North Carolina Cities urged to enter traffic safety contest
Coleman W. Roberts urges mayors of cities over 2,500 to enter the National Safety Council traffic safety contest. Four NC cities Asheville Greensboro High Point Fayetteville have entered. Judging weights cover accident records reporting engineering law enforcement child safety and education. Small cities grouped by population.
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Carolina
Coleman W. Roberts
National Safety Council
North Carolina
Asheville
Greensboro
High Point
Fayetteville
Roberts
S.ven
City to award prizes for best municipal records
Metropolitan standards will guide competition among cities of similar size. A prize will be awarded to the city with the best record in each group, with honorable mention for the next ten best.
Fellowship Talk At Kiwanis By T Wingate Andrews
T Wingate Andrews city schools superintendent spoke to the High Point Kiwanis club on fellowship and good will. He defined fellowship as shared experience and equal companionship, noting unity during disasters as a fellowship of fear. The talk featured anecdotes and received strong club reception, with Kiwanis songs led by Dan Hayworth and Mrs. Lawrence C. Matton on piano. Visitors included W B McEwen F Logan Porter and Willis Johnson. Program chairmen were L R Terry and Arthur Morris.
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T. Wingate Andrews
High Point Kiwanis Club
Andrews
Dan Hayworth
Lawrence C. Matton
W. B. McEwen
F. Logan Porter
Willis Johnson
L. R. Terry
Arthur Morris
North Carolina Approves Beer Shipments Ahead of May 1 Legalization
The North Carolina legislature authorized immediate beer shipments into the state in preparation for legality on May 1. The house approved the senate bill, sponsored by Senator Waynick of Guilford, requiring wholesalers to store beer until it is legally permissible.
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N. C. Raleigh
North Carolina
House
Senate
Waynick
Guilford
Easter Sunrise Service Set for Local High School
The High Point Christian Endeavor unions announce their annual Easter Sunrise service Sunday at 7 am in front of the local senior high school. Rev. Tom A. Sykes will lead with robert M. Smith organizing. Iris Welch plays flute as a small orchestra provides music.
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Tom A. Sykes
Christian Endeavor Societies
High Point
Ralph H. Vance
High Point Christian Endeavor Union
Central Friends Church
Robert M. Smith
Iris Welch
Jewel .Welch
Christian Endeavor
Randolph relief report details aid and gains in April
Randolph County ranks near the bottom in federal aid received and disbursed since October. T. F. Bulla reports at a PTA meeting that 400 card cases became 1,574 by April. Six months saw 1,056 undernourished children fed lunches, plus hospital care for 100 people and 1,734 gardens started countywide with seed and potato plant distributions.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
T. F. Bulla
Trinity
Randolph
Home Economic Department
Woman’s Club
Randolph Hospital, Inc
City Demurrer Overruled in High Point Injury Suit
Judge Thomas J. Shaw overruled the city of High Point’s demurrer in the Marion King et al. v. city case seeking 10000 damages for injuries after a July 27 1932 fall over a storm sewer on Thurston Street. The court allowed 30 days for an answer.
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Thomas J. Shaw
High Point
Marian King
J. H. King
Thurston Street
Shaw
Postmasters To Be Named Within Week
Democrats on Capitol Hill expect patronage for postmaster appointments to begin within a week. Speaker Rainey and Representative Burns joined Postmaster General Farley after a conference and offered few details while noting movement on dispensing lesser patronage.
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Washington
Capitol
Speaker Rainey
Representative Burns
Farley
Aesop Linked to Dime Emblem and Union Strength
The note credits Aesop with conceiving the emblem on the American dime and links his fables to the moral of unity, "in union there is strength." The statement suggests a historical association between Aesop and a virtue echoed in U.S. coin symbolism.
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Aesop
Piedmont clubs in action today in exhibition games
Charlotte April 14 Piedmont league clubs across six cities display their wares in exhibition games today or tomorrow. Results include Charlotte Hornets beating Davidson College 5 to 1 and other scrimmages involving Wilmington, Wake Forest, Duke, and Greensboro squads as managers assess rosters.
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Charlotte Hornets
Davidson College
Charlotte
Piedmont League
Beezer
Collegians
Chester Martin
Bee
Baily
Bees
Wilmington
Buccaneer
Durham
Wake Forest College
Blackie Carter
Kelly
Dennis
McFadden
Anderson
Norfolk Tars
Jack Onslow
Galvins
Beritons
Bulls
Duke University
Woody Upchurch
Sharkey Biland
Hank Lehman
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Kellogg
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Fancy
Hot Cross
Betty Crocker
Roe
Hutchen’s Dep't. Food Store
Washington Street
Thos. J. Shaw
Piedmont Glubs
David
Winston-Salem Twins
Breece
Fletcher
Twins
Marsicano
Edwards
Nichols
Richmond Cross
Lefty McKay
Phelps
Belk-Stevens
Sean
Charn
Helk-Stevens
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