Local-Hosiery Mills Run Next Week and Christmas Looms
Hosiery mills plan to run next week for a full three days as Christmas nears on Monday. Last minute shoppers fill stores tomorrow while the Gulf states attract the final sales force. The High Point Overall Co reports a very successful sales convention and foresees a better 1934 due to public works nationwide. Personal notes mention club meetings and visits from Winston-Salem and UNC student Jane Hess Weaver. Henry Ford faces NRA violations. Chicago police raid Rogers Park hideout of Dillinger gang. four bank robbers take about $14 from Calvert Bank in West Baltimore.
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Cromwell Divorce Decree Granted in Nevada
Doris Duke Cromwell 31, dubbed best girl in the world, received a default divorce from James H R Cromwell in Reno. In Newark, his lawyers vow to have yesterday's decree nullified by prompt action.
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Office Shop And Track Workers To Go Out Dec 30
Strike orders from a new quarter set Dec 30 as the deadline for 1,100,000 office, shop and track rail workers after 350,000 rating employees. Negotiations with five operating brotherhoods sought paid vacations, expanded overtime rules, and expenses. The dispute centers on how a 4 cent rate increase should be categorized and stabilized under federal policy.
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First woman student enrolled at State College in 1871
State College Pa December 18 1943 news item notes the first woman student admitted in 1871 sixteen years after the college was founded. The item references archival records and a dissolution certificate from the North Carolina Secretary of State for American Trucking Corporation.
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Mount Carmel Honours James M. Gavin at 36
The Pennsylvania Historical Commission notes Mount Carmel’s famed citizen Brigadier General James M. Gavin, aged 36, recognized for leading paratroop operations in Sicily during World War II.
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Red Cross Women of Washington Plan Card Party
In Washington Connecticut the local Red Cross women aimed to roll bandages to meet a January 1 quota. A suggestion arose for a party with men invited and refreshments to spur effort. About a dozen men were mentioned as attending in the brief.
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Red Cross
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