Sylvester Shears Dies At Home Here
Sylvester Shears 40 World War veteran and flooring company employee died at his Highland Road home early this morning. A Randolph County native, he lived in High Point 13 years. Survived by wife Etta Dennis Shears daughter Etta Marie mother and brother Robert. Funeral Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Penecostal Holiness Church. Burial Floral Garden Cemetery. He belonged to Ward Street Methodist Church.
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Sylvester Shears
Highland Road
Randolph County
Shears
High Point
James
Fanny Warner Shears
Etta Dennis Shears
Etta Marie
Robert
Eldorado
Penecostal Holiness Church
C. F. Noble
J. CC
Grace
Floral Garden
Ward Street Methodist Church
Student Safety Leader Named UNC Chair In New Council
Jack Vincent of Roanoke Rapids president of the Interdormitory Council at the University of North Carolina is named chairman of a newly formed Student Safety Council. Spiders are not insects. birds are not reptiles.
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Chapel Hill
Jack Vincent
Roanoke Rapids
University of North Carolina
Student Safety Council
Administrator Notice for W W McLean Estate in Guilford
H C Green administrator announces claims against the estate of W W McLean deceased in Guilford County North Carolina must be presented by November 6 1940 or be barred. Creditors are asked to pay any debts promptly. November 6 1939.
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W. W. McLean
Guilford County
N. C
H. C. Green
Farm Referenda Boost New Deal Campaign Signals
Washington December 11 administrations say victories in three farm referenda strengthen support for New Deal crop controls into 1940. Cotton quotas won by about 90 percent, barley and flue-cured tobacco also backed marketing controls, while some farmers and GOP leaders push alternative programs for next year.
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Washington
Rocky Mountain
Great Plains
Springfield
Murder Trial Ends As Father Claims Real Killer
John Frederick Wanders 22 was convicted of murdering his 16 month old daughter and sentenced to life. After the verdict he told jurors he would reveal the real murderer within two weeks, claiming proof exists. Deputy prosecutors remained unimpressed and his wife appeared mystified as the case closed. The child died in a gas filled room in the apartment.
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Seattle
John Frederick Wanders
Wanders
Charles C. Ralls
James W. Mifflin
Isabel Frances Wanders
Wunders
Growers Vote to Return to Control Program
The article notes a record crop and sharply reduced prices followed by growers voting a few weeks earlier to resume the restrictive control program.
Relief Efforts Outlined By Red Cross In European Crisis
Information released by Mrs. W. T. Powell details Red Cross relief strategy amid European hostilities. The organization stresses no major overseas campaign but urges prompt donations, emphasizes coordination with other agencies, and notes ongoing aid to Britain France Poland Hungary Romania Latvia Estonia Lithuania Finland.
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Red Cross
W. T. Powell
American Red Cross
United States
Great Britain
France
Poland
Hungary
Rumania
Latvia
Esthenia
Lithuania
Finnish Red Cross
Finland
Messiah Concert Dazes Huge Local Audience at Wesley Memorial
A crowd packed Wesley Memorial Church for Handel's Messiah performed by a 100-voice High Point College choir and city church choirs. Soloists and musicians received high praise as religious music enthusiasts urged a larger auditorium to accommodate the growing demand.
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Wesley Memorial Church
High Point College
George Frederick Handel
Dublin
Ireland
Handel
America
Europe
Dorothy Hoskins
Janet Hail
J. Gurney Briggs
Carl G. N. Cronstedt
Dan W. Smith
Bascom Whitaker
Janet Russell Owens
A. B. Conrad
First Baptist Church
J. Clay Madison
First Methodist Church
E. H. Blackard
Committee Hearings Set On Tobacco Farmers Special Consideration
Davidson County communities schedule days from December 14 to 15 for farmers to meet committees about 1940 tobacco acreage allotments. Bring county agent numbers to expedite records. final allotment adjustments occur at the state office after these interviews. Also note a stray line about whooping cough as a contagious childhood disease.
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Davidson County
Abbotts Creek
Wallburg School
Arcadia- Hampton
Arcadia Agriculture Building
Boone- Cotton Grove
Churchland Grange Hall
Lexmington-Conrad Hill
Davidson County Court House
Midway
Midway School
Reedy Creek- Yadkin College
Reedy Creek
Thomasville
Tyro
Tyre School
High Point College President Urges Return With Hope
Dr G I Humphreys president of High Point College spoke to students at the final chapel assembly before Christmas holidays. Presiding was Dr P E Lindley. He urged students to carry home the season’s true ideal of cheerfulness and gratitude for America’s peace liberty and prosperity and to resume work with renewed determination.
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G. I. Humphreys
High Point College
P. E. Lindley
Humphreys
America
Owens Rites Held For Thomasville Resident
Funeral service for William Tilden Owens, a longtime Thomasville resident who died Friday night, was conducted at his National Highway home. Reverends John Cline and Vann Harrison led the service with a quartet and pianists. Interment followed at Unity Chapel Cemetery with pallbearers G W Bodenheimer Theodore Hill Sam Elliott Charles Black Ed Everhart and H L Russell.
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Owens
Thomasville
William Tilden Owens
National Highway
John Cline
Vann Harrison
Mia
Ceph Hepler
Ruth Hepler
Ray Swaim
Eloise Bodenhamer
Jesus
G. W. Bodenheimer
Theodore Hill
Sam Elliott
Charles Black
Ed Everhart
H. L. Russell
Unity Chapel
Rev William Osmond Cone Dies at 73 in Goldsboro
The Rev. William Osmond Cone aged 73, a retired Episcopal clergyman, died after a long illness in Goldsboro. He served as pastor of St Stephens Church for 12 years before retiring in 1932 due to poor health.
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Cone Goldsboro
William Osmond Cone
St. Stephens Church
John B. Koonce Dies on Fishing Trip near Wilmington
John B. Koonce, 43, of Sanford, an employee of the State Highway and Public Works Commission, died of a heart attack while on a fishing and hunting trip near Wilmington yesterday.
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John B. Koonce
Wilmington
Sanford
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Plumber Elias Lamb Found Slain Near Kingsdale
Elias Lamb a 49 year old plumber was found murdered in a broom sedge field near Kingsdale with a hammer like wound on the forehead. Three local Black men were detained as a coroner's inquest was pending.
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Lumberton
Elias Lamb
Kingsdale
Hatch proposes extension of federal politics law
Senator Hatch introduced a bill to extend his anti political influence rule to state employees paid partly with federal funds. The measure would apply to highway department workers Social Security staff and other state officials receiving federal money. He argues the policy fights corruption and would strengthen control in the 1940 campaign.
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Hatch
Washington
D-Nm
Congress
State Highway Department
New Mexico
United States
Justice Department
Divorce Action Complete Bette Davis Free Again
The divorce of screen actress Bette Davis and Harmon O Nelson Jr, New York advertising man, is final. He previously obtained an interlocutory divorce on December 6, 1938, testifying that she valued her career over marriage. The couple eloped to Yuma Arizona on August 18, 1932.
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Los Angeles
Bette Davis
Harmon O. Nelson, Jr
New York
Yuma
Ariz
Labor Inquiry Proposed by Southern Policy Group
Southern Pines December 1 The Southern Policy Association adopted a resolution urging President Roosevelt to appoint an impartial committee to study the basic differences between the A F L and the C I O and report findings to the nation. The two labor groups are described as a disturbing national issue. The committee includes leaders from various fields.
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Southern Pines
Roosevelt
Southern Policy Association
South
Southern Policy Committee
American Federation of Labor
Congress of Industrial Organizations
General Welfare
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Arthur
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Charlie Knight
G. Curtis Smith
Washington St
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George Poindexter
Nash Jewelry & Loan CO
North Main Street
Christ's New Place
D. Myers
NEW Fairmont Lunch
English Street
L. M. Ennis
Apple Auto Repair
Wrenn Street
Roy Winfry
Carolina Safe & Lock CO
North Wrenn Street
Vitality Freeman
Mrs
Glenn Rush
Wilson Shoe Store
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Charley Eller
Dixie Cream Doughnuts
South Wrenn Street
Textra
Miss Nell Bullock
Elwood
Wrenn and
High Streets
Kathleen Embler
Horton Furniture CO
J. A. Way Carolina Music CO
East Washington Street
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Hamilton St
N. Main St
L. M. Carrick
W. C. Brown Shoe Shop
Swain
Wsorse
Mendenhall-Thompson
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Rainbow Diner
Dave Miller
Dr. Humphreys
Marshall
Labor Inquiry
Policy Committee
Maryland
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Bright
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Lienstr & Myers Tosacco Co
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