High Point Mock Democratic Convention Nominates Roosevelt
In a High Point Senior High School event students held a three day mock Democratic convention to train in democratic principles. Roosevelt led on the final ballot with two thirds, securing the nomination as Hull and others trailed. The program featured speech, platform debates, and assembly by social science students.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
High Point
James A. Farley
Senator Barkley
McNutt
Garner
Wheeler
Jackson
Farley
Roosevelt
Hull
May Meador
Scholastic Magazine
Paul Morgan
Bankhead
Willie Logani
Bill Currie
Mary Helen Daves
Ramond Samuel
Speaches Roosevelt
Carrol Hudson
New York
Stanley Freedman
Tenn
Farley — Thurman Albertson
New Jersey
Paul V. McNutt
Max Collins
Indiana
Jimmy Corrigan
Tex
Robert Jackson
Dot Price
Pennsylvania
Wheeler — Luther Brown
Montana
Peggy Bass
North Carolina
Pat Abel
Estelle Leyton
Lloyd Whitt
Melvin Gentry
Rebecca Conrad
Margaret Lee Blackard
Warrants Overload Police Fire Up Traffic Tag Efforts
Pittsburgh police announce 25 000 warrants to serve as motorists largely owe back traffic tags. Radio patrols and motorcycle cops issue warrants with jail or payment as the consequence. In Oregon census supervisor notes a 5 per cent recheck and Deschutes county Millican population row. A surgeon removes a grasshopper stuck in Garth Rusner’s throat after he was said to have run with his mouth open.
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Pittsburgh
Bend
Ore
Catherine G. Nelson
Millican
Deschutes
William A. Rahn
Los Angeles
Garth Russner
Garth
Cedar Rapids Woman Refuses Fines On Principle
Mrs. Er. J. Meade refused to pay overtime parking fines after Judge Thomas B. Powell suspended the fine on costs. The suspension was revoked and she was ordered to pay 2.50 or face a day in jail. She exclaimed for handcuffs as she was led away. Native women of South Africa demand voting rights.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Er. J. Meade
Thomas B. Powell
Judge MacRae Hands Out Stiff Sentences Here
Lonnie H Swift of Statesville received two years on the roads while his sister Mary Swift of Lenoir and Mattie Morris of Winston-Salem drew 15 months in the workhouse for occupying a room for immoral purposes and immoral vagrancy. Swift also faced aiding and abetting in prostitution as officers testified the trio lived at Redding Apartments since April 13. The court called the case shocking and all defendants appealed.
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Lonnie H. Swift
Statesville
Mary Swift
Lenoir
Mattie Morris
Winston-Salem
High Point
Lonnie Swift
Redding
D. C. MacRae
T. K. Hill
Eloise Lovett
Mack T. Chaplin
West Bay Street
George Kersey
South Main Street
Roger Martin
Trinity
Raymond Boles
T. T. Griffin
Manning Street
Barker Supports FDR and New Deal in Sixth District Race
Oscar G. Barker of Durham, Democratic candidate for Congress in the Sixth District, endorses the New Deal and demands clear positions from opponents. He argues farmers oppose Hooverism and small political interests, vows an intensive campaign, and will dedicate time to High Point as he tours the district.
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Oscar G. Barker
Durham
Barker
Mr. Barker
Lewis E. Teague
High Point
Man Arrested For Purse Snatch With Baltimore Ticket Motive
Fayetteville April 26 a Negro was arrested for snatching a woman's purse at the bus station. He told police he did not want the woman to leave town because the bag held a Baltimore ticket and he liked her.
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Fayetteville
Baltimore
May Day at Leonard Street School Queen crowned
Annual May Day exercises at Leonard Street School set for Saturday afternoon May 4 at 4. Catherine Clanton to be crowned Queen of May with Joan Brooks as maid of honor and attendants including Johnnie Banks Cornelia Robbins Blanche Martin and Le Mon Smith to escort the queen. Dancing unit to perform Tuesday evening April 30 at 8. Banquet honors Mrs M M Gerran and J C Crawford at William Penn High School cafeeria tonight.
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Leonard Street School
Catherine Clanton
Joan Brooks
Johnnie Banks
Cornelia Robbins
Blanche Martin
le Mon Smith
Wintson-Salem Teachers College
Leonard Street
Six - Club
Women's
Memorail A. M. E. Church
M M. Gerran
J. C. Crawford
William Penn High School
H. B. Barkly
St James A. M. E. Church
Winston- Salem
Christian Crusaders Open Meeting Tonight in Greensboro
More than 100 youths from North Carolina cities register for the North Carolina Christian Crusaders Convention opening at 7:30 p m at the First Church of God 1012 Asheboro Street Rev Adam W Miller of Anderson Indiana former missionary and head of the group will speak on Christ's Challenge to Modern Youth Tonight and again Sunday Dr Miller will headline sessions with topics on youth and faith through the weekend including Missionary Experiences and Christ Calls to Youth Follow Me
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North Carolina Christian Crusaders Convention
First Church of God
Asheboro Street
Adam W. Miller
Anderson
Ind
The
Christian Crusaders
Young People's Organization of the
Church of God
Dr. Miller
Guy Kinney
High Point
Rex Skidmore
B. B. Sellers
Green Hill
Bertha Reese
J. T. Lackey
Hickory
V. Sunday
H. L. Calloway
Sue White
Christ
Saunders's Son Survives Narrow Close Call in Auto Breakdown
Raleigh April 26. The Saunders family faced near tragedy as W. O. Saunders drowned near Deep Creek Va. while his son William Keith Saunders, a Highway Safety official, survived a rear axle failure outside Lexington. Australia reports its 1939-40 wheat crop at over 210 million bushels.
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Raleigh
W. O. Saunders
Elizabeth City
Deep Creek
William Keith Saunders
Highway Safety Division
Young Saunders
Lexington
Australia
Snake bite safety and first aid guidance from Uncle Ray
Uncle Rays Corner warns hikers about venomous rattlesnakes and advises leg protection, high boots, and ankle-length overalls to reduce bites. It explains first aid steps including tying a blood tourniquet, keeping the victim still, attempting venom extraction methods, and cautions against rough treatment while seeking medical help.
All About Pneumonia Treatments for Children
Dr. Richard Arthur Bolt outlines advances in treating pediatric pneumonia. He notes serum therapy, then new drugs like sulfapyradine compounds, and the role of oxygen in care. Emphasizes careful hospital monitoring due to toxic risks and variable effectiveness by pneumonia type.
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Bolt
United States
Funeral Rites for Jesse Lee Wilson Held at Methodist Church
Funeral services for Jesse Lee Wilson aged 47 who died at his home on 1201 Park Street were held Thursday at 2 30 pm at Mitch ell's Grove Methodist Church with Rev H L Calloway officiating. Singers included Ruby Smith Hilda Barbee Rex Skidmore and G L Osteen. Pallbearers were N L Goins Roy Mattox Henry Byerly Winfred Miller R W Walker and Manuel White. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
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Jesse Lee Wilson
Park Street
Mitchell’s Grove Methodist Church
H. L. Calloway
Asheboro Street
N. L. Goins
Roy Mattox
Henry Byerly
Winfred Miller
R. W. Walker
Manuel White
South Carolina Broker Dies at Columbia Home
Moultrie B. Hutchinson aged 69 died at his Columbia residence after a brief illness. Originally from Summerville he had lived in the capital for 28 years representing a New York brokerage firm. He is survived by his widow Katherine Huntington of Pleasantville New York.
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Columbia
8. C
Moultrie B. Hutchinson
Summerville
New York
Katherine Huntington
Pleasantville
N. Y
Broadhurst and Rialto Show Film Mix in Coast Line Theatre
Listings note Gene Autry in de Grande with Smiley B at Broadhurst from 1:52 to 9:57 and Richard Dix Chester Morris features in Paramount and Carolina Five Came Back at various times. Rialto bills Range War with Bill at multiple showings. Two sisters from Summerville and Hendersonville appear in the notes. London contemplates pulling up 90 abandoned streetcar lines for scrap steel.
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Broadhurst
Gene Autry
de Grande
Smiley
Carolina
Chester Morris
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