Local Weather Outlook With Rain and Cold Fronts
North Carolina shows mostly cloudy skies and cooler temperatures with light rain on the north coast tonight. Sunday brings partly cloudy and colder conditions. South Carolina remains unsettled with similar rain and cold spell. Georgia expects generally fair but colder weather through the weekend. Winds from the southwest shifting to northwest in Hatteras to Jacksonville area. Virginia and coastal zones face cloudy and colder conditions with occasional light rain tonight and Sunday. Sandy Hook to Hatters winds rise to west and northwest, overcast nights with possible light rain.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Inds Hatteras
Jacksonville
Vinginia
Sandy Hook
Hatteras
Unday
FDR Urges Moral Embargo On Civilians Bombings
President Roosevelt pressed for a moral embargo against bombing civilians and noted Finland's response to his appeal. Officials recalled the embargo being tied to June actions and suggested it may apply to any aggressor, with possible allowances for defensive use of aircraft.
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Finland
Japan
China
Fair not to reopen San Francisco 1940 World’s Fair
Plans to reopen the 1939 World’s Fair in San Francisco were abandoned by the organizing body. It is reported that the project will not proceed and that demolition could begin within a week, signaling an end to the stalled plans.
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San Francisco
Notice of Sale in Snow Park High Point NC 1939
By order of a Guilford County Superior Court judgment the commissioner will sell at public auction in High Point on December 30 1939 at 2 o clock P M the parcel known as Lot 1 Block 1 Snow Park described in Plat Book 2 Page 98 and Book 879 Page 222 Guilford County The lot fronts Park Street 50 feet and is 185 feet deep sale cash on confirmation deposit of 5 percent or bond with approved security The notice dated November 29 1939 signed by C Grubb Commissioner and HI Parsons Attorney.
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Superior Court
Guilford County
J. C. Grubb
Ambrose Grubb
Doctor Grubb
High Point
North Carolina
Snow Park
Office of Register of Deeds
Park Street
C. Grubb
HI Parsons
Opening License Sale Sets Record in Raleigh
Twelve hundred pairs of 1949 automobile license tags were sold in Raleigh on opening day setting a city record. The motor vehicle bureau also sells plates at Winston Salem with the Carolina Motor Club handling sales at branch offices in fifty other cities.
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Raleigh
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Winston-Salem
The
Carolina Motor Club
Russia denies bombing towns and civilians in Finland
Tass reports the Supreme Soviet accepted a Kuusinen request to establish diplomatic ties with a provisional Finnish government that claims to reorganize on a Soviet pattern. The statement attacks Cajander and Ryti governments, condemns Finnish rulers, and calls for Soviet aid to form the first Finnish army corps with Red troops as support.
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Tass
Supreme Soviet
Kuusinen
Moscow
Helsinki
Russia
Finland
Aimo K
Red
Soviet Union
Government of
War Provocateurs
Davidson students collect match covers for Seeing Eye dog
Sam Spencer president urged Davidson College to gather used penny match folders for a blind boy in Rocky Mount North Carolina. The boy, son of a Spanish American War veteran, needs one million covers before Christmas to qualify for a Seeing Eye dog from a national company. Campus boxes have yielded over three thousand covers in two weeks.
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Davidson
Sam Spencer
Carolinas
Rocky Mount
N. C
D. S. Gurley Dies After Fall Injuries at 85
D S Gurley 85 died at 9 15 this morning in a local hospital from injuries suffered in a fall weeks earlier. He lived at Grace Apartments and is survived by his widow and one son Dr Hubert Gurley of Baltimore. A long time Mason and Royal Arch Mason, he had coached in Masonic degrees before illness. Funeral plans were not yet set.
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D. S. Gurley
Gurley
Grace Apartments
Hubert Gurley
Baltimore
Masonic Lodge
J. M. Fowler Rites Planned Here After Ohio Accident
J M Fowler 49 longtime resident died in Cleveland after being struck by a car on a Saturday in November. He married Lizzie Dennis in 1914 and later Maude Amos of Newton survives him with three sons Wayne Raymond Odell and two daughters Lucille Louise. The body returns to town for funeral services at Koonce Funeral Home and burial in Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Cemetery.
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J. M. Fowler
Cleveland
Ohio
Mr. Fowler
South Carolina
Lizzie Dennis
Maude Amos
Newton
Wayne Fowler
Jamestown
Raymond
Odell Fowler
Lucille
Louise Fowler
Methodist
Winston-Salem
C. E. Fowler
Koonce Funeral Home
Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Cemetery
Average Army Recruit Tops Average Army Recruit Tops
Washington officials describe Private Joe Recruit 1939-40 model as a 21 year old native born recruit with a small town background. He has high school education some mechanical or clerical training and sports interest. He weighs 145 pounds and will gain with military drill and ration.
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Washington
Army
War Department
Joe Recruit
Daladier Enforces New Demobilization Policy
Daladier told the Chamber of Deputies France is ready to reply in kind if Germany bombs French towns. He said anti government acts by French Communists would be dealt with summarily.
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Chamber of Deputies
France
Germany
Distiller Joseph Dant Dies at 89 in Kentucky
Joseph Bernard Dant, 89, longtime Kentucky distiller with a 70 year career, died at his home after a two week bout with a heart ailment. He was a prominent figure in the Kentucky spirits industry.
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Louisville
Dee
Joseph Bernard Dant
Kentucky
Two Convicted In Murder Case
Edward Duckett and William Doyle Duckett, first cousins, were convicted of second degree murder in the death of William Ledford, a 64 year old Spring Creek farmer. Each was sentenced to 30 years in State Prison. Ledford was found bound and gagged in his bed after reportedly keeping large sums of money. The Ducketts admitted the killing after arrest near Knoxville.
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Marshall
Edward Duckett
William Doyle Duckett
William Ledford
Spring Creek
Superior Court
J. A. Rousseau
Ledford
Ducketts
Knoxville
Tenn
Guy English
Highway Patrolman Dies in Fayetteville Crash
State Patrolman H. T. Timberlake 31 of Youngsville died from injuries after an automobile collision on the Dunn Fayetteville highway. Passenger M L Burnett of Dunn was killed instantly in the same crash officials said.
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Fayetteville
H. T. Timberlake
Youngsville
Dunn-Fayetteville
M. L. Burnett
Dunn
Timberlake
Housing chiefs to meet in Columbia on Monday
Nathan Straus Federal Housing administrator will attend a round table conference with housing authority officials from North and South Carolina in Columbia on Monday December 2 as part of national housing policy discussions.
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Columbia
8. C
Nathan Straus
Housing Authority
North Carolina
South Carolina
Weather Outlook for Week Across South Atlantic States
Fair in the South Atlantic states with rising temperatures early. Showers and cooler air move into the northern portion around midweek. A second round of showers follows with cold air toward the end of the week.
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South Atlantic
Evangelism Conferences Set for Concord Presbytery
The Concord presbytery of the Presbyterian Church will hold two evangelism conferences Tuesday night. one at Barnum Springs and the other at Morganton.
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Concord
Concord Presbytery
The
Presbyterian Church
Barnum Springs
Morganton
Greensboro Man Dies After Fall From Car
Luther Goble age 48 died at a Greensboro hospital where he had been unconscious since an October 13 automobile fall. He passed away yesterday at the hospital, ending a lingering medical condition following the crash.
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Greensboro
Luther Goble
Man Cuts Off His Hand After Bible Message
In Charleston West Virginia Elbert Snyder 24 displayed his mangled right arm stump to visitors saying he severed the hand because it offended his body He claimed a prayer led him to act and rushed outside with an ax removing his hand before reporting to neighbors and seeking hospital care.
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Charleston
W. Va
Elbert Snyder
Snyder
Deer Walks Into Carbed Road As Passenger
Asheville December 2 J E Brower a Negro minister reported a 110 pound buck deer stepped into his path on the highway near Hendersonville It walked into the headlights and Brower drove it to Asheville where game wardens said the deer cannot be kept and should be taken to a park Brower appeared satisfied with the decision
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Asheville
J. E. Brower
Hendersonville
Brower
New York Dedicates New International Air Hub
A giant TWA liner from Chicago landed at North Beach's new $40 million international air hub at 12:01 a m. Mayor La Guardia and 3,000 attendees greeted Miss Arline Blackburn and other passengers as officials opened the municipal airport.
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New York
TWA
Chicago
North Beach
University dean Royal N. Chapman dies at 50
Dr. Royal N. Chapman, newly serving as dean of the University of Minnesota Graduate School since July, died of pneumonia in Minneapolis at age 50.
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Minnesota
Minneapolis
Royal N. Chapman
Graduate School
University of Minnesota
Cotton Council Meeting Set To Promote Cotton Use
W Q Goodnight, chairman of Cabarrus County group of the National Cotton Council, has called a meeting for Monday at 2 p m of all interested in promoting the use of cotton.
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Cotton Council
Concord
W. QO. Goodnight
Cabarrus County
National Cotton Council
Conference in Greensboro planned for state convention
Winston Salem dispatch reports E L Sandefur Carolina director of CIO says a conference will be held tomorrow in Greensboro to discuss plans for the state convention February 2 3.
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Winston
Salem
E. L. Sandefur
Carolinas
1. O
Greensboro
Movie Showings at Local Theatres Tonight
Center features Day Time Wife with Tyrone Power and Linda Darnell plus others at 1:15 and every two hours through 9:39. Brighthurst offers Jeepers Creepers with Roy Rogers and Weaver Bros. at 12:45 to 9:30. Paramount stages showings at 2:31 and 9:18. Imperial Hawaiians screens Behind Prison Gates with Bria Donlevy at listed times. Carolina presents They Made Me a Criminal with Joan Garfield and Claude Rains at 1:30 to 9:30. Rialto runs Overland Mail with Jack Randall at 11:45 to 9:45.
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Tyrone Power
Linda Darnell
Warren William
Binnie Barnes
Wendy Barrie
Joan Davis
Broadhurst
Roy Rogers
Weaver Bros
Elviry
Paramount
Bria Donlevy
Carolina
Joan Garfield
Ann Sheridan
Claude Rains
Finland Fights On as War Rages in Helsinki
Finland's government and Field Marshal Mannerheim urged unity as Russia bombed Helsinki. Fires, wreckage, and missing students from the Helsinki Institute of Technology mark the attack. Refugees jam roads and stations as a new automatic rifle debuts on the eastern front and casualties mount.
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Mannerheim
Finland
Russia
Helsinki
Arctic port returned to defending army after night action
Russian forces were driven from a key Arctic port as Finnish troops, ordered to hold until 3 a.m., withdrew across the frontier. Finnish aircraft aided the infantry after an all night march and a surprise attack on Russians at Petsmo. Russian losses were believed heavy.
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Reuters
Petsmo
Morale High But Equipment Is Second Rate
Washington dispatch analyzes Soviet military strength amid Finland conflict. It notes the Red Army dwarfs rivals in manpower with about 2 million under arms, claims 3 000 to 5 000 tanks, and nearly 8 000 planes, while rating morale as good but equipment largely second rate by Western standards.
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Washington
Finland
Russia
Red Army
Stalin
Germany
France
Great Britain
Poland
Red
Far East
United State Army
Command and General Staff School
China
Italy
United States
Thomasville Library Loans 6143 Books in November
The Thomasville Library reports a total circulation of 6143 for November. Adult borrowers accounted for 2971 loans and juveniles for 3172. Of the total, 5869 items were books while the remainder were non book material.
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Thomasville Library
Thomasville
Elmina Hearne Surratt
Chicago Produce Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market brief notes butter receipts at 561,676 unsettled with prices unchanged. Eggs listed at 2,927 with steady demand and unchanged prices.
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Chicago
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