Weather update for North and South Carolina coastal regions
Cloudy with chance of light snow or freezing interior and rain on the coast tonight and Friday. Slightly warmer in east and central portions tonight, colder Thursday. South Carolina sees rain and possible sleet or snow in the northwest, warmer in far northwest, with colder Thursday night and interior. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville turn from southwest to north with partial to overcast skies and possible rain Thursday.
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Jacksonville
Shoe Firm May Locate In High Point
The Carolina Shoe Company is negotiating with local real estate firms to establish a store in High Point. A site is eyed in the 100 block of South Main Street but no lease is confirmed. Officials expect a definite decision within days.
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Carolina
Lotte Retail Chain
High Point
Com
South Main Street
Airplane output in first nine months of 1937 falls 26 percent
The Air Commerce Bureau reported that aircraft manufacturers produced 2,757 airplanes in the first nine months of 1937, down 26 percent from the same period in 1936.
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Washington
Air Commerce Bureau
North Carolina pastors to hold school at Duke in June
The North Carolina pastors school will meet at Duke University in Durham during the week of June 6. The event is run by the two Carolina conferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and Duke University.
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North Carolina Pastors
Duke University
Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Firemen respond to four alarms including fatal blaze
A busy overnight for fire crews from 11:58 p m to 6 am with four alarms. At 820 Hoover Street Raymond Evans, a store operator, died in a fire that destroyed most of the one story building. A defective sprinkler caused damage to Leona Dillon’s home on Momestead Avenue. Station 6 fought a woods fire near Vail Street at 12 10 this morning.
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Hoover Street
Raymond Evans
Raeford Kingsberry
Iremen
High Point Overall Company
Leona Dillon
Momestead Avenue
Vail Street
Labor and industry split over Dupont stabilization plan
Congressional leaders and economists weigh Dupont's proposal to stabilize tax law amid calls for cooperation. Doughton backs stabilizing taxes to prevent undue burdens. Norris forgoes government help. Labor leader Gillers says cooperation possible if Dupont meets halfway. economists Friday Ayres Strawn call for practical financing and use of existing resources.
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Doughton
Norris
Ind-Neb
Dupont
Jiabor
Thomas G. Gillers
Pittsburgh
Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers
David Friday
Washington
Col
Leonard P. Ayres
Cleveland Trust Company
United States Chamber of Commerce
Silas H. Strawn
Chicago
Leaders forecast approval of crop control this week
Senate leaders warned a move to send the bill back to committee remains the main obstacle though they say a 16 to 20 vote margin could defeat such a motion. Critics question that tally as they note only page 18 of a 97 page bill has been reviewed. House leaders push toward completion despite scale back on amendments.
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House
Debate over Farm Bills and Wage Hour Plans Faces Deadlock
The Senate and House must resolve major differences on farm legislation and wage hour proposals. Southern senators oppose House Labor Committee plans to place the measure under the Labor Department, while the Senate favors an independent five member board. Committees work on housing tax revision and a merchant marine program, with only housing likely to be considered this special session.
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House
White House
House Labor Committee
Labor Department
Thomas
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Record Cotton Crop Forecast and Per Acre Yield Hit
The Agriculture Department reports a record forecast for cotton with a per acre yield of 264.6 pounds on 33,930,000 acres, surpassing last year. North Carolina yields are estimated at 336 pounds producing about 775,000 bales, while Census data show 16,178,042 running bales ginned by Dec 1, 1937, up from 9,356,921 in 1935 and 11,493,140 in 1936.
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Census Bureau
Agriculture Department
North Carolina
Tobacco Sales Of East Tennessee Bring Good Price
Tobacco sales in East Tennessee's Burley Belt reached full pace with markets in Knoxville Morristown Johnson City and New Tazewell. Greeneville's first day yielded 496694 pounds at 24.900 per hundred and total sales hit 12867869 dollars as warehouses quickly reloaded under market supervisor A L Sharp.
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Tenn
Tennessee
Morristown
Johnson City
New Tazewell
Greeveville
Greeneville
A. L. Sharp
Bishop Hughes Frames The Kingdom Gift Sermon At Wesley Memorial
Bishop Edwin H. Hughes preached on The Gift of the Kingdom from Luke 12 32 at Wesley Memorial church He framed the message as outdoors indoors and cited Helen Keller Anne Sullivan Macey and historical figures like Albert and Calvin Coolidge to illustrate preparation and inward kingdom values He urged city officials to make High Point a decent place to live by faithfulness to duty and to glorify the city for the kingdom.
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Wesley Memorial Church
Edwin H. Hughes
Helen Keller
Anne Sullivan Macey
Albert
Great Britain
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Prayer Limited Bishop Speaks on Spiritual Forgery
Yesterday morning the Bishop warned against spiritual forgery. He contrasted selfish prayer for material gains with true prayer, urging believers to seek grace rather than worldly favors. Mini sterial students from High Point College attended, and transport was offered to all who could not provide their own.
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Bigelow
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High Poin College
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High Point College
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South’s Deep Freeze Rides In With Snow and Frost
A new cold wave hits the South with 14 below readings reported, warming to six above. Asheville sees 16 as interior North Carolina and northwest South Carolina face light snow or sleet. coast rain. Forecasters warn of more cold in NC and SC with minor crop risk and potential boll weevil relief. Snow spans Buffalo, western Massachusetts, upper New York, and Ohio Valley flurries follow.
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N. C
North Carolina
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Massachusetts
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New York City
Pennsylvania
Florida
Weather Bureau
Texas
Rocky Mountains
Creat Plains
Colorado
Kansas
Mississipp Valley
Farmer Killed Near Yanceyville as He Walked Highway
Price T. McDaniel, 64, a farmer from near Yanceyville, died in a Danville Virginia hospital after being struck by a car while walking along a highway near his home. The incident occurred near Reidsville on December 8.
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Price T. McDaniel
Yanceyville
Danville
Missing car found after erroneous move to garage
D B Thomas reported his car missing from Trinity road Sunday. He said it was found at a garage in Thomasville, taken there by error and should have gone to a High Point garage. Also, F N Tate was omitted from the board list at the Southern Furniture Exposition stockholders meeting.
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Trinity Road
Thomasvile
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F. N. Tate
Southern Furniture Exposition
Officer Bowlin cleared in shooting of William Connor
Charlotte police officer L W Bowlin returned to duty after a grand jury refused to indict him for the fatal Nov 13 shooting of William Connor a Black man. Solicitor Carpenter had presented three indictments but all were rejected. Bowlin will receive back pay for suspension and had been held on a $2000 bond. Bowlin said the gun discharged accidentally as he tripped while pursuing Connor who was fleeing a police car.
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L. W. Bowlin
Charlotte Force
William Connor
John G. Carpenter
BE. D. Pittman
Bowlin
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Daring Hold Up Staged in Midtown Manhattan
In New York City the Grand Central district saw three robbers, two armed, seize $825 from Ohio Finance Co. staff on Forty second Street off Fifth Avenue. They posed as borrowers and imprisoned a woman cashier and an assistant manager in a closet before escaping as detectives arrived.
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Grand Central District
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Ohio Finance Co
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Fifth Avenue
U S and others may mediate war in China
Reports from Hankow say German ambassador Oskar Trautmann seeks terms from Chinese leaders to end the conflict. China insists on initiative and notes no current peace plan from Japan while discussions explore autonomous Chinese groups and possible talks with central authorities.
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Inner Mongolia
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Tientsin
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Japan
Fousher Resigns in Raleigh to Join Oil Firm
W H Foushee assistant highway engineer in the sixth division resigns to take a job with an oil company. He will be succeeded by T J McKim in Raleigh on December 8.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. H. Foushee
T. J. McKim
How to Take Campfire Photographs at Night
The article explains using photoflash lamps for night campfire pictures. Position people close to the fire, use side lighting to avoid lens flare, and prevent decapitation effects by ensuring full view in the finder. Do not overbrighten. use tripod, set stop 7.8, and close shutter after flash. John Van Guilder.
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Washington Irving
Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane
John van Guilder
Treasury hints premium silver price to stay next year
Washington December 8 Treasury hints payment for newly mined domestic silver will stay at a premium. A presidential proclamation will fix next year’s price currently around 77.57 cents an ounce, above world price. Morgenthau said he does not know the 1934 act may apply and the Treasury continues buying world silver at 34 cents despite a drop to 41.44 cents in London.
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Treasury
Far West
Morgenthau
London
Gambling Case Delayed in South Carolina Trial
In Greenville on December 8, prosecutors denied a continuance for a second gambling conspiracy trial against Rep. Lewis G. Prince and J. Francis Drake due to a key witness absence. The state sought a postponement to compel the Florida-based James R. Bush to testify, while defense counsel opposed the delay.
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Greenville
D. C
Lewis G. Prince
J. Francis Drake
James R. Bush
Florida
Weather Foils Search For Philippine Missing Fliers
Fog rain and wind hindered a search for three Philippine army officers missing after their transport plane disappeared in a typhoon. Maj Gen Paulino Santos, Lieut William Lee, and Col Fidel Segundo were reported missing while Lieuts Guillermo Francisco and Manuel Olympia sent word they were safe after a forced landing near Infanta Tayabas Province, about 50 miles east of Manila.
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William Lee
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Philippine Army Intelligence Corps
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Manuel Olympia
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Sheriff Frees Suspect in Asheville Rum Runner Slaying
Cline Carson, one of three men questioned in the alleged slaying of Asheville rum runner Joe Spann, was released by Sheriff Laurence E. Brown. John S Layne remains jailed in Asheville and Annual Wheeler is held at Edgefield, S. C. A skeleton believed to be Spann’s was found near Edgefield.
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Joe Spann
Laurence E. Brown
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Layne
Edgefield
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Sheriff Names Flem as Slayer in Liquor Robbery Case
Last week Sheriff Brown said Layne told officers he and Wheeler and a man named Flem hijacked a liquor load he was hauling. Layne named Flem as the actual slayer.
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Layne
Wheeler
Flem
North Carolinians Warned About Illegal Christmas Decorations
State Forester J S Holmes warns it is illegal to gather Christmas decorations within 100 yards of a highway without owner consent. He notes growing conservation and less landscape damage, urging careful harvesting to avoid injuring evergreens and shrubs.
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Raleigh
J. S. Holmes
Holmes
Bandit Walks Away After Failed Stick Up in Huntington
In Huntington Indiana Albert Kindler a filling station attendant recounted a comic hold up attempt where the bandit shouted this is a stick up but Kindler laughed at him. After brandishing a gun the would be robber left without firing a shot.
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Huntington
Ind
Albert Kindler
Kindler
Kennedy urges mediation board for maritime labor disputes
In Washington on December 8 Joseph P. Kennedy chairman of the maritime commission urged a senate committee to create a mediation labor service for shipping and to liberalize subsidies under the Merchant Marine Act. He cited the replacement problem and labor issues after eight months of act operation and asked Congress to pattern arbitration after the railway labor act. Maritime union leaders opposed the plan as Bland noted he would not block Col. Lindbergh from testifying if he chooses.
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Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
Senate
Kennedy
Congress
Bland
D-Va
Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
House
Merchant Marine Committee
Col. Lindbergh
Foreigners Ordered Out of Nanking as War Looms
Japanese forces warned insiders that foreigners and Chinese in Nanking must evacuate the refugee district. United States Consul General Clarence E. Gauss relayed the warning to American diplomats in Nanking and Washington. Seventeen Americans were in the city as Japanese called the area a single fortification and refused safety assurances.
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Nanking
Americans in Nanking prepare escape over 40 foot wall
The 18 Americans left in Nanking can escape Japanese attack by sliding down a 40 foot river side wall with ropes supplied by the American embassy. The Panay stays nearby to evacuate willing Americans, and insiders report access from inside to the top of the wall.
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Washington
Nanking
State Department
Panay
Auction opens on Asheville burley market in 1937-38 season
Tobacco auction sales began on the Asheville burley market with warehousemen estimating about 600000 pounds on the floors awaiting bids from buyers as the 1937-38 season opens.
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Tae Asheville
Asheville Burley
Osa Johnson Sues for Damages Over Explorer Martin Johnson Death
Mrs. Osa Johnson sues Western Air Express and United Airports Co of California for 502,539 dollars in damages after the death of her husband explorer Martin Johnson in an airplane crash near Saugus California yesterday.
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Los Angeles
Western Air Express
United Airports Co. of
California
Martin Johnson
Explorer
Saugus
Calif
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