Sentences Handed Down in Thomasville Court
Odell Walker received a 12 month sentence for carrying a concealed weapon with eight months suspended on leaving Davidson County for five years. A pistol was ordered confiscated. George Wemple faced assault with a deadly weapon and was fined court costs. Ervin Nelson got suspended sentences for two drunkenness counts. Charlie Jackson drew 30 days, suspended if not at Brinwood Station for two years. Russell Walker Smith found guilty of hit and run, to pay costs and $10 to James Burton. bond $150. A tame swan at Otahuhu Golf Club was sold to aid the club’s patriotic fund. Midday cotton prices in Norfolk show up to middling 16.55, with other grades listed and stock at 25,890.
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Thomasville
Odell Walker
Carl Wilson
Davidson County
George Wemple
Ervin Nelson
O Charlie Jackson
Brinwood
Russell Walker Smith
James Burton
Otahuhu Golf Club
New Zealand
Patriotic Fund
Weather Update North Carolina and Coastal Winds
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday with a chance of scattered afternoon thundershowers mainly in the south. Winds Block Island to Hatteras gentle to moderate, mostly southwest in the north and northeast in the south. From Hatteras to Jacksonville, light to moderate variable winds and partly cloudy conditions with scattered showers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Block Island
Hatteras
Jack
Sonville
Britain Gets RFC Loan Backed by U.S. Collateral
The RFC approves a loan to Britain to secure dollar exchange value for British property in the United States. Collateral includes securities of 61 U.S. companies, unlisted securities of 46 U.S. firms, and stock of 41 British insured companies with a net worth over 180 million. Earnings of U.S. branches of these British insurers will be assigned to the RFC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
RFC
Morgenthau
U.S
Iat
United States
New York Stock Exchange
Aluminum rush marks Rockingham Park opener in 1937
The article notes a Baltimore block party for service men and a Rockingham Park opening day in 1937. It mentions the German American Bund event, a quoit tournament, and a crowd discarding aluminum ware, with manager Leo Smith donating racing shoes worn by famous thoroughbreds as part of a collection and gate receipts given up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Rockingham Park
Em. NW. H
Leo Smith
Police Seize Car As Driver Flees
Thomasville July 22 Chief E R Richardson and Officer Barnes chased a reckless driver on West Main Street and Church Street. The fleeing driver, a Negro named George Primus, jumped out and fled after the 1931 Chevrolet was taken to police headquarters. Primus was convicted February 28 for transporting whisky and ordered not to operate a motor vehicle for two years. The chief doubts Primus will claim the car.
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Secial
Enterprise
Thomasville
E. R. Richardson
Richardson
Charlie Barnes
West Main Street
Church Street
Main Street
License Bureau
George Primus
Primus
Primus Bay
Randolp County 65,000 Note Sold in State Bond Sale
Randolph County sold a 365,000 revenue anticipation note at four months at seven-eighths of one percent with a 2.55 premium to R. Dickson and Company. Rowan County sold 30,000 revenue anticipation note at six months at five-eighths of one percent with a 6.55 premium to R.S. Dickson and Company. Bond issues approved include Caldwell County 14,300 school bonds Richmond County 10,500 jail improvement Den ton water supply 1,333 and Alamance County 15,000 refunding school bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
New Hanover County
Concord
Lewis and Hall, Inc
Greensburg
McAllister, Pate and Smith
Greenville
S. C
Granite Falls Waterworks
Caldwell County
Richmond County
Denton
Alamance County
Russians Hold Ground in 31 Day War Fronts
Soviet reports describe stubborn battles across the Pskov Polotsk Nevel Smolensk and Novograd Volynski sectors as Red Army units resist German assaults. A tank unit reportedly breached the Nazi wall and struck supply lines. a German capture is listed as First Lieutenant Jacob Stalin son of Premier Stalin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Russia
Pskov
Leningrad
Polotsk-Nevel
Smole
Liosno
British May Reverse Finnish Relations Amid Tensions
London reports Lord Snell told peers Britain could reverse friendly ties with Helsinki in light of events. Britain has ceased issuing navigation certificates and offers no facilities for ships to Finland. A Finnish war statement said eight Russian planes were shot down over Finland and the northern front yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Lord Snell
House of Lords
Britain
Helsinki
Helsinke
Finland
Medleying Around The Furniture Show Opens Big
The Summer show opens with high hopes as 1980 souls reportedly register and the Southern Furniture and Rug Market unveils new patterns and features. Burdette Hester and Ed wards push prospective customers while exhibitors highlight chrome and Wood tables with porcelain tops, dinettes with built in ironing boards, and new feltcraft lines. Visitors glimpse Bundles for Britain booths, Chromalin and Armolite rugs, Dinette sets, and modern display letters as the first day attracts attention amid plenty of bustling activity on the expo floors.
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al C. Resh
Billy
Minerva
William Green Hill
Burdette
Hester
Edwards
Jme
Enterprise Gang
High Point
Skyline Drive
Sunset Mountain
Radio City
Britain
Exposition Building
Rex Ehiers
Garland
Bird and Sons, Inc
Mr. Disher
Bird and Son, Inc
U. S
George Washington
George Edwards
D. E. Klein
Atlantic Furniture Products, Inc
Briggs Furniture Company
Hernard
H. M. Zipkin
New York City
Huntley-Unique
Foyle
Winston-Salem
Jake Thomas
Mr. Mountjoy
General opposes longer service without breach of promise
General opposed legislation arguing that offering decent pay could recruit enough volunteers without breaking an implied promise to retain selectees beyond a year. He warned that extending service risks entrenching a broader draft. Senate backed a sweeping property seizure bill amid rapid debate as House hearings on draft extension prepare.
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Senate
Thomas D
Utah
Muste
Congress
Frank Omstead
New York
War Resisters League
May
House
Roosevelt
D-Ky
Military Committee
Reynolds
DNC
Senate Military Committee
Man seeks eight thousand dollar award for arson inquiry
Lee Kennett of Pleasant Garden filed suit in Guilford Superior Court against nine insurance firms for 8023 dollars and 54 cents. He alleges he was hired to investigate Charles F. Smith tied to Frank Keach’s orange county arson case. Kennett says the inquiry led to Smith confessing and Keach’s death by suicide. He claims the firms reimbursed expenses but owe ten percent of recovered sums.
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Greensboro
Lee Kennett
Pleasant Garden
Guilford Superior Court
Kennett
Charles F. Smith
Guilford County
Frank Keach
Keach
Orange County
Japs Crisis and US Draft Debate Rise in War Talk
Reports from London and New York describe growing signs of Japanese disruption and mobilization while U S leaders push for a formal wartime emergency. Roosevelt urges congressional action to extend the draft and maintain manpower as foreign policy tensions intensify amid Japan’sin Indo China and Asia.
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Chungking
Japan
New York
CBS
Shanghai
China
North China
Manchukuo
Siberia
Broughton Plans Link to Blue Ridge Parkway
ASHEVILLE July 22 Plans have been made for early construction of a link connecting Mount Antchell with the Blue Ridge Parkway Governor Broughton told the North Carolina Automobile Dealers association He noted strong local interest in highway building since 1921 and cited 238 miles of road work this year costing about 5 000 000 He announced WPA consent last month for 17 000 000 for road betterment in North Carolina and described it as the largest single road project in the nation approved by WPA Baird Snyder was slated to speak today and the dealers planned to adjourn after elections and reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Mount Antchell
Blue Ridge Parkway
Broughton
North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association
Manteo
Atteras
Albemarle
WPA
North Carolina
Baird Snyder
Wagehoue
State Firms Awarded Big Government Orders
Washington July 22. Contracts totalling about 53 million dollars for 1.5 million blankets and nearly 20 million yards of cloth for army clothing were announced by the War Department. Awards include Olive drab wood blankets to Marshall Field and Company Spray North Carolina 266,560 dollars and Chatham Manufacturing Company Elkin North Carolina 1,670,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
Marshall Field and Company
Spray
WN. C
Chatham Manufacturing Company
Elkin
Fish Comes Back Elkhart Judge Hooks Big Rainbow Trout
City Judge D. Russell Bontrager recounts a Birch Lake, Michigan saga as he hooks a rainbow trout 28 inches long and weighing seven pounds three ounces. After a 15 minute battle the fish breaks his fly rod and escapes but surfaces exhausted and is netted into his boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkhart
Ind
D. Russell Bontrager
Birch Lake
Michigan
Lions Club speaker A J Koonce entertains Thomasville group
Arnold J. Koonce of High Point was the guest speaker at the Thomasville Lions Club meeting at the Woman’s Club. The program included Henry Adams and discussion of the International Situation. A city picnic supper for area farmers was announced, and funds from a Lions Rotary softball game will buy an incubator and oxygen pump for City Memorial Hospital. Tom Johnson presided.
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Thomasville
Arnold J. Koonce
High Point
Lions Club
Woman’s Club
Burling
Koonce
Henry Adams
Pleasant Grove Church
Lions
Rotary Club
City Memorial Hospital
Tom Johnson
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LEE Morris Service
Center Theatre
Mary Beth Hughes George Montgomery
Lonesome Pine
Harold Bell Wright
THE
John Wayne
Betty Fields
Harry Carey
Piess
Hitbhilty
Six Hawkins
Judy Canova
Slim Summerville
Feaucthii
Technicoteratie
Miranda
Rid
Cesar Romero
Virginia
Gry
Charlotte
Weather Bureau
Atlanta
Augusia
Birmingham
Charleston
Chicago
Columbie Wi
Denver
Cal Evansville
Galveston
Jackson
Key West
Linde Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Mobile
Mitchell
New Orleans
San Francisco
Spartanburg
Qaun
West End
Randolph County
Red Air
State Theatre
Salem Street
Ruby Keeler
Harriet Williard
James Stevenson
Geraldine Fitzgerald
Sinclair
English Street
Wrenn
High Streets
Indo-China
Yosuke Matsuoka
Tasmania
Australia
du Pony
Pepsi-Cole
Adams Millis
Phillips Pet
Alaska
Pullman
al Chen & Dye
Firestone
Pure
Am Smelv & Ref
Goodrich
Suz
Goorycar
Ig Scan
At&t
Graham Paige
Sears
Socony
At& SP
At Res
Sperry Aulas
Aviat Corp Bland Sui O Cal Zaite & Int Tel & Tetaly Ltd
Olind
Baldwin
dJohns
Stewart Warner
BKO Ay Studebaker
Ste Barnsdail
Swift Bendix Aviat
Kenne
Louis & Nash
Mack Truck
Calumet & Hee McCrory
Aire
Mont Ward
Unit Corp
Can Pac
Rex Tate
Chrysler
Warner Pic
Western Union
Curtiss Wright Ohio
Wilson
Gils
Milla Very Youngs
Ay Paetkard
Mt. Michell
Fish
A. J. Koonce
Henderson
Critago Grain
Nin
Pease
Greenseono Nem! Bottling Co., Inc
Greenshara, N.C
Baltitero and
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