1909 Pullman on sale at War Bond auction in High Point
The oldest car in High Point, a 1909 Pullman, to be auctioned Friday at five o'clock at the Salvation Army drive. Proceeds go to war bonds. The car, once owned by C. F. Farley and later by Maj. Vernon Carter, features a four cylinder motor, brass trim, and durable tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cap” Farley
Pullman
Salvation Army
War Bond
High Point
Red Shield Club
C. F. Farley
Vernon Carter
Maj. Carter
Farley
High Point Names Bessie Tesh Clerk of Work or Fight Group
Mayor Arnold J. Koonce announced Bessie Tesh, a county building worker, as clerk for the High Point work or fight committee. Residents were urged to report vagrants. informants remain confidential. Vagrants are non working men ages 18 to 55. If a proposed job is rejected within 24 hours, a court citation could follow.
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Bessie Tesh
Arnold J. Koonce
High Point Work Or Fight Committee
Koonce
Court orders fine for Frances Saintsing in drunken disorderly case
Frances Saintsing, 40, of 412 Fast Commerce Street, fainted in court after being charged with being drunk and disorderly. Judge D C MacRae ordered a 10 fine plus costs. she was taken by ambulance to Burrus Memorial Hospital for first aid and released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Saintsing
Commerce Street
D. C. MacRae
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Civil Court Opens Week's Term Here
The High Point municipal court civil term opened with Judge D. C. MacRae presiding to clear a heavy docket before adjournment. Only one case progressed at the afternoon session, while two were disposed of earlier to ease the docket. Nancy East, 20, was sentenced 30 days in the county work house for immoral vagrancy. her 16-year-old sister Annie East’s case was continued. Nick's Place operator C N Sinodis was fined 25 and costs and barred from selling beer or wine for 60 days for a Sunday ordinance violation.
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High Point Municipal Court
D. C. MacRae
Hinch
Nancy East
English Street
Annie East
C. N. Sinodis
West End
Suit Worth More Than Nylon Hose At Bond Auction
A Center theater miniature war bond sale last night raised $19,000 in half an hour with six high bidders. A $50 suit of clothes led items at $4,500 in bonds, while a bundle including wash tubs shoes passes and a Bible sold to Sam Vail for the same total. Dr. C. R. Hodgin bought nylon hose for $1,750. a chair went to Phillip Silver for $500. Silver also bought a diamond ring for $1,750 and W A Davis paid $3,000 for Betty Lou Shop credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Theater
Jack Wright
Pat Taylor
Thomasville
Phillip Silver
Betty Lou
W. A Davis
Underwood Wounded in Pacific War Area
Pvt. Harvey F. Underwood son of Mr Martha H Underwood 104 Culler Street W 5 reported wounded in action in the Pacific war area in a War Department communique from Washington He was listed as wounded in action in the Pacific region The communique noted 574 U S soldiers wounded in action nationwide 12 from North Carolina Underwood was the sole North Carolina case in the Pacific sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey FE. Underwood
Martha H. Underwood
Culler Street
War Department
Washington
Underwood
U. S
North Carolina
Pvt
Pacific
Humane Society Meets Tonight At Sheraton
The High Point Humane Society will meet tonight at 8 o clock in the Sheraton hotel. Mrs Valette J Harris president announces guests Mrs Von Glahn and Mr Ed wards of the state SPCA Raleigh will speak. Citizens of High Point Township invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Humane Society
Sheraton Hotel
Valette J. Harris
von Glahn
Edwards
Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Animals
Raleigh
High Point Township
Triple tomato from one stem shocks local gardener
George W. McCorkle, of 736 East Washington street, displayed a triplicate ponderosa tomato he gathered from a third crop at home. The fused fruit weighed about one pound four ounces. McCorkle, president of the George Washington Garden and Canning club, promotes home gardening and ration-free living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. McCorkle
East Washington Street
McCorkle
George Washington Garden and Canning Club
World’s largest seller offers value on aspirin tablets
A promotional message claims greater value with 16 tablets of 2Me at 10¢ and 100 tablets for 35¢, advertising St. Joseph Aspirin as a low price option to shoppers seeking budget relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
High Point Nears War Bond Quota as Bonds Peak
High Point, toward meeting its war bond quota, shows 7,211 bond applications or almost half of the city’s 18,000 wage earners. Frank Sizemore says local purchases outpace national trends, with bonds honoring service members rising fast as a Friday auction of a 1909 model car at the Salvation Army draws attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Frank Sizemore
Third War Loan Committee
Sizemore
United States
Salvation Army
H P C Student Officer Election Opens Tomorrow
Nomination of High Point College student government officers began this morning with a meeting for nominations and secret-ballot voting set for tomorrow. Candidates include John Perry Enfield and Clyde Collins Troutman for president. Mary Ann Coe High Point Marguerite Koontz Lexington and Catherine Cross High Point for vice president. Julia Folger Decatur Ga and Bonnie Lewis High Point for secretary and treasurer. Previous officers served last year with election now after fall term opens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point College
John Perry
Enfield
Clyde Collins
Troutman
Mary Ann Coe
High Point
Marguerite Koontz
Lexington
Catherine Cross
Julia Folger
Decatur
Bonnie Lewis
Billy Henderson
Burlington
Jack Astrella
New Jersey
Ronda Sebastian
Tomlinson Furniture Faces NLRB Cease-Desist Order
The National Labor Relations Board recommended that Tomlinson Inc of High Point North Carolina cease interfering with workers rights to organize. It urged posting notices in plants for at least 60 days stating it will not engage in the alleged unfair labor practices after a hearing on a charge by the AF of L Furniture Workers Local 3023, which the company denied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Tomlinson of
High Point
N. C
NLRB
A. F. of L. Furniture Workers Local 3023
Funeral Rites For Mrs Erma K Dover Held Last Night
Funeral services for Mrs Erma K Dover wife of George L Dover were held at Sechrest Funeral Home with Dr O C Williamson and Dr C Excelle Rzottlle officiating. Mrs J H Allred sang When They Ring Those Golden Bells Dan W Smith accompanied. Body to Chattanooga Tenn for Wednesday morn services at Page Hancock Funeral Home with interment in Forrest Hills Cemetery. Family attended the services in Chattanooga. Cadets receive wings and commissions as ensigns USNR after seven months of flight training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma K. Dover
George L. Dover
Sechrest Funeral Home
O. C. Williamson
First Presbyterian Church
C. Excelle Rozzelle
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
J. H. Allred
Dan W. Smith
Chattanooga
Tenn
Page- Hancock Funeral Home
Forrest Hills
USNR
Hitler Rising Time For Hitler's Regime Says Swedish Editor
Swedish journalist Arvid Fredborg, after two years in Germany, portrays Hitler as a man aware time is running out. The book Behind the Steel Wall cites power concentrated in Heinrich Himmler and Martin Bormann, with civil and party authority expanding under a waning Führer. The piece notes Hitler’s distant leadership, ruthless isolation, and the friction among Nazi leaders including Goering Goebbels and Ribbentrop, while highlighting his grand military plans often thwarted by detail preoccupations.
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Stockholm
Adolf Hitler
Arvid Fredborg
Germany
der Fuehrer
Fredberg
Hitler
Heinrich Himmler
Martin Bormann
Bormann
Nazi Party
Rudolf Hess
Hess
Hhe
Fedor von Bock
Wilhelm Furtwangler
Furtwangler
von Bock
Hitler Goebbels
Himmler
Goering
Reich
Goebbels
von Ribbentrop
Kills Wife Little Hope For His Life
Lacy Stone a cotton mill worker in Graham shot his wife Eunice V Stone at her brother Luther Little’s home 243 Proctor Street then killed himself. Eye witness Sam Jones described Stone shooting himself in the heart after firing at Eunice through the chest. she died at the scene and Stone died later at Burrus Memorial hospital with little hope of recovery. Stone formerly worked at Pickett Cotton Mill and the couple had been separated for some time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lacy Stone
Graham
Proctor Street
W. C. Friddie
Eunice V. Stone
Sam Jones
Proctor
Stone
Jones
Pickett Cotton Mill
Sentence For Lambeth Suspended For 12 Months
Harry Lee Lambeth a 15 year old youth of 209 Parkway received a four months suspended for one year on charges of reckless driving and speeding. He was fined 10 dollars and forbidden to drive a car for 12 months.
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Harry Lee Lambeth
209 Parkway
Army lab offers 50 cents per mongoose delivered
SAN JUAN Puerto Rico Sept 11 INS The U S army laboratory at Fort Buchanan today offered 50 cents for every live mongoose delivered to it The laboratory wants the animals to investigate a type of pneumonia for which they act as good hosts
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
INS
U. S. Army Laboratory
Fort Buchanan
Red Cross Blood Bank Turns Away 14 Year Old Girl
Hartford report notes Mrs Mary Boucher and her daughters offered to donate blood to the Red Cross blood bank. The youngest, aged 14, was refused while several named donors including Nettie, Loretta, Antoinette, Lorraine, Candide, Noella, Norma and Yolanda were accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Conn
Mary Boucher
Gloriette
Beause
Boucher
Jeannettie
Loretta
Antoinette
Lorrane
Candide
Noella
Norma
Yolanda
Follies of 1901: Sacramento mayor opens letter with cash
In Sacramento Mayor Thomas B. Monk opened an envelope containing $100 in cash and an anonymous note confessing a prior fire department misfire. The letter asked the city to forgive the act and instructed the money be given to the fire department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacramento
Calif
Thomas B. Monk
Fire Department
Employers Aided In Getting Paid Vacation Plan
Loyd Gurley of the High Point Independent board of workers union said the paid vacation plan for 12 High Point hosiery plants, approved by the war labor board, was jointly sponsored and supported by both the union and the employers. The plants aided in securing WLB approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyd Gurley
High Point Independent Boarders Union
War Labor Board
High Point
Medicine Sent Yugoslavs To Halt Malaria Epidemic There
The United Yugoslav Relief Fund arranged a trans Atlantic medicine airlift to Yugoslavia to curb a malaria outbreak. International Red Cross will distribute through private hospitals in Yugoslavia, with 500000 medicinal tablets delivered via Geneva after arrival at a neutral airport.
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Atlantic
United Yugoslav Relief Fund
Yugoslavia
Amos Kearns
United War Chest Campaign
United Yugoslav Relief
United War Chest
National War Relief
High Point
International Red Cross Committee
Geneva
Bart Andress
United Yugoslava Relief Fund
Deserter Leroy Owens Apprehended Here
Leroy S Owens, whose wife and child live on Young Street, was in city jail this morning after being apprehended for desertion from the army. He had been stationed at Camp Patrick Henry Virginia and told police they were wasting their time sending him back. Owens had discarded his uniforms and was working in a local hosiery mill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy S. Owens
Young Street
Camp Patrick Henry
Virginia
Owens
Thompson New Chairman of USES Advisory Council
R L Thompson editor of The Enterprise was elected chairman of the local employment service advisory council. Other members include C A Lewis Arnold J Koonce Lillian Massey T C Langley Coy Moose and D H Woodall. Buy an extra War Bond to support the Third War Loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L. Thompson
Enterprise
Local Employment Service Advisory Council
C. A. Lewis
Arnold J. Koonce
Lillian Massey
T. C. Langley
Coy Moose
1D. H. Woodall
Restraint Efforts Against Shifting Group Tactics
Bentrop has tried many times to restrain them as the situation shifts weekly. The pattern shows rapid changes in control and reaction to external pressure.
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Bentrop
Ratings Set For Scrap Commandos To Get Rank
Officials of the second High Point Scrap Drive announced required scrap amounts for each rank in the Junior Commandos. The drive opens Saturday October 2, with boys and girls aiming to earn ratings. higher weights earn service stripes or sweaters and caps for officers. Collection occurs at all city schools except high schools on Saturdays 10 to 12, with can collection not counting toward ratings.
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High Point
Buck
Availability statements limited to three days weekly
The U S employment service will accept requests for statements of availability only on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays due to higher demand. Manager Rachel Shipplett urges the public to cooperate and advises workers seeking transfers from essential jobs to apply during the first three days of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Rachel Shipplett
U. S. Employment Service
Capt Collins To Replace Major Carter At Local Salvation Army
Captain Charles Collins will assume duties as head of the local Salvation Army post on October 3, succeeding Major Vernon Carter who leaves October 2 for work with a Salvation Army UTM unit. For four years Collins led the Fayetteville post and previously worked in Winston-Salem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Collins
Salvation Army
Vernon Carter
Capt. Collins
Fayetteville
Winston- Salem
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Lambeth
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Thompson New
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Major Carter
C. M
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Elwood Hotel
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