North Carolina Playmakers mark 21st anniversary festival
Chapel Hill hosts the 21st Carolina Playmakers festival with 11 plays from 11 Southern theatres including Oklahoma. Frederick H. Koch notes growth from one man show to a full drama department and cinema and radio ventures. The event closes with a new version of Paul Green’s The Field God directed by Samuel Seldon.
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John Selby
Associated Press
Chapel Hill
Carolina Playmakers
Frederick H. Koch
University of North Carolina
Koch
North Carolina
Desert
Carolina
South
H. L. Hencken
Sahara
Smokies
Atlantic
Dr. Koch
Caldwell
Heyward
Miller
Bradford
Faulkner
Stribling
Chapel Hills
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maryland
Mississippi
South Carolina
Texas
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Paul Green
Samuel Selden
Bethel Holiness Church Bible Study and Sunday Services
Bethel Holiness Church of God hosts an 8 o'clock Bible study this Friday. Sunday schedule includes 10 a.m. Sunday school 11 45 a.m. morning worship 3 45 p.m. afternoon service and 8 30 p.m. evening service with Bishop K Mingo as speaker and the Winston Salem Gospel Singers at the evening service.
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Bethel Holiness Church
Bethel Holiness Church of God
K. Mingo
Gospel Singers of
Winston-Salem
Price Street
Miss Anna Saunders
City Public Health Nursing
Thomas B. Smith
William Penn High School
Miss Saunders
Mr. Smith
WM. Penn
P.T. A
Bettie Lyerly
Underhill Avenue
Ida Staton
Mebane
RED Cross
John Mebane
High Point Red Cross
Catherine Clanton
le Mon. Smith
Joan Brooks
Myrtle Moser
L. Williamson
DPD
Riddick
Johnny Mae Banks
Pee Hation
Dorothy Williams
Junior Red Cross Council
Willie Marie Canter
E. V. Baldwin
Leonard Street
F. B. Davis
E. P. Wilson
William Penn
A. L. Jones
Black man Zeb Page executed in Raleigh lethal chamber
Zeb Page, 29, Black, was executed in Raleigh for the Johnston County white woman case. He entered the passing chamber at 9:59 and was pronounced dead after 11 minutes 57 seconds. Page admitted guilt and expressed remorse before clergy. His execution marked the 235th in the state and the 190th for a Black person.
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Raleigh
Zeb Page
Johnston County
Page
K. L. Rose
N. M. Narron
Elizabeth Stancill
L. A. Watts
Jesus Christ
Old Bill to Star in New Film in Britain
Britain plans a film feature with Old Bill in Old Bill and Son. Britain purchases all of Australia’s wolfram and scheelite production, metals essential for precision tool manufacture.
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Old Bill
Bruce Bairnsfather
Old Bill and Son
Britain
Australia
Cavarnos Awarded $125 in Malicious Prosecution Case
A High Point Municipal Court jury awarded Pete Cavarnos $125 against L G Jarrell and F H Strickland for damages in a malicious prosecution suit. The day’s docket also noted a voluntary non-suit in R O Ward versus Atlantic States Motor Lines and a separate $250 property damage suit by W B Shearer against Colonial Motor Freight Lines. Two late-filed suits were recorded: Dr T M Stanton seeks $1 030 from E M Jessup R M Jessup and Arnold Jessup, and Floyd Franklin Angel seeks an absolute divorce from Fern Edith Angel.
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High Point
Pete Cavarnos
L. G. Jarrell
F. H. Strickland
R. O. Ward
Atlantic States Motor Lines
W. B. Shearer
Colonial Motor Freight Lines
T. M. Stanton
E. M. Jessup
R. M. Jessup
Arnold Jessup
Floyd Franklin Angel
Fern Edith Angel
Socialist Party Begins Registration for Convention
Washington April 5. Members of the Socialist party began registering for their national convention with indications pointing to an uncontested Presidential nomination for Norman Thomas of New York. Thomas, 55, an ordained Presbyterian minister, writer, and lecturer, was the party’s standard bearer in the last three quadrennial elections.
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Washington
Socialist Party
Norman Thomas
New York
Thomas
Blockade as sole weapon tests Nazi war effort
An Anglo French plan to starve Germany through naval and land blockades pressures Hitler to either sustain wartime production or launch a new offensive. The Allies describe the blockade as relentless, squeezing German lifeblood while Germany faces shortages of iron ore and food. Official figures are undisclosed, but signs show the blockade is tightening.
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Germany
Herr Hitler
Chamberlain
Hitler
Willkie Claims New Deal Out To Get Him
Wendell L. Willkie, head of Commonwealth and Southern Corp, told a Town Hall crowd that New Deal officials threatened to pursue him. He said a Washington file on his activities exists and stated he is not a presidential candidate though he would accept the nomination if offered. He outlined a three point program for returning the nation to traditional liberalism.
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New York
Wendell L. Willkie
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
New Deal
Willkie
Washington
America
Preaching Service by Rev W J Brown in Stokes County
Rev W J Brown of Stokes County will preach at 411 Mansum Avenue Friday night at 7 o clock. Other speakers are also expected to be present.
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W. J. Brown
Stokes County
Mansum Avenue
Hitler Orders Reich Chancellery Doors Scrapped for Metal
Pressure mounted as Hitler ordered the magnificent bronze doors of the Reich Chancellery to be scrapped for metal, presenting a sacrifice emblem to the nation.
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Hitler
Reich Chancellery
Berlin Says Welles Victim of Trickery
Berlin officials confirmed Sumner Welles did not view a map in French Premier Reynaud's office and called his denial a shield against an infamous propagandist ploy. A German spokesman claimed Welles was posed with Reynaud to imply French aims to dismember Germany.
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Berlin
Sumner Welles
Paul Reynaud
Welles
Reynaud
Germany
Goering
Ribbentrop
London
Frances
French blame magazine retoucher for new frontiers map
Paris officials said a photo on L Illusttration showing Premier Reynaud US Undersecretary Sumner Welles and H Freeman Matthews used a retouched map. They seized the March 16 cover as the original Reynaud map dated before Munich did not show the added borders.
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Paris
Retoucher
Paul Reynaud
United States
Sumner Welles
H. Freeman Matthews
L'Illustration
Reynaud
Hayes Elected Head of Thomasville High Student Body
Special to The Enterprise Thomasville April 5 results of the Thomasville High school student body election were announced yesterday Frank Hayes was elected president Marion Workman vice president Coy Lanier secretary treasurer Verla Slack editor in chief of the high school paper Facts and Fun Charles Gilliam associate editor
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Hayes
Thomasville
Thomasville High School
Frank Hayes
Marion Workman
Coy Lanier
Verla Slack
Charles Gilliam
Palestine Seeks U S Goods After Record Trade Spending
Palestine spent 6.646 million dollars on United States products in the last year signaling strong trade ties with U S suppliers. The sum reflects a clear import pattern and notable economic activity between the two regions.
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Palestine
United States
Chamber of Commerce Membership Drive Surges Near Four Thousand
The High Point Chamber of Commerce reports strong results from its membership drive at the Elwood Hotel dinner. Division No. 2 led with 61 memberships totaling 1420 dollars, sponsor Miss Jane Ferree earning a prize. Division No. 1 had 44 memberships totaling 915 dollars, sponsor Miss Sara Coe Hunsucker also honored. The general sales division reached 2335 dollars from 105 memberships, with major firms at 1422 dollars and national firms 125 dollars, bringing the grand total to 3882.50 dollars. Officials praise volunteers, urge uncontacted locals to join, and note the drive continues.
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Chamber of Commerce
Elwood Hotel
Noble T. Praigg
Jane Ferree
Ed Mendenhall
Sara Coe Hunsucker
Miss Ferree
Miss Hunsucker
J. W. Poole
High Point
George Cooper
Mendenhall
Praigg
Textile Leader Warns Tax on Cotton Threatens Industry
Dr. Claudius T. Murchison president of the Cotton Textile Institute told Alabama cotton mill men at their annual meeting that the textile industry faces a crisis but can meet it if Congress avoids special processing taxes on cotton. He said the danger may be past but the industry remains watchful amid steep price declines.
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Mobile
Ala
Claudius T. Murchison
Congress
Cotton Textile Institute
Alabame Cotton Mill
Murchison
Germany Restores Bridges Over the Visula River
Germany moves to rebuild bridges over the Visula River in Poland, damaged during retreat actions by Polish forces. Officials note repair aims to restore transport links and regional connectivity amid postwar reconstruction.
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Germany
Vistula River
Poland
North Carolina Fruits and Vegetables Price Report Highlights
The latest farm market report covers wholesale North Carolina fruit and vegetable prices across U S markets. Sweet potatoes focus on U S No 1 baskets and crates with prices from 1 10 to 1 75 varying by city. Other items include cabbage lettuce spinach strawberries and potatoes with market steadiness to dullness noted in New York Washington Cleveland and Chicago reports.
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North Carolina
U. S. Agricultural Marketing Service
Baltimore
U. S
Cleveland
U.S
Pittsburgh
Detroit
New York
U. S. No
N. Y
Washington
Collards
Norfolk
Hammond
Market Dull
Fla
Pompano
Lower East Coast
Idaho
Western Triumphs
Cole
McClures
Red McClures
Nebr
U. 8
Minn
N. Oak
Red River Valley
Wisconsin
Bliss
Abandoned French tanker towed to Lisbon
The Portuguese steamer Carvalho Araujo reported finding a 7,000 ton French tanker abandoned and drifting after a suspected torpedo strike. It was towing the vessel toward Lisbon with minor damage and no crew aboard, found between the Azores and Madeira. A London historian notes propaganda as an old tactic.
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Lisbon
Carvalho Araujo
Atlantic
Azores
Madeira
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