Citizens flood High Point Chamber with improvement ideas
President C C Garrett of the High Point Chamber receives more than a dozen letters from leading citizens proposing measures to boost manufacturing, eliminate grade crossings, attract new industries, improve parks, and beautify the city. Suggestions praise progress and urge an energetic campaign with broader local involvement. Garrett will be unavailable Friday due to factory duties.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
C. C. Garrett
Garrett
Prsident Garrett
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Joseph D. Cox
John T. Burrus
R. B. Terry
Giant Windmill Powers Park Water System in San Francisco
The world's largest wind mill is used to pump water into the major reservoirs supplying Golden Gate Park. This installation enables distribution of water across the park and surrounding areas.
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Golden Gate Park
San Francisco
New store building for rent on N Wrenn Street
Ready for retail wholesale or mixed use offices and storage. Apply to RE AMOS by phone 2170 or 2155.
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N. Wrenn St
RE. T. Amos
Convict Escapes From State Pen Dowtown Charlotte
J V Vickers a Monroe man serving a Raleigh manslaughter sentence escaped from a guard on a downtown street after a physician visit. Police launched an intensive search while Seaboard train changes were announced for September 12 affecting Wilmington Hamlet and Charlotte routes.
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Charlotte
J. V. Vickers
Monroe
State
Raleigh
Vickers
United States Veterans Bureau
Mahi
Ellison Y. Rogers
Tuckaseege
B. S. Jenkins
Halifax
Jenkins
Wilmington
Seaboard Air Line Railway
Hamlet
Seaboard
Lumberton
Market Reports Chicago Poultry Market Update
Poultry prices steady to firm with light receipts. Fowls 20 1 2 to 26 cents, broilers 25 30, springs 25 to 28, turkeys 34, roosters 18 1 2, ducks 22, geese 15 to 20. Traders cautious on selling. wheat opens unchanged to 1 4 higher with modest gains, corn and oats ease but rally later. provisions steady.
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Chicago
Market Report Potatoes Steady With Mixed Regional Prices
Chicago August 26 AP market brief notes potatoes trading fair with overall steady tones. Minnesota dull while other regions hold, receipts 55 cars, on track 121, total U S shipments 659. Prices cited include Kansas Missouri Cobblers 2.75 to 2.90 heated 2.60 to 2.70. Colorado round whites 2.90 to 3.05. Minnesota early Ohios 2.55 to 2.65.
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Chicago
Minnesota
U. S
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Foreign exchange rates quoted in cents and demands
New York August 26 AP foreign exchanges ease with quotations in cents for major currencies and demand figures for numerous nations including Great Britain France Italy Belgium Germany and Japan United States dollars sought against each currency and quotes for London and Shanghai markets included
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
New Orleans Cotton Opens Soft Amid Mixed Cables
In New Orleans on August 26, the cotton market opened weak with early trades down 1 to up 1 point. Prices later fell 4 to 5 points from yesterday’s close before a late first hour rally as rain prospects in the eastern belt and hurricane movement through Louisiana raise rainfall expectations. October rose to 18.03 and December to 18.00, about 24 to 26 points above the early lows.
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New Orleans
Coton
Liverpool
Louisiana
Mississippi
New York Cotton and Stock Market Rally After Storm Fears
Cotton trading focused on possible eastern belt storm damage and favorable southwest weather. October slips to 17.88 with gains later as tropical storm fears along Louisiana coast boost buying. October ends near 18 cents. Stock market opens strong with Radio Corp patent win, Dupont rise, and broad gains as investors cover shorts.
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New York
Southwest
Liverpool
Texas
Oklahoma
Louisiana
Officials Gather For District Rotary Meeting In Denver
International president Harry Rogers led a Denver meeting of Rotary officials from multiple sections He announced a monthly district letter outlining work programs and a new department at the district head’s office to send Rotary speakers to clubs for better programs He also outlined extension plans and noted the district already has sufficient clubs
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Harry Rogers
Denver
Marr
Chicago Wheat Upward Trend Amid Scattered Buying
Chicago grain notes scattered buying lifted wheat prices early as shipments from the city remained large and steady, signaling supportive demand for the commodity before trading expands.
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Chicago
Mounce dies at Meadows after long siege
Mrs. Emily Louise Mounce 76 wife of Alexander Mounce died at her son R L Mounce Meadows residence Wednesday morning after a year long illness. Death attributed to heart trouble. Survived by husband six children forty grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren. Funeral at Clear Springs Primitive Baptist church with Rev Watt Tuttle officiating burial in church cemetery.
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Emily Louise Mounce
Alexander Mounce
R. L. Mounce
Meadows
Geo. Smith
High Point
Robert Joyce
Kernersville
Robert Cox
Greensboro
J. Pugh
Ramseur
R. L
R. C. Mounce
Clear Springs Primitive Baptist Church
Watt Tuttle
France Hears Spain Seeks Tangier Control in Morocco
French officials report Spain petitions to administer Tangier’s district alone to curb contraband arms fueling the Rif war. The memorandum, sent to signatories of the Algeciras Treaty, faces resistance from powers including Italy. Tangier turmoil noted among Spanish and native residents.
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Morocco
Spain
Tangier
United States
League of Nations
Italy
Watermelon Feast Tonight for Willys-Kirby Bible Class
The Willys-Kirby Bible class of South Main Methodist Episcopal Church hosts a watermelon feast at Dr. George H. Crowell’s Archdale residence tonight at 8 o'clock. Superintendents, teachers, and class families are invited. those without transport may meet at the church at 7:36 for rides. All members urged to attend.
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Willys-Kirby
South Main Methodist Episcopal Church
George H. Crowell
Archdale
Crowell
Town talk mixed with events in Greensboro and High Point
J Elwood Cox attends a Jefferson Standard finance committee meeting in Greensboro. J W Mills heads to Madison for highway inspections. A Gate City Motor Co dance offers prizes including a $50 Chrysler. Local weather shows rainfall and heat. Building permits listed. two dwellings approved. Outing of Statesville Sunday school members and a High Point Red Sox game noted. Rotary exhibit window and Primitive Baptist union meeting announced with invite.
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J. Elwood Cox
The
Commercial National Bank
Jefferson Standard Finance Committee
Greensboro
Insurance Company
Gate City Motor Co
Chrysler
Statesville
High Point Red Sox
High Point Primitive Baptist Church
R. C. Stone
City considers lowering Southern Tracks crossing
Officials debate an ordinance to lower railroad tracks in High Point amid calls to eliminate crossing dangers. City Council has yet to discuss the measure, though legal advisor Carter Dalton signaled readiness for a fight once the ordinance passes. Business leaders and residents urge action to address the crossing menace.
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Carter Dalton
Terry
High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Paradise Point development plans touted by High Point director
Clarence Mattocks, stockholder and director of the High Point Land Company, visiting Paradise Point near Jacksonville, says about 800 war front lots will be ready soon. He predicts all lots will sell quickly once offered, with a landscape plan including a three mile frontage on the river and a planned golf course. Visitors from High Point praise the project and its advantages.
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Clarence Mattocks
High Pot Land Company
Deviopers
Pardise Point
Jacksonville
Hi Point
Mr. Mattocks
Eastern Molina
Mattocks
Paradise Point
Né River
Carolina
Compan
Mattoc
Parad Point
High Point Interes
Sherrill Family Reunion Slated at Sherrill’s Ford
The Sherrill clan of North Carolina will gather at Sherrill’s Ford in Catawba county tomorrow for an annual family reunion. Noted speakers include Rev W L Sherrill, secretary of the Western North Carolina Methodist conference, and Rev C F Sherrill, a known religious writer, with Clarence Sherrill also present. Col Sherrill, a relative of Mrs George Wood of High Point, may present. The Sherrills trace early settlement in the region, migrating from Philadelphia and crossing the Catawba River at the historic ford.
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Sherrill
Nort Carolina
Ford
Catawba County
Tomorro
W. L. Sherrill
Western North Carolina Methods Conference
C. F. Sherrill
Clarence Sherrill
Washington
Sherrill’s
North
Carlina
Philadelphia
Catamaba
Miss Nan Teate Returns Home From Atlanta Visit
Miss Nan Teate has returned to High Point after visiting her mother in Atlanta Georgia.
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Nan Teate
World’s Smallest Watch Shown On Irene Bordoni
The platinum case diamond studded timepiece, created by hand with 38 000 tiny parts, took six months to complete and winds by rotating the case back. It sold for 1006 dollars and is displayed by Week Stamey’s Jewelers at 108 N Main through Bulosa Watch Co on Fifth Avenue.
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Irene Bordoni
Stamey’s
Bulosa Watch Company
Fifth Avenue
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City Tire and Vulcanizing Co
Washington St
Carolina Motor Club
Wes
Maggie
By McManus
E. Rogers
Wall Street
Radio Corporation
Common
Splitdorf Electrical Co
Dupont
General Asphalt
U. S. Steel
General Motors
Allied Chemical
Pullman
Adil. Chem. & Dye Sccescaxvist
Cer & PG. Wesccna
OOM Am
Etic Trugas
Torecco
Sek Bros. Wogigh
Sims
Sccswsense
Pois
Atchison
Eieiele
Msigwin Lioco
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Steres
Hikes
Aces de Bethlenem
Cwscene
Cantornis
Pat
Scdinessene
BS Canadian Pac
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Logth
DTA
Nica Encessan Orr Cerro
Pasco Scine
Chesapeake & Ohio
Citic, Mil
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Chic
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Chusg Copper
Siugees Chrysler Corp
Coca Cola
Consolidated Gas
Orn Pogucts
Fish
Uses Foundation Co
Freeport-Texas
General Electric
Nor
Northern
Gulf States Steel
Mouson OE Ik
Hudson Motors
Esses
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
N.Y
Norfolk & Western
Nor. American
Northern Pacific
Pacific OU J
Packard Motor Car
Pan. Am
Pennsylvania
Pierce-Arrow
Stee
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San Fran
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Ana
BS Ciea
Seaboard Air Line
Sears Roebuck
Sinclair
Southern Dairies
Southern Pacific
Standard Oil
Cal
Standard’ Oil
N. J Studebaker Ees Oeee
Texas Co
Texas Gulf Sulphur
Texas & Pacific
Union Pacific United Drug
U. S. Ind. Alcohol
U B. Reo Sacs
U S. Steel
Wabash Ryseid Ae Ward Baking A
Westinghouse
Erec White Motoriuys-Overland Se
Chicago Grain
Richard Hollmann
Longsland City, N.Y
Rolly
Hellmann
Emily Mounce
Fred Kent
Asheville
Rotary
Frank Lenz
Newport News
Rotary International
Frank Page
M. Eugene Newsome
Durham
Henry London
Raleigh Club
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point Club
Rotary Education
Country Club
Jim Hanes
Winston-Salem
Rotary Club
Bob Kittrell
Henderson
Paul Schenck
Roger Moore
Gene Newsome
Rotary National
Sheraton Hotel
Gene
Newsome
Ostend
Howard Rondthaler
J. W. Mills
Madison
Jupe Pluvius
A. B. Horney
J. S. Anderson
Prospect Street
Lewis G. Rodgers
Hillcrest Drive
Beeson Hardware Company
North Carolina
Irene Bordons
Ster
Bulova Watch Company
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