High Point Storms Leave Heavy Damage Across City
Two severe rain storms battered High Point causing major damage to the B and W Upholstery Co. plant on Ward Street and other structures. Gilbert Weant estimated losses at 10000 to 15000 dollars while utilities reported downed poles and lines and 1.03 inches of rain.
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Tom Alston
High Point
Ward St
Gilbert Weant
Weant
City Lake
Greensboro Rd
City Parks and Recreation Department
North State Telephone Co
Duke Power Co
Oak View
City Utilities Department
Two North Carolina men named Knights of the York Sun of Honour
Edward George Updegrove of 608 Lindsay St and Leonard Franklin Honeycutt of 607 Woodrow Ave are honored as Knights of the York Sun of Honour the highest York Rite Freemasonry award. Updegrove and Honeycutt have held major offices in four York Rite bodies and are among about 5,000 recipients in North America over 26 years.
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Edward George Updegrove
Lindsay St
Leonard Franklin Honeycutt
Woodrow Ave
York
York Rite of Freemasonry
Updee
Eveutt
North America
Updegrove
Numa F. Reid Lodge
High Point
Royal Arch Masons
Knights Templar
Honeycutt
Numa Lodge
Charlotte Council
Lily of the Valley Priory
Order
Fleeing Man Caught Gets Suspension in Court
James W. Jordan, 31, convicted on three counts in Municipal Court after being stopped by his landlord P. C. King for skipping out on a board bill. Items stolen from the boarding house found in Jordan’s suitcase. larceny added. Jordan given suspended sentences and ordered to repay $12.50. Robert Bishop, 26, Fort Bragg soldier, ordered to pay $174.13 for car rental owed. judgment suspended. Evereau Marion, 24, Clara Cox Apts., sentenced to 30 days for drunkenness.
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James W. Jordan
P. C. King
Jordan
King
Robert Bishop
Fort Bragg
Archie Myatt
Bishop
Evereau Marion
Clara Cox Apts
Printer Finds Stolen Money In Thief's Pants
A Dallas printer recovered $290 stolen from his shop last week after noticing a thief had hidden money in a pair of pants in a locker room. The suspect also took work clothes before fleeing.
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Dallas P
Carnival concession owner hides haul in car trunk
Albert R. Cohn, 54, carnival concession owner in San Antonio, told police he locked 83 items in the trunk of his car for safekeeping across from the county jail after an early morning car theft.
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San Antonio
Tex P
Albert R. Cohn
E&R Spring Rally Draws 250 Delegates
Approximately 250 men attended the Eastern District evangelical ministry rally at New Friendship Church near Kington. Delegates from about 30 churches across five counties and Raleigh participated. Paul Shoaf presided and Jimmie Swice led a panel on Brotherhood work. The business session outlined the district’s January 1, 1956 division into Davidson and Eastern districts, with nominating committees appointed for each group. A fall meeting is set for St Marks Church near Burlington and a ladies’ supper closed the event.
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Churchmen’s Brotherhood of the Evangelical and Reformed Church
New Friendship
Paul Shoaf
Lexington
Jimmie Swice
State Brotherhood
Davidson County
Davidson
Yadkin River
St. Marks Church
Burlington
Witnesses Question Sheriff in Guilford Grand Jury Hearing
The Guilford County grand jury began a hearing on charges against Sheriff John Walters. Testimony will be kept secret as juror John L. Latham Jr. noted. Deputies reporters doctors former prisoners and county political figures were among those called. A presentment to a Superior Court judge may follow to decide on an indictment.
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Guilford County Grand Jury
John Walters
John L. Latham Jr
Walters
Cee
OC Ees Sotleneny
Grand
Grand Jury
Jaycees Collect 44 Tons Paper and Clothing in High Point
Jaycees collected 88,000 pounds of scrap paper and about 600 pounds of clothing in High Point yesterday. The clothing will go to New York with Church World Service, and the paper is expected to fetch about $200 for the salvage program, said salvage chairman Jack Cottingham.
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High Point
Jaycees
United Church Women
New York
Church World Service
Salvage
Jack Cottingham
Truck Auto Crash Causes 300 Damage At City Intersection
A two vehicle collision at S Wrenn and E Russell streets caused more than 500 in damage with no injuries. Drivers Robert Kearns Jr. and William Stone were charged with failing to reduce speed. Stone was charged for following too closely in a separate Highway 68 wreck near Gleata Glass and Lassie Farmer.
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S. Wrenn and
E. Russell Sts. Earlyet
Robert Glenn Kearns Jr
Almina St
William W. Stone
Tate St
Highway Patrol
Highway 68
Gleata Ada Glass
Summerfield
Lassie Wood Farmer
Route 1
High Point
Police Probe Rape Slaying Of Newport Schoolteacher
Police investigated the rape slaying of Miss Susan B. Franklin 86 a retired schoolteacher from Newport Rhode Island found beaten and bound in her Point section colonial home. Medical examiner said death from asphyxia with facial injuries and rape. No suspect or leads, police captain said.
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Newport
R. L
Susan B. Franklin
Historic Point
Fashionable
Arthur E. O'Dea
John P. Connolly
Solons Warned Of Red China's Potentialities
Air Force chief Gen. Nathan F. Twining told a House panel that Red China could double or triple its air power overnight with bases near the Soviet Union. He cited a rapidly expanding air system and said new jets and tactical atomic plans are part of a growing Chinese force, rivaling the United States, USSR, and Britain. The testimony outlined U S plans for long range missiles and a hard hitting air defense, emphasizing shifts in global balance and defense priorities.
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Nathan F. Twining
Congress
Red China
Russia
Air Force
Soviet Union
Far East
House
Formosa Strait
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
United States
Great Britain
U.S
Cars derailed near Dallas injure none
Forty seven cars of an eighty six car Frisco Lines freight train derailed near Dallas yesterday. Cars were strewn over a mile of track. The train was en route from Dallas City to Fort Worth.
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Dallas
Frisco Lines
As City
Fort Worth
Murder Suspect Faces Accuser in Portland Slaying
Portland mother of two Mrs. Marjorie Smith is charged with first degree murder after a bomb killed her husband, Kermit Smith. Victor Wolf confessed to aiding the plot and said motive was love and a $21,000 life policy. Police questioned Thomas A. Marlin, who said Smith sought his help to enlist a shooter.
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Portland
Ore
Marjorie Smith
Victor L. Wolf
Wolf
Rites Today For Victim Of Crash
Funeral services were scheduled for Charles R. Burns a 43 year old Asheboro man who died from a head injury after a crash on Highway 150 near Kernersville late Saturday night. The State Highway Patrol described Burns skull fracture and noted a car owned by B O Wright of Asheboro skidded 66 feet after failing to negotiate a sharp curve. Wright was bruised. another man suffered bruises and property damage estimated at 100 dollars. Burns survived by six sisters and one brother. Interment will follow at Neighbors Grove Methodist Church Cemetery.
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Asheboro
Kernersville
Charles R. Burns
Winston-Salem
State Highway Patrol
Burns
B. O. Wright
Guilford
Forsyth County
Wright
Lillie Burns
Lena Burns
Annie Burns
Dora Brown
Ida Hussey
Prominent Lawyer Clarence E. Martin Dies in Virginia
Clarence E. Martin, 75, a noted corporation lawyer and former American Bar Association president, died in Martinsburg Virginia yesterday after four years of illness. He briefly figured in a 1941 West Virginia political battle involving Sen. Neely and ex-Gov Holt over a Senate vacancy and was once a leading West Virginia Democrat with potential Senate ambitions.
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Martinsburg
W. Va
Clarence E. Martin
Sen
Neely
D-Wva
Holt
Senate
Joseph Rosier
Fairmont
Rosier
Youth 15 Drowns At Albemarle Park
Rex E. Thornton 15 of 802 Carrick Ave High Point drowned at Morrow Mountain Park near Albemarle while attempting to swim to a farmhouse for directions. He disappeared in six feet of water about 40 feet from shore. Thornton was a Deep River Friends Meeting member and junior high student at High Point Junior High School. The body was recovered by Albemarle police and High Point Rescue Squad, with funeral services planned at Deep River Friends Meeting House.
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Morrow Mountain Park
Albemarle
High Point
Rex E. Thornton
Carrick Ave
R. M. Thornton
Buren Hill
Thornton
Hill
N. Main St. Baptist Church
Deep River Friends Meeting
State Highway Patrol
Lake Tillery
Narrows Dam
Yadkin
Thornton Boy
Rex Marshall
Zelma Pickard Thornton
Deep River
Vaughn
Man charged after boarding house assault with table leg
John G. Brown, 32, accused of striking Coy F. Bowers with a table leg at a boarding house causing a five stitch head wound. Brown released on $200 bond. The case is set for May 9. Also two driving while intoxicated charges filed yesterday will be tried next month against Raymond Miner and Ford Peatross, both with additional alleged license or prohibition violations.
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John G. Brown
Coy F. Bowers
Bowers
Brown
S. Hamilton St
Raymond Miner
Willowbrook St
Ford Peatross
Miner
Peatross
Money Lost on W Main St in Thomasville
Homer Jones of Route 2 in Thomasville reported losing one $10 bill and three $20 bills on W Main St Saturday afternoon. Police noted the loss occurred late in the afternoon and filed the report.
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Thomasville
W. Main St
Homer Jones
Jones
Nothing Faster For Headache Relief
Ad copy extols BC Headache Tablets and Powders for nerve-racking headaches. Claims fast relief from a combination of medically tested ingredients. Promises quick-dissolving action and superior effectiveness versus single ingredients.
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Ada Blair
Rea
Greensboro
William . York
Cry
Groometown
L. E. Wilkins
Prospect St
Janet Langley
Updegrove, Honeycutt Wan
E&r
Solons
Red
China
Eriae Meteredos
Savarte Oo
Todt Abkoialias
Nad
Virginia
Stewart
Rugi
Lexington Ave
Coca-Colas
Cate
Main ST
Albemarle Park
Rex Thornton JR
Boone Coal & Fuel Co
Small’s Radio & Television Service
Tel
N. Main St
Weathertron
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Zett
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