Baseball barons cheer Landis return in roundup
A sprawling sports roundup notes mixed sentiment on Judge Landis back in the saddle, mentions college and high school football talents, heavyweights like Lee Savold, trades talks led by Ford Frick, Tulane in Sugar Bowl toss results, Dom Miaggio offers, and Burleigh Grimes' career twists. It also ruminates on Rosey Ryan, Jack Robinson, and Joe Louis as cultural touchstones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Baseball Barons
Judge Landis
Gus Phans
South Carolina
Jane Cothran
Jane Crum
Uncle Sam
Lee Savold
Middle West
Johnny Paychek
Ford C. Frick
Boston
Frank Leahy
Texas Aggies
Tulane
Paul Kreuger
Greenies
Red Sox
Dom Miaggio
White Sox
Jack Robinson
Larry MacPhail
Cincinnati Baseball
Dodgers
Larry
Tennessee Tops Auburn in Rose Bowl Hopes Battle
Tennessee faces Auburn in Knoxville aiming to secure a Rose Bowl spot and a share of the league title as Tulane and Georgia Tech dominated the others. The Vols seek their 2nd straight win to stay logical East representatives in Pasadena.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Auburn
Vols
Tigers
Tulane
Georgia Tech
U S Marine Recruiting Office Opens in Greensboro
Greensboro reports a new Marine Corps recruiting office in the Watson Building at 126 West Sycamore Street. Due to a Presidents' authorization, 6000 Marines are being enlisted and young men are urged to visit Sergeant Ed H McDonald to join.
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Greensboro
United States Marine Corps
Ed H. McDonald
Watson
West
Sycamore Street
Chicago dairy and egg market report summary
Chicago market notes butter at 676,849 pounds and steady creamery butter at 29 percent. Eggs total receipts 5,735 with current receipts 15 percent, refrigerator extras 15 percent, standards 15 percent, and frats 14 percent, with other prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Boxing results from last night across cities
In Chicago Davey Day outpointed Sammy An gott in a 12 rounder. In Omaha Billy Miske stopped Eddie Crawford in seven. In Kansas City Chino Lopez defeated Billy Gardner after Gardner was disqualified in the fourth for low blows and profanity. In Hollywood Little Pancho knocked out Jackie Zurich in a bout ending early.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Davey Day
Sammy Angott
Louisville
Omaha
Neb
Billy Miske
Minneapolis
Eddie Crawford
Ashland
Kansas City
Chino Lopez
Mexico City
Billy Gardner
Hutchinson
Kas
Hollywood
Little Pancho
Manila
Jackie Zurich
San Jose
Calif
Clemson Seeks Right To Play In Texas Bowl
Clemson College seeks Southern Conference approval to face Boston College in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas on New Year’s Day. Clemson would play if permitted. three players might forfeit Blue Gray commitments. A conference meeting will also discuss by law changes proposed by Clemson Furman and Richmond.
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Roanoke
Clemson College
Boston College
Dallas
Tex
Boston
Jess Neely
Clemson
Tigers
Duke
Tulane
Neely
Banks McFadden
Shad Bryant
Walter Cox
Montgomery
Ala
Furman
University of Richmond
District Teachers Meeting Held by Piedmont Association
The Piedmont District Teachers Association hosts its third annual session at Jordan-Sellers High School Burlington focusing on mental hygiene in public schools. Each department will discuss topics for professional advancement of its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont District Teachers Association
North Carolina Negro Teachers Association
Jordan-Sellers High School
Burlington
William Penn P. T. A. to Meet Monday Evening
The William Penn Parent Teachers Association will meet Monday at 7 30. Delegates who attended the State Congress of Parents and Teachers in Raleigh will report at the session.
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William Penn P.T. A
William Penn Parent- Teachers Association
Congress of Parents and Teachers
Raleigh
Funeral services for Fred Mitchell Sunday at Zion Hill
Fred Mitchell died at Greensboro Hospital from an auto motorcycle crash on November 26 on the Greensboro Winston-Salem highway. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 PM at Zion Hill Methodist Church in Friendship with Rev. J M Joyce officiating. He was 19, survived by his parents, two sisters and two brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Mitchell
Greensboro
Greensboro-Winston-Salem
Zion Hill Methodist Church
Friendship
J. M. Joyce
Mitchell
J. Mitchell
Louise Gilchrest
Virginia Mitchell
Filmore
Robert Mitchell
Wrestling Last Night Dusek vs Casey Ends Draw
Ernie Dusek of Omaha and Jim Casey of Chicago fought to a 43 minute 23 second draw before curfew in Philadelphia. Dusek weighed 230 pounds and Casey 215 pounds.
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Philadelphia
Ernie Dusek
Omaha
Jim Casey
Chicago
Drew
Boom era ends as index slips and railroads drag growth
The Composite Index falls 1.3 points to 2 percent above normal after 15 weeks of gains led by railroads. Freight carloads slow, steel output drops, and capacity use slips to 92.8 percent. Auto plants Chrysler GM Ford rise. retail holiday demand boosts sales 5 percent year over year. Nationwide payrolls rise by 20 million weekly, farmers cash income up 20 million, dividends up 10 million, total weekly buying power up 50 million despite a cooling mood. In Roanoke a tax mix up sees Mrs. Nannie Smith billed for Mr Lefttown Smith’s tax, a forgotten husband still listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler
General Motors
Ford
Seers expect brief 1940 Congress with defense spending rise
Washington predicts a short routine 1940 session focused on defense appropriations and the budget. Economies talk is dismissed as unlikely with deficits widening and 50,000 new federal workers to be hired in 1939, while Wagner Act amendments loom and Mead Bill debates surface.
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Washington
D. C
Congress
Roosevelt
House
Senate
Hitler
Hirohito
Washinton
Capitol Hill
Pittsburgh
Christmas Pageant Planned by Kernersville Church
Kernersville Baptist Church will present the annual Christmas pageant Star In the East by church youth on Sunday December 17 at 7 30 p m Rev O W Glosson pastor announces The Kernersville party including Miss Bessie Cooke Miss Margaret Grey Harold Meadows and Russell Cooke recently visited Washington D C and toured Shenandoah Valley via Skyline Drive before returning to North Carolina
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kernersville
O. W. Glosson
Kernersville Baptist Church
Bessie Cooke
Margaret Grey
Harold Meadows
Russell Cooke
Washington, D. C
J. M. Underwood
Washington
North Carolina
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Adams Family Struck by Illnesses in Nebraska City
Nebraska City report details Billy Adams contracting pneumonia progressing to double pneumonia over the weekend Phyllis Adams suffering scarlet fever and Jess Adams also catching illness in a sequence of family health troubles occurring over the period described.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska City
Neb
Chris Adams
Billy Adams
Phyllis Adams
Jess Adams
Notice of Service by Publication in High Point Court
The Municipal Court of High Point Guilford County NC informs Co C Muse and others including Taylor Parker Insurance General Contract Purchase Corp and High Point Perpetual Building & Loan that a tax lien action exists for 1935 on real estate in C C Muse. Defendants must answer within 30 days from January 9 1940 or relief will be granted. This notice dated December 9 1939. IRVIN B INGRAM Clerk. 12-9-16-23-30
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
High Point
North Carolina
Guilford County
Co. C. Muse
Mary Elizabeth Muse
Taylor Parker Ins. Co
John D. Biggs
Commercial National Bank
J. H. Mackenfuss
Noland Company, Inc
W. A. J. Idol
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
High Point Savings & Trust Company
General Contract Purchase Corporation
Gurney
C. C. Muse
Municipal Court
Irvin
Ingram
Morris Plan Bank of Virginia
Mary Cheek
Rupert Pickens
Gellimore
John A. Cutchins
J. Allen Austin
C. R. McIver, Jr
Guardian Ad Litem
M.S. Gallimore
Stanton Cecil
Frankie
D. Stanton Cecil
Notice of Sale of Land in Guilford County North Carolina
Public auction will be held at the East Door of the Guilford County Court House Greensboro on December 27 1939 at 2 00 PM to satisfy a deed of trust by Pat Brown Inc to Ben L Herman trustee dated October 25 1937 recorded Book 830 Page 169 in the Guilford Register of Deeds. The property includes a one half undivided interest in Lots 37 and 38 in the J A Morris and R T Holton Subdivision and a one half undivided interest in Tract No Two described by Tabor Avenue Brown line and related bearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pat Brown, Inc
Ben L. Herman
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
Court House
Greensboro
N. C
High Point Township
J. A. Morris
R. T. Holton
Office of Register of Deeds
Brown's Corner
Tabor Avenue
Property Boundary Description and Sale Notice
The description lists metes and bounds along Davis Brown Grissom Caldwell and Triangle Development Co lines ending at Tabor Avenue. The sale is subject to unpaid taxes and street assessments. A cash deposit of 10 percent of the purchase price is required day of sale. Dated November 25, 1939. BEN L. HERMAN, Trustee. 11-25-12-29-16.
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Davis
Davis Corner
Brown's Corner
Grissoms
Brown
Triangle Development Co
Grissom
Caldwell
Tabor Avenue
Ben L. Herman
Administrator Notice for J M Hilliard Estate Guilford NC
C E Siceloff administrator of the estate of J M Hilliard deceased located in Guilford County North Carolina posts a notice to creditors to file claims by December 9 1940 and to settle debts immediately. The notice dated December 8 1939 specifies High Point North Carolina as the filing location.
Notice of Sale in High Point Trust Deed
City of High Point in Guilford County North Carolina announces sale by public auction of a lot in Johnson Place High Point. The trust deed to Dred Peacock dated February 5 1933 records in Guilford County. Sale at Municipal Building High Point December 18 1939 11:00 a.m. subject to unpaid taxes and street assessments. Deposit 5 percent. Substituted Trustee Owen Reese.
Tax Lien Enforced on 1935 Real Estate in High Point
Guilford County North Carolina notices enforce a tax lien against real estate listed in the names C J Field H C Field G M Field H C Field and Mrs Estelle State for 1935. Defendants must appear at the Clerk of the Municipal Court of High Point within thirty days from January 9 1940 to answer or demur or relief will be granted.
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Cipal Court
High Point
Guilford County
North Carolina
C. J. Field
H. C. Field
G. M. Field
Estelle
Irvin
Ingram
Preliminary Certificate Of Dissolution For Shelton Machinery Co
State official certifies dissolution of Shelton Machinery Company Incorporated High Point Guilford County North Carolina. Notice of sale ordered by Guilford County Superior Court in Grubb vs Grubb to sell Snow Park lot 1 Block 1 on Park Street High Point 39 1939 at 2 PM cash on confirmation with 5 percent deposit bond required. Commissioner J C Grubb and attorney D H Parsons oversee proceedings.
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North Carolina
Department of State
Shelton Machinery Company, Incorporated
High Point
Guilford
State of North Carolina
Ernest Jones
Thad Eure
Superior Court
Guilford County
J. C. Grubb
Ambrose Grubb
Doctor Grubb
Snow Park
Office of Register of Deeds
Park Street
D. H. Parsons
Dissolution Consent Filed For North Carolina Corporation
The documents show a dissolution consent filed November 13 1939 by all stockholders. The record includes the proceedings and seal of Secretary of State Thad Eure dated November 13 1939 Raleigh. This notice appears in a legal docket referencing state official action. The executor’s notice follows, with a deadline November 4 1940 for claims against the W E Lloyd estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
A. D
Thad Eure
Sale of North Carolina Mortgage Property in High Point Township
The mortgagees will sell at public auction for cash at the East Door of Guilford County Courthouse Greensboro NC at 11 30 A M on December 18 1939. The property includes Lots Nos 11 and 12 as per the Osborne division map on East Green Street Extension facing the street. Located in Guilford County North Carolina the lots measure twenty five feet frontage each. The sale is by Co F Williams and Mrs Stella York Administratrix of O R York deceased and by A York Attorney.
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E. Wray Farlow
Savannah H. Farlow
Co. F. Williams
O. R. York
Office of the Register of Deeds
Ullford County
North Carolina
Guilford County
Greensboro
High Point Township
E. A. Osborne
East Green Street
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Leo Ragan
Iowa State Teachers College
Charles L. Hummel
Columbus
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Joe Louis
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Sunwatson
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Culler
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U. S. Marine
The
By David L. Babson
Nannie Smith
Lefttown Smith
Publishers Financial Bureau
Babson
J. M. Hilliard
C. E. Siceloff
Municipal Corporation
Ethel I. Field
Artie B. Field
H. E B. Field
Estelle F. Tate
Fred N. Tate
James E. Lyon
Peoples National Bank of Martinsville
Owen Reese
Sheraton Hotel Co
R. Kek. Young
American Hotel Co
P. F. Payne
A. Moore
EB. Cox
B. T. Thompson
H. E. Johnson
T. A. Johnson-Thompson Agency
H. C. Field, Jr
Madge Field Hooker
C. R. Mclver, Jr
C. R. Mcliver, Jr
Guardian-ad-litem
Estelle Field Tate
Dred Peacock
County of
State of
Johnson Place
Home Investment & Improvement Company
Johnson Street
Louise Avenue
Roberson, Haworth & Reese
Attys
W. E. Lloyd
Walter Lloyd
Silas B. Casey
Stella York
Co. A. York
High Point Enterprise
North Main ST
High Point, N. C
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