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VOLUME IV, NUMBER 37
Ronda Man Dies;
Five Others Hurt
EL.KIN, Aug. 1.?A collision
of a Greyhound passenger bus
with a passenger car occupied
by the family of Walter Hunt,
of Ronda, Tuesday at 8:30 p. m.
' at Ronda, brought the six occupants
to Elkin hospital, one fatally
injured, three others seriously
injured and the mother
painfully but not seriously injured.
No passengers on the bus
were hurt.
, I The collision occurred near
Ronda Baptist church in Wilkes
county, where a service was in
progress. The collision is said "to .
i "have turned the automboile '
around and hurled it over an em%
"bankment in wreckage.
Mary Ellen, five-months-old
"baby of Walter Hunt, died early
i. mis morning; i^eroy, five, and
Bobby, two, are In critical con- dition
and still unconscious, and i
Josephine, 11, is seriously in
jured, each of the children suf- ;
fering leg fractures. The father i
suffered only minor injuries.
James D. Thomas
Heldfor JuryTrial i
Probable cause was found in .
the case against James D. Thorn. 1
as, 612 f)lxie street, tried in municipal-county
court Monday on
a charge of attempted rape on
Icie Mae Henderson, 214 Down- I
ing street, High Point, early Sun.
day morning in the 400 block of
Chestnut street.
Thomas was ordered commit,
ted to Guilford county jail for
trial at the July term of Superior
court, and bond was set at $200. j
The offense allegedly occurred,
according to testimony of ^
the Henderson woman, after she j
had left a party in the vicinity to
return to her home. She said she |
saw Thomas and asked him the 1
way to the bus station and that
he was supposedly showing her i
there when he allegedly attacked
her.
The High Point woman told
the court that'she came here to
see a cousin but upon arrival was
invited by a group of women to ^
/ attend the party, which she said
she left because it was getting
rough. |
MAN'S LEG INJURED
WHEN PINNED BY CARS
William Chambers, of 6 27
Bennett street, was reported to
be Improving at L. Richardson
Memorial hospital from leg Injuries
sustained when he was
pinned between two cars knocked
together by the automobile
which police satd was driven by
Louis Edwards, 35, of 160 Johnson
street.
Officers charged Edwards with
careless and reckless driving, and
trial was set for Monday in municipal-county
court. The accident
occurred, according to police,
about 1 a. m. Wednesday,
near Obermeyer street on East
Market street.
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East White C
$485.00 E
Members of the East White 0
July 29. The Sunday school was
aginst the other. A total of $4sl
raised $226.19. Shown in the pi
perintendent; left to right, Mrs. Ill
pant, secretary of Blue side, Mi
dent of the Jackson Sunday scliul
superintendent of A. M. E. Zion
day school. C. Gant, captain of W
pastor, A. M. E. Zion church, and
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JOHN1 C. M<0<AVGHL<IX
Veterans Executive
Committee Member
John C. McLaughlin, shown
ibove, veteran of world war I,
lean of the A. and T. School of
Agriculture, and chairman, Netro
Division, State War Finance
zommhtee, was appointed Thursiay,
along with four white citizens,
as an executive of the
Jreensboro committee on Veterins
Affairs. Appointment was
nade by Judge W. M. York, who
8 chairman. ,
Purpose of the committee is
o coordinate and cooperate wtth
ill agencies working in the interset
of veterans in the city of
Jreensboro.
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BORO, N. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST
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)ak Baptist Ch
during 6 Week
ak Baptist Sunday school put on
divided into two groups, the Blu<
5.00 was raised, the Whites leadi]
cture above are T. A. Gant, (seat
osa Fewell, Miss Julia Gant, seen
rs. Sallie Harrison, general secrel
ol, Mrs. Maggie.McTier, assistant
Sunday school, Mr. Johnson, sup
hite side, A. Miller, captain of B
Rev. H. C. HaT-riston, pastor of 1
SIXTH AI
ALL STA1
HERE SU
Two teams of the south's great,
est diamond performers will be
seen in action here Sunday when
A. J. Hammonds brings his sixth
annual All-Star game to Memorial
Stadium.
The strong Negro Marines who
went down last year 6-4 will
again face the All-Stars. Both
squads have one game under
their belt and are eager to settle
the score for a second victory
in this, the third visit of the
Leathernecks.
Avid followers of the game are
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the outcome, and the betting is
free and wild on both squads.
All-Star supporters are singing
the praises of Smokey Joe Williams,
who will get the call on
the mound and recalling the 6-4
shellacking plastered on the Ma.
lines last year in the fifth of the
annual encounters.
Equally rabid Marine enthusiasts
foresee a return of the brilliance
first displayed here two
years ago by the Leathernecks
who won that time and pointing
to the assortment of hurlers now
available for duty.
Local fans can see some of
their own diamond stars in action
as well as the "cream of the
crop" from other vlclnltios, said
Hammonds. From among the several
score applicants, the promoters
have taken Bud Alston, pitch,
ing star of the Goshen Red Wings
and Charles Herbin, third baseman
of the Greensboro Black
Yankees.
While nine other squads are
represented In the lineup, these
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urch Raises
S. S. Rally
a six-weeks drive, which ended
is and Whites, each competing
ng witn szsk.si, while the Blue
ed in front), Sunday school su:tary
of White side, Mrs. Laura
'.ary, W. J. Maxwell, supermten.
captain of Whites, A. H. Kerr,
lerintendent of Gethsemane Sunlue
side, Rev. J. W. J. Turner,
Cast White Oak Baptist church.
*NUAL
RGAME j
NDAY
will provide local color. Among
the other teams sending players
are: N. C. Grays, Chicago American
Giants, Philadelphia Stars,
Winston-Salem Pond Giants, Durham
Red Caps, Raleigh West
Virginia Clippers, Spartanburg
Sluggers, and Martinsville, Va?
Cardinals.
An Imposing list of notables
from North and South Carolina
and Virginia are expected to be
in the stands. A veteran base,
ball fan, 68-year-old W. B. Johnson,
of Richmond, Va., is heading
a delegation from the Old
Dominion. Johnson has been des.
ignated "Fan No. 1" of the AUStar
game and will b,e making
his tfclrd annual trip to the classic.
To throw out the first ball
will be Charles G. Irving, state
president, "Division B," American
Legion, Raleigh.
Additional color to the diamond
event will be furnished by
a pin.up contest to determine
the game's beauty queen of 19 45.'
STALEY MAN DIES
IN WRECK OF TRUCK
SILER CITY, July 26?James
Smith, of near Staley, was instantly
killed today when a lumber
truck in which he was riding
overturned near Staley. Smith ,
was pinned beneath the lumber, ,
Chatham County Coroner J. A. .
Dark, said. (
Officials of the Farm Credit '
! Association estimate that land f
prices have risen one per cent '
each month in the last four years, t
The Future Outlook! |
PRKJE): Bo
Three Arrested
In Theft Case
Plainclothes officers arrested
three men Tuesday in connection
with the theft of 300 pounds
of sugar from Jones Brothers
Bakery, incorporated, 104 East
Lee street, Saturday night, July
21. A charge of larceny and receiving
on the three 100-pound
bags was preferred against Lincoln
Eugene Valentine, 28, of
1406 Spencer street, an employee
of the bakery, whom officers
quoted as admitting he took the
sugar.
Oscar Floyd Brown. 47. 805
Sevier street, and Sam Smith ,41,
Reidsville road, were both charged
with receiving stolen goods.
According to police, Valentine
said he sold the sugar, which was
valued at $12.75, to Brown for
$60, who allegedly sold it to
Smith for $9 0.
A bag containing 100 pounds
was found on the premises of
Smith's home, five miles out on
the Reidsville road. Officers reported
finding a well vat which
gave evidences of having had
what appeared to have been mash
in it. One half pint of white liquor
was confiscated from the
Smith place.
The sugar was allegedly stolen
from the bakery storage basement
between 5 p. m. and 9 p.
m. July 21, and the case had
been under investigation shice
that time.
Trial for the three is scheduled
for Friday at 9:30 a. m.
in municipal-county court.
Smith, who was arrested on a
justice of the peace warrant,
waived preliminary hearing and
was bound over to municipalcounty
court. He was released
on $300 bond .while Brown made
$100 bond, and Valentine was
held in city jail.
Child Injured When
Struck By Truck
A five-year-old boy was slight
ly injured Wednesday when, police
said, he ran ,in front of a
truck driven by Lewis H. Hoy,
Greensboro, route 6, and owned,
offrcers added, by South Atlantic
Bonded Warehouse, Greensboro.
The child, Lewis Wright, 1319
Payne street, was struck at the
corner of Laurel and East Market
streets, officers said. He was
taken to L. Richardson Memorial
hospital, where he was treated
for minor injuries to the legB,
arms, and head and released.
Officers said no charges were
preferred.
DURHAM EAGLES
The Durham Eagles baseball
team has. been chosen as one of
the participants in a state-wide
tournament to be held in this
:lty August 8, 9 and 10. The
Eagles ' have improved greatly
since the beginning of the sea.
ion and they hope to go far in
;he tournament.