Local North Carolina Weather Update
Mostly cloudy with scattered showers tonight and Thursday. Slightly warmer in east and north central areas, colder in north and west regions. Hatteras to Jacksonville expects moderate northeast to southeast winds with overcast skies and showers. Sandy Hook to Hatteras shows winds shifting from southeast to southwest with rain tonight and Thursday, becoming overcast with rain.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
North
South
Bids Open March 28 for Fayetteville Veterans Hospital
The Veterans Administration announced that bids will be opened March 28 for a $1,500,000 veterans' hospital at Fayetteville Maine. Eleven construction units are planned including the main building nurses quarters officers quarters a laundry and a garage building.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
Veterans’ Hospital
Fayetteville
Me. C
Interracial Scouting Leader Visits High Point
Stanley Harris national director of Inter racial Scouting for the United States spent yesterday in High Point meeting local leaders F L Porter H A Millis and B W Hackney Jr to discuss an expected growth in interracial scouting. The Negro District Committee met to review the year's activities and plan for the coming year with E Burford T B Smith Whitted Dr J C Morgan Rev F R Mason C E Yakley W H Saunders Lawrence Boyd and Warren Steele present.
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Stanly Harris
United States
Harris
South
F. L. Porter
Uwharrie Council
H. A. Millis
B. W. Hackney
Negro District Committee
E. Burford
T. B. Smith
Whitted
J. C. Morgan
F. R. Mason
C. E. Yakley
W. H. Saunders
Lawrence Boyd
Warren Steele
True false quiz on common knowledge items
A list presents five statements about objects and places. Each item claims facts about a Maxim silencer for baby carriage wheels, Henry Ford production, the Isle of Capri’s sea, an army mule term shavetail, and a newspaper reference room called the playroom.
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Henry Ford
Isle of Capri
Saltic Sea
Relief debate looms as appropriation elimination fails
Senators question Roosevelt funding moves while discussing relief ends and job roll investigations. House focus shifts to 1.98 billion independent offices bill and a new defense measure for 3 032 planes. Speaker on naval base plan and Secretary Perkins impeachment probe move forward.
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Adams
D-Cole
Byrnes
D-Sc
Roosevelt
House
Independent
Air Corps
Naval Committee
Judiciary Committee
Perkins
Vitamin D Added to Milk by Two Processes
The article states that vitamin D is instilled into milk using two methods: irradiation and vitex processes.
Early Birds Subcommittee Shapes North Carolina Elections
The House Elections and Election Law subcommittee led by Guilford's Joe Carruthers meets daily at 8:30 am to craft a report on absentee ballots and other reforms. Members Mull, Taylor, McBryde, Volger, Marshall, and Kerr discuss statewide registration, precinct splitting, markers, and safeguards ahead of a full committee vote.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Henry Averill Raleigh
House Elections and Election Law Committee
Guilford
Joe Carruthers
Carruthers
Odus Mull
Cleveland
Frank Taylor
Wayne
Lacy McBryde
Cumberland
J. B. Volger
Mecklenburg
William Marshall
Stokes
John Kerr, Jr
Warren
State Board of Elections
Taylor
State Board
Subcommittee
House
San Francisco Beards Grow for Fiesta Opening
San Francisco barbers report about 20,000 residents are growing beards for the upcoming Golden Gate International Exposition opening February 18. Officials say facial hair will complement western costumes for the fiesta, with varied explanations from patriotism to ego to romance.
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San Francisco
San
Sam Michelini
Prairie Fire Ravages Farms in Chase County
Prairie fire swept northern Chase county destroying several farm buildings and pastures and homes as winds drove the flames across 45 square miles in the early hours.
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Kas
Chase County
Sea Scout Ship S. S. Sheaspeake Under First Inspection
The Sea Scout Ship S. S. Sheaspeake underwent its first inspection in a basement meeting room of First Presbyterian Church. Skipper Charles Hagen led the review in Leadership, Program and Activities, Membership, and Advancement. Inspectors included E. L. Hardin and C. J. Gast with ship officials and visiting Sea Scouts from Salisbury and Greensboro.
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S. S. Sheaspeake
First Presbyterian Church
Charles Hagen
Davey Jones
Greensboro
Hagen
Sea Scouting
Stanly Harris
Inter Racial Scouting
Tom Keane
Frank Braden
E. L. Hardin
Uwharrie Council
Charles’ Hagen
C. J. Gast
J. D. Ross
Hunter Dalton
M. E. Brown
Salisbury
Clyde Mays
Larry Hardin
Charles Burkett
Mrs. Lillie Staley of Spencer passes at Salisbury hospital
Mrs. Lillie Chandler Staley 61 wife of R L Staley of Spencer and sister of J Walter Chandler of this city died at Rowan Memorial Hospital Salisbury yesterday afternoon after a two week illness. She was born in Danville Virginia and lived in High Point before moving to Spencer after marriage. Surviving are her husband and two brothers Albert B Chandler of Spencer and J Walter Chandler of this city. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 4 PM from Central Methodist Church Spencer with burial in Chestnut Hill Cemetery Salisbury.
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Lillie Chandler Staley
R. L. Staley
Spencer
J. Walter Chandler
Rowan Memorial Hospital
Salisbury
Staley
Danville
Stephen Albert
Henrietta Holman Chandler
High Point
Albert B. Chandler
Central Methodist Church
Chestnut Hill Cemetery
Coogans Ready For Hollywood Finish
Hollywood report says Jackie Coogan plans a reunion with Betty Grable in a Glendale hospital where she had an appendectomy. Coogan flies from Fort Worth to her bedside as finances near settlement and marriage troubles may ease.
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Hollywood
Jackie Coogan
Here
Texas
Betty Grable
Glendale
Coogan
Fort Worth
Betty
License Revoked List Includes Wade Crofts for DUI
State highway safety division issues list revoking driver's licenses. Wade Crofts of 1403 Emory Street High Point is named for driving drunk.
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State Highway Safety Division
Wade Crofts
Emory Street
High Point
Voters Approve Bonds for County Hospital Project
APPROVE BONDS WHITEVILLE Feb 8 Columbus county citizens voted to issue 55000 of bonds for the county s share in a 100000 hospital project with the PWA in conjunction with federal aid.
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Whiteville
Columbus County
PWA
Eli Terry the watchmaker on horseback selling early clocks
Eli Terry an early New England clockmaker fashioned a few dozen timepieces by hand and rode on horseback to sell them, traveling to markets and towns to showcase his craft.
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Eli Terry
New England
Man ends life after loss of taste in Kansas City
Lee Mills, 67, left a note to his wife saying he could never taste food again. He shot himself in a partly filled bathtub after months of losing his sense of taste to a disease that made everything taste like salt or tasteless.
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Kansas City
Lee Mills
Thomas S Clayton Claimed By Death
Thomas S Clayton 44 died at a local hospital at 1 30 this morning after a three week illness. Born in Buncombe County September 12 1894 he moved here with his family 13 years ago and worked at Triangle Hosiery Mill. Survived by wife Daisy Melton two daughters Mary and Cornelia Clayton a son Vernon Clayton and relatives. Funeral Thursday at 3 from Green Street Baptist Church with burial in Floral Garden Cemetery.
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Thomas S. Clayton
Mr. Clayton
Buncomb County
Robert
Mary Young Clayton
Buncombe County
Triangle Hosiery
Green Street
Sam Crook
Marietta
L. L. Hicks
Chase City
George Crook
South Hill
Lainia Clayton
Arden
N. C
Thissell Street
Green Street Baptist Church
C. N. Royal
D. W. Howell
Calvary Methodist Church
Floral Garden Cemetery
Pastors' Federation Speakers Address Western Ministers
Dr. J. F. Pritchard and Rev. J. C. Madison spoke to the Western Pastors' Federation at Roberta church near Concord. Pritchard discussed the Appreciation Year Campaign and Madison argued that the Methodist Protestant Church is not dead or dying. They were joined by Rev. Fred R. Love of Pleasant Grove church, a Roberta native.
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J. F. Pritchard
North Carolina
Methodist Protestant Church
J. C. Madison
M. P
Roberta
Concord
Western Pastors’ Federation
Fred R. Love
Pleasant Grove
High Point
Thomasville
Mr. Love
High Point Civil Cases Set For Guilford Court Trial
The Guilford County superior court civil calendar for a February 20 term includes High Point cases. February 23 trials list Charles Ragan and wife versus the City of High Point and Thelma Gardner versus Thurston Gardner. Ambrose Grubb of Thomasville versus Frances J. Grubb of High Point slated for March 1.
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Greensboro
Feb. S
Guilford County Superior Court
High Point
Charles Ragan
Thelma Gardner
Thurston F. Gardner
Ambrose Grubb
Thomasville
Frances J. Grubb
Negro Held in Jail on Break-In Charge
Albert Reed of 1300 Olga Street was arrested by police detectives on a breaking and entering and larceny charge. The warrant alleged a break into Sam Small’s home at 1401 Lee Street and theft of a $27 suit. Bond was set at $750 and Reed remained in city jail.
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Albert Reed
Olga Street
Reed
Sam Small
Lee Street
Petition for Eastern North Carolina Tubercular Hospital
Health officials from 10 counties vote to petition the General Assembly to establish a tubercular sanitarium in Eastern North Carolina. Mayor Jack McMullan of Edenton secures unanimous support. Dr P P McCain says a 350 bed hospital is needed in the east.
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Windsor
Jack McMullan
Edenton
General Assembly
North Carolina
P. P. McCain
Scout Leader W A Dobson to Visit High Point
Regional Boy Scout executive W A Dobson will visit High Point on February 13 to confer with local Scout officials. Dobson, known in the city for prior visits and keynote speaker at the Uwharrie Council annual meeting in 1937, oversees Scouting operations in the Southeast from Atlanta.
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W. A. Dobson
High Point
Dobson
Uwharrie Council
Atlanta
Arrange For Cub Training Course
A Monday evening training course will be held at Ray Street school on February 13 to prepare parents for Cub Pack membership in the Boy Scouts of America. Attendance is open to any city parent, with many new and current Cub parents listed as signatories to attend.
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Ray Street
Ray Street School
Boy Scouts of America
Floyd G. Threat
H. R. Jones
J. R. Fanelty
E. L. Toler
al Schwartz
Sutton
G. E. Hinkle
W G. Bridges
Rufus C. Russell
J. N. Thomas
B. B. Hoskins
J. D. Rike
Fletcher Welch
J. Lambeth
T. J. Underwood
D. A. Stanton
Charles Dra
Beatrice Drake
T. Taylor
Mutual Builds & Loan Association
Auth
High Point
City of
County
South Street
N. C
Parc
Washington Street
Clifton Echols
Southern Railway
Bedsford
Bedie
H. L. Baumgardne
Child Rachel Hepler Dies After Illness at Local Hospital
Eight month old Rachel Urshula Hepler daughter of Mr and Mrs Hal A Hepler of Oak Hill Forest died at a local hospital at 1 30 this morning after being ill since Sunday She was born June 5 1938 in High Point Surviving are the parents one brother Henry Ellis Hep ler paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs J H Hepler Mocksville maternal grandfather E E McNeil Star Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 30 at First Church of God on Asheboro street Rev Hugh Calloway officiated Interment in Floral Garden cemetery The childs father is superintendent of the Central Stone Company of this city.
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Rachel Urshula Hepler
Hal A. Hepler
Oak Hill Forest
High Point
Henry Ellis Hepler
J. H. Hepler
Mocksville
E. E
Camera Club to Hear Hillary G Bailey
The Greensboro Camera club invites Hillary G Bailey of Binghanton New York to speak at its February 9 meeting at the O Henry Hotel. Bailey, a representative of a major photographic equipment house and author, will discuss Contrast and Density and the four influences on print quality. The event opens with a Dutch supper at 7 pm and Bailey speaks at 8 pm.
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Greensboro Camera Club
Hillary G Bailey
Binghampton
N. Y
Bailey
0. Henry
Britain tries to unite Arab camps at Palestine conference
London reports Malcolm MacDonald in extended talks with Arab delegates to bridge a rift between the exiled Mufti supporters and the moderate defense party. The Palestinians seek a unified stance on Jewish immigration as the Jewish delegations prepare to present their case, while Britain aims to avoid separate consultations with each faction.
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London
Britain
Malcolm MacDonald
MacDonald
Death of Beaufort County editor Johnston noted
Joseph John Johnston Beaufort County Record editor was buried today after dying Monday night from a heart attack He would have turned 68 on February 26 Surviving are his widow five children a sister and six grandchildren
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John Joseph Johnston
Washington
N. C
Joseph John Johnston
Beaufort County
Johnston
Stephen Cole Buried After Stroke at Funeral
Stephen Cole, 61, of Owen near Warrenton, was buried today after suffering a stroke Sunday during his brother Willie J. Coles funeral. He died yesterday and leaves two daughters and two sons.
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Stephen Cole Warrenton
Stephen Cole
Owen
Here
Cole
Willie J. Cole
Warrenton
Jane Marie Saunders Dies After Brief Illness
Jane Marie Saunders five months old daughter of J B and Aline Charles Saunders died at home on R F D No 1 after a brief pneumonia illness. Survived by parents and grandparents J W Saunders M R Duning both of Thomasville. Funeral service Thursday at Pleasant Grove M E church at two o clock with Rev F R Love and Rev C L Ruth officiating burial in church cemetery.
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Jane Marie Saunders
Enterprise Bureau
Commerce Street
Thomasville
J. B
Aline Charles Saunders
J. W. Saunders
M. R. Dunning
Mrs Arrena Pierce Dies at 68 in Trinity Community
Mrs Arrena Pierce wife of R H Pierce died at her home in Trinity route 1 Tuesday after a short illness. She was 68. Survivors include husband two daughters Mrs Garner of Denton and Mrs Troy Hoover of Trinity route 1 two sisters Mrs Minnie Gallimore and Mrs Mary Black both of Trinity route 1 and two brothers Robert Richardson of Asheboro route 2 and Philmore Richardson of Trinity route 1. She was a member of the Tabernacle M E church. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 3 pm at the Tabernacle church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Arrena Pierce
Commerce Street
Associated Press
Thomasville
R. H. Pierce
Trinity
Tabernacle
Garner
Denton
Troy Hoover
Abandon Proposal to Raise Fertilizer Tax
Raleigh February 28 1934 Agriculture Commissioner W Kerr Scott abandoned a plan to hike the state fertilizer tax to fund a marketing program. He cited opposition from farmers and organizations and said it would be inadvisable to advocate the increase.
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Raleigh
W. Kerr Scott
The
Agriculture Board
County Seeks Six More Weeks of Criminal Court
Greensboro February 8 L Stansbury chairman Guilford county board of commissioners and Commissioner W Burke visited Raleigh to present a draft bill to provide six additional weeks of criminal court for the county. The measure would save the county money as the county has averaged about weeks of criminal court yearly, each week costing about $300.
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Greensboro
L. Stansbury
Guilford
Hedrick Motor Lines Granted Interstate Transport Authority
Charlotte February 8 Hedrick Motor Lines of High Point is granted authority to engage in interstate transportation of specified commodities by motor truck. The Interstate Commerce Commission motor carrier bureau also directed W Grant James Weeksville and Effron Truck Company of Aiken to show compliance with bureau regulations within a specified period.
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Charlotte
Interstate Commerce Cosion
Bureau
Commiss
Hedric Motor Li
High Point
W. Grant James Weeksville
Effron Truck Company
Aiken
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Key West
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Memphis
Meridian
Miami
Eeeres
Mpls
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Mt. Mitchell Steer
New Orleans
Good Housekeeping Bureau
Jesse James
Tyrone Power
Henry Fonda
Nancy Kelly
Randolph Scott
Cpullea
Akim Tamiroff
Frances Farmer
Lynne Overman
Jeffrey Lynn John Garfield Lane Sisters
Annabel
Jack Oakie
Lucille Ball
Rialto
Leo Carillo
Jean Parker
James Ee N ‘the Barrier
Stanley A. Harris
Stanley Harris
Burke
D-Neb
Palace Theatre
Salem Street
Tenth Avenue Kid
Bruce Cabot
Beverly Roberts
Subcommittee On
J. L
Barbara Jane Moser
Albert Moser
Willowbrook Street
Smith
Mrs. Staley
Coogans
Pastors’ Federation
Camera Club
Hillary G. Bailey
Palestine
Holy Land
Sidney Bailey
B. Bailey
Morriss
Chesapeake
Hedrick Motor Lines
Bellane
Indigo
Guilford County
Gus
Carter
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