Dr Lambeth Declines Extension on $105000 Drive
Dr W A Lambeth of the Fesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal South Church in High Point says he cannot seek more time to raise the $105000 bond payoff for Junaluska assembly grounds. He notes $91500 has been secured and hopes the remaining $13500 will come in by September 1, aided by a 15 day stockholder extension from August 15.
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Save Junaluska Campaign
Fesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal
South
Church of
Lambeth
Southern Methodists
Cam
Caro
Employees of Motor Company Picnic at White's Mill Deep River
More than 150 workers from Pat Brown, Inc. and their families attended a company picnic at White's Mill Deep River last evening. The event featured a ball game between sales and service departments, afternoon contests, special prizes for ladies, and a picnic supper.
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Pat Brown, Inc
White’s Mill Deep River
No Agreement in Mill Strike at Snider Hosiery Mills
The W. H. Snider Hosiery mill strike drags on after more than two weeks with production halted. Labor Department conciliator W. R. Taliaferro Jr. from Charlotte arrived earlier and met with mill management. The wage dispute persists as strikers dispute figures released by Mrs. W. H. Snider.
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W. H. Snider
W. R. Taliaferro, Jr
Charlotte
Department of Labor
Taliaferro
Hymn of Sorrow Sung By Striking Miners
Wives mothers and children waited at the mine shaft head as 800 miners hunger strike for five days. At noon the self imprisoned miners sing a hymn of sorrow to express their plight and demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beuthen
Polish
Upper Silesia
Federal agents hunt extortionists targeting Bowman family
Federal agents searched today for extortionists who demanded 50 000 dollars from Wirt G Bowman Democratic national committee man from Arizona on threat of death to him his wife and their baby daughter.
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Los Angeles
Wirt G. Bowman
Arizona
Bulla Farlow and Millikan Families Reunion Date Change
The Bulla Farlow and Millikan families plan a reunion at John Wesley's Stand in Randolph County near Plainfield Church on Sunday August 30. The date is changed from the first Sunday in October to August 30 or the fifth Sunday in August. All family members and friends are urged to attend.
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John Wesley
Randolph County
Plain Field Church
Building Permits Granted In High Point
Fire Chief BE. K. Ingram reports several building permits issued. June Barker reroof non residence at 200 Richardson Street High Point. Overall Company reroof one side of non residence on Willowbrook Street for 75 dollars. BE. Hill erect extension to lunch stand at 418 South Hamilton Street for 150 dollars.
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BE. K. Ingram
June Barker
Richardson Street
High Point Overall Company
Willowbrook Street
S. BE. Hill
Hamilton Street
Fire Extinguished on Westmoreland Steamer At Hamburg
Fire aboard the Westmoreland from Galveston was battled all night in Hamburg and finally put out. The jute cargo was a total loss.
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Hamburg
Germany
Westmoreland
Galveston
Criticism mounts over WPA funded furniture plant in Florida
The Southern Furniture Manufacturers association protested to WPA administrator Harry Hopkins over a Cherry Lake Farms plant in Cherry Lakes, Florida. They claim federal funds pay furniture makers’ salaries and that surplus furniture for 185 homes is sold to owners and Florida retailers at low prices, undercutting private industry.
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Cherry Lake Farms, Inc
Cherry Lakes
Fla
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
Harry Hopkins
WPA
Florida City
Florida
Southern Furniture Show
Tar Heel Leads In S. C. Voting
In Cherokee county, North Carolina police chief R. Bruce Bryant led the Democratic sheriff primary in South Carolina with 3,019 votes to 1,832 for Julian Wright. The leaders advance to a runoff with Sheriff Lake W. Stroup and C. B. Jennines eliminated. Bryant lives in Gaffney and commutes from his home to Kings Mountain where he serves as police chief.
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Gaffney
8. C
North Carolina
Cherokee County
R. Bruce Bryant
Kings Mountain
N. C
Julian Wright
Lake W. Stroup
Jennines
Bryant
Anti Lynching Prize Won By Tar Heel
Mrs. Jessie Daniel Ames announced the anti-lynching play prizes awarded by the association of southern women for the prevention of lynching. Walter H. Spearman of Chapel Hill North Carolina won first prize of 100 dollars for Country Sunday. Second prize of 35 dollars went to Miss Ann Seymour of Strawn Texas for Land Does You Understand.
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Atlanta
Jessie Daniel Ames
Association of Southern Women For the Prevention
Association
Walter 8. Spearman
Chapel Hill
N. C
Ann Seymour
Strawn
Tex
Autos Claim Two Victims At Durham
In Durham on August 27 a pedestrian, Mrs. A. W Crowder aged 60, died after being struck crossing a street. Driver G. C. Hopkins was bound over to a $1,000 bond. The same Saturday night crash killed William Dezern, 18, while his companion Herbert B. Smith had died earlier in the incident.
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Durham
A. W Crowder
G. C. Hopkins
William Dezern
Herbert B. Smith
Cut Sought In Liquor Profits
North Carolina league of municipalities proposed to the state liquor commission that cities and towns share in taxes from liquor stores. The plan would apply whether a state or county system of control is recommended.
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Raleigh
State Liquor Commission
North Carolina League of Municipalities
Man cites hay fever as speeding excuse in court
Milwaukee judge laughs at Sam Strawitz defense as he admits speeding. Strawitz says hay fever made his foot hit the accelerator each sneeze. Judge A. Hedding imposes a $10 fine for the offense.
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Milwaukee
Sam Strawitz
A. Hedding
Canadian January motor vehicle sales jump 60 percent
January data show Canadian motor vehicle sales rising 60 percent from the same month last year. Dealers report broad demand and improved supply contributing to the gain.
Buenos Aires Drivers Ordered to Keep Cars Mud Free
Motorists in Buenos Aires must remove mud from their vehicles to comply with local rules. Authorities emphasize cleanliness outside and inside the car to prevent road dirt from spreading.
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Buenos Aires
Elks Club Meeting Promised at West Broad Street
The Elks Club will hold a regular meeting tonight at 8 o clock at the Elks Home on West Broad Street. A Dutch supper will follow the session. All members are urged to attend.
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The
Elks Club
Elks Home
West Broad Street
Friddle Family Heads to Albany Reunion After Vacation
Chief of Police and Mrs W G Friddle and two children depart tonight for about a week. They will attend a Friddle family reunion in Albany Indiana during the trip.
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W. G. Friddle
Friddle
Albany
Ind
Tire Found In Spare Carrier Identified By Police
Police recovered an automobile tire and wheel that dropped from a spare carrier during the day. The tire and wheel were turned over to officers and can be claimed by the owner who provides a description.
Perley A Thomas Car Works to Make Trailers After Bus Bodies
The Perley A Thomas Car Works, after finishing 200 school bus bodies for North Carolina schools, will start manufacturing automobile trailers. Output will reach 10 to 15 trailers daily with three sizes and prices from 350 to 1200 dollars. The firm also to build structural steel, heavier truck bodies, and has a contract for 12 fire escapes.
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Perley A. Thomas Car Works
North Carolina
P. A. Thomas
Thomas
Car Works
Suit filed to collect 290.73 dollar grocery debt
M. C. Idol trading as Idols Grocery filed in High Point Municipal Court against Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Harmon for judgment of 290.73 dollars. The complaint says groceries were sold on credit from July 2 1935 to June 27 1936 and the amount represents the bill.
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M. C. Idol
Idol's Grocery
High Point
Paul E. Harmon
Chalk Praises Soil Conservation Work in North Carolina
Raleigh Aug 27 J D Chalk game and inland fisheries commissioner said he commended the United States soil conservation service for wildlife interests after surveying erosion-control work in five Piedmont counties The program used lespedera and other crops to prevent erosion and provide wildlife food and cover
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Raleigh
J. D. Chalk
Game and Inland Fisheries Commissioner
United States Soil Conservation Service
North Carolina
Chalk
Piedmont
Democrats Will Control Senate
Washington reports dissension and death clouding several key races yet Democrats fortify a likely Senate majority for the next session. With Pat Harrison renominated in Mississippi and James Byrnes in South Carolina, 55 Democrats are certain to sit in January. a 49-seat majority is needed.
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Washington
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Negro burglar leaps to freedom from 40 foot duct
A Negro burglar fleeing a store in Atlanta leaped from a 40 foot duct and escaped, apparently uninjured, authorities said.
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Atlanta
Chicago Produce Prices Steady Across Butter and Kegs
Chicago August 27 butter 8048 pounds and kegs 7145 pounds sold steady with prices unchanged.
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Chicago
FRED W. Farlow Rites Held At Latta Church
Funeral services for Fred W. Farlow age 65 who died in Latta South Carolina were held at Old Union Methodist church. Rev 8 M Penn led the service with church choir and vocal groups performing Have Thine Own Way Lord Going Down the Valley How Beautiful Heaven Must Be and Gathering Buds Flowers were provided by friends. Pallbearers listed and burial followed in the church cemetery. Survived by widow five sons two stepsons Clayton Fogleman High Point and Ray Fogleman Greensboro.
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Fred W. Farlow
Latta
S. C
Old Union Methodist Church
Ernest Wellborn
L. M. Ennis
Joe Sam Wall
T. E. Johnson
J .W. Newby
Mr. Farlow
Clayton Fogleman
High Point
Ray Fogleman
Greensboro
Church Cemetery
Funeral services for DeWitt Thomas near Greensboro
Funeral services for DeWitt Thomas who died yesterday near Greensboro will be held at 2:30 PM Friday from the home at 1107 Richland Avenue. Rev. C N Royal of Green Street Baptist and Rev. C L Ruth of Pilgrim Holiness will officiate. Interment in Floral Garden Cemetery.
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DeWitt Thomas
Greensboro
Richland Avenue
C. N. Royal
Green Street Baptist Church
C. L. Ruth
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Floral Garden Cemetery
Police Schools Being Planned in North Carolina
Chapel Hill August 27 authorities announced a statewide plan to create local district and state police schools. FBI chief J Edgar Hoover said he was granting leave to special agent Edward Scheidt to aid the effort. Albert Coates of the institute outlined a 10 day statewide training and district programs with short daily sessions.
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Chapel Hill
Law Enforcement Officers Division
Institute of Government
University of North Carolina
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Edward Scheidt
Hoover
Scheidt
Charlotte
Albert Coates
Istitute
Coates
Rotarians Hear Ep Travellers On Hindenburg Trip
At the Sheraton hotel Rotarians heard W Gratton Foy describe his Europe trip aboard the Hindenburg with motion pictures of airship life and European cities. Mike Boyce explained the projections. Next meeting set for Springfield Church at 6 30 p m with several visitors from High Point listed.
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Sheraton Hotel
W. Gratton Foy
Europe
Joe Gary
Club
Charlotte
Joseph D. Ross
Oboro
Arthur G. Schantsz
Scranton
Mike Boyce
Fraank Dalton
Joe Rawley
High Point
Highway Deaths Rise in North Carolina July Report
The state motor vehicle bureau records 596 accidents causing 75 deaths in July across NC. Wayne County led with six deaths. Charlotte reported 57 accidents, Winston Salem 56, Raleigh 40. Three resort counties saw more crashes, while July fatalities rose from 69 in 1935 and 72 in June.
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Raleigh
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
North Carolina
Wayne County
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Charlies D. Farmer
Highway Patrol
Morals Trials Sweep Rhineland With Sentences
Berlin reports a new wave of immorality trials across the Rhineland. Bonn District Court tried 88 cases with 20 jail terms handed down from one year to 18 months. Münster court calls it a veritable plague and continues proceedings.
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Berlin
Koblenz
Rhineland
Bonn
Muenster
Former Banker Harriman Granted Parole
Joseph W Harriman once a powerful New York financier left the federal northeastern penitentiary on parole with his wife a nurse and a chauffeur. He sped toward New York after a brief stop at an inn in Lewisburg where Mrs Harriman supervised his confinement. Harriman declined to answer questions about his banking irregularities involving over a million dollars and false entries at a federal reserve bank.
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Lewisburg
Josph W. Harriman
New York
Federal Northeastern Penitentiary
Lewisborg
Harriman
Federal Reserve Bank
Johnson III Latchfield Ill With Double Pneumonia
Magnus Johnson a colorful figure in Minneota and national politics facing double pneumonia in a hospital in Latchfield Minnesota. He had a history of miling and wood chopping duels with a cabinet member.
Robbers Loot Stores and Post Office in Roduco
Robbers entered three stores and the post office at Roduco North Carolina and carried away merchandise and cash totaling about 300 dollars.
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Roduco
N. C
Four-H Conference on Wildlife Conservation Planned
A statewide 4-H wildlife conservation conference will be held at Camp Graystone near Hendersonville from August 21 to September 5. The event is directed by L. R. Harrill of Raleigh.
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Hendersonville
Camp Graystone
Here
L. R. Harrill
Raleigh
Recovery Made On Stock Market
Generally favorable business and industrial news boosted a quiet but substantial stock market recovery in New York trading. After a diffident open and a slipping start buyers supported rails, steels and specialties with many issues ahead fractions to three or more. bonds improved while commodities were mixed and currencies stayed about even.
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New York
Banana Robbery Report Turns Banana as Weapon
Chicago clerk recounts a $10 drugstore robbery in which the robber posed as if gripping a pistol. Police found the supposed weapon near the door and it was a large ripe banana rather than a firearm.
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Chicago
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E. M. Dudley Manager
East Main Street
Thomasville
Tar Heel
Autos
Thomas Car Works
Democrats
Senate
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Latta, S. C
Thomas Rites
G-Man
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