You KNOW Her A Carolina Motor Club Manager Speaks
Thelma Ryan, manager of the Carolina Motor Club in High Point, says the repeal of the state automobile inspection law was a backward step. She cites licenses issued to older cars rising in four weeks, and urges restoration of an immediate inspection law. Ryan, a transplanted Pennsylvanian, recalls a busy career and notes the club now offers travel service in land sea and air, with a world scope from Afghanistan to Linwood. More on page 12R.
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North Carolina
Thelma Ryan
Carolina Motor Club
Ryan
Virginia
Pennsylvania
John God
Tennessee
Asheville
Afghanistan
Linwood
Jaycee Jollies Promises Full Laughs and Music
Jaycees stage the Jollies Thursday and Friday nights with a possible Saturday repeat if demand exists. Rehearsals continue, with costumes arriving by Wednesday night for dress rehearsal. An 8:15 curtain opens in the Senior High auditorium. Sherman Aycoth chairs the music. Bernie F. Waters conducts a top pit orchestra. The group features Sloan Gibson Tommy Dodamead Bill Davis Happy Belisle Jean Weekly Chesley Davis Gerald Bryant and others. Slim Jensen headlines with Lay Low Lizzie in a returning act. cast totals about 60 as Willard Leathers smooths the production. Tickets available from Jaycees or Wright-Womble.
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Jaycees Jollies
Sherman Aycoth
Bernie F. Waters
Jaycees
Waters
Greensboro Symphonic Band
John van Arnan
al G. Fields
Neal O'Brien
John W. Vogel
Briarhoppers Daily
Happy Belisle
Thomasville
Cole Bros. Circus
Ringling Bros. Circus
Jean Weekly
High Point
Jollies
Chesley Davis
Charlotte
USO
Slapsie
Maxie Rosenbloom
Gerald Bryant
G. M. Haley
Keith
Jaycee
Jensen
Lizzie
Slim
Willard Leathers
Jaycee Jollies
The
Wright-Womble-More
Old Model Cars Flourish After North Carolina License Lapse
The Carolina Motor Club reports 376 cars from 1937 and earlier licensed in High Point after repeal of the state vehicle inspection law. Officials say the increase follows the removal of inspection requirements, contrasting with a prior 14 month period when the law reduced accidents and injuries.
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Motor Club
North Carolina
High Point
Carolina Motor Club
No Candidates Signed Up As Yet For City Elections
High Point faces May 3 in a city election with no filed candidates reported by Bob Martin the city board of elections. The filing deadline is April 12 amid a dispute over the elections board and questions about a potential primary and the slate of eight council seats with Earl N. Phillips not seeking reelection. New mayor will be chosen.
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High Point
Bob Martin
City Board of Elections
City Elections Board
State Board of Elections
State Board
Burrows
Cheif Herman Burrows
Democratic Party
Earl N. Phillips
No Change In Indictment Against School Teacher
Miss Lucile Dubose a 51 year old Pilot school music teacher of Thomasville awaits trial in Superior court on manslaughter and hit and run charges in the December 21 1948 death of Mrs Mary Belle Pierce Two other pedestrians were injured Mrs Rose Jones and Mrs Iola Leach The defense and solicitor said there has been no change in the indictment and the case was delayed by a crowded calendar due to many jailed defendants awaiting bond.
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Lucile Dubose
Thomasville
Superior Court
Mary Belle Pierce
T. J. Gold
Charles T. Hagan
High Point Division
Hagan
Duboise
Pierce
English Street
Indian Leader To Speak In Durham Tuesday
Dr Eddy Asiratham of Madras India a Boston University professor will deliver three talks Tuesday at High Point College Civitan Club lunch and Central Friends Meeting He will discuss Must the U N Follow The Road of The League of Nations and Neither War Nor Appeasement A Third Choice An open forum will follow the dinner address Reservations for the dinner must be made with Mrs C F Hayes by tomorrow
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Eddy Asiratham
Madras
India
Boston University
American Friends Service Committee
Peace and Service Committee
Central Friends Meeting
High Point College
Ashratham
Civitan Club
U.N
League of Nations
C. F. Hayes
Green Street
High Pointers Aid Dunbars After Fire
High Point residents rally to help the Dunbar family ruined by a house fire in Allen Jay. Mrs. R E Dunbar reports gifts of clothing bedclothes and cooking utensils while they move into a furnished apartment and await a new home. Local employers church and neighbors provide funds furniture and support aiding three children ages 14 16 and 17 to maintain school attendance.
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High Point
R.E. Dunbar
Dunbar
Allen Jay
High Point Paper Box Company
Denny Roll and Panel Company
Allen Jay Baptist Church
Tobacco Market For High Point City Sought
Greensboro pursues a tobacco market as High Point considers joining nearby cities to boost shopper traffic from Winston Salem Burlington and Reidsville. Chamber of Commerce secretary Frank Sizemore says a survey and buyer access from big firms are needed before a decision, with support from the agriculture committee but no lead.
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Bb. Vv. Mepchell Enterprise
High Point
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Burlington
Reidsville
Guilford County
Frank Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Committee
Chamber
Sizemore
Looking Back with Joe Leslie March 20 1929
A collection of historical notes from 1929 covers Marshal Ferdinand Foch's passing after a long illness in Paris. Reports from Byrd's Little America base tell of three missing aviators rescued after a plane crash in harsh winds. Chicago police reopen probes into the St Valentine’s Day mass murder and new slayings as Al Capone appears for testimony. Kansas City prison escape concerns Leavenworth writ forged by a capable penman. High Point readies for a city primary after registrar and judge panel announcements.
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Escalon
Little America
Admiral Byrd
Antarctic
Washington
Chicago
al Capone
United States District Attorneys Office
Kansas City
United States
Leavenworth
Penman
High Point
Merg
Weather Bureau predicts spring arrival today at 5 49 PM
The 1949 version of spring will arrive today at 5 49 PM according to the Weather Bureau representative in Friendship. He notes uncertainty about temperature but confirms seasonal change with scattered frost tonight and warmer conditions tomorrow after noon.
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United States Weather Bureau
Friendship
Tomorpen
Vets Plan March On Capital In North Carolina
Veterans movement gathers support across Greensboro and other cities to seek a payoff for World War II veterans. Organizer A D Angel says efforts reach many veterans before the April march toward Raleigh to urge Governor Kerr Scott on veteran bonus legislation.
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Greensboro
Raleigh
High Point
Russe Adams
White On
A. D. Angel
North Carolina
Star
Adan
Star Capitol
Kerr Scott
Adam
Adams
American Legion
Veterans , Foreign Wars
American Veteran Committee
Outstanding Physicist Visits Friends Here
Professor Marsh W. White of Pennsylvania State College visits High Point this weekend. He is a Penn State faculty member with wartime and postwar science roles and an extensive publication record.
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Marsh W. White
Pennsylvania State College
High Point
William F
Dora M. White
Professor White
Claremont
High Point High School
Park College
Parksville
Penn State
Williams College
White
Office of Scientific Research and Development
New Developments
War Department
Secretary of War
American Association For the Advancement of Science
American Physical Society
American Association of Physics
Pennsylvania Academy of Science
American Association of Univ
Sigma Pi Sigma
Pi Mu Epsilon
American Institute of Physics
Rotary Club
Delta Chi
McGraw Hill
R. Weber
K. V. Manning
McCraw -Hill
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Fred Flagler, JR
Enterprise
Joe Brown
Eddy Asirvatham
Randolph
Joe Leslie
Marshal Foch
Paris
Europe
Fifth Army
Cassino
Ferdinand Foch
Posiliang Maar
Vets
Union Hill
Kivett Drivers
W. White
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