War Labor Board Urges Boarders to Return to War Work
The War Labor Board wired 800 members of the High Point Independent boarders union urging an immediate return to work to end a strike that disrupts war material production. A mass meeting is planned at Ada Blair school to discuss the WLB plea. The Atlanta regional board pending a six percent wage increase cannot act until workers resume duty.
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National War Labor Board
High Point Independent Boarders Union
Lloyd Gurley
Carl R. Schedler
WLB
Schedler
Gurley
Ada Blair School
Grimes Street
Atlanta Regional Board
Yates Heffner
U. S. Conciliation Service
Boarders Union
High Point
War Labor Board
H. Southern
Alton Johnson
J. E. Falkenberg
J. E. Grissom
W. L. Mishoe
S. H. Inman
H. N. Grantham
Ada Blair
Offner
Willis Slane
Slane Hosiery Mill
Forrest Shuford
Hart Absolved of Election Irregularities
Guilford county grand jury found not a true bill against J Frank Hart of High Point on charges of election irregularities and ordered his release from two counts. Hart, precinct four registrar, had been bound over after Judge MacRae dismissed four other charges. The action absolves him of all charges related to the High Point election this spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Guilford County
J. Frank Hart
High Point
Hart
D. C. MacRae
J R Pierce Elected State Councilor At Annual Convention
J R Pierce of High Point was elected state councilor of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty as more than 100 delegates chose new state officers during the final day of the organization’s annual convention in progress. Other officers elected include Ozie Carpenter of Durham as associate councilor and Tom Whitfield of Durham as vice councilor.
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J.R. Pierce
High Point
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Pierce
Ozie Carpenter
Durham
Tom Whitfield
Ratha Pierce
Wilmington
W. L. Sapp
Winston- Salem
Nnne James
Burlington
P. C. Idol
Winston-Salem
J. L. Causby
G. Moore
Rocky Mount
Rosa Wyrick
Greensboro
Jessamine Sapp
C. W. Crowell
Spencer
Thelma Hawkins
Concord
Law Committee
State Councilors Association
Ila Parker Durham
Exstate
L. M. Yount
Annie Menius
China Grove
Ethel Brainard
New Britain
Severn Regar Addresses Civitan Club on Europe Trip
Severn Regar vice-president presided over the High Point Civitan Club meeting at the Sheraton Hotel. He spoke of a Europe trip during which he and friends were lost in the Alps and rescued by a searching party from a monastery with St Bernard dogs. He urged postwar peace and a confederation of states with a neutral Switzerland as capital. A telegram from Blake Thompson and Edgar Hatcher noted their attendance at the International Civitan Convention at Fort Worth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Severn Regar
High Point Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Europe
Silas Casey
Regar
Alps
St. Bernard
Civitan
Switzerland
Civitans
Blake Thompson
Edgar Hatcher
Mrs Lanier Dies At Eldorado Home
Mrs J D Lanier age 53 died at her Eldorado home after a 16 month illness. Funeral services set for Wednesday at 11 at Chapel Hill Church with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by husband three daughters Mrs Floyd Crawford Albemarle Route three Mrs Graham Hix Norfolk Va and Hester Lanier of Eldorado two sons Albert and Hamer both of Eldorado two sisters Mrs Cary Swicegood and Mrs R R Trogdon both of Lexington and three brothers C F Cranford J T Cranford and A L Cranford all of Lexington New London and Thomasville respectively.
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Eldorado
Cary Swicegood
Lexington
R. R. Trogdon
C. F. Cranford
Thomasville
J. T. Cranford
A. L. Cranford
New London
Department Store Head Goes Army After London War Years
Harry H. Simon, longtime manager of the High Point Charles Store, departs for U S Army service. After 11 years in Europe and witnessing the Blitz and Dunkirk, he urged support for Allies and will report to Fort Bragg on June 25 for induction. He and his wife return to High Point to wrap affairs as staff and store operations continue unchanged.
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United States
London
America
Harry H. Simon
High Point Charles
Simon
Europe
United States Army
Richmond
Camp Croft
S. S
Roosevelt
Dunkirk
England
Ireland
Galway
S. S. Roosevelt
U. S
Hitler
Nuremburg
der Fuehrer
Munich
Austria
Italy
Uncle Sam
High Point
Fort Bragg
Charles
Service News Letters From Overseas and Home Front
Marines and soldiers report arrival overseas with Pvt Paul D Leslie in Australia and Pvt Seldon Hedgecoe in North Africa both noted as new service entrants in 1942. Pfc Horace V Patton graduates Fort Crook Ordnance Automotive School. Jim T Moran earns corporal rank at Great Bend Army Air Base Kansas. The report mentions Home Front ties and ongoing support efforts.
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Paul D. Leslie
Frank Collins
North Hamilton Street
Australia
Pvt
Leslie
Camp Stoneman
San Francisco
Cal
North Africa
Seldon Hedgecoe
Tomlinson’s
Camp Sibert
Ala
Hedgecoe
Leaksville
Horace V. Patton
John W. Patton
Trinity
Route One
Fort Crook
Jim T. Moran
Great Bend Army Air Base
Kansas
Montlieu Avenue
Sensenbach Rites Scheduled After Winston-Salem Death
Mrs Anna Belle Sensenbach 629 Colonial Drive died at Baptist Hospital Winston Salem Monday at 3 pm after ten days there following about a year of declining health She born July 14 1894 in High Point daughter of Samuel E and Cora Willis Survived by husband two sons Dr C Willis Sensenbach Winston Salem and Lieut Elmer E Sensenbach Jr Big Springs TX three brothers Dr C Stuart Willis S Northville Mich S H Willis Baltimore Md and Capt Charles B Willis North Africa a sister Mrs Faith Willis Bowe Baltimore Md and two grandchildren Funeral from home Wednesday at 4 pm conducted by Rev W R Kelly Main Street Methodist Church Burial Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Pearl Harbor
Camp Shelby
Mass
Seattle
Denson
Eley, Jr
Marian Denson Morehouse
Charles Denson
Marian Elizabeth Morehouse
C. H. Morehouse
Douglas MacArthur
Australia
United States
High Point
Anna Belle Sensenbach
Colonial Drive
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Sensenbach
Samuel E
Cora Stuart Willis
Main Street
Elmer E. Sensenbach
C. Willis Sensenbach
Winston Salem
Big Springs
Tex
C. Stuart Willis
Northville
Mich
S. H. Willis
Baltimore
W. R. Kelly
Main Street Methodist Church
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Lightning Kills Man and Mule on Chester Farm
Will Woodward, 48, a Black farmer, was struck by lightning while plowing on a Chester area farm. The incident occurred yesterday as a bolt hit the mule he used. Meanwhile, a separate note states the United Kingdom’s four railway systems total 20,080 miles of track.
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Chester
S. C
Will Woodward
United Kingdom
Weppel Held On Charge Of Carnal Knowledge
Pvt. Russell Weppel a 25 year old Camp Mackall paratrooper faced a charge of carnal knowledge of a 13 year old girl at the Sheraton hotel in High Point on May 30 He was originally charged with rape but the Guilford county grand jury failed to find a true bill on that charge A true bill of murder was returned against John Henry Lindsay of High Point for the knife slaying of George Albert Fair Lindsay s brother in law in High Point May 30 Aubrey Cofflin of High Point was indicted on rape Charges opened a one week term of criminal court in High Point with Judge William H Bobbitt presiding and the High Point cases are to be heard during the sitting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Russell Weppel
Camp Mackall
Sheraton
High Point
Wappel
Guildford County
Corrinne Edgell
Galax
John Henry Lindsay
George Albert Fair
Lindsay
Aubrey Cofflin
H Point
William H. Bobbitt
Charlotte
Fagan Held Over Vandalism At Richardson’s Store
R L Fagan, 24, of 1419 East Commerce Street, is jailed on a $300 bond for shattering a plate glass window at Richardson’s department store with his fist early today. The smashed window valued at $43. An assault charge from a cafe altercation on South Wrenn and Commerce streets Saturday night is continued in municipal court.
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R. L. Fagan
East Commerce Stret
Richardson's
Fagan
South Wrenn and
Commerce Streets
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National
H. P
Eloy P. Denson
Gen. Denson
Washington
Infantry
School of the Line
General Staff School
Army War College
Fort Benning
Georgia
3Rd Infantry
Fort Snelling
Minn
26Th Infantry
Plattsburg, N. Y
Fort Hamilton
N. Y
Ft. Devens
Valley Forge Military Academy
University of Montana
J. R. Pierce
Nat Walker
Walgreen
Ni High Point
S. Main ST
oTeTime
Sherwin Williams
Conte Lew
Sherwin-Williams Paints
Main ST
Swerwin-Williams
Io Res
Civitan Club
Prele
W. Cecil
Sag Laas Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
N. O
American Legion
High Point College
George Cassidy
James E. Totten
First District Army Air Force Technical Training Command
Sedgefield
J. R. Yenger
AFTTC
John King
J. W. Satterfield
L. N. de Witt
Maj
W. C. Elliott
Army
Harry Simon
Women IN Service
Capone
W-S Hospital
Waals Finance Company
Ros Lest
Hah
Parker - Brown
Oak Street
Weppel
Lindsay and Cofflin
PTT Fi
St.Joseph Aspiri
Sears and Save
Gold Crest Motor Oil
Sears, Roebuck and CO
North Main Street
High Point, N
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