Court Disposes Of Long Docket In Municipal Court
In a morning session Judge D C MacRae disposed of numerous cases. Defendants faced varied charges from assault with a knife to speeding and violations of prohibition and traffic laws. Sentences included suspended terms, costs, and bond or probation conditions, with several defendants appealing or requesting jury trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. MacRae
Fletcher Crawford
Millis Street
F. F. Crawford
Ben C. Waner
Greensboro
Henry Burke
West Willis Street
Fred Kirkpatrick
New Street
Kivett
Meredith
Zeb C. Baisey
Lawrence Moffitt
Redding Street
North Carolina
Grady Beane
Highland Mill
Mitchell Canty
South Wrenn Street
Rankin Boling
Coltrane Street
Dennis Roach
Lake Street
Melvin Roach
Howard Crisco
West Point Avenue
West End
Walter Stewart
North Street
Murman Brown
Hoover Street
James N. Wear
William S. Wood
Wesley Jones
Lindsay Street
Woodrow Stevenson
Thomasville
Golden Parker
Sherrod Street
C. L. Agner
Regan Street
James K. West
Salisbury
Clyde P. West
Winston-Salem
Council urges immediate end to walkout amid defense strikes
Industrial section reports the council pressing for a quick return to work as the National Defense Mediation Board appeals Pacific Coast lumber workers to resume duties following President Roosevelt's call to halt strike stoppages in defense industries.
Allies battle for Crete tightens as axis forces advance
German planes credited with sinking two British destroyers and pounding Crete defenses as German and Italian troops seal off embarkation points. British and Greek forces face annihilation or surrender with 11 days of fighting on the island. Large captures reported at Retimo Candia and Almyro Bay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Case
Crete
High Command
Retimo
DNB
Candia
Retime
Almyro Bay
Canea
Suda Bay
Alexandria
Suez Canal
Cretan
Local Lions Hear Julian Lindsay at High Point Dinner
The High Point Lions Club met at the Sheraton Hotel with many members present. Rev. Julian A. Lindsay spoke on Our Attitude Toward World Conditions, noting confusion over Europe and the two philosophies of racial nationalism and universalism, and urging consideration of wartime rights and postwar reconstruction. Attendance prize went to W. J. Carter and Nathan Bales. A directors' meeting is slated for June 3 at J. W. VanLoan’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club of
High Point
Sheraton Hotel
J. W. VanLoan
Bill Lewis
Julian A. Lindsay
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Europe
Germany
America
England
Scotland
Lions
W. J. Carter
Nathan Bales
Tville Methodists Plans New Church
Thomasville May 30 Special Rev Lee F Tuttle pastor of Main Street Methodist Church says a meeting will be held Sunday morning to discuss plans for a proposed new church. The service will focus on the building project with open discussion and committee reports. The church owns land on Randolph Street and plans have been discussed for years. A large attendance is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Lee F., Tuttle
Main Street Methodist Church
Main Street
Randolph Street
Ihnat
Tuttle
Crete siege reports claim heavy aerial attacks and Italian reinforcements
Informants described columns of trucks and artillery moving southward as they were machine gunned from low altitudes. A heavy air raid hit British troops at Sphakia while four grounded planes were destroyed at Tympakion. The Germans claimed unopposed sea landings of Italian reinforcements on Crete and said British naval units had vanished under Nazi dive bombing.
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Sphakia
Tympakion
Gulf of Mesara
Crete
Adolf
Federal Gas Tax Hike Opposed By NC Officials
North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission plans to oppose a proposed one cent increase in the federal gasoline tax, while endorsing cooperation on a Baton Rouge to Greensboro gasoline pipeline. Gov. J Melville Broughton and Chairman Ben Prince back opposition to the tax hike. commission likely to pass a resolution and memoralize Congress. The pipeline aims to ease defense production bottlenecks, with an estimated total cost around 15 million dollars and six million in pipe orders already placed.
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Henry Averill
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Highway and Public Works Commission
Congress
Uncle Sam
Broughton
Commission For Action
J. Melville Broughton
Ben Prince
Prince
Wilmington
Funeral Rites for David J Ballard Held at Mount Carmel
Funeral services were held at Mount Carmel Methodist Church for David J. Ballard who died Thursday at a local hospital after being transported from Mount Gilead. Survivors include widow Edna Ballard, two former wives, four sons T R Ballard Oran Ballard Archie Ballard and Harvey Ballard, plus siblings and five grandchildren. Burial followed at Mount Carmel Church Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jd. Ballard
David J. Ballard
Focal Hospital
Mount Gilead
Mount Carmel Methodist Church
Mr. Ballard
T. R
Oran Ballard
High Point
G. E. Hutchins
Ballard
Edna Ballard
Mt. Gilead
Alice Luck Ballard
T. R. and
Archie Ballard
Knoxville
Tenn
Harvey Ballard
Mount Carmel Church Cemetery
Funeral service for Mary Alice Everhart in Bethesda Church
Mary Alice Everhart died at home on Lexington Route 1. Funeral held at Bethesda Methodist Church with Rev. C O Kennerly officiating. Choir music included What a Friend We Have In Jesus and Abide With Me. Pallbearers were Dallas Hine, Austin Everhart, Odell Everhart, and Lester Everhart. Burial followed in Bethesda Church Cemetery.
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Thomasville
Mary Alice Everhart
W. M. Everhart
Lexington
Bethesda Methodist Church
C. O. Kennerly
Midway Methodist Church
Jesus
Dallas Hine
Austin Everhart
Odell Everhart
Lester Everhart
Bethesda Church
Discharged High Point Officer Speaks On Duty And Rumors
High Point North Carolina May 30 1941 a former High Point Police Department sergeant who was discharged May 14 appeals for space to respond to public stigma and rumors. He cites twelve years in service fighting crime including the Butter Eagles Dutch Smith gang and a Renfrew trial, contending the discharge stemmed from political pressure rather than misconduct.
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High Point
N. C
Renfrew
Law
Civil Service Commission
North Carolina
United States
America
Friddle
Davis
Greensboro
High Point Police Department
Renfrow
S. E. Battley
Youth given suspended sentence and fine for assault
Raymond Norris, 17, near Thomasville, charged with assault with intent to rape a 19-year-old girl, pleaded to assault on a female and received a suspended sentence. The girl and her mother favored leniency amid sympathy for Norris's family. the judge approved the lesser plea and imposed the sentence. The piece also notes a stockholders meeting for High Point Randleman, Asheboro and Southern Railroad Company on June 6, 1941, with books closed May 27 to June 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Raymond Norris
Carl Wilson
J. Roy Proctor
Howard Steed
Wilson
Washington, D. C
High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and Southern Railroad Company
High Point
North Carolina
British Hem an Italians in Northwest Ethiopia
British reports say Italian forces at Gondar are hemmed in by a Fascist withdrawal from Debar, as Ethiopian and British units push north from Soddu to Mugga. In Tobruk, a thrust against the western perimeter was noted, while near Salam patrol skirmishes continued on the Egyptian frontier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Gondar
Ethiopia
Debarech
Aduwa
Lake Tana
Soddu
Mugga
Tobruk
Salam
Local Weather and Poison Notice in City Hall
Noon today clouds and cooler conditions expected in North Carolina with decreasing warmth this afternoon. Hatteras to Jacksonville forecast shows winds from southwest to west turning northeast inland, with showers in north and central areas and partly cloudy south. City Hall announces rat poison sale Saturday from 2 to 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Block Island
Sentence Set With Fine and Probation Conditions
A defendant received a six month sentence suspended on condition of paying a fine of 825.00 plus court costs and maintaining good behavior for two years. The judgment imposes terms aimed at rehabilitation and compliance with legal requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tey
Public Auction Sale Of High Point Property In 1943
City of High Point will offer for sale at public auction cash terms at the Guilford County Building east door on June 16 1943 at 9 30 A M. The property lies in High Point Township Guilford County NC described as two parcels on Jones Street and Ward Jacobs Ave within block A of Fields subdivision. City reserves the right to reject any bids. O A Kirkman Mayor May 16 23 30 June 6
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
High Point
Guilford County
North Carolina
N. C
Jones
N. Ingram
Ward's Corner
Jacobs Ave
Ward
E. H. C. Fields Land
O. A. Kirkman
Public auction sale of High Point properties planned
By order of city officials the sale will take place at 11 00 A M on June 16 1941 at the east door of the Guilford County Building High Point North Carolina. The properties include lot No 45 of Fuller Place in High Point Township and lots 133 134 135 of Woodbrook Court as recorded in Guilford County plat books. A E Treeman Mayor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
High Point
Guilford County
North Carolina
N. C
Fuller Place
Office of the Register of Deeds
QU. A. Kirkman
Woodbrook Court
A. Etreman
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