North Carolina Named Key Spot in Wage Hour Push
North Carolina becomes a focal point of the new Wage and Hour administration with Central Weaving and Spinning of Fayetteville as a test case. The state tobacco and hosiery industries receive scrutiny as administrators set wage scales aiming toward a 40 cent goal, with Waynick of High Point joining the hosiery panel and local employers and unions represented in Raleigh.
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North Carolina
Washington
Elmer F. Andrews
Tar Heel
Central Weaving and Spinning Corporation of
Andrews
Waynick
O. Max Gardner
Capus M. Waynick
High Point
Gardner
High Point Enterprise
W. Cedrick Stallings
Durham
N. C
Emil Rieve
Philadelphia
American Federation of Hosiery Workers
R. O. Huffman
Morganton Full Fashioned Press Company
Morganton
Notice of Executor in Catherine Folwell Estate
Arnold J. Koonce named executor of Catherine Folwell estate at High Point Guilford County North Carolina. Creditors must present claims by January 21 1940 and all debts should be paid promptly. The notice is dated January 21 1939 and filed by attorney Walter E. Crissman.
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Catherine Folwell
High Point
Guilford County
North Carolina
South Main Street
N. C
Arnold J. Koonce
Walter E. Crissman
Notice of Commissioner Sale in High Point Foreclosure
Under a 1939 Municipal Court judgment City of High Point v Emma Brower Southern Oil Co and others the commissioner will sell Lot 1 of the J W Hedgecock lands fronting N Main St at 11 00 A M February 14 1939 at the front door of Guilford County Courthouse High Point N C The parcel runs 504 feet along N Main and 179 894 feet along College Avenue with a 50 foot width at the north end This notice dated January 13 1939.
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City of High Point
Emma Brower
Southern Oil Company
N. C
N. Main St
High Point
College Avenue
H. L. Baumgardner
Deaths: Ralph Donald Henderson
Funeral services were held for Ralph Donald Henderson who died at his home on High Point route 2. The service was conducted at 11 o clock Friday by Rev. J C Madison Rev. Robert Davis and Rev. W R Jenkins with many relatives and friends present. Joseph Edwards sang Gathering Birds and Joseph and Paul Edwards sang Does Jesus Care. Pallbearers were Carl Byrd Jr Wade Sykes Albert Goodman and Billy Byrd. Interment followed at Pleasant Hill Church Cemetery in Randolph County.
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Ralph Donald Henderson
Enterprise Bureau
E Commerce
Thomasville
High Point
J. C. Madison
Robert Davis
W. R. Jenkins
Joseph Edwards
Joseph and
Paul Edwards
Jesus
Carl Byrd, Jr
Wade Sykes
Albert Goodman
Billy Byrd
Pleasant Hill Church
Randolph County
Clyde Rothrock Rites Planned at Fairgrove Church
Funeral services for Clyde Rothrock who died Thursday night at City Hospital will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Fairgrove M E Church. Rev W R Jenkins and Rev T C Vaughn will officiate. The body lies in state from 1 PM to the service hour. Interment will be in the church cemetery.
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Clyde Rothrock
Enterprise Bureau
Commerce Street
Thomasville
City Hospital
Fairgrove M. E
W. R. Jenkins
T. C. Vaughn
Pilgrim Church
Sixth in series sermon on The Forgiveness of Sins
Dr Embree H Blackard continues a Sunday morning series at Wesley Memorial with The Forgiveness of Sins as the sixth sermon in the appeal of the Apostles Creed. The address follows prior themes and invites parishioners to reflect on forgiveness.
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Embree H. Blackard
Wesley Memorial
Uncle Rays Scrapbook Club welcomes new members with certificates
Uncle Ray answers Mickey Nelson about Scrapbook club membership. He confirms once joined, you remain a member every year, with new certificates and cover designs each year, and no fee to join. Members receive a certificate a scrapbook label and instructions via stamped return envelope.
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Ray
Mickey Nelson
Mickey
Scrapbook Club
Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club Membership Request
A reader asks to join the Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club? includes request for a Membership Certificate an instructional leaflet and a cover design. The note is addressed to Uncle Ray care of The High Point Enterprise High Point New York and asks for stamped return envelope and materials.
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Uncle Ray
High Point Enterprise
High Point, N. Y
Fifty-One Job Placements Reported This Week
The North Carolina State Employment Service local office placed 51 workers during the week ending February 4. J. A. Gawthrop, manager, announced the figures this morning. Placements included 26 in private service as regular positions and 25 as temporary roles.
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North Carolina State Employment Service
J. A. Gawthrop
Hosiery Industry Definition and Committee Rules
Andrews explains the scope of hosiery manufacture including knitting dyeing and finishing while excluding yarn processing. The definition covers seamless and full fashioned hosiery for men and women in any yarn. A committee was formed after consulting employers and labor reps and its recommendations can be accepted or rejected by the administrator with possible remand or new committee.
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Andrews
Fifth Birthday Party for Jackie Ray Jones
Jackie Ray Jones celebrated his fifth birthday with a party attended by many friends. Barbara Ann Yates won a prize in indoor games, and a large birthday cake and candy heart favors featured a Valentine theme. Guests included Nina Sue Wilson, Laura Lou Williard, Lin Ida Gail Yates, and others.
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Jackie Ray Jones
Barbara Ann Yates
Valentine
Nina Sue Wilson
Laura Lou Williard
la Wanda Payne
Billie Jean Fields
Mary Faith Williard
Linida Gail Yates
Jean King
Colen
Stuttering Sam Dowell Speaks Out On Overrated Figures
Walter Winchell reports a controversial Q and A from Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe where Stuttering Sam Dowell, a six foot Texas charm er, names Adolf Hitler as the most overrated person because Abe Lyman is alive. A Brooklyn Catholic group praises Catholic contributions to American liberty amid anti Semitism notes a medieval edict from Pope Innocent the Third protecting Jewish rights.
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Billy Rose
Sam Dowell
Adolf Hitler
Abe Lyman
Winchell
Dr. S. Atkinson
Catholic Action Group
Nativity Parish
Brooklyn
the Mirror
Daily Press
Maryland
Innocent the Third
Texas Rabbi Cohen Celebrated for Humanitarian Work
February Reader's Digest profiles Rabbi Cohen as an early Texas citizen famed for inclusive humanitarian service. He quips there is no sectarian ailment, underscoring unity beyond race creed or color.
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Reader's Digest
Rabbi Cohen
Texas
Goering Reacts to Reichstag Fire in Dismissive Style
An elderly physician is beaten by holdup men at a Berlin site and yells murder as a policeman hushes him. The tale, per Ken and contributed by Theodore Irwin and Dr S Hoffman, mocks Ratzis with anecdotes about the Reichstag fire blamed on Nazi enemies and Goering's casual response.
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Berlin
Ken
Germany
Theodore Irwin
S. Hoffman
Reichstag
Goering
Honest Man in Hollywood Prompted Rejection
A New Yorker sought a favor and asked for an intro to Hollywood friends. He wrote that Harry Brand of 20th Century Fox Studios was the only honest man he met, and Brand warned him he had no chance, prompting the writer to thank him sarcastically.
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New Yorker
Hollywood
Winchell
Harry Brand
20Th Century-Fox Studios
Time lists top women novelists sparking debate
In a Page 60 feature Time names Virginia Woolf Willa Cather Elizabeth Madox Roberts and Elizabeth Bowen as the most gifted women novelists. The reader asks why Pearl Buck is omitted despite Nobel Prizes.
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Virginia Woolf
Willa Cather
Elizabeth Madox Roberts
Elizabeth Bowen
Pearl Buck
Guilford County Realty Transfers Highlights
Transfers listed include J M Smith to David C Bodenheimer and Millard H Bodenheimer in High Point Township on a tract adjoining Annie Edwards property. Kemp C Clendenin and wife to Emma D Hodgin in Morehead Township on Glenwood Avenue. Lola H Burt executrix to C J Broadway on Spring Garden Street. Sam Jordan and wife to J E Love in Gilmer Township on High Street. Hazel M Patterson to Clifford C Redmond and wife on Boone. Millard F Fogleman and others to O A Ingold adjoining Lula Ingold. Center Grove Township C C Brown commissioner to W E Marshall and wife adjoining W L Baldwin property.
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High Point Township
J. M. Smith
David C. Bodenheimer
Millard H. Bodenheimer
Annie Edwards
Morehead Township
Kemp C. Clendenin
Emma D. Hodgin
Glenwood Avenue
Lola H. Burt
C. J. Broadway
Spring Garden Street
Gilmer Township
Sam Jordan
J. E. Love
High Street
Hazel M. Patterson
Clifford C. Redmond
Boone Street
Millard Fogleman
O. A. Ingold
Lula Ingold
Center Grove Township
Auto crash victim dies at 26 in Benson
David P. Allen age 26 a farmer mechanic died from injuries suffered in an auto-truck crash the night before in Benson AP report dated Feb 4. Local authorities cited the crash as the cause of death.
Sunday Afternoon With Mr and Mrs Brannock
Mrs C V Idol of Guilford College Route 1 visited her parents Mr and Mrs T J Jones on Wednesday. Eula Parrish and her brother William attended the funeral of their cousin Walter Parrish buried at Farmer. Rose Parrish spent Sunday night in High Point with her mother Mrs Betty Morrison. Bill Dillon enjoyed a Monday wood chopping session followed by supper.
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Brannock
C. V. Idol
Guilford College
T. J. Jones
Eula Parrish
William Parrish
Walter Parrish
Farmer
Rose Parrish
High Point
Betty Morrison
Bill Dillon
O Daniel's Early Texas Governance Pledges Questioned
NEA Service reports Governor W Lee O Daniel after a dramatic rise to power faces criticism over shifting pension plans a proposed turnover tax and tax aims. Critics doubt his anti politician stance as he seeks weekly radio broadcasts and tight control of news to promote his program.
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NEA
Austin
Tex
W. Lee O’daniel
Texas
University of Texas
O'Daniel
Gernor
O’ Iel
O’daniel
O’dan
Capital Short Shots recounts Raleigh legislative notes
Raleigh reports summarize a bill to rename Hampton in Rutherford to Ruth amid debate on honoring biblical Ruth or Babe Ruth. The vote on a county charity funding bill failed with 43 for and 43 against. Other items note legislators’ floor courtesies and a favorable House calendar for England royalty visit proposals.
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Enterprise Bureau
Raleigh
Wrady Withrow
Hampton
Rutherford
Ruth
Ip Rose
Pete’ Murphy
Babe
Withrow
England
North Carolina
House
Committee On
Salisbury Vet Earns Note as Wilson’s Dix Reemerges
On Thursday, Mr. Murphy the Salisbury veteran briefly yielded standing on the House floor as House members extended courtesies to Wilson’s W. R. Dix. Dix sat as a member of the 1895 legislature and returned in 1897, the year “Pete” began his first legislative term.
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Mr. Murphy
Salisbury
Wilson
W. R. Dixon
Pete
House Diverts Beetle Bill to Agriculture Committee
The House moved the Japanese Beetle bill from appropriation to agriculture, prompting observers to wonder how long a committee tasking turnip seed took nearly three weeks. If that pace holds, agreement on Japanese Beetles and a $30 000 appropriation may lag.
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House
NC official blasts conservation department as graft
Columbus countys Raymond Mallard denounces the Department of Conservation and Development calling it the biggest graft in North Carolina. He accuses the agency of receiving more money to protect fish than the state board of health gets to protect people, and speaks openly on the record.
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Columbus County
Raymond Mallard
Department of Conservation and Development
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Pitt Lawmakers Sit Apposite in House Aisle
Pitt legislators John S. Moore and S. O. Worthington occupy direct opposite sides of the House with no significance beyond seating quirks. Moore recalls aiming for an aisle seat after past tussles while trying to pass Clarence Stone. Worthington was later assigned the far seat.
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Pitt
John S. Moore
S. O. Worthington
Mr. Moore
Clarence Stone
Mr. Worthington
Lawmaker Rules Out Liquor Bill in Session
Zeb Vance Turlington, the namesake of the North Carolina bone dry law, says he has no plan to introduce liquor legislation this session. He tells a reporter his aim would be to permit rabbit hunting in the snow.
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Zeb Vance Turlington
North Carolina
Tie vote in House halts as Abernathy breaks impasse
The first tie vote in the House Thursday requires Claude Abernathy to cast the deciding ballot since Speaker Libby Ward is absent. Moore's W. R. Clegg offered an amendment allowing confiscated liquor to be...
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Libby Ward
Nash
Claude Abernathy
Moore
W. R. Clegg
Longest Senate bills surface in brief Thursday session
Two records set in the Senate on Thursday with the administration wage hour bill of 112 words and Senator Golds 142 page estate law bill. Gold announced a Judiciary committee twenty minute meeting to discuss the long measure, while Spark sought 1000 copies for printing but no action was taken on funding.
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Senate
Bain
Gold
Judiciary Committee
Spark
Kerr Opposes Rapid Cuts in State Appropriations
Representative John Kerr Jr of Warren on the appropriations committee says the panel is moving too fast to cut proposed funds for state institutions. He opposed horizontal cuts and urged careful study of each case as conditions change rapidly and items shift in importance over the next two years.
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John Kerr, Jr
Warren
Appropriations Committee
Kerr
Ward hands gavel to Abernathy and Pickens in tight Speakership race
Libby Ward has turned the House gavel to Claude Abernathy Rupert Pickens and rival Bill Fenner while Victor S. Bryant of Durham remains unpresided by request after a two vote margin against Ward.
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Libby Ward
Claude Abernathy
Rupert Pickens
Bill Fenner
Victor S. Bryant
Durham
Ward
Abolishing Absentee Voting Sparks Local Debate
Cumberland County faces a clash over abolishing absentee voting and markers. D Lacy McBryde argues repeal would cut total votes, urging residents to consider the potential impact on turnout and election integrity.
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Cumberland
Lacy McBryde
County
Representative McNair Richmond Defeats Amendment on Liquor Donation
Representative McNair Richmond woke to learn a proposed amendment would allow seized liquor to be donated to hospitals and county homes. The amendment had already been killed before he awoke, and many members feared the broad charity definition.
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McNair Richmond
Alren
Representative Boswood Currituck Speaks on Local School Bill
Representative Boswood Currituck delivered an effective speech during the session day and introduced a local bill dealing with a county school setup. Speaker Ward asked for clarification and Currituck replied hoping the bill passes.
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Boswood Currituck
Ward
Fair Tax Leader Praises Budget Cuts and Tax Debate
Paul Leonard of the Fair Tax Association says business leaders statewide welcome reductions approved by the appropriations committee. He notes supporters prefer lower spending requests over sales tax opposition. Leonard, seen wearing a merchant gift hat, suggests tax reform remains unsettled and could spark wider political conflict.
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Paul Leonard
The
Fair Tax Associato
Appropriations Committee
Leonard
Fatal Accident Near Raleigh Involving Furrier’s Wife
Mrs Sam Nachamson wife of a Washington furrier was fatally injured when an auto driven by her husband overturned on U S Highway 1 near Raleigh New York yesterday. The husband was injured in the crash.
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Raleigh
N. Y
Sam Nachamson
Washington
U. S. Highway 1
Here
Nachamson
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