Civitan Club Awards Prizes to Essay Winners
High Point Civitan honors the Citizenship Essay Contest winners Miss Shirley Kirkman Miss Clyde Garrison and Miss Mildred Jeffers reading their essays at the club. First prize $25 second $15 third $10 plus a token to Ruth Goodman for service.
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High Point Civitan Club
Civitan
Ruth Goodman
Holt Hunter
Shirley Kirkman
Clyde Garrison
Layng
Kirkman
Garrison
Civil War Tensions Rise as Yangtze Readies Firing Order
Nationalist and Communist forces face a standstill on the Yangtze as gun crews await orders to open fire. Key leaders flee Nanking and reposition, while peace delegates in Peiping relay government responses. Military commanders move toward Hankow and Dayton amid escalations.
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Yangtze River
Nanking
Pai Chung-Hsi
Central China
Hankow
Kuomintang Party
Wu Te-Chen
Haung Shao-Hsiung
Red
Dayton
Government decision presented to Chiang Kai-shek in Shanghai area
Gen Chang Chun, southwest China commander, traveled to Chikow south of Shanghai to inform party leaders of developments and present the government’s decision to retired president Chiang Kai-shek.
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Chang Chun
Southwest China
Chikow
Shanghai
Chiang Kai- Shek
Destroyer Amethyst Under Fire on Yangtze River
Reported radio contact with British ships failed as Amethyst endured heavy fire and possible antenna loss near Rose Island. Black Swan planned to assist, while Amethyst’s crew of eight officers and 140 men faced heavy casualties. US and UK warships had patrolled the Yangtze with high level talks at Shanghai aboard the Eldorado. Notre Dame’s Leon Hart and Jim Martin named co-captains for the Irish since 1926.
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Black Swan
Rose Island
Yangtze
Nanking
United States
Oscar C. Badger
U. S. Western Pacific
Shanghai
George Crawford
U. S
John Cabot
Eldorado
Cabot
Ands
Leon Hart
Jim Martin
Notre Dame
Theater Operator Charged With U.S. Tax Evasion
Ellis Blumenthal, theater chain operator with operations in the Carolinas and Georgia, was indicted on three counts for income tax evasion totaling 336,701.09 dollars. The grand jury returned true bills. his trial is set for Greensboro. He declined comment when asked by reporters.
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Charlotte
Ellis Blumenthal
Carolinas
Georgia
Salisbury
U. S
Greensboro
Bruce R. Holt
Blumenthal
Field Packed With Speed For Philadelphia Handicap
Havre de Grace Maryland April 20 The $10 000 Philadelphia handicap drew 14 overnight entries a six furlong race well matched William Helis Mr Ace seeks his second win of the meeting Calumet Farm sends a twice ply entry Pep Well and Faultless with Faultless set for first north start of the year Pep Well finished fourth here last week
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Philadelphia
William Helis
Mr. Ace
Oriole
Seven League
Calumet Farm
Pep Well
Faultless
Java Remains Most Densely Populated Country
Java is described as the most thickly populated country in the world with 821 persons per square mile.
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Java
Explorers Find 19 Peaks Over Ten Thousand Feet in Yukon
In 1935 Yukon Territory Canada explorers reported the discovery of 19 new mountains exceeding 10 000 feet in elevation. The findings highlight a surge of mountaineering activity and geographic discoveries during that era.
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Yukon Territory
Canada
Bailey Wins With Ease in City Council Vote
Democrat incumbents Clinard Hunt Rankin Teague and Lewis held leads through ward tallies as Washburn Culler and Burris won seats alongside Mayor Bailey. Washburn led council votes with 2,507. Rankin 2,123 and Burris 1,214. Final unofficial totals showed diverse results across wards with no Republican opposition in wards one and three. Clinard and Burris face Republican challengers in ward four, while Rankin and Hunt meet Lonnie Blackwelder.
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J. F Bard
John Clinard
Bill Burris
Jesse Washburn
R. B. Culler
Robert Rankin
W. L. Hunt
Heisman Teague
C. A. Lewis
Clinard
Hunt
Rankin
Teague
Lewis
Washburn
Culler
Burris
Nayor Bailey
Edgar Snider
D. B. Carrick
E. L. Franklin
Ward
Bailey
Welch
Snider
O. Doggett
John Causby
P Culler
Jake Harris
C. W. Watson
D. B. Carrie
R. L. Heilig
G Brady
Franklin
J. E. Ward
J. O. House
Ralph Greeson
Ralph Copley
Washburn and
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Clinard and
Howard Russell
Rankin and
Remarkable Fish and Weather Phenomena Reported
The cornetfish can swim backward as well as forward and has a trumpet shaped mouth. Waterspouts over a mile high have been sighted at sea.
North Carolina Weather Forecast Slightly Warmer With Clouds
Fair and slightly warm today with increasing cloudiness and a warmer night. Thursday looks mostly cloudy and cooler with occasional rain in the west and south. Sunrise 5 40, sunset not specified.
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North Carolina
Fire alarms and new building permits in High Point
Alarms answered by the fire department from yesterday noon to today noon included a stove fire at 208 Joshua Street with no damage. A permit to build was issued to Charles E Blair for a two story frame dwelling on Gatewood Avenue between Council and Trenton Streets at a cost of $9,000 with C F Collins as general contractor.
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Joshua Street
Charles E. Blair
Gatewood Avenue
Council and
Trenton Streets
C. F. Collins
Marriage Counselor Is Sued for Divorce
Dr. John F. Cuber former director of OSU marriage counseling clinic faced a divorce suit from wife Esther Cuber in the Columbus court of domestic relations. The university noted his resignation four days earlier to take a visiting professorship at the University of Southern California.
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Ohio State University
John F. Cuber
OSU
Esther Cuber
Indians Acquire Pitcher Al Benton Loses Final PCL Start
Sacramento pitcher Al Benton, just sold to the Cleveland Indians, lost his final Pacific Coast league start as Portland defeated Sacramento 4 to 2. Ray Hesler held Benton to eight hits while Sacramento managed two unearned runs.
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Portland
Ore
al Benton
Sacramento
Cleveland Indians
Benton
Ray Hesler
Hinson Seeks City Expenditure Estimates for 1949 50
City Manager T E Hinson orders all department heads to submit estimates of expenditures for the last quarter of the current year and for the 1949 50 fiscal year. Forms due May 16 will carry 1947 48 and July 1 1948 through March 31 1949 figures. Capital outlays schedules and deficiency allowance requests are also requested with May 25 deadline.
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T E. Hinson
Public Works
Director of Public Utilities
City Utilities Dept Maintains Two On Duty For Emergencies
The city utilities department keeps two employees on duty for emergencies until 10 p m daily and all day Sundays. They handle electric ranges street lights traffic lights and other utilities. Residents can reach the repairmen by phone through the police sergeant at city hall, number 2371.
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City Utilities Department
City Hall
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