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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1941

Page

2

Auto Demolished in City Crash

Charles Warren of Alamance County and Dr D L Flowe collided at Monthieu Avenue and Hamilton Street when Warren ran a stop light and sped. Both were charged with reckless driving. Warren's passenger Rudolph Hoskins was slightly injured. Three other passengers uninjured refused hospital care.

Charles Warren Alamance County Monthieu Avenue Hamilton Street D. L. Flowe Lee Street Warren Flowe Rudolph Hoskins Burlington Charles and Forrest Crisp Evelyn Flowe

Scout Patrols Qualify For Uwharrie Camporee Entry

Scouts from the Uwharrie Council will attend the three day Uwharrie Council Camporee at Camp Sapona on May 16 to 18. Thirty three camping units from across the council will compete with judges from Salisbury China Grove and Rockwell led by Ralph Whitley of China Grove. A senior scouting training institute focusing on emergency service corps will precede the event.

Camp Sapona Uwharrie Council Salisbury China Grove Rockwell Ralph Whitley Whitely Emergency Service Corps Coyote Thomasville Bob White Crew of High Point Eagle Randolph County Trail Blaziers

Sixty Five Arrests in 36 Hours by High Point Police

Police records show sixty five persons were arrested in thirty six hours ending at 7 this morning in High Point. Traffic violators and drunks made up about two thirds of arrests with other offenses including burglary, assault with a deadly weapon, gambling, immoral conduct, indecent exposure and property damage. Twenty five motorists faced traffic violations including fourteen speeding cases, six reckless driving and two drunken driving.

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John Fulton Redding Drawn for Active Duty

John Fulton Redding of High Point has been called to a year of active duty by the War Department. He will report May 15 as an officer in the quartermaster reserve and is assigned to the Office of the Quartermaster General in Washington, D C. Mr. Redding, a native of Asheboro, has worked with Adams-Millis Corporation in High Point for two years.

War Department Washington John Filton Redding High Point Quartermaster Reserve Quartermaster General Washington, D. C Redding Asheboro Adams-Millis Corporation

Andrew Broady Given Chance To Lie Abed A Little Later

In High Point a 315 Loflin Street resident Andrew Broady admitted stealing a three piece living room set from Wood Armfield Furniture Co. He told Judge MacRae he acted alone at 3:30 a.m. and was sentenced to four months on the roads. Other locals faced liquor, assault, speeding, and various charges with sentences including fines and suspended terms.

Andrew Broady Loflin Street Wood- Armfield Furniture Company South Main Street D.C. MacRae High Point Municipal Court Byron Haworth Broady MacRae A. H. Sechrest Hamilton Street Roy Brady Howell Street Kate Morgan Sechrest

Hitler assails Churchill as Greece and Balkans show gains

In the Reichstag address Adolf Hitler denounced Winston Churchill as a "blood-thirsty" amateur and a liar while boasting of Nazi military success in Yugoslavia and Greece. He claimed 206 German divisions fought there and listed German losses and captives, praising Greece’s release of prisoners.

Hitler Germany Krol Reichsmarshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering Fuehrer Churchill Churchhill Greece Balkan Mussolini Yugoslavia

Thomasville Delegates Headed to Winston Salem Conference

Several local residents plan to attend the Winston Salem Methodist District Conference at Midway Church on Thursday May 5. Delegates from Main Street Church include Robert C. Rapp Mrs Robert Williams Mrs QO C Wall C F Grubb E S Harrison J F Garner Mrs Lee F Tuttle and Mrs J A J Farrington. Also attending are George D. Finch lay leader Charles F Lambeth superintendent of the Sunday School and James E Lambeth district steward.

Enterprise Thomasville Winston- Salem

Board of Stewards Hold Meeting in Thomasville

May 5 The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Stewards of the Main Street Methodist Church will be held tonight at 7 30. Plans for a proposed new church will be discussed and at eight o clock the meeting will be open to all interested. Rev. Lee F. Tuttle asks church officers and Sunday School teachers to attend and offer space arrangements suggestions.

Thomasville Main Street Methodist Church Lee F. Tuttle

Mrs Cox Leads New Bundles for Britain Project

Mrs Joseph D Cox directs a Bundles for Britain effort to send pocket size magazines to British soldiers. Magazines are distributed to officers on ships then collected and redistributed to men on duty in outlying posts where reading material is scarce. Local supporters may send magazines to Mrs Cox or Joseph D Cox and Sons for shipment to Norfolk to the British vice consul.

Joseph D. Cox Britain

Fraternal Order to Meet on Commerce Street Tonight

The Pioneer group of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty will meet at 7 30 this evening at the hall on Commerce Street per this morning’s announcement.

Pioneer Group of the Sons and Daughters of Liberty Hall Commerce Street

County Board Names 50000 Pre-Tax Note Borrowing Plan

Guilford County Board of Commissioners authorized issuing tax anticipation notes up to 850,000 with funds split between the general and debt service funds. Chairman George L. Stansbury said it may be unnecessary for 1941 revenue, but authorization was set in advance. The board also extended paid leaves for County Attorney D. Lee Fentress and his partner, handled routine business, and approved sale of 171 cases of whiskey seized by High Point court proceeds to the county school fund. The group praised former prison superintendent W Capers White and planned a trip May 13 to Louisville for the National Association of County Officials, returning May 16. Commissioner R. Flake Shaw to speak.

Greensboro Guilford D. Lee Fentress D. Newton Farnell Fentress High Point Ernest G. Stroud County School Fund W. Capers White Fifth Division State Highway and Public Works Commission Louisville National Association of County Officials R. Flake Shaw

Jerry T Bean Claimed By Death In Davidson County

Jerry T Bean died at home on Jordan Street after a three month illness. A retired farmer and Davidson County native, he was T4, survived by wife Sallie Bean and six children, including Grady, Lester, James, S A Kiger, W E Rumble, and D A Britt, with 26 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He was a Lick Creek Baptist Church member. Funeral service will be Tuesday at 1 pm at the home, with burial in Unity Chapel Cemetery.

Jerry T. Bean Jordan Street Davidson County Tl. O. Bean Sallie Bean Grady Lester Bean High Point James Bean Thomasville S. A. Kiger Winston-Salem W. E. Rumble Randleman D. A. Britt Texas Bean Lick Creek

RAF Bombers Hit Irish Sea Ports and German Targets

British and German air operations filled a weekend program as RAF night fighters claimed 19 bites in Northern raids. RAF strikes focused on Brest against German battleships Scharnhorst and Gneisenau while Belfast suffered damage and fires. Liverpool endured a heavy raid described as the heaviest yet on an English city, and Cologne faced a major bombardment with huge damage claimed. The RAF’s six months in Greece are noted for destroying about 300 Axis aircraft in the air, plus extensive ground losses.

RAF Brest Scharnhost Gnei- Senau Belfast Liverpool Merseyside London Cologne Britain Air Ministry Rhineland Greece

Correction: Jerry Allen Vaughn Not Jerry Ann Vaughn

A photo in The Enterprise Baby Edition misidentified the infant as Jerry Ann Vaughn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe E. Vaughn. The caption should have read Jerry Allen Vaughn, 10 months old son of the same family.

Enterprise Jerry Ann Vaughn Joe E. Vaughn Jerry Allen Vaughn

Irish Setter Produces Litter of 16 Puppies

Frank Vaughn of 11106 Park Street reported to The Enterprise that his Irish setter gave birth to 16 puppies, the largest single litter he has heard of. The mother and pups appear healthy and thriving, with all puppies similar in size.

Frank Vaughn Park Street Vaughn Enterprise Office

Dr Albert Palmer Preaches At Wesley Memorial

Dr Albert Palmer preached on The Lord's Prayer as Humanity's Shortest Creed at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church. He traced seven articles from the prayer, urging believers to apply them to life, society, and basic needs, stressing social order, freedom, and goodwill.

Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Albert W. Palmer Chicago Theological Seminary Embree H. Blackard Bascom Whitaker St. Cecilia Alceste Blackard Yale Divinity School W. A. Lambeth Wesley Memorial Church Palmer Jesus Dr. Palmer America

Jap German Ships In Antarctic Waters Reported

Boston May 5 reports from the United States Antarctic expedition say Germans and Japanese were seen in Antarctic waters and that British forces blew up a Norwegian whaler repair shop at Deception Bay to deny use by Germans. Rear Admiral Byrd noted rumors of German activity near Deception Island, while reaffirming the Palmer Peninsula could serve as a base if the Panama Canal were destroyed.

Boston Antarctic Deception Bay Little America United States Antarctic Expedition North Star South Pacific Antarctica Deception Island South America Richard E. Byrd Palmer Peninsula United States Panama Canal

Funeral Rites for Mrs Albert Doyle Held at Sechrest

Funeral services for Mrs Albert Doyle, former city resident, who died at Garfield Hospital in Washington on Thursday, were conducted at 3 pm yesterday in the Sechrest Funeral Home Chapel by Rev O L Ruth. Pilgrim Church quartet sang Going Down The Valley and Mr and Mrs R A Shank sang The Last Mile of the Way. Pallbearers were Ben Hair Carl Hatley Roger McAlister Everett Lee Clayton Lee and Homer Dills. Interment followed in Springfield Cemetery.

Albert Doyle Garfield Hospital Washington Sechrest Funeral Home O. L. Ruth Pilgrim Holiness Church Pilgrim Church R. A. Shank Ben Hair Carl Hatley Roger McAlister Everett Lee Clayton Lee Homer Dills Springfield Cemetery

Deaths: Miss Maggete Jane Winslow 75

Miss Maggete Jane Winslow 75 daughter of the late Samuel S and Flora Bulla Winslow died at her Worthville home after a long illness. Survived by four sisters Mrs Claude Jones Mrs S B Hammer both of Lynchburg Va and Mrs Bertha Webber and Miss Jennie Winslow of the home and a brother Thomas Winslow of High Point. Funeral arrangements include Pugh's Funeral Home Asheboro then Charlotte Methodist Church services with burial in the church cemetery.

Enterpriser Asheboro Maggete Jane Winslow Samuel S Flora Bulla Winslow Worthville Claude Jones S. B. Hammer Lynchburg Bertha Webber Jennie Winslow Thomas Winslow High Point Pugh Charlotte Methodist Church

Local North Carolina Weather Outlook Tonight and Tuesday

Fair tonight in most areas. Tuesday partly cloudy with showers in the extreme southwest portion and little temperature change. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville moderate west, fair tonight and Tuesday. In the Block Island to Hatteras stretch winds moderate west, shifting to northerly over the north portion on Tuesday, with cloudy conditions in the south and occasional light rain in the north tonight and Tuesday.

North Carolina Winds Hatteras Jacksonville Block Island Hatteras

Roosevelt Letter Divides Congress On Tax Bill

The House Ways and Means Committee debated President Roosevelt’s tax letter urging a defense program funded without widening gaps. Supporters pressed for stiffer excess profits taxes on defense contractors while aiming to raise $400 million more. Some members called the letter an endorsement of Treasury plans, others questioned its impact on small taxpayers amid higher surtaxes in lower and middle income brackets.

Cooper D-Ten Doughton D-Nc Roosevelt Treasury Jenkins Ohio Coughton House Ways and Means Committee Congress John L. Sullivan Sullivan Joint Congressional Taxation Committee The

Faith, forgiveness, and truth in daily life

The speaker extols forgiving others as Jesus did, notes the ignorant need forgiveness, and defines Christianity as loving those you dislike. He urges personal integrity, honesty with oneself, and a life kept clean and true before God as central creed.

Jesus

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