Millett Best Column in 1939 NEA Service Awards
Ruth Millett winner of the New York Newspaper Women's Club prize for best column of critical comment and opinion for We, The Women. The award, $100, presented by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, honors the column's overall superiority in 1939 among NEA Service and The Enterprise writers.
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NEA Service
New York
Ruth Millett
The
Enterprise
Women's Club
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Miss Millett
Helen Worden
New York World- Telegram Society
Star
NEA
Sonia Tvomara
New York Herald Tribune
Virginia Pope
New York Times
William Ludlow Chenery
Collier's
Rita Weiman
Charles Hanson Towne
Christopher Morley
Genevieve Forbes Herrick
Cess
Danger
Gotham
Manhattan Cafe Society
Marian Young
NEA Service and Enterprise
Eleanor Roosevelt
Better Education Is Important Need Says Dr Humphreys
Dr. G I Humphreys president of High Point College urged local ministers to boost cooperation with the college and expand education. He stressed moral responsibility and called for more students from all denoms. He outlined seven cooperation steps and noted plans for Brotherhood Week and a March 21 musical festival.
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G. I. Humphreys
High Point College
High Point Ministers’ Association
America
Humphreys
Clara Cox
Charlies F. Carroll, Jr
J. M .Freedman
Thomas IF. Carney
G. J. Humphreys
Edgar Hartley
Thomasville Seizes Illegal Slot Machines and Fines
In Thomasville township police report seizures of several illegal slot machines over the weekend. Baren Crawford Mose Lewis Leon Black face $50 fines. Ted Stevenson Julian Kennedy Reid Moore W. N. Thompson pay $25 fines. Reid Watford fined $75. All machines confiscated and destroyed. appeals filed in all cases.
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Thomasville
F. C. Smith
Baren Crawford
Mose Lewis
Leon Black
Ted Stevenson
Julian Kennedy
Reid Moore
W. N. Thompson
Reid Watford
Thomasville Merchants Honor Firemen and Policemen Dinner
The annual dinner by Thomasville merchants to honor the city’s firemen and policemen will be held at the Woman's Club building Friday night with Tom Harris in charge of arrangements. Assab in Ethiopia plans a new harbor cut from the desert beach.
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Thomasville
Woman's Club
Tom Harris
Assab
Ethiopia
Syrup of Black-Draught Promoted as Gentle Laxative
An old advertisement touts Syrup of Black-Draught as a mild laxative for children. It claims the remedy is palatable and gentle with thorough action, citing its principal ingredient as toning bowel muscles. Available in two sizes, 50c and 2. (Note: text revised to fit summary guidelines while preserving core entities.)
Negro Bound Over On Breaking Count
Thomasville court hearing records Lawrence Phillips a local Negro with a lengthy police record bound over to the May term of superior court on breaking and entering after admitting to stealing cigarettes from Gateway Service Station. Bond set at 500 dollars. Phillips also sentenced 30 days for drunkenness. Emma Hutcheson tried for larceny and receiving given six months jail time suspended on five years good behavior. Others convicted include Odell Watford for a worthless check judgment suspended, Haywood Banks for speeding, and several men for drunkenness with court costs taxed.
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Thomasville
Lawrence Phillips
Superior Court
C. W. Gilliam
Thomasville Court
Phillips
Gateway
Emma Hutcheson
Odell Watford
Haywood Banks
Reidaville
Lonnie Gray
George McCorquodale
John Henry Harris
Hoyt Davis
Suspended Terms for J B Howell in Guilford Cour t
In Greensboro on February 6 Judge Will Pless suspended two sentences and imposed a $100 fine on Jesse B. Howell for breaking and entering the C and C Lunch and Lambeth Grocery in High Point. One sentence ran 12 to 18 months, another eight months, suspended on good behavior for six years and payment of the fine in weekly $3 installments. The case cited influence from Vance Davis, sentenced previously for related crimes. Also noted was a court-recorded regret over Charles Cummings of Guilford College who died in an automobile accident en route to jury duty.
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Greensboro
Jesse B. Howell
High Point
Guilford Superior Court
Will Press
Howell
C and C
Lambeth Grocery Company
Jesse
Vance Davis
Pless
Charles Cummings
Guilford College
Cummings
Tobacco market disposes 364,302 pounds in Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem market reported 364,302 pounds of tobacco disposed of yesterday at an average price of 9.46 dollars per hundred. Sales to date totaled 64.
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Winston-Salem
Leas
January Fire Loss Totals in High Point Reach $4922
The January fire report shows total loss in High Point of 4922 with 58 alarms, two false. Building losses far exceed contents losses, and total buildings at risk were about 73700 with insured value 56350. Causes include physical hazards 17 and personal hazards 28 among others. Sweden bans private diring of automobiles.
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Fire Department
High Point
Tobacco market nears all time season poundage record
The season total stands at 159124 pounds with less than a million pounds to reach the 1950 31 record. Traders expect a new high before week end asSales close.
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William O. Kendrick
Lucy Pettit
Margaret Stephenson
University of Oklahoma
Wes
Duke Power CO
South Main Street
J. B. Howell
High Point Negro
Sweden
U. S
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Vinson
France
Britain
Japan
Italy
Russia
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Ponnegys
Penney
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