High Point voices on growth crime and a poet’s memory
A citizen questions High Point growth timing and crime image while a local recounts community efforts at a theater incident involving a wounded veteran. The column honors writer Vachel Lindsay, recounting his Springfield birth, Greensboro visit, and poem On the Building of Springfield.
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Frank J. Sizemore
High Point
Mr. Sizemore
Chicago
Audium
Vachel Lindsay
Springfield
America
South
Greensboro
Athens
Oxford
London
Florence
My advice never fails in life events and affairs
A concise local notice notes guidance offered for marriage Ra and business dealings at the Pullman Trailer-fee Inn at City Limits on Winston highway near North Main Bus, one block from city limits.
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Pullman
Winston Highway
A City Not Built In a Day Lyrics Recalled in Verse
A poetic plea urges a city to grow through generations with churches parks and reverent streets. It calls for science, charity, and beauty, envisioning a Lincoln-hearted citizenry and medieval walls against time, with music, song, and timeless devotion guiding urban growth.
Two Boys Hurt In Wreck On South Main Street
A collision in the 1300 block of South Main last night sent two local youths to a hospital for head and arm injuries. Driver Winfred Agner, 23, was arrested for reckless driving and cited for no operator’s license and improper lights.
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South Main Street
Homer Harvel
Route 2
Willard F. Garrett
Park Street
Winfred Agner
Agner
Thomasville Man Recaptured After Prison Escape
Thomasville, Sept. 15. Junior Hughes, noted for multiple prison escapes, was recaptured Friday night by Constable Buck Kennedy and State Patrolman John Crowell and will be returned to Raleigh. He escaped a state prison camp by filing chains, then seized a truck, was shot in the leg, and evaded authorities before hiding near Thomasville.
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Thomasville
Junior Hughes
Buck Kennedy
John Crowell
Raleigh
Hughes
Ramseur
Sanford
Kennedy
Atlantic Motor Lines Signs New Contract
The Atlantic States Motor lines signed a contract with its 27 mechanics who returned to work Thursday afternoon, ending a dispute and resuming factory operations.
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Atlantic Motor Lines
The
Atlantic States Motor Lines
Return of 16 500 Troops Arrives Across U S Ports
More than 16 500 servicemen are due today from the Pacific and European theaters aboard ten troopships docking at west and east coast ports. New York, Boston, Newport News, Seattle, and other ships will receive units including hospital, engine er, quartermaster, and military police companies, medical detachments, and airborne divisions as they come home.
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Associated Press
United States
West Coast
New York
Boston
Newport News
Europe
Seattle
General Stewart
3Rd General Hospital
35Th
Engineer Combat Battalion
Transportation Corps
159Th Quartermaster Battalion
Military Police Company
Sea Pike
Marseilles
333Rd Ordnance Battalion
136Th Ordnance
Engineer Combat Group
14Th Armored Division
William Floyd
le Havre
Ten
Mariposa
17Th Airborne Division
Airborne Division
Airborne Quartermaster Company
Airborne Signal Company
Parachute Field Artillery Battalion
Parachute Infantry Regiment
Airborne Engineer Battalion
J. C. Osgood
T. Parker
Jean Laaitte
Atn
164Th
337Th
Eapth
Ordnance Ammunition Company
Ordnance Base Depot Company
Quartermaster Fumigation and Bath Company
3548Th Ordnance Company
Eltinge
Rd Field Artillery
48Th General Hospital
Permit Issued To Build New Warehouse By Lloyd Clodfelter
The city building inspector issued a permit to Lloyd Clodfelter for a new brick wholesale and retail warehouse costing about $12,000. The facility will be located between Coltrane Street and Springdale Avenue in the southeast city and will house new farm machinery.
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Lloyd Clodfelter
Rt. 4
Clodfelter
Coltrane Street
Springdale Avenue
Company Grants Weeklong Paid Vacation and Wage Adjustment
R. L. Brinson presides over the firm as it offers a week of paid vacation and adjusts wages within the lower brackets. The text notes many world languages and the similarity of their basic speech sounds.
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R. L. Brinson
Man Sentenced for Giving Drink to Minor and Drunk Driving
E J Harris 25 of 725 Jefferson Ave drew 12 months on the roads for giving whisky to a minor, with three months suspended to run after completion. Two men, Woodrow E Harris 32 of Trinity and Hugh C Beasley 39 of Masville, pled guilty to drunk driving and received 50 dollars plus costs, with 12 months driving ban.
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E. J. Harris
Jefferson Avenue
D. C. MacRae
Woodrow E. Harris
Trinity
Hugh C. Beasley
Walter House
Leonard Street
Aletha Lilly
Aletha
Malachi Raynor
Kivett Drive
Della Reid
Dallas Ray Long
North Main Street
T. R. Stone
Stone
Bill Blue
Arthur Martin
George W. Bundy
Rt. 2
Jack C. Sykes
Rt. 3
James Gray
Beeman Street
E. H. Rumsey
Carter Street
Ed C. Collins
Oakdale
Citizens Qualify As Executors And List Properties
High Point residents were qualified in Guilford Superior Court Greensboro as executors and administrators of estates. Pauline How Douglas ex executrix of Albert G. Douglas died July 13 1945 real and personal property valued at 19062.68. W D Lemons executor of Mary Frances Brown died September 10 1945 real estate 1820 and personal property 150.11. H T Lee Jr administrator of Rachel Elizane Lee died war 518.75. E Lucy D Goldsmith and C D Goldsmith administrators of Willard G Goldsmith died September 5 1945 personal property 7155.
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High Point
Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Pauline How Douglas
Albert G. Douglas
W. D. Lemons
Mary Frances Brown
H. T. Lee, Jr
Rachel Elizane Lee
Lucy D. Goldsmith
C. D. Goldsmith
Willard G. Goldsmith
Puppet Leader of Philippines Under Arrest
Jose P. Laurel the puppet president of the Philippines under Japanese rule his son Jose III and Benigno S Aquino president of the puppet national assembly were jailed at a resort 20 miles from Osaka after being arrested in Yokohama authorities reported.
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Yokohama
Jose P. Laurel
Philippines
Jose III
Benigno S. Aquino
National Assembly
Osaka
High Point Woman Given Suspended Sentence in Assault Case
Viola Price of High Point was sentenced to six months suspended for two years on a charge of assault with a deadly weapon. She must not appear in Davidson county, pay a $25 fine plus court costs. John Colson was ordered to pay court costs on an assault charge.
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High Point
Thomasville
Viola_ Price
Davidson County
John Colson
Formaldehyde Plant to Open in Springfield Ore
New Coast Industry reports Casein Company of America to build a large formaldehyde plant at Springfield. The facility will produce about one million pounds monthly to serve synthetic resins and plastics, marking the Pacific coast's first major production.
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Springfield
Ore
INS
Pacific Coast
Casein Company of America
Grace Craughton Named Home Demonstration Agent
Grace Craughton of Sampson county has been appointed home demonstration agent in Dare county by the county board of commissioners.
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Manteo
Grace Craughton
Sampson County
Dare County
County Board of Commissioners
State issues licenses rise over prior year in North Carolina
Raleigh report shows the state motor vehicles department issued 37,478 drivers licenses so far this year, up from 35,692 in the same period last year. Officials also note 9,987 permits were issued during July and August, 1,395 more than last year.
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Raleigh
State Motor Vehicles Department
T. Boddie Ward
Blockaders Suffer Raleigh Moonshine Setbacks
Raleigh OPA enforcement officer Theodore S. Johnson reported raids on stills show an 89 percent drop in sugar content of mash used to make white lightning, as the joint sugar enforcement drive by OPA and the Treasury's alcohol tax unit continues.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Office of Price Administration
Treasury Department
Alcohol Tax Unit
Theodores. Johnson
OPA
Truman to Visit North Carolina for November Trip
President and Mrs. Truman will be guests of Governor and Mrs. Cherry at the executive mansion during a November visit. The president will speak to the state senate in Statesville on November 2.
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Raleigh
Truman
Cherry
Executive Mansion
North Carolina
State Senate
Statesville
Appeal Planned in Dr Meadows Case at Supreme Court
The case of Dr Lean Meadows, former president of Fast Carolina Teachers college, currently serving three years, will be taken to the supreme court at its term. The record must be filed by Sept 25. testimony transcripts are estimated at 10,000 pages and six months to prepare. Judge Frizzell set two months for the state and six months for the defense.
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Raleigh
Lean R. Meadows
Fast Carolina Teachers College
Supreme Court
Harry McMullan
J. Paul Frizzell
Superior Court
Truman visit to North Carolina outlined for Nov 2
President Truman will visit North Carolina on November 2 and address the state senate in Statesville. State senator Hugh G. Mitchell and Rep. Coughton discussed plans for a welcome with a big parade ahead of the president's talk as he tours western North Carolina during the stay.
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Washington
Truman
North Carolina
State Senate
Statesville
Hugh G. Mitchell
Rep. Coughton
D-Nc
Pipeline Discontinuance Affects Greensboro Richmond Line
Washington announces the termination of operation for five government pipelines within 30 to 60 days. The Greensboro Richmond extension of the plantation pipeline, 175 miles of 8 inch pipe from Greensboro North Carolina to Richmond Virginia, is included.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Greensboro - Richmond
Plantation
Greensboro
N. C
Richmond
Foreign Demands May Prolong Meat Rationing
A top Agriculture Department official says meat rationing could extend beyond October 1 due to uncertain foreign demand and fears of renewed shortages. Britain may seek meat to supplement Canada and Argentina, while relief agencies funding UNRRA influence large scale purchases. Removal of rationing could trigger shortages if export needs are not settled.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Great Britain
Canada
Argentina
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Truman
Congress
UNRRA
Union Leaders Push for 36 Hour Rail Work Week
Bert M. Jewell of the AFL railway employes department says seven unions will demand a 36 hour six day week on all lines with contracts starting September 25. The request targets machinists boilermakers iron shipbuilders blacksmiths dropforges sheet metal electrical car men and firemen among others. This would mark the first time such a demand has been made in the railroad industry.
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Chicago
Fou Nek
AFL
Bert M. Jewell
AFL Railway
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Jewell
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