Dry Weekend Foreseen as County Bottles Go to Evidence
Police report a quiet weekend in High Point as bottles seized in raids are stored at the county building. Officers inventory liquor from a Negro bottler on Kivett Drive and from Dallas Blakely after a raid, with cases turned over to evidence and several suspects charged with liquor violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Lowdermilk
Dallas Blakely
Kivett Drive
Blakely
Robert Barr
John A. Newson
Winston-Salem
Newson
Sheriff's Department
Fire Damages Home Of William Hurley
A fire starting in the basement damaged the residence of William M. Hurley at 1413 English Street around 9 this morning. Fire Chief E K Ingram said the blaze began in cardboard cartons and stored furnishings and the cause was not known.
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William M. Hurley
English Street
E. K. Ingram
Beaman Sr. Funeral Held in Jackson
Funeral services were held here for James S. Beaman Sr. pastel lumberman who had lived in Jackson for 35 years.
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Jackson
James S. Beaman
Pastel
Gaskins Addresses Kiwanis Luncheon on Boy Scouts
Charles M. Gaskins new assistant executive of the High Point Uwharrie council Boy Scouts of America spoke at a Kiwanis luncheon at the Sheraton. He praised the club for the Scout lodge at Uwharrie and cited 4000 local Scouts and a national survey showing three of four boys want to join. He urged more men to lead and highlighted Scouting as building leadership, citizenship, character and friendship among youths. Visitors included S A McFalls and W S Creech. A Scott Parker won the attendance prize.
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Charles M. Gaskins
High Point Unit
Uwharrie Council
Boy Scouts of America
Aker
Kiwanis Club
Sheraton Hotel
Harry Bell
Gaskins
Kiwanians
Boy Scouts
Uwharrie
W. S. Creech
A. Scott Parker
Labor tensions rise as steel dispute dominates strikes
Labor sources indicate a delay in wage talks aimed at gauging government reimbursement prospects. The steel dispute remains central as no major progress occurred in the 74 day GM strike or in the CIO electrical workers walkout. About 1.38 million workers idle. three new strikes threatened and one settled. In Buffalo about 2,000 American Brass workers plan to strike, joining a broader CIO action against the Big Three brass firms with other plants set to join.
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General Motors
CIO
General Electric
Westinghouse
Buffalo
N. Y
American Brass Company
CIO International Union of Mine, Mill & Smelter
American Brass Land
Detroit
Kenosha
Bridgeport (Conn
Bridgeport Brass Co
Ration Board Closes Thomasville Office
Thomasville, Feb 2. With all articles ration free except sugar, the war price and rationing office in Thomasville closed February 1. Future price problems will be handled by the High Point rationing office. Applications for sugar and various ration books may be obtained from the draft office in City Hall basement and mailed to Raleigh for action.
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Thomasville
High Point
Raleigh
Coggins Convicted Of Drunken Driving
Clifford Coggins of Thomasville was convicted of drunken driving in common pleas court before Judge Carl Wilson. He was fined $50 plus court costs and banned from driving for 12 months. An appeal to the May term of the superior court was noted with bond set at $300.
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Thomasville
Clifford Coggins
Carl Wilson
Coggins
Midyear commencement at High Point College honors six graduates
High Point College held midyear exercises in Roberts Hall at 11:30 Friday. Dr. C. R. Hinshaw presided and Dean P. E. Lindley led the invocation. President G. I. Humphreys delivered the baccalaureate address on “The Worth of the Individual.” Degrees were awarded to William C. Livingstone, William England, Mary Lucille Hancock, Thomas Coe, Nellie Grey Inscore, and Sarah Gilbert King.
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Roberts Hall
High Point College
C. R. Hinshaw
P. E. Lindley
G. I. Humphreys
Humphreys
William C. Livingstone
William England
Mary Lucille Hancock
B. S
Thomas Coe
Nellie Grey Inscore
Sarah Gilbert King
Franco eyes monarchy restoration with army control in view
The analysis suggests a constitutional monarchy as Franco's likely path, potentially restoring Don Juan with mediation. It stresses that any transition must secure army loyalty, may keep Franco as commander of military forces, and warns civil war tensions could flare if loyalty splits.
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Sword’s Point
el Caudillo
Don Juan
The
France
Omar raises VA load as he leads reforms
General Omar notes a significant increase in the VA workload since assuming command and asserts that progress has been maximized, stating that they have produced as much as possible in the given role.
Truman backs Bradley in VA administration controversy
President Truman gives complete and unqualified support to General Bradley amid charges from American Legion head John Stelle of a VA breakdown. White House press secretary Charles G. Ross quotes the president saying Bradley has done a fine job under difficult conditions.
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Washington
Truman
Omar N. Bradley
Bradley
Veterans Administration
John Stelle
American Legion
Charles G. Ross
White House
General Bradley
Mr. Stelle
Bradley defends VA delays and funding for postwar asks
In a lengthy commentary on the legion investigation demand he notes VA hospital construction lag behind demand but cites recent funding boosts. He says disability claims and readjustment allowances move quickly and loan processing is current. he acknowledges some delays but cites veterans numbers rising from 6.7 million to an estimated 20 million by mid-1947.
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Legion
Bradley
Financial Department
Inflation fuels stock market lead in brisk session
Inflation pressures push stocks to a new 15 year high with steel and specialty shares leading a busy two hour session. Transfers total around 1,000,000 shares as names including U S Steel Mee Ye Sheet Sears Roebuck U S Rubber Curtis Wright Douglas Aircraft Boeing American Telephone and Western Union front the list with others in and out. Livestock notes from Chicago show hogs and cattle mostly steady to higher amid strike constraints and varied feedlot demand with ranges across beef and veal prices reported.
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Twentieth Century-Fox
International Telephone
Iasdall Oil
Texas Co
Alaska Juneau
Roan Antelpe
Anaconda
N. Y. Central
Pennsylvania
North American
Standard Oil
Woolworth
General Motors
Philip Morris
General Electric
Union Carbide
Terre
Chicago
USDA
Hendrix Dies at 66 in Jamestown Community
Luther Leonidas Hendrix 66 a longtime RFC mail carrier in Jamestown died at his home Friday after months of illness. Born August 11 1879 in Surry County he was a son of Albert and Woodruff Hendrix. Survived by widow Dorothy Byrum Hendrix and nine children including George James Robert L S and Thomas Hendrix of High Point and others in Greensboro Asheboro and Jamestown. Funeral 2:30 Sunday at Ward Street Methodist with entombment in Guilford Memorial Park mausoleum. Numa F Reid Masonic lodge to conduct services. The body to be returned to the residence this afternoon at 4 o clock.
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RFC
Jamestown
Surry County
Albert Callia Woodruff Hendrix
Dorothy Byrum Hendrix
George L. Hendrix
James R. Hendrix
Greensboro
Robert B. Trotman
Orangeburg
S. C
J. E. Hendrix
Hal W. Burrows
Asheboro
George K. Hall
Robert L. Hendrix
C. W. Hendrix
Thomas T. Hendrix
High Point
Charles Hendrix
Asheville
B. B. Brown
Burlington
Ira Lewis
Jettie Peterson
John Woodruff
Winston- Salem
Ed Neal
Stuart
Ward Street Methodist Church
Numa F. Reid Masonic Lodge
C. M. McKinney
Ward Street
Four Boys Held In Larceny Of Express Shipment
Four teenage boys were arrested by city police and charged with larceny of five cases of full fashioned hosiery from a railway express truck outside the station Friday night. Three were sent to Juvenile authorities. the eldest held for municipal court. Names include Fred Hughes Bill Turnage Junior Carter and William H Moffitt. All missing property valued at 250 dollars was recovered.
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Fred Hughes
Thissell Street
Bill Turnage
Clara Cox
Junior Carter
Thisselltreet
William H. Moffitt
East Green Street
Stoker
Bureau of Investigation
Funeral Rites for C C Garrett
Funeral services for C C Garrett 56 a well known manufacturer who died suddenly at his home 1026 Rockford road were conducted from the late residence Friday morning at 11 o'clock by Rev Paul Tudor Jones pastor of the First Presbyterian church and O C Williams son of Charlotte a former pastor Interment followed in the family plot in Oakwood Memorial Park cemetery The pallbearers fellow elders of the First Presbyterian church were Charles W Perry I Paul Ingle F Logan Porter Sr Cameron D Deans Carter Dalton Frank B Smith D E Headen and George Hutchens Floral offerings were carried by friends of the family.
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C. C. Garrett
Rockford Road
Paul Tudor Jones
First Presbyterian Church
O. C. Williame
Charlotte
Oakwood Memorial Park
Charles W. Perry
I. Paul Ingle
F. Logan Porter, Sr
Cameron D. Deans
Carter Dalton
Frank B. Smith
D. E. Headen
George Hutchens
USO Dance Tonight at YMCA Gym In High Point
The USO will host a dance for service members this evening at the YMCA gymnasium in High Point. The event follows last week’s cancellation so junior hostesses could attend a dance in Greensboro at the request of army officials.
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USO
YMCA
High Point
Virginia Frank
Ord
Greensboro
Army
Bodies found after wreckage scattered across slope
Stewart England, Allen Garbutt, and Ray Lefforge recounted climbing 100 mph winds through crusted snow to reach the wreck site. They described 21 bodies scattered over a wide area and said the plane had disintegrated with no survivors.
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Stewart England
Cheyenne
Allen Garbutt
Elmo
Wyo
Ray Lefforge
Lefforge
England
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