Rotary Club Holds Annual Farmers Day Meeting Here
The Rotary club held its annual farmer's day with about forty local farmers as guests. Dr A B Conrad delivered a semi comic talk stressing perspective, followed by James T Ryan sharing agriculture and industry statistics in North Carolina. John Paul Lucas of Charlotte urged enlightened selfishness and policy shifts to balance state agriculture and manufacturing.
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Rotary Club
High Point
A.B. Conrad
Dr. Conrad
James T. Ryan
North Carolina
John Paul Lucas
Charlotte
Lucas
Union
Thas
Mud skipper fish adapts to prolonged exposure
The mud skipper can remain exposed for long periods as long as its tail stays in water.
WPA projects show rising attendance in November centers
Attendance at WPA recreation centers and playgrounds rose to 14 056 for November per Mrs Ruby Pendley director in the month’s report. The eleven centers and playgrounds include Salvation Army Brentwood Washington Street Fairview and Leonard Street schools with preschool programs and cooperations with the High Point Boys club NYA and other activities under WPA sponsorship.
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Ruby Pendley
Salvation Army
High Point Boys’ Club
Brentwood
Washington Street
Fairview
Leonard Street
Ada Blair
Johnson Street
Snider Answers Wife Suit Over Back Salary and Custody
W H Snider former High Point hosiery mill operator filed his answer in Greensboro to his wife W H Snider suit seeking 13600 in back salary and separate maintenance He denies back pay claims accuses her of financial withdrawal and plans divorce and seeks custody of their child indicating she ran off with another man in 1936 and traveled to Little Rock Arkansas
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Greensboro
W. H. Snider
High Point
Little Rock
Ark
Swiftsure Leads to Harbor as Sebago Joins Nearby Vessel
The Swiftsure bound from Corpus Christi to Boston was the sole ship in the vicinity until the Sebago soon joined it.
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Swiftsure
Corpus Christi
Boston
Officers Seize Truck Carrying 203 Cases of Whiskey
Police stopped a 1937 truck about 2 am and seized 4872 pints of whiskey from Calvert Wilkens Family Crab Orchard brands. The vehicle bore Kentucky license 1357 6 and Maryland certificate 189 997. Investigators traced the consignor to Baltimore with Lay disputing ownership. No certificate of registration for intrastate shipment was found. Lay’s counsel contested necessity of the certificate, noting the truck belonged to Lay and Christmas purchases.
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Calvert
Wilkens
Crab Orchard
Kentucky
Maryland
Davis
Baltimore
C. V. Lay
High Point
North Carolina
Lay
Lays
Greensboro
House to Vote on Farm Bill in December
The Senate defends cotton loan terms while Senator Byrnes and Wallace clash over subsidy figures. The House begins final farm bill amendments after three days of debate with a predicted week’s end vote, shaping prospects for housing legislation and a possible Senate filibuster on the anti-ching bill.
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Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Pope
Senate
McGill
Agriculture Committee
House
Three Special Terms Of Court For Guilford In 1938
Governor Hoey ordered three special criminal court terms for Guilford county early in 1938 and two for Mecklenburg county. Judge J Will Press Jr will preside over all Guilford terms and two weeks in Mecklenburg starting January 24. Judge Wilson Warlick will preside over one Mecklen burg week starting January 3. Guilford terms run January 3 for three weeks, February 14 for one week, and April 25 for one week.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Guilford County
Mecklenburg
J. Will Press, Jr
Guilford Courts
Wilson Warlick
Guilford
Traffic arrests for license, lights, reckless driving and more
Police report five traffic violations within 24 hours including no license improper lights reckless driving speeding and a traffic ordinance violation. The reminder urges drivers turning right at intersections to yield to pedestrians.
Prince Ernst Marries Actress Nora Gregor in Vienna Ceremony
Prince Ernst Von Tarhemberg and Nora Gregor wed in a private church ceremony atop Kahlenberg overlooking the Danube in Vienna. The former Austrian vice chancellor and the Viennese actress begin married life in a discreet setting.
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Vienna
Ernst von Tarhemberg
Austria
Nora Gregor
Kahlenberg
Danube
License plate sales steady at Carolina Motor Club
License plate sales at the Carolina Motor Club reached 325 for both truck and automobile plates with 193 city tags sold. The sale began Wednesday morning at 9 o clock with a steady line of buyers. The club office operates 9 to 4 Monday through Saturday until after the new year. January 1 requires plates on all vehicles, and truck owners are advised to come on Tuesday Thursday or Friday.
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Carolina Motor Club
Byerly
Club
Motor Vehicles Bureau
High Point Thomasville
Trinity
Archdale
Two New Members Added To College Board Of Trustees
High Point college added Mrs. C. F. Finch of Thomasville and Ernest Teague of Greensboro to its board at a called meeting. The board discussed enlarging the gymnasium to add 500 seats and financing from the Methodist Protestant Fellowship Crusade. Funds will be used to discharge college indebtedness.
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High Point College
C. F. Finch
Thomasville
Ernest Teague
Greensboro
Fellowship Crusade
Methodist Protestant Conference
Browder Postpones Talk To University
Marl Browder leader of the Communist party in America was prevented by influenza from speaking at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill tonight. Browder was asked to speak here later with December 9 suggested as the new date.
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Chapel Hill
Marl Browder
Communist Party In America
University of North Carolina
Browder
Ate
Japs Report Air Victory at Nanking
Japanese air victory at Nanking described as planes from a squadron countering Chinese takeoff attempts. Soviet-built fighters engaged. 10 shot down. Heavy bombers moved toward Nanking while infantry advanced toward Wuhu and Hangchow. Chinese counters claimed near Shanghai with towns Kwane teh and Kiangyin forts involved.
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Oskar P. Trautmann
China
Trautmann
Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Japan
Manila Tribune
H. H. Kung
Hankong
Kung
Hongkong
United States
Taiyin
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Hangchow
Chekiang Province
R. E. Brown
Ann Arbor
Mich
Panay
Shanghai
Kwaneteh
Anhwei
Kiangyin
Weather prospects for Carolinas near term cold and snow
Snow and rain expected along the coast this afternoon with colder air moving in tonight. Friday offers partly cloudy skies, continued cold, with south and central Carolina regions experiencing similar conditions and cool winds throughout the period.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Perfect Mediator Milwaukee
Pickets walked in front of Anthony Maglio non striking employee of a tanner company. Police said picketing legal and could not be stopped. Maglio contacted his doctor who spoke with the pickets and they dispersed. A stork hovered over the Maglio home.
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Milwaukee
Anthony Maglio
Maglio
Ghia Parelli Reveals Hat Inspired by Lamb Chop
Paris designer Elsa Ghiaparelli discloses that her latest hat creation is modeled after a lamb chop. She says she designs to amuse herself and that without such play she would die.
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New York
Mme
Elsa Ghiaparelli
Wage Increases for Greyhound Drivers End Strike
Nine Greyhound lines resumed service across 16 states after a federal conciliator brokered a one year agreement. Drivers receive wage increases but no closed shop, with a mileage raise for veteran star drivers to take effect July 1 1938. Damages totaling 300000 will be dismissed.
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Cleveland
Greyhound Bus Lines
Brotherhood of Railroad
John L. Conner
B. R. T. Commando
Ivan Bowen
Greyhound
Bowen
T. J. McGrath
McGrath
Brotherhood
Greyhound Lines
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