Strike Stirred Italy Eases With Funds Pledge
Rome reports the Italian government averted a nationwide city employee strike by pledging funds to cover promised wage increases and announcing Milan governor replacement protests quelled by leftist factions. Aiming to dampen labor pressure, De Gasperi’s cabinet faced anticipated strikes while Communist unions threaten coordinated action with France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italh
Mian
Italy
France
Aeronautics Board Set to Convene in Wilmington
North Carolina's five member aeronautics commission will meet in Wilmington tomorrow to discuss state aviation developments and coordination with the civil aeronautics authority. Sen. Ro. Rowe of Burgaw will chair. expected members include T. H. Davis of Winston-Salem, William Olsen of Raleigh, Paul N. McMurray of Asheville Hendersonville, and Mayor H. H. Baxter of Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
North Carolina
Aeronautics Commission
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Rowe
Burgaw
T. H. Davis
Winston-Salem
William Olsen
Raleigh
Paul N. McMurray
Ashe- Ville-Hendersonville
H. H. Baxter
Charlotte
Abattoir Storage Increase Approved by City Council
The council voted to raise free meat storage at the city abattoir to ten days and kept a 25 cent per day penalty for storage beyond ten days. The measure sets a maximum free period while preserving the surcharge for overage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Council
Battoir
Postal Receipts Increase in High Point for November
November postal receipts in High Point rose by 9335.60 from 1946 levels, with last month totaling 33288.79 compared to 23953.19 a year earlier, per J C Payne assistant postmaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
J. C. Payne
Mrs. Ragan Chooses Jury Duty Over Excuse
Mrs. Kate Ragan, summoned for municipal court jury duty, declines to be excused citing duty and civic work. She notes her involvement in securing women's right to serve on juries in North Carolina and becomes the lone woman among twelve jurors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Ragan
Welch Memorial Church Installs Senior Scouting
Welch Memorial Methodist church forms a new Senior Scout unit under Odele Brown. H H Kivett chairs the committee with Gra ham Morgan and Alf Hoover as advisor and assistant. Senior scouting opens to boys 15 and older, including former Troop 14 members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch Memorial Methodist Church
Odele Brown
H. H. Kivett
Graham Morgan
Alf Hoover
Funeral Rites for Mrs Elizabeth M Hammett Held
Funeral services for Mrs Elizabeth M Hammett were conducted Monday at 2 PM in Yows Chapel by Rev Jack Jones. Pallbearers were church members and flowers were carried by friends and neighbors. Interment followed in Fairfield Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Hammett
Elizabeth M. ‘Hammett
Yow’s Funeral Home
Jack Jones
Fairfield Cemetery
Clyde W Cox Funeral Held At Conrad Memorial Church
Clyde W Cox aged 42 died suddenly Monday morning. Funeral will be Wednesday at 2 PM at Conrad Memorial Baptist Church on the CCC Camp road with Rev. George E Richman and Dr A B Conrad officiating. Interment at Floral Garden cemetery. Active pallbearers listed. Body to be returned to CCC Camp road residence Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde W. Cox
Conrad Memorial Baptist Church
CCC
Funeral service for Hal J. Phillips held at Asheboro church
Hal J. Phillips died in a Charlotte hospital Saturday night. The Charlotte Drug Company manager was mourned in a service at a Lutheran church in Asheboro yesterday at 3 30. Survivors include his widow his father and mother L C Phillips and three sisters Mrs Davis of High Point Rt 3 Mrs Hendrix of Statesville and Mrs McGuinn of High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal J. Phillips
Charlotte
Lutheran Church
Asheboro
Phillips
Charlotte Drug Company
L. C. Phillips
W. S. Davis
High Point
Rt. 3
J. W. Hendrix
Statesville
J. W. McGuinn
City Hall Announces Holiday Hours for Christmas and New Year
City Council approves four and a half day Christmas holiday for all city employees except fire and police. City Hall to close at noon December 24 and reopen December 29, with New Year’s Day also off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire and Police Departments
T. E. Hinson
Army Officer Search Under Way For Missing Lt Edward Kelly
Camp Lee Virginia authorities hunt for First Lt Edward P. Kelly of Denville New Jersey missing since yesterday after picking up 15 000 in government pay checks for 40 officers. Lt Col K W Dalton says foul play suspected as checks totaling about 1000 were cashed with forged endorsements at a post bank.
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Camp Lee
Virginia
K. W. Dalton
Army Post
Edward P. Kelly
Derville
N. J
Seaboard
Col. Dalton
Kelly
High Point Men on Pledge List at State College
Sixteen fraternities at North Carolina State College pledged 255 students this term including 203 North Carolinians. Eleven pledgees hail from High Point and Thomasville areas. Notable names include George W. Ray Delta Sigma Phi J B Coffield Lambda Chi Alpha John Fox Randleman Rufus K Herring Thomasville Pi Kappa Phi L Elwood Boyles Luther Lewis Sigma Alpha Epsilon C Grover Bedford Raymond L Ward Sigma Chi Vernon B Bodenheimer Harold Willard Jr Sigma Nu James A Rodgers Thomasville Sigma Phi Epsilon. Home town not indicated implies High Point origin.
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N. C. State College
High -Point-Thomasville
George W. Ray
Delta Sigma Phi
J. B. Coffield
Lambda Chi Aplha
John Fox
Randleman
Rufus K. Herring
Thomasville
Pi Kappa Phi
L. Elwood Boyles
Luther Lewis
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
C. Grover Bedford
Raymond L. Ward
Sigma Chi
Vernon B. Bodenheimer
C. H
Harold) Williard
Sigma Nu
James A. Rodgers
Sigma Phi Epsilon
High Point
J M Hoover Dies at Son's Home in Charlotte
J M Hoover aged 62 died Monday afternoon at the home of his son Melvin Hoover in Charlotte. He leaves a daughter Hazel Hoover of Denton and a brother Claude Hoover of Lake City South Carolina. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 11 at Toms Creek Baptist church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denton
J. M. Hoover
Melvin Hoover
Charlotte
Hazel Hoover
Claude Hoover
Lake City
S.C
Toms Creek Baptist Church
Violence Across Palestine After Jewish Bus Stoning
Rioting and mob attacks erupt in Jerusalem and other parts of Palestine with Asher Lazar, Haaretz correspondent, among casualties. Hagana patrols break up attacks on a Jewish bus, suspects arrested and handed to police. A bomb hits a Tel Aviv suburb with no casualties. one Jew wounded near Ramle.
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Damacus Gate
Jerusalem
Hagana
Jerusalems Hospital
Asher Lazar
Tel Aviv
Haaretz
Palestine
Ramle
Jaffa
Frank McKinnon Hurt After Fall At Mill
Frank McKinnon a Pickett Cotton Mills worker was hospitalized at Point Memorial hospital after falling from a ladder onto a carding machine near noon today. Ambulance attendants said his condition was not serious. Mill reports say a moving belt knocked him from the ladder onto the machine.
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Frank McKinnon
Pickett Cotton Mills
Boulevard
Point Memorial Hospital
Woman held on murder charge after Wilkes county shooting
Miss Myrt Woodie, 40, of the Blue Ridge Parkway area, was jailed on a murder charge in Wilkes county after she shot her brother in law Tom Miller with a .22 rifle near Peak Creek post office. Miller died en route to West Jefferson hospital. authorities say he had been abusing his wife and seven children. No hearing date set.
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Winston-Salem
Myrt Woodie
Blue Ridge Parkway
Wilkes County
Tom Miller
C. C. Poindexter
Woodie
Peak Creek
Ashe County
Miss Woodie
Miller
West Jefferson
Meyers Case Jury to Hear LaMarre Today
A grand jury probes wartime private business deals of Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers. Eleanor H. LaMarre, former associate and firm president, expected to testify after Meyers denied fraud and called her a liar. Mrs. Mildred LaMarre previously testified as Meyers’s secretary.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Eleanor H. LaMarre
Dayton, O
Senate War Investigating Committee
Meyers
Army Air Forces
Dayton
Grand
Mildred LaMarre
Senate
LaMarre
G I Flight Area Group Set Meeting At Y M C A
The G I Flight Area Group will meet at the Y M C A on Wednesday evening December 3 at 8 p m to discuss final details before flight training begins. Twenty one veterans are registered with hopes for four or five more. Interested veterans should go to the post office for discharge and eligibility certificate and bring it to the meeting announced by P A Armstrong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. I. Flight Area Group
P. ©. Armstrong
Needle Craft Club Meets December 3 at Mrs Drake's Home
The Needle Craft Club plans a December 3 meeting at 2 p m hosted by Mrs Charles Drake 133 Underhill Avenue All members should attend. PTA Tonight at Leonard Street School
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Needle Craft Club
The
Charles Drake
Underhill Avenue
Household of Ruth to Meet at Odd Fellows Hall
The Household of Ruth 622 schedules a Wednesday 8 p.m. gathering at the Odd Fellows hall. Miss Eddie Kelley of Charlotte visited Thanksgiving with her niece Mrs. Ella C. Harris 904 Richardson Street. The Brown Gospel Singers from Winston will perform at Pilgrim Congregational Church Sunday at 8 p.m. The Starlight Gospel Singers will perform at Shiloh Baptist Church Friday at 8 p.m.
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Ruth
Odd Fellows Hall
Eddie Kelley
Charlotte
Ella C. Harris
Richardson Street
The
Brown Gospel Singers
Winston
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Starlight Gospel Singers
Shiloh Baptist Church
Mirror Products Vault Robbed After Break-In
Police investigate a break in at Mirror Products Co. last night. Officials report the office was entered and ransacked, with about $80 missing from the safe after it was broken open. Distillation line mentions hardwood products producing methyl alcohol and other chemicals.
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Mirror Products Co
Mirror Products
Clah
Wesleyans Meet Tonight at Institute in North Carolina
The Ministerial Institute of North Carolina conference will convene at 7:30 p.m. at Hayworth Memorial Church 517 Newton Street hosted by Wesleyan Methodist church. Rev. C. K. Gentry opens with The Mission of the Sunday School. Dr. W. K. Dayton of Marion College and Dr. W. S. Surbrook of Pilgrim Bible College will speak daily during the three day session. Rev. Paul Hill extends invitation to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ministerial Institute of North Carolina Conference
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Hayworth Memorial Church
Newton Street
C. K. Gentry
W. K. Dayton
Dayton
Marion College
Marion
Ind
W. S. Surbrook
Pilgrim Bible College
Kernersville
Paul Hill
Taxi Driver Held For Drunken Driving
A Blue Bird taxi driver Paul J Sanders 22 of 30 Clara Cox apartments was charged with drunken driving after his cab crashed into a tree in front of 1510 Tryon Street early today. Estimated car damage 400 dollars Bond set at 500 dollars with a municipal court hearing forthcoming. Citrus fruits have been cultivated in the Orient for at least 2000 years.
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Blue Bird
Paul J.sanders
Clara Cox Apartments
Tryon Street
Sanders
Romanian King Mihai to wed distant cousin Ann of Bourbon Parma
In Copenhagen reports say Mihai I of Romania and Princess Ann of Bourbon Parma, 24, now in Switzerland after London, will announce their engagement within a month. Rumors tied Mihai to Princess Margaret Rose and Princess Thereza amid royal wedding buzz from London.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Mihai I
Romania
Ann
Bourbon-Parma
New York
Mihai
Switzerland
London
Elizabeth
Margaret Rose
Thereza
Brazil
Barking Dog Saves Lives of 22 Persons
A two year old collie named Princess alarms its owner and wakes 22 residents as fire sweeps through a gal a and an apartment building in Mobile. Assistant Fire Chief Dan Sirmon reports 14 Negroes were sleeping in the apartments and the blaze spread to a white household where Mrs. Victoria Corey recounts waking at about 3 am. Princess belongs to James Norris Jr.
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Mobile
Ala
Dan Sirmon
Victoria Corey
Princess
James Norris, Jr
Gasoline Burns Fatal To Man In Charlotte
Robert Bradley of Gaffney South Carolina died in a Charlotte hospital from burns suffered at an oil terminal where he worked. Witnesses said his clothes were soaked with gasoline while filling a tanker and ignited after he changed clothes in a washroom, where an electric heater was blamed for ignition.
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Charlotte
Robert Bradley
Gaffney
S. C
Fraley Field To Remain Open By Private Operators
Fraley Field will continue in operation under private individuals rather than city management after the lease expired. John Spencer, previously head of an eight man local corporation, reported his group dissolved and could not cover the $1,000 annual lease. The council heard that financial arrangements are in place and Spencer will keep the field, hosting 18 private planes.
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Fraley Field
Chamber of Commerce Aviation Committee
John Spencer
Council
Spencer
Souvenir Covers for New Voyage of President Cleveland
Postmaster S C Clark announced souvenir covers may be sent to the San Francisco post office for the maiden voyage of the SS President Cleveland. The ship, sailing December 27 from San Francisco to Manila Hong Kong Shanghai and Yokohama, requires 5 cents for the first ounce and 3 cents for each additional ounce. US delivery is unavailable and collectors must arrange return via an agent in the recipient country.
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S. C. Clark
President Cleveland
American President Lines
San Francisco
Manila
Philip‘pine Islands
Hong Kong
Shanghai
China
Yokohama
Japan
United States
Tile floors reveal medieval legends at Chresty Abbey site
Archaeologists uncovered 800 year old tile floors on the Eng land site of Chresty Abbey. The fragments bear episodes from Richard Coeur de Lion and the romance of Tristarm and Iseult, shedding light on the abbey’s storied past.
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Richard
Coeur de Lion
Tristarm
Iseult
England
Chresty Abbey
Speech Society at High Point High Inducts 42 Members
High Point High School National Masque and Gavel society welcomed 12 seniors and 30 juniors at the annual induction before the student assembly. Dr. Howard Carroll spoke on the value of good oral speech. Walter Tice presided as president and led the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point High School
Howard Carroll
High Point College
Walter Tice
Carroll
Mickey Marsh
Paul Hardin
Sergeant At Arms
Richard Crowder
Betty Daughn
Paul Friedman
Bill Gray
Jim Hardison
Perry Keziah
Charles McConkey
Dolly Moser
June Smith
Nancy Snider
Darla Dean Stephens
Bob Warren
Jon Barnes
Sara Barrer
Jane Beam
Scottie Cook
Boonie Davis
Dewey Greer
Jerry Hester
Martha Hodgin
Kent Jackson
Jean Kearns
Dot Kendall
Nancy Lambeth
Barbara Lee
Gladys Linthicum
Margaret Little
Barbara Mabry
Jackie Meekins
Ruth Ellen Monroe
Carolyn Murray
Evelyn Nance
Bob Neill
Bobby Padgett
Marilyn Robinett
Dora Jean Iebert
Mazie Strickland
Max Thurman
Heywood Washburn
Betty Sue Young
Bob Younts
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Welch Memorial
Troop 14
Tony
Phyllis Tonnater
Keswick
Iowa
Chicago
States
Canada
State College
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Ptarts
G. L. Flight Training
PTA
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First Baptist Church
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