Hart Cleared on Four Counts in High Point Election Case
Judge D C MacRae dismissed four of six irregularities charges against J F Hart High Point precinct four registrar after a three hour session. Two felony counts remain with prayer for judgment held until Friday. Witness Clyde Payne testified Hart rolled ballots and stored them in his pocket while others denied actions. Britain’s Malta faced about two raids daily after Italy entered World War II.
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High Point Municipal Court
D. C. MacRae
J. F. Hart
Hart
MacRae
Ayne
Harris Jarrell
Clyde R. Payne
Jayne
Man on ten day furlough visits mother from Camp Sibert
Private Clarence Harvey is home on a ten day furlough to see his mother Mrs. Margaret Harvey at 211 12 Montheu Avenue. He has served about six months and is stationed at Camp Sibert Alabama.
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Harvey
Clarence Harvey
Margaret Harvey
Montheu Avenue
Camp Sibert
Ala
Mrs Leclerc On Probation
Mrs Gertrude Randall Leclerc 45 today was placed on probation for five years after pleading guilty in federal court to representing herself as a purchasing agent for the Navy Department She operated a canteen at the Wilmington Navy Yard under a Navy contract before the indictment Two Greenville men testified they were told she was a Navy purchasing agent in January
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Anderson
S. C
Gertrude Randall Leclerc
Navy Department
Wilmington Navy Yard
Greenville
Navy
Susan C Livengood dies after two years of illness
Susan C Livengood dies at the home of Kennedy in Mt. Pleasant community Winston Salem Route 5 Tuesday at 1 AM after two years of declining health. Born March 6 1860 in Davidson County she lived in Abbott s Creek for 25 years and with her great nephew Paul Kennedy for the last year. Surviving nephews and nieces listed. Funeral at Mt Pleasant Methodist Church Thursday at 11 AM with Rev Mumford and Pastor Albright. interment in church cemetery.
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Susan C. Liven
Oenedy
Mt. Pleasant
Winston-Salem
Miss Livengood
Davidson County
Andrew and
Easter Hayworth Livengood
Abbott's Creek
Dan Hayworth
Paul Kennedy
Koonce Furnal
Mt. Pleasant Methodist Church
W. P. Albright
E. F. Mumford
Firemen and Police Offer Transfusions for Knox
Two High Point firemen and three police officers volunteered for blood donations to aid E. M. Knox, High Point city manager, hospitalized in Winston-Salem Baptist Hospital in serious condition but reported to be improving. Volunteers were Lt. E. E. Pregam, M. A. Sechrest, Sgt. Ken Ellington, Sgt. Fred Snyder, and Lester Myers.
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High Point
E. M. Knox
Winston- Salem
Knox
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
E. E. Pegram
M. A. Sechrest
Ken Ellington
Fred Snyder
Lester Myers
Phil Surratt
R. L. Long
Mrs. H. A. Randle Sentenced Five Years for Manslaughter
In Annapolis Maryland on May 25 Helen Aileen Randle the wife of a wealthy horseman was sentenced to five years in the Maryland Women's Prison after being convicted of manslaughter in the death of a 13 year old boy who she said called her the vilest names. The sentence was set to start January 30 the date of her arrest. Her lawyers had asked for a new trial but withdrew the motion before sentencing.
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Annapolis
Helen Aileen Randle
Maryland Women's Prison
Ridgely P. Melvin
Randle
Grace Boswell
Eenence
Milk Fund Progress Reaches Fourth Quotal Milestone
In the first three days of the Milk Fund Drive, over a quarter of the $1,800 goal is raised. High Point contributions bring total to $470 with $157 added yesterday. Donations support babies whose fathers serve abroad and mothers lack income for milk. Send gifts to Milk Fund, P. O. Box 1864, High Point.
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High Point
P. O. Box
Cas Crek Weess
Ce Studéesac
Gor Nic Chitn
Roy Armstrong
Helen Millis
Helen Dallas
Geo. McLarty
J. P. Ingram
L. F. Rerree
Billy
Ben Cooper
Peggy
Aida Ingram
Nancy Grey
C. Dalton
J. W. Poole
Civitans Hear Annual Report At High Point Club
Retiring president Charles F. Risch delivered an annual report at the High Point Civitan Club's weekly meeting at the Sheraton Hotel. He praised member cooperation and noted the roster remained steady despite 10 members leaving for war work. Blake Thompson, newly elected president, urged continued support as he prepares to attend Civitan International in Fort Worth, Texas, with Edgar Hatcher in June.
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Charles F. Risch
High Point Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Reisch
Civitans
Blake Thompson
Civitan Club
Thompson
Edgar Hatcher
Civitan International
Fort Worth
Texas
High Point Weaving And Hillcrest Mills Pay Vacation Bonus
High Point Weaving and Hillcrest Mills will again grant a paid vacation bonus based on length of service. Employees with three months or more receive a bonus, including those who left to join the armed services this year.
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High Point Weaving
Hillcrest Mills
Armed Services
Final Rites Tomorrow For Mrs Flora Stone
Funeral services for Mrs Flora Bullins Stone who died suddenly at her Route Two home will be held at Yowg's Funeral Home Wednesday at 2 PM. Rev A J Swinson will lead, with interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Surviving are husband Charles F Stone a son C F Vail of High Point three sisters Daisy Golden Norwich Conn Minnie Spencer Greensboro and Alma Lee Fulton High Point and a brother Jim Bullins High Point.
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Flora Bullins Stone
Route Two
Yowg
A. J. Swinson
Pilot Baptist Church
Oakwood
Daisy Golden
Norwich
Conn
Minnie Spencer
Greensboro
Alma Lee Fulton
High Point
Jim Bullins
Funeral Rites For Miss Luella Cox Held At Union Grove
Funeral services for 96 year old Miss Luella Cox who died at her home on South Cox street after a several months illness were held at Union Grove Methodist Church. Born in Randolph County she lived in Asheboro for more than thirty five years. She is survived by a sister Mrs A J Staley of High Point a brother J L Cox of Asheboro and several nieces and nephews.
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Luella Cox
Enterprise
Asheboro
South Cox Street
Union Grove Methodist Church
Randolph County
A. J. Staley
High Point
J. L. Cox
Printing Pay Order Sets Higher Hourly Minimum
The North Carolina Printing and publishing and allied graphic arts industry workers will receive a 40 cent per hour minimum, effective June 14. State Labor Commissioner Forrest H. Shuford announced the order, signed by Federal Wage Hour Administrator L Metcalf Walling, following a New York industry committee vote of 25 to 2 last November to raise the prior 40 cent rate.
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Raleigh
Printing and Publishing and Allied Graphic Arts Indused
Forrest H. Shuford
Wees
L. Metcalf Walling
New York
Flake Murder Case Docketed For Trial
Marvin Norton, 33, charged with murder in the slaying of T. J. Flake, elderly service station operator, was docketed for trial in superior court after a grand jury indictment. Flake was killed by a shotgun blast fired from outside the building on April 26 as he spoke with patrons. Sheriff Carl Holland said the shot entered through a window. Malta's population is about 265,000, exclusive of the garrison.
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Rockingham
Marvin Norton
T. J. Flake
Superior Court
Flake
Carl Holland
Dixie Furniture Makers Opt Out of Chicago Market Show
Southern furniture manufacturers plan to skip the Chicago Furniture Market this year amid uncertain market status and travel restrictions. High Point firms Continental and Marsh will not exhibit, while Tomlinson of High Point commits to an exhibit regardless of market hold. Officials cite defense transport orders, quota selling, and updated government rules limiting new goods.
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Chicago
High Point
Continental Furniture Company
Marsh Furniture Company
Tomlinson of
Tomlinson
South
Lenoir
Hickory
Morganton
Drexel
North Carolina
Office of Defense Transportation
Magazine Dated in Six Calendars Across Regions
A magazine distributed in the Near East and India uses six calendar systems for dating. The shown calendars are Gregorian Julian Jewish Islamic Coptic and Iranian, reflecting diverse regional readers. This practice highlights multilingual and multi calendar localization.
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Near East
India
Lexington Man On Sabotage Charge At Baltimore Trial
Harley Erastus Miller, 29, of Lexington North Carolina, stands trial in federal court on a national sabotage act violation. The former Bethlehem Fairfield shipyard worker is the second of 10 welders to face charges for faulty welding on ships for the United States Maritime Commission. Miller pleaded innocent before Judge W Calvin Chesnut as prosecutors prepare to finish their case.
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Baltimore
Harley Erastus Miller
Bethlehem Fairfield
Miller
Lexington
North Carolina
Secord
United States Maritime Commission
W. Calvin Chesnut
Maritime Commission
George Arnold Steele
Truett Publishes Booklet on Lee Mansion
Capt Randall B Truett of the Demobilized Records Branch War Department has issued an illustrated booklet on the Lee Mansion at Arlington Virginia. It recounts the mansion’s construction occupancy transfer to the National Park Service and highlights the fine architectural details captured in the photos.
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Randall B. Truett
War Department
Lee Mansion
Arlington
Virginia
National Park Service
Woman Cites Tire-Scars Plan To Keep Husband Home
In Hickory on May 25 a defendant told Municipal Judge Theodore F. Cummings she cut the tires off her husband’s car with an axe to stop him from running around. The remark was noted in court as the man’s spouse devised the method to curb his behavior.
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Hickory
Theodore F. Cummings
Defendant Sentenced to Eighteen Months Imprisonment
A defendant received an 18 month prison term after pleading guilty to the charge. The sentence reflects continued enforcement of penalties for the offense.
Civil Engineer Freeman to Leave for Rio de Janeiro
William F. Freeman, head of Freeman Consulting Engineers, is appointed by the U.S. government to coordinate inter American affairs with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. He will work with Dr. Herman G. Bally and stay about one year, leaving Thursday without his family. C. C. Tilley will supervise the local firm in his absence.
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William F. Freeman
Freeman Consulting
Were
United States
South America
Freeman
Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Herman G. Bally
University of North Carolina
U. S
Do Not Mail War Ration Book Applications Yet
High Point rationing board urges citizens to mail War Ration Book No Three applications only between June 1 and June 10. Signatures must be written in the designated area and not printed. Applications mailed outside the period will not be accepted before August 1.
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High Point
OPA
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Mediterranean
Malta
Italy
Nat Walkers
Walgreen
S. Main ST
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
Parker - Brown Lumber CO
Oak Street
Sideloff Ice & Fuel CO
Mrs. Leclerc
Susan C. Livengood
H. A. Randle
Flora Stone
District of Columbia
Dixie
Furniture Mart
C. V. Peele
Gov. C
W. Cecil
N. Main
Yee
America
Sherwinwilliams
Corts
Suacrwwin-Williams Paints
Stucen
High Point Hardware CO
Fighter
Komondor
Julie Carter
Hollywood
R. B. Truett
Rio de Janiero
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City, N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
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