Police Seek Clues In Two Large Weekend Robberies
Local police chase leads in two major heists over the weekend. A total of $2,400 vanished from H. P. Dill of Allen Jay after a pool hall visit, while Max L. McQuaige faced drunkenness charges as their car crashed. Separate assault and robbery near Perry Street left Levi Cruthis stripped and injured. Minor breakins at Brentwood School and Parkview Lunch yielded $26.
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H. P. Dill
Allen Jay
Dill
Potts Pool Room
Max L. McQuaige
South Main Street
Coltrane
West Davis
McQuaige
Perry Street
Cruthis
Wrenn Street
East Broad Street
City Welding Company
Brentwood School
Parkview
Kivett Drive
Revival At Church Of God On Redding Street
A revival continues at the Church of God on Redding street with nightly services at 7 o clock led by Rev. Roy M. Prince of Greenville South Carolina and assisted by the church pastor Rev. Fred I Armour. The National Latin Association has awarded gold star commendations to local Latin club students for their Latin week assembly program.
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Redding Street
Roy M. Prince
Greenville
S. C
Fred I. Armour
National Latin Association For High Schools
Essie Hill
Kansas City
Cross Caravan to Perform Special Program in North Carolina
Reverend Charles H Pamp-to-pee leads the all Indian GIs of the Cross Caravan in a special program at Pilgrim Bible School Kernersville on January 18 at 7 p.m. Then at First Wesleyan Methodist Hin kle street Thomasville January 19 at 7 30 p.m. and Ennis Street Wesleyan Methodist January 20 at 7 p.m.
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Pilgrim Bible School
Kernersville
N. C
First
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Hinkle Street
Thomasville
Ennis Street Wesleyan Methodist Church
Fire department responded to oven overheat at Watts Bakery
Alarms reported between noon yesterday and noon today show at 3 15 p m a fire from an overheated oven at Watts Bakery 1400 North Main Street with slight damage and the unit was out on arrival An 813 p m false alarm at 517 Grimes Street was also logged.
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Watts Bakery
North Main Street
Grimes Street
Permits Issued for New Dwellings and Stores in City
The city building office granted permits for a two story brick veneer dwelling at 416 Hill Crest Drive owned by Richard B. Culler costing 12000 dollars and a one story block and brick store building between Davis and Coltrane streets owned by A E Joiner costing 9000 dollars.
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Richard B. Culler
Hillcrest Drive
A. E. Joiner
Davis and
Coltrane
Superintendent Charles Carroll to Speak on NC Education
School Superintendent Charles Carroll of High Point will address three groups this week. He speaks tonight to the Business and Professional Women's club in Raleigh about the education commission's study and recommendations. Tomorrow he speaks to the Yadkin county NCEA unit in Yadkinsville and next Monday to the Mecklenburg county NCEA unit in Derita.
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High Point
State Education Commission
Business and Professional Women's Club
Raleigh
Yadkin County
NCEA
Yadkinsville
Mecklenburg County
Derita
Carroll
North Carolina
Statue Of Liberty To Get 300 000 Beauty Treatment
The Statue of Liberty will receive a 300000 dollar beautification as part of the National Park Service budget for the new fiscal year. The plan allocates funds to seawall construction and improvements to enhance appearance, ranking just behind a 324000 project for Mesa Verde water pipes in the agency’s 3.5 million dollar physical improvements program. Other items include park improvements at Great Smoky Mountains Heintooga picnic area Balsam Mountain and Cove campgrounds with a 105 value.
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Uncle Sam
National Park Service
Mesa Verde
Colo., National Park
Great Smoky Mountains Park
Heintooga
Balsam Mountain
Cases Cove
Trade with Soviet Union Shifts Dramatically in 1948
New York report shows U S shipments of critical metals to Russia dwindled while Soviet exports of chrome and manganese surged in the first nine months of 1948 according to Business Week.
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New York
INS
Russia
Business Week
John Bird Standardized English Yardsticks in 1758
Measurement in England gained standardization when John Bird produced yardsticks in 1758 marking a shift from inconsistent measures to uniform units used nationwide. The move affected trade, construction, and science by providing a reliable reference standard.
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England
John Bird
Teagues Sentenced In Guilford Liquor Case
Fred and Frank Teague of Charlotte were found guilty in Guilford Superior Court of liquor law violations and reckless driving after a May 1947 high speed chase from Sedgefield to Thomasville. Each received concurrent eight month sentences. prosecutors prepared to try more defendants in related cases as the court planned a full week of sessions.
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Frank Teague
Charlotte
Guilford
Sedgefield
Thomasville
R. L Barr
Teague Brothers
Mechanicsville
Main Street
Fred Teague
Frank
George A. Shuford
Asheville
Charles T. Hagan, Jr
Hagan
Jack Sheldon
Joe Robertson
Ray Pope
Eddie Wishon
Darrell Donald Crisco
Raymond L. Davis
Paul Edgar Sapp, Jr
Sears Roebuck
Efird's
Lamet Salvage
Guilford Furniture
Ray
Robertson
Sheldon
Pope
Wishon
Crisco
Davis
Sapp
Mangrum To Tangle With Hogan Again In Open
Two of the nation's top golfers Lloyd Mangrum of Chicago and Ben Hogan of Fort Worth clash in the inaugural $10,000 Long Beach Open at Lakewood. Play starts Thursday with about 225 players. top 90 from rounds advance to a second 18-hole round Friday and a final 18 on Monday.
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Calif
Lloyd Mangrum
Chicago
Ben Hogan
Forth Worth
Tex
Lakewood Golf Club
Mangrum
Hogan
del Monte
POW Marathoner Zamperini Faces War Crimes Trial Record
In Tokyo on January 18 a wartime affidavit by Lou Zamperini, once an Olympic miler from Southern California, claims he was forced to race a Japanese champion while undernourished as a prisoner of war. The note appears in the war crimes record of Adm Soemu Toyoda. Zamperini flew as an air force bombardier and survived 47 days adrift in a life raft near the Marshall Islands.
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Lou Zamperini
California
Adm
Soemu Toyoda
Zamperini
Air Force
Marshall Islands
Six Medical Specialists On Program At UNC Extension
Six renowned physicians join a six week Postgraduate Course in Medicine in Goldsboro starting February 16 through March 23. Each Wednesday features an afternoon clinic dinner and an 8 pm address at the Hotel Goldsboro. Speakers include Dr William D Stroud Dr Thomas Fitz Hugh Jr Dr Nathan A Womack Dr Charles F McKhann Dr William F Mengert and Dr E A Brown with topics on cardiovascular disease hematology breast lesions splenectomy pediatric therapy meningitis antihistamines and obstetric hemorrhage. A similar program will start in Wilmington February 23 and continue in Raleigh and Salisbury later in spring.
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Chapel Hill
Goldsboro
University of North Carolina School of Medicine and Extension Division
Jin Raleigh
Salisbury
William D. Stroud
Philadelphia
American Heart Association
Thomas Fitz-Hugh, Jr
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Nathan A. Womack
State University of Iowa School of Medicine
Charles F. McKhann
Western Reserve University School of iMedicine
Cleveland
William F. Mengert
Southwestern Medical College
Dallas
Texas
Post War Inflation Peaks in 1948 Across Nation
The postwar inflation surged to a new high in 1948 before easing late in the year. Officials expect defense and foreign aid spending to drive 1949 price trends with standby powers to curb inflation if needed.
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Washington
INS
Truman
New Democratic Congress
Labor Department
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