Woman Arrested In Wild Saturday Car Chase Keeps Quiet
Ruby McGarity a 22 year old of Wilmington is jailed on counts of prohibition violation aiding and abetting reckless driving and operating a lottery. She may take the rap and not name the driver as Forsyth county patrols pursue leads after a high speed pursuit near Greensboro.
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Ruby McGarity
Wilmington
Forsyth County Sheriffs
Greensboro
R. 1
Barr
Mount
Lewis and Holmes
Jamestown
Pilot Life Insurance Company
Miss McGarity
Mary Jones
J. Webster
Rt. 3
Webster
Industrial Hearings Panel Set for Local Cases
Commissioner Baren Jurney will hear local cases for the North Carolina Industrial Commission at the county building starting at 10 a.m. The proceedings are scheduled to examine industrial matters and claims of eligible workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baren Jurney
North Carolina Industrial Commission
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An early 20th century advertisement touts Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root for nighttime urination backache and minor kidney issues. It claims instant action flushing kidneys increasing urine flow and relieving acidity with 16 herbs and root ingredients. A free trial offer from Kilmer Co and a full bottle at the local drugstore are promoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
F. Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Conn
17 Year Old Youth Sentenced After Hearing In Municipal Court
A 17 year old youth identified as Johnnie Rudder received a six month road sentence following a morning municipal court hearing for violating terms of a suspended sentence. Earlier he had been sentenced to six months for assault with a deadly weapon. Local citizens supported parole and job placement but he absconded from work with company tools. Several other local defendants were noted with fines or sentences for larceny driving without licenses drunkenness and speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Rudder
Rudder
Edgar Hartley
YMCA
Helen L. Haynes
West Willis Street
Gerald Ball
Esasville
Perth
Arthur Haley
James G. Bundy
Greensboro
Glen Ray Todd
Route
Pees i Mullis
William W. Cake
Prospect Street
Two Men Charged With Drunk Driving After Weekend Crashes
Highway patrolmen arrested Claude Garrett 29 of Trinity and John Henry Miles 56 of Thomasville for drunk driving after two weekend accidents. Garrett, who damaged about $800 of property, posted 500 bond and faces November 3 trial for driving drunk and driving without a license. Miles hit R E Pugh on the Greensboro road. both crashes caused about $700 in damages with no injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Garrett
Rt. 1
Trinity
T. W. Blackman
Raleigh
Boxwood Farm
Asheboro Road
John Henry Miles
Rt. 2
Thomasville
R. E. Pugh
Greensboro
Pugh
Miles
High Point
College Students to Observe Work at Local Plants
High Point college vocational guidance program arranges student visits to Guilford and Forsyth county plants. Adams Millis hosiery Tomlinson's furniture Burlington Mills textiles High Point Overall garments R J Reynolds tobacco Clover Brand dairies Sears Roebuck mail order house The High Point Enterprise invited to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
Alice Gorman
Gorman
Guilford
Forsyth
City Street Improvement Work Begins
A $32,000 program to improve Greensboro streets starts with Thompson-Arthur of Greensboro laying asphalt in north High Point west of Main Street. The project covers 2000 tons of asphalt and 90000 square yards of tar and gravel flush coating across wards 3 4 and 2. delayed by bad weather, the flush coating will start later this week per Public Works Director Silas McBee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson-Arthur Construction Company
Greensboro
North High Point
Main Street
Silas McBee
Truman seeks civilian head for Veterans Administration
President Truman weighs a top civilian leader for the Veterans Administration as General Bradley succeeds D Howers as army chief. The choice faces difficulty due to pay being $12 000 yearly and vacancies from resignations at $10 000 a year. Truman favors a nationally capable administrator over a career soldier and may promote Bradley when Eisenhower leaves for Columbia University. Also to be decided is successor to Fleet Admiral Nimitz as chief of naval operations with Nimitz retiring mid December.
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Washington
Truman
Veterans Administration
Omar N. Bradley
D.hower
Army
Bradley
Eisenhower
Columbia University
Eisenhower- Bradley
W. Nimitz
Nimitz
FM Network Program Begins in North Carolina
The North Carolina Association of Broadcasters opened its meeting as the state FM group announced the first FM network broadcast will occur October 29. Harold Essex outlined relayed transmission across North Carolina stations noting FM stability. Allen Wannamaker leads the state FM association and J. Frank Jarman delivered the opening presidential report.
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Greensboro
North Carolina Association of Broadcasters
Frequency Modulation Association
North Carolina
Harold Essex
Winston-Salem
Broadcasters
Allen Wannamaker
WGTM
Wilson
State FM Association
J. Frank Jarman
WDNC
Durham
Growth of Wesleyan Service Guild Highlighted by Leader
Dr Ethel Tilley dean at Greens boro college told at First Methodist church last night that guild membership rose from 326 in 1921 to over 70000 today. She praised women joining church work and cited missionaries Mildred Anne Paine Lena Knapp and Mabel Nowlin. Annabel Thompson outlined four guild goals and Lottie Duncan hosted a covered dish supper.
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Ethel Tilley
Greensboro College
First Methodist Church
Wesleyan Service Guild
Mildred Anne Paine
Japan
Lena Knapp
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Mabel Nowlin
China
Annabel Thompson
Tilley
Lottie Duncan
Greensboro
Monaghan Favored London Title Clash in Flyweight Bout
Irish boxer Binty Monaghan of Belfast enters a 15 round world flyweight title fight with Hawaiian Dado Marino at Harringay arena London as the favorite. The article also notes a geological and historical aside about coal layers and pre partition India.
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London
Binty Monaghan
Belfast
Dado Marino
Harringay
Traveling the United States by Road in Hal Boyle Style
Hal Boyle reflects on cross country travel postwar, noting practical road hazards and comforts. He highlights gasoline shortages, improving highways, and the need to plan stays early while jokes about wife opinions and car upkeep. The piece weighs romance against the realities of American travel.
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Grand Forks
N. D
America
Dew Drop
Last Chance
United States
Europe
Manhattan
Midwest
Seattle
Winston Citizens Supporting Truman
Workmen at the city garbage disposal incinerator report Winston-Salem residents are complying with President Truman's food conservation request. They say they cannot feed their pigs and have had to dispose of most of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Truman
Recess Halts Testimony In Amazon Mills Case Parade
In Thomasville a noon court recess halted testimony in more than 60 cases tied to disorders at the Amazon cotton mills. J. H. Alford testified as charges of assault and disorderly conduct faced him and three union men, with names Richard son Lambert and Coy Stewart. Other defendants include Kay McDowell and Dorothy McDowell Sowers. A restraining order and quiet picketing were noted as trials schedule continues.
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Thomasville
Recorder’s Court
Amazon
J. H. Alford
Alford
Glenn Richardson
William Lambert
Coy Stewart
Richardson
Kay McDowell
Dorothy McDowell Sowers
Nation's Railways Deny Wartime Overcharge Claims
In a brief to the Interstate Commerce Commission the nation's railroads deny overcharging the government for wartime freight. The Justice Department has filed reparation claims totaling millions, with railroad counsel saying estimates reach up to three billion dollars. The brief argues such awards would threaten solvency of many carriers. The article also notes the world’s ten largest islands cover one eightieth of Earth's area.
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Washington
Oct
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Justice
Commission
World
Ten Leave For Raleigh Welfare Meet
Ten High Point residents connected with welfare work will travel to Raleigh for the annual state conference of welfare workers at the Carolina hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday. Delegates include Miss Gladys Kivett and Mrs. Prince Mrs. Jackson Ethel Norman Mrs Mildred Terror and Miss Frances Akerstrom from the welfare department plus Mrs Mina Wilson and Mrs Lucille Lee from Red Cross and Mrs Mabel Haggirls commissioner and Ossie vis from the juvenile court department.
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Raleigh
Carolina Hotel
Welfare Department
Gladys Kivett
Prince
Jackson
Ethel Norman
Mildred Terror
Frances Akerstrom
Red Cross
Mina Wilson
Lucille Lee
Juvenile Court
Mabel Ha
Ossie
Vis
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Recess
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Raleigh Welfare
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Willow Run
Gate City Motor CO
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W. M. Griffith
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Hasting & Joyce Motor Co
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