Negro Divorce Tricks Highlight Municipal Court Hearing
In a Raleigh municipal court session a woman admitted using a forged marriage license to seek a divorce. Bailey, 20, was fined and given a 30 day suspended sentence with conditions. Several other defendants faced charges from assault to drunkenness with various penalties and suspended judgments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson Bailey
Raleigh
Bailey
Leonard Street
Irene Payne Bailey
James Carroll
South Wrenn Street
T. R. Hiatt
Mangum Avenue
Hiatt
Clyde Pike
Daniel Brooks
Louise Pike
Pike
Oscar McCormick
Wise Street
Earl Waycaster
Pansy
Mrs Neve Attends Social Institute At Blue Ridge
Mrs Ruth Neve executive secretary of the High Point community and war chest attended the Blue Ridge Institute for social work executives near Asheville. The program continued years of studying community services to curb social breakdown as demobilization after the Japanese war looms, with discussions based on studies and remedial approaches from leaders in Greensboro Norfolk Birmingham Ala Memphis and Houston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge Institute For
Blue Ridge Assembly
Asheville
Ruth Neve
High Point Community and War Chest
Southeastern
Greensboro
Norfolk
Birmingham
Aila
Memphis
Tenn
Houston
Texas
Hospitalized in Miami Beach for treatment
CWO Joseph D. Boles husband of Mrs Elizabeth Boles of High Point New York has been admitted to the AAF regional and convalescent hospital Miami district for treatment and rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Miami Beach
Fila
CWO
Joseph D. Boles
Elizabeth Boles
King Street
High Point
N. Y
AAF
Miami District
Local USES Plans For Reconversion
The High Point U S employment service office, part of the war manpower commission, fields manpower for urgent wartime work while planning reconversion to civilian production. Ralph E. Miller cites railroads and shipyards as first priorities, with North Carolina industries in the must class and tobacco as a key short-term need. The agency acts as a mediator to place workers as war needs ease and returns veterans into civilian jobs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
U. S. Employment Service
War Manpower Commission
Ralph E. Miller
West Coast
Maritime Service
Japan
North Carolina
Miller
Midleman
Recruiter Seeks Hawaii Workers For U S Engineers
Mrs N Stults civil service representative visiting High Point to interview and hire workers for the U S engineers in Hawaii Unskilled labor and sheet metal jobs available with wages time and a half overtime housing and transportation provided Local draft clearance required hiring follows war manpower commission and civil service rules Men should see Mrs Stults at the U S employment service today or tomorrow
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
N. Stults
Civil Service
High Point
U. S
Hawaii
War Manpower Commission
Stults
U. S. Employment Service
Dog License Rush Narrows City Deadline
Hundreds of dog owners crowded the city tax office as the license deadline nears. Paul Clapp of the finance department reported 1,714 already licensed from previously registered dogs, about 275 remain unlicensed, with roughly 3,500 dogs in the city and a 50 percent penalty to take effect after the day ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Clapp
Department of Finance
Clapp
Lewis and Clark First to Mark Route to Columbia River
The explorers Lewis and Clark became the first pathfinders to chart a route from St. Louis to the Columbia River mouth, pioneering overland and river paths on their historic expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis and Clark
St. Louis
Columbia River
Local Scouts To Receive Awards At Court Of Honor
One of the district’s largest courts of honor will be held tonight at the junior high school starting 8 o’clock. Fifteen scout troops attend as awards are presented with many merit badges and advancements for many named scouts across Troops 2 20 18 23 13 80 6 63 31 11 14 10 4 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Herbert Dixon
John White
J. B. Ridge
Donald Embler
Jackie Foxworth
Richard Owen
Willie Brewer
Billy Rule
Jerry Campbell
Robert Webster
Newlin Loftir
Owen Washam
Jeryl Hughes
Delbert Gardner
Gary Reddick
Roy Gay
Alan Sussman
Edwin H. Shufelt
Samet
Dick Swartzberg
Charles Shufelt
Wade Evans
Bob Johnson
Garland Wampler
Vernon Taylor
Waldo Morris
Ronald Key
Billy Kennedy
Kenneth Brown
Troop
Carl Stone
Ray Stone
Mason Brown
Frank Slaydon
Bob Fountain
Clyde Garrison
Eugene Cornelison
Billy Brewer
Bobby Cornelison
Manford Key
Robert Shackleford
Bobby Glover
Billy Hawkins
David Carmichael
Wayne Ridge
Don Ridge
W. B. Delk
Darrell Ridge
Richard McClelland
Johnny Briggs
Bill Key
John Cannon
Bobby Bouie
Frank Hassell
Buddy Matthews
Jerry B. Byrd
Howard Kaney
Billy Carroll
Troop 14
Clarence Greenway
Charles Meredith
Fred Connally
Darrell Voncannon
Leonard Shoaf
Bobby Goins
Jimmy Windham
Glenn Hudson
Edwin White
Bobby Allred
Lonnie Best
Gilbert Kearns
Charles Mann
Jimmie Kent
Darrell Winslow
Lloyd Brown
Billy Vincannon
Robbie Baird
Troop 4
Nolan Brewer
Jake Froelich
Haywood Washburn
Ralph Tilden
Donald McNeill
Jerry Farr
Bill McGuinn
Jerry Hester
Charles Simmons
Jimmy Woolen
Chad Rodgers
Jack Ridge
Bobby McLeod
Jackie Garrard
Bud Montgomery
al Roach
Johnny Raper
Keith Doby
Bobby Wilson
Bill Bridges
Cam Criddlebaugh
Jack Steed
Henry Shavitz
Jack Hammer
Billy Ring
Bill Culler
Jimmie Cannon
Jackie Willis
Jimmy Raper
Ray Green
Eddie Haire
Pat G
High Point Named Victory Ship City Fourth in State
The U.S.S. High Point Victory will be the sixty second city named a victory ship and the 221st such ship overall. High Point earns the honor for its war effort activity and historic industry and agriculture. A library aboard the ship is planned with community donations sought at the High Point Enterprise office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
North Carolina
United States Maritime Commission
U.S.S
Bethlehem Fairfield
Baltimore
United States
Marittime Commission
Navy
High Point Victory
High Point Enterprise
High Point Victory Library Fund
Reid Marsh
New Managers Take Over At 3 Local Theaters
Hugh Smart announces changes at three theaters. Edgar Pierce leaves the Rialto to a theater outside the city, Paul M. Jones moves from Broadhurst to Rialto, and Hubert Nimms of Columbia takes over Paramount on August 6 with Garland Hayworth moving to Fayetteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Smart
Center Theater
North Carolina Theaters, Inc
Paul M. Jones
Broadhurst
Rialto
Edgar Pierce
Hubert Nimms
Columbia
S. C
Paramount Theater
Garland Hayworth
Paramount
Fayetteville
Regulations Governing Allied Mails Announced
The local post office department announces mail for allied armed forces in Europe the Middle East Africa and Asia will be accepted with unit details and designated codes Endorse articles Via New York N Y and forward to destination Parcels up to five pounds and within 15 inches in length or 36 inches combined length and girth are allowed for overseas U S Army personnel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Europe
Middle East
Africa
Asia
New York
N. Y
United States Army
Young People Sponsor Local Union Service
The nine Main Street churches united for a Presbyterian church service led by young people. Dr. P. E. Lindley of High Point College gave the address as Miss Anne Stuart presided and Rev. Walter R. Kelly offered the invocation. A young choir led by Dan W. Smith sang as Miss Carlene Kearns read Matthew six verses five through fifteen. The speaker urged prayer as essential and as a universal practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Payne, JR
Presbyterian Church
Main Street
P. E. Lindley
High Point College
Anne Stuart
Walter R. Kelly
Main Street Methodist Church
Carlene Kearns
Dan W. Smith
Dr. Lindley
High Point Named in National Traffic Safety List
High Point earned national notice from the National Safety Council for the best six month traffic death record in a city of 25 000 to 50 000. Four deaths in 1944, three in 1943, with only one fatality in the past six months. Police say the traffic unit has five officers. the most recent death was 18 year old Harold Hammett in a crash on English street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
United States
National Safety Council
J. A. Lowdermilk
Harold Hammett
English Street
Intangible Tax Rise Seen in High Point and Guilford County
High Point and Guilford County report a rise in intangible taxes for the fiscal year ending June 30. Local taxpayers paid 28 083 92 in tangible taxes, up 4 228 36 from last year, part of a Guilford county total of 230 165 40. North Carolina statewide intangible taxes reached 2 265 680 80 for 1944 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
H. Lake Crowe
Guilford County
North Carolina
State Board of Assessment
Raleigh
Chinese Pioneered Practical Paper Making by Fibre Weaving
The Chinese developed an early practical method for paper making through the weaving of plant fibres. This innovation marks a key point in the history of writing and record keeping.
Doctor Perry Assigned to Darnell General Hospital
Capt. G. G. Perry a local physician now in the armed services has been transferred from Newton D. Baker General Hospital Martinsburg West Virginia to Darnell General Hospital Danville Kentucky where he serves as chief of general surgery and assistant chief of the surgical service Darnell General is a modern 1400 bed facility
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. G. Perry
Armed Service
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
T ‘Darnell General Hospital
Danville
Darnall General
Funeral Rites for Mrs W D Reed Held in Greensboro
Mrs W D Reed wife of a retired Baptist minister died at her Greensboro home after years of declining health. Funeral services will be at Hanes Chapel Greensboro tomorrow at two. Interment in Guilford Memorial Park. Surviving husband Clifton R Reed Ashtonville G M Reed San Antonio Texas and Mrs C A Chapel Greensboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D. Reed
Greensboro
Hanes Chapel
Guilford Memorial Park
Reed
Clifton R. Reed
Asville
G. M. Reed
San Antonio
Texas
C. A. Chapel
Woodmen Camp No 62 Meeting Announced
Woodmen of the World Piedmont Camp No 62 convenes each Friday at 7 30. Members and visiting Sovereigns invited. Glenn T. Smith is Council Commander and Edgar Johnson serves as Financial Secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodmen of the World
Piedmont Camp No. 62
Glenn T. Smith
Edgar ©. Johnson
Sge’y
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Nat Walker
Walgreen
Ae N Leys Jeweelers
Penney Co
Igh Point
Washington High Pointe
Mrs. Neve
Social Institute
Blue Ridge
Ty the Great Silver Fleet
Security National
Aoaeae
Alpert
Hlbery
Center Theatre
Ernest K. Ryan
Hofen
Germany
Pfc
Ryan
Ninth Infantry Division
Lucille Welborn
Allied Mails
Ee Ee
Madame Jeanette
Madame
Pullman
Meadow Inn
Winsing
Numa F. Reid Lodge
Communication Massaly
V. Shankle
T. Gregory
Hamilton Lumber CO
Cod
Fraley Field
High Point N.C
Johns Manville
Parker-Brown
Oak St
Lumber CO
Walter Barker
N. Wrenn ST
Gate City Motor CO
Optometrist
Wachovia Bank
North State Machine Shop
Dr. Perry
Darnell General
Wnsl
Garner
S. Main St
Travelers Aid
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City, N. Y
Pepsi-Cola
Winston-Saies
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