Thomasville Improves School Maintenance Plan
Thomasville reports a major upgrade program for city schools. Superintendent G H Arnold outlines science labs at Main Street High School with two connected rooms, upgraded equipment, hot water, and new lighting. Other improvements include Negro school grounds at Church Street, clock and door replacements at Colonial Drive, painting at Main Street, and topsoil work planned for the grounds. Tentative September 1 opening date. polio epidemic cautious.
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Arnold
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Church Street
Colonial Drive
Colonial
Eding
Arch Street
Main T School
In Street
Ard
Iintendent
Armed Forces Open Ranks To Volunteers
Officials announce universal male registration ages 18 to 25 with August 30 start for 25 year olds and September 17 for 18 year olds. Selective Service expects four to six weeks to establish classification and deferment machinery. Major General Lewis B. Hershey to address questions at a news conference this afternoon.
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Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
National Selective Service
Counties See Tax Fund Shifts With Some Cities Gaining
The report shows counties contributing to and receiving from a state tax fund, with six counties each paying over $100,000 yet only four getting back over that amount. Seven counties paid under $1,000 but five received less than $2,000. Big contributors include Mecklenburg and Guilford, while the largest single item went to Charlotte at $152,039.58 and McDonald in Robeson County received $5.58.
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Mecklenburg
Guilford
Forsyth
Buncombe
Wake
Durham
Jones
Camden
Clay
Graham
Dave
Tyrrell
Sore
Ene
Dare
Dr. Jacobs Remains In Serious Condition
Dr. William P. Jacobs of Charlotte North Carolina president of the American Cotton Manufacturers Association remains critically ill. His physician Dr Hill Carter said he has gained no ground overnight and is under an oxygen tent after suffering a heart attack on July 16.
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William P. Jacobs
Charlotte
N. C
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Hill. Carter
Carter
Jacobs
Clinton
S. C
Parliament Adjourns for Emergency Action Possible
London July 21 The British government announced it will adjourn rather than end the current session on July 30 to keep Parliament available for quick emergency action if necessary.
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London
World War II Ends With New Cold War Tensions Rise
A composite of Associated Press dispatches shows Truman drafts, Berlin flights by Yak fighters, Western leaders urging caution toward Russia, Greek guerrilla attacks, and Berlin food talks as Cold War frictions grow. New Jersey reactivates civilian defense amid shifting global threats.
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Washington
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Paris
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New York
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Cairo
Haifa
Palestine
United Nations
Enton
N. J
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
State Department For Defense
Church of God Pastor Leaves Local Pulpit
Rev. Louis F. Gough, pastor of the First Church of God in the city, will terminate his pastorate tonight after leading since 1946. He plans seminary studies for a future professorship, as Rev. Kenneth Jones of Akron, Ohio, succeeds him on July 25.
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First Church of God
Ugh
Indiana
Missouri
Virginia
Oregon
High Point
Gough
South Main Street
Greenview Terrace
Asheboro Street
Kenneth Jones
Akron
Ohio
Recruit Training of Local Lad Ends
John W. Wood 19 son of Mr and Mrs E A Wood of 1 High Point Rt 4 completed recruit training at the U S Naval Training Center San Diego Calif His company set an excellent record in all phases of training announced today
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E. A. Wood
High Point Rt. 4
United States Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Wood’s
Wallace Party Seeks Peace and Unity Platform
The Wallace Party pledges negotiations with the Soviet Union to seek peace and condemns Marshall Plan and U S foreign policy. It accuses Republicans and Democrats of opposing the United Nations and bowing to big business. About 60 groups will submit views before convention adoption. AFL and CIO, absent from invitations, may condemn Taft Hartley.
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Soviet Union
U. S
United Nations
Tugwell
AFL
CIO
Fire alarms log records small car fire at Main Street
Between noon yesterday and noon today the fire department logged a small automobile fire at 100 South Main Street caused by a short circuit in the ignition system with no damage reported.
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South Main Street
Paint Firms Are Indicted In Price Fixing Case
Indictments accuse firms of conspiring to fix and control prices and sale terms for paints lacquers and varnishes. Cleveland executives deny charges stating no basis and that prices align with market competition. Named firms include Sherwin Williams Glidden DuPont American Marietta Lilly Lilly Varnish and others across multiple states.
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Adrian D. Joyce
Glidden Co
Luther H. Schroeder
Sherwin-Williams Co
American Marietta Co
Chicago
Cook Paint and Varnish Co
Kansas City
Devoe
Columbus
Dr. G. Ray Jordan to Speak at Mid-Week Chapel Hour
Dr. G Ray Jordan of Emory University will speak at 8 30 p m tonight in Burgess memorial chapel First Methodist church. Rev Wilson Weldon announces the event inviting in person attendance or listening via WMFR. Special music will be by the church choir directed by Miss Dorothy Hoskins with organist Mrs T E Strickland.
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Emory University of Atlanta
Burgess Memorial Chapel
First Methodist Church
Wilson
Weldon
Jordan
WMFR
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Dorothy Hoskins
T. E. Strickland
Thomasville Receives 8620 74 From State Tax Share
Thomasville will get 8620.74 as its share of personal property tax collections for the year ending June 30, distributed by the state board of assessments. The 80 percent net collections are allocated by population, with Davidson county 16639.38, Lexington 6715.55, and Denton 712.41. Checks are expected in the first week of August.
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Thomasville
Et Ag. Om
N. C
Davidson County
Lexington
Denton
Thomasville Youth Injured By Auto
An 11 year old boy, Brown Gordon of Peatree Field street, was injured yesterday by a car while riding a bicycle near Fisher Ferry Street by Everhart's lake. He suffered a head injury and minor abrasions and is resting in Memorial hospital. The driver was not identified and not detained.
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Thomasville
Harold Brown Gordon
Ray Gordon
Peatree Field Street
Memorial Hospital
Fisher Ferry Street
Everhart's Lake
Expert Gardener Perry Grows Giant Tomatoes in Cedrow
C C Perry of Cedrow Avenue wins local notice for two colossal tomatoes weighing over 3 1/2 pounds combined. Each fruit measures about 17 inches in girth, with Perry tending his garden through heat and drought to supply fresh produce for neighbors. Local foreman Harvey Mathews of The Enterprise brought the oversized specimens to town for the news staff.
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Calvin C. Perry
Cedrow
Harvey Mathews
Enterprise
News
Mathews
Perry
Coral snake said killed by photographer on English street
A photographer named Holt Hunter killed a snake on English and Ridgecrest streets this morning. He believed the reptile was a coral snake and dangerous, noting children had been playing with it before the strike with a large stick. Coral snakes are rare inland, usually coastal.
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Ridgecrest Streets
Holt Hunter
Hunter
Sixth Polio Case Comes To Light In Thomasville
Thomasville reports its sixth polio victim Mrs Starling Gallimore diagnosed as polio and to be admitted to the Greensboro isolation center. Her two children are cared for by relatives as polio fund drive gains momentum with a veterans auction at West Main street and radio airplay. Exterminators from Greensboro will spray the city with DDT tonight, with residents asked to park off street to aid the operation.
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Starling Gallimore
R. McDonald
Bee
Memorial Hospital
Greensboro
R. M. Cooksey
Ashero
Cooksey
Queenie Cooper Gibson Rites Held In High Point
Mrs Queenie Cooper Gibson 77 of High Point died at 12 55 AM at her home 624 Cable Street after a long illness. Born July 22 1870 in Randolph County she lived in Thomasville and High Point. Surviving sons include A H E D and Calvin Gibson and J F Gibson. a brother Sam Cooper. 17 grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at 4 PM at Church of God led by Rev Oscar Jones. Burial Calvary Reformed cemetery near Thomasville.
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S. L. Gibson
Cable Street
High Point
Randolph County
Thomasville
Gibson
J. F. Gibson
Sam Cooper
Asheboro
Church of God
Oscar Jones
Calvary Reformed Church Cemetery
Irvin E. Conrad of Thomasville Dies at 61
Irvin Edward Edd Conrad 61 a Davidson county farmer and longtime Rich Fork Baptist Church member died 2:30 a.m. at Lexington Memorial Hospital after a six hour stay. Born March 22 1887 he was son of the late Lafayette and Emily Clinard Conrad and husband of Addie Crofts. Surviving are three brothers Grady Phillip and W B Conrad Sr and two sisters Mrs Jake Kaney and Mrs Arthur Beck. The body lies at Walker Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements.
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Irvin Edward
Edd) Conrad
Davidson County
Thomasville
Route 1
Lexington Memorial Hospital
Lexington
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Lafayette
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Addie Crofts
Phillip
Grady
W. B. Conrad
Jake Kaney
Arthur Beck
Walker Funeral Home
WWI veteran Private Cloer to be buried with honors
The body of Robert G. Cloer a World War I veteran arrives by train at 10 45 a m Friday. He was born September 5 1916 in Statesville N C son of George D and Ira Troutman Cloer. He died November 13 1944 after an air crash and is survived by his parents two brothers Clifton and Dwight Cloer. Services Sunday at 2 p m at Koonce Funeral Home with full military honors by High Point Post 619 W F W. Interment Floral Garden Cemetery.
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Cloer
Statesville
N. C
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Ira Troutman Cloer
U. S Army Air Corps
Springfield
High Point
Route 4
Clifton Cloer
Dwight Cloer
A.S. Asbill
Koonce
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Floral Garden
High Point to Receive 35027.99 Tax Refund
The North Carolina State Board of Assessment says High Point will get 35027.99 from intangible personal property tax for the year ending June 30, 1948. Tax collections include bank accounts bonds and stock holdings allocated to counties and towns proportionally. Guilford County total is 83401.79. The article ends with an unrelated note about evolution and crocodilians.
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North Carolina
High Pointer Patient At Polio Hospital
Five new polio cases were listed at the ORD isolation unit in Greensboro, including a five months old High Point infant, Thomas Westmoreland. The report notes a brother and sister from Stokesdale among four admitted. construction progress at Central Carolina convalescent hospital moves ahead with a 70 nurse dormitory planned. current nurses housed at Woman's College must vacate by September 1.
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ORD
High Point
Thomas Westmoreland
A. A. Westmoreland
Route 5
Lfe
Stokesdale
Bear Creek
Central Carolina Convalescent Hospital
Woman's College
Spray Apparatus Will Operate In Ward Two Tonight
DDT fog spraying will continue tonight in the citys Second Ward after the unfinished Fourth Ward area is completed. Automobiles in the Second Ward should be off the streets by 6 30 p m to allow spraying trucks to proceed on schedule.
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Second Ward
Fourth Ward
T. E. Hinson
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