Grady Urges Democracy Preservation at High Point Lunch
Paul D. Grady of Kenly addressed the High Point Monarch Club at the Sheraton Hotel noting democracy must be preserved as forefathers established it. He compared farmers and industrialists’ roles to past shifts before the people took charge, and downplayed partisan politics while praising Republicans. A hat incident occurred as he spoke.
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Paul D. Grady
Kenly
North Carolina
High Point
Grady
BE. Z. Jones
Carl Craft
Walter Criss- Man
Roy Culler
High Point Monarch Club
Sheraton Hotel
Elm Street Children to Present Peter Rabbit Play
Mrs Englishs second grade at Elm Street School will stage Peter Rabbit next Tuesday afternoon. All pupils will appear at least once during the performance directed by Girl Patrol members Betty Ruth Walters and Ruby Workman.
Big Sea Fight Continues in Norwegian Ports and Skirmishes
Allied forces press to seal off German held Trondheim and Narvik while fierce clashes surge near Lillehammer and Rena north of Oslo. Norwegian and British reinforcements bolster defenses as rail links to Andalsnes and Trondheim remain crucial.
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Trondheim
Narvik
Norway
Lillehammer
Rena
Oslo
Gudbrandsdal
Osterdal
Local Weather Noon Reading Fails Readable
Weather notice provides scattered numbers with no clear readings for today at noon a previous low and high are listed with unreadable symbols. The fragment confirms a temperature range but lacks complete data for accurate summary.
Beauty Queen to Endure Ice Block Challenge Tonight
Miss Bonnie Gay a renowned beauty contest winner will be frozen in a 1400 pound ice block at Sedgefield Skating Rink tonight She aims to break her own world record set in Miami two weeks earlier before a 6000 strong audience Wearing a two piece bathing suit she enters the ice at 9 pm signaling her manager Ted Merriman every minute with a flashlight If no signal is given she is removed from the ice The event precedes her return to the World’s Fair in San Francisco where she appeared with Sally Rand on Treasure Island
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Bonnie Gay
United States
Canada
Mexico
Maryland
Sedgefield Skating Rink
Miami
High Point Ice & Coal Company
Ted Merriman
Miss Gay
San Francisco
Sally Rand
Greenwich Village
Treasure Island
Fire damages home at 411 Lake Street
A small kitchen fire at Luther Hampton’s residence 411 Lake Street caused minor damage to rags and trash in the kitchen and walls. Firemen responded at 10:50 p.m. and extinguished the blaze quickly with no appreciable loss.
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Lake Street
Luther Hampton
British Bomb Sylt and Northern Operations Reported
British forces attacked Sylt Island with bombs on hangars and runways starting fires and a large explosion. En route encounters with enemy patrol boats led to two sunk ships while attacks targeted Aalborg Christiansand Oslo and Stavanger air bases. Reconnaissance over Trondheim Fjord noted as highly successful. Parliament heard Monckton to direct propaganda in neutral and enemy nations. Budget talks continued with a $10 billion plan and new tax measures.
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Sylt
Aalborg Christiansand
Kristiansand
Oslo
Stavanger
Trondheim Fjord
House
Walter Monckton
Chicago Produce Report Trims Prices For Butter Eggs
Chicago April 24 Butter 851 956 tons steady prices unchanged Eggs 45 845 tons firm no price change noted in market brief from Chicago.
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Chicago
Thomas Meredith Sentenced for Carnal Knowledge of Minor
In Greensboro on April 24 Thomas Meredith a 39 year old white man of 503 Manning Street High Point received 12 to 15 years at hard labor after being convicted in Guilford Superior Court of carnal knowledge of a 14 year old girl Obedience Johnson who was described as a cripple. Meredith had prior 1929 conviction for attempt to commit rape. Trial began for C M Hart Frank Davis and Irvin Davis on embezzlement of 479 12 cases of whiskey from a Pennsylvania supplier to a Vance County ABC store.
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Greensboro
Thomas Meredith
Manning Street
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
Meredith
Obedience Johnson
C. M. Hart
Frank Davis
Irvin Davis
Pennsylvania
Vance County
Fights Italian Fascist Group Fights Italian Fascist Group
Buenos Aires reports of an Italian Fascist nest in Argentina prompt government vows to block alien groups opposing republican democracy. Rome dispatches claim Old Guard Fascists ordered a new squadrist policy under Farinacci, but Argentina has not confirmed the story.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Rome
Regime Fascista
Italy
Roberto Farinacci
Il Duce
Farinacci
Fascist Grand Council of
Cremona
Nazi War Updates Claim Submarine Losses and Norwegian Gains
A Nazi communique reports five submarines and the armed merchant ship Rawalpindi sunk, with 24 German warships losses not counting many submarines. It notes aerial rail bombardments in Norway and Nazi advances including occupation of Steinkjer near Trondheim and disarming Norwegian regiments near Stavanger. British naval reinforcements off Narvik are noted, with no landings or shellings at the port. The report also covers Sweden air protest, a British air raid on Sylt with limited damage, and denial of military harm on Oslo airports. The Estonian legation and a foreign consulate were hit in Oslo.
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Rawalpindi
Norway
Steinkjer
Trondheim
Stavanger
DNB
Namsos
Narvik
Sweden
Sylt
Oslo
Horticultural thief robs Elmwood Cemetery tulips
A thief damaged Mrs. L. K. Culpepper’s family burial plot in Elmwood Cemetery Charlotte stealing 54 bright red tulips. Police investigation noted the act, seen as a vandalism with peculiar motive.
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Charlotte
Jesse Lee Wilson Dies After Ill Health In High Point
Jesse Lee Wilson 47 died shortly before 4 a m at his home 1201 Park Street after six weeks of illness. Born May 10 1892 in Rockingham County he moved to High Point 15 years ago from Greensboro and worked for Myrtle Desk Company four years. Surviving are wife Helen Bowman Wilson two sons Jesse Jr and Cleveland two daughters Margaret Miller J B Gregg of Aiken SC and Guy Bunting of Liberty two brothers Thomas of High Point James of Greensboro two sisters Blanche Kivett Minnie Stanley. The body was taken to his residence at 5 p m. Funeral Thursday at 2 30 p m from Mitchell Grove Church with Rev Calloway. Interment in church cemetery.
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Jesse Lee Wilson
Park Street
Mr. Wilson
Rockingham County
William
Margaret Southern Wilson
High Point
Greensboro
Myrtle Desk Company
Helen Bowman Wilson
Jesse Wilson
Cleveland Wilson
Margaret Wilson
Mitchell Grove Methodist Church
Calloway
Church
Red Hot Alibi Acquitted After Fire Claim
Des Moines Iowa speeding case ends in acquittal as L W Robson testifies smoke in car forced rush to garage and motorcycle officer clocks 40 mph in a 30 mph zone. Other testimony supports the fire claim. In Rochester New York the Rose Bowl saga introduces the Sherbet Bowl a four scoop sherbet dish with a rose at soda fountains this summer.
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Des Moines
Iowa
L. W. Robson
Robson
Rochester
N. Y
George W. Hennerich
The
Ice Cream Merchandising Institute
Hennerich
Trucking with Wife: Man Fined for Striking Spouse
Police Judge James F. Nangle fined a man $50 for hitting his wife with a truck after she stepped from the vehicle during a quarrel. The defendant testified the blow was accidental while trying to frighten her and pleaded guilty to careless driving. Charles F. Myers.
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ST. Louis
James F. Nangle
Ex-convict George Sealise released on $40,000 bond
George Sealise, former sub chief of the American Federation of Labor and president of the Building Service Employees International Union, is pictured in New York after his release on a $40,000 bond pending trial on charges he collected about $100,000 from hotels and other firms in a labor extortion racket.
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George Sealise
American Federation of Labor
New York
Building Service Employes International Union
Unwilling Norsemen Drive 180 Nazi Troops to Death
A Norwegian report states three bus drivers forced their vehicles off a cliff killing themselves and most of the 180 Nazi passengers. Reidar Haanes, a Norwegian sports writer, recounted the tale upon arriving in Stockholm.
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Stockholm
Reidar Haanes
Farm thefts in Idaho Falls total over 20 tons stolen
The sheriff's office reported more than 20 tons of farm equipment stolen in a series of thefts in Idaho Falls. The haul includes a four ton steam engine.
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Idaho Falls
Idaho
Sheriff's Office
Erskine History Professor Dr Louis Gallo Dies at 63
Dr Louis Caldwell Gallo of the Erskine College history department died last night at Anderson County Hospital. He was 63 and had served on the Erskine faculty for 37 years.
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Due West
S. C
Louis Caldwell Galloway
Erskine College
Anderson County Hospital
Erskine
Banquet to open $150,000 Cabarrus hospital addition
DEDICATION SPEAKERS KANNAPOLIS APRIL 24 Dr Thomas Parran surgeon general of the United States and Governor Clyde R Hoey will be the principal speakers at a banquet tonight marking the opening of a 150000 addition to the Cabarrus County Hospital.
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Kannapolis
Thomas Parran
United States
Clyde R. Hoey
Cabarrus County
Farm Market Report Covers Frsuits and Vegetables Prices
North Carolina shipping point information and Tuesday sales on major markets reported by the U S Agricultural Marketing Service and North Carolina Department of Agriculture. Details include prices and shipments for sweet potatoes cabbage strawberries lettuce radishes and potatoes across New York Philadelphia Washington Chicago and regional centers with various stock qualities and price ranges.
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North Carolina
U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Washington
Nancy Halls
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
North and
South Carolina
New York
Hammond
Missionary Lawter
Plant City
North
Norfolk
Hastings
Pla
Bliss Triumph
Maine
Green Mountains
U. S
Idaho Russet Burbanks U
Bliss
Wis
1. C
U. S. No
Texas Bliss
Calif
Man and Wife Sentenced in Prostitution Case
In Municipal Court Judge D C MacRae sentenced a man and his wife to 15 and 12 months respectively for prostitution after state witnesses testified the pair solicited clients and directed them to a room in a local apartment house to contact the woman Mabel Thomas.
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D. C. MacRae
W. R. Thomas
Mabel Thomas
Martinsville
Wesley Grant
Prospect Road
Roscoe Cavin
Cavin
J. W. McMullin
Price Street
Muriel Byrd
Negress
East Washington
Former Detroit Judge Leads One Man Grand Jury Probe
Homer Ferguson acting as a one man grand jury presides over a probe into police corruption and rackets. Present or former Detroit police include Fred W. Frahm the deposed superintendent, Lieut. John P. MacCarthy head of the racket squad, Lieut. Frank J. Dombecky, and Arthur Ryckman who retired in January.
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Homer Ferguson
Fred W. Frahm
John P. MacCarthy
Frank J. Dombecky
Arthur Ryckman
Divorce Suit Filed in Clerk of Court Office
Roland Hicks filed action today in the clerk of court for divorce from Kathleen F. Hicks on grounds of two years separation. The Lenoir Finance Company sought possession of an automobile taken by police on May 9 when illicit whiskey was found in the car. The petition claims a balance of 378 dollars due on the car from Zeb V. Lamb of 315 English Street, alleged purchaser.
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Roland Hicks
Clerk of Court
Kathleen F. Hicks
Lenoir Finance Company
Zeb V. Lamb
English Street
Support For Scout Campaign Is Urged
B C Philpot of the Lexington district on the Uwharrie council budget and finance committee urged all citizens to participate in the Scout finance campaign set for next Friday. He highlighted a district budget of 1 200 to support Scouting for 453 boys reaching their twelfth birthdays in four counties and noted a 25 percent regional budget increase to 329 644 for 1940.
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B. C. Philpot
Lexington
Uwharrie Council
Philpot
Dance Hall Tragedy Claims Walter Barnes and 200 Negroes
Witnesses recall a deadly fire at a Natchez dance hall housing about 200 Black patrons. Bandleader Walter Barnes died, most of the orchestra perished, and only two of twelve escaped. Deputies recovered bodies as flames, crowded exits, and boarded windows trapped victims. About 30 remained in hospitals with potential deaths. Natchez, a 16,000 population city with a 60 percent Black community, is shaken by the catastrophe.
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William S. Herbert
Walter Barnes
Natchez
Lepre Lemon Juice Relief for Rheumatic Pain
An inexpensive home recipe promotes Ru-Ex Compound mixed with water and lemon juice to ease rheumatic arthritis and neuritis. Reported quick relief within 48 hours is claimed, with a money back guarantee if not improved. Sold by Mann's Eckerd's Walgreen's and other drug stores.
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Mann's
Eckerd’s
Walgreen's
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