Guilford District Court Moves Amid Rising Load
Guilford county superior court officials push for a separate Guilford district due to heavy loads. Zeb V. Nettles from Ashe ville set to preside over 24 weeks of spring term sessions in Greensboro High Point Lexington and other venues with a split civil and mixed court schedule.
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Guilford County
Senoagiment Ladenteeth
Zeb V. Nettles
Asheville
Guilford
Davidson
Nettles
Greensboro
Greens
Norman A. Boren
Commission
Caswell
Rockingham
Hubert FE. Olive
Lexington
Felix E. Alley
Civil
High Point
India Will Get Surplus Goods Of This Nation
NEW DELI, Dec 27 United States surplus property in India valued around 500000000 will be sold to the Indian government under an agreement reached Monday. The deal aims to prevent dislocations in the Indian economy if piecemeal disposal had continued. Final sale figures will be settled in early 1946 at Washington meetings between the two governments.
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New Dehli
United States
India
American Foreign Liquidation Commission
Washington
British General Vows To Clamp Down In Java Strife
Lt. Gen. Sir Philip Christison pledged more active measures to restore order in Java. He urged Indonesians to place under his command any peace preservation units needed to aid British forces. In Bandung fighting continued as British Mahratta troops swept an Indonesian training center after hours of house to house combat.
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Batavia
Java
Philip Christison
Netherlands East Indies
Indonesian Peace Preservation Corps
TKR
Christison
Sutan Sjahrir
Amir Sjarifuddin
Seed for 1946 Cotton Crop May Be Short
It is time to save good seed for planting the 1946 cotton crop as seed supplies are expected to be tight next spring.
Mrs Dickens 67 Dies At Home In High Point
Mrs Betty Dickens died at her home 305 Louise Avenue after two weeks of serious illness. Born May 31 1878 in Davidson she was daughter of A A and the late Amanda Rickard. Survivors include five daughters two sons a sister and a brother. Funeral services are set tomorrow at 4 p m at Yowg’s funeral home chapel with burial in a local cemetery.
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Betty Dickens
Louise Avenue
Davidson
A. A
Amanda Jane Rickard
Nannie Clodfelter
Ossie Blackburn
Willie Lee Valentine
High Point
Mary Moore
Greensboro
Onota Slate
Kinston
L. A. Dickens
J. Charles Dickens
Guam
Dan Davis
Rocky Mount
J. H. Richard
Yowg
Funeral Home
W. Wilbur Hutchins
First Baptist Church
W. C. Guth
West End
Mrs Reynold Bubis Dies Of Typhus In Houston
Mrs Reynold Bubis 21, formerly Mimi Wagger of High Point, died of typhus in a Houston hospital after about a week’s illness. She is survived by her parents, Lt Harold Wagger, a brother, and a sister. Funeral plans call for Nashville services tomorrow afternoon with interment there.
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Reynolds Bubis
Mimi Wagger
Houston
Texas
R. J. Wagger
High Point
Bubis
Harold Wagger
U. S. Army
Diane Wagger
Nashville
Tenn
Aussies Need Houses for Big Rehousing Plan
Australia must re house about half its population in the next decade, says the Commonwealth Housing Commission. A housing need of 700000 units covers slum clearance plans and related relocations.
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Canberra
Australia
Commonwealth Housing Commission
High Point JayCee to Host Dinner With YMCA Secretary
The High Point JayCee club will hold a regular dinner meeting at the Sheraton hotel at 6:30 this evening with Edgar Hartley secretary of the local YMCA as guest speaker. Reports will cover Bosses Night at the country club on December 18 and the JayCee Christmas party for members' children held last Sunday.
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Point JayCee Club
Sheraton Hotel
Edgar Hartley
YMCA
Country Club
Rotary guests from High Point high school football squad
High Point high school football players and coaches attended a Rotary Club luncheon led by Superintendent Charles F. Carroll. Jake Wade of the Charlotte Observer spoke on football safety, training value, and local team efforts, noting ties with Central High and future Duke and Chapel Hill leadership.
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High Point
Tony Simeon
Homer McCoy
Rotary Club Today
Charles F. Carroll
Charlotte Observer
Jake Wade
Wade
Charlotte
Central High of
Carl Snavely
Chapel Hill
Duke
Wallace Wade
Howard Blair
Pullman Sleeping Car Service Permitted Through March 31 1946
The Pullman company won permission from a special U S expediting court to continue providing sleeping car service on U S railroads until March 31 1946. Pullman contracts with carriers expire next Monday.
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Philadelphia
Pullman Company
U. S
Pullman
Empty Stocking Fund nets $3200 aid for 538 families
The 1945 Empty Stocking Fund raised over $3,200 to aid 538 families in High Point. Contributions included a $25 gift from E. T. Profitt Co. and numerous local donations. Community leaders praised volunteers and described the drive as a Christmas on a limited scale with broad city-wide support.
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E. T. Profitt Company
B. W. Hackney
Gladis Kivett
George Covington
Lindale Creamery
Frank Beck
Blue Bird Taxi Cab, Inc
High Point Fire Department
William Long
G. W. Underwood
C. C. Cox
George Hutchens
Terry Stanford
S. W. Horne
Beth Stevens
Firestone Companies
High Point
Braden in Washington to push 200 prefab units plan
City Manager Roy Braden is in Washington today to press the FHA on High Point's 200 prefab housing project. Acting City Manager Grover H. Jones says Braden wired from the capital that travel conditions delayed his arrival. The council plans a joint meeting with the library boards to decide the future of the city library after January 31.
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Roy Braden
Washington
Federal Housing Authority
Grover H. Jones
High Point
Jones
Braden
FHA
Lois Welborn
M Y
Employees Of Gibson Hold Xmas Banquet
More than 125 Gibson Ice Cream Co employees and their spouses gathered at the Sheraton for their annual Christmas banquet. Harvey T. Gibson delivered the keynote on Four Things You Must Have Work Play Love Worship. Victory bonds and service-length checks were handed out. the Gibson Trio performed Silent Night and Joy to the World.
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Gibson Ice Cream Company
Sheraton Hotel
Harvey T. Gibson
N. C. Baptist Training Union
Gibson
J. Earle Gibson
Maurice Couturier
Holy City
James G. Snipes
Three Crew Trapped After Sveaborg Explosion at Texas City
An explosion aboard the Swedish ship Sveaborg at the Pan American Refining dock in Texas City trapped three crew members in the engine room as the vessel sank its aft end. Seventeen others were hospitalized in Texas City and Galveston after the 4:30 a.m. blast tore a 15-foot hole and flooded the engine room. Efforts focus on pumping gasoline and water to reach the trapped men.
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Galveston
Sveaborg
Texas City
Pan American Refining Corporation
Former Secret Service Man James Sloan Jr Dies at 69
James Sloan Jr a veteran Secret Service man who served six presidents including Theodore Roosevelt died of heart disease in Danville Illinois at 69. Known as Jimmie of the Secret Service he retired July 1 and returned to his native home to live with his mother. Sloan guarded presidents and once boxed wrestled rode horseback and hiked 15 miles daily during his service.
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Danville
Ill
James Sloan, Jr
Secret Service
White House
Sloan
Jimmie
Guardian of Presidents
Theodore Roosevelt
Ex Jap Puppet Wang Eh Min Dies in Prison
Semi official dispatches from Peiping report the death in prison yesterday of Wang Eh Min formerly Japan's No 1 puppet in North China. The ex puppet leader died at Chungking where he had been detained. The report gives no further details on cause or exact date.
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Chungking
Peiping
Uison
Wang -eh-Min
Japan
China
Police Protest Holiday Closing Of Switchboard
Police protest the city hall switchboard closure during weekdays noon hour weekends and holidays saying the system causes confusion and impairs efficiency. They note calls to public utilities and power reports must go to police and delays occur as officials are unavailable. Director E K Ingram calls the situation bad while City Manager Braden is away.
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J. A. Lowdermilk
Public Utilities Department
S. Braden
Hopewell
Virginia
Public Safety
E. K. Ingram
High Point Eyes Final Victory Loan Push
Tomorrow is Victory Bond Bank Day in High Point as banks and bankers rally to sell 15 751 in bonds. H N Willard says the drive will reach the quota and keep the city at a 100 percent war finance record though Guilford County may exceed its target. The last push aims to finish the drive in a few days with telephone campaigns and bank visits.
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High Point
R. Gregg Cherry
H. N.willard
War Finance
Guilford County
Williard
Negro Credit Union of State Plans Campaign
The Edward A. Filene goodwill fund will provide 7500 dollars yearly for three years to support Negro credit union work in North Carolina. Roy F. Bergengren, J. Henry Carpenter, and D. R. Graham will manage the funds, with possible service from S. P. Dean. Of 160 credit unions, 46 are Negro.
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Raleigh
Edward A. Filene
North Carolina
D. R. Graham
State Credit Union
Roy F. Bergengren
Madison
Wisconsin
J. Henry Carpenter
Brooklyn
New York
Graham
S. P. Dean
Tyrrell County
Heavy Demand For Westward Air Journeys
Washington reports two flag airlines facing record backlogs on opposite ends of the London run. Pan American can fill 40 percent eastbound demand, while American Airlines says it meets all England bound requests. Both carriers cannot meet westward space demands with 2000 English passengers waiting on priority lists and 1000 unfilled Pan American requests.
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Washington
United States
London
Pan American World Airways
American Airlines System
England
American
Pan American
Senior Fullerton Dies in Florida at 72
New York December 27 reports the death of Hugh S. Fullerton Sr in Clearwater Florida at 72. He was a renowned baseball writer and a key organizer of the Baseball Writers of America.
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Senior Fullerton
New York
Clearwater
Fla
Hugh S. Fullerton, Sr
Baseball Writers of America
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