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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1953
Page
6
Gambill 72 was beaten and robbed on Aug 15 and died two days later. In Wilkes County Superior Court Judge Dan K. Moore sentenced three defendants G Buster Holloway 19 Carmen Combs and the late Gambill to life as required by North Carolina law. The judge noted mercy in not asking for the boys' consent.
In Halifax Superior Court three men pleaded guilty to second degree burglary and conspiracy to commit first degree burglary for tying up Maceo Sanders and his wife and stealing a safe containing 8000 dollars. Herbert Harmantz William Kittrell of Baltimore and Dequincy Cotegro of Enfield received prison terms ranging from 15 to 30 years.
Five finalists were selected in the second elimination of the Mrs. North Carolina contest as part of the Drexel Community Fair. Ten contestants remain and will compete tomorrow night for the 1954 North Carolina title, with the winner advancing to the Mrs. America pageant in Asbury Park New Jersey next month.
United Merchants and Manufacturers Inc wins approval to acquire all Juilliard common and preferred shares. Juilliard will operate separately with its mills and finishing plants in Utica Stottville Aragon Brookford Providence and more. United to exchange 6 percent United shares for each Juilliard share valued at about $7 per Juilliard share.
Gangs rustle cattle in North Malaya and smuggle across the Gelok River into Thailand for sale. Malayan and Thai police cooperate but detection remains difficult amid the cross border scheme.
In East Point Georgia the new $200,000 city jail supposedly attracts tourists who mistake it for a hotel. Police Chief William H. Taylor explains the jail is not air conditioned despite its posh appearance and his staff confirm the lighthearted error has circulated.
Melvin Swepston city liquor supervisor in St. Joseph Missouri felt a jolt when he stepped off a sidewalk. Minutes later he found his left ear fully restored hearing. Authorities note no further medical details were provided.
Marian Hart becomes the first woman to fly solo non stop across the Atlantic in a small single engine plane from Newfoundland to Ireland in about 13 hours. From New York, she notes saving ship transport costs for her Beechcraft. Co pilot and navigator Wayne Vetterlein of Shawnee on Delaware assisted on the 2,500 mile flight from Torbay Newfoundland.
Three cars tangled on a highway in Idaho. One driver claimed an ambulance was caused after looking into another car and seeing blood, but no one was seriously hurt. Mrs. Darwin Champion smiled through tears while wiping red paint from her hair.
The House votes to mount a 1,200 mile bus tour starting Sept 19 from Bristol Virginia through Tennessee Alabama Mississippi and Georgia ending in northern Florida Sept 25. Hearings in Bristol Sept 9 cover Kentucky Tennessee Virginia and North Carolina with another Sept 24 Valdosta Georgia hearing on Georgia Florida South Carolina and Alabama. Rep. Hope leads the effort with Rep. Wampler directing the Valdosta session.
Army announces 487 repatriated POWs arriving Saturday on Transport Gen. W. F. Hase include North Carolina names and addresses across cities such as Greensboro Durham Monroe Morganton Kinston Knightdale Brevard Newton Mount Olive and others.
The chief U S and British law officers spoke at the American Bar Association diamond jubilee convention. Att Gen Herbert Brownell Jr and Stanley M Barnes addressed daytime sessions while Lord Simonds spoke at the ABA dinner. Brownell announced plans to form a committee to review anti trust laws and support enforcement. The Justice Department will study an ABA report proposing barring Communists from the legal profession.
Washington begins a broad reaction watch on a proposed overhaul of the United Nations charter described by John Foster Dulles as obsolete. He notes flaws in Security Council voting and urges limits on veto use, signaling a cautious push for revision while awaiting public and congressional response.
Officer C. J. Atkins testified in City Court that Newton A. Walters admitted drunken driving for 20 years after a weaving car was halted. Walters was fined 300 dollars. Ring necked pheasants imported from China are among America's best known game birds.
A drugstore ad promotes REMATRON claiming fast relief from arthritis rheumatism sciatica and neuritis. It offers a money back guarantee if first bottle fails and notes price and mail order option through Cecil's Drug Store at 121 N Main.
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