State Planning Board Prepares Guilford County Survey
The State Planning Board will begin a Guilford county survey including High Point and Greensboro on July 30 to inventory industrial agricultural and commercial resources. Local chambers and universities will cooperate with Raleigh directing officials to determine county and city government functions and potential needs for future planning.
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State Planning Board
Guilford County
High Point
Greensboro
Shelby
Frank Sizemore
High Point Chamber of Commerce
Planning Board
Lenoir
Salisbury
Elizabeth City
Chambers of Commerce
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Bureau of Intergovernmental Affairs
Raleigh
Chapel Hill
Shipboard crew held to duty after Vancouver blast
Six Canadian merchant marine officers stay aboard the S S Greenhill Park, beached at Vancouver harbor since an explosion and fire months ago, awaiting decommissioning. They remain on duty on the ship despite its wrecked state, a situation described as the world’s easiest job.
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Vancouver
B. C
INS
S. S. Greenhill Park
Vancouver Harbor
Four New Faces Charged In Poison Alcohol Probe
Police say the alcohol poisoning case that killed 11 people in the city led to manslaughter charges against four more defendants. Willis 32 and James Nelson face new counts after theft and resale of wood alcohol. John Archie, Essie Mae Hall, Walter Boyd, and Ben Lassiter faced varying outcomes. Archie is blind from drinking the mixture. Preliminary hearings set for Monday.
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J. A. Lowdermilk
Willis 32
Daniel Brooks
Alma Desk Company
James Nelson
Nelson
John C. Archie
Phifer
Archie
Elson
Nelsons
John Archie
Essie Mae Hall
Normal Street
Walter Boyd
Ben Lassiter
Local Girls Urged To Join WAVES On 3rd Anniversary
The High Point community marks WAVES third anniversary with plans to recruit more local women. Mrs. R I Quigley says 2000 WAVES will be needed monthly for the duration and 18 new WAVES weekly from North Carolina, half to join hospital corps. Mayor has declared July 30 WAVES day with Civitan backing a photo display at Eckerds store and Navy recruiters collecting pictures from families.
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WAVES
R. I. Quigley
High Point
Navy
Navy Department
North Carolina
Phillips
Point Waves
Jack Crane
Civitan Club
B. G. Leonard
Eckerd
South Main Street
Quigley
Crane
Fewer Juvenile Court Cases Reported for City
City juvenile court handled 1 604 cases last year including dependent and neglected children and probationers plus 55 adult cases. The totals mark a drop from 1 753 the prior year though probation and parole youth cases rose and delinquent cases fell.
Warren Wilson Blind Merchant Dies in Local Hospital
Warren Swaine Wilson 48 a resident of 512 Willowbrook Street died at a local hospital after several weeks of illness. He was born in Anderson County South Carolina June 2 1897 and lived much of his life in Georgia before moving to High Point 17 years ago. He worked for North State Telephone and operated a county building concession while blind. He married Elsie Herring in 1916 and survived by his mother four daughters two of whom live in New Jersey and Virginia and four sons including two in the military. He had three sisters and four brothers and was being treated at a government hospital in Butler Pennsylvania. arrangements at J C Green and Sons Funeral home Thomasville.
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Warren Swaine Wilson
Willowbrook Street
Anderson County
S. C
Warren S. Wilson
Arelia Foster Wilson
Georgia
High Point
North State Telephone Company
Commerce Baptist Church
Commerce
Elsie Herring
Ednad Wilson
Trenton
N. J
Harriett Hazelette
Norfolk
Jean
Betty Earl Wilson
Julian C. Wilson
Fort Ord
Calif
Leonard S. Wilson
Camp Gordon
Jack
Billy Wilson
Joe Adams
Roy Jarvis
Thomasville
Ellis Lord
Charleston
Sam Wilson
Lexington
Fred Wilson
F. C. Wilson
Hobie. Wilson
Butler
J. C. Green and Sons Funeral Home
No More Shoe Stamps Issued During July
Local war price and rationing board warns no shoe stamp applications will be approved in July except in emergencies. No May shoe stamp validity prompted extra applications, while the OPA requests no supplementary rations unless a hardship exists. The next stamp valid date is August 1.
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OPA
Charlotte
Williams To Head Mt. Airy Police Force
Lewis Williams, longtime High Point police official with FBI service, will become Mt. Airy chief of police on August 15 replacing Jesse Monday. Williams joined High Point in 1934, spent 10 years there, moved to the FBI in 1942, and returned to local service in 194? before taking the Mt. Airy post.
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Mount Airy News
Lewis Williams
High Point
Bureau of Investigation
Williams
Mount Airy City
Mount Airy
Jesse
Granite City
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department
FBI
J. A. Lowdermilk
Wage Increase For Proximity Mill Workers
Workers at the Amity Print works in Greensboro D C will receive an average four and a half cent per hour wage rise retroactive to June 25 after negotiations with the National War Labor Board Southern Textile commission. Over 350 Textile Workers Union of America CIO members gain the raise, with 36 non union supervisors also receiving raises. Commission chairman Richard A Lester cited eliminating inequities and balancing the wage structure as reasons.
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Atlanta
Amity Print Works
Greensboro
D. C
Southern Textile Commission
National War Labor Board
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Commission
Richard A. Lester
Rotarians Mark Past President Carroll With Pin
At the Rotary club meeting Excelle Rozzelle presented a past president’s pin to Charles F. Carroll. Charles R. Barrier reported on crippled children’s clinic activity. Dr. Moore and the Winston-Salem hospital staff run clinics every two months. Vice President Welden presided. visitors included W. A. Woodward of Newport News and Rotarians Charlie Matthias and Wilson Woods.
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Rotary Club
Excelle Rozzelle
Charles F. Carroll
Charles R. Barrier
Rozzelle
Carroll
Barrier
Moore
The
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Wilson O. Weldon
Edgar Hartley
W. A. Woodward
Newport News
Charlie Matthias
Philadelphia
Wilson O. Woods
Charlotte
Curb Market Grows Busy as Season Peaks
The curb market at the corner of Church and Pine streets, sponsored by the chamber of commerce agriculture committee led by Secretary Frank Sizemore, is expanding its offerings with many vegetables and poultry products. It operates Tuesday and Friday mornings and is expected to stay brisk through the summer.
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Church and
Pine Streets
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Committee
Sizemore
Seawell addresses Greensboro Cooperative club
Seawell of Greensboro and district governor for North and South Carolina Cooperative clubs spoke to the local Cooperative club at its first meeting of the new fiscal year. The luncheon at the Sheraton hotel featured his talk titled Launch Out Into the Deep and highlighted benefits of cooperative membership.
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J. ©. Seawell
Greensboro
North and
South Carolina
College Begins Second Term at High Point
The second term of summer school at High Point college began at 8 30 this morning under Dr C R Hinshaw. Registration began yesterday afternoon and will run through next Monday. Courses include psychology education religious education English French Spanish biology and chemistry. 12 graduates will receive degrees at the August 25 close of the term. The dormitory is open again for boarding students and the cafeteria is serving meals.
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High Point College
C. R. Hinshaw
P. E. Lindley
A. S. Withers
J. H. Mouraine
B. H. Hill
J. Alfred
Hinshaw
Horse Takes Spotlight In Medlin Case
In superior court Judge Felix E. Alley denied a motion to introduce a horse as evidence in the Joe E. Medlin case for false pretense. Medlin allegedly sold a horse to W. J. Kennedy while misrepresenting it as sound and workable. Trial proceedings featured witnesses on the horse and character testimony for both sides.
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Felix E. Alley
Joe E. Medlin
Blair Street
Medlin
W. J. Kennedy
English Street
Thomasville Firemen Save Trinity Home
Thomasville firemen under fire chief Charles L. White assisted in extinguishing a Trinity home blaze at Claude Elmore's residence Wednesday night. An old kitchen stove caused the fire. the kitchen suffered heavy damage while other rooms had smoke damage.
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Thomasville
Charles L. White
Trinity
Claude Elmore
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Guilford Survey
Insurance Companies
Harry W. Brooks
Wachovia Bank
Warren Wilson
South African Republic
Beng
Seawell
Cooperative Club
Trelens R. Bray
Bray
Trinity Home
Wagger
P.A
Dence
AL New
Dunhill
Blue Ridge
Sterling
Elwood Hotel
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