Gantts Deny Knowledge Of Illegal Activities At Broad Street
Gantt and wife Ella deny they knew of illegal uses of Broad Street Service Station property in a padlocking case filed in High Point Municipal Court. Prosecutor Harriss Jarrel had raid action against Claude Hayworth and Wartford Smith, with a hearing set before Judge D. C. MacRae. The Gantts claim no knowledge of illegal activity and that the property was rented to George Smith who ran a general filling station business there. This is the second padlocking action against the station in two months after May raids on gambling houses and bootlegging. the station was reopened on an affidavit asserting Hayworth had no connection.
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R. B. Gantt
Ella Gantt
High Point
Harriss Jarrel
D. C. MacRae
Claude Hayworth
Wartford Smith
Gantts
Hayworth
Hartford Smith
Gantt
George Smith
City High Point Tops Safety Council Ranking
High Point ranked among 153 U S cities with 25 000 to 30 000 population reporting the third lowest motor vehicle death rate in the National Safety Council 1940 annual report. The city registered 4.6 deaths per 100 000, while Woodbridge New Jersey had the highest rate at 69.9 and seven cities reported no deaths.
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High Point
National Safety Council
Woodbridge
New Jersey
Fower
Poughkeepsiee
New York
Salem
Masschusetts
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Waltham
Massachusetts
Wrest New York
Oskosh
Wisconsin
Two slot machinists arrested. hearings continued
High Point police arrested Robert Steeleman and Gail Dowdy for operating slot machines in violation of gambling laws. Both men were released on bail and had their cases continued until July 18 in High Point Municipal Court.
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High Point
Robert Steeleman
Sherrod Street
Gail Dowdy
Montheu Avenue
Raging War Fronts Show German Gains and Soviet Losses
German reports claim continued Baltic to Black Sea front pressure with massive Soviet losses in a sweeping encirclement near Minsk. Luftwaffe airstrikes disrupt Moscow to Lenin grad rail lines and obliterate hundreds of Soviet planes. Separate notes report sea skirmishes and Finnish air actions, while US Commerce data record a 1940 candy sales peak at 2.25 million pounds worth 336 million dollars.
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Baltic-to-Black Sea
DNE
Smolensk
Minsk
Zhitomir-Kiev
Murmansk - Leningrad
3 Dienst Aus Deutschland
Dienst
Germany
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Stalin Line
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Leningrad
Zhitomir
Kiev
Ukraine
Murmansk
Illinois
Bialystok-Minsk
Department of Commerce
Anti-Strike Bill Sparks House Senate Disagreement
After a month of debate, the House and Senate clash over a dual measure to curb defense strikes and grant deferment from military training for selective service registrants over 28. House votes upholds deferment but defeats main Senate strike provisions, signaling possible compromise in committee amid uncertain outlook for the anti-strike component.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
House Committee
Connally
Tex
Kiwanians Hear Julius C Smith At Edwood Hotel Luncheon
The Kiwanis Club at the Edwood Hotel heard Julius C. Smith of Greensboro speak on how changing times affect business. He urged saving, facing labor and tax challenges, and readiness to defend the flag. Visitor Bill Kinney of Winston-Salem attended. July
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R. E. Young
L. E. Chitwood
Oscar Bundy
Bundy
Julius C. Smith
Greensboro
High Point
Bill Kinney
Winston-Salem
F D R bases in Northern Ireland and Scotland debated
US officials deny Iceland discussion while senators clash over new Atlantic bases. Wheeler claims cargoes for Scottish and Northern Irish naval bases have moved. Taft and Danaher push for US air bases, with Barkley denying knowledge. Roosevelt to seek approval to open a Reykjavik legation as Iceland prospects loom. Kiwanians to picnic at Dr. W L Jackson farm. James D. Green welcomed as new member.
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Scotland
United States
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Atlantic
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U.S. Atlantic Patrol
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Ireland
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Kentucky
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Foreign Office
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Eire
Northern Whig
Belfast Post
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Ohio
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W. L. Jackson
James D. Green
New York Stocks Reported In New York AP July 1
The New York market roundup notes activity on July 1 with NYSE and NASDAQ indicators and brief price movements across key stocks. Investors monitor early results and market tone as trading begins in the new month.
Gotham Harbor Is Raid Proof
Coast Guard air and water units completed night tests over Ambrose Channel and declared New York Harbor channels safe from enemy raiders at night. A Coast Guard plane surveyed dimmed buoy lights as Treasury and Naval experts weighed port closures, while surrounding forts probed with beams and searchlights. Lieutenant Watson Burton guided the test and requested lights be turned off to finish the experiment.
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New York
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Ambrose Channel
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Army
5th Columnists To Capture City
Anderson South Carolina prepares for a mock invasion in a city drill aimed at 1300 Clemson cadets and local reservists. Tourists reported entering quietly. at zero hour, uniformed troops seize roads while an airplane drops leaflets claiming approaching forces and urging alignment with protectors.
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Anderson
S. C
Clemson College
Rucker settlement for small payment approved in Greensboro
In Greensboro a U.S. District Court approved a settlement of 286,663.61 in obligations for 500 cash by Mrs Mary Fry Rucker and others linked to the Rucker Bonded Warehouse Corp and Rucker and Company. Judge Johnson J. Hayes endorsed the deal on Judson Jones's recommendation, noting liquidation and no assets beyond exemptions.
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Greensboro
United States District Court
Johnson J. Hayes
Judson Cones
Commercial National Bank
Rucker, Bonded Warehouse Corporation
Rucker and Company
Pierce C. Rucker
Mary Fry Rucker
Willis H. Slane
High Point
A. A. Maness
Maness
C. C. Bennett
End of Syrian War Still Unclear After British Reply
A historic source outlines a ten point British plan for Syria and Lebanon including no territorial claims by Britain, protection of French interests under Free French oversight, delivery of war materiel to Britain, options for personnel to return to France or join Free French with preserved ranks and pensions, handover of German and Italian reps, and British custody of warships in harbor. The document notes delays in delivering terms due to communication difficulties.
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Syria
Lebanon
Levant
France
Free French
Charles de Gaulle
Aria
Invasion General Orders on Civilian Life Continuance
Police jailed a sixth group of so called fifth column lists detected yesterday. They found cartridge belts on the men and evidence they planned to seize Anderson's utilities, newspapers, and government buildings. Nearly 900 Weather Bureau stations contribute data for hourly reports for air pilots, says the Department of Commerce.
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Anderson
Weather Bureau
Department of Commerce
Weather Summary for North Carolina and Nearby Areas
Mostly cloudy with local thundershowers this afternoon and tonight. Fresh south or southwest winds along the coast with overcast skies and occasional brief showers tonight and Saturday. Moderate southeasterly winds inland with cloudy conditions and local showers. Charlotte report notes official records for temperature and rainfall in major cotton growing areas through 7:30 am.
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North Carolina
Block Island
Hatteras
Zack Sonvilye
Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
Banished Defender Casey Versus MacRae Court Fracas
Silas B. Casey a High Point lawyer was banished from High Point Municipal Court by Judge D C MacRae after Casey used the words damned fool during an argument with Prosecuting Attorney Harriss Jarrell The judge ordered Jarrell to continue the cases of defendants Casey represented and told Casey to leave the courtroom to cool off The dispute followed Casey attempting to address the court while a man charged with drunkenness was on the docket.
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Silas B. Casey
High Point
High Point Municipal Court
D. C. MacRae
Casey
Harriss Jarrell
MacRae
Jarrell
Jarret
FDR Asks for Wider Merchant Shipbuilding Plan
President Roosevelt proposed a Maritime Commission budget of 1.698 billion dollars to build 366 new merchant ships and to requisition, purchase, and repair existing vessels. The plan aims to have ships completed and in service by 1943, with more facilities funded and a total ongoing program of 703 ships across long range and emergency defense efforts. Deliveries of emergency ships start later this year, and the combined effort targets about 14,000 deadweight tons by end of 1943.
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Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
Commission
Britain
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