Hold Up Bandit Brought Back for Trial in High Point
Jack Eustace alias Harold Smith, a 25 year old Charleston Illinois man, was returned from Columbia South Carolina to face High Point municipal court on December 29 hold up of Dennis Winslow at West Point lunch room. He confessed to Illinois Missouri crimes and claimed a $2000 East St. Louis reward. accomplices include Irene White and two High Point youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Eustace
Jack Hudson
Dennis Winslow
West Point
West Point Avenue
Columbia
D. C
High Point
E. A. McGhee
Eustace
Charleston
Ill
Illinois
Missouri
Harold Smith
South Carolina
East St. Louis
St. Louis
Homer
Champaign County
Winslow
McGhee
Batley
Zanle Hamilton
Asheboro
Irene White
W. W. Rogers
California
Fustace
Hamilton
Paul Bulla
Robert Nicholson
Carolina
Rosin
Tri-City Express Extends Daily Service to Richmond
Tri City Motor Express, based in this city, wins a Virginia state franchise to run daily express service from High Point to Richmond and a North Carolina eastward route to Virginia. Owner G M Lassiter, a 10 year veteran, says the firm now operates 24 trucks serving customers in both states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tri-City Motor Express Company
High Point
Richmond
Virginia State Corporation Commission
State Line
G. M. Lassiter
North Carolina
Carolina
Virginia
Lassiter
Motor Express
North Caro
Crusaders Hear Jess House at Ego Sunday Meeting
Program chairman Marvin Hammer has arranged a well balanced program for the Crusades meeting at the Y. It opens promptly at 2 30 and lasts one hour. Jess House will address the gathering, and attendees are invited to enjoy the singing. All are welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Hammer
Jess House
Hillcrest Mill Takes Over Reidsville Plant
Hillcrest Silk Mills of this city take over the Klotts silk mill in Reidsville and plan to reopen Monday at full capacity with 125 looms, joining a growing chain that will reach 550 looms under Hillcrest. W L Sprye, production superintendent, notes expansion in Virginia and plans to acquire more mills to meet strong demand. Joseph Le Bert deBar heads the New York sales org. Sprye has risen from operations to oversee the entire Hillcrest production system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Klotts
Sprye
Reidsville
Hillcrest Silk Mills
W. L. Sprye
Daidawilla
Verry
Lee
Hillcrest Corporation
Fee
Patterson
N. J
Berryville
Virginia
New York
Joseph LeBert deBar
deBar
Tar Heel
Rowan County
Cannon Manufacturing Company
Kannapolis
Cherokee Spinning Company
Knoxville
Uncertainty Over City Standards Under School Law
Uncertainty over High Point school standards under a new state law raises concerns about possible reductions to a state average and the loss of county tax authority for extra term funding. Superintendent T Wingate Andrews declined comment as the situation remains indefinite, while proponents warn of uniform statewide standards and higher costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
T. Wingate Andrews
Guilford
United States
Orders for Stronger Automatic Call Recorder Tested
Robbins and Tom A. Tilden of this city invent a stronger call recorder to be marketed by Automatic Electric of Chicago. One unit has operated at the local exchange for four days to check complaints with complete satisfaction. Rigid tests assess necessity for attention and potential service charges. Preliminary checks suggest possible rental cost slightly above private line rates, but figures remain uncertain. Doctors have shown interest in the device, though no sales efforts have been made yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robbins
Tom A. Tilden
The
Automatic Electric Company of
Chicago
Tildens
Thomas Gold Jr Wins North Carolina Law License
Thomas J. Gold Jr son of Mr and Mrs Thomas Gold Sr of this city was among 64 candidates admitted to the practice of law in North Carolina after the State Supreme Court exam in Raleigh. He will join the firm of Gold York and McAnally here. Gold, who had an appendectomy less than three weeks before the exam, nearly left his bed to take the bar. He graduated High Point High School in 1924 and studied at Woodberry Forest School UNC and Paris University under a Guggenheim Scholarship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J. Gold, Jr
North Carolina
State Supreme Court
Raleigh
Thomas Gold
S&sr
Gold, York and McAnally
Gold
Justice Connor
Mr. Gold
High Point High School
Woodberry Forest School
Orange
University of North Carolina
University of Parise
Ruth dies at local residence aged 77
J W Ruth 77 father of Rev O L Ruth pastor of Pilgrim Holiness church for 17 years died suddenly at 5 45 yesterday after a heart attack at the home of Rev Mr Ruth 710 S Hamilton St. He had farmed and worked in a saw mill. Surviving five children two sons three daughters and 384 grandchildren. Funeral Monday 11 at Bethlehem Holiness church with burial in church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Ruth
O. L. Ruth
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Mr. Ruth
South
Hamilton Street
Ruth
Bethlehem Holiness Church
Alamance County
This City
William Vessie Ruth
Martha J. Marshall
Snow Camp
J. H. Stone
John Andrews
Siler City
W. R. Cox
Greensboro
J. P. Fulp
Church
College Musicians To Broadcast Twice This Week
High Point college musicians will broadcast twice this week. The first program airs Monday 7:30 to 8:00 p m on WBIG Greens boro. The second program Friday at 10 p m on WBT Charlotte. Mis s Luce Sloan and Prof Stimson lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
WBIG
Greensboro
WBT
Charlotte
Mildred Luce
Margaret Sloan
Ernest B. Stimson
Girls’ Glee Club
Democrats Study New City Charter But Delay Action
A High Point Democrat meeting at the Elwood Hotel discussed a draft city charter from the American Business club. A 15 member committee will study the proposal and report at a later mass meeting. More than 50 party leaders attended. legislators Burrus Waynick and Turner spoke on legislature developments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
American Business Club
Elwood Hote
Charles McAnally
Mely
J. T. Burrus
Messrs. C. M. Waynick
Thomas Turner
Guilford
House of Representatives
Junior High Honor Roll List Totals 105 Students
The Junior High announced January honor roll figures showing 105 students named from an enrollment over 1,000. Principal Mrs. R. E. Ranson released the list of enrolled students achieving honors, including Doris Moser, Joe Gray, Pauline Stone, Frances Atkins and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Ranson
Doris Moser
Joe Gray
Pauline Stone
Frances Atkins
Mallie Flinchum
Franklin Holt
Alice McNeil
Marie Compton
Mary F. Webb
Ruth Pollock
Bessie Allman
Sam McInnis
Mary Hilliard Carraway
Ruth Thayer
Mildred Hutchins
Louise Snyder
Eileen Thomas
Catherine Armentrout
Elizabeth Shields
Honolulu
Briles
Charlotte Stephens
Mary Lamb
Sara Hart
Mary C. Farmer
Clarine Fergurson
Paul Havener
Cecil
Joseph Wilson
Efenia Athanasiou
Mildred Allen
Inez Morris
Barbara Thomas
Ralph Caudell
Jimmie Clark
H. M. Taylor
Ruth Myers
Kathryn Peace
Margaret Carroll
Bessie Eran
Regina Frost
Mildred Marshall Vicars
Russell Walker
Helen Farr
Frances Kessler
Helen Bulla
Kathryn Morgan
Pauline Turpin
Jeannette Ennis
Bonnie Arrington
Marie Heath
Rathmer Melton
Carl Garrett
Vivian Lax
Margaret Wood
Kathryn Greene
Ruby Smith
Virginia Dixon
John Griffin
Mary Stuart
Viola Albertson
Margaret Austin
Helen Bolling
Margaret Bryant
Kathleen Hassell
Jack Hunt
Jacqueline Kinney
Ruth Lee
Tre
Helen Rae Holton
Lucille Mitchell
Alice Tate
Georgia White
Juanita Cecil
Ethel Green
Elizabeth Goodman
Shirley Reid
Lila Seales
Evelyn Sharp
Guy Lambeth
Miss Sloan to be Guest Artist at Rock Hill Chamber Banquet
Miss Margaret Sloan, piano and voice teacher at High Point college, will be guest artist at Rock Hill South Carolina chamber of commerce banquet this Friday evening. She will travel with the High Point college choir to Charlotte and broadcast on WBT at 10 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Sloan
Rock Hill C
High Point College
Chamber of Commerce
Rock Hill
S. C
Sloan
Charlotte
WBT
Jordan Rites At 6 A.M. Funeral for Bud Jordan
Funeral services for tmery Bud Jordan, a well known resident, who died at a local hospital yesterday morning after a stroke of paralysis suffered Thursday, will be held at Yow's funeral home at 9 o'clock this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jordan
Tmery
Bud” Jordan
Yow
Dempsey Visits High Point Amid Crowds at Luncheon
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey halted in High Point on a return trip from New Orleans. He was greeted by about 3 000 locals near the Southern station and hosted by Harry Raymond at Fritz-Harry lodge for a Dutch luncheon with Frank Menke and Judge W. G. Bramhill in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Dempsey
High Point
New Orleans
Harry Raymond
Sedgefield Lodge
Frank Menke
New York
W. G. Bramham
Durham
Manassa Mauler
Sedgefield
Jack
Piedmont Limited
Lincoln Phaeton
J. Welch Harries
Dempsey
Mrs. Raymond
Dempsey Visits City and Talks Fights and Finances
Former heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey dined with local guests including Mayor Lambeth of Thomasville and earlier autographed boxing gloves before boarding to Greensboro for travel. He discussed potential promoters and proposed purses, saying he is fit but unlikely to resume fighting soon. He expressed willingness to back shows on a 25 percent share and named matchups involving Carnes, Sharkey, Stribling, and Schmeling as possibilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Lambeth
Thomasville
Greensboro
Menke
Crescent Limited
New York
Geo. Whitted
Durham Bulls
William Bramham, Jr
Durham
Earl
W. C. Covington
W. H. Hodgin
J. C. Hill
W.T. Powell
T. M. Roberts
W. L. Jackson
T. A. Early
P. H. Raymond
C. H. Caddell
Paul Godfrey
Joe Smith
Katherine Raymond
Liles Gatling
Holt McPherson
Julius A. Greene
Dempsey
Hotfoot
Carnera
Sharkey
Stribling
Schmeling
Hicks Invention Promises Big Textile Savings
M. T. Hicks has perfected a cone carrier to reduce thread waste in silk rayon and hosiery mills by about 50 percent while boosting loom efficiency. Patents filed two pending, manufacturing started, orders pour in nationwide. Hicks, longtime furniture industry figure, leads Hicks Manufacturing with E. A. Byrum as VP and Charles W. Perry as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Hicks
Hicks
Hicks Manufacturing Company
E. A. Byrum
Charles W. Perry
Unusual coin collection owned by local hobbyist
R L Davis of 134 West Lexington Avenue shows a rare assortment dating to 1750 including American half-dimes 1853 Canadian dime 1870 a 1831 50 cent piece three World’s Columbian Exposition half dollars 1893 three two cent pieces and a dozen large coppers 1760 to 1851 He recalls finding a 50 cent piece in wagon sale payment and confirming its authenticity at the First National Bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Davis
West
Lexington Avenue
Chicago
Davis
First National Bank
Seniors Vote to Forego Annual Junior-Senior Reception
High School seniors at local school vote two to one to cancel this year’s junior-senior reception. The letter signed by Winford Hinkle cites parental sacrifice and a somber mood as reasons for the suggestion. Continued on Page Ten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ocal Senior High School
Winford Hinkle
High Point High School
High School Honor Roll Rising as 156 Students Make A And AB
The local high school released the semester honor roll showing 156 of 1100 students earned A or AB grades. A large number achieved all A's, 67 had B or better, and 67 had A and B with one C in a subject. The sixth weeks list includes 165 pupils with 27 seniors, 34 juniors, 41 sophomores, and 63 freshmen. Seniors in the A group include Frank Size more and Dorothy Bowen among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. R. Johnston
Frank Sizemore
Dorothy Bowen
Robert Hall
Robert Guarino
Charles Tomlinson
Mary Drew Dalton
Margaret Hedrick
Annie Laura Patterson
Miriam Sloan
Sarah Everhart
Jane Hess Weaver
Nancy Myatt
Ruth Poole
Bryte Baker Ranson
Dorothy Forward
Services Today At St. Mary's Church
Sunday school begins at 9 30 with prayer and communion at 11. Rev F P Mallett leads the morning worship while Rev H N Bowne is ill with pneumonia at his Hillcrest drive home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Mary’s Episcopal Church
North Main
Farriss Avenue
F. P. Mallett
H. N. Bowne
Hillcrest Drive
Education leaders attend NC Education Association meeting
Miss Edna Morgenthaler elementary supervisor and Mrs Rupert Pickens Emma Blair teacher attended a grammar grade branch meeting in Charlotte. They discussed statewide educational plans and began arrangements for the spring state wide meeting to be held in Raleigh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Morgenthaler
Rupert Pickens
Emma Blair
North Carolina Education Association
Charlotte
Raleigh
Winter Furniture Market Attracts 1100 Buyers
The Southern Furniture market closed after two weeks with about 1100 buyers attending, many exhibitors reporting orders and better-than-expected business. Dealers noted improved activity versus 1930 and predicted spread of new designs, while market officials plan a livelier mid-summer show starting July 27 to entice more buyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred N. Tate
Continental Furniture Company
High Point
Chicago
Grand Rapids
Bowne Reported Weaker as Pneumonia Grows Serious
Rev. H N Bowne popular rector of St Marys Episcopal Church at 410 Hillcrest Drive is gravely ill at home with double pneumonia. physician Dr H L Brockman says the rector grew weaker in the last 24 hours though hopes for recovery remain. Bowne fell ill Friday a week ago and pneumonia developed in the ensuing days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. N. Bowne
8 Mary’s Episcopal Church
Hillcrest Drive
H. L. Brockman
Brockman
Houck and Thomas Local Youth Wins In Ten Pin Match
The Houck and Thomas Advertising Agency of this city earned recognition from the Southern Newspaper Publishers association as an accredited agency per a letter from Cranston Williams, secretary manager. Organized two years ago by C. B. Houck and W. R. Thomas, the local firm has found success, with numerous handles manufacturers' counts across North Carolina and Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houck and Thomas Advertising Agency
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Cranston Williams
C. B. Houck
W. R. Thomas
North Carolina
Virginia
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Holdup Bandit
Trcity Express
Crusaders
Jess
Hillcrest Mill
Thomas Gold, JR
Firm of Gold, York and McAnally
Ranson
St. Mary’s Church
Minnor Market
MR. Bowne
Houck
Thomas
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