New Baseball Pool Ticket Arrest Reveals Odd Prospect
Police arrested L. V. Whitaker in Jamestown aged 19 after finding a new type of baseball pool ticket hidden in inner cuff pockets of trousers. Tickets resembled razor blade packages with a flap exposing a lottery number and were kept in a pocketed hanger at Cox Service Station. Whitaker posted a $300 bond and was released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.V. Whitaker
L. V. Whitaker
North Main Street
Jamestown
Whitaker
Cox
English
Lindsay
Cadet Arthur B Williams Visits Parents in Archdale
Cadet Arthur B Williams in the Naval Air Corps in training at the University of South Carolina spent the past weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs A E Williams of Archdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Williams
Naval Air Corps
University of South Carolina
Columbia
A. E. Williams
Archdale
Service members visit home as leaves ended
Lt. (j.g.) L Dwight Morgan returned to Norfolk after a five day leave spent with his sister and mother in Randolph county and Jackson Creek. Pfc. James Clifton Moore came back to Roswell air base after a 15 day furlough with his mother in Portsmouth and New Mexico. Three Kemp sons visited from family home at 1100 Campbell Street, Lt. Jack Bailey Kemp now with Fort Belvoir engineering division, Sgt. William P. Kemp with Camp Wolters medical corps, and Marine student Clarence Ed Kemp in Duke University V-12 program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.g
L. Dwight Morgan
Norfolk
G. T. Royal
Willowbrook
J. A. Morgan
Jackson Creek
Randolph County
Moore
James Clifton Moore
Roswell
N. M
J. A. Moore
Jones Street
Portsmouth
New Mexico
Jack Bailey Kemp
William P. Kemp
Clarence Ed Kemp
W. T. Kemp
Campbell Street
Kemp
Miami
Fla
United States Army
Fort Belvoir
Army
United States
United States Army Medical Corps
Camp Wolters
Texas
United States Marine Corps
Duke University
High Point Police Chief Declares Crime Decline and Unity
Police chief W G Friddle told a full-force High Point meeting that organized crime has left the city and cited 1942 felonies at 662 as among the nation’s lowest. He praised the department’s record, urged cooperation, and noted new officers Cap J R Teague and Sergeants Shields Richardson and Ridge spoke briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. G. Friddle
High Point
Friddle
FBI
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte
Durham
Greensboro
Raleigh
National Safety Council
J. R. Teague
Frank Shields
H. F. Richardson
Ben Ridge
Building permits issued to Briggs and others
Fire Chief E Ku Ingram issued a $1,000 building permit to Briggs Manufacturing for painting a building on Commonwealth street. Other permits went to Sanders Dallas for painting a dwelling at 1307 Emory and Van Wheeler for painting a house at 1313 Louise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Ku Ingram
Briggs Manufacturing Company
Commonwealth Street
Sanders Dallas
Emory
van Wheeler
Louise
Certificates For Stoves To Be Out Aug 24
Stove purchase certificates will start August 24 under the High Point rationing road. Local boards assign monthly quotas and dealers must register by September 3. Applicants with 1941 or 1942 sales data may receive inventory allowances, and those who began business 1942 1943 get district office allocations.
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Ada Burgess
Burgess
Court Grants 24 Divorces Uncontested
Twenty four uncontested divorces were granted in the civil term of High Point Municipal Court at the opening session before Judge D. C. MacRae. Absolute divorces were awarded for individuals including James Miller from Frances Miller and Ira Thurman Norman from Vera Elaine Norman. One plaintiff was granted a divorce from board and room, Ernestine Robinson Hess from Claude A. Hess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Municipal Court
D. C. MacRae
James Miller
Frances Miller
Robert L. Lanier
Margaret C. Lanier
Elizabeth Remfrey Miller
H. W. Miller
Estella Johnson
Booker Johnson
Henry Reid
Bernice Reid
Fay Parker
Alma Parker
Ellen Young
Edward
Jack Young
Robert D. Weant
Helen Louise Weant
Ira Thurman Norman
Vera Elaine Norman
O. D. Sowers
Ruth Bernice Carden Sowers
D. L. Husbands
Laure C. Husbands
Minnie Evelyn Nichols Harrison
Joseph H. Harrison
Pauline Brady
Hunter T. Brady
Ollie Rainey
John M. Rainey
Modena Joyce
Buford Joyce
Sarah Vivian Ives
Probation For James Town Man After Drunken Court Session
In High Point a 30 year old James town Negro, among about 30 charged with drunkenness, faced Judge D C Mac Rae who reminded him of a prior promise. Aldred admitted he had been brought to High Point by the same person and pledged not to drink again. The judge, keeping a previous bargain, placed him on 30 days probation under his former employer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Aldred
Jamestown
D. C. MacRae
High Point
Suh
Aldred
MacRae
Lt Commander Whitener on leave visiting family here
Lt Commander James Whitener son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Whitener of 1001 Johnston Street is on leave from active duty visiting his wife and parents here His wife the former Miss Gladys Goebbel of Spencer has been staying with Whitener’s parents since he entered active service
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitener
Edgar Whitener
Johnston Street
Gladys Goebbel
Spencer
Whitener
Chicago Produce Market Update Unchanged Prices
Chicago August 17 butter receipts 560,454 and eggs 9,010. Prices remain steady per Chicago price current and OPA ceiling prices unchanged amid unsettled receipts.
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Chicago
82 High Point Men Inducted From Here To Leave Shortly
A total of 82 men have been inducted into the armed forces from High Point’s two selective service boards and will depart for service within the next week or two. Board No. 5 sends 42 men led by Egbert H. Culler and Linda W. Kidd among others, while Board No. 4 lists 40 inductees including Lonnie G. Sledge and Linda W. Kidd. Scheduled departures span tomorrow through September 4 with multiple names from both boards.
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Armed Forces
High Point
Egbert H. Culler
Don W. Shelton
Phil Gray
Percy M Caudle, Jr
Arnold J. Rierson
Keene G. Kennedy, Jr
Linda W. Kidd
Lonnie G. Sledge
Alton H. Venable
Paul Davis
Thomas T. Hendrix
James Coble, Jr
Robert J. Culler
Maurice H. Grimes
Robret C. Mabe
Eddie R. Clodfelter
Henry A. Gibson
Hiatt H
David L. Robinson
Hubert M. Chadwick
Ray A. Yow
Griffith E. Welch
James W. Turner
Frank E. Campbell
Edward L. Tise
Rayford J. Hall
Howard FE. Carter
John A. Dinkins
Colon R. Neighbors
Harvey R. Weaver
Alfred A. Wiseman
Charles E. Wiseman
Charles E. Hutchens
Odom Webb
William R. Jenkins, Jr
Otis H. Kestler
Jack Haley
William A. Holton
Thomas H. Elder, Jr
Horace J. Stepp, Jr
Robert G. Garland
Howard R. Greeson
Ray L. Stanley
Rufus A. Strickland
Boyd C. Royal
James H. Brooks
Thurman E. York
Samuel H. Grace
David L. Barker, Jr
Howell M. Wagner
Winford L. Hinkle
Charles W Grogan
Hammond A Strother
Auto Sticker Theft Leads to Man's Jail in High Point
Local officers with Davidson county police report the arrest of H. S. Price of Thomasville on larceny charges for stealing a new five dollar auto sticker from M. L. Cross of High Point. Cross' car, in a Thomasville garage for a paint job, allegedly had Price in it. A Price car bearing the Cross sticker was found, sticker identified by number. Price faces larceny in Thomasville court with possible fraud and embezzlement charges from federal authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson County
H. S. Price
Thomasville
M. L. Cross
Richardson Street
High Point
Price
Thomasville Court
Nu Ma F. Reid Lodge Master Mason's Degree Aug 18
The Nu Ma F. Reid Lodge A. F. & M. No. 4 calls all members and visiting brethren to attend the Master Mason's Degree on Wednesday August 18 at 7 30 P.M. G D Davidson Master and T Gregory Secretary urge attendance and cordial greetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Reid Lodge
A. F
G. D. Davidson
BK. T. Gregory
High Point Air Patrol Drives Cadet Enlistment in City
The High Point Civil Air Patrol opens an office at Smith's studio daily 5 to 7 pm to recruit aviation cadets for the national program. Qualified boys ages 17 to 26 may apply, with 17-year-olds entering reserve and subject to call after 18. A big meeting and a Greensboro High Point airport air show cap the campaign, with local members named and former members serving in coastal patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Flight
Civil Air Patrol
Smith
Greensboro High Point
Herman H. Smith
John Spencer
Paul Smith
R. W. Proctor
Howard Saunders
Gary Davis
Firemen Extinguish Trash Fires In City Areas
High Point firefighters answered a near noon call at 519 Grayson Street and quickly put out a large trash pile under a house owned by C. M. Scott. Fire crews also doused a city trash can on E Commerce Street and observed a minor blaze set by youths near a tent tabernacle on East Russell Street where they allowed the trash to burn.
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High Point
Grayson Street
C. M. Scott
E. Commerce Street
East Russell Street
Mary E Howard Dies at Eighty in High Point
Miss Mary Eliza Howard aged eighty died at the home of her nephew and niece C F Thompson 110 Homestead Avenue Tuesday morning after six months of declining health. Born October 8 1862 in Davie County she lived in Davie County until 30 years ago moving to Yadkin College. She was a member of the Yadkin College Methodist Church. Surviving are five nieces and several nephews including S W Taylor district superintendent and other Taylors. Funeral at Advance Methodist Church Wednesday at two oclock conducted by Revs Madison and Gentry. Body stays at Koonce funeral home until 12 15 Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Eliza Howard
C. F. Thompson
Homestead Avenue
Miss Howard
Winston-Salem
High Point
Davie County
Joseph and
Eliza Jones Howard
Yadkin College
Methodist Church
Sallie Taylor
Ida Thompson
Salisbury
Carrie Solomon
Greensboro
Ora Parrish
Bellew’s Creek
Lula Zimmerman
Walnut Cove
S. W
Shiloh
J. C. Gentry
Advance
Koonce
Search Launched For Missing Man J. R. Warrell
Police search for J R Warrell age 38 of 306 Pickett street missing since 6 20 last night. He failed to report to work at a furniture plant this morning. He is six feet tall with brown eyes red sandy hair and was last seen wearing blue wash pants white shirt and a brown hat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Warrell
Pickett Street
Warrell
Aviation meteorology in the navy is called aerology
A short note explains that aviation weather science within naval operations is termed aerology. It highlights the specialized field studying atmospheric conditions for flight safety and navigation.
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Navy
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