Local clubs and notices fill High Point calendar
Community groups plan meetings at homes and churches. Laura Wesson chapter hosts a United Daughters of the Confederacy gathering at 4 pm at 601 Colonial Drive to discuss the state meeting October 10 18. Susanna Wesley class and other groups announce programs and social events around August 27 22 and early September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Wesson
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Wre
B. Robertson
Colonial Drive
Me Wesson U. PD
el Rawley
High Point U. D. C
J. P. Rawley
High Point
Johnson Street
J. A. Mieselle
J. T. Mann
A. T. Wishart
A. R. Harrison
Re-employment Drive Starts In Lexington
Lexington launches an Emergency Reemployment Campaign after a city hall meeting. Mayor J. A. Smith is elected chairman of the committee leading the drive to secure NRA compliance by employers and gain blue eagle support from consumers in Lexington and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
NRA
J. A. Smith
Local Obituaries Mention Residents of Thomasville and Welcome
The notice lists residents including Thomasville native and Frank Mc Crary of Welcome, along with three daughters Mrs. Calvin Hege, Mrs. Simeon Brown, and Mrs. Sue Shoat of Aston Salem and Walbure area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Frank McCrary
Welcome
Calvin Hege
Simeon Brown
Aston- Salem
Sue Shoat
Walbure
Processing tax costs for consumers under cotton textile NRA codes
Washington August 25 farm administrators seek to measure how the processing tax and NRA cotton textile codes raise prices and affect consumption. An informal hearing September 7 will review cost data from the last two months and assess claims of profiteering and reduced demand as a basis for future action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NRA
Indust Iy
South
Milke
Inquiiry
George N. Peek
Farm Act
Peek
White hot meteor concept shocks with extreme core cold
A meteor with a blazing white hot exterior could harbor an interior core as cold as 400 degrees below zero. Scientists explain temperature gradients in meteoroids and the insulating effects of rocky crust.
Chorus Director Hrot to Lead Green Pasture Chorus Sunday
R F F Green will direct the Green Pasture Chorus in the program of Negro spirituals Sunday. The event features the chorus and is set for the local venue with community attendance expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hrot
R. FF. Green
Green Pasture
Chorus 10 Sings Here on Sunday at Paramount
The Green Pasture Chorus presents a program of Negro spirituals at the Paramount theater Sunday August 27 at 3 p m. Prof R F Green director a New York native and Paris Conservatory graduate conducts with original arrangements and aims to express the spirituals mood rhythm and beauty as felt by the song originators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Green Pasture
Paramount Theater
R. F Green
New York
Paris Conservatory of Music
France
Sleeping Sickness Fatalities Spread Across States
Reports from Dr. Harold K. Knapp show six encephalitis deaths in the last month centered on Cleveland and surrounding areas, with fatalities traced from Ohio to California. A Richmond California draftsman died as health officials announced, while deaths in Kansas and Oklahoma are linked to the virus. Texas case later ruled tubercular meningitis in an 18 month old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Ohio
California
Harold K. Knapp
Cleveland
Richmond
Cal
State Board of Health
Berkeley
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Taylor Webster Dead at Thomasville
Taylor Webster, 70, died at 122 Haygood Street Thomasville yesterday afternoon after a short illness. Survived by wife three sons Willie Winslow of Hillsboro Tommy of Thomasville and two daughters Mrs. M. J. Horner of Burlington and Miss Lillie Webster at home. Funeral at 4 pm at Carolina Avenue Baptist Church with Rev. B. F. Clark officiating. Interment in Fairgrove M B Church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Taylor Webster
Haygood Street
Willie
Winslow
Hillsboro
Tommy
M. J. Horner
Burlington
Lillie Webster
Carolina Avenue Baptist Church
B. F. Clark
Fairgrove M. B. Church
Services Held For William H. McCrary
Funeral services for William H. McCrary, 74, who died at his Welcome home after a stroke, were held at Midway Methodist Church yesterday afternoon. He is survived by his widow, Miss Bell Long of Davidson County, and three sons, Ford and A. L. McCrary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
William H. McCrary
Welcome
Midway Methodist Church
Rayle
MacCrain
Bell Long
Davidson County
Ford
A. L. McCrary
Plan to Disarm Cuban Civilians Amid Disorder
Havana reports outline a scheme by the provisional government and military to disarm nonmilitary residents across Cuba. The aim is to curb mob violence seen in Santiago and prevent a repeat of past bloodshed linked to the Machado era as authorities consider issuing broad orders to surrender weapons. The ABC secret society backs surrender and continues to pursue Machado loyalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John PP
McKnight
Havana
Cuba
Gerardo Machado
Santiago
ABC Secret Society
Machado
Chorus Presents Recital Under Prot Green at Paramount
The chorus has trained three weeks under Prot Green and is ready to present a recital of merit. A large crowd is expected at the Paramount on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prot Green
Many Engineers Secure Jobs, More Expected
COLLEGE STATION Raleigh August 25 Approximately seventy percent of the year s engineering graduates have secured jobs Dean W G Riddick head of the engineering departments at NY State college announced today and many graduates of past years who were unemployed have written saying that they were now working He believes Roosevelt s National Recovery Act will stimulate further demand for technically trained men and future technically trained graduates should have little trouble finding employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College Station
Raleigh
W. G. Riddick
N. Y. State College
Dean Riddick
Turmoil in Cuba Sparks Violent Clashes and Arrests
In Santiago more than 1,000 men seized two guards, killed them, and dragged the bodies through the streets. Victor Viscau and Joaquin Ramos were accused of Machado ties. In Havana Oppositionists searched homes to rob. shop windows looted. Demonstrations disrupted peace in Havana and Santiago as mayors resisted surrender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iers
Santiago
Vietima
Victor Viscau
San Luis
Joaquin Ramos
Havana
Machado
Santiago de Las Vegas
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Intermediate Christian Endeavor Society of the Lebanon M. P
Tts
Mildared Cornateer
Anderson Street
Tyree
R. C. Tyree
Norfolk
R. B. White
Guilford General Tar
Susanna
Susanna Wesley
Wesley Memorial Church
Sara Kee
Walter Kester
Ru T. Pickens
City Park
Ward Street
Elizabeth Albright
A. D. Green
Park Street
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Miss Margaret Snipes
Mra. L. D. Gibson
Durham
Mra
T. J. Gold
R. B. Terry
Myrtle Beach
8. C
Gordon Burnett
Atlanta, Ga
Jack Grabb
Charlotte
Hazel
Ruth Coltrane
Trinity
Kimesville Lake
Mary Richardson
Janie Walker
Memphis, Tenn
Calvary M. EB
J. R. Stuart
Mattie Sechrest
Cable Street
Moser
C. H. Palmer
Starkeville
Mig
J. M. Holmes
Richardson Street
Rogers
Mras. McLeod
Harvey Rogers
Vernon Mcleod
East Green Street
Thelma Carson
Tampa
Fla
Ot Mpa
Mises Avil Ingram
Dot Bates
Edith
Mary Bea
Margaret Kemp
Helen Marshal
David Martin
Vincent Neal
Lee Marshall
Lick” Gordon
Russell Kimrey
Jack Kemp
Chariie Hodgkin
John Mendenhall
Frank Williams
Tom Bates
P. G. Beck
Connecticut
Berets
Sophie
Emart
Moffitt’s
North Main Street
Fanny
Little Mesa Mary
Julia Boyd
Park Avenue
The
Enterprise Fashion Bureau
Park Avenue, New York
Rexall
North Carolina
Glover’s Mange
Caldwell
Fitch
Coty’s
Vicks
Lifebouy
Colgate’s
Gillette Blades
William
Adlerika
Cascara Sagrada
Kolynos
Epsom
S. S
Mann’s
Pierce
Rey
Wesson of
People
Hutchen’s Department Food Store
Washington Street
Nat Walker
Pirot National Bank
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