Cooper’s Washington ambitions debated in Raleigh campaign talk
Observers in Raleigh link Tom Cooper’s gubernatorial bid with possible Senate plans. They contend his mild campaign and lack of targeted attacks suggest calculation for a larger office, noting his refusal to defy Durham truck restrictions and preference for broad criticism over individuals.
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Raleigh
Tom Cooper
Josiah W. Bailey
Wilmington
Washington
Cooper
Cranium Crackers Past Greats Names Match
Edwin Booth educator Harriet Beecher Stowe actor William Cullen Bryant novel hero David Glasgow Farragut author Henry Ward Beecher clergyman Elias Howe poet. (Answers on Want Ad Page)
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Edwin Booth
Harriet Beecher Stowe
William Cullen Bryant
David Glasgow Farragut
Henry Ward Beecher
Elias Howe
Stranger Than Fiction features Kerner's Folly in film
Kernersville’s Kerner's Folly, a famed eccentric house drawing thousands of visitors, is featured in the film Stranger Than Fiction. The short subject will screen at Center Theatre tomorrow and Thursday, as High Point residents recall visiting the landmark opened to the public some time ago.
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Kerner’s Folly
Kernersville
Center Theatre
Disease Threat Reverses Locust Plague in South Africa
A biological treatment targets desert locust swarms across South Africa, reducing hopper populations and preventing a potential plague. Scientists report progress in curbing outbreaks, with authorities monitoring rangeland and crop impacts. The effort involves wildlife and agricultural agencies cooperating with researchers.
Guilford County Real Estate Transfers Report
Guilford County real estate transfers list multiple deeds across High Point Morehead Gilmer and Center Grove townships. Buyers include Ernest Morgan J W Poole L Cochran and others with plats on Grace Parkway Overland West Lee Laura West Gaston Gilmer Gorrell and United States Highway 220.
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High Point Township
J. G. Ritch
Ernest Morgan
Grace Street
Grady V. Stroupe
J. W Poole
Parkway Street
Morehead Township Co
W. Thomas
L. Cochran
Overland Drive
Louis H. Pink
National Bondholders Corporation
West Lee Street
M. Cora Hodgin
Anna J. Hodgin
Laura Avenue
Spencer B. Adams
Mary Kimsey Flynt
Clyde M. Clapp
C. Cline
Cuba Uses 16 Million Sugar Bags Last Year
Cuba processed its sugar crop with over 16 million bags in the previous year. The report notes rising use of American air conditioning equipment in Mexico.
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Cuba
Mexico
Age Requirements Explained for Widows in Social Security
Wives with dependent children under 18 may receive monthly payments without turning 65 if their deceased husband earned wages of at least 50 in six calendar quarters over three years. A widow gets three fourths of the worker’s benefit and each child under 18 gets one half, with family limits. If the husband was retired, age 65 for the widow is needed for her own benefit.
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W. L. O'Brien
Greensboro
Mr. O'Brien
Mr. O’brien
Pinocchio Contest Winners Revealed
Mildred Workman won first prize in the Pinocchio contest with watercolors, backgrounds, and a character poem. Annie Lee Warner took second. many others shared passes to the Center Theatre amid about 200 contestants.
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Mildred Workman
Adams Street
Center Theatre
Annie Lee Warner
Hedrick Street
Claude R. Meliver
D Jr
Gantt Apartments
Gladys Lloyd
Locke Stret
Bill Hall
East Russell Street
Margaret Cagle
Park Street
Zana Groome
Edgedale Drive
W. F. Freeman, Jr
Greenway Drive
Betty Dolores Bishop
Taylor Street
Sarah Cole
Howell Street
Margaret White
True Bill Returned On Murder Charge
The Guilford County Grand jury returned a true bill in the case of Gurney Spencer a High Point Negro charged with murdering Geanett Huntley a Ne gress on April 14 in Greensboro. Prosecutors say Spencer struck Huntley with a brick and stabbed her with an icepick fourteen times before taking poison and becoming a hospital patient. Separately Gilbert Poplin 25 and Sam Mercemore 21 both of High Point were sentenced to six months for breaking and entering the Ward Street Grocery. Helen Davis High Point Negro was given 30 days at the county home on immoral vice charges. Champion wrestlers of Japan staged a recent baseball game in Tokyo.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
Gurney Spencer
High Point
Geanett Huntley
Spencer
Wallace G. Freeman
Gilbert Poplin
Sam Mercemore
Hubert E. Olive
Ward Street
Helen Davis
Lexington Scouts Launch Annual Finance Campaign
Uwharrie Boy Scout Council Lexington district led by C. Wall announces Friday start for the annual finance drive. Rotary, Kiwanis, Civitan workers and Cub mothers will canvass Lexington citizens to raise funds for Scouting with a three hour goal and a nine cent per person contribution last year. Captains named for each service club and a Monday meeting set for record keeping and card assignment at the New Hotel.
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Ce. C. Wall
Lexington
Uwharrie Boy Scout Council
Rotary, Kiwanis and Civitan
Cub
Wall
Cloyd Philpot
Rotary Club
J. C. Baze
Forl Brinkley
Kiwanis
Clyde Hunt
B. C. Young
Civitan
H. A. Styers
Odell Leonard
L. S. Gains
James Witherspoon
Philpot
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Henry Averill
Merry Cain
Durham
Bull City
Korner’s
South Africa
Capudine
Romsaks Fjord
Silovika
Norway
London
New York
NEA
Guilford County Realty
Olin
Penney’s
Wenesday
LACE
Pravey
J. C. Penney Co., Incorporated
Paris
Tabeuz Swiecicki
Polish Telegraphic Agency
Swiecicki
Swiesicki
Wheeler
Chapel Hill
Senator Wheeler
D-Mont
Carolina Political Union
University of North Carolina
CBS
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Atlanta, Ga
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Pony ‘Tree
Lonemanane Safety Club
True Bill
Japan
Tokyo
Mr. Wallare
Dave Pickard
Wenonah Cotton Mill
Chas
Leigh
Erlanger
Ray Laster
United Furniture
Clifford Green
Montcastle
Howard McCurdey
Cable Creamery
Geo
Cadillac
LaSalle
Detroit
Highland Motors
North Main Street
Lone Ranger Safety Club
Lone Ranger Safety Scout
Merita
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