WA. 8
B. A. Welborn
W. L. Welborn
Woodall and Welborn
Charlie L. Amos
High Point College
College Terrace
Slane Hosiery Mills, Incorporated
R. T. Amos
Morehead Township
Andrew J. Schlosser
Christine Schlosser
Twyckenham Drive
Andrew J. Sc
Arnold Stone Company of North Carolina, Incorporated
D. H. Lambert Et al
West Lee Street
C. I. Carlson
Huger
King
Sunset Drive
Co. E. Altizer
R. O. Warrick
Warrick and Barkley
Teachers College Club Meets to Close First Fiscal Year
The Teachers College Club met at Mrs. Carter’s home on West Street to close its first fiscal year. Plans for a fashion show on April 24 at Leonard Street School were finalized and officers elected for the coming year include Bessie R. Haggler as president Alfleta Bass as vice president Marie Carter as secretary and assistant secretary Flossie Ashe and Magnolia Hart as officers. The A M E Zion Church Senior and Junior choirs are asked to meet nightly this week at 7 30 for rehearsal at 205 Price Street.
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College Club
Teachers College Club
A. M. EL. Zion
A. M. E. Zion Church
Price Street
Funeral for Mrs G A Smith Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. G. A. Smith will be held at St. Mark Methodist Church Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Rev. R. W. Winchester will conduct. She died in New York City and is the mother of G. A. Smith, a former resident here. W.1.C. Circle to Meet with Mrs. Mabel McFall at 1116 Rivett Drive Thursday evening at 8 o'clock.
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G. A. Smith
St. Mark Methodist Church
R. W. Winchester
Appeal Studied In Raleigh On Calcutt Conviction
The State Supreme Court considered the appeal of Calcutt, former slot machine distributor, from a Wake County Superior Court conviction that imposed one year in prison and a $10,000 fine. The sentence required him to refrain from politics and stop slot machine business.
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Raleigh
Calcutt
Wake County Superior Court
State Supreme Court
War Effort colt raffled to boost New Zealand funds
A war effort colt was raffled in New Zealand and raised nearly 35,000 for the country’s patriotic fund, reflecting strong public support and fundraising during the period.
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New Zealand
Mexico Expropriates Axis Freighters Amid War Shipping Move
Mexico orders expropriation of two German and ten Italian freighters amid wartime shipping needs. Crews will man the ships for Mexican coastwise trade under President Manuel Avila Camacho's decree, with postwar indemnity plans including a $12,000,000 claim by Germany and Italy for Mexican petroleum. Interior ministry to arrange accommodations for 600 officers and men unless they can return home.
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Mexico City
Tampico
Vera Cruz
Manuel Avila Camacho
Mexico
Interior Ministry
Hope for Quick Settlement of Labor Disputes Voiced
Representatives of the State Labor Department the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations urged a swift satisfactory settlement of labor disputes affecting the defense program appearing before the Human Relations Institute at Chapel Hill on April 9.
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Chapel Hill Institute
Chapel Hill
State Labor Department
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
Human Relations Institute
Word Puzzle Answers and Labor Speech Critique
Forrest Shuford head of the State Labor Department A E Brown of Durham organizer of the AFL and Lucy Randolph Mason CIO public relations director in the south discuss wartime labor tensions Miss Mason calls coercion a supreme inconsistency to fight democracy and not surrender workers rights Brown cites A F L labor defense and Shuford cites conciliatio n arbitration reducing disputes in this state
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Forrest Shuford
State Labor Department
A. E. Brown
Durham
AFL
Lucy Randolph Mason
CIO
South
Miss Mason
Brown
Shuford
Herman Cranford Picked As Member Of Randolph Welfare Board
In Asheboro on April 9 the Randolph County commissioners elected Herman Cranford of Asheboro as a member of the county welfare board. He will serve alongside Mrs. Talmadge Bonkemeyer, appointed earlier by Governor Broughton. The trio also named Glenn Gilmore, a former county commissioner, to complete the welfare board. The meeting covered routine road-improvement items and district highway recommendations.
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Herman Cranford
Randolph County Welfare Board
Asheboro
Randolph County Commissioners
Welfare Board
Herman Crawford
Cranford
Talmadge Bonkemeyer
Broughton
Bonkemeyer
Myr. Cranford
Glenn Gilmore
County Board of Commissioners
Randolph
Ross to Lead Rotary Meeting in Asheboro
Arthur Ross Jr will head the program at Friday’s Rotary meeting in Asheboro He chairs the vocational service committee and will introduce a group of new business men to explain local enterprises The club recently heard Gipsy Smith Jr speak on a topic about three philosophers Greek Roman and Jesus
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Ross
Asheboro
Arthur Ross, Jr
Rotary
Gipsy Smith, Jr
Jesus
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Paul Manning
NEA
Wachovia
Carolinas
Bassouing
Salisbury
Ashevale
Winston-Salem High Point
Charlotte
Meber Federal Deposit Referance Corporation
Federal Reserve
Pate
McKenney
Val
West Pass
N.T
Guilford County Realty
France
Leila Fine
Southland
Turkey
Greece
Autitel As
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