Third High Point Traffic Fatality Claims William Teague
William Rudolph Teague, 20, of Fairfield Road, died in a crash on Lexington Avenue. Hester Wall, 21, of Cassell Street, allegedly drove the death car and was jailed on manslaughter charges. a capias for reckless driving from August 1938 was served after his arrest. The truck skidded into a pole, then rolled. Teague died en route to hospital. Funeral set at Pleasant Hill Christian Church Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rudolph Teague
Fairfield Road
Lexington Avenue
High Point
Hester Wall
Cassell Street
Teague
Wall
Lewis E. Teague
Horace Sheen
Greensboro
Pleasant Hill Christian Church
O. L. Ruth
First Pilgrim Holiness Church
Young Teague
Lenoir County
Kirk Dixon
Nancy Cade Teague
Edith
Eugene
Mrs Teeter Returns to Face Abandonment Charge
Virginia Teeter, 19, mother of three, is returned to High Point to face desertion charges. Her husband R E Teeter swore out the warrant after she left in August with a note promising to work and send for the children. She was arrested in Portsmouth, Virginia, on a warrant from High Point following a cafe job assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Teeter
High Point
R. E. Teeter
Teeter
Portsmouth
Reservations Must Be Made In Advance
Miss Ada Snow, a Winston Salem court stenographer, forgot to dial 9 before using High Point city phones. She phoned a boarding house to say she would dine there, but the jail answered, informing her they could not accommodate. The misdial led to an unexpected police communications mix up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Snow
Winston- Salem
City of High Point
Miss Snow
City
Dr Ham Speaks At Gospel Tabernacle On World Conflicts
Evangelist M. F. Ham of Louisville spoke to a large Gospel Tabernacle audience on national and international problems from a biblical view. He warned that World War I prophecies point to a northern and southern kings clash, foreseeing no Allied victory or Hitler protracted rule, urging Jesus as the nation’s remedy and condemning the age’s isms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Ham
Gospel Tabernacle
M. F. Ham
Louisville
H. P. Williams
Bill Young
James Strickland
Sam Jones
Bloody
Billy Sunday
Europe
Adolf Hitler
Satan
Jesus
The
Evangelist
America
Wreckage Found Of Missing Army Bomber Near Enumclaw
Aerial searchers located the missing twin motored army bomber about 18 miles northeast of Enumclaw Washington in the Cascade foothills. Six crewmen aboard the craft vanished two days earlier during a routine training flight. McChord base was notified by a farmer and planes reported the plane among trees near Chinook Pass State highway. A 20 man searching party hastened to the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tacoma
Wash
Enumclaw
Cascade Mountains
McChord
Chinook Pass
Apparent Attempt at Self-Harm Fails for Local Man
Roy Staton of 318 Mallory Street walked into a South Main Street drug store and drank about half a bottle of disinfectant. He was rushed to the hospital where doctors pumped his stomach. Police reported he had enough liquid in his stomach to dilute the poison and suffered no severe injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Staton
Mallory Street
Plans For District Woodmen Meet In Elkin Completed
Plans for the district Woodmen of the World meeting in Elkin are completed with about 300 delegates and 100 Ladies Circle members expected. Edgar O Johnson presides. Ray Terrell and T E Newiton deliver addresses. exhibitions and entertainment planned. 6:30 fish fry and 8 pm speeches followed by a travel talk. Delegations from Greensboro High Point Asheboro Thomasville and others will attend. Woodmen meet at Elkin Elementary at 2:30 pm with Ladies at the Junior Order Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elkin Canny
Woodmen of the World
Woodmen
Lauies Circle
Edgar O. Johnson
Nigh Point
Ray Terrell
Winston- Sarem
T. E. Newiton
Kinston
Uniform Bank Company
Winston-Salem
Neaves
Charles A. Hines
Greensboro
Blanche Eakin
Charlotte
Ladies Circle
Newton
Stephen Morrisent
First Baptist Church
Elkin
J. R. Poindexter
High Point
W. L. Hunt
Revival Services At Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
Revival services open to the public begin Sunday night at 7 30 led by Rev Thomas E Strickland with special music by Barney Pierce and his sisters. Each night through the revival will feature music and gatherings as part of the event in Randolph County North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Pleasant Methodist Church
Randolph County
Thomas E. Strickland
Barney Pierce
Asheboro youths injured in highway auto crash
Coy Owens 19 and his sister Ma zie Williams 22 both of Asheboro suffered injuries when their car overturned on the Greensboro High Point highway about 1 30 this morning. Winfred Melvin 22 of Greensboro escaped injury. Owens had facial cuts and a forehead injury. They were taken to Piedmont Memorial Hospital by ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Coy Owens
Asheboro
Mazie Williams
Greensboro High Point Highway
Sedgefield
Winfred Melvin
Owens
Piedmont Memorial Hospital
Court Orders Derrick Held For 24 Hours
Judge D C MacRae ordered Sherman Derrick held for 24 hours by High Point police for delivery to Fayetteville authorities, after a habeas corpus hearing. Derrick, an alleged escapee from Augusta GA veterans hospital, was described by Dr F R Taylor as psychopathic with homicidal tendencies, though not proven insane. Police said no warrants or charges yet, and Derrick had resisted extradition prior to being held for possible transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. MacRae
High Point
Sherman Derrick
Augusta
Veterans’ Hospital
Fayetteville
Derrick
F. R. Taylor
W. G. Friddle
Ga. Veterans’ Hospital
Thomas Car Works
Fayette Vide Veterans’ Hospital
High Pointer Faces Charges of Larceny
John L. Morgan a white youth of 1306 Bradshaw Street High Point is at liberty on bond on charges of breaking entering larceny and receiving tied to a series of break ins in June and July Four other white youths Elmo Jenkins Sam Milton James Bailey and a Greensboro juvenile are held in connection Morgan and Jenkins face breaking and entering and larceny and receiving over the theft of 1 25 from Dixie Pig Barbecue Shop June 9 Morgan also faces thefts from Kelly Oil Cobbs Service Station and Griffin Sandwich Shop in late June and July as well as thefts from H D Mauldin and an automobile theft from Ernest Block in July
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Greensboro
John L. Morgan
Bradshaw Street
High Point
Liberty
Elmo Jenkins
Sam Milton
James Bailey
Morgan
Jenkins
Dixie Pig
Greensboro High Point Road
Kelly Oil Company
Cobte
Griffin
H. D. Mauldin
Ernest Block
Local Delegates To Attend Meeting American Legion
More than 200 North Carolina Legion and Legion Auxiliary members will attend the Milwau kee convention September 14 to 18 led by Department Commander R. L. McMillan. State speakers include Josephus Daniels. A dozen High Point members are expected to join with wives. Milwaukee downtown traffic will be closed to motor vehicles. parking at Racine Wis. is advised. A $1.25 transportation ticket covers all city rides. Trans-Pacific clippers near 500th Hong Kong to California crossing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
American Legion
The
Legion Auxiliary
High Point
Milwaukee
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
United States
Mexico
R. L. McMillan
James Caldwell
Claude Ramsey
C. F E. Lehmann
John King
King
Racine
Wis
W. F. Fry
National
Athletic staff heard at Rotary Club meeting
Local high school athletic staff visited the Rotary Club with Director of Athletics Tony Simeon introducing assistant line coach Leo Morgan and head coach Tony Cernugle. Morgan spoke on season prospects opening Friday against Mills Home of Thomasville while Cernugle offered cautious optimism. Royster Thurman Jr sang two solos with Dan W. Smith on piano as President Paul W. Casey recovers from appendectomy. visiting Rotarians included T. D. Longhurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Tony Simeon
Edgar Hartley
Simeon
Leo Morgan
Mills
Thomasville
Tony Cernugle
Cernugle
Royster Thurman, Jr
Dan W. Smith
Paul W. Casey
T. D. Longhurst
Carrie Belo Arrested for Hair Pulling Incident
Carrie Belle Belo, a 54 year old Black woman known near the police station, was re arrested on a charge tied to an incident involving a Willian Penn High School pupil. She says she intervened to protect a schoolgirl and would tell the judge she acted rightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carrie Belle Belo
Carrie
Willian’ Penn High School
Maggie Lee Clowney
Maggie
Greensboro Attorney Named Civilian Defense Chairman
Beverley C. Moore, a Greensboro attorney, was named Guilford County chairman of the Civilian Defense program. A co-chairman for High Point Township will be named soon, officials announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Beverley CC. Moore
Guilford County
High Point Township
Visitors from Concord Sanford and Roanoke Attend Event
Attendees included Concord and Sanford residents plus C. W. Wilcox of Roanoke Virginia and B. K. Lindeman of Charlotte. The gathering featured several notable visitors from nearby cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord
Tom Gunn
Sanford
C. W. Wilcox
Roanoke
B. K. Lindeman
Charlotte
Silk Shortage Cuts Jobs In North Carolina Mills
In Raleigh on September 11 the state employment service reported about 10 000 North Carolinians affected by the silk shortage. The industry normally employs 30 500 Tar Heels with 4 300 out of work and over 5 000 on part time. Employers foresee more losses by mid and late September with 1 400 and then 3 250 more jobs at risk. The service says mills are uncertain about future supply and demand and seeks new defense industries to absorb displaced workers while coordinating with unions and employers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
UPJ
State
Employment Service
Oliver Gaines Guilty of Hit and Run Driving
Oliver Gaines of 1107 Park Street High Point was found guilty of hit and run driving in Guilford Superior Court. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs and given a 12 month suspended sentence. He allegedly injured Billie Lee of High Point and struck another car owned by Logan Harbinson. An airplane company in California reports total 1942 orders far exceeding prior years.
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Greensboro
Oliver Gaines
Park Street
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
Gaines
Billie Lee
Smith Reet
Logan Harbinson
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William R. Teague
High Point Willis Park
Senor Herbert
Juan Lobo
Echerds Drug Store
S.main
Washington
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Vance Hill
C. F. Floyd
Granby Street
Arthur Whaley
D. L. Whitlow
Blain Street
A. and
North Main Street
High Pointer
Hong Kong
California
High School
Rotary
Defense
State Employment Service
N.C
Rose Furniture CO
East Main Street
Asheborn
Fayetteville Street
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