High Point Rated High in Pedestrian Safety Overall
Mayor Arnold J. Koonce notes High Point's 1942 pedestrian safety rating tops peers in overall safety and injury reduction. Yet the city trails in pedestrian death rate and safety promotion, with School Principal D. P. Whitley citing AAA prejudice in not extending patrols to junior and senior highs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold J. Koonce
High Point
American Automobile Association
North Carolina
The
Carolina Motor Club
AAA
D. P. Whitley
Carolina
Whitley
WPB Cuts Furniture Box Quota to 80 Percent
The War Production Board restricted furniture manufacturers to 80 percent of their 1942 base quota of fiber boxes for shipping. C. T. Ingram Sr of Carolina Tanner Co. noted sourcing difficulties and delayed deliveries. WPB said the measure supports defense needs and national interest amid material shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Production Board
C. T. Ingram, Sr
Carolina Tanner Company
Ingram
WPB
High Point Faces Traffic Safety Initiatives and AAA Report
Local officials report ongoing traffic safety measures as the AAA cites High Point as above average in playgrounds and safety publicity but notes pedestrian deaths and a poor pedestrian death rate. Chief Friddle outlines steps including new crosswalk lines, patrols at busy intersections, and a public campaign to boost pedestrian caution.
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Whitley
AAA
Ben Ridge
Riment
Igh Point
High Point
Koonce
T. E. Pickard, Jr
Carolina Motor Club
Pickard
North
Carolina
New York
W. G. Friddle
Friddle
Pilot Lt Snow Leads Frosty Fortress Raids Over Nazi Europe
1st Lt. Rodney E. Snow Jr of Jamestown NC pilots the Herky Jerky II in 14 Eighth Air Force bombing runs over Germany and Nazi-occupied Europe without a single crew injury. He recalls fierce German opposition at Regenburg and notes provisioning gains on a Mediter ranean run before returning to England with Col. John K. Gerhart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Air Force
Herky Nero
Rodney E. Snow, Jr
Jamestown
N. C
Eighth Airorce
Germany
Europe
Snow
Regensburg
Messerschmitt
Regenburg
Alps
Africa
Mediterranean
Afa
England
Col
John K. Gerhart
69Th St
Chicago
Cherry Will Speak At Rotary Meeting
Gregg Cherry candidate for governor of North Carolina in 1944 will be guest speaker at tomorrow’s Rotary meeting. Fred Flagler, program committee chairman, announced. Cherry, a World War I veteran and member of the Old Hickory division, has spoken here twice before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
Fred Flagler
Cherry
High Point Sergeant Joins I Bombed Japan Club
An I Bombed Japan Club forms in Alaska with 156 Eleventh Air Force air crew veterans of bombing missions on Paramushiri and Shimushu in the Kuriles. President Maj. Louis C. Bleu heads charter members including North Carolinians 1st Lt. Irvin L. Smith New Bern 2nd Lt. Cecil D. May Charlotte Tech. Sgt. C Lambe Charlotte Tech. Sgt. T Ring Charlotte Staff Sgt. Raymond G. Gaylor Ayden and Staff Sgt. Colus L. White High Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Japan
Eleventh Air Force
Alaska
Paramushiri
Shimisha Islands
Kuriles
Aleutians
Louis C. Bleu
Los Angeles
Calif
Irvin L. Smith
Linwood
Cecil D. May
New Bern
C. Lambe
Charlotte
T. Ring
Raymond G. Gaylor
Ayden
Colus L. White
High Point
Scrap Drive Reaches 25000 Pounds in H Point Drive
P H Morrow co chair of the Point scrap drive announced the total scrap received to date has reached 25000 pounds with the Junior Commandos showing strong response. He praised principals and teachers for boosting the drive and noted 18000 pounds were collected last Saturday by the Junior Commandos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Morrow
Og Point
Morrow
H Point
Pooceny Ag
Braden Prepares For First Council Meeting In City
City Manager Roy S. Braden arrives to outline the council manager role at the upcoming meeting. The council likely approves a major city property sale tallying over twenty thousand dollars.
Negro Sentenced for Pawning Unpaid Suit in High Point
Clifton Matthews, a Black man, drew an eight month sentence in High Point Municipal Court for pawning a suit he had not finished paying. The case combined with a gambling count. The defense alleged collusion between the pawn shop operator and the local credit store owner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Matthews
High Point
Matthews
Bike Riders To Organize On Saturday In High Point
Police Traffic Sergeant Ben Ridge will organize a High Point bicycle safety club starting Saturday at 11 am on the city playground by the post office. All graded and junior high riders will register to form a club with future meetings for older riders. A system to register bikes for a 25 cent fee is proposed to aid in recovery of lost cycles and tracking traffic violations.
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High Point
Hi Point
Ridge
Mrs. Susan Hunsucker Dies at Local Hospital
Susan Rowe Hunsucker 70, widow of Hasting A. Hunsucker and former Catawba county resident, died after a major operation at a High Point hospital. Funeral planned at Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church Conover. conducted by Rev. Hoy L. Fesperman with assisting pastors. She leaves two sons and three daughters along with two brothers. husband and two sons preceded her in death.
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Susan Rowe Hunsucker
Hasting A. Hunsucker
Catawba County
High Point
Trinity Evangelical and Reformed Church
Conover
Hoy L. Fesperman
A. Wilson Cheek
C. C. Wagner
Lexington
Hunsucker
Noah
Camilla Rowe
George E. Hunsucker
Maiden
Hugh M. Hunsucker
Iowa City
Iowa
Mildred Harren
la Feria
Texas
Helen Hood
Newton
Ruth Smith
S. S. Rowe
George Rowe
Nezperce
Idaho
Ezra and
Chester Hunsucker
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Mamie Liv
Woman's Guild
Dinner to Honor New City Manager Roy Braden
Frank J. Sizemore of the chamber of commerce announced a get acquainted dinner for Roy S. Braden the new city manager at the Sheraton hotel on Thursday October 21 Representatives from the chamber merchants association civic clubs city council and department heads would attend A general invitation was extended to any interested city resident to attend the event described as a dutch affair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
Roy S. Braden
New
Sheraton Hotel
Sizemore
Merchants’ Association
Civic Clubs
Court Highlights Racial References and Sentences
The report notes a pawn shop dispute with a Black defendant, three capiases issued for a Negro, and Judge D C MacRae citing a long sentence for disobedience to court orders and the crime. Lawrence Sykes, 30, received 12 months on country roads for assaulting his mother. Fer man Jackson, 30, Negro of 124 Perry Street, had case paused pending further investigation after larceny from the person involving a $30 cash and $10 checks pocket book. Witness accounts conflicted as the judge ordered more inquiry.
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Renee
D. C. MacRae
Lawrence Sykes
Young Street
Ferman Jackson
Perry Street
Robert Steele
Worning
Cadet Hendrix Arrives On Furlough For Brief Leave
Air Cadet K L Bud Hendrix stationed at Phoenix for advanced training arrived Monday for a twelve day furlough. He is son of Mrs Hendrix of Kernersville and brother of Mrs Vernon Carroll of 1202 Blain Street. He entered service in February after leaving Self Veneer company in town.
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K. L
Bud) Hendrix
Phoenix
Ariz
Hendrix
Kernersville
Vernon Carroll
Blain Street
Self Veneer
I Bombed Japan club forms among Aleutian airmen
S Sgt Colus L White of 423 S Main St is a charter member of the I Bombed Japan club started by Eleventh Air Force airmen. The group, formed after their first bombing of islands around Japan, has met once in a revised alert shack in the Aleutians.
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Colus L. White
S. Main Street
U. S. Army Air Forces
Japan
Eleventh Air Force
Aleutians
Miss Goldan Joins Coast Guard Reserve as Apprentice Seaman
Miss Goldan of Route Four was sworn into the U S Coast Guard Women's Reserve as an apprentice seaman. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs C Mickey of Route Four and will be ordered to a school at Palm Beach Florida.
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Miss Goldan
Mickey
Route Four
Women's Reserve
U. S. Coast Guard
C. Mickey
Palm Beach
Visitors Arrive to See Pfc. Silman in Mobile Home
Pfc. Robert Silman and his Mobile, Alabama wife have arrived to visit his mother Mrs. F. J. Silman at 407 Coltrane Street. The homecoming welcomes a family gathering with relatives present.
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Pfc
Robert Silman
Mobile, Alabama
Silman
F. J. Silman
Coltrane Street
Police Slayer Convicted Of Manslaughter
J C Champion, former enforcement officer for the Alcoholic Board of Control, is found guilty of manslaughter in the Henderson death of Police Sgt. William Reid. The Warren county jury delivered the verdict after an hour of deliberation. Sentencing was deferred.
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State Supreme Court
Warren County
Vance County
Burns Claim Life Of Miss Susanne Brice In Wreck
Miss Susanne Brice 26 a Pineville schoolteacher died in a Charlotte hospital from burns after an automobile overturned near the city and caught fire. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs George W Brice of Charlotte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Susanne Brice
Pineville
George W. Brice
TAME UNRULY HAIR WITH MOROLINE TONIC AD
A vintage advertisement promotes Moroline Hair Tonic claiming it gives a well groomed look with lustre and flat lying hair. A large 25c bottle is sold widely and available everywhere.
Man Arrested For Running Still On Fairfield Road
Luther McGhee, 57, of the Fairfields, is held in Guilford county jail after arrest for operating a whiskey still. Deputies said they had investigated the area and found two submarines used for mash production, moved from the woods by horse and sled and empty at discovery. Aerman, arrested with McGhee, also held on $300 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther McGhee
Fairfields
Guilford County
Greensboro
McGhee
Aerman
No Relaxation Of Warning System Here
Charles F. Carroll, Point coordinator of civilian defense, said the local setup will stay on a full-time basis despite national announcements. He noted no instructions from state officials and that civilian defense volunteers remain on active duty with alerts handled by police and volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Carroll
R. Walker Martin
Carroll
Civi Defense
Two Teens Barred From Driving For One Year
Bill Loyd aged 16 of East Green Street and Jack Wood 17 of 200 Roland Park were arraigned in High Point Municipal Court on violating the drivers license act and were ordered not to drive for 12 months. They were arrested this morning near the high school after stopping a Ford model T with six other persons. Wood used Loyd’s license when asked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Loyd
East Green Street
High Point
Jack Wood
Roland Park
Loyd
Wood
Brown Divorce Filed At High Point Court
O H Brown filed for divorce from Jandie Roberson Brown in High Point Municipal Court alleging two years of separation and that they have not lived together since 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Brown
High Point Municipal Court
Jandie Roberson Brown
38 Year Old Man Writes Mash Notes To Girl 11
James C. Milloway, 38, of Everett Street was held on bond after plain clothes officers spotted him leaving notes to an 11 year old white girl. The notes described the girl as pretty and Milloway as admiring her. Milloway had prior charges for indecent exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James C. Milloway
Everett Street
Assa
Milloway
Mil
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North Main Street
W. C. Brown
North Wrenn Street
Joscow
Tatece
Tecae
United States
Pacific Railroad
Missouri
Missouri Pacific
Ohio & Mississippi
Baltimore & Ohio
High Point Thomasville’ and
Denton Railroad
Beauty & Bull
Marcella Gould
Rotary
Nat Walker
Walgreen
Hamilton - Boone Lumber Company
L. L. Welkinson
North Main ST
West Broad Street
Braden
Council
City Council
Star Distributing Company
Kathryne L. Brown
K. S. Falk
North Main
N. C. Gupton
E. E. Sensenback
Chester Halton
Fairview
R. P. Royer
Park Place
Naomi Kathleen Cheney
WAC
Frank E. Cheney
Jasper
Ala
Birmingham
Navy Seabees
Sioux Falls
S. C
Cheney
J.g
L. O. Schilling
International
Exclusive Club
Miss Mickey
City Fuel CO
Park St
Fairfield Road
Paint & Repair Now
Tiger Brand
Parker - Brown Lumber Coo
Oak Street
Credit Jewelers
S. Main ST
Hedgecock
Copen
Ward Street
City Shoe Shop
Autoloans
Cma Ae Lil Riedie Finance Ed
Sam
Hood
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