Ten Negroes Arrested on Morals Charges in Thomasville
Law officers report weekend arrests of ten Black residents in Thomasville on morals charges. Three couples were nabbed on a rural road for occupying a motor vehicle for immoral purposes, four others for occupying a house for immoral purposes, with several names and addresses listed. Additional charges include possession of untaxed whisky and an assault case involving Albert Cochran. Bonds ranged from 100 to 400 dollars. July 10 trial dates tentatively set.
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Thomasville
Sheriff's Department
Janie Mae Hayes
Varenwey Drive
High Point
Laura E. Leak
Church Street
Rozenna Robinson
Greenway Drive
George Odell Carr
Brown Street
H. B. Clinard
Barnwell Street
Leroy Harrington
Doak Street
Doak Hudson
Helen Baily
Alexander Street
Clifford Lewis
John H Banks to Assume Legion Post Commander
John H Banks 41 will be installed as commander of the I T Mann Post American Legion by Department Commander W L McMillan at 7 30 p m at the Rainbow Supper Club. He has served as first and second vice commander and leads Junior Legion baseball for two years.
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John H. Banks
I. T. Mann
American Legion
W. L. McMillan
Rainbow Supper Club
Banks
The
Legion
Junior Legion
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Moose
Catholic Men's Club
Immaculate Heart of Mary Church
John H. Banks Textiles
Paragon Waste Manufacturing Corp
Wives of Legionnaires
Shoplifter Receives Active Prison Term in Court
In Municipal Court Judge Archie Myatt sentenced Willie Head a 28 year old from Charlotte to eight months on three larceny charges to run consecutively. The defendant and two others were accused of stealing clothing from a parked car behind Sears Roebuck. Value of the items set at 96.05 dollars.
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Archie Myatt
Charlotte
Willie Head
State Prison
Salisbury
Sears, Roebuck
Matthew Hargrove
Trinity
William and Mary
Hargrove
Perry Street
Ruby Cunningham
Route 6
Roy Hedrick, Jr
Superior Court
Myatt
Josephine Latta
William A. Phillips
Route 5
Phillips
Wife Accused of Striking Mate in Teeth
Jamestown woman Ruth Nunn, 32, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon after deputies said she knocked out two of her husband's teeth with a flashlight. She is free on $200 bond. Weekend arrests include Clarence Diggs 30 jailed on assault with a deadly weapon with $300 bond, Josephine Parks 38 charged with trespass and drunkenness with $100 bond, James Smith 68 charged with simple assault released on $100 bond, and Lanuise Stockton 33 charged with simple assault released on $100 bond.
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Jamestown
Ruth Nunn
Clarence Diggs
Beamon Street
Josephine Parks
Briggs Avenue
James Smith
Loflin Street
Lanuise Stockton
Mangum Avenue
Gasoline Theft Reported to Police
Police reported two theft incidents yesterday. Frank B Kilduff said a tank of gasoline was siphoned from his car at the Elwood Hotel parking lot and a car door lock was tampered with. John Mathews reported a billfold stolen from his wife’s car at Big Bear Supermarket on North Wrenn Street, containing her driver's license.
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Frank B. Kilduff
Elwood Hotel
John Mathews
Morgan Street
Big Bear Supermarket
Wrenn Street
Microphones on German Railroads Guide Gates
A feature notes how crossing mics enable motorists to contact a central station that opens gates when tracks are clear and closes them after a train passes, simplifying crossing safety and traffic flow.
Deaths and Funerals
Several infant and adult deaths are reported. Steve Allen Cable seven day old son of J D and Nancy Cable dies in Randolph County with graveside services at Center Cemetery. Sharon Leigh Nobles two month old daughter of Pete and Edith Nobles dies after brief illness. services at home then Oakwood Cemetery in the near term. Ida Augusta Swanson 77 dies in Jacksonville after six months decline. funeral at Ward Street Methodist with interment at Floral Garden Park Cemetery. Anna Ferguson Williams 59 dies at High Point Memorial. burial at Oakwood Cemetery. Ronald Lee Burchfield nine month old son of Reavis and Beverly Burchfield dies at home with services at Koonce Funeral Home.
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Steve Cable
Steve Allen Cable
J. D
Nancy Tuttle Cable
Dirk Cable
Cable
Center Friends Church
Randolph County
Center Cemetery
Sharon Nobles
Sharon Leigh Nobles
Pete
Edith Cox Nobles
Clara Cox
Barbara Carol
Lizzie Ann
Brenda Joyce
Oakwood
Ida Swanson
Ida Augusta Swanson
Lindsay B. Swanson
Jacksonville
Swanson
Wilkes County
Thomas and
Opaline Ferguson Barlow
Wilkesboro
Ward Street Methodist
Ladies Bible
Chhurch
Lion Lynam
Greenland
N. H
Willard Ivester
Union Cross
S. S. Swanson
High Point
McKenly i Swanson
Paul Swanson
West Jefferson
Forrest Swanson
Front Royal
George Swanson
St.Louis
Thomas Swanson
Stoneman Barlow
Bumpus
J. H. Barlow
West Port
Calif
C. F.womble
Anna Ferguson Williams
High Point Memorial Hospital
Woodlawn Baptist Church
A. B. Asbill
J. W. Grace
Oaks View Methodist Church
Edgar L. Williams
Ferrel Garrison
Robert Suggs
W. W. Montsinger
Charlie Carmichael
Ransom Johnson
Byrum Bryant
Oakwood Cemetery
Ronald Lee Burchfield
Reavis Burchfield
Clara Cox Apts
Ogden
Utah
Reavis
Beverly Titus Burchfield
Reavis Burchfield, Jr
Vernon Titus
Koonce Funeral Home
Billy Kaney
Floral Gerden Park Cemetery
Bigger Kick Than Superman Removed
A local Memphis drug store removed a gadget dubbed a bigger kick than Superman after the owner feared it would invite criticism. The device powered by a low voltage generator gave a mild shock to youths perched on a window ledge while thumbing through comics from the rack nearby.
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Memphis
Tenn
Thomasville Appoints New City Engineer Webster
Felix L Webster Jr the 26 year old new city engineer for Thomasville will start July 1 replacing Oscar Lambeth who resigned to join the State Highway Commission. Webster a NC State College civil engineering graduate 1949 and Navy veteran has worked in Wilmington as an estimator and in Winston Salem as a contractor foreman. his family will relocate this week to Thomasville where he will tackle several engineering problems accumulated since Lambeth left.
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Thomasville
Felix L. Webster, Jr
Everett W. Schadt
Webster
Oscar Lambeth
State Highway Commission
Lambeth
N. C. State College
Por
Grand Canyon In Own Back Yard
Mrs Cal vin Prescott returned from Europe to find heavy rains had washed out a 50 by 20 foot cave in her backyard and the basement floor collapsed. She said she had spent three months sightseeing and came home to find the Grand Canyon in her back yard.
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Atlanta
Calvin Prescott
Europe
Grand Canyon
Robbery Reporter Fleeing Seeks Shelter Then Captured
In Burlingame California a 23 year old man Robert Maize was confronted by a gunman on a quiet street. He ran into a shrubbery thicket and a stone wall, but the robber followed and nabbed Maize, taking 85 dollars.
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Burlingame
Calif
Robert Maize
Maize
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Albert Cochran
Lincoln Street
Willie Mae McBride
Annie Medley
Cochran
Marsh Street
Hanes
Efird’s Dept. Store
Richardson’s Dept. Store
Swartzberg
WN Tay
Life
Look
Saturday Evening Post
America
Hanes Katting Co
Winston-Salem, N. Q
Legion Post
Oroville
William Brady
Brady
Koonce
Floral Garden Park Cemetery
Anna Williams
Ronald Burchfield
Superman
Ay Peti Aeeeae
Peedy Og
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