New Denton School Opens with New Principal Jones
Over 800 Denton students returned to classes in a new elementary building replacing a condemned 30-year-old structure. The school has 14 classrooms, a large auditorium, and a library. W. O. Jones becomes principal, coming from Hartsell school in Cabarrus where he led for seven years. He previously taught at High Point High School in the 1930s and is brother of Rev. E. M. Jones, former pastor.
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Denton
W. O. Jones
Prin
Cipal
T. N. Huss
Davidson County
Jones
Hartsell School
Cabarrus
High Point High School
E. M. Jones
Main Street Methodist Church
Shivers Seeks Texas Convention to Certify Stevenson
Governor Allan Shivers urged the Texas State Democratic Convention to certify Adlai Stevenson as the sole Democratic presidential candidate on the general election ballot. He dropped plans for a Stevenson Eisenhower two-column ballot to avoid accusations of tampering and noted Texans may split tickets or abstain.
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Austin
Tex
Allan Shivers
Adlai Stevenson
Texas
Shivers
Stevenson
Dwight Eisenhower
Texans
Pene
Llinois
Tidelands
Amarillo
Eisenhower
Democratic Party
Honest motorist pays overtime meter fine without tag
In Gaffney South Carolina a driver paid an overtime parking fee at city hall. Desk Sgt C C Green declined the usual one dollar fine noting the motorist’s honesty. The report also notes that flying squirrels have unbraced flaps of skin along their sides acting as wings.
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Gaffney
S. C
City Hall
C. C. Green
Court Upholds Bridges Perjury Conviction on Appeal
Three federal appellate judges unanimously sustain Harry Bridges' perjury conviction for swearing he had never been a Communist. The ruling upholds his 1945 naturalization fraud conviction and the court order revoking U S citizenship. Bridges, 51, remains imprisoned on five years. he had been free on bond except for a 17 day wartime detention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
United States
Bridges
Court of All
Supreme Court of the
Ision
Walter L. Pope
Missoula
Mont
Pope
Local Air Force and Marine Corps personnel listed in High Point area notices
Asegment lists Airman Le Roy Land son of Mr and Mrs Lester Land of 608 Prospect Street transferred to Amarillo AFB Texas as a jet mechanic student from San Marcos AFB He attended High Point High School His wife Frances lives on Rt 5 High Point His parents Roy and Mrs Jenkins live on Route 2 Thomasville James Turman Taylor 19 son of Mr and Mrs J C Taylor completing AF basic at Lackland AFB He is being prepared for technical training Corporal Everett Holland Route 4 High Point completed processing for relief from active duty at Fort Jackson in 1952 as civilian in Enlisted Reserve Corps Corporal Donald Kindie Route 2 High Point completed processing for relief from active duty at Fort Jackson as civilian in Enlisted Reserve Corps Marine Sgt Ernest R Prince 21 son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Prince English Street High Point recently graduated from NCO Leadership School at Camp Lejeune with Second Marine Division.
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Leroy R. Land
Lester T. Land
Prospect Street
Amarillo Air Force Base
Texas
Ray H. Clark
Airman Land
Amarillo
San Marcos Air Force Base
High Point High School
Frances
Rt.5
High Point
Roy M. Jenkins
Route 2
Thomasville
Army
Retere
Lengghesmany
Corporal Jenkins
84Th of Supply Depot Company
James Turman Taylor
J. C. Taylor
Adams Street
Lackland Air Force Base
Air Force
Lackland
San Antonio
Human Resource Research Center
Everett B. Holland
Separation Center
Fort Jackson
South Carolina
Holland
North Carolina Military District
Raleigh
Donald W. Kindie
Separation
Fort Jackon
Kindie
Ernest R. Prince
Ernest Prince
English Street
Camp Lejeune
Hinton High School
Prince
Marine Corps
High Point Leatherneck
Marine
Local Servicemen News From North Carolina Areas
PFC Thomas T Reagan of 613 Richardson Street serves in Korea with a motor company. Charles Billy Newton has finished Navy recruit training in San Diego and visits his parents before heading to a radio maintenance school at Treasure Island. Horace Ray Poole, formerly of High Point, trains at Fort Benning after basic at Fort Jackson and textile work prior to enlistment. Fred McKenzie completed Navy basic training in San Diego and returns to California after leave with his parents in High Point.
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Pfc
Thomas T. Reagan
J. C. Reagan
Richardson Street
Korea
Charles Billy Newton
USN
U. S. Navy
San Diego
Calif
C. F. Newton
Route 5
Treasure Island
Pvt
Horace Ray Poole
High Point
Fort Benning
Georgia
Poole
Fort Jackson
S. C
Fred McKenzie
Mrs
W. S. McKenzie
California
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Corte
Communist ‘Party
J Homer T. Boke
Tacoma
Albert Lee Stephens
Los Angeles
George B. Harris
Harris
McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Vincent Hallinan
Independent Progressive Party
International Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Hawaii
CIO
Cpl
Billy E. Jenkins
General Electric
N. Main St
Sunshine
Eric
Pine ST
Ine
Knotty Pine
FBI
Commerce Street
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