Stocking Fund Donations Reach Eleven Thirds of Goal
Donations to the Empty Stocking fund total 136.50 since yesterday as a Christ centered appeal continues. The names committee will review aid requests including a family of three with a disabled father and working mother, seeking food and essentials. An estimated 3,500 needed for this year to aid about 450 receiving old age assistance, with many individual donors listed among contributions.
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Christ
Names Committee
Disca
Aheomwanes
Snenee
Larkin Kirkman
Patricia
Yenmay Hees
Caroline Briem
John Kirkman
Frien
W. E. Griffith
Carol, Martin
Ronnie Taylor
Cleo Martin
Edward
Jimmy
W. L. Steward, Jr
Comerenes Matton, Jr
Perry
Billy Ragsdale
Easeae Cau Cally Smith
J. W. Eldridge
L. R. Stewart
Jane Rhodes
Seers
Mt Airy Native Named Leader of Union Pacific
George F. Ashby, 60, of Mt. Airy North Carolina, was elected to succeed William M. Jeffers as president of Union Pacific. Jeffers 70 next January will retire February 1 after serving as president since October 1937 and earlier as rubber director in wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
William M. Jeffers
Union Pacific Railroad Co
George F. Ashby
Jeffers
Union Pacific System
Ashby
Mt. Airy
N. C
Union Pacific
Mail Restrictions To Navy Men Modified
Navy men and service members overseas no longer must send requests for newspapers and periodicals. The prior requirement, in effect since July 1, 1945, has been withdrawn per Patmaster S C Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patmaster S. C. Clark
Divorce Filed in Municipal Court Over Adultery
John Weldon Hicks files for divorce from Stella M. Hicks in municipal court on adultery grounds. The action seeks dissolution of marriage and related relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Weldon Hicks
Stella M. Hicks
Citywide coal shortage slows households and dealers
All coal yards in the city were reported out of regular coal this morning except some stoker coal. Public cooperation to conserve supplies was poor as dealers struggle to verify customer needs by telephone. Only one yard had stock yesterday amid heavy demand, with customers carting away coal on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Police Plan Officer For Juveniles In High Point
High Point police chief J A Lowdermilk outlined plans to curb rising crime by preventative enforcement and allocating a dedicated juvenile officer in early 1946. He emphasized prevention over arrests and noted youths 17 to 21 in North Carolina fall under superior court jurisdiction, not juvenile delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lowdermilks
High Point
FBI
United States
North Carolina
Superior Court
Lowdermilk
Negro Held In Winston For High Point Police
William Allen a Winston Salem resident was arrested by Twin City police and held for High Point authorities on assault with a deadly weapon sit and run driving and carrying a concealed weapon charges. The incident stems from a Tuesday wreck at Centennial and Montlieu avenues in which a car bearing Allen's plates dropped a pistol as the driver fled. Bonds totaling 1000 were set by the local court. The nonpoisonous indigo snake kills and eats the deadly rattler.
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William Allen
Winston-Salem
Plans Laid To Survey Rent Conditions In High Point
John Maughlin of the High Point central labor union says all organized labor may back a drive for federal rent control. A survey of rent conditions is to be conducted with input from the public and investigations by the labor bureau in Washington, likely after holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
John Maughlin
Central Labor Union
A. F
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Washington
High Nt
Labor Bureau
Maughlin
Hig Point
OPA
French May Swap Guillotine For An Electric Chair
Paris reports a controversy over replacing the guillotine with the electric chair. Dr Paul, a Paris court doctor of forty years, cites his sorrow at executions and says electrocution could be quicker though not proven superior. The device was devised by Joseph Ignace Guillotin who proposed it in 1789.
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Thurston Macauley
Paris
France
Paul
Dr. Paul
Joseph Ignace
Moslems Claim Hitler Visited Mecca and Propaganda Spreads
Episcopal missionaries in Liberia report German propaganda portrays Hitler as the only white man to make the Mecca pilgrimage. Muslim Mandingoes pray for German victory. A new Hercules-4 plane is described as a 200 ton, eight-engine craft with 700 seats costing 20 million dollars. Swiss cheese ingredients include milk and rennet and controlled cultures.
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Hitler
New York
N. Y
Episcopal Church
Liberia
Mecca
J Ed Holton 75 Dies at Home Near Jamestown
J Ed Holton age 75 longtime Jamestown farmer died at a local hospital shortly before 8 this morning after an illness since Thanksgiving. Born June 4 1870 in Guilford County he was married Feb 26 1892 to Minnie Hodgin who died in 1940. Surviving are six sons and six daughters, a sister and many grandchildren. Funeral from Vickery Methodist Church Friday at 2 pm with burial in the church cemetery. body to be returned to his Jamestown Rt 1 home this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ed Holton
Jamestown
Rt. 1
Guilford County
M. Cicero
Elizabeth Ricks Holton
Minnie Hodgin
Abner H. Holton
High Point
J. Henry Holton
Thornsville
M. Cicero Holton
C. Dewitt Holton
C. Clifford Holton
Jas. E. Holton, Jr
S. S. Robertson
J. E. Scott
Edith Holton
John S. Raper
Freezing Weather Grips High Point Area
The U S weather bureau predicts sub freezing temperatures tonight and tomorrow morning with a low of 12 degrees in High Point. Earlier in the week temperatures dipped to eight and 18 degrees today marks a lower high for the period as sledding becomes popular and downtown shoppers brave cold conditions.
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High Point
U. S. Weather Bureau
Doctor Erick R. Taylor Improves After Heart Attack
Attending physicians report Dr. Erick R. Taylor's condition as satisfactory but still serious following a restful night at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial hospital. He has practiced medicine locally for over 20 years and is an associate professor at Bowman Gray School of Medicine in Winston-Salem. He suffered the heart attack Wednesday morning while entering the post office building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erick R. Taylor
Boulevard
High Point Memorial Hospital
Taylor
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Winston-Salem
Court Orders Negro To Take VD Treatments
Mildred Louise Smith a Negro resident of 206 Hilcrest drive received a 12 month suspended sentence in municipal court for failure to take venereal disease treatment. She must complete all prescribed treatments and report to the court biweekly to prove compliance. Clarence Troden a Negro of 702 Vall street was ordered to pay a doctor bill of $2 an ambulance bill of $3 and court costs for assaulting Gilbert Lee with a punch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Louise Smith
Hilcrest Drive
Clarence Troden
Vall Street
Gilbert Lee
Mrs. Mary Emma Jones Burton Passes at 70 in Zion Community
Mrs. Mary Emma Jones Burton 70 lifelong Zion resident and widow of W Frank Burton died at her son Clyde Burton’s home after years of illness. She was born in Davidson County daughter of Barney Jones and Louise Murphy Jones and charter member of Zion Reformed church. Funeral Friday 2 30 p m at Zion Reformed church with burial in church cemetery.
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Thomasville
Mary Emma Jones Burton
Zion
Rt. 1
W. Frank Burton
Clyde Burton
Davidson County
Barney Jones
Louise Murphy Jones
Zion Reformed Church
Burton
Clyde
Jacob Burton
Henry Potts
Les
Rt. 2
Henry Royals
Trinity
Ed Jones
High Point
Wallace Wood
Early Jones
George Enst
Susan
Nerces
Head with a Bottle of Wine Judgment
A court reverses a ruling after an incident described as a head injury tied to a bottle of wine. The judgment clarifies liability and assigns responsibility to the involved party.
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Rati Ea
F. S. Manning
Wagger
She Reynolds
Elwood Hotel
Winston
High Point Police
Mercury
W. F. Burton
Zion Community
Swank and Simmons
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