Swanson Slayer Reward Raised in Guilford County
North Carolina Governor boosted the reward to 500 for the Swanson murder in Jamestown as local officers persist in identifying the killer and accomplices. A separate incident near Seagrove involved Hicks and Luther during a failed robbery, with a 32 caliber revolver recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swanson
Harker
North Carolina
E. J. Swanson
Jamestown
Guilford County
M. Bundy
Broughton
J. Lee Wilson
12Th
Asheboro
Seagrove
Hicks
Luther
Allah
A. L. Latham
Red
Air Raid Signals Emphasized by Civil Defense Chief
Civilian Defense Coordinator Charles F. Carroll urged strict adherence to new air raid signals for the upcoming blackout between now and next Friday. Five colors include RED for real danger with short whistle blasts and BLUE for probable enemy action with a two minute steady whistle. All defense posts will mobilize on RED or BLUE signals and blackout rules apply. Also note Asheboro jail hearing delayed, and Sheriff J F Jones said Hicks and Luther do not match Swanson slaying suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Carroll
Defense Corps
Asheboro
J. F. Jones
Hicks
Luther
Swanson
Oklahoma druggist touts Adlerika for quick relief
A local Oklahoma druggist claims Adlerika provides rapid bowel action with three laxative daxatives and carminatives to relieve gas. The ad urges readers to obtain Adlerika today.
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Oklahoma
Board Five to send 75 men in March induction
Draft Board Five will dispatch 75 men in March. Board Four will also call a large number, though exact figures were not released. Chief Clerk Jere Sloan noted no married men with dependents will depart from Board Five, but separated men with children may be included as single.
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Draft Board Five
Board Four
Jere Sloan
Board Five
Sloan
High Point Court Delivers Mixed Juvenile and Adult Cases
Richard Halker, 17, charged with breaking and entering. probable cause found and to face Guilford County Superior Court. Other youths and adults face larceny, assault, affray, and non support charges. several cases continued or nol prossed in morning session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Halker
Barker Street
D. C. MacRae
High Point
Halker
Guilford County Superior Court
Harker
Estelle Carson
Bradshaw Street
Delno Jackson
West Green Street
Agnes Jones
James Quick
Underhill
Roy Super
R. Russell
Jack Adams
Jamestown
James W. Bagwell
Hampton
Sarah Gannaway
Leonard Street
Clifford G. Law
James Garfield McNeil
East Washington St
Treena Watson
Taylor St
James Shaver
Hay St
Charlie Thompson
Will Blair
Fairview Street
Johnnie Lee Ellis
English Street
Broad Street
Broad St
Dorothy Ashewell
Biltmore Hotel
Dillon Parker
Eccles Street
Broughton Smith
Adams Millis Co
Walter Little
Loflin Street
John A. Cassidy
Elizabeth City
Mary Ruth Campbell
Ernest G. Parker
Denton
Walter G. Mickey
Canned Goods Rationing Tightens Under March Plan
Washington February report outlines a 48 point per person March ration with poolable points for canned fruits vegetables and soups. It lists point values for common cans and notes scarce sauerkraut while detailing store postings and registration for new ration books.
Registration for Ration Books Second Shift Time Extensions
Workers on the second shift who cannot register 3 30 p m to 9 p m this week may register 9 a m to 12 a m next Saturday at Emma Blair School Russell Street Superintendent Charles F Carroll urged volunteers to help with the Saturday morning registration and to call 3028 if they can assist The Lutheran Synod convention meets in Concord with Dr J L Morgan presiding and attendance expected to be slightly below normal due to the war Sweden to boost alcohol as automotive fuel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Blair
Russell Street
Chas. F. Carroll
Carroll
Calotabs Improve Calomel Tablets Promise Pleasant Use
Calotabs are sugar coated, agreeable, and prompt calomel tablets. They make calomel-taking pleasant and effective with guidance to follow label directions and use with salts or castor oil if needed.
Police Probe Robbery of Local Woman on Russell Street
Police investigated a robbery reported by Mrs. Lillie Yates of Clara Cox Apartments. A short heavyset Negro about 5 feet 8 inches, wearing a tan cap, snatched her coat near the railroad crossing on Russell Street around 2 30 this morning, taking a brown change purse with $7. her coat was later found in a manhole south of Russell Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Yates
Clara Cox
Russell Street
Dave Forbis Dies Enroute To Local Hospital
Dave Forbis aged 52 a Highland Mills employee collapsed at the residence of A G Jones 914 Millis Street this morning shortly after 3 o clock and died before reaching the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Forbis
Yow Funeral Home
Dave Forbis
Highland Mill Employe
A. G. Jones
Millis Street
City Directory For 42 43 Issued By Hill Directory Co
The 1942 43 High Point City Directory lists 27 896 names in High Point and Fairmont Park with 456 more than last year. It shows service members by home addresses with USA USN initials and includes tenant owned homes, marital status, wives given names, and heads of households. Special feature reorders departments and notes 325 business varieties from Abattoirs to Yarn Manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point City
The
Hill Directory Co
USA
USN
High Point
Fairmont Park
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Albert L. Aaron
W. D. Zimmerman
Herbert Hoover
Woodrow Wilson
Highway Safety Division Revokes Licenses for Two Men
Griffin Hill Lassiter of Glenora and Huebert Gay York of High Point had their drivers licenses revoked per the North Carolina Highway Safety Division revocation list. Lassiter was convicted of drunken driving in Chesterfield Virginia and York in High Point Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Griffin Hill Lassiter
Chesterfield
Huebert Gay York
Glenora
High Point
North Carolina Highway Safety Division
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Victory Coal Co
Roebute Anoo
Pennsylvania
C. C
Cross Country
Sears, Roeluch and Co
Cross Country Motor OK
Board No.5
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Vuunu
Irving Perimeter
Washington
Office of Price Administration
Prentiss Brown
Brown
Concord
United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina
St. John’s Church
J. L. Morgan
Salisbury Synod
Synod
Sweden
United States OF America
Office OF Rice Administration
Budget Bureau
United States
Peletine
Gate City Motor CO
S. Wrenn St
Orkin
Roger
Ruby's
ST. Main ST
Rationing Board
Hiatt Tire Company
West High
Hill Firm
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
Highway Safety Division
G. H. Lassiter
Piedmont OW & CO
Nat Walker
Walgreen
A. Clyde Smith & Sons Telephone
Kernersville
ROYAL
High St
Siceloff
ICE & Fuel CO
Manville
Parker - Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
Jouns
CES
E. Commerce St
Carrey CT Ae
GRO Tage
Aera Tage
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