Negro Girl Scouts Work Toward Allied Freedom Rally
Negro Girl Scouts in High Point expand from 1938 roots to 175 members across two Brownie troops three intermediate troops and two senior groups. They lead United Nations rally praise leadership stability and national war effort while highlighting contributions to Civil Defense War Bond drives and the Red Cross.
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Red Cross
W.A.A.C
High Point
Hitler
Europe
Wess
Pearl Harbor
United Nations
Leonard Street
A. L. Jones
M. L. Gray
Mattie C. Robinnson
Frances Spencer
Janie K. Williams
L. E. Flowe
S. B. Davis
N. C. Moss
O. Amaker
G. Lynch
Anna L. Jones
America
Leonard Street School
Zula Hill
Ruth Haywood
Jacqueline Haizlip
Lila Gripper
Mattie Lee Jones
Betty Bynum
Iris Harris
Vivian Harps
Evelyn Robinson
Marian Brown
Wydantha Cavelock
Carrie Goins
Zenobia Tillman
Corine Steward
Fannie Eving
Geraldine Clinton
Juanita Asheworth
Jean Harris
Willie Marie Carter
Louise Kearse
Jessie Black
Bernice Walls
Christine Gill
Johnnie Cassell
Robbie Duval
Marjorie Lendon
Josephine Gilmore
Odessa Balem
Rachel Bennett
Lillie May Portee
Mary E. Eccles
Betty Portee
Willie Walker
McDowell County Man Is Reprieved
RALEIGH May 6 Bill Bryant a 39 year old McDowell County white man scheduled to die in the gas chamber at Central Prison tomorrow has a 10 day reprieve granted last night by Governor Broughton. Solicitor Clarence Ridines who prosecuted the case supported commuting the sentence to life in view of new circumstances. The governor said he needs more time to study the case before a final decision. Bryant was convicted of first murder in the slaying of elderly farmer Joseph R McNeely. The state argued robbery motive.
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Raleigh
Bill Bryant
McDowell County
Central Prison
Broughton
Clarence Ridines
Mak
Ryant
Joseph R. McNeely
Duke Professor W W Rowe to Speak at Thomasville Graduation
Special to The Enterprise Thomasville May 6 Duke University professor W W Rowe will deliver the commencement sermon to Thomasville High graduates in the high school auditorium at 8 p.m. May 23. Class night is May 27, graduation May 28, and Award Day May 31 at 9 a.m.
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Thomasville
W. W. Rowe
Duke University
Thomasville High School
Uniform Gas Rationing Considered In North Carolina Meetings
Raleigh May 6 A series of meetings in North Carolina will be held soon to discuss gasoline rationing and a uniform rationing system for the state. State OPA Director T S Johnson said national and regional OPA officials would meet with rationing board members.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
OPA
T. S. Johnson
Police Chief Wounded in Street Gun Battle
Norwood police chief Jack Skinner 65 was critically wounded and Roy Gordon about 30 was injured in a nighttime street shootout after they attempted to arrest Gordon for a theater disturbance. Both men were taken to Stanly General Hospital. Skinner’s prognosis was uncertain.
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Norwood
Jack Skinner
Roy Gordon
Franklin Hutchinson
Skinner
Gordon
Hutchinson
Bill Nichols
Stanly General Hospital
Albemarle
Mt. Gilead
Civil War veteran Tidwell dies in Gastonia
Frilland A. Tidwell 99 last surviving Gaston County Civil War veteran died at his daughter's home. Funeral held in Gastonia. The item adds an obscure note that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson was the real name of Lewis Carroll author of Alice in Wonderland.
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Gastonia
Frilland A. Tidwell
Gaston County
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Lewis Carroll
Alice In Wonderland
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