Governor Johnston Plans Fair Election Amid South Carolina Vote
In Slumbia South Carolina August 25 a guard officer observed as Carolina Democrats voted for nominees to the U S Senate for James Byrnes with Major Frank Awell of Florence ordered to Charleston County to call troops if needed Governor Olin D Johnston reported a record enrollment and predicted a turnout near 310000 as the campaign centers on highway department issues and the New Deal era policy.
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Slumbia
8. C
Carolina
New Deal
Olin D. Johnston
Hway Department
James F. Byrnes
Spartanburg
Roosevelt
National Congress
Thomas P. Stoney
Charleston
Col
William C. Harllee
Dillon
Byrnes
Stoney
Harllee
Highway Commission
Johnston
Bennettsville
Neville Bennett
House
Ways and Means Committee
Columbia
Major Barnwell
All Day Singing At Mt Vernon Church Sunday
An all day service will be held at Mt Vernon M. 8 church one and one half miles west of Glenda next Sunday starting 11 a m A M Fentress of Pleasant Garden leads the program with singers from Alamance Guilford Randolph and Rockingham counties expected to participate A picnic dinner will be served on the grounds at 12 30 p m public invitation extends to all to join the services.
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Mt. Vernon M. 8
Glenda
A. M. Fentress
Pleasant Garden
Alamance
Guilford
Randolph
Rockingham
British Soldiers Wounded In China Incident
In Peiping on August 25 three British soldiers were shot at while returning to their barracks from a movie. One soldier was wounded in the leg. The embassy said the shots came from a car amid rumors of Japanese retaliation for Kisaku Sasaki's May 26 slaying. Japanese officials blamed the Britons but a British consular court acquitted them. The embassy asked China to safeguard British lives and property.
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Peiping
Kisaku Sasaki
China
Additional Gains Are Made On Mart
The stock market advanced modestly with gains in steels amusements and sugars to three or more points. Convertible bonds remained popular while general equity activity stayed light. Commodities such as grain and cotton futures were mixed and currencies stayed quiet.
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New York
Sugar Worker Walter Webb Retires In Utah After 35 Years
Walter L. Webb, 67, retired from a Utah sugar company after 35 years of service. He called his job the sweetest in the state and plans to settle on a farm to grow sugar beets. He quips he can still eat candy with everyone.
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Sweet Leisure
Salt Lake City
Walter L. Webb
Jjtah
Postmaster Named at Mount Airy North Carolina
The post office department announced the appointment of Harry Folger as acting postmaster at Mount Airy North Carolina.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Harry Folger
Mount Airy
N. C
American Woman Arrested in Poland for Currency Violation
In Warsaw, officials report Dorothy Atkinson of Minneapolis was sentenced to one year in Ostrow for violating Polish currency regulations. She crossed from Germany to Poland, stopped by customs, and a bank draft she carried was cited as the cause of detention. The government restricted foreign exchange dealings by decree last April.
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Warsaw
Poland
Dorothy Atkinson
Minneapolis
Ostrow
Mrs Atkinson Linked to Educational Work in Minneapolis and Nation
Mrs. Atkinson wife of Frederick G Atkinson a Minneapolis milling executive. She has long been identified with educational work in Minneapolis and nationwide. Upon detention she asked the state department at Washington for an investigation.
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Atkinson
Frederick G. Atkinson
Minneapolis Millinge
Minneapolis
State Department
Washington
Federal petitions seek condemned land for national forests
The United States filed nine petitions in federal court in Asheville to condemn 37,157.94 acres across eight western North Carolina counties Macon Jackson Haywood Clary Cherokee Madison Graham and Caldwell to form part of national forests An option to pay 256 290 56 for 35 453 44 acres accompanied eight petitions, while one petition lacked an option for 1 705 5 acres in Macon County.
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Asheville
United States
North Carolina
Macon Cou
Macon
Jackson
Haywood
Clary
Cherokee
Madison
Graham
Caldwell
Rhodes Speaker At Winston-Salem Rotary Luncheon
Co H Rhodes of High Point and a Rotary member was principal speaker at the Winston-Salem Rotary Club luncheon. He discussed the United States Patents Office in Washington DC, a topic in which he is well versed.
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Co. H. Rhodes
High Point
Winston-Salem
Rotary Club
Rhodes
United States Patents Office
Washington, D. C
Rabbi Morris 8 Margolies Dies at 85 in New Jersey Hotel
Rabbi Morris 8 Margolies 85 founder and honorary president of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of America and Canada died in his hotel in Pelmar New Jersey.
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Pelmar
N. J
Morris 8. Margolies
Union of Orthodox Rabbis of America
Canada
Russian tires claim 22 000 to 25 000 mile life
A large portion of cars in Russia now use tires manufactured from synthetic rubber with an estimated mileage life of 22 000 to 25 000 miles.
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Russia
Yarn Mill Sale Approved by Judge Hayes
Judge Johnson J. Hayes signed final approval of the sale of the High Point Yarn Mile to the High Point Spindle Mills for 26244.71. The new company plans to resume operations in High Point once details are settled. Stockholders include C. B. Boshamer Philadelphia M L Bales Thomasville and George J. Johnson High Point. Officers to be elected later.
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Johnson J. Hayes
High Point Yarn Mile, Inc
High Point Spindle Mills, Inc
High Point
Judge Hayes
Ridgecrest
C. 8. Boshamer
Philadelphia
M. L. Bales
Thomasville
George J. Johnson
Freshmen Registration At William Penn High School
Thomas B. Smith reports William Penn high school will hold freshman registration Thursday at 10 a.m. New students must register to finalize class schedules before opening day. Principal 5 B Burford notes football hopefuls should meet his office Thursday at 11 a.m. Also, the Western North Carolina AME conference meets in Greensboro Wednesday through Saturday with delegates Mrs. Margaret Smith and Mrs. Thelma Peterson.
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William Penn
William Penn High School
5. B. Burford
M. E
Greensboro
Women's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Western
Doctors Attend National Medical Association Meeting
Dr. Murray B. Davis and Dr. We 1. La Miller returned Monday evening from Philadelphia after the 42nd annual National Medical Association meeting. Tuesday night, August 18, they watched the Louis Sharkey fight. Davis praised the sessions and clinics as valuable with a large attendance. Dr. Roscoe C. Giles of Chicago is president for 1936-37.
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Murray B. Davis
la Miller
Philadelphia
Penn
National Medical Association
Davis
Association
Roscoe C. Giles
Chicago
St Mark M E Church Hosts Mock Conference Sermon
The mock conference at St Mark M E church ends tonight with a sermon by M B Byrd designated bishop for the Chattanooga area. Music features the Austin Brothers quartet from Jamestown, as the St Mark brotherhood conducts the event.
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St. Mark M. E
M. B. Byrd
Chattanooga
Tenn
Austin Brothers Quartet
Jamestown
Brotherhoods of
Simp son Family Returns From Visits in Liberty and Greenville
Mr and Mrs Nathaniel Simp son and daughter Dora Ella returned from visiting poe in Liberty and Greenville Miss Mattie Mae Barringer has returned home after visiting friends in Lexington.
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Nathaniel Simpson
Dora Ella
Poe
Liberty
Greenville
Mattie Mae Barringer
Lexington
Deputies Seize 3600 Pints of Tax Paid Liquor Near City
Officers uncover a hidden wood house near High Point filled with liquor cartons stamped for a Baltimore company. A transfer truck removes the alcohol to county offices as Sheriff Gray plans a warrant for arrest of Plummer. Sheriff Phipps of Greensboro assists but disposition remains undecided.
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Harville
High Point
Gray
Plummer
Baltimore
Wood House
United States
Joe 8. Phipps
Greensboro
Rules of War Amid Spanish Crisis and European Talks
Dispatches report 1,300,000 strong German forces cited as evidence of wartime prep. A Madrid priest ex-confessor to Alfonso and Victoria is arrested as Fascists execute rebel officers at Madrid prison. Loyalists and rebels clash near Guadarrama while Irun faces renewed bombing. France pursues an international hands off Spain pact as Germany signs an arms embargo. Carno summit aims to shape a European security system with Britain, France, Belgium, Italy, and Germany.
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Alfonso
Victoria
Guadarrama
Irun
Bay of Biscay
Maginot Line
France
Spain
Germany
Russia
Italy
Great Britain
Names Chiseled on Berlin Olympic Stadium Honor Roll
German artisan chisels three American 1936 Olympic champions into the Berlin stadium portal. Jesse Owens the 100 and 200 meters, Archie Williams the 400 meters, and Johnny Woodruff the 800 meters are already inscribed, with Jack Lovek Kek of New Zealand added to the 1500 meters.
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Olympic Stadium
Berlin
Jesse Owens
Archie Williams
Johnny Woodruff
Jack Lovekek
New Zealand
Ambassador Named Tokyo to Moscow by Japanese Cabinet
The Japanese cabinet designated Mamoru Shigemitey, former vice minister of foreign affairs and former minister to China, as ambassador to Moscow filling the post.
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Tokyo
Mamoru Shigemitey
China
Moscow
Trotsky vows revenge after Moscow executions
Leon Trotsky declared it his duty to avenge sixteen men executed in Moscow for an anti Stalin conspiracy. The Soviet government blamed Trotsky as the absent master of the plot and said the executions prevented reprieved defendants from unmasking the GPU. Trotsky vowed to unmask what he called one of the greatest crimes in world history.
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Hoenefoss
Norway
Leon Trotsky
Moscow
Trotsky
GPU
Soviet Secret Police
Atill
Glass Will Vote for Roosevelt in 1932 Election
Treasury Secretary Henry L. Glass stated he would vote for the re election of President Roosevelt, saying he never considered another idea. The president held conferences before leaving for a 12 day inspection trip of drought stricken western states.
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Treasury
Glass
Sehley Resigns Panama Canal Governorship
Washington reports Colonel Julian J. Sehley resigns as governor of the Panama Canal. The War Department announced the move today, August 25.
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Washington
Julian J. Sehley
Panama Canal
War Department
Flood toll and missing in central Korea floods
Seoul authorities report 43 dead and 156 missing after central area floods. Government statement notes ongoing rescue efforts and casualty updates amid heavy rainfall.
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Seoul
Korea
Swastika Car Vandalism Affects Tourists in Porterschach
Jewish visitors in Porterschach Austria return to parked cars damaged with tops cut in the shape of a swastika. The incident highlights rising antisemitic vandalism during travels.
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Poertschach
Austria
County Seeks 2 Million Highway Refund From State
Guilford County officials travel to Plymouth to present a claim for a highway refund totaling 2,502,991.41 dollars. The majority funds cover road and bridge work completed before July 1, 1981, when the state took over the highways.
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Greensboro
B. Lee Fentress
R. Flake Shaw
Plymouth
Carl Bailey
Guilford County
Montlieu Avenue
High Point
Greenboro
Presbyterians To Hold Evangelistic Services This Fall
The First Presbyterian church sets a fall series of evangelistic services for the last ten days in October. Rev. D. T. Caldwell of Petersburg Va will preach. Caldwell is noted as a leading young pastor and author on Bible teaching in public schools. Services run October 21 through November 1.
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First Presbyterian Church
D. T. Caldwell
Second Presbyteriansh
Petersburg
Caldwell
Poburg
General Assembly
Hatchateria Butler Grocer Accepts Eggs as Payment
Go Locke a Butler grocer accepted eggs in payment for merchandise sold to a farmer. The eggs were left under a counter and forgotten during hot weather. A brood of chickens hatched one morning when the store was opened.
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Butler
Go Locke
Locke
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