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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 30, 1949

Page

2

Assault on Female Costs Man 12 Months on Roads

A 40 year old man Felix Little of 513 West Green was given a 12 month road sentence after allegedly breaking into a room where a woman bathed and making improper advances. He appealed with bond set at $600. Other cases included a bicycle theft with an 18 month sentence, and various suspensions and fines in related charges.

D. C. MacRae Felix Little West Green Edith Southern Little Marion Hardy MacRae Ralph C. Shipwash, Jr Lexington Avenue Young Stephen Blizzard Best John Atkinson Goldie Marie Chaney Ennis Causey Connor Aberdeen Bob Greer Clyde Bogan Dallas B. Pittman Jimmie Hoots Lindsay Raymond M. DeLappe Lewis Byrd Old Winston Road Raymond and Beulah Anthony West Willis Joseph H. Mitchell, Jr Edgar Leak Fairview South Wrenn

All-Night Meeting On Leonard Street Tent

An all-night meeting is planned for Saturday at the Leonard Street tent. The event notes that both the Treasuryee and the FDIC will conduct bank examinations.

Leonard Street Treasuryee FDIC

Three Youths Sent To High Court Over Break In

Three youths charged with breaking and entering, larceny, and receiving were bound over to Superior Court and released on $500 bond. Wesley Brown and Billy Beeson claimed they stood outside as the other youth, David Yates, allegedly entered via a back window and stole four wrist watches and four packs of cigarettes valued at $36.40. Yates confessed after coming to the police station citing guilty conscience.

Superior Court Wesley R. Brown Larkin Billy R. Beeson Cedar North Main Street David F. Yates Brown Beeson Yates

Cotton Bowl Basketball Tourney Opens in Dallas

The Cotton Bowl opens its first intercollegiate basketball tournament in Dallas with Southern Methodist facing Navy and Baylor meeting St. Louis. SMU has a 2-7 record, Baylor 5-5, Navy 4-0 at 67 ppg, and St. Louis 4-1 at 58 ppg as bids to advance are contested tonight.

Dallas Southern Methodist Navy Baylor St. Louis

YMCA Executive Thanks Citizens for 1949 Expansion Campaign

Edgar Hartley, executive secretary of the YMCA, says work on the new building progresses with hopeful signs of no debt upon completion. He thanks local civic clubs, the chamber of commerce, churches, organizations, business leaders, the public, and Radio stations WMFR and WHPE for cooperation and donations in the expansion drive.

Edgar Hartley Y.M.C.A Chamber of Commerce WMFR WHPE

Driving Drunk Nets Accused $200 And Costs

Elmer J. Jackson, 36, of Asheboro Route 1, was suspended six months for drunken driving and fined $200 plus costs with a two year driving ban. He appealed to Superior court claiming medicine plus whiskey caused the impairment. A patrolman testified Jackson drove erratically when arrested.

D. C. MacRae Elmer J. Jackson Asheboro Superior Court Jackson

Air commemoratives issued for universal postal union founding

A limited supply of 10 15 and 20 cent air mail commemorative stamps is available at the post office. Assistant Postmaster B G Leonard announced today these stamps were issued this fall to mark the founding of the universal postal union.

B. G. Leonard Universal Postal Union

Word Puzzle Across and Down Clues Pack

A grid of horizontal and vertical clues covers topics from instruments and verbs to animals and geography. Players solve for words like Fly Exist Artless and Paradise plus entries for muscular contractions epic island and parent.

Bear Stearns acquires 25 percent in Distributors Group

In New York Bear Stearns & Co buys 25 percent of Distributors Group Inc which controls open end investment trusts with assets near 72 million. The deal valued around 150000 profits and prompts SEC scrutiny over management contracts and sales loads.

New York Bear, Stearns & Co Distributors Group, Inc Bear, Stearns The Stock Exchange Investors Syndicate Robert R. Young Alleghany Corp Young Group Bears, Stearns Frank L. Valenta Distributors Group Kenneth S. Gaston Securities, Inc Herbert R. Anderson Valenta Natural Resources Securities and Exchange Commission Group Secur Ities O.k SEC

Linthicum Firm Awarded Judgment in Barrett Construction Case

A judgment in favor of W. H. Linthicum trading as W. E. Linthicum and son for 475.30 against Mason Barrett and Palmer Barrett trading as Barrett Construction Co was entered after no answer was filed within the time allotted. The court ordered payment of the principal plus interest.

W. H. Linthicum W. E. Linthicum and Son Mason Barrett and Palmer Barrett Barrett Construction Co

No Regular Mail Delivery Monday Post Office Hours Change

Post office will close all service windows the day after New Year’s, with the exception of the general delivery window open 9 a.m. to noon. All mail received will be processed and dispatched.

Kentucky Juvenile Held In Auto Theft Case

Asheboro authorities and FBI agents arrested a 15 year old Kentucky boy on auto theft charges. He allegedly stole a 1940 Chevrolet in Louisville and was jailed in Greensboro awaiting federal prosecution.

Asheboro FBI Kentucky Louisville Greensboro

Freight train hits bus in Concepcion Chile. three dead

A freight train rammed a bus in Concepcion Chile last night killing three and injuring at least twelve. Police and emergency crews reported multiple casualties as the crash disrupted rail and road traffic in the city center.

Concepcion Chile Dee

Two Injured In Local Traffic Accidents In Good Condition

Boulevard hospital attaches report two people injured yesterday afternoon are in good condition. Mrs Maxine Phillips 25 of 811 West Green was hit crossing at English Street extension and Highway 10 A with lacerations and bruises. Harold Farlow 19 suffered lacerations and a shoulder injury on Bundy road. Investigations remain ongoing.

Here Boulevard Unit Maxine Phillips West Green English Street Harold Farlow Bundy Road

Barr Resigns From Patrol to Join Seaboard Railroad

Corporal R. T. Barr after ten years with the local highway patrol resigns to become an investigator with Seaboard Railroad in Raleigh. He was moved from High Point to Elkin where he oversaw eight patrol officers across three counties while maintaining his residence here.

R. TI. Barr Highway Patrol Seaboard Railroad Raleigh Associated Press Barr High Point Elkin

Bevin Letter Sparks Dress Debate in London

A London Daily Graphic letter complains about Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin attire at a boxing tour event. The writer ridicules his evening dress with bow ends tucked under a winged collar, mockingly asking how a foreign minister should dress.

London London Daily Graphic Ernest Bevin

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