Road celebration marks cooperation between High Point and Winston-Salem
More than 500 civic leaders from High Point and Winston-Salem gathered at Union Cross School to dedicate a new highway link. Speeches by Capus Waynick and local officials praised intercity cooperation and progress, followed by a Triangle Hosiery Mill vs Hanes Hosiery Mill baseball game and a community barbecue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Winston-Salem
Union Cross
Union Cross School
Capus M. Waynick
the Enterprise
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Mr. Waynick
Irvin Carlyle
Winston- Salem
Citis
Sam M. Bason
Yanceyville
A. Burton
Greensboro
L. E. Whiteld
Asheboro
Henry Ries
Col
William A. Blair
J. Gordon Blackett
North Ilkesboro
North Carlina
Couny
Aion
Triangle Lossery Mill
Anes Hosiery Mill
Winstonlem
Hanes
Winston-Salem-High Point
S. M. Bason
Gordon Hackett
C. M. Waynick
O. A. Kirkman
D. B. McCrary
Whitfield
Tom Burton
Triangle
Irving Carlyle
James Fain
Mr. Bason
Smith
Quick Action Saves Duchess From Injury in Spain Crash
The Duke of Windsor is credited with a quick action that kept his duchess from serious harm after a car crash in Spain near a bridge. NBC said the couple, fleeing France, were en route to Portugal when the incident occurred. the impact tore open the car top and nearly pitched the Duchess into a river.
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New York
Duke of Windsor
Spain
National Broadcasting Company Porter
Rome
Guilford County Realty Transfers Register Note
Guilford County Guilford Township High Point and Orehead townships list realty transfers. Transfers show buyers and sellers including Yokeley Buie Samuels Beeson and Royer with properties on Glen Oaks Jamestown Fairfield East Blain Street and more. Commissioners Fentress and Robertson oversee adjoining properties and Green Acres listings.
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High Point Township
Fairfield Road
W. S. Beeson
Charles R. Saulter
Perty
Jamestown Street
Nancy G. Royer
Rob I. Barr
In Street
Wilm Re Bayless
East Blain Sarees
F. Rice
L. G. Es
Ress Township
B. L. Fentress
T. Whittington
Jesse D. Hackett
Ilmer Township
Mrs Whitsett to Conduct Revival at City Church
Mrs Rena A Whitsett a divine healer of Lynchburg Va will conduct a week of revival services at the Church of God in Christ on Beamon Street beginning Monday evening July 1 at 7 30.
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Whitsett
Rena A. Whitsett
Lynchburg, Va
Church of God In Christ
Beamon Street
Stewards Gather at St Stephen’s A M E Zion Church
W M Allen hosted Steward Board No 1 at his home on 1204 Kivett Drive. Mrs Allen served a delicious report after the meeting. The next gathering is set for July 8 at Archa McCoy’s home 304 Wise Street.
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W. M. Allen
Steward Board No. 1
St. Stephen's A. M. E. Zion Church
Kivett Drive
Allen
Archa McCoy
Wise Street
Catherine Brown Honored With Farewell Party
Mrs. Lucile Wither and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Harris hosted a farewell gathering for Mrs. Catherine Brown at her Fairview Street home. The event featured sweet peas and roses decor, Whist and Bingo, and a dainty repast for a group of guests including Misses Lucile Sherrill Mabele Wofford Sarah Mae Alben and several adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucile Wither
Leroy Harris
Catherine Brown
Fairview Street
Brown
Catherine Ross
Lucile Sherrill
Mabele Wofford
Sarah Mae Alben
Viola Walker
Roosevelt Hightower
Murray Huling
John Jr. Harris
Willie Halton
James Ingram
Oscar Leach
Channing Ramage
Hartley Brooks
Faithful Servant Club Sponsors Church Service
The Faithful Servant Club of the Seventh Day Adventist Church sponsors a service at the church on Olga Street tonight at 7 30 o clock. Rev J B Jones will be the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faithful Servant Club
Faithful Servant” Club
Seven Day Adventist Church
Olga Street
J. B. Jones
Bishop Matthews to Deliver Sermon at St Stephen’s
Bishop W. M. Matthews of Washington DC will preach at St Stephen's A M E Zion Church Sunday. Free tennis lessons start Monday July 1 at Colored park led by Dr J J Wilson with courts free during two weeks from 12 30 to 1 30 daily.
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Mattews
W. M. Matthews
Washington, D. C
St. Stephen's A. M. E. Zion
Colored Park
Bailey
J. J. Wilson
Beauty School Holds Graduation Exercises
The White s School of Beauty Culture held its graduation exercises at the First Baptist Church on Sunday June 23. The program included a processional invoca tion welcome address by Miss Frances Coleman class history poem serving for beauty s sake class song two papers beauty culture as a profession songs addresses awards gifts and recessional with Mrs Thelma Peterson pianist and Miss Carolyn Thomas superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beauty School
White's School of Beauty
First Baptist Church
Long
Frances Coleman
Helen Anderson
Katy Cook
F. McGill
O. E. Davis
Murray Davis
Thelma Peterson
A. J. Griffin
Carolyn Thomas
Musical program at Mars Hill Holiness Church
This evening at 8 o clock a musical program will be given at the Mars Hill Holiness Church. Music will be provided by Mt Calvary Gospel Singers and the Golden Star quartet, both of this city.
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Mars Hill
Mt. Calvary Gospel Singers
Golden Star Quartet
Miss Florence Simmons Heads to Brooklyn to Visit Uncle
Miss Florence Simmons of 506 Parkway leaves this morning for Brooklyn New York to visit her uncle Charles Capel.
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Florence Simmons
Parkway
Brooklyn
New York
Charles Capel
German Forces Reach Spanish Border in Occupied France
The German high command announced that forces occupying France have reached the Spanish border, placing the entire French west coast under German control.
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Berlin
France
Spanish
Cigarette Tax Increase Announced For July 1
Greensboro internal revenue collector C H Robertson announced the 1940 act raises cigarette tax by one half cent per package and imposes a floor stock tax. Manufacturers wholesalers and retailers must count stocks as of July 1 and file returns with remittance by August 1.
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C. H. Robertson
Internal Revenue
Greensboro
Collector of
Washington
Collector of Internal Revenue
Gardner says British stand will inspire world in crisis
Shelby June 28 O Max Gardner, former governor, tells Shelby Rotary that England will set an example of Spartan courage in its crisis and write glorious pages in blood and sacrifice for liberty, win or lose.
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Shelby
O. Max Gardner
England
Friends of Liberty
Human Freedom
Shelby Rotary Club
Hitler's rise fueled by a burning idea and mass appeal
A biography note traces Adolf Hitler's early years in the Bavarian city of Munich, his shift from a Socialist label to the Nazi party, and his method of building influence with secret meetings and mass handbills. It notes his 1922 Munich rally of about 2,500 people and anti Semitic propaganda.
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Hitler
Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm II
Holland
Empire
German Republic
A. Hitler
Munich
Workers’ Party
National Socialist
Lexington Ensign Makes Water Landing Near Norfolk
Ensign Jack Bower of Lexington lands on the sea after landing gear issues during approach. He reports a chain fouled the gear, but he safely floated the plane and was rescued by crash boats off Chambers Field. The event follows a prior water landing by Ensign Lindsay Lawlor during Pacific maneuvers observed by Secretary Edison.
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Lexington Naval Flyer
Lexington Dispatch
Lindsay Lawlor
Lexington
John T. Lowe
Mid- Pacific
Charles Edison
Jack Bower
John C. Bower
Norfolk
Bower
Winston-Salem
Wasp
Fighting Seven
U.S. Navy
Builder's
Wasp Base
Naval Air Stations
Chambers Field
Navy
University of North Carolina
Governor Hoey backs military training for CCC and colleges
Raleigh June 28 Governor Hoey said he favored military training for the CCC and for all colleges and especially for the University of North Carolina He has written the War Department about establishing an ROTU unit at the Chapel Hill campus and supports extending several hours of military training daily for the CCC.
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Raleigh
Hoey
CCC
University of North Carolina
War Department
Chapel Hill
Summer Conference Opens at Montreat for Presbyterians
Montreat assembly grounds host the start of summer conferences of the Southern Presbyterian Church. The Conference on Christian Education and Ministerial Relief opens along with the 27th annual Presbyterian Educational Association of the South meeting and the General Assembly advisory committee on Christian Education. The events run through July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreat
Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Conference On Christian Education and Ministerial Relief
Presbyterian Educational Association of the South
The
General Assembly
Advisory Committee On Christian Educaton
Industrial index climbs as war boosts wartime economy
The Composite Index rose to 2.3 percent below normal while the nation reports gains across steel, autos, rail, textiles, lumber, building, and oil sectors. Retail sales jump 10 percent above 1939 in many centers as May foreign trade steadies despite export losses. Near-term sentiment improves amid signs of wartime demand and government armament plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Britain
America
Europe
Publishers Financial Bureau
Babson Park
Mass
Three-Fourths Of Total Exports May Be Lost On Tobacco Crops
Tobacco growers warn of drastic export losses as leaders of the Tobacco Association of the United States project a drop to about 120 million pounds of exports if Britain and Germany cannot export markets resume. President James Ficklen cites shipping shortages and possible production quotas. Georgia and Florida farmers face lost revenue from ungraded crops in recent years.
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White Sulphur Springs
United States
James 8. Ficklen
The
Tobacco Association of the
Great Britain
Germany
Ficklen
Association
China
Commodity Credit Corporation
Georgia
Florida
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