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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1947

Page

2

Red Cross fund need urged by Roanoke nurse

Lilla Mann Bell, a High Point girl serving with the American Red Cross in a Roanoke VA veterans hospital, argues that Red Cross support must continue. She notes hospital patients receive parties and services, and that veterans now home and abroad rely on Red Cross as they transition to civilian life.

American Red Cross Lilla Mann Bell Red Cross Veterans’ Hospital Roanoke Veterans’ Administration

World War II Serviceman Makes Five Home Front Trips

A serviceman described as an WWII era veteran made five separate away trips before departing for overseas duty.

Civic Clubs Exchange backs Bible teaching in public schools

Guests of the Exchange club at the Sheraton included Mrs. Blake Thompson and Mrs. C. A. McMurray of the United Council of Church Women. They urged Bible instruction in public schools to curb juvenile delinquency, proposing four teachers at a cost of $10,000 and a March 9 Loyalty action with each church member asked to contribute up to $1. Discussion followed the plan.

Exchange Club Sheraton Hotel Blake Thompson C. A. McMurray United Council of Church Women Thompson McMurray

Thomasville Lions Welcome Rev George L Schott Speaker

In Thomasville on March 4 the Lions club luncheon at the Woman's club building heard Rev George L Schott of Spencer Calvary Reformed Church speak on his work with Boy Scouts in the Rowan district. Grover Seamon introduced the speaker, Harold Harrison presided, and new member Robert Powell was welcomed. Wynn Harris of Winston-Salem attended as guest.

Thomasvile Lions Thomasville Lions Club Woman's Club George L. Schott Spencer Calvary Reformed Church Rowan Grover Seamon Harold Harrison Robert Powell Wynn Harris Winston-Salem

Dr W Herschel Ford Revival Sermon At Green Street

Dr W Herschel Ford of Atlanta spoke to a large Green Street Baptist Church congregation last night on What I See at the Foot of the Cross. John E Cargill led singing and performed Amazing Grace as accompaniment to Galatians 6 14. Ford urged the cross as central to salvation, sin, and Gods love, with nightly services through March 14 at 10 am and 745 pm.

W. Herschel Ford Atlanta Green Street Baptist Church John E. Cargill Fort Worth Texas Jesus Christ Christ Ford God

Whisky Raid on Club Kilroy Nets 72 Bottles

Police raided the home of Walter W. L. McElrath 25 of 627 East Washington Street and seized tax paid whisky totaling 33 fifths and 39 pints. McElrath detained then released on $300 bond. The club Kilroy was cited as the location. One other arrest followed: Allen Kelly 37 of Walnut Street. Bond set at $200 on hit and run charge after a collision damaging C. T. Whitten’s car valued at $150.

Walter W. L. McElrath Washington Street McElrath Club Kilroy Allen Kelly Walnut Street C. T. Whitten

Mrs. Agnes Autry Dies at 40 in Archdale Home

Mrs. Agnes Floe Autry 40 wife of J C Autry of Archdale died at her home shortly after 9 this morning after years of illness. Born October 10 1909 in Morrisville she married in 1924 and moved to the area in 1925. Survived by husband two children four sisters and two brothers funeral at First Pilgrim Holiness church Thursday at 11 with burial in Floral Garden Park cemetery. The body to be displayed at the church an hour before services and returned to the Archdale home at 10 Wednesday morning.

Agnes Floe Autry J. C. Autry Archdale Mrs. Autry Morrisville Wake County Brutus and Dillie Maynard Upchurch Mr. Autry Pilgrim Holiness Church Mary Kathryn’ Autry Jerry Ronald Autry W. A. Hilliard Rt. 1 J. E. Brown Varina Russell McGhee L. L. Creech Clayton Aliie Upchurch Sam County Sion Upchurch First Pilgrim Holiness Church J. A. Grout W. B. Penny Archdale Methodist Church Floral Garden Park First Pilgrim Church

E. W. Kindley Dies at 24 in Thomasville Home

E Webster Kindley 24 died suddenly at 4 45 am Tuesday at 107 Myers Street Thomasville He was in declining health but the death came unexpectedly He was born April 22 1923 son of the late Milton and Dora Miller Kindley Survived by stepmother three sisters C Haltom C A Pope and Mrs Joe W Riley three brothers Vance Quinton Aultman and other relatives The body remains at Walker Funeral Home awaiting funeral arrangements.

Thomasville E. Webster Kindley Myers Street Kindley First Methodist Church Milton Dora Miller Kindley Randolph County Eliza

Medicos of Tri State Meet Adjourns Tonight

The 48th Tri State Medical association meeting for surgeons and physicians from the Carolinas and Virginia opened at Sedgefield Inn with about 100 members. Dr John W Davis of Lynchburg Va delivered the featured address on Carcinogenic Factors of Estrogens. Lectures and clinics continued, with tonight’s session to elect officers. Dr C L Gray of High Point spoke on bronchiectasis and Dr H L Brockman on varicose veins.

Tri-State Medical Association Carolinas Virginia Sedgefield Inn John W. Davis Lynchburg C. L. Gray High Point H. L. Brockman

Funeral Rites for Carson C Welborn Held in Concord

Funeral services for Carson C Welborn who died in a Concord hospital after a four year illness were held in the Sechrest Funeral Home chapel at 11 o clock. Burial followed at Spring Hill Cemetery. An executor's notice in the Hodgin estate warns creditors to file claims by February 5, 1948 and debtors to settle with Wachovia Bank and Trust Company in High Point, North Carolina.

Carson C. Welborn Concord Hospital Chapel of Sechrest Spring Hill Cemetery George L. Hodgin Jamestown Township Guilford County North Carolina Trust Department of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Ihs Wachovia Bank High Point Wachovia Bank and Trust Company

Hossanna Tents meets Friday and community clubs host events

The Hossanna Tents 326 will meet Friday night at 7 30 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall. Progress Circle No 2 of St Stephen's AME Zion church meets March 8 at Mrs Thompson's home. A waist measure and cake cutting is planned at Mrs Zula Long's home 56-A Daniel Brooks Homes at 7 30 p.m. Wm Penn High School teams play tonight at 7 30 p.m. in the Wm Penn gym. Carl Chavis Harmonizers sing at Pearson Memorial AME church tonight at 8 p.m. Browning Chapel Choral Ensemble presents Christine Brown in concert at Brooks Memorial church Sunday at 8 p.m. Mrs Lillian Lythe of 111 Brooks street is reported very ill. Cherrie Craft Club meets Monday at 5 30 p.m. at Miss Rosetta Baldwin's home 1408 Ogia Street.

Progress Circle Progress Circle No St. Stephen's Ame Zion Church Thompson Zula Long Daniel Brooks Wm Penn High School Aero Wm Penn Gymnasium Pearson Memorial Carl Chavis Pearson Memorial Ame Brooks Memorial Browning Chapel Christine, Brown Brooks Memorial Church Lillian Lythe Brooks Street Craft Club Cherrie Craft Club Rosetta Baldwin Ogia Street

Stalin Relinquishes Armies Post to Bulganin

London broadcasts say Joseph Stalin resigns as minister of the armed forces due to pressure from other duties. Nikolai Bulganin, already a top army official, takes over the post while Stalin remains premier and party chief. The change follows a prior Moscow government reshuffle within a week.

London Stalin Moscow Radio Nikolai A. Bulganin Russia Moscow Andrei A. Zhdanov Council of the Union of the Supreme Soviet Council of the Union Communist Party Supreme Soviet J. V. Stalin Council of Ministers Presidium N. A. Bulganin Tass Bulganin Ministry of Armed Forces Moscow City

Banks in Tel Aviv Closed Under Martial Law After Withdrawals

British authorities reported a small scale attack near Hadera with no casualties. In Tel Aviv within the martial law zone banks stayed closed as a joint statement said currency was lacking. About $4,000,000 was withdrawn yesterday by residents fearing an official closure.

Hadera Tel Aviv

Rents to Rise 15 Percent in Six Month Extension

Senator Buck predicts Congress will include a 15 percent across the board rent increase in a bill extending rent control for six months. He notes he would prefer 10 percent but believes the Senate favors the larger rise. The banking subcommittee approved the measure and its bill goes to the full committee Thursday.

Washington Buck D-Del Congress Senate Banking Senate

Senator Gurney Proposes Major Army Navy Budget Cut

Gurney argues a six billion dollar reduction is possible reducing the eleven point two billion dollar request for armed services by two billion or more.

Army Navy Gurney Truman

House rejects senate budget cut limit seeks joint conference

The House refused the Senate’s 4.5 billion budget cut and moved to a joint conference with a 6.0 billion trimming plan. Speaker Martin and Rep Taber push 26 percent income tax cuts as the battle shifts to a 20 member committee.

Washington House Senate Taber Appropriations Martin Mass

House Senate clash over budget cuts deepens

Martin states the House Republican leaders respond to a 64 to 20 Senate vote on a four and a half billion dollar budget cut and earmarking two point six billion for debt relief. The split between chambers highlights fiscal policy disputes as a 10 member conference committee is formed.

Martin House Senate Army Navy Sion

Marshall Warns on Occupation Troops and Armistice

In a cabinet session Deputy Marshall and Secretary Byrnes discuss postwar control. Byrnes says four defeated nations face ongoing interference risk while armistice regimes hold. Vandenberg commends Marshall as he departs, pledging not to probe sensitive crisis spots.

Byrnes Marshall Godspeed Vandenberg R-Mich Congress Marshall Greece Yugoslavia Trieste Security Council The United Nations

Presidents who lived to 90 and world trip after office

The quiz item asks which U S president reached age 90, which president proclaimed healing over heroics, and which former president undertook a postterm world tour.

United States America

Words of Wisdom: riches we hug out of this world

A Bonnell aphorism contemplates wealth and pleasure as dreamed treasures. It suggests the only true exit from life is the exit from a dream and implies spiritual limits to material gain.

Bonnell

Etiquette Hints for Eating Artichokes

Readers are advised to handle artichokes with fingers pull off each leaf and dip the edible end in sauce for proper enjoyment. The guide emphasizes timing and method to savor the heart and florets correctly.

Today's Horoscope Cautions and Hopes Across Day

A gracious personality is possible with bold, diligent effort. You are a shrewd judge of character and fond of children. Evening outside contacts are favored. health, elder anxiety, and cautious dealings feature. A talented but delicate child presages delayed success amid love or domestic worries.

One Minute Test Answers List Fragment

The text lists names: Johny Adams, Warren G Harding, and Ulysses Grant with a stray digit five. The fragmentary OCR suggests three individuals likely referencing historical figures. Further context is needed to confirm roles or dates.

Johny Adams Warren G Harding Ulysses 5S Grant

Meredith awards honor student art across departments

Meredith college art classes displayed first semester works in the departmental gallery. Awards were voted by a panel of school and civic art critics to Frances Walls for first in composition, Bethea Wells second in sculpture, Jean Bradley first in art history and second in creative design, and other students earning top places in drawing interior decoration figure drawing and sculpture.

Raleigh Meredith College Frances Walls Apex Bethea Wells Greenwood Fla Jean Bradley Belmont Alice Renner Tenafly N. J Marty Davis

Prohibition and education bills slated in state hearings

Hearing room sessions feature Rep. Dan Tompkins reform bill to outlaw intoxicating liquor above half a percent, with Penny's bill exempting beer and light wines. Senate debates include Allied Church League push for abolition, and a Ferguson measure creating a 25 member education commission with a 25000 appropriation. House actions include Ackland art museum funding via university trustees and a firework sale ban.

George Penny Guilford State Utilities Commission House Dan Tompkins Jackson Penny Senate Allied Church League For the General Assembly R. S. Ferguson Alexander Ferguson State Board of Education Sens O. B. Moss Nash Robert N. Simms, Jr Wake Wade Barber Chatham John C. Kesler Rowan Wade FE. Brown Watauga L. Richardson Union D. L. Ward Craven Ackland Arch T. Allien Rollins College of Winter Park Senate Committee On Manufacturing, Labor and Commerce State Labor Department

Senator Morse proposes Wagner act revision to curb labor abuses

Morse outlines a bill to end closed shops and secondary boycotts, curb wildcat strikes, and penalize unions under anti-trust law. It calls for regulating industry wide bargaining and dispute procedures while resisting proposed bans on secondary boycotts.

Morse Senate Labor Committee

Markets selling hits stocks in New York market

Light selling depressed leading stocks in New York on March 4. The minus column featured Bethlehem Steel Youngstown Sheet United States Rubber Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck American Telephone Electric Power Light Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Anaconda Kennecott Standard Oil New Jersey Texas Company New York Central Great Northern Railway.

New York Bethlehem Youngstown Sheet U. S. Rubber Montgomery Ward Sears Roebuck American Telephone Electric Power & Light Douglas Aircraft United Aircraft Anaconda Kenecott Standard Oil (Nj Texas Co N. Y. Central Great Northern Railway

Dinner Date Is Changed By Jefferson Day Leader

Wilkins P. Horton of Pittsboro, North Carolina Democratic committee man and Jefferson Day dinner chairman, moved the event from April 5 to April 19 to avoid legislative adjournment timing. The state's quota for the dinner is set at $20,000 for national Democrats.

Raleigh Wilkins P. Horton Pittsboro National Democratic North Carolina Horton General Assembly National Democratic Party

Snowbound skiers marooned as severe storm rages

Snow blocked rail lines in New York and Maryland with near 40 inch drifts in Canton New York and Garrett County. A snow plow overturned near Lancaster as 80 skiers were stranded on Mount Chittenden Vermont and Wendy Cram aided with supplies. Temperatures rose slightly but remained cool across the south with readings from Charlotte to Miami.

Lackawanna Lancaster Buffalo N. Y Canton New York Garrett County Maryland Mount Chittenden Wendy Cram South Charlotte N. C Ral Greensboro Atlanta Nashville Birmingham Jacksonville Fla Tampa Miami New Orleans

Newton On Trial On Income Tax Charges

Danville March 4 J Mills Newton tax consultant and attorney is on trial in Federal District Court on 20 counts alleging fraudulent applications for income tax returns for clients Newton a former internal revenue agent and native of Davidson County

Danville J. Mills Newton Federal District Court Newton Internal Revenue Department Davidson County

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