High Point Menace of Bond Drive Targets 400k Daily
With seven working days left in the Fourth War Loan High Point must average 402000 a day to hit 3865500. A weekend slump shows Saturday sales at 33864.48 for a total of 2052091.25 from 4882 bonds. Events include Center Theatre premiere night and a school treasure hunt for wage war bonds with prizes and a BTC band performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Frank Sizemore
Center Theatre
BTC
Greensboro
Blake Thompson
Veterans in High Point Seek $25,000 Mustering-Out Pay
Discharged veterans in High Point and nearby areas lead North Carolina in filing for muster-out pay. A total of 125 applications totaling 25,000 dollars were submitted yesterday at the Veterans of Foreign Wars office on North Wrenn Street. The VFW Washington office sent approval forms by air mail after receiving the form Saturday, and the state office in High Point duplicated them for local use. Bruce H. Carraway’s office provides the forms at no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Veterans of Foreigners
Wrenn Street
Eee
Washington
Bruce H. Carraway
More Than 100 Attend Christian Endeavor Birthday Banquet
Greensboro officials report over 100 Christian Endeavor members gathered from across the state for the organization’s 63rd birthday banquet. Luther R. Medlin served as toastmaster, Marguerite Helms of Charlotte delivered the state president’s message, and Mrs. Robert Smith of Winston-Salem sang. George L. Mitchell of Wilmington recounted his 1914 1917 C E presidency experiences amid wartime challenges. An offering of 63 cents was sent to the International Society of Christian Endeavor in Boston. A candlelight service honored former members now in the armed services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
The
Christian Endeavor
Luther R. Medlin
Marguerite Helms
Charlotte
Robert Smith
Winston-Salem
Geo. L. Mitchell
Wilmington
North Carolina Christian Endeavor Union
International Society of Christian Endeavor
Boston
Mass
C. E
Armed Services
Thomasville Raid Seizes Seven Quarts Whisky
A Davidson county deputy sheriff two Thomasville police officers a state patrol corporal and a township constable raided Earnest Fausnett home near the Thomasville baseball park Sunday and found about seven quarts of whisky hidden in the house. The couple will face a local court hearing on February 21 with bonds set at 300.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Davidson County
State Patrol
Earnest Fausnett
Fausnett
Belvin Stone
John Crowell
State Age
Ottis Koontz
Jed Boyd
Ernest Beth
Repiton Lodge to Confer Initiatory Degree Tuesday
Repiton Lodge No. 63 of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows will confer the Initiatory degree on four candidates at the regular meeting Tuesday evening at 7 30. Secretary J R Young urges all Odd Fellows in good standing to attend and welcome the new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Repiton Lodge
C. F
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows
J. R. Young
Odd Fellows
Flashlight Stolen From Truck At McLeod’s Station
Police report the theft yesterday of a flashlight and a green furniture pad from a truck owned by M E Suggs of 628 Park Street. The vehicle was found with a broken door glass on South Wrenn Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLeod's Service
Boy Scout Week Celebration Opens Here Tomorrow
Uwharrie Council and other scouts begin Boy Scout Week on February 8 with ceremonies, investitures, and parents nights. The week marks scouting progress and features dispatch bearers for the Office of War Information and nationwide observances including Boy Scout Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uwharrie Council
United States
America
Office of War Information
Elmer Davis
Elbert K. Fretwell
Roosevelt
Lacework Kid Appears in Collier’s February Issue
Damon Runyon and Walter Inghill praise Col lier s short story The Lacework Kid in the February 12 issue. The tale follows a professional gambler turned soldier who causes a German prison camp commander to die by a misplayed gin rummy hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damon Runyan
Enterprise National
Coljers
Walter Inchell
Enterprise
Collier's
January Fire Loss Drops From Last Year
Fire department report shows January losses over 122 dollars higher than last month’s 350. Fire Chief Ingram cites the Penney Department Store fire in January 1943 as a major factor. Last month saw 43 fire calls with minimal damage.
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E.K. Ingram
Penney Department
Ingram
Man Held on DUI Charge After City Court Appearance
J. M. White, 33, of 1300 Bencini Street, was arrested yesterday and held under $500 bond for operating a car while intoxicated. White asked for a jury trial when brought before Judge D. C. MacRae in municipal court this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. White
Bencini Street
White
D. C. MacRae
Piedmont Camp to Confer Woodcraft Degree Tuesday Evening
Piedmont Camp Woodmen of the World will confer the degree of Woodcraft on a class of candidates at the regular meeting Tuesday at 7 30 o clock. Full attendance requested by Council Commander John Bruton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont
Woodmen of the World
Council
John Bruton
Piedmont Camp
Geo
Nine Arrested In Raids On Two Hotels
Police and military police conducted overnight raids on the Elwood and Biltmore hotels arresting four soldiers and five women on charges of occupying rooms for immoral purposes. Three girls were teens, others 21 and 26. Soldiers faced additional false registration charges. bonds set at 100 dollars. The nine were handed to authorities. women given suspended sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwood
Biltmore
George Campbell, Jr
BTC.10
Jean Lamonds
Greensboro
BTC-10
Frank D. Warner
Dorothy Ophelia Maness
Camp Mackall
Mario Mandoli
Walter W. Benson
Kearns
Alvina Campbell
Lucille Hyde
D. C. MacRae
Woman Fined For Assaulting Negro Principal
G D Tillman Florence Negro school principal was freed from an assault charge by Judge D C MacRae. Suzie George of Guilford college received a 30 day suspended sentence on condition she keeps away from the Florence school premises during school hours after Swearing out the warrant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Tillman
Florence
Tillman
Miss Parsley Regains Stolen Railroad Ticket
Thomasville police recovered Miss Celia Parsley’s High Point to San Antonio railroad ticket taken after a Greensboro street shop robbery. The missing pocketbook and contents worth about $18 remain unfound, and Miss Parsley plans to travel February 25 as scheduled.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Verlo Stamey
Celia Parsley
Elm Street
San Antonio
Texas
Stamey
Southern Railway
Miss Parsley
W. G. Friddle
Greensboro Road
Funeral Rites Held For George W. Denny 82
George W. Denny 82 longtime resident died Saturday at a local hospital. Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 30 p m from the late residence 504 Hillcrest with Dr O C Williamson and Rev J P H McNatt officiating. Burial in Buffalo Presbyterian church cemetery Greensboro. Active pallbearers named with honorary elders from First Presbyterian church. A male quartet from First Presbyterian church sang during the services. Floral offerings were carried by friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Denny
Hillcrest
O. C. Williamson
First Presbyterian Church
J. P. H. McNatt
Brentwood Presbyterian Church
Buffalo Presbyterian Church
Greensboro
A. P. Dickson
Funeral Services for W A Smith and George D Bates
Funeral services were held for W A Smith age 72 who died at his daughter's home 124 Fowler Street and for George D Bates age 71 who died at his son's home G S Bates The services were conducted in the church chapel with Rev M D McNeil and Rev W H Barker officiating Music by the church choir and the Sacred Trio Pallbearers for Smith were E W Smith Warner Osborn James Smith H D McMillian Carl Hinson and Erwin Bowman Interment followed in the church cemetery Bates was laid to rest in Oakwood Cemetery with pallbearers Henry Grady Carl Wright rold Calhoun Page Leroy Barham and D M te
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Asmith
W.A. Smith
Wesley Thompson
Fowler Street
M.D. McNeil
E.W. Smith
Warner Osborn
James Smith
H. D. McMillian
Carl Hinson
Erwin Bowman
George D. Bates
G.S. Bates
Koonce
W.H. Barker
Southside Baptist Church
Mr. Bates
Henry Grady
Carl Wright
Rold Calhoun
Pauge Leroy Barham
D. M. Te
Oakwood
Five Plead Innocent To Sedition Charge
Chief Justice Edward E. Eicher accepted innocent pleas from five defendants among 30 indicted in January for sedition. The five are Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze, August Klapprott, Ellis O. Jones, Peter Stahrenberg, and William Dudley Pelley, tied to German government agents plots and Nazi sympathies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Edward E. Eicher
Federal District Court
United States
Gerhard Wilhelm Kunze
Bund
August Klapprott
Ellis O. Jones
German plane drops bomb on Vatican in forced landing
A German plane attempting to raid the Vatican in an air battle with Allied fighters dropped a bomb inside Vatican City and another outside after a forced landing. The craft crashed and the crew were killed. report cites Handels Sje efarts Tidningen. The piece also notes Jamestown's early use of beads as currency.
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Stockholm
Ater
Vatican
Vatican City
Afrwals
Rome
Handels Sjeefarts Tidningen
Building And Repair Work Shows Upswing In High Point
Building reports indicate a rise in construction and repair activity in High Point over the past seven months versus a year ago. The current fiscal period totals reached 166 thousand dollars, up from 102 thousand 509 last year, with last month at 23 thousand 729 versus 13 thousand 225 in January 1943. The largest gain appears in new non residence work, 14 thousand last month against 185 in January, funded by a 14 thousand 400 warrant to the High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad for a new shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
State Lends Coad To Army Temporarily
Raleigh February report says James Coad industrial coordinator of the state of conservation and devet has been sent to the army for at least six weeks. He will be stationed at Wilmington and may be extended. He will not receive pay from the state during the period. The nature of his Army work was not disclosed.
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Raleigh
James Coad
State of Conservation and Devet
Wilmington
Broughton
Coad
Farmers demand removal of Mecklenburg county agent
About 400 small farmers pressed the Mecklenburg county commissioners to fire County Farm Agent Oscar H. Phillips. They presented 17 petitions totaling 419 signatures accusing him of siding with large landowners and city people and ignoring small farmers. The board set an open meeting for next Monday to hear supporters.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County Commissioners
Oscar H. Phillips
Australian Women All Out For War
Melbourne reports that over 30 percent of Australia's women over 14 now work full time in industry. E J Holloway cites 143000 employed in munition and war supply sectors versus about 1000 at war start in 1939.
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Melbourne
INS
Australia
E. J. Holloway
Labor
National Services
Padlocked Rooming House Violates Fire Laws Says Chief
Fire Chief E. K. Ingram announced that the padlocked rooming house at 206 North Main Street breached fire code and must add proper fire escapes by February 15 or cease operating as living quarters. The building had insufficient egress per a 1943 city inspection and a January 1 1943 letter warned the estate owner to vacate if not corrected.
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North Main Street
E. K. Ingram
Ingram
Pickett Estate
Asbury L. Davis Dies Here At 48
Asbury L. Davis 48 died shortly after 4 am Sunday at his home 512 Mangumum Ave after long illness. Born March 15 1895 in Stevens county Georgia he was a World War I veteran who served 17 months overseas. He came to High Point 25 years ago from Toccoa Georgia and worked in construction until ten years ago. Survived by wife four brothers Willie Robert Albert and Claude Davis and four sisters Mrs Myrtie Hosey Mrs Fulbright Mrs Maggie Pulliam and Mrs Alma Belamy all of Toccoa Ga. Body to be shipped to Toccoa for burial Monday evening.
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Asbury L. Davis
Mangumum Ave
Davis
Stevens County
Georgia
Asbury
Lou Kay Davis
High Point
Toccoa
Willie
Robert
Albert
Claude Davis
Myrtie Hosey
Fulbright
Maggie Pulliam
Alma Belamy
Negroes in Bail Arrests Lead to Second Charges
Buster Dodson a 47 year old Negro of 441 Meredith Street freed on 750 bond for an alleged robbery of Edward Massey was jailed again January 28 on a new charge of breaking and entering a house occupied by Leola Durant a Negro. Both cases bound over to superior court for afternoon jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buster Dodson
Meredith Street
Edward Massey
Massey
Commercial Service Association of Henderson Formed
One certificate of incorporation was filed in Raleigh by Commercial Service Association of Henderson a non profit group to provide commercial services for members. Non stock incorporators are Frank Jordan Mrs K C V Ralston and B C Wells all of Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Commercial Service Association of
Henderson
Frank Jordan
K.C.V. Ralston
B.C. Wells
Williamson Promoted to Sergeant at Keesler Field
A. T. Williamson of 211 Churet Street has been promoted to sergeant at Keesler Field Biloxi Mississippi. Mrs Les Jones Smith of High Point North Carolina has been accepted for training as a war worker with Warner Bo Air Service Command Keep em Flying branch of the army air forces. She is the daughter of Mrs Rose Jones and the late Walter Ernest Jones.
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Robins Field
Les Jones Smith
High Point
N.G
Warner Bo Air Service Command
Army Air Forces
Smith
Rose Jones
West Point Ave
Walter Ernest Jones
Service Members Return and Enlistments Highlight Local Notes
Charles York returns to Boston College for air service training after furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs John G York. Pvt Robert B Richardson son of Mr and Mrs B L Richardson Jamestown enters B 24 Liberator bomber school at Keesler Field Mississippi. Sgt James Beane son of Mr and Mrs Wesley Beane of 322 Fourth Street reports to Atlantic City redistribution station after year and a half in European theatre. Beane entered service about 1941 trained at Will Rogers Field Oklahoma and has served as an Havoc attack bomber crew member.
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Boston
Charles York
Boston College
John G. York
Keesler Field
Robert B. Richardson
B. L. Richardson
Jamestown
Mississippi
America
James Beane
Wesley Beane
Fourth Street
Army Air Forces
Atlantic City
N. J
Beane
Will Rogers Field
Oklahoma
Oversea
Marine recruit completes basic training at Memis Tennessee
Raymond Howard Bayne has completed training as a marine corps machinist's mate in Memis Tennessee. He underwent boot training at Parris Island and enlisted June 3, 1943, at Charleston. His wife resides at 111 Parkway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Howard Bayne
111 Parkway
Marine Corps
Memis
Tennessee
Parris Island, & C
Charleston
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Nat Walker
Walgreen
Max Bones
Optomets
W. C. Greensboro
W. GC
J. C. McCoy
Security Bank
Insulating Board
Johns-Manville
Parker-Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
P. P
Anne
N. SL. Warner Agency
H.P
B. F. Thomas
W. Green
Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
Robert Jerrell McGee
Robert F. McGee
U. S
Naval Forces
McGee
South Pacific
Navy
Myrtle Lou Steelman
Baby
Route Three
Seaman McGee
Main &T
Negro
John T. Bruton
Edgar C. Johnson
Financial Seco
West Broad Street
NACL
N. Main ST
RE. M. Hales
Harry X. Russell
Tel
T. Kr, Sullivan
Paul Byrum
Uncle Sam
Orkin Exterminating CO
East Washington St
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