Four Negro Youths Held For Higher Court
Four youths charged with breaking and entering Sip Jjam Penn High School were ordered held for Guilford Superior Court after a High Point Municipal Court arraignment. Melvin Simpson 16 and James Gilmer 17 faced breaking and entering and larceny charges for $12, Clyde Leftwich 16 and Ollie D. Lee 16 faced only breaking and entering. Police testified they found the four inside the school. the boys claimed entry through an open window but denied stealing the money.
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Sip Jjam Penn High School
Guilford Superior Court
High Point Municipal Court
Melvin Simpson
Bynum Street
James Gilmer
Clyde Leftwich
Phoenix Street
Ollie D. Lee
Murry Street
S. E. Burford
W. H. Thompson
High Point
Route One
I. Judgram
Underhill
Alvin McCormick
Ward SL
William Harper
Gordy Si
Nash Little
E. High St
Ec. Adams
Johnnie Griffin
Booker
Fiats
Ray Allen
Leonard St. Gambling
Willie Boles
S. Main
William Blain Collins
South St
Elijah Fields
Reed St
Assaust
Alma Brown
Hoover St
TA. B. Williams
Beamon St
soJohn Stevens
Putnam
Ada Armstrong
Ward
C. Saw. Gillespie
Hill Blue
Hobson
Theodore Kelly
Leansard St
John Williamson
Hobson St
Norman Culler
Otteray Dr
J. M. Stanton
Clyde Earnhart
Multiple Defendants Charged in Assault and Prohibition Violations
A capias was issued for Charlie Davis of 308 Wise St after charges of assault with a deadly weapon drunkenness and resisting arrest. Bond was set for Ross Goldsmith Charlotte speeding E D Eugurson McCormick S C speeding Wilson C Young Shelby passing on a curve and I B Fowler route one violating traffic ordinance.
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Capias
Charlie Davis
Wise St
Ross Goldsmith
Charlotte
E. D
Eugurson
McCormick
S. C
Wilson C. Young
Shelby
I. B. Fowler
Globe Parlor Furniture Plant to Remain Closed Tomorrow
Officials announced that Globe Parlor Furniture Company will not resume operations at the plant here tomorrow after a fire and water damage Saturday. A further announcement will specify when production will restart.
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Globe Parlor
Globe Parlor Furniture Company
Barrage helmets reach San Diego as patrols endure long shifts
San Diego police worked a 12 hour shift with no days off as Barrage helmets were issued. Civilian defenders in Southern California received large quantities while Seattle distributed 40000 and over 30000 went to the San Francisco bay region. The heightened alert followed Stimpson's remark about possible revenge raids by Japan and a warning from OCD Director Landis that Seattle and California are prime targets.
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San Diego
California
Seattle
San Francisco Bay
Stimson
Tokyo
OCD
Landis
Canterbury Continues After Night of Bombing and Fire
Canterbury residents faced smoldering wreckage as farmers brought stock into town after a night of air raids. German broadcasts claimed reprisal strikes on Cologne while reporting large fires and great damage. Air raid precautions were praised by authorities.
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Berlin
Cologne
Canterbury
Tony
England
War effort hinges on Caucasus front in Kharkov clash
The article notes the Kharkov Rostov sector as the main barrier to a Nazi breakthrough toward the Caucasus. It argues the war has entered a new phase, with Allied advantages growing despite no decisive defeat of German forces in this key area, underscoring the high stakes of the stalemate.
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Golden Caucasus
Kharkov-Rostov
Caucasus
Garden of Eden
Weather North Carolina South Caro Lina and Georgia continued warm
Regional forecast notes continued warm conditions across North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia through tonight. No significant precipitation is mentioned and temperatures are expected to stay above average for the period.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Cologne Raid Highlights British Bombing Strength and Allies
The Cologne raid involved about 70 German planes reported by Nazi sources, while British losses totaled 44 aircraft from heavy anti aircraft fire and night fighters. British leaders framed the raid as a strategic first step in a broader campaign, with Churchill praising bomber power and the RAF signaling future combined air offensives with the United States.
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RAF
Berlin
Vienna
Hamburg
Munich
Cologne
Germany
France
Churchill
Fliers
Britain
Henry H. Arnold
United States Air Force
Bomber ‘Command
Ali
Se T. Harris
RAE
Arnold
Harris
United States
Air Ministry
Chemnitz
Graz
Erfurt
Linz
Hindenburg
Gleitwitz
Upper Silesia
Austria
Twenty More Executed in Prague Reflect Nazi Retaliation
London reports twenty more executions in Prague tied to the attempted assassination of Reichsprotector Reinhard Heydrich. The tally reaches twenty two as Heydrich’s condition remains grave, with Allied observers predicting intensified offensives as summer campaigns unfold.
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Prague
London
Reinhard Heydrich
Heydrich
Axis forces press Libyan offensive as Rommel orders attack
British and Axis reports detail continued high level combat in North Africa with Rommel claiming a decisive push against British mobile forces in Libya. Axis withdrawal efforts are only partially successful as many tanks remain trapped near Ain el Gazala to Bir Hacheim while bombardment targets include the Manitoba airdrome and Derna.
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Manitoba
el Thimi
Messina
Sicily
Derna
Rommel
King
Italy
Duce
Roman Empire
Fuehrer
Germany
Ain el Gazala
Bir Hacheim
Phipps Leads Sheriff Race as Canvass Nears
In late results Phipps leads Story by about 600 votes with 5,082 ballots. Ex-deputy Walters has 3,971, and Floyd Brown trails with 706. Coroner race shows Harvey at 6,926, Freeman 5,178, Stelling 1,613. County commission majors held by Millis, Doggett, and Hunt. W C Johnson renominated. Carruthers defeats Pickens for state senate. Certification slated at 11 tomorrow at courthouse.
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House of Representatives
Shelley B. Caveness
George A. Younce
County Board of Elections
Sheriff Phipps
Story
John
Walters
Floyd Brown
Jamestown
Dr. Harvey
Freeman
Stelling
J. Ed Millis
High Point
James A. Doggett
Greensboro
Charles J. Hunt
Pleasant Garden
W.C. Johnson
Joseph T. Carruthers, Jr
Rupert T. Pickens
The Tar Heel Gardener on Garden Pest Trouble and Control
The Tar Heel Gardener explains pest problems in Victory Gardens this summer. It distinguishes chewing and sucking insects and advises correct treatments per instructions. It also covers plant diseases identifiable by spots or mildew and recommends fungicidal sprays with proper stickers.
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Paris
Infant Morefield Dies at Home in High Point Area
Lawrence Edward Morefield seven day old son of Private James and Ruby French Morefield died at the home on route three High Point this morning. Survived by parents and grandparents J. E. Morefield of Randleman route one and Thomas E. French of High Point. Funeral from the home Tuesday at 2 pm, burial in Fairfield Cemetery. Father serving in United States Army stationed at Camp Tyson Tennessee.
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Lawrence Edward Morefield
James
Ruby French Morefield
High Point
J. E. Morefield
Randleman
Thomas E. French
Fairfield Cemetery
United States Anny
Camp Tyson
Tenn
Soviet pleased by Cologne bombing report in Pravda
Moscow reports evident satisfaction over the British air raid on Cologne. Pravda gave prominent coverage with a two column headline claiming more than 3 000 English bombers over Cologne and ten thousand bombs in 90 minutes. Also notes hens lay about 160 eggs yearly in the United States.
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REDS
Moscow
Cologne
Pravda
London
New York Stocks and Trade Activity Noted
The report highlights stock movements and trading figures for Warner Pic, Western Union, Westinghouse, Woolworth, and S T Sales. Major totals show 229 600 shares in motion with market activity across several prominent firms in New York.
Girl Attacked by Knife-Wielding Man in Boston Park
A teenage girl Fidella Briand 18 of Woburn was pursued along a parkway by a knife wielding man near the Charles River and killed. Three Boston University students captured the suspect Harry Adams 28 of Somerville a dishwasher in a West End restaurant. He claimed to be Albanian born and a cook. police note prior lewdness arrest in 1940. Lynn police said they will question Adams regarding a separate sex slaying.
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Bostor
Charles River
Back Bay
Boston University
Fidella Briand
Woburn
Fisher Business School
James Leonard
Harry Adams
Somerville
Boston
Leonard
Adams
Albania
Lynn
Frances Cochrane
Estelle Page Favored To Retain Starmount Forest Title
Mrs Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill four time winner of the Starmount Forest Country Club Ladies Invitational Golf Tournament is favored to win the renewal on Wednesday. Also a filler note mentions weapon and aircraft materials.
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Page
Greensboro
Estelle Lawson Page
Chapel Hill
Starmount Forest Country Club
Impressive Memorial Services Held Here
High Point paid solemn tribute to war dead and looked to future battles in a non sectarian Memorial Day program at Oakwood Cemetery. A parade led by veterans groups featured mothers of fallen soldiers as Crosby urged victory to honor the dead. Local dignitaries included Mayor O Arthur Kirkman and Rabbi Edgar Mi Haly with prayers from Father Bernadine Watson and Norwood Bowne.
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High Point
Oakwood Cemetery
Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars
Unce
Bryan M. Crosby
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Crosby
Wosl
O. Arthur Kirkman
Edgar Mi- Haly
Bern
Main Street
Richardson
Steele
Hitler planned June offensive on entire Russian front
Louis P. Lochner reporting from Lisbon via the Drottningholm says Hitler aimed to launch a general offensive on the entire Russian front within June or July. He plans a pincer movement possibly through Turkey and Transcaucasia, viewing recent back-and-forth fighting as preparatory.
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Louis P. Lochner
Associated Press
Berlin
Hitler
Lisbon
Lochner
Drottningholm
New York
Adolf Hitler
Turkey
Tran
Seven Die in N C Week End Amid Gas Rationing
Memorial Day weekend toll in North Carolina included seven fatalities due to various causes. Killed were Clifton Doss 24 Greensboro in a taxi crash near Jacksonville and Pie a Marine. Liza Simpson Lawson 42 found dead in Kinston apartment. Willie Walker 14 drowned near McAdenville. Luther Dale Smith 9 drowned near Greensboro. Lester Thorne 29 killed in a car overturn near Sims. Thomas Frazier 68 fatally injured when tractor overturned in Rutherford County. Second Lt Leon M Zele Jr 122 native of Torrington Conn and member of Morris Field fighter squadron died when his P 40 crashed near Iron Station School Lincoln County.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Clifton Doss
Greensboro
Jacksonville
Pie
Liza Simpson Lawson
Kinston
Willie Walker
Mount Holly
South Fork Creek
McAdenville
Luther Dale Smith
Little Alamance Creek
Lester Thorne
Sims
Thomas Frazier
Rutherford County
Leon M. Zele, Jr
Torrington
Conn
Morris Field
Iron Station School
Lincoln County
General M ARTHUR as VMI 1928 commencement speaker
General Douglas MacArthur is recalled as the hero of the nation and the 1928 VMI commencement speaker. Howard Blair then attended VMI as son of Roland Blair, while MacArthur led the Third Corps Area and urged a citizen soldier for national defense.
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Douglas McArthur
General Mcarthur
Virginia Military Institute
Howard Blair
Roland Blair
Thi
Mightiest Waterfall Created This Afternoon At Grand Coulee
Grand Coulee Washington June 1 at 3 PM the Columbia River will rush over Grand Coulee Dam forming America's mightiest waterfall. The falls will span 1650 feet and rise 320 feet, surpassing Niagara and Victoria in size. Jamaica emerged from the sea with a volcanic island cap and is noted as a new landform.
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Grand Coulee
Wash
Columbia
Grand Coulee Dam
America
Nigara
Victoria
Jamaica
Infant of Bessac Family Claimed by Death
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Phil V Bessac of 214 Carter Street died at a local hospital early yesterday. Interment was held this morning in the Oakwood Cemetery family plot. Born Sunday May 31 she was the child of Phil V and Ona Mae Wilkins Bessac. Surviving are a sister Flo Bessac of the same address and paternal grandfather W R Wilkins of Farboro.
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Phil V. Bessacrof
Carter Street
Oakwood Cemetery
Phil V
Ona Mae Wilkins Bessac
Flo Bessac
W. R. Wilkins
Farboro
Windsors Lunch With President Roosevelt at White House
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor dined with President Roosevelt in a small family luncheon at the White House. They arrived in Washington this morning and were escorted to the executive mansion by Lady Halifax, wife of the British ambassador.
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Washington
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Roosevelt
White House
Windsors
Executive Mansion
Lady Halifax
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William Penn High School
Jennings D. Steed
U. S. Army
Fort Bragg
Colonial Motor Freight Lines
R. C. N. Company
T. D. Battalion
Camp Forrest
Reid Steed
Denton
Stephen Steed
Bette Davis
Olivia Dehavilland
George Brent
Dennis Morgan
Paramount
Ann Davis
Wooley Sheridan
Romi
Barbara — Stanwyck
Robert Young
State Theatre
Salem Street
Homasville
Geo, Raft and
Pat O'Brien IN
Weather Bureau
Shatrom
Max
Min
Rifall
Norfolk
Richmond
Savannah
Wilmington
AIR
Kansas
Lawrence E. Morefield
Warner
Woolworth
Tac
Younes S & T
York
Adams Exp Air Reduction
Alaska
Alleghany
Atco
Aim Stig
At&t
Armi Ata
Baldwin B&o
Barnsdall
Bendix
Aviat Beth Sti
Boeing
Borden
Borg Warner
Bae
Dhes & O
Chrysler
Elec Auto
Firestone
Freeport
Elec
Gen Foods
Glidden
Goodrich
Goodyear
Graham Paige
Hupp
Int Harvest
Nick Can
Tel & Tel
Johns Man
Kennecott Kroger Groc
Ligg & Myers
Murray
Nash
North Am Ae Nor Pac
Pac G & FE
Pac Mills Packerdast
Rem Ram Rep
Sol Reynolds
Sperry Ltd Brands Ba Ltd
Stewart Warner
Tex Corp
Tex Gulf
Timken
Aire
Unte Corp
US Steel
Caro Chem
United States Defense
Bulletins
Supreme Court
Justce Department
Zainov
Vladimir Zainov
Sofia
N. C
General M’arthur
Phil Bessac
West End
Ginger Rogers
James Stewart
Livacious Lady
Guilford
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