Walter Robinson Longtime Red Cap Chief At Penn Station
Walter Robinson, longtime Red Cap chief at Penn Station, is hailed as a skilled, courteous leader overseeing hundreds of porters. His career began in 1910 after General Atterbury recruited him, and he has served notable travelers including Lloyd George and Lindbergh. He plans retirement to High Point while mentoring his disciplined alumni of “his boys.”
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Holt McPherson
New York
Itev H. Robinson
Pennsylvania
W. W. Atter
Pennsylva
Porter Organization
Lloyd George
King Ra. VIII
Marshal Foch
Me. Lindbergh
Robinson
Hight
Pennsylvania Station
H Point
W. H
High Point
Red Cap
Pullman
Bennett College
Greensboro
Walter Robinson
United States
Pullman Company
General Atterbury
Walter
Red Cap Organization
Herbert B. Delaney
LaGuardia
Pull
Singing Tower Concerts At Floral Garden Cemetery
Floral Garden cemetery hosts a second series of Sunday concerts from the singing tower with two shows at 1:45 and 3:45 p m. An audience turnout was strong for the first event last Sunday. A. M. Horst says the open air programs will continue and invites local church groups to join future performances.
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Floral Garden Cemetery
A. M. Horst
Convention Opens of Business Men's Evangelistic Clubs
The Business Men's Evangelistic Clubs of America opened their 16th annual convention with about 250 delegates attending. The three day session is led by president Boyd W. Hargraves of Chattanooga Tennessee.
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Business Men's Evangelistic Clubs of America
Boyd W. Hargraves
Chattanooga, Tenn
Red Cap Service Earns Praise in City Transport
Walter Robinson led improvements for porters adding smoking rooms and lockers, raising morale and good wages. He is married to Minnie Edmondson, a notable figure in local Black communities, and has two sisters, Gladya Robinson and Mrs. J. C. Morgan, in High Point.
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Walter Robinson
Minnie Edmondson
High Point
Gladya Robinson
J. C. Morgan
Funeral services for Rev Baxter Floyd in York today
Rev Baxter Floyd dies Friday at 307 Willis Street York South Carolina born in York thirty six years ago moved to High Point in 1930 member Mt Zion Baptist Church survivors include wife Lula Floyd three daughters one son his parents two sisters and four brothers all of York and Baltimore
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Floyd
Baxter Floyd
York
John Floyd
Jessie Hughes
Reeda Floyd
Baltimore
Robert
Sandy
Lincoln Floyd
Cooperative Group Sets Meeting at East Washington Center
Local cooperative society schedules a meeting at East Washington Street Community Center Monday evening at 8 o clock. All members and interested residents including nonmembers are invited to attend.
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Cooperative Society
East Washington Street
Doctors Whitten Morgan Plan Northeastern Trip
Dr C T Whitten and wife Mia Terra Whitten and Dr J C Morgan and wife Ophelia Morgan plus two children Geral dine and Blaine depart for an extended trip to New Jersey Pennsylvania New York and the New England states. They will attend the National Medical Association sessions in Philadelphia and return August 28.
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C. T. Whitten
7. C. Morgan
Mia
Terra Whitten
J. C. Morgan
Ophelia Morgan
Geraldine
Blaine
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
New York
New England
Philadelphia
Whitten
Dr. Morgan
National Medical Association
City
Doctors Davis and Miller Head to National Medical Association Meet
Dr. Murray B. Davis a local physician and Dr. W. L. Miller a state public school dental clinician left today for Philadelphia to attend the National Medical Association sessions this week. They will be away one week.
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M. B. Davis
W. L. Miller
Murray B. Davis
W. L L. Miller
Philadelphia
Penn
National Medical Association
W I C Circle Meets With Nellie Hinton
The W I C circle of the First Baptist church met with Miss Nellie Hinton on East High street Friday evening for a regular business session. Social time followed with Miss Sarah Mae Albea entertaining. A palatable plate was served by Misses Gwendolyn Whitted and Ernestine Page to several attendees. A call meeting will be held at the parsonage this afternoon.
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Nellie Hinton
First Baptist Church
East High Street
Sarah Mae Albea
Gwendolyn Whitted
Ernestine Page
Mesdames Nelle Chavis
A. Holmes
Pearlene Talbot
Craft
Hoover
Holly
Lillie Mae Davis
Misses Graves
Fields
Messra O. C. Young
Williams
Halt Finally Reached In Industry's Upward March
After a long rise, the Associated Press index of industrial activity declined to 94.7 from 95.8, the highest since February 1930, as summer waned and retail trade softened in some regions. Output fell to 70 percent capacity in steel, while freight and grain shipments edged down. electricity rose 14.3 percent year over year.
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Associated Press Financial
Associated Press
Department of Commerce
American Iron & Steel Institute
Department of Agriculture
New York Stock Exchange
Federal Reserve Districts
Twenty Scouts Plan Canoe Trip on Yadkin River
Twenty Boy Scouts from the Uwharrie council will canoe upstream from the Duke Power dam at High Rock to the North Carolina Finishing Mill bridge and back, a three day voyage with merit badge requirements, supervised by B. W. Hackney Jr and Pete Hairston.
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Uwharrie Council
Yadkin River
Duke Power Company
High Rock
North Carolina
B. W. Hackney, Jr
Pete Hairston
Uwharrie
Camp Uwharrie
Wm. Simmons
Lawson Ingram
George Marsh
Wesley Memorial Church
N E. Snyder
Ward Street Methodist Church
Fred Taylor
Robert Truesdale
Saint Mary's Episcopal Church
Warren Godwin
Jack Lee
Bayne Keever
J. W. Morgan
Wesley Memorial
Charles Warner
Russell Clark
First Presbyterian Church
Clyde Markland
M. P. Children’s Home
Oyal Jennings
First
Ground Sought For New Cemetery In Asheboro
Asheboro city commissioners voted to exercise a 60 day option on 15 acres owned by Zeb Rush and James York, valued at 6750 dollars, on state highway 62 outside city limits. The action includes borings and soundings to assess suitability and notes no civil liability for the city in exercising the option. A petition from nearby residents objecting to the cemetery was received.
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Asheboro
Zeb Rush
James York
H. M. Robbins
W. A. Bunch
Preacher Praises Foreign Missions at Ridgecrest Meeting
Dr. Frank H. Leavell told the Southern Baptist foreign mission board conference that foreign missions are the world’s most successful business, surviving shocks and poised for a new era of expansive missionary effort over the next two decades.
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Ridgecrest
Frank H. Leavell
Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board
Foreign Missions
Southern Baptist Sunday School Board
Nashville
Tenn
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Floral Garden
Colored News
Richmond
Washington
Atlanta
Georgia
St. Louis
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Motor Company
Detroit
Michigan
Laughlin Chevrolet Company
South Wrenn
Pride of Penney
Nutone
Matelasse
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