Local College Offers Civilian Flight Training This Summer
Point College will host a civilian flight training course during the summer session under the Civil Aeronautics Authority. Ground and flight work run concurrently at Greensboro High Point Airport with no charge to students. the government pays costs. Minimum 15 registrants required by June 15 with priority given to advanced students and graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Igh Point College
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Greensboro High Point
Eds
Technological Istitutes
United States
Manchukuo builds Tatung harbor and industrial zone
With aid from the South Manchuria Railway Company, Manchukuo launches the Tatung harbor and industrial zone project near the Yalu River to provide an outlet for the Tungpientao mineral district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchukuo
South Manchuria Railway Company
RAF and Nazi air raids widen English coast danger
The British and German air forces traded heavy bombardment as RAF bombers struck Ruhr targets and Ghent oil tanks while German raids along a 270 mile coast hit towns from Yorkshire to Kent. Casualties included five RAF deaths from a balloon barrage crash and minor injuries in England. fires rose on roofs and lawns as incendiaries spread.
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Ruhr
Germany
Ghent
Aisne-Somme
Royal Air Force
Britain
Nazi Air Force
England
Yorkshire
Kent
Thames
London
Wales
Midlands
Air and Home Security
Lincolnshire
Senate Considerations on War Material Sales to Allies
The piece outlines Senate actions and executive discussions on boosting industrial mobilization and arming Allies. It notes Senator Pepper proposing use of all authority to sell planes and war materiel, Morgenthau citing large Allied aircraft purchases, and a potential program via the Anglo French Purchasing Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
RVI
Pepper
D-Fla
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Stephen Farly
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
William C. Bullitt
Paris
Morgenthau
Anglo-French Purchasing Commission
War Department
Jackson
Early
White House
Defense Commission
Sidney Hillman
Vickers
Marlin
Lewis
Army
Navy
United States
Prentiss Cooper
Tennessee
Edward O'Neal
Farm Bureau Federation
Roosevelt
Accident Victim Succumbs Today
Harold S. Petty, 35, of High Point, died at Yadkin Hospital in Albemarle from injuries in a Sunday night auto crash two miles from Biscoe. His companion escaped serious harm. another car occupant had a broken leg. Petty, born November 12, 1904 in Union South Carolina, had lived in this city four years and worked for Blythe Brothers of Charlotte. Funeral is Friday at 2 from Koonce Funeral Home with burial at Oakwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold S. Petty
O. F Petty
High Point
Yadkin Hospital
Albemarle
Biscoe
Petty
Mr. Petty
Union
S. C
O. F
Mary Gibson Petty
Roanoke
Blythe Brothers
Charlotte
Crutchfield
O. F. Petty
Koonce Funeral Home
George Liner
Southside Baptist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Ex-Va Governor Davis backs Roosevelt third term editorial
Former Virginia governor Westmoreland Davis urges a third term for Franklin D. Roosevelt in the Loudoun Times-Mirror. He warns the nation cannot risk an untried leader amid international rocks and submarines and calls for national unity and steadfast leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leesburg
Westmoreland Davis
Roosevelt
Junior High Students End Spring With Variety Program
Students at the local junior high marked the spring semester with a variety program. Performers included Faye Burrows and Katherine Daves on piano and Nancy Sechrest and Shirley Redding on clarinet, with others on bass fiddle drum and more.
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Tuxedo Junction
Faye Burrows
Katherine Daves
Nancy Sechrest
Shirley Redding
Jack Dillard
Bobby Martin
Jennie Canno
Esther Free
Ella Page Harrison
Betsy Wrenn
Mary Elizabeth Barton
Gilbert Gray
Clinard Burton
Edna Crawford
Dallas Agner
Donald Morgan
Roy Edwards
Fred Swartzberg
Joseph Coffield
Sara Lewis
Wincie Cagle
Elizabeth Culler
Ralph Edwards
Broadus Leonard
Carroll Jarrett
M. T. Lambeth
Helen Deans
Leavitt Reports Campaign Spending and Primary Win
H B Leavitt of Asheville Republican nominee for lieutenant governor says he spent 20 dollars on the campaign before the May 25 primary. He defeated J Forrest Witten of Salisbury. Germany postpones indefinitely the non inflammable film requirement.
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Raleigh
H. B. Leavitt
Asheville
Leavitt
J. Forrest Witten
Salisbury
Germany
Germans Launch Two Pronged Drive Against Paris Front
German forcesPressed by air raids advance on Paris sectors along the Somme and Ailette Canal backed by tanks and air power. Hitler directs operations from front as Weygand Line falls at several points and Goerings air force supports the opening wedges. British fish fr iers seek a four million dollar subsidy.
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Germany
Paris
Somme
High Command
France
Adolf Hitler
le Havre
Seine River
Ailette Canal
Oise
Aisne
English Channel
Montmedy
Logny
Ham
Ailette
Fuehrer
Goering
Flanders
Italy expands war preparations as Malta tensions rise
The fascist frontier push tightens as Malta residents face terror campaigns and British authorities. Italy speeds officer training, mines coastal waters, and warns ships with a 12 mile danger zone while U S liner Washington slated for Naples on June 10. Fascist mobilization and Balkan jitters heighten in Athens reporting Greece uneasy amid looming conflict.
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England
France
Stefani
Malta
Lord Strickland
Mediterranean
United States
Washington
Naples
Italy
Sicily
Turkey
Walter Darre
Albania
Genoa
Excalibur
Europe
Exmouth
Mussolini
Gars
Athens
Greece
Balkans
Count Geleazzo Ciano
Ettore Muti
Fascist Party
Alessandro Pavolini
Popular Culture
Canada Offers Haven to European Refugees
Ottawa reports Canada ready to provide havens for British and other European children and civilians from war zones if British and French governments agree to exodus. Refugee conference outlines plan to place children quickly across Canada in private homes, with Crerar noting main challenge is reaching children in France.
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Ottawa
Canada
London
Mines and Resources
France
Crerar
Miss Mary Farlow Dies at 13 After Illness
Mary Grace Farlow age 13 longtime High Point resident died at a local hospital at 5 am after weeks of declining health. Born September 26, 1926 she was daughter of J L and Bella Ann Hearne Farlow. Survived by parents three sisters Dorothy Ellen Maxine and two brothers. Funeral at Calvary Methodist Church Saturday 10 30 am with Rev Howell officiating. Interment Marlboro Cemetery.
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Mary Grace Farlow
High Point
J. L
Bella Ann Hearne Farlow
Calvary Methodist Church
Dorothy Farlow
Ellen Marie Farlow
Maxine Farlow
Max Farlow
E. A. Farlow
Ida Hearne
Montgomery County
BD. V. Howell
Koonce Funeral Home
Marlboro Cemetery
Battle for Paris: French Hold Lines Against German Breakthrough
German forces renewed large scale attacks along a 100 mile northern front from the Somme to the Pinon forest as Paris eyed a 15 day advance through the Oise and Aisne valleys. French outposts held with heavy artillery and countermeasures as two million troops faced the Axis drive.
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Flanders
Somme
Maxime Weygand
Paris
Berlin
Oise
Aisne
Adolf Hitler
Anizy-Le-Chateau
Pinon Forest
Rethel
Amiens
Peronne
High Command
Ailette
France
Saar
Lower
Juvenile Court summons in High Point NC for foundling
The State of North Carolina requires the parents of a foundling left on the Miller family step to appear in High Point Juvenile Court on July 10 1940 at 2 00 PM to answer testify and address welfare of the child The summons issued by Judge W F Bailey and published in the High Point Enterprise starting June 6 1940 per law
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State of
North Carolina
Frank and
Arabella Miller
City of
High Point
W. F. Bailey
High Point Enterprise
Barrymore Returns to Film with Blackboard Aid
Hollywood report notes John Barrymore resumes movie work at Twentieth Century Fox. A patient, focused Barrymore reads lines from a blackboard carried by an aide out of camera range while his headache powder stays unused. Elaine Barrie remains in the background.
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Hollywood
Twentieth Century-Fox
John Barrymore
Barrymore
Elaine Barrie
Brown To Pay $750 To Wilson Trustee
Judge Hayes in Greensboro Federal Court ordered A. Pat Brown of High Point to pay 750 dollars to J. Keith Harrison trustee in bankruptcy for Wilson Upholstery Company after Brown pled nolo contendere to concealing 2500 dollars in assets. Perjury charges were not pressed. The $750 goes to benefit the bankrupt firm’s creditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Johnson J. Hayes
Federal District Court
A. Pat Brown
High Point
J. Keith Harrison
Wilson
Nolo
Brown
Federal Grand Jury
French Hold Front After Fresh Nazi Assault Along Ailette
French positions along the Ailette River and canal repelled a renewed German attack at 4 a.m. The Weygand line’s deep defenses slow the blitz as French experts map the Somme Aisne area from Saint Valery Sur Somme to Montmedy. French tactics shift to mobile warfare easing fear of rapid drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ailette
Weygand
Somme-Aisne
Saint Valery
City Government discussed by Knox at Rotary Club
Knox outlined High Point municipal origin in 1859 and the 1932 pay as you go policy. He detailed current indebtedness, debt reduction of 285000 over five years, and proportion refunded on favorable terms for taxpayers. Plans for June 27 road opening were set amid Rotary attendance.
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E. M. Knox
Rotary Club
High Point
M Knox
Speaer
Knox
Frank J. Sizemo
Noble T
Tomlinson Employee Injured At Hamilton Street Plant
Joe L. B. Bell of 1203 Shelton Street was taken to Burrus Memorial Hospital this morning after his hand was caught in a shaper at the South Hamilton Street plant. The accident occurred at 10:33. He is from High Point and was on duty when injured.
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L. B. Bell
Shelton
Burrus Memor Hospital
Trent
Hamilton Street
Tomlinson
High Point
Mr. Bell
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Zorro’s Fighting Legion
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Jon Hall
RAF
Norfolk
Tames
Edouard Daladier
Munich
Chamberlain
Winston Churchill
Shaw
Council Bluffs
Mann's
Eckerd’s
Palace Theatre
Salem Street
the Biscuit Eater
Billy Lee
Cordell Hickman
Apts
Thomasville
Senate
Albemarle Hospital
Mary Farlow
Rotary
Tomlinson Employe
Joe
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North Wrenn Street
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Ruby’s
Credit Jeweler
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