Representatives of Girl Reserves Hold Meet Today
Representatives of girl reserve corps from six grade schools met at the YWCA on East Commerce to finish Christmas service plans. They prepared Soke books and capsules, collected trees and greens for hospital rooms, and raised funds last Friday for flowers and decorations. Members from Emma Blair, Mechanicsville, Cloverdale, Ray Street, Elm Street, and Grimes Street schools totaled 182 with club rosters and member counts listed.
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Young Women’s Christian Association
East Commerce Street
Lona Bell Grant
Evelyn Poplin
Emma Blair
Nancy Teeder
Doris Piker
Mechanicsville
Ruth Coltrane
Frances Hayworth
Clover Club
Cloverdale
Death of Mrs Mary E Diffendal of Danville
Mrs Mary E Diffendal 75 mother of Charles E Diffendal of Marietta Paint and Color died at her Danville Virginia home at 2 a m after illness. She had lived in Danville most of her life and is survived by her son in this city and two daughters in Virginia. Funeral services will be held in Danville tomorrow morning.
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Mary E. Diffendal
Charles E. Diffendal
Marietta Paint and Color Company
Danville
Virginia
Henderson Returns 10 Hill From Special Work
Dr. Archibald Henderson arrives in Chapel Hill after researching relativity at major universities. He met with Oswald Veblen, George D. Birkhoff, and Leigh Page and lectured at Pennsylvania, Columbia, Princeton, Yale, Chicago, and more. His talk on The Real Bernard Shaw was broadcast from WMCA.
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Chapel Hill
Archibald Henderson
Oswald Veblen
Princeton
George D. Birkhoff
Harvard
Leigh Page
Yale
Henderson
Pennsylvania
Columbia
Chicago
New York Theatre Guild
Bernard Shaw
Guild Theatre
New York City
WMCA
Cat falls on friend as patrolman’s gun fires in woods
In Lawrence Massachusetts on December 20 Patrolman John Haffner and his friend John Blessington were in the woods when a wildcat dropped from a tree onto Blessington’s shoulder. The patrolman’s automatic service pistol fired once and struck the animal, which collapsed.
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Lawrence
Mass
John Haffner
John Blessington
Blessington
Haffner
Market Roundup: Chicago Prices and Stock Quotes
Chicago market report notes butter unchanged with receipts 9 071 tubs and creamery class prices. eggs lower with receipts 6 843 cases. Stocks show mixed gains and declines across General Electric General Motors and other major firms. numerous bond and steel names listed with varied percentages.
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Chicago
Metal market dulls with varied spot and futures
Copper dull with electrolytic spot and futures at 12% asking. Tin steady with spot 6825 and February 6750. Iron steady and lead dull at 790. Zinc steady in East St Louis at 705. Antimony spot at 1250.
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New York
East St. Louis
December cotton gains in New Orleans market
New Orleans cotton opens firm with December showing gains of 20 points while later months rise 6 to 8 points. Census bureau reports small beginnings to December 13 boost. January and March prices dip 3 to 10 points, but by end of first half hour trading remains steady above the morning lows.
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New Orleans
Census Bureau
Wheat futures rise on firm Liverpool quotes and light supplies
Wheat prices moved higher early with support from steady Liverpool quotations and light offerings at home. World wheat shipments appeared smaller than last week, bolstering a bullish tone as Chicago values advanced. Corn oats and provisions followed firm trend with corn opening near unchanged to slight gains and edging higher overall.
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Chicago
Liverpool
New York Cotton Opens Steady After Census Viewpoint
The cotton market opens steady with declines of two points on December, yet advances 13 to 18 points for active months as bullish census views suggest season totals may miss the 18,618,000 bale estimate. Early Liverpool prices weaken then rally. futures close mixed with December at 12.52 and May near 12.89 amid opening quotes.
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New York
Liverpool
Abre Tess
Wall Street Gains Spark Investors Amid Market Opening
The New York Stock Exchange opened the week with broad gains as Dupont International Telephone United Drug Allied Chemical C and O International Harvester and Radio Corp led higher bids. Reading stock surged above 101 to a peak unseen since 1920 while Atchison and New York Central faced profit taking.
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Wall Street
New York
New York Stock Exchange
Dupont
International Telephone
United Drug
Allied Chemical
C. and O
International Harvester
Radio Corporation
Reading
Atchison
New York Central
Sievas
Ake Ae Ag
Birr Etek Ewes
All Coast Line
Hiatt
OIG
Bethlehem
California Pet
Pasco
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chic
St P
Northwestern
Chin
Pen Creree
Eka Ees
Chrysler
Evececeees
Caee Coun Cies Ror
Colorado
Consolidated aGs
Pmcibin Bree
Davison Chemical
Dodge Bree
Es Electric Pow
Iris Pause
Wamoune Savoie
Thousands of Coolies Die in Frozen Transit to Manchurian Front
A dispatch reports 300 coolies conscripted into Manchurian military service perished from freezing while en route to the Suiyuan region near the Mongolian border. Their bodies were sent back to Kalgan Shansi province, the point of departure.
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Peking
Suiyuan
Kalgan Shansi
Christmas mail rush strains Greensboro post office
Incoming mails flooded the Greensboro post office with holiday matter. O R York reports four delivery trucks and extra clerks added. high pointers urged to mail cards by Tuesday for prompt delivery. post office hours extended through Christmas Eve. John E. Smith 71 of Asheboro Highway dies after a weeklong pneumonia. services at Mount Olive Baptist Church. Eight other items mention Young Women’s Christian Association baskets for the needy and the death of Rev. Adam Jackson Eller.
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Smith
A. J. Eller
Greensboro
Tarf Instriksten
Asheboro Road
O. R. York
Young Women's Christian Association
Amos and Worthwhile Clubs
Highland Mills
Florence Nightingale Club
Mechanicsville
Music Service At Church Inspires Large Christmas Attendance
The annual First Methodist Protestant Christmas music service drew a large congregation last night and was praised as one of the best. Soloists Clarence Schultheiss and Mrs. J. H. Allred led a regular church choir with Ben W. Smith on organ and Arthur Fidler on violin. The program featured three anthems and the cantata The Adoration with selections including Canzonetta, While Shepherds Watched, Lonely Voices of the Sky, and The Christmas Herald, concluding with a Benediction and Scherzo postlude.
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Clarence Schultheiss
J. H. Allred
Ben W. Smith
Arthur Fidler
Harris
Christmas Herald
Coombs
Cantilena
Nevin
Scherzo’ Blair
Bethlehem Is Sung by Choir at Wesley Memorial
A Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church Christmas program featured a 25 voice choir performing Bethlehem in three parts with several solos by Edith Moore J Gurney Briggs W Philips Dr Nat Walker and Mrs John Peacock. The choir and congregation joined on three hymns and the presentation was well received.
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Bethlehem
Wesley Memorial Methodist Episcopal Church
Edith Moore
J. Gurney Briggs
W. ©. Philips
Nat Walker
John Peacock
Destitute Boys Seek Home in High Point
Two healthy 7 and 10 year old boys seek a permanent home in High Point. They are in the care of the High Point Welfare department and yearn for a motherly home. Interested families may contact Mrs. W. C. Hammond, executive secretary of the Board of Public Welfare, for information.
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High Point
Senate to Probe Alien Property Looting After Holidays
Senator Borah senator Idaho said McCarl report shows the worst looting in alien property administration and predicted a Senate investigation after the Christmas holidays.
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Washington
McCarl
Borah
Republian
Idaho
Senate
Public drive listing donors with a large total sum
The document lists many contributors and amounts as a daily readers fund drive. Names include Minanis Cb and Joseph DPD among others with varied donations from 1.00 to 50.00. It closes with a line noting the total and a statistical fact about the earth's rainfall.
Death of Mrs. Augusta Livengood Teague in High Point
Mrs. Augusta Livengood Teague, 54, died at her brother Jacob A. Livengood's home 603 Newton Street after a months long illness. Born August 7, 1872 in Davidson County, she married Moses Teague in 1915 who died two years later. Survived by brothers Jacob and Frank Livengood, she belonged to English Street Methodist Protestant church. Funeral at Bethany Church Davidson County Tuesday at 11 a.m. with burial in church cemetery. funeral cortege leaves 503 Newton Street at 10 a.m.
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John E. Smith
Asheboro
Mr. Smith
Stokes County
Ellis
Bertha Puilian Smith
Jane Tillitson
Laura Gordon
Smith
B. N. Smith
High Point
J. M. Smith
A. M. Smith
J. W. Gibson
Liza Gehtry
Elizabeth Tillitson
W. L
R. R. Smith
Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church
J. F. Carter
Winston- Salem
Mr. Burrus
Booneville
N. C
Adam Jackson Eller
William W. Eller
Textile Street
Charles Eller
Mollie Eller
Phillip
Hugh Eller
Wilkes County
John Reeves
Candis Reeves
Union Baptist Church
Staley Cemetery
Wilkesboro
Augusta Livengood Teague
Jacob A. Livengood
Newton Street
Teague
Davidson County
Lorenzo
Mary Livengood
Moses Teague
West End
Ministers seek tighter blue laws in North Carolina
Charlotte ministers, meeting via the Charlotte Ministerial Association, approved resolutions urging the state legislature to impose stiffer penalties for Sunday closing law violations. Rev. E. I. Wallace, secretary, announced the move last night.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Charlotte Ministerial Association
E. I. Wallace
Morganton man acquitted in fatal knife death case
Morganton Cicero Branch was freed today of a murder charge connected to the death of his son-in-law, Austin Powell, on November 7. A jury acquitted him after reporting yesterday.
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Morganton
Cicero Branch
Austin Powell
Parking Rules Tightened in High Point Magistrate Court
Dozens faced Judge MacRae in Municipal Court for violating High Point parking ordinances punishing cars parked over 45 minutes. Many paid fines while a few protested and chose to contest in court. The affected streets include Main from Commerce to English, Washington from Main to Wrenn, and Commerce from Main to Wrenn.
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Judge MacRae
McGhee
High Point
Morris Banned From Public Dance For Two Years
Judge Duncan Shaw in recorders court imposed a two year ban on Fayettre Mor ris from attending dances or public entertainments after Morris was convicted of attacking a man with a knife at a dance. The alternative is three months on the Cumberland county roads.
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Fayetteville
Pearece Morris
Duncan Shaw
Recorders Court
Morris
Cumberland County
Train Hits Car Killing Boy and Injuring Father
Brevard authorities report Marshall Blythe 12 was killed and his father seriously injured when a Southern Railway passenger train struck their automobile at Blantyre yesterday afternoon.
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Brevard
Marshall Blythe
Southern Railway
Blantyre
Crews Halt Rescue as Charles A. Dean Stays Aground
The schooner Charles A. Dean remains ashore on Frying Pan shoals a week later with 12 feet of water in her hold. Her cargo of creosoted cross ties is valued at $30,000, and officials say further release efforts will not be made due to violations.
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Wilmington
Charles A. Dean
Wilmington Sportsman Drowns In Cape Fear River
The body of Gerhardt Swann, a young Wilmington sportsman, remains unfound after he drowned Saturday afternoon while duck hunting on the Cape Fear River. He fell from a yacht and did not survive.
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Wilmington
Gerhardt Swann
Cape Fear
Swann
Arrest of Eleven Wake Citizens Ordered in Flogging Case
In Raleigh on December 18, officials announced the next step in the Jones Green flogging case. Deputy Clyde Weathers and ten others were indicted by the Wake county grand jury for secret assault tied to both flogging incidents. the sheriff accepted Weathers resignation effective immediately. The delay in warrants pushed arrests to the next term in January. testimonies from E A Dolly Jones and Sam Green described lashings by a masked group.
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Raleigh
Wake County
Clyde Weathers
Wendell
Grand Jury
Turner
E. A
Dolly) Jones
Sam Green
Romanian King Ferdinand Plans Abdication Restoring Crown Prince
Paris report says King Ferdinand of Romania intends to abdicate and restore former Crown Prince Carol to the throne. The king disclosed this at a secret Bucharest council and the decision was learned from a high Romanian political source in Paris.
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Paris
Ferdinand of
Romania
Carol
Bucharest
Croarkin's Sanity Backed by Doctors in Schmith Case
Psychiatrists Dr. William O. Krohn and H. H. Douglas Singer testified Croarkin is sane after examining him for the state. They noted his school marks and business acumen, despite earlier claims he lacked criminal inclination. During questioning Croarkin gave three rambling motives for killing the Schmith boy and then refused to elaborate, stating he would discuss with lawyers.
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William O. Krohn
H. H. Douglas Singer
Loeb- Leopold
Croarkin
Croorkin
Schmith
Southern Officials Deny Explosives Find Near Barber
Salisbury dispatch reports Southern railway officials denied rumors that dynamite was found on their rails near Barber. They stated no knowledge of any explosives placed on the line, while noting a freight train between Barber and Winston-Salem was delayed briefly by a turned rail but sustained no serious damage.
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Salisbury
Barber
Southern Railway
Winston-Salem
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