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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1951
Page
5
Winfred Callahan, 23, faces Municipal court trial after a Saturday incident on English and Ward streets. Police say his eastbound swerve hit a westbound car, then crashed a bridge support on Ward, injuring him. Damages listed at about $700.
Rep Flood of Pennsylvania urged creation of a two member House committee to study and evaluate plans for world peace. He argued U S aims and efforts should center on achieving world peace through active consideration of UN and other organizations.
Municipal Judge D C MacRae sentenced seven defendants and three suspended cases in a local session. Robert West topton was jailed 18 months with 9 months to serve. Edward Patrum received 12 months with concurrent 30 days for drunkenness. Junior Barnes ordered six months with an 18 month overall term suspended on conditions not to drive for two years and pay costs. Rosale Johnson got 25 months for multiple offenses. Herbert Wood two six month terms for assault. Frank Strickland days for violation of prohibition law. Willie Kirk 30 days for drunkenness. Numerous others faced suspensions, costs, or continued judgments for various charges including assault, drunken driving, improper brakes, and issuing worthless checks.
City Council defeated a proposal to remove High Point from a sweeping election law plan aimed at centralizing administration. Debate focused on keeping elections local, with opponents arguing for closer to home governance and rejecting a county broad authority over precincts.
The Supreme Soviet approved a law criminalizing war mongering with the death penalty for propaganda in any form. The measure, passed with no opposition in Stalin’s presence, brands war propaganda a crime against humanity and grants capital punishment for offenses against the state.
Police seek a man who took a light green 1940 Plymouth coupe from a local used car lot with plate 381-466. The thief drove off in a truck and did not return, leaving the coupe and a stolen truck unaccounted for. the vehicle was valued at 395 dollars and the owner remains unidentified.
Alvin Barkley was robbed in Evansville last night by two men. He lost about $30, his wallet and pockets searched, but his wallet remained under his hat where he keeps it after a prior hold up years ago. He was not harmed.
A Winston-Salem court docket lists six months suspended and fines for drunken driving and related offenses with costs assessed to defendants including Milford Leops for no operator's license and multiple individuals such as Jesse Saunders and George T. Stewart for drunkenness. Jury trial requests appear for cases involving assault, carrying concealed weapons, and other charges.
Tonight at 8 Rev William S Lea of Knoxville Tenn continues the preaching mission at St Marys Episcopal Church. Lea serves in church leadership roles in the Diocese of Upper South Carolina and Tennessee and has twice been a delegate to the general convention.
A justice examiner’s report following arrests links the organization to seven other crimes over the past two years in the Middle East. The findings name Amin Osman Pasha among those associated with the cases.
The convention of the Byleceet notes that while serving as rector in Marysville he taught sociology at Maryville College and held the position of city editor for the Maryville Daily Times.
The Securities Investments Company will hold its annual stockholders meeting on March 30 1961 at 1 30 PM at the company office Jacobs Avenue High Point North Carolina. Directors will be elected and reports received. Stockholders are urged to sign and return proxies to ensure representation. Arthur Kirkman Secretary. 313 14
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