Eight Month Suspended Sentence For West End Tavern
Elmer D. Moore operator of the West End Tavern received an eight month suspended sentence and a 25 dollar fine for violating prohibition law after officers found 18 1/2 pints of whiskey in the establishment during padlocking. The judge ordered no liquor on site, warrantless searches, and Moore must avoid further violations for five years.
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Elmer D. Moore
West End
High Point
Moore
D. C. MacRae
Bridge Tourney Opens Saturday at Sedgefield Inn
Bridge players from cities and towns across the state are expected for the first annual Sedgefield Contract Bridge Tournament at Sedgefield Inn. The tournament committee includes Waynick Farnell Lang with directors Mrs William M. Person and W E Swain. Qualifying rounds start at 2 p m tomorrow, with finals at 8:15 p m tomorrow evening.
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Sedgefield
French Forces in Levant Defy Allies After Armistice
A telegram from a French squadron in Syria appeals to compatriots to defend the Levant. It asserts communique claims of German airlifts and munitions transfers to Bagdad, condemns treachery by former allies, and vows to fight under the Free French flag to save the country from slavery.
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Syria
Levant
The
Dente
Tel Kotchey
Baghdad
Britain
Petain
France
Labor Strife and Wage Demands Rock U.S. Industry
Sailors and marines moved 600 workers through lines amid a 500 million dollar defense orders backlog. A mediation board found the Sofi coal wage dispute deadlocked for a second time as talks approach with CIO United Mine Workers and regional operators. Coal experts warn only 10 to 15 days of above ground supply remain. In Detroit, a National Labor Relations Board tally gave the United Automobile Workers control at Ford River Rouge and Lincoln plants, a statement praised as ending an era of anti unionism. Thomas pledged quick contract talks for a 140 cent per hour wage raise, while Ford dissents called the victory by some a communist win. Separately, AFL electrical workers at Radford, Va., demanded 23 cents more and better conditions. CIO steel workers halted operations at Buffalo. At La Porte, Ind., anti aircraft mounts project stalled by labor action. increases sought around 10 cents above a 50 cent base.
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National Labor Relations Board
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CLO
United Automobile Workers
Ford Motor Company
River Rouge
Lincoln
R. J. Thomas
UAW
Henry Ford
Harry Bennett
Ford
Communist Party
Thomas
Radford
AFL
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
la Porte
Ind
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Feders Manufacturing Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Native West Indies insect hides in bamboo joints
A tiny creature, so small it crawls through bamboo cracks, seeks shelter inside hollow joints and is native to the West Indies.
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West Indies
Typographical error magnifies Davis sentence change
The Enterprise yesterday reported a 1935 High Point municipal court judgment against Frank Davis, a convicted bootlegger, was modified from a 250 dollar fine and suspended sentence to a claim he paid 20 dollars. The correction clarifies Davis paid 200 dollars.
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Enterprise
Frank Davis
Davis
Bailey settles suit against High Point Ice and Coal
Vernon B Bailey of High Point wins a 1500 compromise from McKinley Davis trading as High Point Ice and Coal Company in Guilford Superior Court. The auto collision suit sought 3296 damages. Davis pays 1500 and costs including 100 for a deposition trip to Lexington Kentucky.
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Guilford Superior Court
Vernon B. Bailey
High Point
McKinley Davis
High Point Ice and Coal Company
Davis
Ice Company
Arch K. Schoch
Lexington
Jury Deliberating in High Point Auto Fatalities Case
In Guilford Superior Court a jury half a day into deliberations in the voluntary manslaughter case of S M Austin 20 of High Point over a September crash near High Point that killed Hazel King 16 of Thomasville and Peggy Carter 15 of High Point. Other car occupants were injured and await verdict as defense and state arguments closed. In a separate case Greensboro businessman George Perrin Jr was sentenced to twelve months on the roads for Audrey Perkins death but the sentence was suspended with conditions including a $5,000 payment and a five year driving ban.
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Archdale
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Highland Avenue
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Union Street
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Thomasville
Granby Street
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Buddie Hulin
West High Stret
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South Main Stret
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Willowbrook Street
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Cross Street
Ing
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Emerywood Court
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Textile Street
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Fairfield Road
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Jack Austin
Burlington
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Greensboro
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Reidsville
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Iris Rice Ellington
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Guy Heilig
High Point
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George Perrin, Jr
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Olive
Perrin
B. G Hill
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North Carolina
British Take Ethiopian Town Gelute Near Sciasciamanna
London reports British troops seized Gelute 25 miles northwest of Sciasciamanna in the Ethiopian Lakes region south of Addis Ababa and captured over 800 Italian prisoners. An Italian counterattack at Gelate was repulsed. British forces also established a bridgehead over the Billate River and took Gardafui lighthouse at the Gulf of Aden entrance in Italian Somaliland.
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London
Gelute
Sciasciamanna
Gardafui
Gulf of Aden
Navy plans site options for new installation near Neuse River
Plans considered two locations Wilkerson Point Pamlico County on the north side of the Neuse River and Cherry Point Carteret County on the south side. A decision would come in about a month. If Pamlico chosen 15 miles of rail must be built. Carteret requires about 5 miles. About 4,000 acres would be needed at an estimated $100,000 cost. Commander L B Combs outlined how the 15 million would be spent including barracks runways storage recreation and utilities among other items.
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Wilkerson Point
Neuse
Pamlico County
Cherry Point
Carteret County
Mitchell
Pamlico
Carteret
Vinson
D-Ga
L. B. Combs
Navy
Bureau of Yards and Docks
Piedmont Cotillion Dinner Dance At Emerywood Club
The Piedmont Cotillion holds its May dinner dance at Emerywood Country Club this evening. Hors d oeuvres start at 7 with dinner and dancing to follow in the club ballroom, and many out of town guests are expected to attend.
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Piedmont Cotillion
Emerywood Country Club
Memorial Service Sunday at Jamestown Church
The Jamestown Community Memorial Service will be held Sunday at 3 oclock in the Jamestown Methodist Church to honor deceased community members. Rev. G M McKinney of the Jamestown Oakdale charge will deliver the address. Glenn Robertson and Juanita Gregg Winn will give musical selections and a eulogy will be delivered. H N Williard will preside and Evelyn McKinney will accompany on piano.
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Jamestown
Jamestown Methodist Church
G. M. McKinney
Jamestown- Oakdale
McKinney
Bastic Methodist Church
Bastic
N. C
Glenn Robertson
White Plains
Gray's Chapel High School
Liberty
Still Waters
Hamblen
Parker
Juanita Gregg Winn
Oratorical and Essay Contests At High Point College
High Point College hosts the annual oratorical and essay contests in the college auditorium at 8 p.m. Dr. P. S. Kennett directs. contestants include Doris Holmes of Graham and Mabel Warlick of Lawndale for the Charlotte Mr. Amos medal and Manley H. Byerly of Lexington and Victor Harber of New York City for the S Rabinowitz medal. Judges are Mrs. Mabel Burnett Harris Jarrel and H. N. Williard. Alumni Day is set for tomorrow with a buffet for graduates and Sunday features include the baccalaureate sermon by Dr. G. I. Humphreys, a college band concert, and an address by Dean P. E. Lindley.
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High Point College
P. S. Kennett
Vera Whitlock
Charlotte Mr. Amos
Doris Holmes
Graham
Mabel Warlick
Lawndale
America
S. Rabinowitz
Manley H. Byerly
Lexington
Victor Harber
New York City
Mabel Burnett
Harris Jarrel
H. N. Williard
G. I. Humphreys
P. E. Lindley
North Carolina Weather Update With Showers and Thunderstorms
Partly cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms tonight and in west and central portions this afternoon. Saturday partly cloudy and cooler in west portion tonight. Winds shift from northeast to north across central and north portions tonight, with increasing cloudiness and thunder squalls in north and central areas. From Hatteras to Jacksonville, winds shift to northeast Saturday, with clouds and scattered showers tonight and Saturday.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Poor Little Rich Boy John Dorrance Jr Draft Forthcoming
Selective Service officials summoned John T. Dorrance Jr a Princeton student and heir to the Campbell soup fortune for a final physical examination. If accepted he will be drafted into the army at twenty one dollars a month, despite an income of about twenty thousand dollars monthly from the family fortune.
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Selective Service
John T. Dorrance, Jr
America
Princeton
Uncle Sam
Campbell Soup
Battle of Crete Escalates as British Navy Fights Axis
British and German forces clash around Crete with at least five battleships two carriers and many cruisers and destroyers involved. German dive bombers suffer heavy losses as air supremacy battles unfold near shore bases while transport planes shuttle troops and supplies to Malemi Candia and Suda Bay.
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Heat Wave Pushes Carolinas to 101 Degrees
Scorching weather across North and South Carolina with 101 degree readings in Goldsboro and Louisburg as a heat wave continues. Forecasters predict scattered showers in western South Carolina and western to central North Carolina to provide some relief. Farmers warn of substantial crop damage while forest fires rage, with only heavy rainfall possibly curbing new blazes.
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Mercury
South Carolina
North Carolina
Frank O. Black
Columbia
W. C. McCormick
Goldsboro
Louisburg
N. C
Poppy Day Observed in City by American Legion Auxiliary
Poppy Day will be observed in the city Saturday as the American Legion Auxiliary sponsors. The poppy, memorial flower of the Legion, began after World War I and is worn before Memorial Day in the United States. Poppies are produced by disabled veterans in government hospitals and auxiliary workrooms, with about 12 million flowers made this year in 81 hospitals and 41 workrooms. Junior auxiliary members also assist in the distribution and production.
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America
New York City
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
United States
British Empire
American Legion and Auxiliary
Auxiliary
American Legion Amxiliary
Auxiliam
Miners Face Ear-Splitting Blast at Local Mine Opening
Fourteen workers moved along a long 245 mile route to the opening when a blast sent dust and noise searing past leader Quince Hardest. He described the scene as hellish as the blast occurred 325 feet below the surface at 9 10 p m Central Standard Time last night, nearly two hours before the mine was to close.
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Quince Hardest
Hell’s Hair Acre
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