Pope Boosted As 188th Rotary District Governor By Friends
Thom asville Rotarians launched a drive to name R L Pope as district governor for Rotary's 188th district. Pope, charter member of the Thomasville club since 1922, has held leadership roles and a perfect attendance record. He also serves as vice president of the First National Bank of Thomasville and is active in church work and state politics.
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Pope
Rotary
Friends
Thomasville
R. L. Pope
188Th
Pinehurst
First National Bank of
Main Street Methodist Church
Baraca
Davidson County
North Carolina Bankers Association
Bankers Association
W. B. Murphy
A. J. Maxwell State Organization
Lucile Dixon Rouse
Kinston
Maxwell
Robert H. Rouse
General Assembly
Broughton Campaign Moves By Air To Elizabeth City Event
Gubernatorial candidate J M Broughton travels from Greensboro to Rocky Mount and flies to Elizabeth City to keep an engagement. Publicity chief John Peele notes three rides to reach the event with drivers favoring Broughton without knowing his affiliation.
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Henry Averill Raleigh
J. M. Broughton
Rocky Mount
Greensboro
Elizabeth City
John Peele
Broughton
Publici Ty
Raleigh
Young Peele
Governor
Japan warns Britain over blockade threats near Japan
Tokyo reports the Japanese navy will take action if the British blockade is imposed illegally on Soviet shipping bound for Germany through Chosen Strait. The admiralty spokesman calls the Sea of Japan a lake in Japanese eyes and warns against extending the war toward waters near Japan, with roving warships deemed unpleasant.
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Tokyo
Germany
Chosen Strait
Admiralty
Sea of Japan
Russia
Vladivostok
Japan
Korean
China Sea
Doan's Pills Relieve Backache and Kidney Strain
An old newspaper ad touts Doan's Pills as a remedy for backaches caused by tired kidneys. It claims kidneys remove acids and waste, warns of symptoms like swelling and fatigue, and urges readers to ask a druggist for Downs Pills.
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Mar
Nature
Dow
Doan
Campaign moves target women volunteers and coastal outreach
State Manager Burgin Pen nell announces women managers for Cabarrus Franklin Henderson Lenoir Onslow and Maxwell roles in Catawba. J M Broughton plans a campaign swing to the Outer Banks with a weekend on Ocracoke for rest amid a busy itinerary.
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Hugh E. Fritz
Hickory
Maxwell
Catawba County
Burgin Pennell
J. M. Broughton
Ocracoke
Debaters Entertain Thomasville Rotary Club
Thomasville High School debaters Susannah Matthews Mildred Maddox Bobby Carpenter and George Hubert Teague spoke at a Rotary luncheon. They recently defeated Albemarle and Kannapolis High Schools to earn a finals berth in Chapel Hill on the issue federal government ownership of railroads.
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Thomasville
Thomasville High School
Susannah Matthews
Mildred Maddox
Bobby Carpenter
George Hubert Teague
Thomasville Rotary Club
Albemarle
Kannapolis
Chapel Hill
Lois Johnson
Rural bomb plot shocks small West Virginia town
In Clay County West Virginia investigators probe a rural blast that killed J Valentine Hinshelwood 49 superintendent of a non union coal firm while he was driving from the Widen operation of Elk River Coal and Lumber Company. Colonel C C Tallman says investigators exhaust every clue with no statement yet.
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Clay
W. Va
J. Valentine Hinshelwood
C C. Tallman
Hinshelwood
Elk River Coal and Lumber Company
Lily Pons Chats With Waldensians During Visit
Metropolitan Opera soprano Lily Pons met Waldensian colonists at Waldesen in April during a concert tour from Asheville. She spoke French with the residents and was shown a brief history of the colony, founded in 1893, and learned there is a family named Pons nearby but no confirmed kinship.
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Waldese
Lily Pons
Metropolitan Opera
France
Pons
Miss Pons
Asheville
Mecklenburg GOP Banquet Plans Before State Convention
The Mecklenburg County Republican organization will host a banquet on April 16 to entertain the state convention leaders the night before the annual meeting opens the next day. Japan’s power shortage hampers its cotton spinning industry.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg County Republican Organization
Japan
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W. P. Horton
A. J. Maxwell
Revenue Act
North Carolina Petroleum — Industries Committee
Kate Humphrey
Broughton Headquarters
President Roosevelt
Mr. Broughton
Tae
Richardson’s
Hanes
Bron
Jécnuus Sports
Boe On
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Britain
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Assembly
West Virginia
EFIRD
Rayon
Efird's Presents
Betty Grable
eBtty
Bemberg
Arnold Blue Batiste
Mtoe
Ini Ae Ae
Root Mills
Dogon
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