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High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 15, 1940

Page

5

Nine Guilford Candidates Endorse P T Congress Program

Nine of Guilford County’s 14 state legislative candidates including one Republican voiced full support for the 15 point program of the North Carolina Congress of Parents and Teachers. They spoke at a Senior High School program sponsored by the local PTA council endorsing teacher retirement, sick leave, salary raises, and curriculum improvements.

Guilford North Carolina Gold Raleigh Keith Harrison Robert F. Moseley Shelley B. Caveness Z. H. Howerton Senate Congress Beverley Moore Rupert T. Pickens Joe T. Carruthers Greensborondidate Fred J. Flagler D. H. Hall Blake Thompson

Flashes Of Life and Oddities From Across Towns

A collage of short sensational items: in Revere a boy and friends uncover three sticks of dynamite in a vacant lot while seeking matches. In Winchester trucks moved by police carry 42 hives of bees alarmed by orchard pollen work. In Huntington a driver pays $140 down on a car with pennies. In Kansas City a wedding ring snags a finger, prompting amputation. Ames students test party loyalties with rival clubs. Chicago judge questions a suspect's rubber gloves reasoning as money germs explanation.

Winchester Charles R Anderson Frederick County

Lessons in English Word Usage Today

Lessons explain common errors and pronunciations such as I could have, not I could of, and how to say alien. It defines misused words, offers synonyms for injure and a daily vocabulary goal. The featured term RESPLENDENT means shining brilliantly and lustrous with an example about medals.

Council President Leads Meeting After Opening

The council president chaired the session shortly after the opening as the discussion program ran under the direction of Professor Walter Fleischmann of High Point College.

Walter Fleischmann High Point College

Mother and Daughter Banquet At Brooks Memorial Church

Brooks Memorial Methodist Church hosted a mother and daughter banquet led by Miss Ernes tine Reid and Miss Helen Ganna way with Rev. R C Sharpe delivering the principal talk. The event featured toasts to mothers and daughters, musical selections by the Florence High School quartet, and multiple responses and dedications.

Brooks Memorial Methodist Church Ernestine Reid Helen Gannaway R. C. Sharpe Hilda Amaker W. R. Robbins Florence High School Quartet A. B. Champlin Lois Haizlip B. J. Johnson Thomas B. Smith Thelma Sapp Virginia Fuller John M'Cain John McCain American Leguin

North Carolina Fruit Vegetable Market Report Highlights Prices

North Carolina shipping point data and Tuesday wholesale sales cover lettuce cabbage snap beans sweet potatoes potatoes and berries with mixed regional trends. Prices show duller New York lettuce markets, slightly weaker Philadelphia cabbage, and steady to weaker notes for berries in Haberdashery markets across Wallace Rose Hill and Burgaw auctions.

North Carolina U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service Wallace-Rose Hill Philadelphia S. C New York U. S Baltimore Nancy Halls Hastings Fia Maine Green Mountains Chicago Calif Idaho Ala U. 8 Washington North South Carolina MT. Olive N. C Hammond Cleveland Pittsburgh Burgaw Chadbourn

Martin L. Davey Returns to National Democratic Spotlight

Columbus reports former Ohio governor Martin L. Davey reemerged in national politics as the Democratic challenger to Governor John W. Bricker. The primary tabulations show Dudley A. White and Harold H. Burton nearly tied for the Republican Senate nomination, with Cleveland expected to tilt Burton’s lead.

Columbus Martin L. Davey Ohio John W. Bricker Dudley A. White Harold H. Burton Cleveland U. S. Senate Vic Donahey The Cleveland Plain Dealer Burton

Prospect Methodists Homecoming Day Program Declared

Prospect Methodist Church hosts Homecoming Day on May 19. Rev. Van Harrison leads program and Rev. T. B. Johnson, former Thomasville pastor, gives address. Afternoon features group singing and a noon lunch on the church grounds.

Prospect Methodist Church Prospect Road van Harrison T. B. Johnson Thomasville Prospect Church

Red and Blues Clash in Louisiana War Maneuvers

U S Army units move toward a major clash in Louisiana as Blues reportedly outnumber Red 390 to 130 in tanks. The Seventh Cavalry Brigade leads the Red's all mechanized forces employing tanks and armored cars in rapid, mobility focused attacks amid vivid road side awe.

William T. Rives Louisiana Texas Blues Seventh Calvary Brigade

Local Student Elected Delegate of Grail Honor Society

Chapel Hill May 15 Bill Dees Jr University student from Goldsboro has been elected head of the Order of the Grail, a leading student honorary group. He succeeds Paul Thompson of Wadesboro. Other officers: Charlie Idol High Point scribe Cy Jones Pennsgrove N J exchequer and George Coxhead St Petersburg Fla assistant exchequer.

Chapel Hill Bill Dees, Jr Goldsboro Order of the Grail Paul Thompson Wadesboro Charlie Idol High Point Scribe Cy Jones Pennsgrove N. J Exchequer George Coxhead St. Petersburg Fla

John Caffey Visits High Point in Sixth District Campaign

Greensboro candidate John Caffey, seeking the Democratic nomination for the U.S. House from the sixth district, spentTuesday in High Point visiting friends and supporters and said he is encouraged about his prospects districtwide. The item notes a ratio of cars to people and bathtubs to people.

John Caffey Greensboro United States House of Representatives High Point Caffey

How to Eat to Beat the Heat by Alice H. Smith

Nutritionist Alice H. Smith urges vitamin intake via common foods. She lists daily targets: milk, leafy vegetables, potatoes, citrus or tomatoes, another fruit or vegetable, whole grains, and a protein such as eggs or meat. She notes sun exposure and cod liver oil as vitamin D sources and warns pills alone aren’t enough.

Allies & Smith

Squalus Commissioned as Sailfish After Navy Loss

The submarine Squalus was commissioned as the Sailfish in Portsmouth with Morton Mumma Jr. in command. Admiral Cyrus W. Cole attended, decorated for the rescue and salvage operations. Four Squalus escapees, Manness, McLees, de Medeiros, and Craven, were assigned to the Sailfish, recognized for heroism in the rescue dives and early salvage.

Morton C. Mumma, Jr Cyrus W. Cole Portsmouth Navy Yard Manness Lloyd B. Manness Greensboro N. C Gerald C. McLees Richmond Kans Leonard de Medeiros New Bedford Mass Eugene D. Craven Thayer, O

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