No Fire Loss in High Point in July
North Carolina fire reports show July losses statewide at 548 775 with Roanoke Rapids leading at 237 000 and Durham 53 677 while High Point and several other towns reported no fires. The Insurance Department notes major causes including sparks from roofs and faulty wiring and cites statewide seven month totals and cautions against risky foreign building schemes.
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Raleigh
State Firemen's Association
Gastonia
Remarth
Wade
Brockwelk
Ange
North Carolina
Stacey Wade
Roanoke Rapids
Roxboro
Durham
Ronda
Wilson
Leicester
Farmers Mutua
Insurance Department
North Wilkesboro
Elizabeth City
High Point
Reidsville
Washington
Beachy Mount
Burlington
Goldsboro
Henderson
Morehead City
Mooresville
Newbern
Charlotte
Asheville
Wilmington
Fayetteville
Winston- Salem
Graham
Lincolnton
Black Mountain
Hickory
Statesville
United States
Canada
State Insurance Department
State Treasury
Ten Thousand Attend Summer Epworth League Conferences
Ten thousand Epworth Leaguers attended seven summer conferences across 15 Southern states. Miss Ina C. Brown notes the events in colleges and hotels last five days each, mixing study, leadership talks, and missions with daily recreation. Lake Junaluska hosted over two hundred participants with Bishop DuBose among notables aiding the program.
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Nashville
Tenn
Epworth
Lake Junaluska
Bishop DuBose
California
Epworth League
Mexico aims $1 million annual saving via thrift decree
The Mexican government plans to save over 1 million annually by free gasoline tires repairs and garage service for officials using government cars. Additional cuts include uniforms for army officers and wage reductions for federal workers earning over five pesos daily, under a thrift program tied to the independence celebration. An income tax will tax most inhabitants, with exemptions for laborers and journalists earning two pesos or less.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Mexico
Smyrna Declines as Asian Trade Halts
Smyrna once Asia’s leading commercial center is now a near ghost town with no cargo ships entering its harbor for months. The city, base for a Greek army of 200000, shows scant signs of life as business across Asia Minor stalls. Americans control the small remaining trade while war, a weak Turkish pound at about 65 cents, and shrinking demand for foreign goods depress activity.
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Smyrna
Asia
Asia Minor
Soldiers Claims Adjustment Drive Announced Nationwide
Indianapolis Aug 15 A nationwide sweep to adjust government claims from world war service begins Labor Day. Flying squads from the American Legion Public Health Service and the Red Cross will examine all cases with prompt hospitalization for urgent needs. Ex service members receive information and help. many states will take months. Authorities urge final authority for traveling boards in each case.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
Legion
Public Health Service
The
Red Cross
Funeral is Held for Elmer Small
Funeral services were held for Elmer Small son of Mr and Mrs Thomas G Small of 506 Mangum avenue who died after being struck by a train in Plymouth North Carolina Also mentioned is Tom Hodgin son of Ed Hodgin of this city who also died from the same incident Griffin companion to the deceased returned home Interment was at Oakwood cemetery Surviving relatives include parents two brothers and five sisters The article oddly ends with a note stating the area of Australia as 2 974 581 miles
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Elmer Small
Thomas G. Small
Mangum Avenue
Plymouth
N. C
Tom Hodgin
Ed Hodgin
High Point
Small
Hodgin
Washington
Clay Griffin
Griffin
Smal
L. Ruth
Holiness Church
Young Small
Oakwood Cemetery
Foreigners employed on Atlantic ships
Indianapolis August 15. American Legion members in Boston allege that hiring Chinese Japanese Portuguese Spaniards Greeks and Germans as seamen on American vessels is driving American sailors from work They say wages for aliens make it impossible for married American men to support a family on 500 a year and accuse operators of importing German crews at Hamburg and employing them as Americans on return trips.
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Indianapolis
Ind
American Legion
Boston
Legion
Hamburg
Work Progressing on Kearns Building on Washington Street
The store building by E. T. Kearns on Washington Street has reached the second story. When finished it will be an attractive addition to the Washington Street business section.
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Washington Street
E. T. Kearns
Chemists from U S and Britain to meet in New York
American and British chemists will convene a four day joint meeting of the American Chemical Society and the British Society of Chemical Industry in New York beginning Sept 6. About 4,000 delegates are expected. Niagara Falls will greet British guests.
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New York
American Chemical Society
British Society of Chemical Industry
Society
Montreal
Toronto
America
Niagara Falls
Miller
Buffalo
Andrew Smith
William Attack
High Point Furniture Company Expands Offices and Showrooms
The High Point Furniture Company is completing a large new office building that will absorb the old office and surrounding lot. A second building between the office and Cate City Motor Company will provide space for showrooms or warehouse use and enhance the area’s appearance. The office addition is finished and will improve filing, advertising and other office work that outgrew the old quarters.
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High Point Furniture Company
O'D
Is Company
Cate City Motor Company
North Carolina Cotton Improves. State Sees 8 Percent Rise in July
The August 15 report notes NC cotton rose 8 percent from June 25 to July 25, but the statewide crop remains below last year. Nationally, conditions fall as boll weevil, drought, and fertilizer shortages cut prospects. Texas leads declines while California and Virginia show gains.
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Raleigh
United States
Department of Agriculture
Texas
Georgia
Louisiana
North Carolina
Virginia
California
Mississippi
Tennessee
Arizona
Middle- Piedmont
Piedmont
Albemarle Sound
Catawba
Lincoln
Randolph
Chatham
Lee
Robeson
Albemarle
Lenoir
Jones
Onslow
Craven
Pamlico
Carteret
English film makers oppose American import tax
A London Times letter signed by 16 British film producers protests a proposed American import tax on motion picture films calling it prohibitive and detrimental to the international exchange of ideas. The signers belong to the Manufacturers' Reducers' Committee of the Incorporated Association of Kinematograph Manufacturers.
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London
London Times
Incorporated Association of Kineematograph Manufacturers
Amer
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Commercial Mart
N.C
Autralia
Kearns Building
West Indies
Ward
Arctic Ice & Coal CO
High Point, N. C
TALIA
Arkansas
Ica
England
Europe
Mace
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
Stardard
Asoline
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