Fireworks Ordinance Enforced in City Limits
City Manager Roy S. Braden announced strict enforcement of the fireworks ordinance prohibiting sale use or possession within the city. Police Chief John Lowdermilk and Fire Chief Eli K. Ingram plan full compliance to limit fireworks related injuries fires and noise. The sale is banned inside the city though nearby county sales continue. tomorrow is a city holiday with offices closed and some businesses shuttered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy S. Braden
Braden
John Lowdermilk
Eli K. Ingram
General Assembly
Cases Against Raid Defendants Continued
Two High Point couples facing charges of occupy a room for immoral purposes had their cases continued in Greensboro municipal county court. The arrests followed a vice raid by Greensboro police at the Harris hotel early Sunday and involved names including Rachael Pitts Catherine Koontz Robert G. McCannon Jr and Arlie Hughes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
High Point
Municipal County Court
Harris Hotel
Rachael Pitts
Wrenn Street
Robert G. McCannon, Jr
Catherine Koontz
Arlie Hughes
Main Reet
Simple Cap Sleeve Summer Dress Design Note
A guide noting that cap sleeves and a collarless neck line are the easiest to sew and the coolest to wear for summer dresses. The advice emphasizes practicality and comfort in simple dress construction.
Chakales Assigned to AP Europe Post
L S Chakales, longtime High Point journalist and sports editor turned managing editor, is slated to fly from New York to Rome on August 1 and onward to Cairo and Athens. He has served with AP in Charlotte and at the world desk in New York, directing coverage of the San Francisco conference for overseas papers. He is married to Ma Frances Drakulakos of High Point and has a daughter. He hopes to visit High Point before departing.
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Europe
L. S
Chakales
Soc
Associated Press
New York
Rome
Cairo
Athens
High Point
Enterprise
Charlotte
AP World Desk
San Francisco
Frances Drakulakos
Hig Point
City to receive new 1000-gallon fire pumper in July
The city expects a 1000-gallon pumper unit by July after a $14 000 budget appropriation for 1944 45. Ordered August 19 last year from Seagrove Corp Columbus Ohio delivery delayed by wartime material shortages. It will replace a 750 gallon engine in use since 1917, with the old unit placed on reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy S. Braden
Braden
Seagrove Corporation
Columbus
Ohio
Funeral Rites for John A. Green Held in Thomasville
John A. Green of Davidson county died in a Glen dale California hospital last week. His body arrives in Thomasville and funeral rites are at Shady Grove Methodist church with interment in the Green family plot. Survived by sister Mrs T W Albertson of High Point and brother W Perry Green of Wallburg. He belonged to Winston-Salem Lodge 289 A F and A M and to All Scottish Rite Shrines Knights of Pythias and Woodmen of the World. The cemetery service is by Lodge 289 A F and A M. He had lived in California for 44 years.
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John A. Green
Thomasville
Davidson County
Glendale
California
J. C. Green and Sons
Shady Grove Methodist Church
Green
Church
T. W. Albertson
High Point
W. Perry Green
Wallburg
Winston-Salem Lodge
A. F
A. M
the Shrine
Knights of Pythias
Woodman of the World
Payroll Saving Plan Aims to Push Drive Over Top
High Point nears quota in E division as Mighty Seventh War Loan nears close. Totals through Monday reach 724 903 25 against 727 000 target with 25 000 to C 54 plane goal of 750 000. Last night’s E bond auction netted 21 975 in maturity value, leaving 8 590 50 to complete the E bond goal. Directors call the late sale a success and expect payroll savings to push the drive past 750 000 before the close.
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High Point
Sanders Dallas
Arden links WWI and WWII bonds at local auction
Dan D. Arden, at a junior high school war bond sale, bid on a chair and bought items with funds from bonds maturing June 15. He said his WWI bonds bought for about 1500 dollars now value 1700 to 1800, reinvested to mature about 2300 in ten years. He noted the original bonds would nearly double by then and urged support for Uncle Sam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan D. Arden
Arden
Sam
City Traffic Bureau Report Delayed Amid Publication Gridlock
City officials struggle to release the monthly Traffic Bureau report covering minor violations. Chief Lowdermilk says publication requires city manager approval before reaching the council, with the document due to show names of violations and fines collected. The report, once circulated, will be copied for each council member at the July 10 meeting and then become public property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police Traffic Bureau
Anne Pleasants Short
John Lowdermilk
Lowdermilk
Lucy Harper
Fourth of July weather forecast from U S Weather Bureau
United States Weather Bureau predicts mainly sunny skies and comfortable temperatures nationwide for independence day. Scattered thundershowers expected in the Gulf states while eastern areas stay warm and humid. device notes on rayon fabrics advise ironing on the wrong side with a warm iron.
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Miami
Fla
United States Weather Bureau
United States
Gulf States
Guilford OKs Jefferson compromise and county budget
Guilford County commissioners approved the 1 year budget, authorized funding for a Jefferson Standard Life settlement of 85 974 55, and set a net tax rate of 72 cents per dollar. The session also covered school district rates, retirement plan, library support, county code publishing, and intercounty services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County
Jefferson Jaleeife Insurance Company
Igh Fourcot County
Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Company
High Point
Greater Greensboro
High Point Special
Bessemer
Board of Commissioners
Alamance County
Carnegie Negro Library
L. C. ‘Amos
Charles J. Hunt
Conservation Board Meeting Set for July 19 21
Raleigh July 3 A meeting of the state board of conservation and development will be held July 19 21 at Morehead City. The first day will focus on commercial fisheries hearings. John D Finley was confirmed as head of the games and fisheries department and Col H W Shawhan was named his assistant at a salary of 4600 dollars a year.
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Raleigh
State Board of Conservation and Development
Morehead City
R. Bruce Etheridge
Department of Conservation and Development
John D. Finley
Games and Fisheries Department
Col. H. W. Shawhan
Indian 1st American Soldier In Berlin
Berlin reports the first American to enter the Russian held center of the city. Private First Class Harvey Natehees of the Ute Reservation with silver star bronze star and purple heart led the advance of the Second Armored Division through Unter den Linden as crowds cheered and women wept.
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Berlin
Second Armored
Unter den Linden
Harvey Natehees
Ute
High Point Thrift-Minded Citizens Benefit From Tax Discount
City accountant H. L. Crowe reports that High Point residents paid 251,900 in advance 1945 taxes with a 2 percent discount on prepaid taxes. Net prepayment totals reached 147,932 after discounts, up from about 98,930 higher than last year.
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High Point
Os Lly
H. L. Crowe
Crowe
Thomasville Officers Recapture Escaped Convict
Junior Hughes a seven month prisoner at Cartha prison camp escaped after catching a guard napping He was arrested in Thomasville by Davidson county Constables Buck Kennedy and John Bodenhamer at a house where he was found sleeping Hughes then returned to jail and sent back to the rock pile per state prison officials
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Junior Hughes
Cartha
Hughes
Davidson County
Buck Kennedy
John Bodenhamer
Japs Last Remnants Quake Under Allied Push in Mindanao
scattered Japanese garrison in the Philippines shrinks under relentless American and guerrilla advances. The village of Waloe on the Agusan river valley is surrounded by a tightening ring of U S and Filipino troops, as remnants seek a final regrouping.
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Manila
Waloe
Agusan
Mindanao
Associated Press
Richard Bergholz
Eighth Army
Mrs Lambeth Buys Security National Building in High Point
Mrs Helen McAulay Lambeth of Thomasville, owner of radio station WMFR, purchased the Security National Bank building at South Main and Commerce in High Point for an estimated 250000. Richardson Realty of Greensboro handled the sale, which was recorded yesterday afternoon. The building, eight stories on a full city block, may host WMFR studios on a future floor. A B Goetze will continue as building manager.
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Security National Bank
South Main and
Commerce Streets
Helen McAulay Lambeth
Thomasville
Cone
WMFR
Panmacer
Richardson Realty
Greensboro
Commercial National Bank of
High Point
Atlantic Insurance and Realty Com
A. B. Goetze
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Goa
Nat Walker
Stanley's
Agate Ro7 Jewelers
J. C. Penney Co
Flower
Pyrt
Pryor
Washington
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
Optometrist
Southern Motor Company
S. Main St
Dallas
William Knapp
Paul Schulte
ORD
USO
Sgt. Knapp
D. D. Arden
City Traffic Bureau
Jefferson
B. O. Cummings
Gusness
W. G. Ragsdale
Registrar of Deeds
John H. McAdoo
Greensboro Record
High Point Enterprise
General Fund
Speen Sal
Welfare Department
Guilford
J. E. Millis
Oklahoma
House of Representatives
D. L. Jones
Eldorado
Conservation Body
John S. Day
Jersey City
N. J
Pfc
Raymond Rhodes
Day
Richart? Himber
New York City
Pfc. Rhodes
William App
Knapp
U. S. Army
Fraley Field
High Point N. C
Parker-Brown Lumber CO
Oak ST
D-M
Sgt. Hayne
Sgt. Hegler
Isabel Hayne
Dorothy Hegler
John Bullock
South Pacific
Winston-Salem
Security National Building
Lambeth
Eduo A
H. P
I. P
Ace
N. S. Gamer
Rocky Flower Shop
E. Commerce St
T. Phoves
Woorhees and
Everhart
Wachovia Bank
North State Machine Shop
Grimes Street
Walter Barker
Wrenn ST
Gate City Motor CO
North Main ST
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