High Point Courthouse Bill Advances In Senate Committee
The senate committee on courts and judicial districts voted in favor of a measure to establish superior court sessions in large cities that are not county seats, with High Point singled out by name. The bill bases population on the last federal census and could affect High Point.
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Associated Press
Raleigh
Senate Committee On
Hudgins
Guilford
High Point
State Guard
National Guard
Board of Control
Morganton
Goldsboro
Caswell
Kinston
Kenneth Bryce Arrested On Larceny Charge
Kenneth Bryce, 17, of Manuels Apartments, was arrested yesterday by local police and charged with larceny of $45 worth of clothes from Charles Xepolis, proprietor of the Astor. Bryce was released on a $300 bond. A hearing is set for tomorrow morning.
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Kenneth Bryce
Manuels Apartments
Charles Xepolis
Astor Bryce
Lula Winslow Dies At Home In City
Mrs Lula Belle Winslow 60 widow of Allen J Winslow died at her home 2301 Edgewood Avenue this morning shortly after 10 oclock Death followed a stroke suffered in 1941 Survived by two daughters Mrs Charles Coltrane and Mrs Paul Green of High Point and a brother Fred Suits of this city Funeral arrangements were to be announced this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Belle Winslow
Allen J. Winslow
Edgewood Avenue
Charles Coltrane
Paul Green
High Point
Fred Suits
Mayor Kirkman Appointed to Succeed Finch
Mayor O Arthur Kirkman was appointed to succeed the late Austin T Finch on the Board of Trustees of Winston Salem Teachers College for a term expiring June 5 1945 according to Governor Broughton.
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O. Arthur Kirkman
Austin T. Finch
Thomasville
Winston-Salem Teachers College
Broughton
Local Servicemen Promotions And Enlistments
Curren Jn Service lists STAFF SERGEANT Arthur O. Hedrick promoted at the AAF Basic Flying School in Newport Arkansas. Navy School enrollee Charles C. Parrish studies to be a Navy petty officer. Jimmie Edwards to Nashville to join the Army Air Corps after three years at High Point College. Pvt. Coy E. Moose Jr. arrives at Fort Flagler for Coast Guard service. Cpl. J. F. Lowe Jr. en route from Camp Claiborne to Ft Belvoir for officer candidate school in engineers.
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Arthur O. Hedrick
Katherine Ferguson
West Green Street
AAF
Newport
Arkansas
S/Segt
Hedrick
NAVY
Charles C. Parrish
C. B. Parrish
Tryon Street
Navy Service School
Great Lakes
Illinois
Parrish
Pvt
Coy E. Moose, Jr
Fort Flagler
Wash
Moose
Coy E. Moose
North
Hamilton Street
U. S. Coast Guard
Cpl
J. F. Lowe, Jr
High Point
Camp Claiborne
Ft. Belvoir
Geo. Walter Hayworth
Civitan Club hears Grover Jones on man
Grover Jones city attorney spoke to the Civitan Club at the Sheraton Hotel on the topic Man. He described man as the only creature with a reasoning mind and capacity to be lord of creators while noting social conflict and shared brutality. Risch presided and Cannady attended.
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Grover Jones
Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Harry Anthony
Jones
Charles F. Risch
Albert Cannady
Deaths Mrs Mamie B Shelton Kernersville
Mamie Belcher Shelton 59 died at home in Kernersville Route One after a week long illness. Wife of J R Shelton she was born in Princeton West Virginia a member of First Baptist Church. Survived by husband three brothers L J Belcher E B Belcher M B Belcher and many nieces and nephews. Funeral services tomor row with home service at 3 and church service at 3 30 at First Baptist Church conducted by Rev Clyde W Glosson and Rev J B Hopkins. Interment Oakwood Memorial Cemetery High Point.
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Mamie B. Shelton
Kernersville
Mamie Belcher Shelton
Route One
J. R. Shelton
Princeton
W. Va
First Baptist Church
L. J. Belcher
E. B. Belcher
M. B. Belcher
Columbus
Ohio
Clyde W. Glosson
J. 8. Hopkins
Green Street Baptist Church
High Point
Oakwood Memorial Cemetery
Board To Issue Certificates To Purchase Shoes
The local rationing board received a telegram from John E. Hamm Sr. deputy administrator of OPA allowing certificates for one pair of shoes if no sugar stamps exist. The board cannot issue new ration books except in unusual cases such as hospital confinement, but may grant sugar purchase certificates upon proof of need.
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John E. Hamm, Sr
OPA
M. W. Nash
Nash
Civil Service Interviews Set For Stenographic Jobs
A Civil Service Commission representative will interview women at the U S Employment Service office in High Point North Main Street on Thursday for federal stenographic positions. Wade L Davis of the War Production Board will accompany. Starting pay is 1440 yearly plus 21 percent overtime for a 48 hour week. Training with full pay in Charlotte precedes promotion to Washington with expenses paid.
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Charlotte
Civil Service Commission
U. S. Employment Service Office
High Point
North Main Street
Wade L. Davis
War Production Board
Civil Service
WPB
Washington
Police Investigate Theft in Thomasville Home
Officers report a burglary at Mrs. R. R. Surratt 319 Taylor Street Saturday night. Four dresses and one coat missing. She heard movement, warned neighbors, and police say the burglar escaped through an unlocked back door. No arrests yet.
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Thomasville
R. R. Surratt
Taylor Street
Denton Man Reported Missing From Home Since Friday Night
Dwight E. Varner, 24, of Denton, was reported missing from his home in Denton Friday night. His father told Thomasville police Varner may have left for the draft board in Thomasville to be examined and fears amnesia amid recent ill health. He is described as five feet six inches tall, 145 pounds, with dark brown hair, blue eyes, last seen in a cotton coat, green trousers, stiff brimmed cap and tan shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Dwight E. Varner
J. E. Varner
Denton
Draft Board
Varner
Delinquents Cleared by Local Draft Board Five
Draft Board Five reports 40 delinquents removed since October 1940. Of these, 30 were sent to the district attorney with 18 cases closed, 12 awaiting action. Five cases were closed without district attorney referral, four of five closed, action pending on the remaining five.
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Draft Board No. Five
Two Sailors AWOL Taken By Thomasville Officers
Thomasville officers Willie Loftin and Ottis Koontz arrested two sailors in the city yesterday. The sailors admitted they were absent without leave from the Charleston Navy Yard since eight o'clock.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Willie Loftin
Ottis Koontz
Charleston
S. C
Navy Yard
Struther Urges Anglo American Understanding
Jan Struther, author of Mrs Miniver, spoke at Greensboro Women’s College urging mutual understanding between English and American people. She cited frontiers of ignorance as future work and proposed exchanges of Mrs Miniver families for cross cultural goodwill.
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Greensboro
Jan Struther
Dunkirk
Toby
England
America
Mrs. Minivers
Mrs. Miniver
Scouts and Leaders Honor 150 Award Recipients in High Point
One hundred fifty Scouts and leaders gathered to receive advancement awards and plan a February 15 grease collection drive. Fifty Scouts from ten troops earned 150 awards and the next court of honor is set for the first Monday in April. Scouts ask homeowners to place grease in tin cans and keep cans in refrigerators to harden for easy handling. Silk stockings nylon and books are requested for a drive benefiting service men. magazines are not accepted. Books of all kinds are needed for army camps.
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High Point
Cities of Nicaragua lie on western plain facing the Pacific
The important cities of Nicaragua lie on the western plain facing the Pacific. The sentence notes the geographic placement of major urban areas along Nicaragua's Pacific-facing western region.
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Nicaragua
Pacific
City Manager Orders Meat Killing Restriction in High Point
City Manager F E M Knox issued an immediate order to halt killing of animals at the abbatoir whose meat serves areas outside High Point. He cited an OPA restraint on meat consumption and local quotas for Greensboro and nearby areas, warning a possible local shortage if High Point quotas are issued.
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High Point
FE. M. Knox
Knox
OPA
Greensboro
Accident Proves Fatal To Young William Osborne
William Osborne six son of Mr and Mrs FE A Osborne East Green Street Extension died at a local hospital at 9 30 this morning from injuries suffered yesterday afternoon when he collided with a passenger car while flying a kite. He was born April 18 1936 in Long Island New York and was a Brentwood School first grader. Surviving are his parents two sisters Mrs Guy Gray and Miss Pauline Osborne of High Point and a brother Guy Osborne in the U S Army Air Corps Gulfport Mississippi.
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William Osborne
FE. A. Osborne
East Green Street
William
Long Island
N. Y
EF. A
Tula Thayer Osborne
Brentwood School
Local Police Lose Three Men and One Resigns
Three police department members depart as two go to induction and one resigns to work as an electrician in Washington. Quinton G. Brown resigns effective immediately, while Desk Sergeant Lonnie Bergman and Second Class Patrolman W. T. Highfill report for induction with 82 others. The force drops from 47 to 40. replacements may be sought via Civil Service exam next Wednesday night.
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Washington, D. C
Quinton G. Brown
W. G. Friddle
Brown
Washington
Lonnie Bergman
W. T. Highfill
Bergman
Highfill
Friddle
Civil Service Commission
Inductees Leave From Draft Board Five This Morning
A total of 84 men departed from Draft Board No Five to Camp Croft South Carolina for induction into land or naval forces. Among them 74 were 18 years old and 10 were married men previously deferred. Inductees may stay longer due to the new Selective Service Act assigning men to where they are most needed.
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Camp Croft
S. C
Judge suspends judgment in D. C. Arden Jr case
Judge D C MacRae suspends judgment on D C Arden Jr of 502 Chandler Street after finding him charged with speeding and traffic ordinance violations. Offense must not be repeated as a condition of the suspension. Walter Lambeth, 47, arrested December 31 for drunken driving, set for March 3 hearing.
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D. C. Arden, Jr
Chandler Street
D. C. MacRae
Walter Lambeth
Movie and musical reel listings with showtimes
The page lists Arabian Nights and Strictly In The Groove at Center and Broadhurst, Springtime In The Rockies at Paramount, and Larceny Inc at Rialto with multiple showing times. Shows span morning to late evening, including matinees and nightly slots.
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Broadhurst
Paramount
Rockies
Rialto
Larceny, Inc
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ROYAL
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Jimmie” Edwards
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Britain
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Lawrence Earl Henry
S. S. Stevens
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ICE & Fuel CO
Hiatt Tire Company
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H. P. Meat Supply
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