Registration Stalled by Local GOP Southern Furniture Men Meet November 16
Reports say Elm Street school and precinct No 7 fire station No 6 registrars slowed lines causing many voters to depart without registering. GOP leaders L York and Percy Payne accuse deliberate stalling while Democratic Haworth denies obstruction as 194 people registered at Elm Street that day including 134 Democrats, 43 Republicans and 17 independents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O. P. Southern Furniture
No. Net
Elm Street School
L. York
Gop
Elms School
Joelvis
Percy Payne
Lican Party
York
Payne
No. 12
East Street
Haworth
Democratic Executive Counitee
Claude Joyce
Istrar
Enise
Elm Street
Ivar Davis
W. W. Horton
Davis
Court Opens Civil Term Monday In Guilford Superior Court
Judge H Hoyle Sink of Greensboro will convene a one week high point division term for civil trials. Monday docket includes Hedrick vs Currant and Barnhart. Morgan vs Pennsylvania Casualty. motions docket features Wilmac Credit Stores vs Pitt and others.Tuesday through Thursday list numerous civil cases with Pitt law firms and local defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Hoyle Sink
Greensboro
High Point Division
Guilford Superior Court
J. F. Hedrick
W. J. Hedrick
R. Currant
Cleo Currant
C. C. Barnhart
Municipal Court
Justice of the Peace Appeals
J. T. Morgan
Pennsylvania Casualty Company
Wilmac Credit Stores, Inc
Carolina Show Case Co. Inc
Walser & Wright
Attys
Pitt
Edith H. Perry
Guardian
Perry Children
City of
High Point
Grover H. Jones
Nae
D. H. Parsons
Craver Promoted in Air Transport Command
PT Robert F. Craver of the Air Transport Command Africa has been promoted to his present rank. He and Mrs. E. F. Craver reside on Colonial Drive. Craver has been overseas eighteen months and recently was made search and rescue officer at his post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Monroe Whitt, Jr
Pfc
Carl Whitt
Robert F. Craver
Air Transport Command Africa
E. F. Cra
Craver
Kerney L. Shipwash
Lea Guyer
Centennial Avenue
France
Triangle Hosiery Mills
G. C. Shipwash
December Deadline For Mailing All Christmas Packages Is Urged
December 1 should be the mailing deadline this year, said J Monroe Johnson of the Office of Defense Transportation. He cited wartime population shifts, heavier mail volume, and overburdened transport as justification for an earlier cutoff to ensure on time delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Monroe Johnson
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
S. C. Clark
Clark
North Carolina
Tmaster Clark
FE. T. Brown
Fraud Alleged In Settlement Of Death Claim
E V Stone administrator of Mary Josephine Stone who died in an October 3 1943 automobile crash accuses Akers Motor Line of fraud in settling the suit for 56250 and alleges attorney Julian Franklin served as both Stone’s counsel and a company adjuster. The cross action seeks fault allocation for the crash involving Howard Richards and a trailer truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. V. Stone
Mary Josephine Stone
Akers Motor Line, Inc
Stone
Julian Franklin
Akers Motor Lines
Franklin
Motor Company
Howard Richards
Hiring Ceiling Necessary For New Business
Ralph E. Miller of the United States Employment Service announces that prospective businesses must file with the War Manpower Commission to set an employment ceiling. Applications are available at the local office at 310 North Main Street and staff will assist applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Manpower Commission
Ralph E. Miller
United States Employment Service
North Main Street
Miller
Pig wins Hallowe en party at Hasty school
Ferdinand Pee Wee the pig won a school party prize at Hasty Thursday night. Owner Mrs Edith Sealey a first grade teacher faced a hazardous ride home in a car trunk and a long day in a box before Pee Wee moved to a new pen in her yard. She plans to move him to her mother in law’s farm back in the country to be with other pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pee-Wee
Hasty School
Edith Sealey
Weant Sues Younts for 10000 Damages
R G Weant files in municipal court seeking 5000 actual and 5000 punitive damages from Arnold Younce for injuries on August 25. He alleges an assault with a truck standard caused a dislocated right thumb and permanent hand injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Weant
Municipal Court
Arnold Younce
Old Fort Agent Becomes Supreme Court Lawyer at 68
George W. Sandlin, 68, longtime Southern Railway agent-telegrapher from Old Fort, N Carolina, was commissioned to practice before the U S Supreme Court in Washington. He earned NC law license in 1941 after six nights-a-week study in Asheville, and plans to retire from railroading to focus on law after the war. Sandlin has served 57 years with the railway, starting as a water boy in 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Sandlin
Southern Railway
Old Fort
N. C
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court of the United States
Sandlin
Washington
Pullman
Asheville
North Carolina
Western North Carolina Railroad
Lovelace Heads to Chicago for Civil Service Meet
James B. Lovelace, secretary of the High Point Civil Service Commission, will depart for Chicago to attend the Civil Service Assembly of the United States and Canada. He plans to join a round table on postwar reemployment of service members and will return next Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Lovelace
High Point Civil Service Commission
Chicago
Ill
Civil Service Assembly
United States
Canada
High Point
Record number of registrants in High Point town
Democrats and Republicans in High Point township claim a record turnout on the polling books ahead of the November 7 election. Both sides report high registration levels centered on the presidential race with school supporters backing Roosevelt and the state school amendment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
State
Roosevelt
Republians
High Point Township
Tom Dewey
Dewey
Home Demonstration Clubs Forming in High Point Area
County agents and the Farmers Family center organize home demonstration clubs across High Point communities. One club already formed. meetings at the Farmers Family center on North Main street. Multiple community members attend plans for winter work and curb market operates Tuesdays and Fridays with visiting farmers offering diverse products through the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers Family Center
High Point
North Main Street
S. FE. Montgomery
Nell Kennett
Centennial Avenue Extension
G. Hilton
G. M. Shaver
Leona Morgan
James Wheeless
Ed Venable
H. W. Fergson
Glenn Lambert
Farmers Curb Market
Church Street
Williams Elected To Accountants Group
Howard Williams CPA of High Point was elected to associate membership in the American Institute of CPAs. He attended the University of Cincinnati and Benjamin Franklin University and trained with Ernst & Ernst. Williams is a Bachelor of Commercial Sciences, CPA, and a Fellow of the North Carolina State Society of CPAs. He serves as assistant secretary of Adams-Millis Corporation hosiery makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard
Industry To Lay Plans For Postwar Expansion
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers association meets November 16–17 at Sedgefield Inn High Point to discuss postwar expansion, materials prices and manpower with speakers from the Office of Price Administration and War Production Board. Officers will be elected, and industry forecasts point to large postwar growth in the South.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Sedgefield Inn
J. E. Broyehill
Lenoir
United State
Kenneth F. Wherry
Nebraska
Henry C. Mansfield
Price Executive
Durable Good Branch
Office of Price Administration
Pearin
Frank Whiting
American Furniture Market
Henry A. Dinegar
War Production Board
High Point
South
North Carolina
Japan
la France
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Earl Hayworth
Ann Allred
Charles Gregory
Billie Ann Slate
James Herndon
Harriett Edwards
Miss Furgurson
Dairy Council of
Atlantic States Motor Lines, Inc
Belk Brothers Company
A Corporation
Julian C. Franklin
William & Cocke
Harkins
van Winkle & Walton
Black & Whitaker
Bryson City
Rosa Watkins
Clarence Grier
Rosetta Cab Co
Norman A. Boren
Atty
Catherine G. Bostian
D. Mickey
F. J. Mickey
J. C. Bostian
Gold
McAnally & Gold
C. A. York
Sapp& Sapp
D. L. Kersey
Hazel
E. A. Wright
Phil S. Wickham
T. H. Hara
Goebel Porter
Charlotte
McAnally Gold
T. H. Harper
Bert F. Craver
A.R.T
Bbi
William B. Silveran
Gastonia
Francis A. Watson
Irene Hall Watson
Norwood Court
Wade Watson
Seas
Sgt
Fred Watson
Ferdinand
Weant
Younts
Lovelace
Williams
Accountants
Sedgefield
J. Walter Chandler
Wesley Memorial Church
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Oakwood Cemetery
Lyon Furniture and Mercantile Agency
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