Stork News and Auto Row Tales Amid 1941 Car Talks
A local column blends baby news with auto industry chatter. W L Webb becomes a father to a ten pound boy while Horace Viderton reports a Detroit trip hinting at car shortages and price rises after 1941. Ed Atkinson and De Soto dealers loom large as the town buzzes with new and used car talk. Then a murder on the highway interrupts the light notes as a theatre outing ends in tragedy on the main thoroughfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Webb
Horace G. Ilderton’s
W. L
Poppa
Webb
Junior
W. L. Webb, Jr
Viderton
Detroit
Horace
Ed Atkinson
Pontiac
Dave Neal
Dane Johnson
Atkinson
Taylor
Shore
de Soto
Irony Amid Fatal Intersection Crash In City Proclaims Warning
A speeding couple collided with a car crossing an intersection and a man was fatally injured when his own vehicle rolled over him. Despite ambulance aid and multiple transfusions, gangrene and further amputation led to death en route to surgery. The story warns of ignored STOP signs at Church Elm and Church Thurston intersections.
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Church
Elm
Church and
Thurston
Elm Street
Ironmaster Signers Tally in Declaration Of Independence
Of the signers from the Southeast four were ironmasters. Stephen Hopkins of Rhode Island along with George Taylor George Ross and James Smith of Pennsylvania were noted as ironmasters among the signers of the Declaration of Independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Hopkins
Rhode Island
George Taylor
George Ross
James Smith
Pennsylvania
Pontiac Gun Contract Spurs Defense Plant Expansion
A Navy delegation led by Rear Admiral Blandy confirms Pontiac Motor Division’s contract to manufacture Oerlikon 20 mm anti aircraft guns. Machinery, subcontracts and a 325,000 square foot plant are in place with production already begun. Klingler notes high priority and subcontracting to speed output as Adm Blandy hails Pontiac progress and readiness for defense needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontiac Motor Division
Navy
W. H. P. Blandy
Naval Ordnance
Oerlikon
Admiral Blandy
E. E. Herrman
A. G. Noble
Ordnance Department
George A. Chadwick
Blandy
Pontiac
Klinger
Klingler
Robert H. Ahlers
Atkinson Motors
Wrenn Street
How to Become a Skilled Driver Excerpt
This editor note introduces excerpts from How to Become an Skilled Driver by Ray W Sherman for the Ford Good Drivers League. It argues true driving skill comes from mindset and safe practice, not tricks, and contrasts American driving habits with British norms. Bears will eat almost any vegetable or meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray W. Sherman
The
Ford Good Drivers League
Ford Motor Company
New De Soto Sedan Converts Quickly Into Ambulance
Detroit reports a 1941 De Soto sedan that seats seven as standard and can be converted in minutes into a full length ambulance for hospital car duty. The design uses a movable center post, side roof panel support, and quick folding front and rear seats. Power comes from a 110 hp engine with Fluid Drive and Simplimatic Transmission offered as options. Taylor-Shore Motor Sales Co. at 819 North Main Street is the local dealer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
L. G. Peed
de Soto
Chrysler Corporation
Taylor-Shore Motor Sales Company
North Main Street
Memorial Service in Jamestown Today
The fifteenth annual memorial service is set for 3 pm at Jamestown Methodist Church. Rev. C. M. McKinney will deliver the memorial address. H. N. Williard will preside and read the deceased roll call. Juanita Gregg Winn offers a eulogy with special music by Glenn Robertson. Notable attendees from Jamestown and beyond honor a long memorial list including Aaroh Scott Barbee, Mary F. Briggs, Levi H. Briggs, James Monroe Breedlove, Cora Sue Bundy.
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Jamestown Methodist Church
C. M. McKinney
H. N. Williard
Juanita Gregg Winn
Hamblen
Parker
Glenn Robertson
Jamestown
Aaroh Scott Barbee
Mary F. Briggs
Levi H. Briggs
James Monroe Breedlove
Cora Sue Bundy
Coleman Lester Cox
William ©. Coe
Annie Cruthis
Colon L. Curtis
Dennis Edwards
Jessie Cox Farlow
Allen Jay Fraley
Eliza Robbins Fields
Julius F. Garrett
Robert Jack Goins
Clara Belle Hassell
Charles Branch Holbrook
Minnie Lucia Hodgin Holton
John C. Kersey
Mattie Kidd
Ruby Catherine Leonard
Joseph McKender Moon
Hubert M. Sechrest
James Thomas Scott
Coy C. Stuart
Dorothy Robbins Taylor
Ella Lambe Thorpe
George Washington Warner
Julia Stevenson Wood
No Developments In Hosiery Strike
High Point hosiery mill boarders reach week end with no progress as negotiations stall. Both sides proposed compromises and rejected them. A mass meeting for all hosiery workers is planned in front of Grimes Street School at seven tonight. Gilbert Burns warned the strike would continue if no settlement emerges.
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High Point
Grimes Street
Gilbert Burns
Elsiwood Home Sites Auction by Penny Brothers Friday
Seventy five Elsiwood home sites adjoining Sedgefield on Greensboro Road will be sold at auction by Penny Brothers for Wachovia Bank on Friday May 30 starting at 2 p.m. A band will provide entertainment during the sale. The sites offer modern conveniences and are described as ideal for country homes.
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Elsiewood
Sedgefield
Greensboro Road
Penny Brothers
Avin
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
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George Edwards
Chevrolet
South Wrenn Street
Edsel Ford
Wallace R. Campbell
Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd
Ford
Windsor
Ontario
English Motor Company
East
Washington Street
Jocal Ford
Independence
Audies Te
High Point Enterprise
America
Lane
Dodge Truck Division
Dodge Army
Horace G. Moderton, Inc
Willowbrook
Dodge
Penny Bros
H. G. Ilderton
Plymouth de Luxe
Plymouth
Taylor-Shore Otor Sales Company
W. A. Taylor
Kk. B. Shore Sales
de Soto - Plymouth
Auto Finance CO
Home Folls
North
Malin Street
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