Cotton crop output totals 11,792 000 bales for year
The Agriculture Department reports this year's cotton crop at 41,792,000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight with lint yield of 235.9 pounds per acre. Forecasts had given 11,845,000 bales. state gains and declines are broken out for Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia with harvest projections and abandonment rates noted.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Census Bureau
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Light Fines Meted Out In Thomasville
Thomasville December 9. Kiser Pope of Thomasville was convicted of drunken driving in the recorder s court by Judge C W Gilliam and ordered to pay a 50 dollar fine plus costs and had his license revoked for 12 months. Hubert Sheehan was convicted of speeding and taxed with one third the court cost. Joe McRae received a 30 day sentence on a drunkenness charge and a previously suspended 12 month sentence on an assault charge was ordered into effect. Hubert C Bray was taxed with court costs on a reckless driving charge. Lacy Brower route 2 was taxed with court costs on a reckless driving charge.
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Thomasville
Kiser Pope
Hubert C. Bray
Lacy Brower
Route 2
Band Instructor Planning New Junior Organizations
Thomasville learns that E. D. Danfelt, new band master for Thomasville and Asheboro, plans to organize a junior beginner band in Thomasville within days. He aims to gather five to six year olds into a sizeable group, reflecting strong local support for early music education.
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Thomasville
E. D. Danfelt
Asheboro
Danfelt
Church Groups Hold Meetings In Randleman
The Willing Workers Class of Mt Lebanon Methodist Church met with Mrs. Cletis Harden. a Christmas story and Bible questions were shared as plans and devotionals were led by members. The Faithful Workers class of First Baptist met at Mrs. T. E. Alfred's home with prayer and a program on prayer.
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Randleman
Mt. Lebanon Methodist Church
Cletis Harden
Rozelle Smith
J. R. Anderson
J. R. Brown
J. P. Snyder
Rozell
First Baptist Church
T. E. Alfred
Homer Loflin
W.S. Farlow
Kidogo M Kubwa to Return to East Africa Mission
OSO Johnson the widow of Martin Johnson announces plans to return to East Africa in March to film vanishing species and tribal life on the Kenya Ethiopia frontier. She will travel with equipment to capture wildlife during the rainy season.
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New York
Kidogo M'Kubwa
Big
East Africa
Oso Johnson
Martin Johnson
Martin
Kenya-Ethiopia
Local Weather Outlook for Carolina Regions
North Carolina sees fair to partly overcast skies with rising temperatures into tonight and Sunday. South Carolina reports fair conditions with warmer interior. Sunday turns partly cloudy and slightly warmer.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Emmanuel Baptist Church Services Highlight Kings of Harmony Program
Sunday School at 10 a m and morning worship at 11 receive parishioners. A musical program by the Kings of Harmony quartet is scheduled for 3 p m in the afternoon.
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Emmanuel Baptist Church
Kings of Harmony Quartet
Andersons entertain in honor of daughter Eve lyn birthday
Mr and Mrs John Anderson hosted a birthday gathering at 211 Vall Street on Wednesday evening. A games period preceded a refreshment repast for a group of young guests including Annie Laurie Gannaway Annis Moffitt Francis Rochelle Mable McCloud and Mary A Gabriel plus Orlando Ross James Roundtree Fred Dixon Leroy Williams Edward Lee Williams Lee Maley Odell Moose Thurman Beck Walter Slages John Anthony Thomas Fussello Warren Mc Cauley Willis Saunders James Woodruff Walter Gill and Harold Cruse.
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Evelyn
John Anderson
Vall Street
Annie Laurie Gannaway
Annis Moffitt
Francis Rochelle
Mable McCloud
Mary A. Gabriel
Melon Legrand
Merriam Melton
Orlando Ross
James Roundtree
Fred Dixon
Leroy Williams
Edward Lee Williams
Lee Maley
Odell Moose
Thurman Beck
Walter Slages
John Anthony
Thomas Fussello
Warren McCauley
Willis Saunders
James Woodruff
Walter Gill
Harold Cruse
Nativity Christmas Pageant At William Penn High
The William Penn High School music department presents the Nativity Christmas pageant in the school auditorium Sunday afternoon December 17. It is directed by Mrs Grayce W Yokely, supervisor of music in local Negro schools.
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William Penn High School
Grayce W. Yokely
Death notices: William T Owens of Thomasville
William T Owens 63 native of Indiana died in Morganton hospital after a lengthy illness. Born November 21 1876 in Boone County Indiana he is survived by his mother wife Fairy Etta Dean Owens daughter Mrs Jess Murphy brother Charles Owens sister Mrs Etta Evans and three grandchildren. Funeral at 2 30 Sunday at home with Rev Van Harrison and Rev John Cline presiding. Burial in Unity Chapel cemetery.
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Thomasville
William Tilden Owens
Indiana
Morganton
Owens
Boone County
Stephens Owens
Fairy Etta Dean Owens
Jess Murphy
Charles Owens
Etta Evans
van Harrison
Unity Chapel Church
John Cline
Unity Chapel
Second Crop of Pears Found on Tree Here
Local resident F. W. Miller of 1719 King Street reports a large twig loaded with well developed pears, noting this as the second crop of the year appearing on the same tree amid unusually wintry weather and a joking reference to a “Phoney Winter.”
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Europe
F. W. Miller
King Street
Romania Faces Multiple Threats From Neighbors
The article details Romania under King Carol facing risks from Russia Germany Hungary and Bulgaria as it sits exposed to invasion. It notes Romania's strengthened army of about half a million and a recent arms push from Skoda munitions amid a shifting European balance.
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Associated Press
Dewitt MacKenzie
Russia
Finland
Romania
Carol
England
France
Poland
Balkan
Germany
Bessarabia
Rumania
Hungary
Transylvania
Bulgaria
Dobruja
Ber
Black Sea
Danube
Skoda
Sweden Extends Mine Fields to Gulf of Bothnia Waters
Sweden widened its mine fields to waters off Oregrun eighty miles north of Stockholm to require foreign vessels to use Swedish pilots when passing the Aland Islands channel. The move aims to protect neutrality amid Finnish Russian war tensions and German mine activity near Swedish waters. Talks on a national government and Finland policy also continued with disagreements over Sandler's retention and stronger Finland stance.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Oregrun
Aland Islands
Gulf of Bothnia
Arlands
Alands
Germany
Berlin
Finland
Richard J. Sandler
Leaf Prices Hit $69 Per Hundred At Winston Market
The Winston-Salem tobacco market averaged $14 per hundred yesterday with some lots fetching as high as $69. About 1.1 million pounds were sold as all houses cleared their floors. The market closes for Christmas next Saturday and resumes January 8.
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Winston
Winston-Salem
Davidson Tax Listers Named for Thomasville Township
Davidson County commissioners named tax listers for Thomasville township. Frank Hepler and Mrs. Helen Burton will begin listings January 2 at the city hall. Other townships in the county include Abbott's Creek Arcadia Healing Springs Lexington Midway and Yadkin College with assorted appointees listed.
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Thomasville
Frank Hepler
Helen Burton
Davidson County
Howard Hepler
Cotton Grove
St. Hedrick
Emmons
A. V. Daniel
M. J. Wright
Healing Springs
Clay Floyd
Jackson Hill
J. F. Surratt
Lexington
B. C. Young
Midway
E. W. Saintsing
Reedy Creek
Joe L. Hege
Silver Hill
Grover Palmer
Tyre
C. F. Koontz
Yadkin College
A. L. Hartley
Finnish fort at Hanko bombed by Russian planes
Press dispatches report Hanko a heavily fortified port on Finland s southwest coast was bombed by Russian warplanes. Casualties and damage were not yet known. In Italy a coal and oil heating ban boosted demand for electric radiators.
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Copenhagen
Hanko
Finland
Italy
Weather Takes More About Weather Takes
Ardmore Oklahoma reached 66 while Oklahoma City logged 57 and Chicago saw 38 to 48 as northern lights were reported in the northeast. Shreveport posted a record 83 in December. Winds across the coasts caused fatalities and injuries from Seattle to Vancouver Island with a 60 mile gale grounding vessels and a mother killed near Vineland New Jersey.
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Hatteras
Jacksonville
Virginia
Sandy Hook
Charlotte
Dec
Asheville
Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Charleston
Chicago
Meridian
Miami
Mpls
Mobile of
Mt. Mitchell
New Orleans
New York
Raleigh
San Antonio
Ardmore
Okla
Oklahoma City
Kansas City
TWA
Shreveport
New Mexico
Cumbres Pass
Cumbres
North Atlantic
North Pacific
Seattle
Warrenton
Ore
Vancouver Island
B. C
Vineland
N. J
Atlantic
Hudson River
Tarrytown
N. Y
Fund Drive Progressing in Thomasville This December
Thomasville reports progress in the Empty Stocking Fund led by Mrs. R L McDonald with a committee soliciting donations. Palace Theater manager John W Prevo offers free admission to children bringing a toy worth at least ten cents on December 15, with all toys donated to the fund. A statement notes two million of five million slaves are Chinese girls aged four to eighteen.
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Thomasville
R. L. McDonald
McDonald
Doak Finch
Alvah Boyles
George Finch
Peggy Hite
Z. P. Long
C. L. White, Jr
James E. Lambeth, Jr
Paul Hassler
Harry Curlee
John W. Prevo
Palace and State Theaters
Palace Theater
Prevo
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Los Angeles
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Drexel Gundry
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Woman's College
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WM. Penn Music Dept
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