Community Christmas charity effort funds many cases
An appeal for four Christmas charity cases drew pledges from individuals and groups. Case 2 was absorbed by Mrs. Lindsay, Mrs. Carraway and Bruce with Welfare Board support. Case 4 by Elm Street School fourth graders. Other cases received anonymous donors and a $25 grocery allotment. A Indianapolis donor gave $5 to aid a needy High Point family via Mrs. Hammond.
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Lindsay
Carraway
Bruce
Welfare Board
Weed
Elm Street
High Point
Market Reports Chicago Poultry Market
Poultry alive steady with receipts of 12 cars. Fowls and springs steady to firm, turkeys higher, roosters mixed, ducks and geese softer after opening.
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Chicago
Metals steady as copper tin zinc hold prices
Metals markets report copper quiet at 135 for spot and futures. tin 69.25 spot and nearby with February at 68.00. lead at 780 spot, zinc steady around 700 to 705 for St. Louis spot and futures. antimony at 1250 spot.
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New York
St. Louis
Cotton market opens steady as hedge selling eases
The New York cotton market opened steady with a 1 to 4 point decline amid hedge selling and realizing. January fell to 12.16 and May to 12.60 in the first hour, then recovered slightly as covering and some trade buying absorbed offerings. Early Liverpool cables showed steadier trade and Egyptian futures gains at Alexandria may have influenced sentiment.
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New York
Liverpool
Alexandria
Modoc Reaches Stranded Schooner Charles A Dean Near Frying Pan Shoals
The coast guard cutter Modoc found the schooner Charles A Dean resting easily near Frying Pan Shoals with about eight feet of water in the hold. The vessel, bound from Savannah to Baltimore with creosoted ties, is not in immediate danger and weather will determine when it can be floated. Reports of mutiny and armed crew were denied by Captain A W Albert and agent C P Moore via long distance call to Norfolk.
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Norfolk
Coast Guard
Modoc
Norfolk Division
Charles A. Dean
Savannah
Baltimore
A. W. Albert
C. Cp. Moffitt
Wilmington
Senator Walsh Probes Senate Oil Inquiry
Washington December 16 Senator Walsh of Montana leads as prosecutor in the senate oil inquiry detailing questions and expected testimony about oil interests and political connections in government investigations.
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Washington
Senator Walsh
Montana
Senate
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Ahead of Year End
The Chicago market reports receipts of 26 cars with total U S shipments at 268 cars. Trading remains light and firm with Wisconsin sack round whites quoted 215 to 240 and occasional 250 while Idaho sack russets run 275 to 300 with some fancy shades higher as prices edge down on freezing in the jury lower.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Idaho
Cotton Market Opens Easier As Liverpool Cables Boost Realizing
In New Orleans on December 16, the cotton market opened easier with early trades down 3 to 7 points. Liverpool cables were favorable and buyers realized profits as the January contract fell to 1220, March to 1235, and May to 1252 amid a favorable weather outlook.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Market gains lift steel and railroad shares at open
Wall Street opened with renewed demand for motor, southwestern railroad, and oil stocks. United States Steel rose a point as Baltimore and others responded to a fifty cent extra dividend. Merchandising issues tracked R. H. Macy, which hit a new high.
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Wall Street
New York
Southwestern
United States Steel
Baltimore
R. H. Macy
Fall and Doheny Verdict Reflection on Guilty Beyond Reasonable Doubt
Albert B. Fall and Edward L. Doheny faced conspiracy charges. The defendant voiced that proof in a criminal case must show guilt beyond a reasonable doubt and that widespread conviction the transaction was reprehensible would not be dissipated.
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Albert B. Fall
Edward L. Doheny
Young man falls from high school. not seriously hurt
Radford Morgan, a local young man, fell about 50 feet from the top of the new high school while working on an elevator shaft. He was conveyed by Sechrest's ambulance to High Point Hospital where Dr. P. W. Flagge examined him. he is reported not seriously hurt, but in shock.
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Radford Morgan
New High School
Sechrest
High Point Hospital
P. W. Flagge
Governor McLean article draws letters praising North Carolina
Letters arriving from New York and Wilmington in response to Governor McLean's December 12 piece in the New York Herald-Tribune. Henry Dale Jr. of the Ontario Rod and Gun Club praises the state’s outdoors potential and Franklin County game preserve. Louis T. Moore of Wilmington Chamber of Commerce thanks the governor for favorable remarks about Wilmington and Cape Fear as an all year resort.
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Raleigh
New York Herald-Tribune
A. W. McLean
North Carolina
Henry Dale, Jr
New York
Onte
Arthur Kirkman to Seville for visit
A. O. Kirkman general manager of the H. P. T. and D. railroad received a cable from his son Arthur Jr a student at Oxford stating he would leave December 17 by steamer Caldera and reach Seville Spain December 21 He can be reached via the American consulate in Seville and Oxford should be written to by cable.
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A. O. Kirkman
H. P. T. and
Arthur, Jr
Oxford University
England
Seville
Spain
London
Caldera
Oxford
Imperial family heads to Hayama as Emperor Yoshihito near death
Tokyo December 16 AP reports the entire imperial family and relatives departed by special train for Hayama after Emperor Yoshihito fell seriously ill with bronchial pneumonia. Hayama is about an hour from Tokoro.
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Tokyo
Royal House
Hayama
Yoshihito
Tokoro
Reverend Stephens Returns from Middle West Home
Rev Mr Stephens returns from Indiana and other midwestern states after selling realty and choosing to live in the South. He moved into a Country Club area home and plans evangelistic work in Pittsburgh, with brother Bill Stevens joining after visiting Gastonia. The midwest farming distress and foreclosures are noted as context. The second meeting of the new year is set for Wilkesbarre, Pa.
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George T. Stephens
Indiana
Stephens
South
Pittsburgh
Bill Stevens
Alsno
Gastonia
Wilkesbarre
Meeting at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Reports Shared
A congregational meeting at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church presented department reports. Ruth Welborn spoke for Epworth League. B C Harmon reviewed the Sunday School. Mrs J G Green reported for the Woman's Auxiliary. Mrs John Peacock spoke on Daisy Davies Missionary Society. W B McEwen outlined Wesley Memorial Men's Club activity. Mrs J F Hayden updated Ladies' Aid. Raymond A Smith reviewed religious education. Fred N Tate reported from the board of stewards. Music by Gurney Briggs, Mrs John Peacock, and Mrs J F Hayden.
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Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Ruth Welborn
Epworth League
B. C. Harmon
Woman's Auxiliary
J. G. Green
Daisy Davies Missionary Society
John Peacock
W. B. McEwen
Wesley Memorial Men’s Club
J. F. Hayden
Ladies’ Aid Society
Raymond A. Smith
Fred N. Tate
Board of Stewards
Gurney Briggs
Birds Christmas Carol at YWCA Tonight
About 500 tickets sold for a 7 30 pm performance of The Birds Christmas Carol at the YWCA building. The industrial committee hosts the event to raise funds aiding working girls in the city with chairs arranged in rows in the main reception room.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
Association
Bankruptcy Likely for Charlotte Speedway Says Roberts
Raleigh December 16 AP The Charlotte Speedway faces possible bankruptcy said Coleman W Roberts GM The speedway has not filed for voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy but needs financial reorganization and a bankruptcy proceeding seems the most likely solution to its difficulties.
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Raleigh
Charlotte Speedway
Coleman W. Roberts
The
Speedway
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