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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 12, 1937

Page

12

Desperadoes Bound Over After Piedmont Robbery Plot

G W Patillo W G Maddox and Leonard Lonnie Macemore were bound over to superior court after pleading guilty in municipal court to carrying concealed weapons. They waived preliminary hearing on robbery and conspiracy charges. Bonds were set at 10300 10300 and 5300 respectively. Police say Patillo and Maddox robbed J L Peace of National Food store and conspired to rob a payroll messenger near High Point Savings and Trust. They were captured by plainclothes officers in a parked car.

G. W. Patillo W. G. Maddox Leonard Lonnie) Macemore Pickett High Point Lewis B. Teague Greensboro Pattillo Maddox Macemore J. L. Peace National Oak and West Green Streets Peace High Point Savings and Trust Company Is Bank

Scout executive to speak at Sheraton dinner meeting

W A Dobson regional Boy Scout executive will address the executive committee of the lawhar rie council at 6 15 pm at the Sheraton hotel. He oversees Scout activities in South Carolina Georgia Florida and North Carolina and will review local Scout Council activities during his visit.

W. A. Dobson Lawharrie Council Sheraton Hotel Mr. Dobson South Carolina Georgia Florida North Carolina

Cub Training School Starts Wednesday in High Point

The Cub Training School session for Cub Scout parents and friends will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the basement assembly room of First Presbyterian Church High Point. Principal Henry Grady Owens of the senior high will lead with assistants W C Boat of Salisbury Charles McGahey and B W Hackney Jr. helping.

High Point First Presbyterian Church Henry Grady Owens W. C. Boat Salisbury Charles McGahey B. W. Hackney, Jr

Cowan Named To Program Group Of Boys Conference

Adjutant R. M. Cowan of the Salvation Army received notice of his appointment to the program committee for the International Boys' club conference set for New York May 10 13. He is a delegate from the Southern states and has long been active in Boys' club work in the midwest and east before moving to High Point last fall.

Adjutant R. M. Cowan Salvation Army New York Adjutant Cowan Midwest East High Point

Atlanta Case Moves to Federal Prosecution

The case will be turned over to federal authorities for prosecution in Atlanta on March 18 as a phase of the proceedings transitions to federal jurisdiction under a statute prohibiting driving a stolen automobile across state lines.

Atlanta

Nine People Treated After Weekend Mishaps at Guilford General

Nine persons were admitted to Guilford General hospital for emergency care following weekend mishaps. Child Charles Priest, two and a half, was scalded by hot water. others included injuries from a bottle strike, a leg fracture, cuts near the eye and ear, an index finger cut, a fish hook wound, and a shotgun wound to a 15 year old.

Guilford General Hospital Charles Priest J. B. Priest Park Street David Efird Herman Rhodes Fast Russell Street Asheboro Bobby Lamb Baxter Lamb Route Three Oscar Davis Hoyt Davis Greensboro Road O. W. Kester

J W Hampton to Speak at Morning Star Temple

Revival services are held nightly at 1800 English Street. Tonight at 7 30 J W Hampton will preach on What Is Sin and Who Is the Sinner The public is invited.

Morning Star Temple English Street J. W. Hampton

Judge Finds Auto Buyer Cheated In 1929 Car Case

Judge Lewis E Teague ruled Udell Atkinson had been cheated after a 1929 auto purchase. Atkinson faced reckless driving charges and accused Charlie Thom of the same. The court ordered Thom to cover costs and a bona fide damage bill not to exceed 50 dollars, noting repair costs exceed pre accident value.

Udell Atkinson Lewis E. Teague Atkinson Charlie Thomas Thomas Guilford Superior

No Candidate Files For Flor Office As Deadline Nears

By late afternoon no Democrat or Republican had notified Ben L. Herman, chair of the High Point Board Elections, of candidacy for the upcoming city election. Filing ends at 12 o'clock tomorrow night. Party leaders work to line up a slate, with no primary clearly in sight and tickets likely announced only tomorrow.

Ben L. Herman High Point Board

Salvation Army Board Set for Morrow Meeting

The Salvation Army local board will convene tomorrow night at the Elwood hotel at 6 oclock. R K Stewart will preside and officers will be elected with board reorganization under the nominating committee led by G B E Klanderman. J H Kaltete will report finances for the new Army Citadel division and Boys club plans while Adjutant R M Cowan and other officers prepare reports.

Salvation Army Elwood R. K. Stewart G. B E. Klanderman J. H. Kaltete

Knox Plans Raleigh Conference On Railroad Track Work

City Manager E M Knox travels to Raleigh for a noon conference with Public Works officials and the State Highway and Public Works commission to discuss details of the railroad track project. The council may award excavation contracts tomorrow or Wednesday with work to start by Thursday before an April 15 PWA extension.

E. M. Knox Public Works Administration State Highway and Public Works Commission Raleigh PWA

Twenty seven Communicable Disease Cases Reported

High Point health data shows 27 communicable cases in the past week led by chicken pox and whooping cough with 10 each. Tuberculosis added five new cases and venereal disease two, under city health director Dr. R. A. Herring.

High Point R. A. Herring

Royal Arcanum Set Meeting in New Club Rooms

The Old Plank Road Council of Royal Arcanum will hold its first meeting in the Arcade building downtown, in the new clubrooms on the second floor opposite the Sheraton hotel, Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Regent EB Mendenhall Jr announced the event.

Old Plank Road Council Royal Arcanum Arcade Sheraton EB. EB. Mendenhall, Jr

Dr Nabers Returns From Palestine Trip

Dr Charles Haddon Nabers pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Greenville D C and former pastor here has returned from a trip to Palestine. He was accompanied by his daughter Dorothy Nabers Mrs Nabers had previously made that trip and did not go this year. Holt McPherson editor of The

Charles Haddon Nabers First Presbyterian Church Greenville D. C Palestine Dorothy Nabers Nabers Holt McPherson

Negro narrowly escapes death in blaze at home

Levi Rice of 408 Hoskins Street woke to flames at 10:20 AM yesterday and leaped to safety through a window. Fire crews said origin undetermined and Rice, though burned over clothes, escaped with minor injuries. The house was largely destroyed.

Levi Rice Hoskins Street Rice Elm Street Chestnut and Meadow Streets W. F. Herndon Smith Street Crown Hosiery Hamilton Street

Traffic violations charged by police last week

Police list shows four drunken driving, six overparking, eight reckless driving, two no drivers licenses, six speeding, one hit and run, one driving while license revoked, one no license plates, one defective brakes, one improper lights, one no city tag, and one left turn violations. Drive Carefully and Save a Life.

Four-Year-Old Struck by Duke Power Bus on English Street

Barbara Meadows, four, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Meadows, was badly injured when a Duke Power bus struck her in the 1600 block of English Street near her home. The girl was pulled under the wheel, suffering a leg injury and concussion. Driver H B E Lopp, 29, was cited for reckless driving as police plan to present full facts to court.

Barbara Meadows W. N. Meadows English Street Duke Power Company H. BE. Lopp West Russell Street

Enterprise Guest of Nabers in Greenville

Enterprise was a guest of the Nabers in Greenville Sunday and, through him, they sent greetings to friends here.

Enterprise Nabers Greenville

Two Drivers Convicted in Drunken Driving Case

Ray Owens of 506 East Lexington faced a four month suspended sentence and one year license suspension after drunken driving charges. Fletcher Shuman received eight months on county roads with a year license suspension, plus an eight month concurrent sentence for larceny after trust. Tilden Stone was fined costs and banned from driving 60 days after current suspension. Judge Teague dismissed other conflicting cases, with numerous sentences for larceny, vandalism, and prohibition violations.

Ray Owens Fletcher Shuman Tilden Stone East Lexington Avenue Lewis E. Teague Teague A. C. Moore Parker Waynick A. C. Mann Quincy Covington Charlie Holmes Walter Broom Charlie Weathers Garfield Robbins Guilford Superior Court Fred Irvan Robbins Paul Dennis

United States Aviation Expenditure in World War I

The article notes the aviation costs of the United States during World War I totaling about 1.5 billion dollars. It outlines the scale of spending and references the overall wartime financial demands.

United States

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DeKalb J. W. McMahon High Point Savings & Trust Company Percere Peace United Cata H. N. Williard A. EB. Tate R. H. Sechrest R. R. Ragan State of Guilford Bessie A. Foster High Point, Thomasville Denton Railroad General Offices High Point, N. Y CUB Cowan Bertha Dodson St. Chatta- Tenn de Pierce Wales Dr. Pierce Buffalo Hood System Industrial Bank of Saa Eee Ae First U. S J. Gurney Briggs Salvation Army Board Elwood Hotel Knox Dr. Nabers G. W. Clark W. M M. Gurth Sec Stanley Thas al Nés College St Main St Madam Ardelle Ring Drug CO West Commerce STRE Tional Bank Betiepr Shoe Repairing Southern Loan Company Broad Street Lewis Body & Motor CO Yee High Point Nci Bernarr Macfadden Earl C Rice Macfadden West Washington Street Rex Beach Constable Stilling Philadelphia Lady Luck Goodrich Engineers Espec Don Stilling Goodrich Silvertown Economy Auto Store, Inc North Main Street Carolina Civez North Wrenn St
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