Auto Dealers Fear Strike Halting Car Deliveries
High Point automobile dealers warn that a coal strike could cut off new car deliveries. They report low fuel stocks, reduced plant output, and material shortages delaying production and threatening auto supply if the strike continues. J P Hollingsworth is named president of the local association.
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High Point Automobile Dealers Association
J. P. Hollingsworth
George Lyles
Horace Ilderton
J. P. Temple
The
Associaon
Automotive News
Infant Daughter of P. J. Hall Dies
Caroldean Hall eight months old died at 503 Springfield Avenue at 5 AM Tuesday. Born in High Point March 21 1946 she was the daughter of P J and May DeLappe Hall. Survived by parents two brothers Charles Freddie and three sisters Joyce Dorothy and Rebecca Hall all of this city. Funeral from Koonce funeral home chapel Wednesday at 2 PM with Rev C M Floyd and Rev Yates in charge. Interment Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Caroldean Hall
Springfield Avenue
High Point
P. J
May DeLappe Hall
Charles
Freddie Hall
Joyce
Dorothy
Rebecca Hall
Koonce Funeral Home
C. M. Floyd
Pisgah Baptist Church
Revy Yates
Guilford Memorial Park Cemetery
Prohibition Fine and Household Court Sentences
William Long aged 60 a Negro of 1301 Kivett drive was fined 100 for violation of the prohibition law. Capitol Gilmore 39 of 219 West Willis street drew four months suspended and paid 10 and costs for prohibition. Louie H. Beam was tried for assault on his wife and sentenced to two years suspended on good behavior and support. James Walter Russell 24 of Randleman paid 10 and costs for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate his car. James Fred Latham 20 of Randleman paid 10 and costs for driving the Russell car without a license.
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William Long
Kivett Drive
Louie H. Beam
North Main Street
Capitol Gilmore
West Willis Street
James Walter Russell
Randleman
James Fred Latham
Salt and Minerals From Sea Water Power Industrial Use
Sea water provides table salt and essential minerals magnesium sodium and potassium for large scale industrial consumption, illustrating a broad resource pathway from the oceans to industry.
Unamerican Committee to Probe Reds Activity
Washington moves to expose communists in federal government unions and Hollywood as Rep J Parnell Thomas heads the Unamerican Activities committee. President Truman creates a federal commission to curb disloyal employment and the committee vows rigorous, fair inquiry.
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Washington
Hollywood
House Committee On
Congress
Rep. J. Parnell Thomas
Truman
Interagency Commis
Sion
House Civil Service
Rankin
Unamerican Activities Committee
The
Atack
Thomas
America
Moscow
Five Local Men Bound Over In Thomasville Case
Probable cause was found in Thomasville for three High Point men charged with larceny and receiving a stolen 1939 Ford coupe belonging to Norman Saunders of the Blue Ribbon apartments. Bonds were set at 1000 for Paul Gage and William Moffitt, and 500 for Lester Simmons. Two other High Point men, Garland Harville and Eugene Turner, faced robbery charges with bonds 500 each. The case goes to the January term of Davidson Superior Court in Lexington.
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Thomasville
High Point
Norman Saunders
Blue Ribbon Apartments
Lexington Road
Davidson Superior Court
Lexington
Saunders
Lexington Avenue
Poage
Moffitt
Simmons
Garland Harville
Eugene Turner
Route 5
Walter Garner
Rt. 5
Harville
Turner
Children Born in US From Farming Areas Share Half Births
About half of all children born in the United States come from farming regions where just over 30 percent of the adult population resides. The statistic links rural birth origins to the broader national population distribution.
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United States
Mrs Carroll 77 Dies at Daughter's Home After Year’s Decline
Mrs Mary Jane Lloyd Carroll 77 widow of Wade P Carroll died at daughter Edna Mounce Summerfield Rt 1 Monday evening. She was born August 17 1869 in Davidson County married Gilbert Wesley Lloyd in 1886 and later Wad P Carroll in 1915. She leaves 2 sons 4 daughters 25 grandchildren 25 great grandchildren and other relatives. Burial at Oakwood Cemetery followed services at Trinity Baptist Church conducted by Rev Julian Hopkins and Rev C B Newton.
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Mary Jane Lloyd Carroll
Wade P. Carroll
Edna Mounce
Summerfield
Rt. 1
Carroll
Davidson County
Milton Baxley
Gilbert Wesley Lloyd
G. W. Lloyd
R. A. Lloyd
Maggie Bowman
Rosie Suparks
Mollie Lawson
High Point
Mounce
Green Street Baptist Church
Julian S. Hopkins
C. B. Newton
Calvary Methodist Church
Oakwood Cemetery
East Green Street
Road of Loving Hearts: Samoa Builds Gift Road to Stevenson
Samoan residents crafted a road from their village to author Robert Louis Stevenson’s home as a commemorative gesture. The path, named Road of Loving Hearts, symbolizes warm ties between the islanders and the famed writer during his stay on the islands.
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Samoa
Robert Louis Stevenson
Picture of 1904 High Point Council Presented to City
Dr. I T Mann, a High Point native now practicing in Ocean Drive South Carolina, donated a 12 by 14 inch framed photo of High Point's 1904 eight member city council. Mayor Pickett and councilmen are named. only surviving member is G H Kearns father of Amos Kearns. Council authorizes enlarging the image for display in the council chamber and the original goes to the High Point public library.
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I. T. Mann
High Point
Ocean Drive
S. C
W. P. Pickett
J. H. Millis
James A. Turner
A. M. Rankin
J. R. Reitzel
G. H. Kearns
J. D. Mann
J. B. Kirkman
Mr. Kearns
Amos Kearns
Dr. Mann
High Point Public Library
Thomasville Schools Plan Two Day Thanksgiving Break
Thomasville city schools will close Wednesday at 2 PM for the Thanksgiving holiday, stay closed Thursday and Friday, and reopen Monday morning. Superintendent George Arnold announced the plan.
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Thomasville
George Arnold
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