Guilford County Sends 129 Students to UNC Chapel Hill
High Point and Greensboro residents lead Guilford County enrollment at the University of North Carolina fall term. The county lists 129 students among 96 NC counties represented as UNC notes 75 percent of students come from North Carolina and students hail from 36 states and five foreign countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
University OF North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Guilford County
North Carolina
Byron Clifford Abels
Frank P. Abernethy
Greensboro
William Madison Albright
George
Spanking of Wives Is Approved By Court
Luzerne county court approves spanking as a punishment for disobedient wives in a case where a husband admits spanking his wife over alleged running around in his car and unpaid bills. The long list of names includes residents of Greensboro High Point Jamestown and Whitsett with institutions like Guilford College mentioned. The judge labels it the husband’s privilege and outlines the defendant’s actions and charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
Luzerne
John
Fine
Harry Bell
Firemen Throw Yuletide Party in High Point
High Point firemen held a Christmas celebration at station two with Mayor Grayson City Manager Knox and Judge Teague among guests. Santa was impersonated by the judge, delivering gifts and a new overcoat and a suit of clothes from the firemen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Santa Claus
Cc. S. Grayson
M. Knox
Lewis B. Teague
EB. K. Ingram
Teague
Claude
Canady
High Point Fire Department thanks toy drive donors
Members of the High Point fire department expressed appreciation to individuals and firms who donated toys or funds for their annual toy repair and distribution project. Donors included Adams-Millis Corp. and many local businesses such as High Point Furniture Co. and Crown Hosiery Mills, with several others listed for providing storage and space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Fire Department
Adams-Millis Corp
8. Perry
Chas. L. Amos
Alma Desk Co
High Point Furniture Co
Sunshine Laundry
W. C. Idol
Logan Porter Mirror Co
R. T. Amos
High Point Paper Box Co., Inc
Cash
Globe Parlor Furniture Co
Triangle Hosiery Co
Crown Hosiery Mills
W. H. Slane
Thomas Mills, Inc
the Robbins Knitting Co
Harriss & Covington Hosiery Mills
McEwen Lumber Co
Diamond Full Fashioned Hosiery Co
Automatic
Kearns Furniture Co
C. E. Kearns & Son
J. Paul Williamson
J. W. Clinard
J. H. Burgess
Red Delappe
J. Earl Weaver
Griffith Miles
Post D. T. P. A
A. T. Wishert
C. A
Marietta Paint & Color Co
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Beeson
Court fight over weed tax begins in Greensboro
In Greensboro on December 22 a group of tobacco growers filed suit to stop the Kerr Smith tobacco act 25 percent tax on non signers. Plaintiffs Mrs A S Motsinger C H SInk and Nicodemus Bass of Davidson county claim the act unconstitutional for eight reasons and allege officials refused them allotments despite complying with the law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Wallace
Piedmont Tobacco Non- Tax Association
Federal Internal Revenue Collector
Kerr-Smith Tobacco
A.S. Motsinger
C. H. Sink
Nicodemus Bass
Davidson County
Piedmont Non-Tax Association
Charles H. Robertson
A. S. Collector of Revenue
North Carolina
Carlisle Higgins
U. S
Middle N. C
Glider under construction in Russia for 18 passengers
A 212 ton glider with capacity for 18 passengers is being built in Russia. The project aims to deliver a new transport aircraft potentially expanding regional air mobility and military support options.
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Russia
Illustrated Lecture At Carolin Theatre At 7 30
Free event reviews the world missionary movement with pictures of stations natives and customs. All seats free and literature provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolin Theatre
World Missionary Movement
Huntsmen Kill 300 Pound Bear With New Shells
Erskine Vereen and John Fernside in Greenswamp near Makatoka discover a bear in a tree. A dog is killed after the bear wounds Vereen with three long gashes. Vereen then uses a revamped shell to bring the 300 pound bear to the ground and finish it off with Fernside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Greenswamp
Makatoka
Brunswick County
Erskine Vereen
John Fernside
Vereen
Fernside
Families adopt babies from Iowa orphanages for Christmas
Sam Nick prepares to place more than 40 Iowa orphans in private homes for Christmas. By Monday night about 30 children from the Davenport orphanage will go to new homes and 10 to 12 from the Juvenile home in Toledo. Dr Mae Habenicht head of the state child welfare bureau notes adopters want babies by Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
Sam Nick
Iowa
Davenport
Hom
Toledo
Mae Habenicht
State Child Welfare Bureau
Japan Eyes Pacific dirigible Route Across Ocean
Japan studies a transpacific airship path to connect the archipelago with distant markets. Officials weigh feasibility, safety, and economic benefits as possible navigation routes and timing are evaluated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific
Japan
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Robert Edwin Bush
William Lewis Callum II
James Whealton Carmichael
Arlinde Sanders Cate
Henry Irwin Coffield, Jr
Steven Clarence Collins
Ann Swift Cowles
Jack Billings Crutchfield
Javan Lanier Crutchfield
John Lorraine Davis, Jr
James Arthur Doubles
Edward Wharton Douglas
Clarence Wendell Dunbar
Charles Wharton Edwards, Jr
Worth
W. C. Brown Shoe Shop
North Wrenn Street
Stewart-Warner
Jquseh
Ehol Pliance Co
N. Main
John Wadsworth Gunter
Rene’ Harden
Walter Lee Hargett, Jr
Kenneth Crawford Hayes
Malcolm Griffin Heath
Walter Fenwick Sliman
Jarrell
W. M
Margaret Hayden
William Marvin Jarrell
Charles Osborne Jeffress
Edwin Bedford
Jeffress
Carl White Jones
Minnie Spencer Kallam
Pleasant Garden
John W. Kendrick
William Perry Kephart
Walter Winburne King
Greens
George Beard Underwood
Daniel Talbot Waynick
Elmer Alexander Wrenn
Raymond G. Zauber
Edgar Franklin Wells
William David Wharton
Priscilla Henryanna White
Guilford College
William Thornton Whitsett
Whitsett
Harry Webb Williamson
Carl Bagley Wolfe
William High Womble
Clark Harold Woodburn
Brown's Summitt
Piedmont Tobacco Non-Tax Association
Main & E. Commerce
Bones Jewelry CO
S. Main St
High Point, N. C
Liberty Hat Shop
Main St
Perkinson
Redwine Hardware Co
Gist Assetres
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
South Main Street
Atlantic Building & Loan Association
Piedmont Building & Loan Association
Wachovia Bank Building
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