Abe Greene May Be Pushed As Boxing Top Man
The National Boxing Association opened its annual convention with a movement to unseat national commissioner Abe J. Greene. About 150 delegates from 80 member organizations meet in Miami Beach to discuss ring insurance and standard contracts as they consider leadership change. Eddie W. Bohn leads the ouster push citing Greene’s publicity. Greene declined to comment.
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Eddie W. Bohn
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Bohn
South Carolina Falls to Miami in Florida Friday Night
The Week's marquee results center on conference upsets with North Carolina State shocking Wake Forest 27-14 and Virginia Tech finally winning 28-13 over Richmond. Also notable were Virginia Military’s 19-14 win over The Citadel and Furman’s 21-6 over Davidson.
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Florida
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Wolfpack
Virginia Tech
Gobblers
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Cidadel
Virginia Military
Furman
Davidson Wilcats
Four New Tobacco Varieties Proposed for Release
The North Carolina Tobacco Seed Committee reports up to four new tobacco varieties may be released next month. Each new type shows resistance to Granville wilt black shank or Fusarium wilt with some resistant to multiple diseases. Developed by a cooperative program of the North Carolina Experiment Station and federal and state agriculture departments, the seed committee will vote on December 12.
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North Carolinaobacco
North Carolina Experiment Station
Federal
State Departments of Agriculture
Camera Club to Meet Tomorrow at New Junior High Place
The High Point Camera Club will hold its next regular meeting in the room under the stage at the Junior High School on Tuesday evening November 15 at 7 30. The topic for study and discussion will be the various methods of toning prints.
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High Point Camera Club
Husband Gets Suspended Sentence for Assault
A man who admitted striking his wife after she allegedly called him a redheaded word was given a six month suspended sentence in municipal court. Judge D C MacRae ordered no further assaults for two years and costs.
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Edna Hudson
Longstreet
Sam
Hudson
Henry McNair
East High
Ocie Mae Davis
Olivia
Ferdinand White
Hoover
Earl B. Barnes
King
Garnell Reid
Badin
Ira Welch
Fairfield Road
William F. Ford
Tate
Ralph W. Gray
Trinity
Guss Culpepper
Beamon
Driving Drunk Case Against Local Man
Norman R. Davis of 1509 Tryon faces Municipal court November 28 after allegedly driving west on East Lexington at 5 50 p m and rear ending a Duke Power Co bus discharging passengers at Forest avenue. Bus passenger Mrs Bertha High suffered a minor bruise. Bus driver Joe C. Epting reported. Vehicle damages were estimated at 100 and 50 dollars respectively.
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East Lexington
Norman R. Davis
Tryon
Forest Avenue
Bertha High
Forest
Davis
Joe C. Epting
Carolina Avenue
Meat too Raw. One Injured, One Arrested in Nashville
In Nashville on November 14 Roy Dawson a 30 year old man ordered a well done steak but got a rare one. He protested and asked to see the manager who was also the cook John Haynes 44. Haynes allegedly struck Dawson with a butcher’s steel causing a scalp wound requiring ten stitches. Haynes is jailed on assault charges.
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Tenn
Roy Dawson
Dawson
John Haynes
J. D. Hall
Haynes
City Hospital
Justifiable Homicide in Walkertown Shocks Winston-Salem
Sheriff identifies Curtis Bradley as the assailant in a Walkertown incident where the 1513 Claremont Avenue resident attacked bystanders with a stick in Stoltz's garage. Virgil Fair shot Bradley twice in the chest after workmen and others struggled to control him. coroner rules the killing justifiable. Bradley had been discharged from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. around March, reportedly due to insanity.
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Ernie G. Shore
Walkertown
Curtis Bradley
Claremont Avenue
Bradley
Stoltz
Virgil Fair
Shore
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Mary Moore and Infant
Mary Moore 67 dies at 742 Jones Street widow of James Addison Moore born Floyd Virginia July 10 1882. Four sons and four daughters survive plus siblings and grandchildren. Infant Shirley Jean Moore 8 months dies in Greensboro clinic and is buried at Mt Zion Pilgrim cemetery. Funeral arrangements pending and held in Thomasville.
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Nancy Catherine Weeks Moore
James Addison Moore
Thomasville
Jones Street
Floyd Va
George and
Finetta Weddle Weeks
Mr. Moore
Roy
Burnly Moore
High Point
Clarence Moore
Miami
Fla
Clifton Moore
Washington, D. C
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Carl R. Blair
Ola Perry
Miami Fla
Tom Hardin
Portsmouth, Va
Jane Weddle
Miami, Fla
Green Funeral Home
Funeral notices for Mrs. H. S. Ragan and S/Sgt. Robert Thrift
Funeral rites for Mrs. H S Ragan Sr were held at Archdale Friends Church with burial in Springfield cemetery. S Sgt Robert Co Thrift 24 killed in action over Northern Italy September 1944 had services at his mother's home with full military honors from Lebanon VFW post. burial at Deep River cemetery.
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Oak View Road
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Lebanon
High Point Vost No
Robert Buie
Mary Myers
Lebanon Methodist Church
V.F.W. Post
E. H. Pope
Last rites for Mrs Mamie Morris Smith in Bethel church
Mrs Mamie Morris Smith 37 wife of Charlie Smith died Saturday morning in the local hospital after seven weeks as a patient. The service at Bethel Methodist church was led by Rev C O Plyler and Rev C E Ridge with active pallbearers and church members as honored pallbearers. Interment followed in the Holly Hills cemetery family plot. Smith was a longtime Davidson county resident and Bethel church teacher for 14 years.
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Thomasville
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Charlie Smith
Bethel Methodist Church
C. O. Plyler
C. E. Ridge
Rural Hall
Willis Turner
Charlie Tobin
Clifford Coggins
Elmer Coggins
Lamont Smith
Melton Surratt
Clete Smith
Jonah Cooper
Young Men’s Sunday School
M. W .Childers
Leonard Boyd
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John F. Lockabill, Jr
Bethel Church
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Holly Hills
Davidson County
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Andrew Harris
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John Workman
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Rachael Augusta Everhart
Joseph H. Everhart
Winston-Salem
C. H. Hill
Marjorie Craven
Flowers
Paul Livengood
Bethany Church
Parnell Thomas Trial Delayed Again in Fraud Case
The trial of Rep. J Parnell Thomas on fraud charges was postponed for a week at defense attorney William H. Collins request. Judge Alexander Holtzoff reset the case to November 21 but Collins said he may not be ready due to another gambling conspiracy trial. If that trial runs long, another postponement may be sought.
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Rep. J. Parnell Thomas
William H. Collins
Alexander Holtzoff
Holtzoff
Collins
Thomas
Arrest Solves Station Theft In Thomasville
Thomasville police chief announced the B and W Amoco station break in on East Main and College streets was solved. Two Greensboro men held in Greensboro with watches stolen from the station, plus cigarettes and $60 missing, are tied to related break ins. The investigation may lead to further arrests and eventual trial in either city.
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Paul M. Shore
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East Main
College Streets
Greensboro
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Shore
Rita Hayworth baby girl hope voiced by Aly Khan
Prince Aly Khan said he hopes Rita Hayworth gives birth to a girl. The couple live quietly in the Palace hotel in Lausanne while speculation swirls about the birth date, with late November or early December rumored.
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Price Aly Khan
Rita Hayworth
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Rita
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