Local police make multiple arrests during busy evening
Local cops spent a busy evening and late night rounding up drunks and making assault arrests. Individuals cited or jailed include 942 Inez and 842 Hoover for assault with a knife, Virginia Saunders for a bottle assault, Platt Wilson on assault charges, Barbara Poindexter for driving without a license and tailgating, Noah Link for unlicensed operation, and several others booked for drunkenness and reckless driving. A Fort Bragg soldier faces trial June 30 for letting an unlicensed driver operate his car.
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Davis Avenue
Plato
Sarah Wilson
Barbara A. Poindexter
North Main Street
Noah Link
Pine Street
Fort Bragg
Cecil H. Pierce
Isaac Kearns
Trinity
Everett L. Black
Fairfield Road
Jack Underwood
Denny Street
William Smith
Man Ave
William Gardner
East Green Street
Knox Whittington
Winston- Salem
Local Police Nab Baltimore Man In $65 Bus Station Theft
Police capture Alonzo Jewell of Baltimore hours after a depot break in Lexington where about $65 in silver was stolen from the Letom bus station. Officers traced a taxi ride and arrested him at the bus station washroom with the money hidden in a waste basket.
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High Point
Letom
Alonzo Jewell
Baltimore
Lexington
Niga Oe
Ah En Maton
Former Mayor Begins Serving Sentence Monday
Former Asheboro mayor W. C. Lucas is set to surrender Monday to begin a thrice-deferred sentence for unfiled federal tax returns. The government totals his tax liability at over $562,000 after a 1946 fraud fine, with appeals still pending.
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Greensboro
Asheboro
W. C. Lucas
f.ennEeselt
Lucas
HPC Senior to Work In California Area
Edith Marie Harper a High Point College senior from Greensboro has been chosen by the Methodist Board of Missions to assist boys and girls at the David and Margaret Home in La Verne California. Travel expenses are provided by the Board and she will work with the home’s directors during the summer. The article notes the new German government in Bonn operates in an enclave separate from any state similar to the American District of Columbia.
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Edith Marie Harper
High Point College
Greensboro
Board of Missions of
The
Methodist Church
la Verne
Cal
Iit
David and Margaret Home
Bonn
District of
Columbia
Monkey on the loose spooks Five Points traffic near Winston
Report from High Point and Winston Salem radio chatter described a 70 pound monkey roaming streets and swinging through trees around Five Points. Police had no confirmation until recalling a nearby highway intersection with the same name. Drivers were urged not to pick up strangers as the animal remained at large.
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Winston-Salem
Five Points
Tobacco City
Minnesota Republicans Mull Delegation Bloc Strategy
Minnesota Republicans discussed joining a bloc with delegates from Pennsylvania Michigan Maryland and possibly Arkansas to influence the Republican convention. Fourteen Stassen delegates are inclined to Eisenhower while Taft backed by another set may resist.
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Minneapolis
Minnesota
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Mary
D. Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
Robert A. Taft
Stassen
Itate
Siana
Dickey
Ths
Maryland
Negro accused of fleecing patients in Williams ton case
A 50 year old man known as a witch doctor was jailed in Williamston North Carolina on charges of obtaining money under false pretenses. Police report warrants against 18 people alleging he collected up to 750 dollars from each patient by threats and spells. Some patients warned spouses to pay their bills or face consequences. Two teenage girls allegedly affected by his spell are said to live in Wilmington.
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Williamston
Julius Roebuck
Simmons
Buck
Roebuck
Hee
R Simmons
Wilmington
Roy Peele
Pine Street Man Released On Bond After Accident
Noah A. Sink or 41 of 410 Pine Street was released on $100 bond after being charged with operating a motor vehicle without a license. He said his four year old son grabbed the wheel causing the crash into a light pole on Oak Street.
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Noah A. Sink
Pine Street
Sink
Oak Street
Abt Sanitarium in Greenville Licensed by State Board
Abt Sanitarium located at 605 East North Street in Greenville receives licensure approval from the South Carolina State Board of Health, marking ongoing operation under state health oversight.
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Abt Sanitarium
E. North St
Greenville
8. C
The
South Carolina State Board of Health
Last Chance To View Da Vinci Last Supper Replica
High Painters present a world famous replica of Da Vinci's Last Supper in the Holton High School auditorium from 2 to 10 pm. Admission is free. donations support the Public Religious Education Council to hire more teachers for city schools.
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Mammoth
Holton
Ministerial Association
Council of Church Women
P.t.a.’S
Civil Actions and Divorces Filed In Local Court
United States ieee Corporation sues Frank a Saal Talmar Jamestown and ee R. Malpass for missing merchandise and $ due. Levine Junk and Metal Company sues J O Connor for 330.96 for delivered goods. Davis Gibson seeks divorce from Joan D Gibson and Thelma E Boym seeks divorce from Johnnie Wade Woolard.
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United States Ieee Corporation
Frank A Saal
Talmar-Jamestown Y
Ee R
Claims Vacation Pay in Ottawa for 33 Years
J E McGuire former head of a union claims ten thousand dollars from the brotherhood for thirty three years without a vacation. He cites long service with no time off and seeks compensation for vacation pay.
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Ottawa
Senators resent proposed campaign pledge in Senate race
A number of re election senators resent a proposed pledge from the Senate elections subcommittee headed by Sen. Gillette. Critics say the 400 word pledge insults honorable candidates and would expose signers, while others doubt it improves campaigns. Some influential lawmakers oppose it, preferring focus on ethical conduct and fair practices.
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G. Milton Kelly Wagton
Lawa
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Sen
Gillette
D-ia
Aera
Hoey
Senate
Two Cars Crash But Cops Make No Arrests
A two car collision on Commerce Street involved 531 Nathan Hunt Drive resident Fialipilias and 1516 Commerce occupant Joyce S Koonts near 804 Commerce Street. No injuries were reported and police made no arrests.
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Commerce Street
Ted
Ie Fialipilias
Nathan Hunt
Joyce S. Koonts
Commerce Ecc
Archdale Farmer Arrested Over Bonded Whiskey
N. C. Hobson of Archdale was arrested at his home near Trinity for illegal possession of bonded whiskey for sale. Deputies Cooper and Canboth found 32 pints on the premises. Hobson posted bond and a June 30 hearing in Asheboro Recorder's Court was set.
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N. C. Hobson
Archdale
Trinity
Guilford County
Robert Cooper
Howerd Can
Hobson
Recorder's Court
Asheboro
Water from salt sea used by divers in Persian Gulf
In the Persian Gulf a hed Bahrein uses bottom salt sea water for drinking. Divers descend with collapsed goatskins to the gulf floor and fill the skins from fresh water springs.
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Peresian Gulf
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Winston
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