Banks to Discuss Role in National Defense Program
North Carolina banks will discuss their part in the defense effort, especially defense bond sales, at an executive committee meeting ahead of the state bankers association convention. Speakers include B R Roberts and Duke professor Leroy Lewis, with Governor Broughton among others. Candidates for third vice president are N Coburn and Gordon Hunter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinehurst
North Carolina
North Carolina Bankers Association
B. M. Edwards
South Carolina National Bank
Columbia
Edwards
Tomoorrow
Association
B. R. Roberts
Durham
Leroy Lewis
Duke University
Harold Stanier
American Bankers Association
Robert R. West
Richmond
Val
Federal Reserve District
Defense Contract Service
Office of Production Management
Broughton
R. Co. Lewellyn
Mount Airy
Causes of backache may lie in tired kidneys
Many suffer backache and other symptoms from kidney trouble. The ad claims kidneys filter waste, causing pains, swelling, and fatigue, and promotes Doan’s Pills as a proven remedy used by millions for over 40 years.
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Nature
Dean
Doan
Capers White Named Deputy Auditor by Pou
Greensboro May 8 State Auditor George Pou appointed W Capers White former fifth division prison supervisor as deputy state auditor. Pou praised White for a top quality financial record as prison supervisor and noted the Highway Commission will replace him. Living costs in Peru are the highest in 20 years.
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Capers White
Pou
Greensboro
George Pou
W. Capers White
White
North Carolina
State Highway Commission
Peru
The Big Boss at Paramount Friday and Saturday
A melodrama exposing political racketeering and chain gang labor unfolds at the Paramount Theatre. Otto Kruger leads as Jim Maloney, a corrupt machine chief opposed by reform governor Bob Dugan and journalist Sue Peters, in a tale of reform and high-stakes confrontation.
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Columbia
Paramount Theatre
Otto Kruger
Gloria Dickson
John Lite
Jim Maloney
Maloney
Kruger
Bob Dugan
Litel
Sue Peters
Dugan
A and T College Choir Concert in High Point
The prominent A and T College a capella choir will perform at the William Penn Auditorium on Thursday night May 15. The group, touring Delaware through Connecticut, earns praise for ensemble skill precision balance and expressive interpretation with tickets available at Cecil's Drug Store and from Carl Cronstedt.
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Glee Club
America
Cecil
Carl Cronstedt
McCollum Birthday Honored by Daughters and Club Plans
Mrs Gurney McCollum was honored by her daughters Miss Lillian and Miss Margie at a Sunday birthday dinner at Leonard Street home. Attending were sister Mrs Mary Martin two Reidsville daughters two Harris brothers mother in law and niece Mrs Lizzie McCollum and Miss Mary Harris and Mrs Julia Young of Brown Summit. The 20th Century Club planned a Mothers Day program at William Penn Cafeteria with oldest and youngest mothers to be honored. The Six W Club will host a social at Gladys Herds on Leonard Street tonight. The Smart Set and Men's Arms Clubs meet at Sophia Watsons on Fuller Street tonight. White Wall of 1216 Hoover Street recovering from operation at Burrus Memorial Hospital.
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20Th Century Club
James Harrington
Leonard Street
William Penn
Women's Memorial Church
Gladys Herd
Smart Set
Sophia Watson
Fulltop Street
Hoover Street
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Draft board oddities lead Carolinas curios
In Charlotte on May 8 a Rockingham draft board faced a puzzling return when a young eligible listed several creditors as dependents. He explained they depend on him to work and pay them off, noting he could not do it on $21 a month.
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Charlotte
N. C
Carolinas
Rockingham
Waiter Tennyson Dixon jokes about draft dilemma
Tennyson Dixon a waiter in Chester South Carolina worries about being drafted and visits an attorney. The lawyer quips about marrying a widow with children and Dixon jokes that they might not reach him after all and then EI would be in a fix.
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Tennyson Dixon
Chester
S. C
Dixon
Pin in Appendix Martyr? Lincolnton Child Hospitalized
Twenty nine months old Larry Dale McConnell of Lincolnton was taken to a hospital after becoming acutely ill. Surgeons treated him there as details of the medical condition and procedure remained incomplete in the report.
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Larry Dale McConnell
Ernest McConnell
Lincolnton
Wash pot thefts plague town as theftist drops pot
Captain Baz Hillard of Anderson reports repeated wash pot thefts. In one case Gillard caught a youth named La Negro dragging a heavy pot a mile, forcing him to return it. The thief, surprised, fled and dropped the pot in a church yard before being helped into a patrol car.
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Baz Hillard
Anderson
Gillard
la Negro
Hillard
Thief Steals Trousers After Night With Friend
In Rockingham Reese Hart and friend Charlie Peele awoke to find their trousers missing from the room. The thief left behind more valuable articles, suggesting a simple theft rather than a targeted burglary.
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Reese Hart
Charlie Peele
Rockingham
Tallying Votes Draw Crowd in Goldsboro Primary
In Goldsboro a large crowd gathered around as counters tally the municipal primary results. Tabulators announced totals as votes were counted, drawing public interest and attention to the outcome.
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Goldsboro
Tally and a Judge Spar Over Early Voting Hours
A quirky exchange centers on a man nicknamed Tally counting votes and a boast about waking early. Judge Don C. MatRae then says the defendant may sleep later for the next four months as part of a time adjustment.
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Don C. MatRae
Late Sleeper Steals Furniture From High Point Store
A Negro man backed his cart into a High Point furniture store at 3 30 A M and loaded a three piece living room suite. He told the municipal recorder he had no time to ask anyone for permission before fleeing with the items.
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High Point
the Municipal Recorder
Frogs From an Inflated Bag Startled Driver
Ken Lawrence of Kinston reported an inflated paper bag bouncing on a highway toward Richlands. He opened it and found green, scaly contents. a fling released about six frogs. A homing pigeon appeared at the Charlotte Travelers Aid Society desk seeking aid before flying off north.
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Ken Lawrence
Kinston
Richlands
Lawrence
Travelers Aid
Charlotte Travelers Aid Society
Bank of England Yard Teems with Buried Bank Officials
The Bank of England maintains a churchyard adjoining its grounds where many bank officials are buried. The site reflects the institution’s long history and ties to the city’s financial life, with graves sheltering generations of staff from the earliest days to modern times.
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The
Bank of England
Bank
Local Grocery Listings and Stores Listed by Town
A compilation of multiple regional grocery stores with names, addresses, and phone numbers. Includes J A Morgan Grocery Myers Kivet Moser s Cash Store Phillips Food Store Salem Food Center Sanitary Food Store Spencer Food Store Ward Street Cash Grocery Vaughn Food Store and others with street locations in North Carolina towns and associated contact numbers.
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Allman’s Cash
Archdale
Beamon’s
Vail Street
Centennial Ave
Cagle’s Grocery
East Green Street
Carolina Cash Grocery Prospect
Highland
Chestnut Street
CONN
Highland Ave. L. L
Fairmont Grocery
English Street
Gibson’s Food Store
North Main Street
F. R. Hearne Grocery
Park Street
J. A. Morgan Grocery
N. Main
Myers & Kivett
Moser’s Cash
N. C
OAK Hill Grocery
English and Burton
Phillips Food Store
South Main Street
Salem Food Center
Thomasville
Sanitary Food Store
Spencer Food Store
Trinity
N.C
W. D. Stroud Grocery CO
South Hamilton ST
Ward Street Cash
Ward Street
V. C. Tucker Cash Groc
Vaughn Food Store
West Bay Street
CO. W. Watson Grocery
J. E. Ward
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N.C. Bankers
Imoskins
Paramount
ELKS
East High Street
Larry
High Point, N.C
Home Service
Merece Pride Coffee
Morning Glory
OUR
Wilson’s
Kaa Ay Tvet
Wee Lipton Tea
Nic
Ivory
Elwood Grocery
Esso Grocery CO
Thomasville Road
Fulton Grocery Trinity
S. W. Horne’s
Ennis and Tryon
Holder’s .Food
Highland Grocery
Highland Mile
Hillcrest Grocery
Prospect Street
M. R. Ingram
Fairfield RD
Ideal Grocery
English and Briggs
Lambeth Grocery
Mangum Avenue
C. A. Lewis
F. B. Lindley Grocery CO
Wise Street
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