High Point Republicans Plan Precinct Meetings Friday Night
High Point township Republicans meet Friday at 7:30 pm at 18 polling places to elect a precinct chair and 108 delegates for the Guilford county convention. The Saturday session at the courthouse will select a county chairman for the party.
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High Point
Ashoro
South Wrenntreet
High Point Township
Guilford
Greensboro
Worth D
Enderson
Walter Lark
Lowing
Coun- Election Board
Parkway
Elm Street
Ray Street
County
Five Points Sandwich
East Green St
Woodrow Avenue
Tyron Street
Cloverdale
Oakdale
National Guard Arm
Adams-Millis plants shut down after walkout by 100 workers
Adams-Millis knitting and seaming departments in the full fashioned plant closed as more than 100 women seamers walked out in protest. A 3:30 p m bulletin said operations would halt after the third shift until further notice. Dispute centers on a new read clipping system and proposed wage changes tied to hourly pay versus piece work.
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Adams-Millis Corporation
Tulip Time Opens High Point High School Operetta
The High Point High School music festival debuts an eight night seven week plan with Tulip Time performed by the senior high glee clubs under Carl G. N. Cronstedt. Two shows are scheduled in the junior high auditorium with a matinee for elementary pupils. 80 performers plus a regular orchestra participate.
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High Point High School
Carl G. N. Cronstedt
Plan to Reopen Plant Delayed by New Machinery Output
The text explains a new system’s delicate operation yet higher productive output offsets drawbacks from altered procedures. Workers seek one cent more per dozen, no union exists, and no negotiations occurred before today. The firm’s officers reiterate the closing of the plant until further notice.
Housing Group Meets Tonight On Slum Clearance Project
Members of the High Point Housing Authority and the City Council meet with a citizens committee at city hall to discuss issues surrounding a proposed 1 650 000 U S H A slum clearance project. The meeting is called by the housing authority at the request of representatives of the protesting committee. The council, Mayor O Arthur Kirkman said, is sit-
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High Point Housing Authority
City Council
Citizens’ Committee
City Hall
U.S.H.A
Housing Authority
EF. C. Cridlebaugh
J. N. McCrary
O. Arthur Kirkman
Red Cross Calls for Continued Help for Finland and Poland
Norman H. Davis urges ongoing relief as fighting ends in Finland. Red Cross plans 100000 sweaters 50000 dresses 20000 layettes to ship June 15 for distribution in September, with Polish relief expanding. Local High Point Chapter aims to meet garment quotas and provides yarn and knitting materials for volunteers.
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Norman H. Davis
American Red Cross
Finland
Red Cross
Finnish Red Cross
Poland
G. I. Humphreys
High Point
Patent infringement suit filed in Greensboro
Richard S. Koonce of Raleigh sues three High Point defendants R L Brinson Atlantic States Motor Lines and Lewis and Holmes Motor Freight Co in Federal District Court alleging infringement of a January 17 1939 patent for an apparatus to load heavy pools. He seeks injunction profits triple damages and costs.
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Greensboro
High Point
Federal District Court
Richard S. Koonce
Raleigh
R. L. Brinson
Atlantic States Motor Lines
Lewis and Holmes Motor Freight Company
Mother Of Local Man Dies In Texas
Mrs Lena Leota Stump mother of Mark W Stump an Enterprise machinist died Tuesday night at a Beaumont Texas home where she had lived since her husband D L Stump died in 1936 Services were held this morning in San Antonio at the Wilbert Hanavan Funeral Chapel burial was in South San Antonio Cemetery Surviving are two other sons L G Stump of Houston and F G Stump of Port Arthur a brother Richard Dingess of Washington and two grandchildren She had been in declining health after a stroke about a year ago.
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San Antonio
Texas
Lena Leota Stump
Mark W. Stump
Enterprise Machinist
Stump
W. C. Stump
Beaumont
D. L. Stump
Wilbert Hanavan
South San Antonio
L. G. Stump
Houston
F. G. Stump
Port Arthur
Richard Dingess
State of Washington
Piedmont Baptist Sunday School Meeting Friday
The Piedmont Baptist Sunday School Association will meet Friday at 7 30 P M at First Baptist Church Greensboro with Miss Nettie Hoge as principal speaker and Rev B G Whitley leading devotion. Delegates from 43 churches are expected to attend and departmental conferences will follow.
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Piedmont Baptist Sunday School Association
First Baptist Church
Greensboro
F. L. Paschal
Piedmont Association
Guilford County
Rockingham County
First Baptist Church of
Reidsville
Nettie Hoge
B. G. Whitley
Children’s Quartet of
Round-table housing meeting set at city hall
Cridlebaugh and Meerrary requested a discussion with three groups. The meeting will be held in the council chamber at city hall beginning at 7 30 o clock.
Frank Braden to Visit Uwharrie Council April 4
Frank Braden assistant national director of Senior Scouting will visit the Uwharrie Council April 4. He will meet the Salisbury Rotary Club building committee to discuss a new Senior Camp building and address the Salisbury district executive committee. In Salisbury he will tour the Sea Scout base with Commodore R. J. Everest and attend Sea Scout committee meetings at First Baptist Church Lexington. Awards will be presented at a Bridge of Honor for Sea Scout ships Chesapeake Bluenose Tallassee and Dolphin with local Sra Scouts receiving badges and honors.
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Frank Braden
Uwharrie Council
Braden
National Council of the
Boy Scouts of America
Salisbury Rotary Club
Salisbury
Sea Scout Base
R. J. Everest
First Baptist Church
Lexington
High Point
Thomasville
Sea Scout
Chesapeake
Bluenose
Tallassee
Dolphin
Bridge of Honor
U. S
Sra
Paul Shuffman
Rufus K. Herring
Bobby Carpenter
George Teague
A. J. Hudson
Bobby C. Crews
Raymond Reid
Charles Phillips
Clyde Tesh
S. S
Bill Welch
Charles McMurray
John White
Billy Sizemore
Bayne Keever
Burrus Memorial Hospital Plans Eight-Room Addition
Application by Burrus Memorial Hospital to construct an eight room addition has been referred to State Fire Inspector Sherwood Brockwell of Raleigh and city building inspector E K Ingram. Hospital authorities confirm the addition was contemplated but gave no details on the purpose or type of rooms.
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Burrus Memorial Hospital
Sherwood Brockwell
Raleigh
E. K. Ingram
Local Man Displays Rare Old Tomes in His Collection
A. M. McCarter of 598 Walnut Street shows two ancient volumes in possession the Holy Bible and Newtons Dissertations. The Bible bears a 1797 Worcester Massachusetts inscription and a 1798 ownership note by Joseph McKnight. Newtons Dissertations dates to 1813 Philadelphia edition. Inked ownership names reveal transfers over the years.
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A. M. McCarter
Walnut Street
Newton
United States of Columbia
Worcester
Massachusetts
Isaiah Thomas
Thomas Newton
Bristol
Philadelphia
James Martin
Joseph McKnight
Joseph
Local Negress Receives Suspended Sentence in Forgery Case
Ella Shankle a 22 year old resident of the High Point Thomasville road was sentenced in Guilford Superior Court to six months suspended and two years probation after pleading nolo contendere to forging her cousin Margie McLendon s name on a Ruby Jewelry contract dated February 8 for a watch worth 38 63 The sentence was suspended due to good reputation and no loss to the jeweler.
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Greensboro
Ella Shankle
High Point
Thomasville Road
Guilford Superior Court
Margie McLendon
Ruby Jewelry Company
Uwharrie Council Prepares For Annual Camporee
The Uwharrie Council plans a council camporee with patrols from Spencer High Point and Salisbury. Troop 504 of Coleridge defends last year’s win while Troop 10 from M. P. Children’s Home leads in consistency. R B Carpenter of Thomasville will be chief judge, bringing experience from district and council events.
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Uwharrie Council
Spencer
High Point
Salisbury
Coleridge
M. P. Children's Home
R. B. Carpenter
Thomasville
Carpenter
Wire tapping indictment in Tulsa strike case shocks officials
A federal grand jury indicted Tulsa County Attorney Dixie Gilmer, former police commissioner Floyd Rheam, and policeman William Kelly for tapping wires during a recent old workers strike. Rep. William T. Schulte accused the Tulsa Police Department of acting as a strike breaking agency and claimed Mid-Continent Petroleum Corp tapped union wires with National Guardsmen aid.
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Tulsa
William T. Schulte
Dind
National House
Tulsa Police Department
Mid- Continent Petroleum Corp
Oklahoma National Guardsmen
Dixie Gilmer
Floyd Rheam
Police Commission
William Kelly
Two Men Escape Injury In Train Auto Collision
Two men narrowly escaped being crushed when a northbound Southern Railway locomotive hit their auto at the Taylor Street crossing last night at 9:30. James T. Noles and Bill Boyd fled the demolished car as the engine and dining car drawbar were damaged and the vehicle was dragged about 600 feet. Police quoted Noles saying another car forced him onto the tracks and he could not move the car off.
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Southern Railway
Taylor Street
James T. Noles
English Court
Bill Boyd
English Street
Noles
Trinity School to Present Marys Air Castles Play
The Trinity senior class will stage the annual class play Friday at 8 p m in the Trinity school auditorium. The production titled Marys Air Castles invites the public to attend.
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Trinity, High School
Trinit School
Train crash witness details and car occupants
Eyewitness Hedrick says two in the car at impact while officers report a third unnamed passenger. The car remained attached to the locomotive about 600 feet from the impact after the crash. An officer described the crash scene and the unnamed passenger in dispute.
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High Point Republicans
Ido
Sinclair Refining Co
Shepherd Motor Co
Adams-Millis
Housing Group
New York
Man Sues
Atlantic States Lines
Lewis and Holmes
Baptist Sunday School
Glenn L. Martin
Baltimore
Lester Barlow
Barlow
Senate
Washington
City
Burrus Hospital
el Salvadore
London
Canadian
British Columbia
Sooners
Trinity School
Boyd
W. A. Hedrick
Barber Street
U. S. Army
Fiberdias
Westinghouse
BMC Me Co Stall
Rose Furniture CO
South Main
East Main Street
Asheboro
Bill Givens
NEW Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric Ranges
South Main St
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