Mrs Maude Kennedy Drowns In Bathtub Accident
Mrs Maude Kennedy 52 of 2319 English Street died by accidental drowning in her bathtub last night at home. County coroner Dr W W Harvey noted the incident appeared accidental. Kennedy, widow of Ave Kennedy, had suffered depression, with surviving daughter Dorothy Farr and three sons. The body remains at J C Green and Sons Funeral Home in Thomasville pending arrangements.
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Maude Kennedy
English Street
W. W. Harvey
Kennedy
W. E. Kiger
U. S
Billy Kennedy
High Point
John Henderson
Roy Henderson
Garland Henderson
Mamie Loftin
L. H. Robbins
Santa Monica
Calif
Ola Garner
Greensboro
Alliene Jacobs
Portsmouth
J C. Green and Sons
Thomasville
Thief Arrested in One-Dollar Chicken Larceny Case
C Dickerson aged 32 of 413 Tomlinson Street was arrested yesterday on larceny charges after a neighbor reported a chicken valued at one dollar stolen. The note mentions insect fruiting and plant juices as stray text.
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C. Dickerson
Tomlinson Street
Five Held For Beck Murder Conspiracy
Five men are jailed in Guilford County after warrants were issued for murder and conspiracy in the death of R L Bob Beck a blind bootlegger shot at his Greensboro area home on June 9 of last year. Those detained are Herbert Carroll Henry H1 Clarence Norris Ayond Groundhog Bennett and Samuel H Thompson. Police say Beck resisted the assault but died hours later. no gun was recovered. The arrests followed months of investigation by sheriff and city officers.
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R. L
Bob) Beck
Guilford County
Greensboro
Herbert Carroll
East Green Street
Henry H. 1
Wise Street
Clarence Norris
Aymond
Groundhog) Bennett
Triangle Lake
Samuel H. Thompson
Trinity
Ray Nance
H Point
John A. Lowdermilk
Norman Boren
Beck
Greensboro High Point Road
New Loan Company Opens Here Today
The Community Credit Corporation opens at 145 South Main Street in High Point next to Walgreen's Drug Store. Managed by Miss Helen Gibson the loan company says it specializes in loans of every description.
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High Point
Community Credit Corporation
South Main Street
Walgreen
Helen Gibson
Infant Dorothy May Childress Dies in Thomasville
Dorothy May Childress three months old, child of Pfe and Mrs William Childress, died at home Sunday after a short illness. Survived by parents and grandmother Mrs Ida Childress of Thomasville. Funeral services will be at Russell Funeral Home with time to be announced.
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Thomasville
Dorothy May Childress
Pfe
William Childress
Ida Childress
Russell Funeral Home
Local Soldier Recovering In England
Private First James Turner, 29, of High Point North Carolina, wounded by shrapnel from a 88 shell while setting up a gun near a German counter attack. He is hospitalized in England with the Purple Heart awarded. Wife Edith and daughter Judith reside in High Point and his mother lives at 1315 Franklin Street.
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Eee
James Turner
Wise
Ties Point
North Carolina
United States
England
Turner
James T. O'Neil
Coolidge
Arizona
France
Merit Shoe Company
Army
Edith
Judith
Park Street
E. D. Turner
Franklin St
High Point
Funeral Rites for William W. Evans Held in Thomasville
William W. Evans of 301 Aycock Street died at home Wednesday. The Carolina Avenue Baptist church held a 4 PM funeral with Rev. J. A. Cox officiating. Pallbearers were Clarence Fuller, John Carter, Ruby Martin, L. M. Coffee, Grady Wilson, Jesse Gallimore, and Faye Kyser. Oak Hill Memorial Gospel Singers performed. Interment was in Unity Methodist church cemetery.
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WM. W. Evans
Thomasville
William W. Evans
Aycock Street
Carolina Avenue Baptist Church
J. A. Cox
Clarence Fuller
John Carter
Ruby Martin
L. M. Coffee
Grady Wilson
Jesse Gallimore
Faye Kyser
Oak Hill
Ruth Hanna McSimms Dies in Chicago Leader and Publisher
Ruth Hanna McCormick Simms 64 Republican party leader and former Illinois congresswoman died in Chicago from pancreatic illness. Her husband Albert Simms of Albuquerque and daughters Cortland Barnes and Mrs Miller were at her bedside as family funeral services were planned for Albuquerque.
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Chicago
Ruth McCormick Simms
Lare
Illinois
Rockord
Tlt
Register-Republic
Oarning Star
Albert G. Simms
Albuquerque
N. M
Cortland Barnes
New York City
Peter Miller
Kesselring Still Alive, Say Allies
Rome report says Field Marshal Albert Kesselring is alive according to Allied command in Italy. A Brussels broadcast quoted a Hitler order of the day announcing his death, but a headquarters spokesman dismissed the claim as unfounded and noted no confirmation of any wound or death.
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Rome
Italy
Albert Kesselring
Brussels
Adolf Hitler
Kesselring
Jack Rabbit Lucky Find After Airplane Crash
John W. Stevenson and C. A. Heitzman escaped a two engine plane crash in Oklahoma City with minor injuries. Beneath the wreckage lay a dead jack rabbit whose intact feet are reported as a remarkable good luck omen.
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Oklahoma City
John W. Stevenson
C. A. Heitzman
Jack Rabbit
Negro Roomer Arrested On Arson Charge
Frell Roberts 26, a roomer at Carrie Bell Borders 733 East Washington street, is held without bail on arson in a dwelling fire at the Borders home yesterday afternoon. Police detectives arrested him after a complaint by Borders and other occupants. Witnesses say he quarreled with Borders and threatened her. Firemen found flames spreading as the blaze, with evidence of possible arson, was controlled.
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Carrie Be
Borders
East
Washington Street
Charson
Yesterafternoon
Roberts
Carrie Bell Borders
Wee
Citizens Asked To Aid The Government
Washington reports the Office of War Information urges citizens to destroy invalidated food ration stamps, fill 5 5000 jobs for cotton duck production, donate 100 000 books to the merchant marine library, volunteer as price panel assistants, and stay in war jobs to maintain supplies for the fighting fronts.
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Washington
Office of War Information
American Merchant Marine Library
Speel
Execution Postponed in Marseille for Lejeune
Albert Lejeune former manager of Petit Nicols won postponement of his execution today by promising sensational revelations as he was led before a firing squad. Lejeune faced death for collusion with the enemy in operating a newspaper at Nice.
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Marseille
France
Albert Lejeune
Petit Nicols
Lejeune
Nice
Alvin Hunt 24 Dies After Illness in Thomasville
Alvin Hunt 24 of 405 Barnwell Street Thomasville died Sunday morning after a three week illness. Born here he was married to Jessie Stinson in 1940 and worked for C M Wall Lumber Co. Survivors include wife daughter Alice Faye Hunt his mother four brothers Ray Hunt in Newport News and others and three sisters. Funeral at Mount Pleasant Methodist Randolph County Tuesday at 11 AM with church cemetery interment.
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Thomasville
Alvin Hunt
Barnwell Street
Jesse O. Hunt
Mr. Hunt
Jessie Stinson
C. M. Wall ‘Lumber Company
Alice Faye Hunt
the Home
Marvin Hunt
Ernest Hunt
Ira Hunt
Ray Hunt
Newport News
Virginia
Raymond Lovette
W. W. Hancock
John Gray
Sanfore
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
Randolph County
Kennedy L L Dies in Local Hospital
Luther L Kennedy died yesterday morning in a local hospital after a three week illness. He was 68 and a Randolph County native living at 1117 Jefferson Avenue. Survived by his wife J A Kennedy of High Point and sister Mrs Maggie Hames of Lexington, among other relatives. Funeral services were held at Ebenezer Methodist church with interment in the church cemetery.
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Luther L. Kennedy
Jefferson Avenue
Mr. Kennedy
Randolph County
William and
Mary Kersey Kennedy
Randolph
Guilford
Ser
J. A. Kennedy
High Point
Rt. 4
Maggie Hames
Lexington
Jefferson Street
Ebenezer Methodist Church
E. W. Jones
Providence Wesleyan Methodist Church
Bill Barker
Southside Baptist Church
Robber Hurls Brick Through Lester's Jewelry Window
An unknown robber shattered Lester's Jewelry at 224 North Main with a brick before 4 AM, reach in and steal a dozen or more diamond rings as a passerby alerted a returning patrolman. The dark street and nearby fire chaos coincided with the theft. Archie Batals of Rainbow is mentioned in the report.
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Lester's Jewelry
North Main Street
Hamilton Street
Archie Batals
The
Rainbow
Burlap Bandit Holdup Report From Salt Lake City
A burlap masked bandit robbed a jewelry store across the street from the diner at 4 pm. Victims reported holes cut for eyes and mouth on the mask while witnesses heard no crash sounds. Woodmen of the World Piedmont Camp No. 62 Meets Tuesday at 7 30. Joan T Bruton Consul EDGAR C JOHNSON Financial.
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Salt Lake City
Jan
Woodmen of the World
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