City Public Transit Grinds to Halt Amid Ice Weather
Public transportation in High Point and surrounding areas was at a standstill with schedules suspended for the day unless streets improve. Duke Power and City Transit tried to run buses but ceased operations due to dangerous roads. Inter-city bus service to and from High Point also suspended at midnight. Forecast calls for continued cold with possible sleet and snow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Transportation Company
Duke Power Company
City Transit Company
Charles Carroll
Duke Power
High Point College
Southern Railway
Gospel Tabernacle
Willowbrook Street
U. S. Weather Bureau
High Point-Greensboro
Gypsum Story Ends Without Contempt Citation
New York dealer Ysidore Ginsberg avoided contempt of Congress after Senator McCarthy withdrew the order when buyers and sellers of gypsum agreed to share names in private. The hearing featured frequent clashes with McCarthy who argued gypsum trade fuels high home building costs amid a stalled time schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Edson
Washington
Ysidore Ginsberg
Congress
McCarthy
R-Wis
New York
House-Senate Committee On Housing
Ginsberg
I Am An Atheist Play Postponed
The scheduled performance of I Am an Atheist at the senior high school auditorium tonight has been postponed until a date to be announced later. Byron Grandjean commander of the local post of the VFW announced this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I Am An Atheist
Byron Grandjean
VFW
Cam Henderson
Curtis McDonald
Charlotte
Simeon
Richard Crowder
Bill Bloom
Eddie Clodfelter
E. R. Anderson
Civic clubs hear warning on youth and crime in state
Walter F. Anderson, director of the N C State Bureau of Investigation, urged Rotarians that the nation risks becoming highly criminal, urging stronger education and moral foundations through schools, churches, literature, art, and music. He cited family breakdown, war-era focus, and shallow entertainment as threats, and praised music and disciplined education as remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter F. Anderson
N. C
Anderson
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Nathan Ayers
Proam
Larry Marsden
Tom Finley
High Point
A. N. Smith
Charlotte
Richard Crowder
Tom Bledsoe
Greensboro
Co Operative Club Hears Tony Simeon On Basketball
The Co-Operative club met at the Sheraton hotel for a luncheon with Tony Simeon as guest speaker. R L Freeman led the program, and Simeon gave a brief basketball history noting it began in 1891 at the YMCA Training School in Springfield Massachusetts. James Naismith is named in the origins.
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Co-Operative
Co-Operative Club
Sheraton Hotel
Tony Simeon
R. L. Freeman
Simeon
Young Men's Christian Association
Springfield
Mass
James Naismith
Bridge Strategy: Trump Leads and Finesse Lesson
In a detailed bridge hand, the declarer must avoid a trump lead and use the club finesse. North’s two no trump bid is questioned, while South’s three clubs shows distribution. West opens with a trump lead. declarer then ducks to win in dummy, plays a club, and uses a diamond finesse to secure the hand. East’s defense yields two high diamonds and a club trick.
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London
Trump
North
South
West
Declarer
East
Davidson ROTC Promotes Cadet Lt Colonel Faw to Lead Unit
Cadet Lt Colonel T. M. Faw of North Wilkesboro was named to command Davidson ROTC for the second semester by Commandant William P. Grace. Staff officers and promoted lieutenants from multiple states and cities fill the battalion as weather suspends some activities and delays a clothing drive.
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Fayetteville
S-3
C. D. Williams
Tatum
Pilot Life Shows Healthy Gains in 1947
Pilot Life Insurance of Greensboro reports a record year with total life in force at 407.4 million as of December 31 1947 and new life insurance sales of 113.29 million. Assets reached 57.70 million, up about 6.9 million. Surplus funds, including capital and contingency reserve, total 7.0 million. First mortgage real estate loans rose to 22.6 million, 40 percent of total assets, up from 26 percent.
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Pilot Life Insurance Company
Greensboro
Stafford
Oow
Wage Increases Sought For Rail Workers
A presidential emergency board urged short line railroads to grant a 15 percent hourly wage rise to non-operating employees such as telegraphers and maintenance workers. The plan, similar to recent trunk line arbitration, would apply retroactively from September 1, 1947, following a dispute involving 18 short line roads and 17 unions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eee
White House
Grady Lewis
Cardplay Tip on Trump Distribution in Bridge Hands
The passage advises players not to rely on a 3-3 break in trumps when seven trumps are in two hands. Instead, expect a 4-2 split more often and adjust play accordingly.
Clemency Sought for North Carolinian in Maryland Case
Roy Lee Lathco a 38 year old mental hospital attendant awaiting execution for raping an 11 year old girl has asked Governor Lane for clemency. He previously served a 1945 Raleigh sentence for assault with intent to rape. His lawyer says intoxication from alcohol and a stimulant inhaler influenced his actions. Governor Lane is reviewing the case.
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Annapolis
Roy Lee Lathco
Governor Lane
Lathco
Maryland
Raleigh
N. C
Catonsville
Baltimore
Death claims sister of two local men in High Point
Mrs. Peggy Yarborough Womble, 43, sister of J. C. Yarborough and A. F. Yarborough of High Point, died yesterday morning at 11 30. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peggy Yarborough Womble
J. C. Yarborough
A. F. Yarborough
High Point
Pay-Raising Talk Proves To Be Not So Exciting
Washington report notes congressional discussions to raise pay for federal workers, highlighting a $10,000 threshold and the limited reach of civil service raises. It cites figures for 1946 and current personnel, with bills aiming to boost pay for those earning $10,000 and up, though passage remains uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Marlow Washington
Congress
Census Bureau
Bureau of Standards
Apaose
Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Anderson
Senate
Civil Service Committee
New York
Federal Trade Commission
House
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