Vast Crowds Turn Out For I Am An American Day
The nation held its first I Am an American Day with rallies across 3500 cities. In New York Central Park an estimated 673000 attended, while Chicago Soldier Field drew about 100000. Officials urged sacrifices to keep democracy strong, with remarks from Secretary Ickes, Vice President Wallace, and Speaker Rayburn stressing unity and American ideals.
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Washington
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National Education Association
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Italian Defenders Endure Heavy Bombardment At Duke
Italian forces report heavy fire from medium and small caliber artillery as British air and land bombardments press during night and day. They claim counterattacks kept the enemy back to their starting point, while reinforcements dwindled for Italians and rebels arrived for the British. Desperate measures included throwing gasoline and grenades as munitions ran low, with some Fascist and native troops captured and used as tank guides reportedly detonating grenades to kill both sides.
History instructor on leave joins ambulance unit abroad
120 Americans history instructor on leave of absence. Two drivers Philip N. Faversham of Concord New Hampshire and Ray Concord Jr of New York left stage careers to serve. Faversham son of William Faversham had appeared with Cornelia Otis Skinner and Clifton Webb. Colcord a Missouri Military Academy and UM graduate studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts 1937 to 1939. U N C student John W Ryan 21 Newton Mass left UNC hoping to drive for Gen de Gaulle. Ryan's father George writes the Boston Herald column Top O' The Morning. Hoeing son of late Charles Hoeing dean at University of Rochester. Amherst 1929 graduate on leave from William and Mary. Also notes a Zamzam missionary party of nine of Seventh Day Adventist church led by Helen Hyatt and Violet Hawkins with Mr and Mrs Thomas Jefferson Jenkins and others.
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Ray Concord, Jr
New York
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William Faversham
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Clifton Webb
Chicago
Man
Colcord
Missouri Military Academy
University of Missouri
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
U.N. C
John W. Ryan
Newton
Mass
University of North Carolina
Ryan
Charles de Gaulle
George Ryan
Boston Herald
Britain
Atlantic
Hitler
Hoeing
Charles Hoeing
University of
Zamzam
Helen Hyatt
Africa
Violet Hawkins
Stanley Johnson
Walla Walla
Wash
Thomas Jefferson Jenkins
Emanuel
Bond Refused Asheboro Man
Clarence Hughes of near Asheboro is jailed without bond as the cause unfolds over injuries to Allene Ward daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Ward of Asheboro Route 1. The girl suffers a broken neck after an alleged Friday night attack. Hughes surrendered to authorities yesterday and allegedly attacked her after she went out with another man.
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Enterprise
Asheboro
Clarence Hughes
Allene Ward
J. L. Ward
Hughes
Dr Davis to Erect Modern Clinic on Wrenn and Howell
Work began today on a new brick veneer one story clinic building for Dr. Philip B. Davis at the corner of Wrenn and Howell Streets. The 32 by 72 foot structure facing North Wrenn Street should be completed by about September 1 on land he recently purchased.
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Philip B. Davis
Wrenn Street
Davis
High Point Man's Auto Damaged in Thomasville Crash
In Thomasville on West Main Street an auto owned by S. M. Newsome of High Point was damaged while parked. Clarence B. Ward was arrested for drunken driving after being linked to the hit vehicle. Ward posted bond. trial likely Friday morning.
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Thomasville
S. M. Newsome
Forrest Avenue
High Point
West Main Street
Charlie Barnes
Kelvin Stone
Clarence B. Ward
Newsome
Ward
Bond
Lavender Infant Claimed by Death in City
Friends in the city mourn the death of an infant son born May 17 who passed away at a local hospital at 10 30 Sunday evening. Surviving are the parents C A and Gertrude Saltz Lavender of 901 Tate Street and the grandparents Mr and Mrs C R Saltz and Mrs A P Lavender. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at 5 o clock from the family residence led by Rev O L Ruth. Interment followed in Oakwood Cemetery.
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C. A. Lavender
C. A
Gertrude Saltz Lavender
Tate Street
C. R. Saltz
A. P. Lavender
O. L. Ruth
First Pilgrim Church
Oakwood Cemetery
Divorce Action Filed by Lonnie Mor ing
Lonnie Mor ing files a divorce complaint with the clerk seeking an absolute divorce from Sadie Moring. The petition states the couple married in April 1924 and separated in March 1927.
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Lonnie Moring
Sadie Moring
Missionaries aboard Zamzam to East Africa from several states
Six of the missing passengers are from Philadelphia including Roy F Brill and wife with four children. James P MacKnight of Allentown Pa and other missionaries from New Jersey New York Ohio Minnesota and North Carolina were aboard the Egyptian vessel bound for East Africa. The African Inland Mission based in Brooklyn reported 19 adults and seven children on board.
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East Africa
African Inland Mission
Arthur Barnett
Ridgewood
N. J
Brooklyn
W. J. Guilding
L. J. Buyse
Buyse
St. Paul, Minn
W. A. Munday
Irvington
Newark
J. Fred Young
W. A. Man
Local Weather Update for Carolinas and Virginias
Noon today fair and warmer. North Carolina mostly fair tonight and Tuesday. Virginia fair and cool tonight with slightly warmer interior Tuesday. Winds gentle NW to SE from Block Island to Hatteras, and moderate NE from Hatteras to Jacksonville, tonight and Tuesday.
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Hatteras
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Sonville
Administration Signals Senate Bill Progress on Key Clauses
The House expects to accept the Senate version soon as a joint conference committee must reconcile four differences. Provisions include allowing the government to seize idle foreign ships in U S waters and extending the presidents power to devalue the dollar with a 2 billion stabilization fund. Changes to the Selective Service Act seek a younger 21 to 36 age range amid House debate, while a record farm appropriation awaits joint committee action.
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Hull and Hess Aims For Peace Not Dictatorship
Hull said Hess is not Hitler’s stooge and a peace could save England and the fleet. He favored a democratic federation in Europe and opposed a Hitler or Churchill dictated settlement. Hull urged a U S of Europe while Hull on trade argued lasting peace requires open trade, voiced on NBC during Foreign Trade Week.
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Week-end Fishermen Rally At City Lake For Big Catch
High Point City Lake anglers reported unusually good luck according to W R Hull lake warden. D L Weatherman and Avery MecKindless brought in four bass totaling five and a half pounds. C H Deviney landed a six pound bass. C E Hayes and W B Goldsmith caught three crappies totaling four pounds. R L Hutchinson and R E Fearrwell netted forty bream. J A Booker added a two pound crappie while W L Yow and R J McPherson took their crappie limit.
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High Point City Lake
W. R. Hull
D. L. Weatherman
Avery MecKindless
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C. E. Hayes
W. B. Goldsmith
R. L. Hutchinson
R. E. Fearrwell
J. A. Booker
W. L. Yow
R. J. McPherson
Old High Point Enterprise Copies Show 19th Century Thrift
L W Glenn donated four old weekly High Point Enterprise issues from Thursdays in October years ago. C F Crutchfield was editor that year. Advertisements include Thomasville Female Academy Rev J N Stallings Ragan Mills and Company and a patent medicine claim. The pages date to the Charleston earthquake year and reveal pioneer thrift from over fifty years back.
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Enterprise
High Point Enterprise
C. F. Crutchfield
Thomasville Female Academy
Charleston
Three Warrants Served In Lottery Case Raids Continue
Police yesterday served three additional warrants on local men charging them with operating lotteries. The action follows Saturday raids on establishments suspected of gambling or whisky dealings. Warrants were served on Frank Posey, 42, city, and Thursman Kemp, 29, city, among others.
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Frank Posey
City
Thursman Kemp
Padlock Enforcement Tightens at Do Drop Inn and Main Street Billiards
Officers padlocked another local tavern today with Do Drop Inn at 601 West Green Street closed for running a gambling house. Main Street Billiards at 660 North Main Street permitted to reopen after removing telegraph ticker and blackboards and allowing police searches for 12 months without a warrant. A hearing on the Do Drop Inn padlocking is set for Tuesday May 27.
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Ernest W. Koelz
Main Street
North Main Street
Clifford Yow
Robert Steelman
poHce
Wik
Court schedules hearings for lottery cases after Saturday raids
Roy Pierce and E C Brown alias Bud Brown and J Ott Teague were arrested on lottery charges after raids and padlocks on 15 establishments. Bond set at 300 each. Judge D C Mac Rae said cases to be heard Wednesday along with C L Poore and J R Cooke, warrants issued last Sept 22. Temporary injunction hearing for operators of the 15 raided places set for Friday.
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Roy Pierce
North Main Street
E. C. Brown
Bud Brown
Council Street
J. Ott Teague
Forrest Avenue
D. C. MacRae
C. L. Poore
City
J. R. Cooke
East
Lexington Avenue
Suspended sentence for Claude Hayworth with strict conditions
Claude Hayworth was found guilty of possessing three pints of tax paid liquor and received an eighth suspended sentence from Judge D C MacRae in Municipal Court. Conditions include no driving in NC for 12 months, discontinue phone number 2944, not install another phone, no whiskey possession, no new liquor offenses for two years, and payment of $100 fine and costs. Defense attorney Gaston Johnson appealed, criticizing deputy sheriff’s method of securing the conviction.
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Claude Hayworth
Morris Street
D. C. MacRae
North Carolina
Gaston Johnson
Hayworth
Coal disputes push to end 10 day strikes in West and Bay cities
Defense Mediation Board chiefs in Washington chair a panel to end a 10 day strike by 12,000 CIO lumber workers in Seattle as talks hinge on wage gains and union concessions. In San Francisco Bay ships, 15,000 workers face breach of picket lines to resume $500 million defense orders, with Governor Olson appealing to 1,700 strikers. UMW coal threats pause in eight states as negotiations continue. The panel predicts rapid settlement of both coal and shipyard disputes.
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Legal Trades Council
Culbert L. Olson
AFL Machinists Union
John Frey
Metal Trades Unions
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Appalachian
Two Hurt In Car Crash In Winston-Salem Suburb
Mrs Delia Mann and Mrs Phil lip Pegham of 2240 North Liberty Street Winston-Salem were injured when their car left East Green Street and hit a tree in a yard at 409 East Green Street Sunday morning. Driver Robert Hill of 104 College Avenue Thomasville was arrested for drunk driving. Mann faces a Greensboro warrant on a child abandonment case. Pegham suffered a knee injury.
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Phillip Pegham
North Liberty Street
Winston-Salem
Burrus Memorial Hospital
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Robert Hill
College Avenue
Thomasville
Mann
Greensboro
Blanche Carr Sterne
Guilford
Hess Still Talking as Churchill Receives Hess Statements
London dispatch reports a BBC broadcast saying Rudolf Hess has been busy writing and talking for a week and that Prime Minister Churchill has received a full report of his statements. A Zeitschrift Fur Geopolitik issue cited by Hess’s ally Haushofer shows pessimism about Germany’s prospects amid US intervention.
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Funeral Rites for Miss Lydia Booth
Funeral services for Miss Lydia Booth, 51, who died at her home on Tomlinson Street, were held Sunday at 2:30 PM at Green Street Baptist Church. Rev. Julian S. Hopkins officiated with choir songs No Night There Abide With Me and Sunrise. Pallbearers included J. W. Daves J. H. Dorsett Marvin Howell Roy Culler W. W. Seckler and T. C. Robbins. Burial followed at Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Tomlinson Street
Green Street Baptist Church
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Argie Wood
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J. W. Daves
J. H. Dorsett
Marvin Howell
Roy Culler
W. W. Seckler
T. C. Robbins
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
Willis Smith Named Chief Of North Carolina Bar
The North Carolina Bar Association elected Willis Smith of Raleigh as president over Frank Taylor of Goldsboro by 59 to 51 at its Greensboro convention. New officers include E. Earle Rives, Robert H. Sykes, R. H. Bellamy as vice-presidents, and Irvin Tucker and Kev Craig Ramsey as executive committee members. The group urged the new president to press for rule making authority for the state supreme court.
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North Carolina Bar Association
Willis Smith
Raleigh
Frank Taylor
Goldsboro
E. Earle Rives
Robert H. Sykes
Durham
R. H. Bellamy
Winston-Salem
Irvin Tucker
Whiteville
Kev Craig Ramsey
Salisbury
State Supreme Court
Nazis To Return About 100000 French Prisoners
Vichy France May 19 Germany agreed to immediately return roughly 100000 French prisoners of war as a first result of German French talks. A communique said negotiations proceed favorably and the noncommissioned officers and soldiers who fought in the World War would be released. There were about 1.8 million French prisoners in German hands. A plan to allow French officials to access the reserved zone of Northern and Eastern France was also discussed.
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France
Germany
Dr Slate to speak at North Carolina State Medical Society
Dr Marvin L Slate of this city will appear at the North Carolina State Medical Society meeting in Pinehurst today through Wednesday. He will speak on General Practice of Medicine and Surgery Wednesday afternoon on the paper Vinethene Anesthesia. His name was omitted from the official program by an oversight.
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Marvin L. Slate
North Carolina State Medical Society
Pinehurst
Slate
Catholic Mission Construction to Start in City
R K Stewart and Son will receive the contract to build a Catholic mission for Negro members here. Work begins next Friday, with completion expected by next fall, per Father Bernadine Watson S A.
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R. K. Stewart and Son
Bernadine Watson
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Young Asheboro Boy Injured in Bicycle Collision
Harold Frazier, a youngster from Asheboro, is hospitalized in Randolph Hospital after his bicycle collided with a car reportedly driven by Buddy Sewell. No charges have been filed against Sewell.
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Harold Frazier
Randolph Hospital
Buddy Sewell
Sewell
Courses in public housing offered in over 200 colleges
Public housing courses are now available at more than two hundred colleges across the United States. The spread reflects growing academic interest in housing policy urban planning and social welfare among students and faculty nationwide.
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