Florence elected high post leader of VFW chapter
Florence was unanimously elected commander of the High Post VFW at the annual meeting. Officers elected include Pope senior vice commander Beshears junior vice commander Schultz quartermaster Carpenter chaplain Ginsberg surgeon Potts trustees Brown advocate. Installation set for the 14th at a joint meeting with the Post Auxiliary.
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E. Florence
V.F.W
Irl H. Pope
Couter
J. C. Beshears
Mander
A. C. Schultz
Quaraster
S. L. Carpenter
E. Ginsberg
Suin
T. C. Potts
George C. Brown
E Advocate
A. C.am
Stitches Sought After Knee Wound in Two-Car Crash
Milly H Blair of Thomas Route 2 sustained a knee wound requiring 15 stitches after a two car collision near the Curb Market on Randolph Street. Rachel M alts 33 of 516 Broad Street was the other driver. Blair and her child were taken to the local hospital. Blair was admitted while the child is reported not seriously hurt. The Blair and Younts defendants were cited for reckless driving and ordered to appear in record court March 21.
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Homasville
Milly H. Blair
Thomas_ Route 2
Randolph Et
Rachel M.alts
Broad Street
Lair
Grove Water corporation to vote on main line contract
Thomasville March 15 The Grove Water Corporation has called a stockholders meeting for Thursday at 7 30 p m in the Grove school to finalize bids for laying a 10 inch water main from Thom ile to Fair Grove President Raymond Rothrock announced the stock subscription covers the $32 000 needed for the project
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Homasville
Mar
Grove Water Corporation
Rt Grove
Thomile
Fair Grove
Trval Raymond Rothrock
Lothrock
Strike Halts Wabash Line
Wabash railroad workers quit at 6 a m amid failed federal mediation. About 3500 to 4000 employees across Iowa Missouri Illinois Ohio Indiana and Michigan are idle as neither passenger nor freight trains run. The Railway Mediation Board will decide next steps.
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ST. Louis
Wabash Railroad
Iowa
Missouri
Illinois
Ohio
Indiana
Michigan
Jack Donnelly
Brotherhood of Engineers
Salary schedule and pension bill move in state legislature
Two local measures introduced by Representatives Crissman and Kirkman during the morning session seek a compromise salary schedule for court officials in High Point with set annual figures. A separate bill would empower High Point to participate in a firemen pension fund, allowing optional retirement participation for the fire department if chosen by the city. The council favored the word may in the bill to permit participation rather than mandatory participation.
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Walter Crissman
O. Arthur Kirkman
High Point
High Point Fire Department
Sidewalk Teller Proposal Referred to City Panel
A plan to install a street level teller window at Security Bank faced review by the city council law and public safety committee. Greensboro banker John S. Calhoun filed information on the window and city manager T. E. Hinson noted the scheme avoids underground windows and would require a loading zone on Commerce Street with meter removals to allow bank customers to park and conduct business at the window.
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Security Bank
Council
Law and Public Safety Committee
John S. Calhoun
Greensboro
T. E. Hinson
Wachovia Bank
Hinson
Comerce
Bank
Commerce Street
Deadline Tonight For State And Federal Tax Returns
Raleigh March 15 the state department of revenue reports a flood of income tax returns with midnight deadline for both state and federal filings. Yesterday eight sacks arrived and peak volume is expected tomorrow or Thursday. Penalties for late returns without extension include five percent with minimum $1 if filed within 60 days. twenty five percent and minimum penalty if beyond 60 days.
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Raleigh
State Department of Revenue
Department of Revenue
Thinking Machine May Outthink Humans, Says Doctor
Dr William R Ashby of Barnwood House Hospital Gloucester claims a thinking machine built by him could be developed into an artificial brain more powerful than any human intellect.
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London
William R. Ashby
Barnwood House Hospital
Gloucester
Senatorial Appointment Still In Air In North Carolina
RALEIGH March 15 The appointment by Governor Kerr Scott of a United States senator to fill the J M Broughton vacancy is not expected before late this week It may come any moment even before this is printed The governor delays citing political angles and current national and state implications as factors while several candidates including the governor are considered.
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Raleigh
Kerr Scott
United States
J. M. Broughton
Scott
Senate
North Carolina
General Assembly
Talent Show Winners Celebrate Asheboro Event Night
Winners announced for the Randolph County Talent Festival held at Fayetteville Street School auditorium last Friday. Sponsored by the Junior Woman's Club to benefit Randolph County home for the aged and infirm. Masters of ceremonies were Nelson Harrell of WGWR with Greensboro judges. Winners span piano reading glee club musical instruments skits singing and dancing with multiple first and second places.
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Asheboro
Fayetteville Street
Junior Woman's Club
Randolph County
Nelson Harrell
WGWR
Greensboro
Grady E. Kirkman
J. A. Ring
Doris Reynolds
Glee Club
Randolph Training School
Johnson
Bernard Allred
Randleman High
Evant Wagner
Sally McCrary
Meredith Kivett
Mesdames E. V. Williamson
F. G. Richardson
Louise Batts Walker
Lucille Bishop Hoover
L. G. Campbell
Jack Spencer
Bill Boling
John F. Redding
L. L. Whitaker
Myrtle Churchfield
Eva
Prisoner Talks Way Out Of Jail In Charleston
A 22 year old inmate Thomas C Swilling convicted of robbery and assault walked free after telling a guard he was the drunken driving prisoner with a $50 bond Swilling paid the guard and left The escape was noticed when the real defendant asked for a magistrate s hearing prompting a state wide search by North and South Carolina and Georgia authorities
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Charleston
S. C
Chester Perry
Thomas C. Swilling
Swilling
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Funeral services for Nash Little set at St Mark church
Funeral services for Nash Little will be held at St. Mark Methodist church Thursday at 3 30 p m conducted by Rev McRae. Surviving are his wife Maude Little of this city three step children Mary Kerr Margaret Marshall and Johnnie Strickland two grandchildren. They will be removed from Hoover's Funeral home to his residence 610 East High Street at 5 o'clock.
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Nash Little
St. Mark Methodist Church
McRae
Maude Little
Mary Kerr
New York City
Margaret Marshall
Johnnie Strickland
Nstance Kerr
William
Hoover
East High Street
High Point Election Board Status Is Unsettled
The county elections board appoints Robert Martin to the High Point city elections board with L. H. Baker and Everette Morris, yet the legal validity remains unsettled. Eugene Shaw asks Attorney General Harry McMullan for guidance after the State board’s jurisdiction is questioned. McMullan will study the petition and issue a written opinion.
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High Point Election Board
County Elections Board
Robert Martin
City Elections Board
Martin
L. H. Baker
Everette Morris
Eugene Shaw
County Board of Elections
Harry McMullen
State Board of Elections
Shaw
McMullan
State Board
Hubert Olive
Lexington
Elec
Wade Renfroso
County Board
Martin Douglas
Wandering jack-of-all-trades held for police inquiry
Police detained 40 year old Barney B. Clark of Mt. Airy after his arrest at L. W. Glenn Sewing Machine Co. while attempting to dispose of a sewing machine he allegedly took under false pretenses as a repairman. Clark's papers show varied ventures from Mt. Airy to High Point.
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Barney B. Clark
Route 1
Mt. Airy
L. W. Glenn Sewing Machine Company
Alert Company
Clark
Pilot Mountain
Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Burlington
Hillsboro
High Point
Barney
N. Park Avenue
Mother urges council to curb bay rum sales
High Point city council discussed a letter from “a mother” asking action on bay rum and canned heat sales. Officials noted stores mostly refuse to sell to known purchasers, considered state restrictions, but took no formal step.
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Council
High Point
Earl Phillips
iCouncil
C. A. Lewis
General Assembly
Phillips
American Legion Reaches 30 Years in Paris History
Paris marks 30th anniversary of the American Legion founded in 1919 by World War I soldiers at the Paris Circus. Commander C Denby Wilkes will lay a wreath at the Circus site, while Paris Post No 1 maintains an active HQ on the Champs Elysees.
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Paris
American Legion
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
C. Denby Wilkes
Maurice K. Gordon
Madisonville
Alexander Woollcott
French Foreign Legion
Woollcott
Army
Stars and Stripes
Roosevelt
The
Champs Elysees
Britain Warns Israel On Aqaba Designs
London reports Britain would fight if Jewish armed forces try to seize Aqaba Trans Jordan port. Foreign Office confirms reinforced British troops guard the city under a mutual defense treaty with Trans Jordan while UN probes border movements.
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London
Trans-Jordan
Aqaba
Foreign Office
Britain
Israel
United Nations
Restaurant owners sample rival cooking at NC convention
Charlotte March 15. Restaurant owners sampled the other fellow's cooking during cooking and baking demonstrations at the North Carolina Restaurant association convention. The third annual convention winds up tonight with speakers Commissioner of Agriculture L. Y. Ballentine and state health officer Dr. John W. R. Norton presenting in the afternoon.
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Charlotte
North Carolina Restaurant Association
L. Y. Ballentine
John W. R. Norton
Memorial district honors Gen Pershing on sacred soil
A district built as a memorial to Gen John J. Pershing is treated as American soil and an embassy like enclave. The founder of the American Legion will not attend today's ceremonies as Theodore Roosevelt Jr. who was wounded in World War I and died in World War II is buried near Omaha Beach in Normandy.
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John J. Pershing
American Legion
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Soissons
France
Omaha Beach
Normandy
High Point Players Weigh College Transition Prospects
The text notes High Point college bound athletes adapting to college basketball with a shared formation. Simeon denies applying for Guilford head coach, and dodges whether talks occurred. A local mentor suggests money could influence the offer if a position opened.
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High Point
High Point College
Simeon
Guilford
Vishinsky
Oklahoma City U meets Billings in AAU tourney test
Oklahoma City University chiefs, the lone top seed, begin today’s eight game session of the national AAU basketball tournament. Their opening opponent is Billings Montana stockmen, as second round play winds toward completion.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City University Chiefs
Billings
Mont
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Huntingdon
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Woviay
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Ladies of Gentlemen
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APTS
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Highland Avenue
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