Delayed hearings in Thomasville rector Jones cases
Two sessions involving Marie Proct and Dorothy Jones, both of 616 Lexington, were postponed again in the Thomasville district court. Proct, a German war bride, is charged with assault, while Jones seeks to defend against a slander claim. The cases, set for March 21, were continued to today and then to be further delayed for two weeks due to defense needs and a key witness.
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Thomasville
Mar
Marie Proct
Dorothy Jones
Ixington
Recder
Russell van Landingham
Jones Nunsel
Carl Wilson
Warside
Isband
U. S. My
Jones Oman
Jones
Ones
Wilson
Waynick Emerges as Possible Broughton Successor
Speculation swirls that Waynick former editor of the High Point Enterprise and ex highway chairman may be Broughton's gubernatorial successor. Born in 1888 in Raleigh, he built a law career and wealth through ventures while maintaining ties to the east and west of the state. Other possible candidates include Umstead Jett Jordan Saxapahaw ind Wilkins P Horton and Wade Barber, with legacy figures from Scott’s era weighing in on the party’s direction.
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North Carolina
Waynick
Broughton
Igh Point Enterprise
Highway Commission
High Point
Raleigh
Aghton
Umstead
Jett Jordan
Saxapahan Indust
Scott
Wilkins P. Horton
City
Wade Barber
Itsboro
Pow
Horton
A. J. Maxll
Lee Gravely
Rocky Mount
Educann Raleigh
Wake For
Harvard Law 1
Winston-Salem Journal
Iisted
Dentist Pitches SUXION False Teeth Solution
A dentist touts SUXION a new reduct that secures loose dentures so wearers can eat and speak normally. He offers it free to all denture wearers but cites financial limits, promising refunds and low cost if it succeeds.
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XION
LUX
Funeral services for Hulbert A. Oakes 65 dies at home
Hulbert A. Oakes 65 died at his home 230 Montlieu avenue after a heart attack Sunday morning. Funeral services were held at 3 pm conducted by Rev Kenneth Goodson and Rev Wilson O Weldon of Memorial Methodist. Burial was in Oakwood Memorial Park. He was born May 3 1883 in Yadkin College Davidson county and moved to High Point in 1903. Surviving are his widow Mamie T. Oakes four daughters a son seven sisters and an aunt.
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Hulbert A. Oakes
Montlieu Avenue
Kenneth Goodson
Wilson O. Weldon
Memorial Methodist Church
Thomasville
Oakwood Memorial Park
Mr. Oakes
Yadkin College
Davidson County
Pleasant C
Louella Caton Oakes
Mamie Thompson
High Point
Mamie T. Oakes
Leigh Harper
Spencer W. Jackson
Carmen Oakes
Elizabeth Oakes
Charles Davis Oakes
Navy
Lester Peacock
George Sparger
Airy
Arthur Barber Sanford
Hubert Green
Sam Edwards
Salisbury
Leland Cecil
Lexington
Irene Parker
Washington, D. C
R. Lee
Air Force to Establish Separate Academy
Secretary Forrestal announced plans to create a distinct Air Force academy in the near future, with West Point and Annapolis remaining for current cadets. A congressional bill is expected after April 1, backed by the national military staff and Eisenhower advisory board, and the plan envisions expansion beyond existing military academies.
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Washington
Air Force
West Point
Annapolis
Air Force Academy
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Navy
Air Academy
Budget Bureau
Truman
Service Academies
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Congress
Death of North Carolina Senator Broughton Noted by Leaders
Former Governor Gregg Cherry and Senator Clyde Hoey express shock at the sudden death of Senator J Melville Broughton. They describe his leadership, integrity, and contributions to education, agriculture, and business. Rep. Durham calls him a great worker and close friend.
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Gregg Cherry
J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina
Broughton
United States
Clyde Hoey
Senate
Rep
Durham
Pasquotank Seeks Umstead for Senate Seat
Pasquotank County commissioners in session wired Governor Kerr Scott urging appointment of William B. Umstead of Durham as successor to late Senator J Melville Broughton. Broughton defeated Umstead in last year’s election for the senate post.
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Pasquotank
Elizabeth City
Mar
Pasquotank County
Kerr Scott
William B. Umstead
Durham
J. Melville Broughton
Broughton
Umstead
Senate
Fired Americans Hired By UN Mundt Asserts
Senator Mundt charged that the United Nations has hired some former State Department employees considered security risks. He cited files held by the House Un American Activities Committee and urged screening Americans by the State Department before UN employment. He noted global screening rights for France or Russia but insisted Americans on UN rolls reflect the American point of view.
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Washington
Mundt
United Nations
State Department
House Un-American Activities Committee
State Department.” Munde
France
Russia
U.N
Miss Flintom To Lead Ray Street PTA Forum
Miss Margaret Flintom instructional assistant for elementary schools will lead a Bay Street PTA forum on Bettering Human Relations tomorrow at 7 30 PM at the school. Participants include Mrs C B Loflin president of the High Point PTA Council Mrs James H Hogg past president of the same group and Mrs Helen Blankenship Bay Street school faculty member.
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Bay Street
Parent-Teacher Association
Margaret Flintom
C. B. Loflin
High Point
Parent- Teacher Council
James H. Hogg
Helen Blankenship
Royall resigning may follow Forrestal as Johnson named successor
Reporters note Royall poised to leave post around March 20 with no immediate replacement. Col Louis Johnson to succeed Forrestal March 31, as Truman heads to Florida then Winter Park. White House events and a Rollins College speech are planned. Salvation Army reports 13 766 conversions in 1948.
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Navy
Florida
Mr. Truman
Royal
Justice Vinson
Orlando
Winter Park
Rollins College
Hassett
Naval Station
Washington
Harry H. Vaughn
Army
Robert B Landry
Air Force
Royall
Defense Forrestal
Truman
Col
Louis Johnson
Forrestal
Salvation Army
United States
Flier Bill Odom Advances Toward New Jersey Coast
San Francisco report notes Bill Odom flying from Honolulu to New Jersey in a light plane aided by a brisk tail wind. He says he is ahead of schedule with more than 1300 miles covered and less than 1100 miles to San Francisco as of 10 33 a m eastern time. The pilot says the sun is up and tail wind exists despite a frontal storm remaining north of his course.
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San Francisco
Bill Odom
California
Honolulu
New Jersey
The
Airways Communications Service
Truman Charged With Forcing Senate Debate Tactics
Republicans accuse President Truman of pressuring lawmakers with a majority vote to curb senate debate. Senator Brewster questions a shift in strategy and asks why the administration did not push for a showdown in January. Senator Wherry echoes the critique, calling the move a possible political bogeyman.
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Washington
Mar
Truman
Senate
Brewster
Maine
Wherry
Nebraska
GOP
Driver Pinned Nine Hours After Truck Overturns
Bernard Newman, 20, of Fancy Gap Virginia, was pinned under the cab for nine hours after his Crawford Transport Company truck overturned on the Mount Airy highway three miles north of Winston-Salem. He was found at eight this morning, rescued, and taken to the hospital in satisfactory condition with head and hip injuries and shock from exposure.
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Winston-Salem
Bernard Newman
Fancy Gap
Crawford Transport Company
Mount Airy
Newman
Couple in New York extradition fight linked to triple murder
Fernandez said he would fight extradition even if Michigan agrees. Mrs. Beck showed indifference. The couple face charges in the killings of Deliphine Downing 29 and her baby Rainelle near New York, and the murder of Janet Fay 50 in Valley Stream New York.
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New York
Michigan
Fernandez
Defense seeks dismissal of conspiracy charges against Reds
The defense in New York sought dismissal of a conspiracy indictment against 11 high ranking communists, claiming President Truman's labeling of Eugene Dennis and William Z. Foster as traitors tainted the trial. The motion was denied, referencing Truman's remarks after the party leaders issued a statement. Dennis is general secretary. Foster is national chairman but has delayed trial due to poor health.
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New York
Truman
American Communist Party
Eugene Dennis
William Z. Foster
Dennis
Foster
Bill to shield federal agents moves quietly in House
A secretive bill to grant permanent statutory authority to the CIA and expand powers abroad moves through the House. Debate is tightly restricted, with secret hearings and no floor amendments, as committee chair Vinson defends national security and secrecy.
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Washington
Mar
U. S
House
Vinson
D-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
Congress
House Rules Committee
Rep. Short
R-Mo
Central Intelligence Agency
Willie's School Daze staged by WSC S at Oak Hill
The original play Willie's School Daze will be presented in Oak Hill School auditorium at 8 o clock Friday evening March 11 under the auspices of the Women's Society of Christian Service Ward Street Methodist church. Ray M Caudle author of the play will be in the cast of 21 players from the Ward Street church. The wholesome comedy aims to make audiences laugh at school as it used to be.
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Willie
Oak Hill
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Ward Street Methodist Church
Ray M. Caudle
Ward Street
Plane Crash Hurts Lowell Teens Near Spindale
James B. Armstrong sixteen of Lowell is reported in good condition at a Gastonia hospital after a plane crash with Wesley Laws. The youths were piloting a light plane that fell about 100 feet after takeoff from Spindale City airport. Armstrong sustained a fractured skull. Laws escaped injury. A civil aeronautics board investigation is underway.
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Gastonia
James B. Armstrong
Lowell
Armstrong
Wesley Laws
Spindale City
Civil Aeronautics Board
Shakeups in Soviet leadership amid purges and Tito test
Western officials and experts debate whether Soviet purges signal hardening or softening toward the West as the Molotov Vishinsky shift prompts fresh power strains. U.S. specialists expect no fundamental change in Russia's world Communist goals amid the broader Eastern European upheaval. A stray sentence notes clay tile use in Holland since the 17th century.
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Moscow
Europe
Tito
Russia
Man as Son of God Featured in Christian Science Lesson
Sunday services across Christian Science churches reflected on God's Fatherhood and mankind as God's offspring. The Golden Text from I John 3:1 emphasized divine love, with Malachi 2:10 citing unity of the family of God and Science and Health by Mary Baker Eddy noting man and woman as coexistent with God in glorified reflection.
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Christian Science
John
God
Malachi
Mary Baker Eddy
Revival Services Open at Lexington Avenue Baptist
Revival services began Sunday March 6 at 11 with Dr Rev Clyde Turner preaching on Building a Life from 1 Corinthians 3 9 5 He stressed three pillars foundation must be secure building worthy materials and a testing time The evening service at 7 30 featured The Plan of Salvation linking God s chain of salvation.
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Lexington Avenue Baptist Church
Clyde Turner
Turner
Paul
Jesus Christ
Christ
Denmark and Norway debate Atlantic Pact stance amid Soviet warning
The piece surveys Denmark’s cautious posture toward joining NATO and Norway’s precarious position after Russia warned against an Atlantic alliance. It cites AP dispatches from Kirkenes noting Norway’s Arctic fear of its large northern neighbor and the thin guard along the 122 mile frontier, with communists active in villages.
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Norway
Russia
Atlantic Alliance
Daniel de Luce
Associated Press
Kirkenes
de Luce
Arctic
Finnmark
Communist Party
Finland
Three Autos in Crash Near Thomasville
Three cars collided yesterday at the old and new Lexington highways intersection. Drivers Reece Boettcher of Thomasville Harry Hicks of Winston-Salem and Sue Marr Cook of Statesville face reckless driving charges. Trials set for March 14 in local court.
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Thomasville
New Lexington
Herman Ivey
Reece William Boettcher
Harry Hughes Hicks
Winston-Salem
Sue Marr Cook
Statesville
Ivey
Boettcher
Lexington
Hicks
Boettcher Auto
Cook
Flynn's Wife Plans Divorce From Film Star
Nora Eddington Flynn says she will divorce Errol Flynn after an oral agreement, with attorneys to formalize. She plans to live quietly on a ranch near Las Vegas and take the children. Flynn did not comment on the separation and reconciliation headlines.
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Hollywood
Nora Eddington Flynn
Errol
Las Vegas
LeGrand Funeral to Be Held Tuesday
John H. LeGrand of 605 Hulda Street died Friday in Greensboro. Survived by daughter Miss Helen LeGrand of Atlantic City, two sons Crawford and Velvet LeGrand of High Point, three sisters Mrs. Clara Little Dale Little and Ruth Little of High Point. Funeral services Tuesday at 3 p.m. from Haizlip's chapel in High Point. Rev J E Melton of Calvary Baptist church to lead. Burial in Greenhill Cemetery.
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Legrand
John H. LeGrand
Hulda Street
Greensboro
Helen LeGrand
Atlantic City
High Point
Crawford
Velvet LeGrand
Clara Little
Dale Little
Ruth Little
Haizlip’s Chapel
J. E. Melton
Calvary Baptist Church
Greenhill Cemetery
Furnished bedrooms in private homes with contacts
Nicely furnished bedrooms available in private homes. Listings include 509 Farlow Street with large windows, modern bath, twin beds, automatic heat and hot water. 210 E. Ray Street offering furnished room with private phone access. 405 English Street with modern conveniences and girls preferred. 305 Steele Street with hot and cold water and shower.
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Farlow Street
E. Ray Street
English Street
Steele Street
The American crocodile history and behavior note
The article explains the American crocodile is more vicious than the alligator yet shows no hostility to humans. It was first recorded in the United States in 1876, with prior knowledge in Mexico the West Indies and as far south as Ecuador.
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United States
Mexico
West Indies
Ecuador
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Jimmy Hatl
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Gallagher
Kelleher
Miss Flintom
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Chine
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W.S.C.S
Ward St
Oak Hill School
Man
Holland
MacKenzie
Denmark
Flynn
Enterprise Classified AD Dept
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Woodrow
Bath
APTS
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R. B. Gantt & CO
Taylor Street
Brent Wood
Louise Avenue
Briggs Avenue
Singer
Mode
South Main Street
Nash Jewelry and Loan CO
North Main Street
Paul Kennedy
Griffith Office Equipment Co
E. _Commerce
Horton Furniture CO
Cretonnes
Palm and Gene Beauty Shop
Monark
Meria
Younts Gro
N. Main ST
Nash
N. Main Street
Kodak
Cody Upholstering CO
S. Main
City Appliance Co
Main St
Horton Furniture Company
East Washington Street
Russell Street
Thayer Baby Carriage
Shepherds West
Seibler
Main Street
Commerce Furniture Exchange
East Commerce St
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