Suspended sentences and appeals noted in municipal court
Judge J A Myatt sentenced Tommy Kaal to 13 months on the roads suspended five years for abandonment and non support with 20 weekly payments plus costs. J W Walters appealed on a reckless driving charge. 12 month appeal with 200 for accident costs and costs. Other defendants faced fines and suspensions for speeding assaults and disorderly conduct. Some cases appealed to Superior Court with bonds set and payments to clerk for support and accident victims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy Kaal
J. A. Myatt
Livengood
J. W. Walters
Myatt
Walters
Clifford Colbert
Arnold F. Ward
Noah A. Sink
Harold Henry Jounson
Charlie C. Bennenamp
Amos C. Kersey
Arnold Ray Osborne
Clayton Eddinger
Richard Sedberry
Rge Alexander
Willie Adkins
Bill Cook
Robert Lindsay
Lillian Ae
Guilford County Sees Record Year for School Capital Outlay
Guilford County commissioners expect tax income to rise to 1 524 000 for school capital outlay the largest in a single year from current revenue. If confirmed at the July 28 budget meeting Greensboro schools would receive 706 000 Rural Guilford 644 000 and High Point 174 000. Rural districts need more space as shown in earlier figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford County
William G. Ragsdale, Jr
North Carolina
Greensboro
Guilford
High Point
Atendent
Akaneen
Promising Cure Claim for Rheumatoid Arthritis Relief
A letter describes a remarkable recovery from rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic conditions, claiming restoration to health after being crippled in joints and suffering widespread muscular pain. The writer invites correspondence to share how the relief was achieved.
Goose Bumps This Morning Heat Drops Across Region
Morning readings fell to 61 degrees as many High Pointers awoke. The Friendship weather bureau notes the state's coldest point except Asheville Hendersonville, with forecasts for fair hot days ahead and highs around 92. Up to 11 am the thermometer reached 89.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Weather Bureau
Asheville-Hendersonville
Mercury
Judgment Suspended On Prohibition Violation Case
A judgment was suspended for twelve months on the prohibition violation involving Harold Henry Johnson who paid a small amount of tax and had the liquor seal broken while Arlind L. Hayden received half the costs from the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlind L. Hayden
Harold Henry Johnson
Police Seek Missing Negro Woman In Local Search
Local police asked the public to help locate 20 year old Carol Jones who has been missing from her home on Gordy Street. She was last seen wearing a gray dress the same day a traveling minstrel show performed in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol Jones
Gordy Street
City News Briefs: Building Permits and Fire Incident
Leon P. Collins plans $4000 in repairs at 526 Barker Street. A fire at the Warehouse ignited by sawdust under the floor yesterday, caused damage from combustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon P. Collins
Barker Street
Rotary Club Sends Two Handicapped Children to Camp
The Thomasville Rotary Club approved funding for two handicapped children to attend Sky Ranch Camp at Blowing Rock for two weeks at a cost of 160 dollars. Dr. Gregg Singer of Salem College urged critical views on U S foreign policy and cautioned on U N relations while advocating limits on federal power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Rotary Club
Sky Ranch
Blowing Rock
Gregg Singer
Department of History
Salem College
Winston-Salem
Paramount Oe
America
Singer
U. N
S. Army
Washington
Salem
FEPC
Safety Award Presented to Thomasville Police Department
Thomasville receives a National AAA Safety Award for no pedestrian deaths last year. Police Chief Paul M. Shore notes AAA commendation for absence of pedestrian fatalities and the city’s strong safety program including record-keeping, enforcement, engineering, and school safety efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Motors Co
Charlotte
J. E. O'Neil
AAA
C. W. R Roberts
CMC
Asville
Thomasville
Man Must Go To County Farm Or Leave Town
Wade Medlin of Bakertown faced drunkenness charges in county court. Judge Archie Myatt gave him a choice of 12 months on the County Farm or leaving town due to repeated prior offenses. Medlin returned to City Jail last night and was released this morning to appear in court again tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade Medlin
Bakertown
Archie Myatt
Medlin
High Point Employment Stable Across March to May
The High Point area shows surprising labor stability as employment from March through May varies only 0.1 percent, with textiles and hosiery driving gains. Miller of the Employment Security Commission notes construction and wholesale sectors rise modestly while apparel and nonmanufacturing lag behind. Unemployment claims rise from April to May but remain well below last year, and new graduates find better job acceptance, with many entering textiles and furniture.
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High Point
Ralph Miller
Employment Security Commission Office
Miller
Vitamin term coined by Funk in 1912
The word vitamin was first used in 1912 by Dr Casimir Funk who named the substance found in rice polishings in a effort to isolate the factor whose absence causes beriberi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casimir Funk
Three Charges Placed Against Local Citizen
Local man Jack J. Donahue of Kenilworth Drive faced three charges after his car crashed into a utility pole on North Hamilton Street. Police reports say he turned from Montheu Avenue onto North Hamilton and failed to straighten the wheels. He was charged with drunken driving violating the prohibition law and driving without a license and later released under $600 bonds for Municipal Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack J. Donahue
Kenilworth
North Hamilton
Donahue
Montheu Avenue
Tornadoes Move Fast and Short in Duration
A tornado travels at 20 to 50 miles per hour and typically completes its path in under an hour, as described in the Encyclopedia Britannica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ecnyclopedia Britannica
Pincher Creek Considers Official Dog Catcher
Mayor Ross Zoetman supports establishing a formal dog catcher in Pincher Creek after a dog entered a barnyard and killed 200 three week old chicks. The incident highlights local concerns over livestock protection and animal control.
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Pincher Creek
Canada
Ross Zoetman
Store Building To Go Up Here By Local Developer
The Defense Production Authority approved materials for a $16,000 store building to be erected on North Main Street between the Big Bear store and a dry cleaners. Lewis C. Kress said work would start immediately. materials released on 17 costing $2,346,856. The steel strike could still delay the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defense Production Authority
Lewis C. Kress
North Main Street
Kress
Fal
Lexington
Field Force of Durham Life to Attend Raleigh Homecoming
The Durham Life Insurance Company field force travels to Raleigh for Homecoming Day and Presidents Club. about 1400 attendees from North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia will attend a Memorial Auditorium barbecue and a tour of the home office. Notable attendees from the High Point district include district manager and Mrs A C Harthcock and several accompanied couples from Ashboro Siler City Troy and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham Life Insurance Company
Raleigh
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Memorial Auditorium
High Point
A. C. Harthcock
Nancy Brock
M. Johnson
Rage
H. E. Segers
G. V. Bodenheimer
Ashéboro
C.C. Chisholm
D. F. Jackson
Siler City
J. C. Haney
Troy
W. C. Lomax
Philippines United States pact on bases signed
A multiyear pact signed on March 14 1947 between the Philippines and the United States allows military and naval bases on the islands to be made available to the United Nations Security Council in the interest of international security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
United States
Security Council
The
United Nations
Water resistant feathers and a Roosevelt shrine lore
Muscular waterproofing is explained as feather filaments sealing against water not oil. The Roosevelt estate shrine sits among top US tourist sites with over a million visitors. A historic Ohio law from 1808 once required every male citizen to deliver 100 squirrel scalps annually or pay a $3 fine.
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Roosevelt Estate
United States
Ohio
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City News Briefs
Quality Bakery
N. Main ST
Telephone 3166
Alexander
Foreign Policy of America
le High Point
Tosias
Belks
Belk
Belk Beck
Orion
Tobias
Nylon
Orson
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