Sheriffs And Coroners Four Year Term Ruling
The North Carolina Supreme Court ruled that sheriffs and coroners with four year terms starting in December 1938 need not enter this years primaries or elections. The decision overruled an Alamance County Superior Court finding and affected filings for several candidates. Twenty eight cases were decided and the spring term begins Monday.
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Raleigh
Supreme Court
North Carolina
Carr
Alamance County
Alamance’ Elections Board
J. M. Freeman
Sher
Best and Company
State
Harris
Vance
McCormick
Proctor
Sheriff
Als
Pitt
Maxwell
Wake
Board of Education Watauga County
State Board of Education
Hill
Young
Franklin
Ben Alder
Mecklenburg
Carswell
Creswell
M*‘ntz
Frink
Brunswick
Bruton
Power and Light Company
Anson
Rossey
Et Als
Matthews
Moore
Loan and Insurance Company
Carolina Beach
New Hanover
Fisher
Guilford
A. C. L. Railroad Company
H. T
Business Expert Continues Noted Career Milestones
The article traces the career of a business expert from Kingsland Indiana where he ran a store for seven years and served as a World War aviator. After the war he led the Knox School of Salesmanship in Cleveland and organized the first house-to-house business survey in 1921. He opened the first residential salesmanship school in Cleveland in 1923 and expanded to new work by 1929 with free tickets offered by phone.
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Kingsland
Indiana
Knox School of Salesmanship
Cleveland
United States
Miss Lambeth
City Fire Department Reports Three Small Blazes
Three minor fires were reported in the city since yesterday afternoon. An oil stove fire at 408 Walnut Street belonging to J R McDowell was extinguished before firemen arrived at 5 56 am. A two family apartment at Ernest Jett suffered slight damage from a thawing water pipes incident. Glenn Cook drove into Fire Station No 4 to summon help for a short circuit ignition fire.
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J. R. McDowell
Walnut Street
Ernest Jett
Glenn Cook
No. 4 Station
Scout Dinner Tonight in Thomasville Highlights Troop 21
About 80 people including Boy Scout Troop No 21 members, parents and guests are expected at a 7:30 dinner at the Methodist Hut. The annual event is a highlight of scout activities in Thomasville.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Boy Scout Troop No. 21
Chicago dairy and produce prices and receipts report
Chicago market notes show butter at 588 216 pounds with declines in creamery grades and scores around 93. Various bread and carrot lines appear with local grade readings and firsts, including fresh carrots and firmer eye listings. Current receipts are listed as 21 with multiple percentage figures for local lots.
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Chicago
Pepper Lands Pay-Hour Law
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida hailed passage in 1938 of the federal wage hour law as a new era for the South. He spoke at the University of South Carolina on how the law would raise wages, boost purchasing power, and attract industry while ending sweated labor.
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Columbia
8. C
Claude Pepper
Florida
South
University of South Carolina
Pepper
Two-State Police Meet Draws Law Officers from Carolinas
Patrolmen Frank Shields and J C Brackett of High Point police returned from Myrtle Beach D C where they attended a two state police meeting. A large delegation from police departments across both states participated in the gathering.
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Frank Shields
J. C. Brackett
High Point
Myrtle Beach
D. C
Carolinas
States
Roosevelt Firm Seeks Restore Farm Aid In House Battle
Farm members press for restoring large cuts in agriculture funds as the House debates the 634 million dollar farm program. A 126 thousand dollar increase for dry land experiments passed 106 to 96, while senators pledge to back restored aid and parity payments amid broader budget cuts.
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Agriculture Department
Rep
Ferguson
D-Okla
Appropriations Committee
House
House Appropriations Committee
House Committee
Hill
Ala
Roosevelt
Lucas
D-Lill
Senate
Maritime Commission
Shipbuilding
Deaths J L Wright a Coleridge Farmer Passes at 60
Asheboro Feb 2 James Lee Wright longtime Coleridge farmer died Thursday after a long heart illness at his home. He lived in Coleridge 40 years after leaving Steeds his birthplace. Funeral from Concord Methodist Church Saturday at 2 with former pastors D J Huggins Green Moffitt Honeycutt in charge. Burial Concord Church Cemetery. Survived by widow Lucy Craven three daughters Emma Craven L H Bray Thelma Wright four sons H L Wright W J D J Wright D O one sister Kate Wright seven brothers Charles William Thomas Robert George Barney John Wright.
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J. L. Wright
Asheboro
James Lee Wright
Coleridge
Mr. Wright
Steeds
Concord Methodist Church
D. J. Huggins
T. J. Green
D. R. Moffitt
W. J. Honeycutt
Concord Church
Lucy Craven
Emma G. Craven
L. H. Bray
Siler City
Thelma Wright
H. L. Wright
Ramseur
W. J
D. J. Wright
D. O
Cedar Falls
Kate Wright
Charles
William
Thomas
Robert
George
Star
Barney
John Wright
Mt. Gilead
Stitch In Time Saves Lighter
In Salisbury on February 2 a doctor sewing up a man carved in a brawl learns he works at a dry cleaning. The patient denies owning a lighter. an ambulance orderly recalls seeing one. A chase reveals the lighter engraved with the doctor's name left in a dry cleaner suit.
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Salisbury
Mississippi River Ice Jam Halts Traffic From Helena To Caruthersville
Unprecedented ice blocks threaten damage as lower Mississippi traffic stalls. A Helena floe caused $15,000 in damage in half an hour and a 15 to 21 mile ice gorge near Friar Point traps boats. The Illinois towboat and its barges face danger while engineers expect a gradual release or possible reformation. China ships more Chinese rugs to the United States than to any other nation.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Helena
Ark
Friar Point
Miss
Federal
Illinois
Caruthersville
C. R. Cutting
Memphis
Lower
Mississippi
J. C. Warner, Jr
Baton Rouge
United States
Senate Deficiency Bill Advances With Naval Armaments Funds
Senate passed a deficiency measure totaling $57,541,300 to fund naval armaments and tax refunds, noting a raise of about $37,000,000 over the house bill. The action follows discussions on adjustments to defense and fiscal priorities.
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Senate
Sparta Fire Destroys Three Stores and Church
A blaze in Sparta last night burned for two hours, destroying three stores and the Baptist church with damage over 40000 dollars. The Alleghany Motor Company suffered the biggest loss while Greenland Café and a pool room were badly damaged. Sparta lacks a local fire department, and Galax Virginia and Independence Virginia fire crews assisted, tackling the fire that started in the motor company's basement.
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Sparta
Baptist
Alleghany Motor Company
Greenland
Galax
Independence
Motor Company
Army air defense criticized by Major Phillips
Major Thomas R. Phillips, instructor at the command and general staff school, urged the war department and Congress to expand air defenses. He said the army relies on outdated three inch anti aircraft guns and low accuracy machine guns that are ineffective against modern raids. He warned that the nation can be bombed today with almost no adequate defense and called for bold expansion and modernization.
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Washington
Thomas R. Phillips
Command and General Staff School
Phillips
Coast Artillery Journal
George C. Marshall
Army
House Military Committee
Air Corps
War Department
Congress
Coroner Ups No Inquest In Asheville Mystery Crash
Coroner George F Baier Jr announced no inquest will be held into the death of Franklin Gray a 30 year old Danville Va postcard salesman found dead beside his wrecked car near Arden Officials said the vehicle struck a concrete bridge railing and plunged down an embankment companion W C Mitcham Jr suffered cuts shock and frostbite and walked to Fletcher for help after being thrown from the wreck indicating a startling accident sequence
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Asheville
George F. Baier, Jr
Franklin Gray
Danville
Arden
W. C. Mitcham, Jr
Hendersonville
Mitcham
Fletcher
Roosevelt Heads to Hyde Park for Weekend Visit
President Roosevelt arrives at Hyde Park New York for a winter weekend at his estate. A special train carried him from Washington on an overnight trip his first journey of 1940. He will inspect a new library for private and public papers and is expected back in Washington Tuesday.
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Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Hudson
Washington
Guilford Tops 1939 North Carolina Highway Fatalities
North Carolina reported 943 highway deaths in 1939 with Guilford County leading the state at 50 fatalities. Mecklenburg followed at 40, Wake at 36, Cumberland 33, and Catawba 26 amid a statewide total of 7 190 injuries.
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Guilford
North Carolina
Henry Averill
Enterprise Bureau
Raleigh
Alexander
Alleghany
Chowan
Hyde
Tyrrell
Highway Safety Division
Mecklenburg
Wake
Cumberland
Catawba
Wayne
Forsyth
Buncombe
Nash
Rockingham
Bombing Campaign and Finnish Front Report
Russian planes raided near Helsinki and across Finland with heavy activity reported yesterday. Two killed and seven wounded as civilians faced air raids. Finnish defenses claimed repelling attacks and silencing 15 Soviet batteries.
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Karelia
Viipuri
Summa
Petsamo
Salla
Associated Press
Mannerheim
Red Army
Isthmus
Kallio
Vaino Tanner
Vyacheslaff Molotoff
Moscow
People
Terijoki
Ice Jam May Damage Bridges If Ice Breaks Up
The article warns ice jams can cause serious damage to bridges depending on breakup direction and wind. It recalls a 20 year old Chowan River railroad bridge break and notes a planned $50,000 spring improvement for the Wright Memorial Bridge bought by the state.
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Acros
Chowan River
Craven
Wright Memorial
Balkan Neutrality Plan Faces Balkan Powers at Conference
Romanian Foreign Minister Grigore Gafencu pushes economic neutrality as Romania and Yugoslavia back a prewar trade level. Turkey Greece and Bulgaria weigh bounds with the Entente while Germany Britain and Italy react with notes on peace, oil demands, and territorial revision. A four-nation talks table lists Gafencu, Saracoglu, Cincar Markovic, and Metaxas. Brussels hosts a March forum and meanwhile bridges face ice threats and cost concerns.
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Romania
Poland
Gregore Gafencu
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Greece
Turkey
Russia
Soviet
Balkan
Britain
Italy
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Balkans
Hungary
Transylvania
Grigore Gafencu
Sukro Saracoglu
Alesander Cincar-Markovic
Gen
John Metaxas
Metaxas
Notice of Service by Publication in High Point
Guilford County North Carolina Municipal Court action against S W Atkins and wife R R Gray and others to enforce tax lien on real estate listed under 8 W Atkins for 1935. Defendants must appear and answer within 30 days from March 2 1940. clerk IRVIN B INGRAM dates record February 2 1940.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
City of
High Point
S. W. Atkins
W. Atkins
Irvin
Ingram
Kathryn Westmoreland Smith
James Franklin Smith
James Smith
Northlina
Court House
Northelma
E. Reitzel, JR
Wm. M. Jarrell
Weather Summary for North Carolina Coasts and Interior
Noon report notes low last night high yesterday and trace snow. Inland this morning snow flurries with cloudy skies. tonight interior freeze and coastal low. Saturday fair and colder east central areas. From Hatteras to Jacksonville strong north winds. Sandy Hook to Hatteras northwest winds increasing with snow tonight and improving by Saturday.
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Hatteras
Jaysonville
Sandy Hook
Atrocities mounting in occupied Poland report says
A 1939 update describes Polish victims under German rule including a Bydgoszcz mayor beaten to death after refusing to surrender his car to the Gestapo. It recalls mass imprisonments, overcrowded confinement in Golan Street stables, and claims of 30 bodies found in a cattle car at Sandomierz.
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Germany
Bydgoszcz
Ciszewski
Ges
Bydg
Golan Street
Cheka
Iian
Sandomé
Poland
Arthur Greiser
Ornor
Poznan
Germ
Baltic
Reich
Greiser
High Point Politicians to Attend Democratic Meeting in Raleigh
Wade P. Renfrow accompanied by Louis J. Fisher Walter Crissman and Arch Schoch heads to Raleigh this afternoon to attend a Democratic Executive Committee gathering convening tonight Renfrow is a member of the State committee.
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Wade P. Renfrow
Louis J. Fisher
Walter Crissman
Arch Schoch
Raleigh
Democratic Executive Commi
Mr. Renfrow
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