Editorial calls for explanation on bail bond failures at High Point court
The Enterprise editorial urges public officials to explain why numerous bail bonds were not collected after defendants failed to appear for trials. It condemns the handling as slipshod and potentially a public scandal, demanding immediate action to recover funds and restore faith in the municipal court system.
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Hight
High Point
Don MacRae
Greensboro
Guilford County
Thanks Due To McCorkle For Gardening and Can Club
In High Point George W. McCorkle led the Carver Gardening and Can Club to aid the Negro residential area. For six months he organized about 700 gardens, with half new, and plans a Thanksgiving exhibit of canned goods to boost future participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. McCorkle
High Point
McCorkle
Rge W. Carver
Mem
Mekle
Daniel Brooks
George W. Carver
North Carolina library drive gains reach and readers
Greensboro Daily News notes North Carolina library movement under the state library commission has expanded to 76 of 100 counties with bookmobiles and county units. It contrasts wartime reading gains with limited per capita access and cites Yakutsk's large public library as a surprising example.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marjorie Beal
North Carolina Library Mission
Yakutsk
Wendell Willkie
Greensboro Daily News
High Point urged to study Burlington hospital model
The editorial urges High Point doctors and citizens to study Burlington’s $1.1 million hospital project funded largely by federal funds. It argues for united effort to secure a modern hospital, warning against rejecting possibilities and noting postwar growth in hospital needs and federal involvement.
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High Point
Burlington
Bond defaults and public voices stir local opinions
Local figures defend bond mechanisms while police, courts, and governors discuss enforcement and repercussions. Community leaders spotlight employment service volunteers, WACS, and Wright brothers anniversary plans as civic life unfolds in December discussions.
Isolationist currents shift after Moscow pact vote
Washington reports suggest the 85 to 5 Senate ratification of Hull's Moscow agreements signals de facto end to isolationism. Some New Deal and ex isolationist lawmakers warn against over optimism as postwar opinion could swing, while admins push to publicize Moscow success to win sympathy for Russia.
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Washington
Senate
Mr. Hull
Moscow
Poland
Germany
Hull
Russia
Willkie
Samuel Grafton
Wheeler
Sen. Reynolds
Washington McLean
Drew Pearson
Reynolds
Notes of an Innocent Bystander on Broadway
A compact survey of stage sketches and film items in New York reviews. Jeannie Cagney and Leo Catzell lead a weak opening with The Times finding The High Road mere copy of B-grade film. Savo's What's Up delivers crowd-pleasing song and dance while Kronenberger criticizes the book. War films Sahara Day After Day Leningrad Music Hall share wartime notes with Bogart and company. The column blends theater, cinema and radio riffs with mockery and current events.
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Jeanne Cagney
Len Doyle
Leo Chatzell
Worthies
Jim Boles
Osgood Perkins
Barbara Coburn
Jimmy Savo
Mary Roche
Johnny Morgan
Gloria Warren
Savo
Kronenberger
Sahara
Libya
Humphrey Bogart
J. Carol Naish
Rex Ingram
Red Skelton
Eleanor Powell
Lena Horne
Hazel Scott
Russia
March of Time
Leningrad Music Hall
Arturo de Cordova
Hollywood
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