State BSU Convention Brings 400 to High Point
About 400 Baptist Student Union members registered at the First Baptist Church for the statewide convention. Dr. Sankey L. Blanton of Wake Forest led the opening address as delegates arrived and a social followed. Concerted sessions covered religion, interfaith cooperation, and world citizenship with speakers from Morehouse and Gardner‑Webb colleges. The event continues today ending with Dr. F. F. Brown delivering the morning message.
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Batist
Sankey L. Blanton
Department Ofeligion
Wake Forest College
Wilbur Hutchins
Tommy Stapleton
John Martin
N. C. State College
Social Service Commission
Lee Shepose
Pullen Memorial Church
Leigh
Frances Wimmer
Flora MacDonald
George D. Kelsey
Robert Dyer
Kelsey
School of Religion
Morehouse College
Atlanta
Jesus
Dyer
Gardner- Webb College
F. F. Brown
First Baptist Church of
Knoxville, Tenn
Kiwanis hear talk on Radio Today and Tomorrow at Sheraton
Kiwanis luncheon at the Sheraton featured Carl Justice new member speaking on radio today and tomorrow. He cited 1600 plus AM stations and 1800 after construction, noting costs and self regulation, urging free American radio and less federal control. Justice cited FM growth and TV limits, and Petrillo’s ASCAP effects. Mary Lou Rainey sang three selections. Attendees included A J Berryman Hoke Copeland P T Jones Sr Corinth Miss and W M Burke.
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Kiwanis
Kiwanis Club
Sheraton Hotel
Walter Hester
Carl Justice
United States
N.B.C
Milton Burl
Justice
Germany
Japan
North Carolina
Petrillo
A.S.C.A.P
Mary Lou Rainey
High Point College
Annie Laurie
A. J. Berryman
Hoke Copeland
P. T. Jones, Sr
Corinth
Miss
W. M. Burke
I. Thurman Mann
Migratory Workers Conference Calls for State Run Camps
A conference in migratory workers with 16 state representatives formed a continuing committee to improve migrant conditions in eastern states. It rejected a 12 year minimum age recommendation and sent the issue to a study committee. The group urged turning over federal migrant labor camps, due to end December 31, to states or to non profit organizations.
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New York
Seaboard
Music School Wins Court Victory In Nuisance Case
In Baltimore on November 1 Judge Joseph Sherbow ruled that a local music school is not a loud and unseemly nuisance. The decision follows neighbors’ complaints about noise from practice and street traffic, with defendant Larry London acquitted as the school’s sounds were deemed not unlawful.
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Baltimore
Orpheus
Joseph Sherbow
Larry London
Police Seek Masked Bandit After Doughnut Shop Hold Up
In Lenoir police seek clues to identify a masked robber who held up a doughnut shop Thursday night. Clerk Mrs. Joe Hoffman described a bandit with a handkerchief over his face but could not provide a clear description after a student pep parade nearby.
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Lenoir
Joe Hoffman
Fires from known causes driven by matches and smoking
A study finds about 30 percent of fires with known causes originate from matches and smoking. It highlights the role of careless use and care in prevention measures.
Robbery Involving Cab Drivers Near Mocksville
Saunders, a local cab driver, said two men from the same company robbed him four miles from Mocksville, taking about $20 after a gas stop. A second driver, N. E. Nelson, reported two white men seen in Thomasville and noted one had been seen in High Point.
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Saunders
Mocksville
N. E. Nelson
Thomasville
High Point
Clothing missing at Arcade Bowling Alley locker
A Negro pin-setter reported clothing valued at about $50 missing from his locker in the Arcade building. George Williams, owner of the clothes, said garments including shirts pants and jackets disappeared around 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
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Arcade
George Williams
Distillery closes in Louisville under national food panel deadline
The last of Kentucky’s 53 distilleries shut down at midnight in response to the National Citizens Food Committee request. The move marks a complete adherence to the panel’s wartime food conservation order.
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Louisville
Kentucky
National Citizens Food Committee
Plane Crash Search Hampered by Snow on Mount Tamgas
In Ketchikan Alaska Nov 1 snow on Mount Tamgas hindered the search for 18 lives lost when a Pan American Airways plane crashed last Sunday. Eight coast guardsmen reached the wreckage and reported four dead with no survivors. Improved visibility allowed search planes to locate the site earlier, while William L. Baker questioned the peak’s listed 3610 foot elevation as a possible crash factor.
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Ketchikan
Alaska
Mount Tamgas
Annette Island
Pan-American Airways
Coast
William L. Baker
The
Ketchikan Chronicle
Baker
Mt. Tamgas
Messages Across World Figure In Oil Inquiry
Senate war inquiry into oil prices focused on cables about King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia. Chairman Brewster cited 1941 ARAMCO messages between U S officials and Saudi representatives as containing interesting information read into the record by the committee.
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Washington
Senate
Ibn Saud
Saudi Arabia
Brewster
R-Me
War Investigating Committee
Arabian American Oil Company
Aramco
Dam Burst Kills Man as Lisbon Flood Destroys Pontilhota
One man was killed and four injured when the Arcos de Valdevez dam burst today. A cascade of water from 2,400 foot cliffs submerged the village of Pontilhota below.
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Lisbon
Arcos de Valdevez
Pontilhota
1940 Studebaker Commander Motor Saw Ready
Studebaker Commander motor with pulley mounted on an iron frame suitable for a saw. Located at W. C. Lewis Shop Greensboro Road.
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Studebaker
W. C. Lewis
Greensboro Road
Knight No
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