Hoey To Speak At Red Cross Drive Kickoff
The Red Cross drive in High Point opens with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at the Sheraton Hotel featuring ex governor Clyde R. Hoey speaking on Red Cross and the War. War drive chair J. J. Corrigan will preside with Mayor O Arthur Kirkman supporting home service work.
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Red Cross
W. T. Powell
Sheraton Hotel
Clyde R. Hoey
Hoey
Robert L. Thompson
The
Enteprise
Corrigan
J. J. Corrigan
O. Arthur Kirkman
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Bronson Matney
Angels of Mercy
M. W. Nash
Sherrod Shirt Company
Adams - Millis
Harris-Covington and Crown Hosiery Mills
Adams-Millis
VEW Encampment Set For High Point June 12 13
VEW Encampment plans announced for High Point June 12 13 with T C Potts leading local VFW unit. Greensboro meeting selected High Point as site and June dates confirmed. Groundwork laid to increase North Carolina VFW membership and support postwar world federation debate.
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High Point
High Point Veterans of Foreign Wars
T. C. Potts
North Carolina
VFW
Potts
Greensboro
Congress
Union of Nations
Council
Auxiliary
Omar B. Ketchum
Washington
Winston-Salem
R. C. Cook
Spring Snow Storm Gives City Clean-Up Delay
City Engineer T. C. Kirkman said the spring storm caused no major issues for the public works department but worsened dirty streets. Unsurfaced streets in High Point are deteriorating and cannot be smoothed until roads dry, delaying garbage collection and creating a large future clearing task.
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T. C. Kirkman
Kirkman
High Point
High Point Furniture Co Sells At Auction Tomorrow
The High Point Furniture Company once owned by Mrs Louise C Wrenn will be sold at public auction tomorrow at 10 30 a m in the company office. Auctioneers from Chicago and New York will conduct the sale of all real estate machinery equipment supplies and office furniture valued at about 200 000 by N Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Furniture Company
Louise C. Wrenn
N. Robinson
Furniture Company
Chicago
New York
Robinson
Five Face Charges Of Setting Fires In South Carolina
CHERAW South Carolina March 22 Five men will face charges of setting forest fires in the lower part of the county after their arrest Saturday by Highway Patrolman L E Wood and Deputy Sheriff C L Melton. Wood said he saw the men carrying burning pine straw and scattering it in the woods in the Ousley Dale section Friday night. A lot of timberland was burned. The men are being held in jail and all are farmers of the Ousley Dale community.
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Cheraw
S. C
L. E. Wood
C. L. Melton
Wood
Ousley Dale
Funeral Rites for John Lewis Campbell Held Sunday
Funeral service for John Lewis Campbell was held at 2:30 PM Sunday from his residence at 201 East High Street. Rev O L Easter of Lebanon Methodist Church and Dr H Norwood Bowne officiated. Lebanon Church choir sang three selections. Pallbearers were Alston Kemp Arnold Yokely J E Grisett Joe Blair Birch Welborn and Lester McMillan. Interment followed in Leb anon Cemetery.
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John Lewis Campbell
East High Street
O. L. Easter
Lebanon Methodist Church
H. Norwood Bowne
Episcopal
Lebanon Church
Alston Kemp
Arnold Yokely
J. E. Grisett
Joe Blair
Birch Welborn
Lester McMillan
Lebanon Cemetery
WAAC Enlistment Drives At Local Post Office
Lt Jeanne McGovern and Auxiliary Evelyn Gerber promote WAAC service at the post office. All interested women are urged to apply at the office. They will be there Puestla and Wednesday for enlistment outreach.
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Jeanne McGovern
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Evelyn Gerber
Waacs
Puestla
Local Man License Revoked After Drunk Driving Arrest
Marvin McQuire 42 of 1608 Ward Street was arrested yesterday for driving drunk. He was fined 50 dollars and court costs in High Point Municipal Court and had his driving license revoked for 12 months.
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Marvin McQuire
Ward Street
High Point
Auxiliary Police Corps Meets Tomorrow Night
All members of the Auxiliary Police Corps are urged to attend a meeting in the county building court room tomorrow night at 7 30. Chief W G Friddle said an FBI agent will be present and expected to speak to the group.
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Lice Corps
W. G. Friddle
FBI
Friddle
Recruiting Officer Speaks At YWCA Tonight
Greensboro recruiting officer C. L. Rhinehart will speak at the YWCA tonight at 7 30. He will outline WAVES and SPARS enlistment retirements and requirements. Women aged 20 to 35 with two years high school or equivalent may enlist. Women 20 to 50 with a college degree or two years college and business experience may apply for officer candidate training.
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C. L. Rhinehart
Greensboro
Rhinehart
Hershey Says Federal Deferments Do Not Set Example
Major General Lewis B. Hershey, director of Selective Service, told House members that some government agencies are not setting a proper example with occupational draft deferments. He answered no when asked if all available men should be furnished to the armed services during a military subcommittee probe.
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Washington
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
House
Hershey
Harness R
Ind
Armed Services
Hollywood Gag Scenes and Studio Buzz From The Sky's the Limit
The article recounts Fred Astaire coaching Dorothy Kelly on fixing a stocking run in The Sky's the Limit, with Robert Benchley’s ad lib adding humor before director Edward H. Griffith. It notes tributes to a deceased director, Coslow’s Heavenly Music, Kathryn Doris Gregory’s WAAC dismissal, and Warner stars and Hitchcock moves.
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Fred Astaire
Dorothy Kelly
Fred
Robert Benchley
Miss Kelly
Benchley
Astaire
Edward H. Griffith
Griffith
Bob
M-G-M
Sam Coslow
Heavenly Music
Heaven
Kathryn Doris Gregory
Fort Worth
Tex
Wat
Waacs
Warner
Air Force
Jimmy Stewart
Flying Corps
Alfred Hitchcock
Hollywood
England
20Th Century-Fox
Barney Glazer
Apology and retract For Guilford County figures
The Enterprise retracts and apologizes for a recent Behind the Record column that could be read as reflecting on J. E. Millis Thomas Hoyle Jr and Rupert Pickens. It states no improper relations or political bias.
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J. E. Millis
Guilford County
Millis
Hoyle
Pickens
High Point
Federal Voice Expected In Coal Squabble
Spokesmen for the Southern Coal Operators and the United Mine Workers anticipate federal conciliators joining contract talks in bituminous fields. A government expert’s possible appearance is described as a logical possibility by Edward R. Burke. Union and operator leaders discuss wage demands and labor organization thresholds amid signals for federal intervention.
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New York
Southern Coal
United Mine Workers
Edward R. Burke
Southern Coal Producers Association
K. C. Adams
Miners’ Journal
Department of Labor
Roosevelt
Pope Pius XII Reported Sick in Berlin Broadcast
Berlin radio said Pope Pius XII suffers a severe cold and fever and is confined to bed, while a Rome announcement quoted by CBS said he is only slightly indisposed and doctors see no cause for anxiety.
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Pius XII
Berlin
CBS
Rome
Eighth Army Attacks Mareth Line Under Strong Opposition
Allied dispatches report the British Eighth Army attacking the Mareth Line on a six mile front between the sea and the Medenine Mareth road, meeting strong opposition from Axis forces.
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North Africa
Eighth Army
Mareth
Medenine
Weather Holds Up Tin Can Collection
No tin cans will be collected this week at outlying stations due to bad weather. W E Lyon, tin can drive chairman, announced prizes for collections will be announced next Wednesday morning.
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W. E. Lyon
Tin Can Drive
Lyon
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ICE Delivery Company
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Johns-Manville
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Paramount
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Ingrid Bergman
Saratoga
Gary Cooper
Cooper
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Victory Coal Co
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