City Council Accepts Low Bid For Five Police Motorcycles
The city accepted the low bid from Shepard Motor Company for five new motorcycles at 1896.75 after a 990 trade in. J R Bolling Co bid 1629.25 and Greensboro Auto Electric 1494.25. Council also limited parking on Church Street and discussed asks for longer water service, with several property maps and lot sales approved. Klan bans masks in Atlanta drawing nationwide attention.
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Shepard Motor Company
Asheboro
J. R. Bolling Company
Greensboro Auto Electric Company
Law and Public Safety Committee
Church Street
Lindsay
Elm Streets
Smithdeal
Roberson
East Commerce Street
Utilities Committee
K. Herman Falk
Frank J. Trepke
Brookshire Drive
Wesley Place
College Terrace
Bernard Fowler
Campbell and
Allred Streets
H. E. Sloop
Ragan Street
Not Just a Limb of a Family Tree
A diamond weighing 81 percent carats valued near 4000 dollars was reported missing at a Johannesburg South Africa diamond cutting plant as police launched a search for the uncut gem.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
High Point Electric Rate Cut Saves Consumers Big Bucks
City records show consumers saved about $95 043.57 in March as the electric rate reduction lowered charges from 4.411 to 3.82 cents per kWh. Nine month sales rose 16 percent to 8 859 237 kWh, while city revenue fell from 336 978.05 to 295 648.78 despite the lower rate and a $36 211.68 saving on power purchases from Duke Power Company.
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High Point
E. M. Knox
Duke Power Company
Nazis Hit Norwegian Ports and Expand Coastal Defenses
German forces continued to reinforce transport to Norwegian ports and broaden the occupied area. They claim a firm grip on key railway lines from Narvik to the Swedish border, with heavy losses for Norwegian defenders and many prisoners. British losses include a destroyer of the Cusack class, reportedly set afire at Narvik.
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Oslo
Cusack
Narvik
Britain
DNB
High Command
Harstad
Hinnovey Island
Stockholm
High Compmand
Norway
Myrtle Mabe Dies at Local Hospital
Myrtle Mabe aged 21 died this morning at 8 o'clock in a local hospital. She resided at 909 Smith Street and was the daughter of J. W. [surname missing].
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Myrtle Mabe
Smith Street
J. W
Employers to defend learners pay below minimum wage
Washington April 16—Hosiery manufacturers face a public hearing on April 30 before Merle Vincent to reconsider permits allowing learners in hosiery to be paid below the federal wage floor. The hearing weighs whether to continue issuing such certificates and tightens conditions. Deadline for notice to appear is April 29.
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Julien Sourwine
Washington
WNL
Labor Department
Merle D. Vincent
Vincent
Balkans purge fears spread across Axis states
Ankara reports from under investigation of many Germans newly arrived as merchants artists and specialists who may be expelled. Bucharest cites 30000 Germans classified as agricultural and industrial experts tourists and salesmen entering Romania recently. Bulgarian police warn foreigners not to leave Sofia without permission.
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Ankara
Turkey
Yugoslavia
Hungary
Romania
Balkan
Bucharest
Bulgaria
Sofia
Yugoslavia begins general clean up of Nazis in Belgrade
The Yugoslav government started clearing hundreds of German visitors suspected of propaganda and espionage. In Belgrade thousands of leaflets urging submission to Germany were found, and twenty Germans were arrested as public opinion demanded stern security measures after the Norway and Denmark invasions.
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Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Germany
Norway
Denmark
Stern Measures
Stern
Scandinavia
Mabe and Nelson Kinfolk Remembered in Reidsville Funeral
Mabe and the late Janie Nelson Mabe of Reidsville are survived by their father and step-mother of Reidsville and seven brothers in High Point and Reidsville. Two sisters live in High Point and Reidsville, with grandparents in Richmond County. Funeral services are set for tomorrow afternoon at Abbot's Creek Church with Elder J. A. Fagg of Winston-Salem officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
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Winston-Salem
Dellow
Norwegians Press On as German Assault Intensifies in Norway
scattered Norwegian troops flee toward Sweden while German forces push south from Trondheim and cling to Narvik. Norwegian officers surrender cited by German sources. railways and stations guarded as British reinforcements arrive at Harstad.
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Sweden
Fosseim
Oslo
Trondheim
Norway
Stockholm
Hegra
Stolein Heights
Dagens Nyheter
Narvik
Kiruna
Yugoslav Order Expels Foreigners in Belgrade
A government decree demands all remaining foreigners leave Belgrade within ten days unless they can prove their stay benefits the Yugoslav government. The measure follows a previous expulsion of attendees from a leaflet distribution.
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Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Spruill Campaign Visit Highlights Farmer Focus in Bertie County
Windsor candidate Spruill aka Cousin Wayland pays a visit to The Enterprise and promotes himself as a farmer who knows farmers needs. He plans a campaign stop in Fuquay Springs addressing a civic club and notes prior service in the state senate and local offices in Bertie County.
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Windsor
Wayland” Spruill
State Commissioner of Agriculture
Enterprise
Wayland
Fuquay Springs
Spruill
State Senate
Bertie
Republicans adopt plan to avoid third term at national meet
The party endorses a formal plan to oppose a third term for a president, with H. B. Leavitt as chair and W. C. Meekins and Clyde Green as temporary officers. John M. Morehead of Rye, New York, warns of crisis as two thirds of the world is at war and urges a prepared, experienced, and capable presidential candidate. L. L. Wall of Winston-Salem speaks on need for leadership.
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United States
H. B. Leavitt
W. C. Meekins
Hendersonville
Clyde Green
Hiram Whitacre
John M. Morehead
Rye
N. Y
Sweden
Newell
North Carolina
Morehead
Philadelphia
Chriesis
Wall
L. L. Wall
Winston-Salem
Allies Build Norwegian Links As War Moves North
Britain opens a recruiting office in Oslo to aid Norway's defense in a theater where Narvik emerges as a key Allied port. Oslo remains German occupied as Erik Colban and Chamberlain urge immediate aid, while Allied forces face fierce aerial combat before possible ground actions.
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Helm
Stavanger
Norway
Bergen
Oslo
Gulf of Bothnia
Narvik
Ore
Colban
Erik Andreas Colkban
London
Chamberlain
Germany
Taft Voices Support for State Local Relief Administration
Taft urged relief be run by states and localities with a large Federal grant, potentially covering about two thirds of total work and direct relief costs. He emphasized local control alongside federal aid.
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Taft
Critics attack New Deal as smothering liberal rights
A speaker denounces the New Deal blaming it for reactionary policies and fraud. He calls for restoring the country to the people and rescuing it from what he terms the most colossal fraud America has ever seen.
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America
Candidates On Farm Problems In Democratic Nomination Race
The AP reports farm issues pursued by Democratic gubernatorial candidates in separate towns. Broughton spoke at the Tryon Horse Show and planned a Rutherfordton courthouse talk. Grady held a Edgecombe County conference and Clayton Woman's Club event. Gravely attended Aberdeen School exercises and Maxwell went to Pembroke and Whiteville while referring to securities held by Britons.
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Associated Press
J. M. Broughton
Tryon
Rutherfordton
Paul Grady
Edgecombe County
Clayton Woman’s Club
Lee Gravely
Aberdeen School
A. J. Maxwell
Pembroke
Whiteville
Gravely
Tom Cooper
Maxwell
Grady
Mine Area Around River Clyde Declared Blocked by British Navy
The Admiralty announced the west coast around the River Clyde has been mined. All vessels must obtain safe passage instructions from British naval or consular authorities before sailing. The mine field spans from Cunningham Point to Craigann and Rhuad Point to Bennand Head near the Clyde shipbuilding region. Patrols will be set up south of the area as a temporary precaution.
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London
Admiralty
Britain
Lemon Juice Recipe for Rheumatic Pain Relief
A simple home remedy claims to ease rheumatic arthritis and neuritis pain within 48 hours. Mix Ru-Ex Compound with a quart of water and the juice of four lemons, taking two tablespoons twice daily. If no relief, a money back guarantee applies and the product is sold by drugstores and chains like Mann's Eckerd's and Walgreen's.
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Mann's
Eckerd’s
Walgreen's
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