Discus rising star Marshall Parker eyes state title
In Chapel Hill Marshall Parker, long shot in debate, bursts onto North Carolina high school track scene by finishing second in discus at the state meet. He vows to become a conference champion, beating rivals and proving his athletic prowess beyond debate.
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Durham High
Durham
B Gantt
Bill Pendergraft
Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Marshall Parker
Marshall
Beming Seaboard
Seaboard
Rocky Mount
Graham Memorial
Ed Rankin
Bob Fetzer
Woollen Gym
Norfolk Tar Triumphs 11 10 Over Portsmouth in Piedmont League
Norfolk Tar rips Portsmouth 11 to 10 to notch their first 1939 win after six losses. Frank Silvanic belts two home runs driving in five. Stan Keyes of Portsmouth also drives in five as seven pitchers toil in a 28 hit slugfest.
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Norfolk
Tar
Portsmouth
Tars
Virginia
North Carolina
Rocky Mount
Richmond
Durham
Asheville
Winston-Salem
Frank Silvanic
Stan Keyes
Silvanic
Piedmont Woodmen to Play Home Games in Harrison Park
The Piedmont Woodmen of the World plan to stage their Amateurs League home games in Harrison Park Denton to test the arrangement with opponents. They face Alma Hayworth in a Saturday test game on the Denton lot.
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Piedmont Woodmen
Harrison Park
Denton
Wows
Alma Hayworth
Industrial Baseball Schedule for 1939
The 1939 Industrial League season lists games from April 29 to August 10 at venues including High Point College Marsh Oakdale and High School. Teams Adams-Millis Melrose Tomlinson Triangle Marsh Oakdale play numerous doubleheaders and single games across May June July with many matchups at specific college and local fields.
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Melrose
High Point College
Marsh
Triangle
Oakdale
Tomlinson
Adams-Millis
Adams- Millis
High School
Tri
Angle
Adams - Millis
Farm Market Report Highlights NC Fruit and Vegetable Prices
North Carolina shipping points and national markets report fruit and vegetable prices. Strawberries at Charbourn Wallace and Missionarys show varied crates and per quart prices. cabbage sweet potatoes potatoes and other vegetables list by market with ranges and quality notes.
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North Carolina
U. S
Wallace
N. C
Hammond
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
South Carolina
S. Mo
Nancy Halls
Mills Home Junior Senior Banquet Held in Thomasville
The Mills Home Junior-Senior Banquet was held Tuesday night in the Mills Home gymnasium with guests from Thomasville and the staff. Howard Brown served as toastmaster and Rev W K McGee gave the invocation. A chorus performed and numerous toasts were offered by broad list of attendees including Arlean Gallimore and Elizabeth Jackson.
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Thomasville
Mills Home
Mills
Howard Brown
W. K. McGee
First Baptist Church
Vivian McLean
Esther Hicks
Arlean Gallimore
Euwilda Littlejohn
Howard Day
Raou Price
James Smith
Resin on pine trees forms only at wounds
The resin observed on pines does not reside in the wood but appears only on the surface at the site of injury, acting as a healing substance to seal the wound.
Final Rites Held For Henry Rapp
Funeral services for Henry Rapp a longtime Thomasville resident who died Sunday were held Tuesday at his Fisher Ferry Street home. The service was led by Rev C M Pickens Rev T B Johnson and Rev Dwight Ware with a quartet and soloist Mrs George D Finch providing music. Pallbearers included Fred Gray J F Garner Dr R K Farrington C M Howell and others. Rapp a Baltimore native who moved to Thomasville in 1890 to supervise North Carolina Smelting Company had been a leading figure for 48 years. Survivors include two daughters Miss Stella Rapp and Mrs Carl Moore three sons Arthur Rapp Robert Rapp and Walter Rapp a sister Mrs Mary Thorne and a niece Mrs Carson Cox. Interment followed at Calvary Cemetery.
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Henry Rapp
Fisher Ferry Street
C. M. Pickens
Main Street
M. E
T.B. Johnson
Dwight Ware
Rapp
J. A. Palmer
R. K. Farrington
Luther Clemmons
Luther Jarrett
George D. Finch
Charles Finch
Fred Gray
J. F. Garner
C. M. Howell
C. C. Pritchard
Dewey A. Troutman
North Carolina
Charlotte Baracca Classes Visit Mills Home
Three Baraca classes from the First Baptist Church of Charlotte will visit the Mills Home on Sunday traveling in 75 cars. A Carolina Motor Club car will accompany the group. They depart Charlotte at 2 PM and expect to reach the Mills Home by 4 PM with special escorts for the 300 plus visitors.
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Thomasville
First Baptist Church
Charlotte
Mills
Carolina Motor Club
Relief maps mark Smoky Mountains exhibit at New York World's Fair
A second large relief map of Western North Carolina's Great Smoky Mountains nears completion for the state exhibit at the New York World's Fair. The 11 ft 6 in by 4 ft 4 in map, built by 15 women under H J Bryson and A F Bohnard, shows peaks above 5 000 feet over a 70 mile span. Also reported are driving license revocations totaling 21 623 and a calendar of regional events from April 24 to May 1.
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Henry Averill
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Tar Heel
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
H. J. Bryson
A. F. Bohnard
Lawmaker and Judge Banter Over Golf Plans
Representative Bill Fenner, chair of the House finance committee, teased Supreme Court Justice W. A. Devin in front of the Sir Walter Raleigh about a Rocky Mount baseball visit. Devin jokes about illegality of officials playing golf, Fenner quips they would call it unconstitutional.
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House Finance Committee
Supreme Court
W. A. Devin
Walter
Rocky Mount
Judge Devin
Mr. Fenner
Leame
Senator Bailey Calls Department Head In Phone Prank
A state official disguises as a caller from Senator Bailey and reaches the department head who greets him, then the caller ends the prank with a Bronx cheer. The anecdote highlights the playful mix up over who is reachable during a conference.
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Senator Bailey
Senator
Bronx
White House to fete King George and Queen Elizabeth invites Czech and Albanian envoys
Washington April 26. Two envoys from nations that lost independence this year will be invited to a White House reception for King George and Queen Elizabeth. The State Department will include Vit Vladimir Hurban of Czechoslovakia and Faik Konitza of Albania on the guest list. The invitations signal U S refusal to recognize German and Italian sovereignty over those states.
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White House
George
Elizabeth
Great Britain
State Department
Vladimir Hurban
Czecho- Slovakia
Faik Konitza
Albania
Convicted Sabotage Ring Sentenced in Yeravna
Twenty seven men charged with sabotage and espionage for an unidentified foreign power were reported to have been convicted at Yeravna in the Buryat Mongolian republic and sentenced to six years. The group included a Buddhist priest accused of operating under religious cover.
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Yeravna
Buryat
Mongolian Republic
Soviet Union
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