Violent thunder squall damages Guilford Randolph counties
A tornado like storm south of Allen Jay Center ripped roofs from homes and barns, uprooted trees, and damaged crops along a three mile swath near Highway 62 and Highway 60. No injuries reported though a Morris home suffered roof damage from a fallen tree and a nearby service station was tilted by the blast.
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Highway 62
Highway 60
Allen Jay School
Guilford County
Randolph
Dave Morris
D. M
Doc) Taylor
W. O T. Deaton
Mental Attitudes Discussed By Lucas At Rotary Meeting
John Pauk Lucas Jr of Charlotte discussed mental attitudes at a local Rotary Club meeting. He warned that extreme optimism or pessimism harms alertness and initiative and condemned radical socialism and cynicism as undermining national welfare while urging a realistic view and productive action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Pauk Lucas, Jr
Charlotte
Rotary Club
Lucas
Forty Men Enlist In Second Ordnance Unit Forming
Lt Malcolm G Moore announces the Guilford County Volunteer Ordnance Unit has filled its First Company for Foreign Service and 40 more men have enrolled for the second company. He seeks applicants with warehousing, office, truck driving or cooking experience. eligibility 1845. Office hours 8:30 to 5 daily on the county building second floor. Local draft board will gain credit for volunteers. Musicians for the Regimental Band to interview at Moore’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County Volunteer Ordnance Unit
Malcolm G. Moore
Li. Moore
Moore
302Nd Ordnance Regiment
Money Stolen From Mrs Kirkman Wallet
Mrs W E Kirkman of 306 Barker Street reported theft of 340 80 from her pocketbook. She said the loss may have occurred at home or at her workplace. A general to soldier ratio noted and a section of text mentions a brief period lasting two or three minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Kirkman
Barker Street
Long Sought Relief in Dr Foster’s L K Medicine
Mrs M M Shepherd of Greensboro North Carolina credits Dr Foster’s L K with lasting relief from indigestion gas constipation and insomnia. Her husband also found benefit after trying it following years of failed remedies. They urge others to trust L K and report sharing the remedy with neighbors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DR. Foster
Lix
Death of EightYearOld Loyd McClure Jr
Loyd Mac McClure Jr eight died at a local hospital after weeks of illness began last November. Born May 22 1934 in Jamestown he was son of Loyd and Mary McClure. Surviving siblings include Larry and Reece, paternal grandparents S L McClure. He attended Oakdale Methodist Church and Jamestown School in third grade. Funeral from the McClure home Friday at 11 attended by Rev C M McKinney, with burial in Mitchell Grove Cemetery. Body to be taken to grandparents' Jamestown home this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd
Mac) McClure, Jr
Jamestown
Mary Crickmore McClure
Larry
Reece McClure
S. L. McClure
Oakdale
Missing daughter reported by Mrs Collins
Mrs R D Collins of 422 Tomlinson Street told police today her daughter Charlotte aged 15 is missing from home. She is five feet four inches tall, 134 pounds with dark brown hair and dark eyes. Last seen in a light green flowered dress and green linen sports coat. Seek information from police. The right side of the jaw tends to be longer than the left in all races, according to scientists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. D. Collins
Tomlinson Street
Charlotte
Funeral Rites for Mrs Sarah S Smith at Green Street Baptist
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah S. Smith 45 widow of the late Carl W. Smith will be held Friday at 3 PM from Green Street Baptist Church with Rev Julian S Hopkins officiating. The body will lie in state at Whoonce Funeral Home and interment is at Oakwood Cemetery.
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Sarah S. Smith
Carl W. Smith
Guilford County
Green Street Baptist Church
Julian S. Hopkins
Whoonce
Oakwood Cemetery
Funeral services for W Harris Evans obituary notice
Funeral services for W Harris Evans 51 longtime Springfield resident were held at Springfield Friends Church with Rev O L Ruth and Rev Harald Hadley officiating. He died from injuries after being struck by a car Saturday evening. Burial was in Springfield Cemetery with pallbearers Blair Richardson John Richardson H R Honeycutt Byron Haworth Chester C Haworth Melvin Briles. Songs included Gathering Buds and Good Night and Good Morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Harris Evans
Springfield
High Point
Springfield Friends Church
O. L. Ruth
First Pilcring Holiness Church
Harald Hadley
Springfield Cemetery
Blair Richardson
John Richardson
H. R. Honeycutt
Byron Haworth
Chester C. Haworth
Melvin Briles
Sara Hadley
Ellsworth Morgan
Thelma Hendrix
Reward Offered For Rat Tails In Thomasville
Thomasville on July 9 special reports a ten cent reward for rat tails through September 15. The Junior Chamber of Commerce announced the plan and residents may bring tails to the Fire Department for credit slips paid by the city clerk. The club and city share costs while coordinating with property owners and the Davidson County health department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Davidson County Health Department
Mrs. Mary Holladay Dies at 58 in Durham
Mrs. Mary Holladay 58 widow of Walter Holladay and mother of Dr. Lewis Winston Holladay died suddenly at home 207 Rowland Park about 4 30 Wednesday. Born February 5 1884 in Durham she came from Richmond Va six years ago to the city. She was educated in Durham schools and graduated from Trinity College. Surviving: son Dr. Lewis Winston Holladay and brother B Winston Rogers of Durham. Funeral at Howerton Bryant Funeral Home Thursday afternoon 4 30 with interment in a Durham cemetery.
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Mary Rogers Holladay
Walter Holladay
Lewis Winston Holladay
Rowland Park
Trinity College
Durham
Holladay
B. Winston Rogers
Durhan
Howerton-Bryant
Garden Memorial Planned by Carraway for World War Dead
Bruce H. Carraway, local notary public and WWI captain, will erect a memorial in his North Wrenn Street garden honoring those who die in this war. A stone Vi for Victory bordered by red Sowers, a circular fountain, a fag pole, and banners listing fallen Hich Pointers will feature prominently. A corner of the garden will be dedicated to the memorial.
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Bruce H. Carraway
Carraway
North
Wrenn Street
Prayer Service Held This Week at Private Home
The Friday evening prayer service conducted by Vance Hill and Group will take place at the home of Gye Wetborn on route No 2 just off the Waltburg road.
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Vance Hill
Gye Wetborn
Roue No. 2
Waltburg Road
L A Spaugh Dies Suddenly At Home In High Point
Levi A Spaugh 68 died suddenly at his son Fred Spaugh's home on High Point route 2 shortly after 9 this morning after months of declining health. Born Forsyth County March 22 1874 he lived in High Point since 1903. Survived by wife Flora Brookbank five sons Sylvester Lee John L Fred G Charlie R Arthur Spaugh Winston Salem relatives eight grandchildren. Funeral plans incomplete.
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Levi A. Spaugh
Fred Spaugh
High Point
Mr. Spaugh
Forsyth County
Obediah
Susan Spaugh
Nannie L. Lineback
Flora Brookbank
Sylvester Lee
John L
Fred G
Charlie R
Arthur Spauch
Enoch F. Spaugh
Winston-Salem
Susie Long
Spaugh
Old
High Point Machine Company
Five Men To Face Same Day Physical Examinations
Five men whose addresses changed after registering for selective service have been summoned to appear for physical examination tonight at the city health office. Clerk of Board 5 Joseph Snider announced the notices were returned as moved. The men must present themselves tonight without fail and the listed last addresses are given for John Bescher, Seaborn Morton, James Walters, James McNeeley, and Otis Steele.
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City Health Office
Joseph Snider
Snider
John O. Bescher
Burton
Seaborn Alton Morton
James Albert Walters
James Garfield McNeeley
Washington
Otis Jennings Steele
Ernest McCorkle Sentenced to Six Months in Jail
Ernest McCorkle, 35, of 223 Beamon, an old offender on lottery charges, was convicted in Municipal Court and given six months in jail. Judge D C MacRae ordered a previous suspended sentence into effect and imposed an additional six months suspended for three years for selling butter and egg lottery tickets.
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Ernest McCorkle
Beamon
D. C. MacRae
NecCarkle
Scouts Aid Salvage Drive Amid Allied War Effort
Police and the FBI received many calls as leaflets urging a new order for the United States were found. Signed "Hither Musa Solini and Wirehite" but left by Boy Scouts aiding the salvage drive, the motley message circulated door to door in Salt Lake City.
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Salt Lake City
FBI
United States
Traveling machine shop patents heat warming plane engines
A novel traveling machine shop patent describes engines generating heat with a flexible hood to direct heat to aircraft motors. The design targets preheating airplane engines for safer starts and quicker warmups. the system claims compatibility with typical propeller spans around 17 feet.
Gastonia Officer Studies Fingerprint Methods In High Point
Gastonia police officer A B Armstrong visits High Point for several days to study fingerprinting with Jack W McMahon in the bureau of identification at the High Point police department. He hopes to return soon for a two week local study noted as among the best in the area. Lighted cabins would fog vision, so warplane pilots fly at night with cockpits in total darkness.
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A. B. Armstrong
Gastonia
Jack W. McMahon
Bureau of Identification
High Point
Armstrong
Malfeasance Charged To Bruce H. Carraway
Captain Bruce H. Carraway a longtime justice of the peace and notary public and former Democratic primary candidate was arrested on two charges of malfeasance in office after issuing birth certificates to SBI officials. He was released on $1,000 bond. The warrants allege he unlawfully issued false birth certificates for W. J. Gatling and Lawrence Harris and falsely claimed people appeared before him to take oaths. The case cites that he looked at the family Bible and knowingly violated his oath and duties. The incident arises in Guilford County with High Point Municipal Court scheduled.
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Bruce H. Carraway
W. J. Gatling
SBI
Lawrence Harris
Gatling
Harris
Carraway
W.T. Gatling
Guilford
W. S. Gatling
Vice-President of Southern Railway To Speak In City
Oliver, vice-president of the Southern Railway System in Washington DC, will address the High Point Traffic and Transportation Club at its charter night banquet at the Sheraton Hotel on Thursday July 16 at 7:30 PM. The event includes installation of new officers and aims to discuss traffic problems facing carriers and the shipping public.
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BE. OR. Oliver
Southern Railway System
Washington, D. C
High Point Traffic and Transportation Club
Sheraton Hotel
Oliver
Aviation Cadet Program Meeting Tonight In High Point
A dozen applicants for aviation cadet appointments are invited to attend tonight at 8 in the city hall council chamber for program details and physical exam forms. Post 619 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars sponsors the event with Jack W. McMahon as committee chairman. the committee meets at 7:30. Also noted, 3875 people visited Big Wale Battlefield National Monument in Montana in 1940.
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Council Chamber
City Hall
High Point
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Jack W. McMahon
Unclear Warrant Descriptions Cited in Court Record
A legal document cites two warrants with language alleging that certain individuals appeared before a magistrate and took oaths, but contends that these persons did not actually appear or testify as stated, casting doubt on the authenticity of the oaths and the proceedings.
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Allen Jay
Randolph Country
Rotary
M. M. Shepherd
WAAF
Lloyd McClure, Jr
Mary Holladay
L. A. Spaugh
Ernest M'Corkle
Southern Railway
Big Wale Battlefield National Monument
Montana
ROSE
The
Lancaster
Hepplewhite
Rose Furniture CO
South Main Street
East Main Street
Fayetteville Street
Ashboro
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