Half Acre in Eden Nears Big Night for Suburban Guild
Marcia Canfield and Bruce McDougall navigate personal entanglements as bank hijack injuries set stage for the amateur play. Dororthy Osborn sows doubt about Marcia s engagement while Lloyd Burtis, a New York producer, attends inciting talk of a promised surprise during the Stagecraft Guild performance. The cast rises to the challenge amid anticipation and backstage tension.
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Marcia Canfield
Philip Canfield
Bruce McDougall
Frank Kenrick
Marcia
Kendrick
McDougall
Dorothy Osborn
Canfield
Worothy
Eden
Mike
Joan Bradford
Stagecraft Guild
Bradford
Joan
Lloyd Burtis
New York
Reid Henderson
Burtis
Hendersons
Guild
Dorothy
Dorothy Osborn Triumphs on Broadway Offer Night
Grimly McDougall watches Marcia Canfield as Dorothy Osborn receives a Broadway chance after a standout amateur performance. Dorothy sobs with relief amid cheers from Mrs Henderson and the Osborn family, her humble start yielding triumph and humility.
English King Stand Sparks Mixed Public Reaction
Outside the royal palace crowds of elderly women chanted against bishops and Baldwin while dispersal by police followed. Reactions ranged from support for the king to criticism of his relationship with Mrs. Simpson, with ordinary citizens weighing in on faith, employment, and propriety.
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Royal Palace
Baldwin
King
Simpson
Mrs. Simpson
Church of England
Smithfield
Tourists Cabins Padlocked in Prostitution Crackdown
Civil action filed by High Point prosecutor seeks to close and auction furniture at W C Big Bill Ricks tourist cabins on the Thomasville road below Oak Hill after affidavits by city police and a deputy sheriff. Judge Warlick signed the restraining order. hearing set December 17. Teague previously ordered one year closure and fine for aiding prostitution.
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W. C. Johnson
W. B. Kiger
M. I. Ormand
Wilson Warlick
W. C
Big Bill) Ricks
Thomasville Road
Oak Hill
Guilford Superior Court
Police Department
Ricks
R. P. Waynick
High Point Municipal Court
State of
North Carolina
D. C
Warlick
Superior Court
Lexington
Lewis BE
Teague
Pope Pius XI Paralyzed After Morning Stroke
Vatican officials report Pope Pius XI suffered a morning stroke due to arteriosclerosis and high blood pressure. He remained resigned and in God’s hands, declining a bloodletting. No medical bulletins will be issued, and he canceled audiences and activities, spending his first day in bed as head of the church. Some prelates fear he may never walk again.
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Associated Press
Vatican
Older boys to elect officers here today
High Point hosts a youth conference with address topics on war modern methods of looking at war and the church to youth. Duke University dean H J Herring outlines college entrance requirements and personal traits for success. President William Horton presided. welcome by Charles Idol. response by George Douglas.
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High Point
R. F. Taylor
M. L. Patrick
High Point High School
Harry F. Comer
University of North Carolina
America
William Horton
Raleigh
Charles Idol
George Douglas
Rock Hill Oie
Mill to reopen Rockingham plant after remodel
Entwistle Cotton Mill No. 3 at Roberdel will reopen January 15 after extensive remodeling. The plant will employ about 300 workers.
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Rockingham
Entwistle
Roberdel
Grain Opening Chicago Delivers Mixed Wheat and Corn Moves
Chicago wheat futures opened slightly lower on December contracts amid sleet and rain in crop regions. December futures traded around 1.24 5-8 to 1.25-. May 1.20 1/2 to 1.23-4. Corn opened unchanged to 1-4 lower with December near 1.07 6-8 to 1.04-4 and May around 1.02 3-4 before a broad slide.
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New York
Steene
Nea Euevenges Ce
New Orleans
Bere Eens
Chicago
Lutheran Church to be Dedicated Sunday Morning
Emmanuel Lutheran church will be dedicated Sunday at 11 o clock with a dedicatory sermon by Rev. Jacob L. Morgan of Salinsbury and dedicatory rite by Rev. F L Conrad. An afternoon service at 2 30 will feature greetings from Mayor Dr C B Grayson and local ministers. New members will be received at the morning service and a baptismal service for children at 1 30.
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Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Jacob L. Morgan
D. D
Salinsbury
North Carolina Lutheran Synod
F. L. Conrad
C. 8. Grayson
T. A. Sykes
Ministers’ Association
Frank P. Cauble
Rowan County
C. BE. Frits
Greensboro
S. W. Hahn
Winston-Salem
Tannhauser
Wolcott
Conrad Sermon
J. L. Morgan
Ye the
Lord
Adama
County Officers To Take Office Monday
Davidson county voters elected county officials who will be sworn in on Monday December 7 at Lexington. W B May becomes county commissioner Marion Phillips is register of deeds Belvin W Stone will be chief deputy to new sheriff Raymond Bowers. Local ceremonies follow a state wide radio program led by incoming governor Clyde R Hoey.
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PECL
Thomasville
Davidson County
W. B. May
Marion Phillips
Register of Deeds
Belvin W. Stone
Raymond Bowers
Lexington
Clyde R. Hoey
Fierce aerial attack rips Madrid city center
Federated reports say government warplanes clashed with insurgent ships over Madrid near the model prison and Rosales sector. Bombs hit Zurbano street and Bravo Murillo area causing extensive destruction. Officials count 19 buildings razed and many civilians killed as fires spread from six incendiary strikes.
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Rosales
Zurbano
Bravo Murillo
Eloy Gonzalo
Donoso Cortes Gusmaniel Bueno
Arguilles
Hospicio
Junti
Fitzpatrick Heads Van Sweringen Lines
Herbert Fitzpatrick, 64, an attorney, presided at a private luncheon table in the Terminal building as president of Mid-America corporation, succeeding the late C. P. Van Sweringen who died last week.
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Cleveland
Herbert Fitzpatrick
van Sweringen
C. P. van Sweringen
Fitzpatrick
Mid-America Corporation
Little Change In Stock Quotations
New York December 5 stocks edged up on scattered gains from fractions to a point. Leaders such as steels motors rails and utilities fluctuated with light selling reducing some issues while others advanced slightly in today’s market.
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New York
Boycott Ends as French Dockworkers End Sympathy Action
Havre France December 5 The French dockworkers boycott of American ships ended this morning after their sympathy action with striking American seamen.
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Havre
France
Boyscott
Hull Proposes Eight Point Peace Program
Former Secretary of State Cordell Hull outlines an eight point plan for a persistent Americas driven by education, dialogue, and international cooperation to sustain peace. He urges joint neutrality, lowered trade barriers, strengthened international law, and strict observance of treaties to prevent global anarchy.
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HULL
Americas
Evryone
Officers Find 80 Gallons Whiskey Near Guilford College
Deputies C L Gray and W L Wireless raided Charlie Adams home half a mile from Guilford College station and seized 80 gallons of blockade liquor stored in 16 boxes. Adams claimed no ownership and said a white man paid him $5 per load for storage space. Federal authorities took custody of the case.
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Guilford College Station
C. L. Gray
W. L. Wireless
Greensboro
Negro Searched After Attack on 16 Year Old in Car
Police in Winston-Salem hunt a Black man described as armed after a 16 year old girl said she was assaulted in a car last night near her home. Her boyfriend and another couple were with her when the suspect forced the party to drive into the country and assaulted her.
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Winston-Salem
Chicago Produce Prices Steady as Bee and Butter Markets
Chicago December 6 butter prices unchanged at 7,646 while bees trade at 3,961 and market values show no change. Officials report stable quotes across dairy and apiary commodities with no movements from prior figures.
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Chicago
Butler
Obituary: Mrs Lucy Dowdy White of West Green Street
Mrs Lucy Dowdy White wife of R F White and mother of D A Dowdy died at 11 last night after years of declining health. Born December 28 185 in Moore County she lived in this city since 19 20 and remarried F W White in 1936. Surviving are four sons George R Dowdy and others, a brother George Kennedy and several grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at 2 30 at Pilgrim Holiness Church with interment in Memorial Park.
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West Green Street
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D. A. Dowdy
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David
Amy Man Kennedy
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M. T. Dowdy
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G. R. Dowdy
Ville
George Nedy
Moore County
Nancy Spivey
Elizabeth Dunn
Luck
Moore Cow
Tran Union Baptist Church
Dolph County
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O. L. Ruth
J. Ison
First 1St Protestant
Memorial Park
Hall I J Hall dies at 78 in Cumberland County
L J Hall age 78 of Cum county died at home. Funeral from residence Cedar Creek Cumberland County at 2 pm conducted by Lanier. Interment Baptist church. He was lifelong resident beloved by friends and leaves five sons and several daughters and many grandchildren.
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I. J. Hall
Cum County
J. S. Hall
Cedar Creek
Cumberland County
Svernoon
Lanier
Baptist Church
Berland County
Hall
J.oey
Ralph Hall
Seville
J. S. and
High Point
J. Lh Autry
A N. C
A. H. Aud
Strikers to Protest at Detroit Plant Amid Wage Disputes
Strikers to protest at a Detroit steel products plant during a week of action. A Midland peace plan called for wage adjustments and stoppage of a piece item. A Libby Owens Ford glass workers committee met with Libby Owens Ford Glass officials over a 1300 Ottawa Illinois strike with no progress. Pittsburgh Glass Company also faced a 6000 worker strike with undisclosed salt terms.
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Land Steel Products
Detroit
Midland
Diate
Corporation
Ford Company
Libby-Owens-Ford Glass
Ottawa
Ill
Pittsbur Glass Company
Three Injured In Auto Trucker Crash Near City Limits
Edward Beeson of the city was fatally hurt about 6 30 oclock when a truck and an automobile collided head on on Kivett Drive one and one half miles city limits. Lambeth Mrs Hen and Haiti Agner occupied the automobile and were also slightly hurt. Vehicles badly damaged.
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Edward Beeson
Kivett
EK. Lambeth
Hen
Haiti Agner
Traffic Fatal in Durham Death of Marion Man in Sweden
Traffic accident Thursday leaves Nelson of Marion South Carolina a fatality in Durham. Authorities report he died from injuries sustained in the collision as he was involved in the crash while traveling through the area.
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Durham
Nelson
Marion
Sweden
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