Submarine combats and Britons suffer shipping losses
London reports air attack sinks a German submarine near Schillig Roads with four bombs direct hit. Meanwhile Pacific Reliance El Ciervo and Charles E Meyer report torpedoing or sinking off Hastings and the English Channel, with crews escaping. Britain tallies merchant losses and replacements in the first half of the war.
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London
Royal Air Force
Schillig
Elbe
Ministry
el Ciervo
Charles E
Mackay Radio
New York
Virgin Islands
Pacific Reliance
Charles F. Meyer
Admiralty
Germany
Welborn Brothers Expand Into Insurance Partnership
Raymond E. Welborn joins his brother Allen B. Welborn in the general insurance business, effective March 1, at the Professional Building offices. Raymond will manage the Biltmore Hotel full-time while taking on insurance duties, adding to his two years as hotel manager. Raymond, a High Point native and High Point College attendee, partners with Allen to handle growing business needs.
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Raymond E. Welborn
Allen B. Welborn
Mr. Welborn
Biltmore
High Point
High Point High School
High Point College
Deed of Separation Filed by Local Couple
Greensboro March 65 Special A deed of separation was filed in Superior Court between S. E. Battley and wife Mary Jane Battley of High Point. Mrs. Battley gains custody of Frances May and Samuel E. with Mr. Battley having visitation and child support set at 20 dollars per month per child until they reach 18. Joint property will be sold and proceeds split.
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Greensboro
Superior Court
S. E. Battley
Mary Jane Battley
High Point
First Iron attempts in Virginia end in tragedy
In 1621 near Richmond, Virginia, America's first iron making venture failed as workmen were massacred by Indians. A quirky note adds that porcupines do not shoot quills and quills shed when used against foes.
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America
Richmond
Detroit Ring Chiefs Indicted in Gambling Conspiracy
Detroit officials including Sheriff Thomas C. Wilcox and Prosecutor Duncan McRae were indicted by Judge Homer Ferguson for conspiring to protect gambling. Wilcox and McGrath pleaded not guilty,双方 released on bonds of 1000 dollars each, with further arraignments expected for McCrea Colburn and others.
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Detroit
Albert A Hughes
Thomas C. Wilcox
Wayne County
Duncan McRae
Homer E. Ferguson
Wilcox
McCrea
Harry Coluburn
Bernard E. McGrath
Charles E. Searle
Carl Staebler
Sheriff's Office
Albert J. Garska
Grosse Pointe Park
Silent Wilcox
McGrath
Ferguson
Coltin
Hearing Set on Motor Freight Lines License Applications
Federal hearings date May 23 in Greensboro for Colonial Motor Freight Line High Point and May 18 in Raleigh for Robert White Wilson of Yanceyville. Colonial seeks license to haul household goods and furniture across Southern states with routes High Point Wilmington Kinston Williamston. Wilson seeks license for furniture building material and machinery along new Guilford County routes.
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Washington, D. C
WNL
Colonial Motor Freight Line
High Point
Greensboro
High Point Tracker
Wilmington
Kinston
Williamston
Robert White Wilson
Yanceyville
N. C
Negro Communist hearing details and Klan activity cited
Davis and John P. Davis of the National Negro Congress accuse opponents of the lynch bill of propertied influence and white womanhood degradation. Davis cites Ku Klux Klan cross burnings in Anderson and Greenville and Klan activity across several states including a NYA camp in Lexington County. Governor Maybank declines to testify, aligning with a southern governors resolution opposing the bill.
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Davis
Senate
Wiley
Russia
Mississippi Legislature
H. L .Davis
John P. Davis
National Negro Congress
Ku Klux Klan
Anderson
Greenville
S. C
NYA
National Youth Administration
Lexington County
Fred V. Johnson
South Carolina Klan
Miami
Fla
Memphis
Senator Connally
Dtex
Theaters Show Gable and Leigh in Gone With the Wind
Center screens Gone With the Wind featuring Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh. Br oadhurst presents Geronimo with Preston Foster and Ellen Drew. Paramount screens Wuthering Heights with David Niven Merle Oberon. Carolina shows On Borrowed Time with Lionel Barrymore. Rialto offers Trouble In Sundown with George O Brien. Showtimes run morning to late evening.
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Clark Gable
Vivien Leigh
Paramount
David Niven
Merle Oberon
Clarkson Praises State Textile School As Best In World
Associate Justice Heriot Clarkson called the North Carolina State College textile school the best in the world as he dedicated a new 345000 dollar textile building. He traced 40 years of state textile growth and highlighted the school’s role in commercial supremacy and regional progress.
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Clarkson
State Textile School
Raleigh
Heriot Clarkson
North Carolina Supreme Court
N. C. State College
N. C. State
Clyde R. Hoey
Hoey
William A. Withers
Ralph W. Best
Chapel Hill
Thomas Nelson
Hunter Marshall
Charlotte
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association
Dean Nelson Judge Clarkson
Dean Nelson
New England
Southland
North Carolina
Divorce Plea Heard After Lynn Woman Says Husband Punched Jaw
Mrs Florence E McGovern of Lynn seeks a divorce from James McGovern after testifying he repeatedly punched her on the left jaw. Judge John V Phelan considered the plea in Salem Massachusetts.
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Salem
Mass
John V. Phelan
Florence E. McGovern
Lynn
James
Thief Loots Auto. Salt Lake City Man Loses Fox Feed
In Salt Lake City a thief stole items from W. A. Granquist’s car valued at about $60. Police say the feed for foxes, tied to dietary deficiencies, appears unlikely to be of much use to the thief.
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Salt Lake City
W. A. Granquist
Lovers Lane to Lose Romance in Belleville Change
A new state trucking law requires operators to paint their addresses on vehicles. Farmers on Lovers Lane requested the change hoping to spare the area from jokes as the county road becomes West Boulevard.
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Belleville
Lovers’ Lane
West Boulevard
Lover's Lane
Swastika History and Animal Longevity Notes
A historical note traces the swastika to Asia Minor before the 14th century B C and lists its alternative names Fly-Foot-Cross and Gamma dion. The text adds that elephants may live 150 to 200 years and that mountain lions and leopards have been crossed successfully.
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B. C
Asia Minor
Hamlin Garland Dies at 79 in Hollywood
Hamlin Garland, chronicler of midwestern prairies and lecturer on American Indian and psychic phenomena, died in Hollywood at age 79 after a cerebral hemorrhage yesterday following a three day illness.
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Hollywood
Hamlin Garland
Prairies
Crayfish Not Fish Says Note on Wildlife Facts
A brief science note explains crayfish are crustaceans and not fish though they live in water and breathe via gills. It also describes a titmouse bird snatching hairs from a man's head to use in nest construction.
Local North Carolina Weather: Clouds and Warming Trend
A regional forecast reports mostly cloudy conditions in North Carolina with slightly warmer conditions in the western area. Winds vary from moderate to fresh northwest directions from Hatteras to Jacksonville and Sandy Hook to Hatteras with overcast to broken cloud cover tonight and Wednesday.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Finnish press notes hold Viipuri may fall as battle rages
Helsingin Sanomat Guardian Elias Erkko signals Viipuri risk while praising defenders and Soviet advances along the isthmus. Editors note the 18th division and 34th tank brigade destroyed north of Lake Ladoga. Kyosti Kallio congratulates Field Marshal Mannerheim on those actions as fighting continues at Kuhmo and along the Mannerheim Line.
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Kuhmo
Finland
Helsingin Sanomat
Elias Erkko
Viipuri
Karelia
Moscow
Kyosti Kallio
Carl Gustaf Mannerheim
34Th
Lake Ladoga
Shenandoah mine tour spurs state inquiry effort
Penn Town and officials toured Shenandoah tunnel systems on a mountain slope after a petition from 60 Shenandoah residents. James noted a Sunday night call seeking a State Bureau of Mines investigation of recent mining operations. The governor said state jurisdiction covers miner safety only, leaving reparations unclear.
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Shenandoah
James
State Bureau of Mines
Coal dyes history and Mauve discovery
Coal fuels the drug and dyestuff industries with over 900 dyes from coal tar. Mauve was the first dye discovered in 1856, marking a milestone in chemical color production.
Baker's Halfpenny Coin Legend Description
English coin from 1795 called the baker's halfpenny bears the legend To lessen the slavery of Sunday baking and provide for public wants an Act was passed by BD. bee. This notes a political aim attached to the coin.
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Egypt
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