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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1941
Page
3
In Iva South Carolina Herbert Dixon reportedly lived with a broken back for nine days without realizing his injury. The curious incident is highlighted in the Carolinas curiosities roundup from Charlotte dated May 10.
The fragment references Capt Parker Clamp of the Anderson police department and signals an ongoing case or action. Details remain unclear but point to official police business involving a named officer and the Anderson department.
Edenton High School Band left Rocky Mount with two bass drums a tuba and a band member missing. At 4 am the musician tried to thumb a ride to Identon while the rest of the ensemble headed home. Earlier in a separate note a knife wound led officer Clamp to apply antiseptic after George Starks age 19 claimed he was stabbed. Dr Wade Thompson later mailed back a four inch blade from Starks shoulder.
A Black youth attempting to rob an Elizabeth City store is chased and hides inside the display case refrigerator in the shop. Pete Watson notes his brother Olin’s popularity in Bamberg South Carolina. locals greet Pete as if he were Olin.
Mrs H D Herring of St George South Carolina gave birth to a son who was registered as the Florence Hospital’s 449th patient. Dr Hering checked his own selective service registration number and found a match. Also six friends sought legal help from Frank R Holtzman in New York for conscription forms and were exempted. Holtzman is now Private Frank R Holtzman in Battery A 10th Battalion FAR C at Fort Bragg.
France endures a grim economy under German rule as millions face unemployment. Germany seeks skilled French workers with promised wages of 2500 francs monthly for families and 1600 for single men. In Paris the relief picture is fragile as bread and meat rations shrink and black markets fill the gap.
The remark questions why France will not fully join Europe’s reorganizing effort. It suggests the answer may lie in domestic nationalism, implying that French self-identity constrains broader continental participation.
Mrs Zollie Edwards Carson of Raleigh, 54, died in a hospital from a skull fracture after an automobile accident on Highway 7610 miles east of Elkin last night. Miss ls Osborne, 45, of Raleigh, was injured.
An inexpensive home remedy urges readers to mix a quart of water with the juice of four lemons and a two-week supply of Ru-Ex compound. The ad promises relief within 48 hours, with a money back guarantee if pains persist, and notes availability at Mann’s, Eckerd’s, and local drugstores.
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