Presbyterians Approve Plan for New Church Annex
Preliminary plans for a Sunday School annex to the First Presbyterian Church were approved. The $70,000 stone building, about 40,000 square feet, will add classrooms for preschool children and may include a future chapel. Construction starts after final plans are completed, likely in spring.
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First Presbyterian Church
Albert C. Woodruff
Greensboro
Jack Southerland
Southerland
Shirley Avenue
H. P. Dalton, Sr
H. R. Pancoast
S. P. Montgomery
Dupuy Sears
Sanders Dallas
Tom Marlowe
George E. Hutchens
Thieves Loot City Service Stations And Local Shops
City detectives report weekend break ins at King's Service Station 820 North Main Street and Ward's Service Station at Phillips and English Streets with small cash and snacks stolen. Unsuccessful attempts cited at White Way Cafe East Washington Street and C DeWitt Holton Furniture 817 South Main Street with minor damage and no losses.
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King's Service Station
North Main Street
Ward
Phillips and
English Streets
E. T. Bring
King's
Ring
White Way
East Washington Street
C. DeWitt Holton Furniture Company
South Main Street
C. G. Nelson
Stock List Highlights Major Downtime Movers
New York stock list at 1 p.m. EST shows mixed gains and losses across large firms including American Can American Sugar American Tobacco Boeing General Electric General Motors Coca Cola Phillips Morris Reynolds Tobacco Sears and Westinghouse. Several lines show percentage moves such as 61 and 68 percent in certain entries reflecting fluctuating prices among food, tobacco, steel and industrials.
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New York
American T & T
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Bendix Aviation
Bethlehem Steel
Boeing Aircraft - Borden
Briggs Mfg
Cannon Mills
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chrysler
Coca Cola
Colgate-P-P
Continental Can
Curtiss-Wright
Douglas Aircraft DuPont
Eastman Kodak
General Electric
General Motors
Goodrich
Goodyear Gulf Oj
Interchemical Corp International Harveste International Nickel International
T & T Johns Manville
Kennecott Seeseeres Kroger Co
Liggett & Myers
Lorillard
Lou & Nash Monsanto
Pepsi-Cola
Philip Morris Reynolds Tobacco
Seaboard
Sears Roebuck Southern Co
Southern Railway
Standard Oil
Studebaker Union Carbide
S Rubber & Steel
Warner Bros Western Union
Westinghouse Air
Bke
Westingouse Electric
Woolworth
CIO Charges Taft Amended Labor Law Falls Short
The CIO accused Sen. Taft of proposing amendments to Taft Hartley that would not yield a fair labor law. It faulted five bills for increasing government interference, packing the labor board, and creating divided authority. The CIO endorsed limited steps like allowing striker votes and relaxing some injunctions. Taft said he hopes for amendments agreeable to most and aims to address objections.
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Washington
CIO
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
Taft
Labor Board
Sen. Taft
Virginia police hunt brutal street shooter after killings
In Portsmouth authorities seek a white man about 50 after 19 year old Donald Matthews was killed and 15 year old Margaret Hollowell wounded on a rainy Saturday night. The pair were shot at a street intersection after leaving a movie and park date. Hollowell described the assailant who ordered them from the car and forced Matthews to drive toward Churchland. Matthews died in hospital. Hollowell, unable to speak, wrote a brief account of the attack.
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Portsmouth
Donald Matthews
Margaret Hollowell
Matthews
Miss Hollowell
Churchland
Sewing Lesson Fill In The Crosswords Clues
A crossword style list presents horizontal and vertical clues on sewing and fabric themed terms. The set includes patterns, fabrics, fruits, rivers, body parts, gods, and tools with various easy and challenging entries.
Coast Guard Aids Seaconnet From Sand Bar Near Beaufort Inlet
The Coast Guard sent a second cutter to assist the coal laden freighter Seaconnet with 35 crew aboard after it ran aground on a sand bar at the Beaufort Inlet entrance. The 422 foot vessel draws 28 feet and lies in about 20 feet of water as the Conifer and Cherokee attempt to refloat it. The Seaconnet, bound for Morehead City to pick up fuel oil, is owned by Sprague Steamship Co of Boston and operated by Wilmington Ship Co of Wilmington North Carolina.
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Beaufort
N.C
Coast Guard
Beaufort Inlet
Morehead City
Norfolk
Wilmington
One in Three Paid Workers in Britain Are Women
A study shows that one third of paid workers in Great Britain are women. The finding highlights gender parity progress, with implications for labor markets and wage equality.
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Great Britain
Belgium King plans tour of flood areas
King Baudouin, 22, returns from a French Riviera holiday amid national disaster and schedules a tour of flood areas in Belgium. The monarch, criticized by socialist and liberal papers, arrived at Brussels to join the palace as public opinion pressured a swift Brussels return.
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Brussels
Belgium
Baudouin
Riviera
Europe
T. W. Hilliard Dies At Route 5 Home
T. W. Hilliard 65 a High Point jeweler since 1907 died after heart attack in sleep at home on Route 5. Survived by wife Mary L. Hilliard and four sons, three daughters, 15 grandchildren, siblings, and many relatives. Funeral at Trinity Methodist Church with burial in Trinity cemetery.
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T. W. Hilliard
High Point
Route 5
Mr. Hilliard
Hilliard
North Main Street
Trinity Methodist Church
Rowan County
Thomas Franklin
Susan Ann Walton Hilliard
Mary L. Honbarrer
Olen E
Ted
Hoover H
J. Frank Hilliard
Cletus J. Newton
Clarence W. Johnson
Trinity
Ira L. Shankle
Lynchburg
George Weant
C. S. Keller
C. R. Rodden
Carl Lohr
Joe Hege
Lexington
John Burton
Spencer
Dorcas Davis
Salisbury
Cumby-Orrell Mortuary
Brickyard
Miss Mamie Anderson Succumbs at 74
Miss Mamie Anderson 74 died at a nursing home near Lexington after two years of ill health. Born September 27, 1874, she lived in High Point and Thomasville. Survived by two sisters Mrs. John B. Burton and J. W. Clodfelter. Services held at Sechrest Chapel with Rev. Perkins and Rev. Newlin. Burial in Springfield Cemetery.
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Mamie Anderson
Lexington
Joshua and
Corrina Anderson
High Point
Thomasville
Cox Avenue
John B. Burton
J. W. Clodfelter
Sechrest Chapel
Theodore Perkins
Oak Hill
Vacu matic Carburetor Offers Gas Savings
Wisconsin inventor introduces the Vacu mating automatic supercharge carburetor that trims fuel use by auto adjusting to engine needs. Easily installed in minutes and claimed to fit cars trucks and tractors. Vacu-matic Carburetor Co of Wauwatosa invites readers to request free details.
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Wisconsin
Car Theft Suspect Faints From Fright
Minneapolis police chase ends as a car theft suspect faints from fright after a warning shot was fired. Officers pursued on foot and witnesses described the suspect dropping to the ground in shock.
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Minneapolis
Minn
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Presbyterians
Finance
A. M. Rankin
D. W. Hunter
E. B. Gamble
Williard Thomas
W. W. Idol
X and
W. Stanley Davis
Packard
Paramount Pictures
Penney
Pennsylvania RR
Virginia
Persia
Grace Flower Shop Cor
N. Wrenn & Howell
S. Main
Mann’‘s Drug Stores
A. C. Gibbs
L. J. Mabe
Springfield Road Baptist Church
Trinity Cemetery
S. Main ST
America
Davis-Pruett Motor Co., Inc
N. Main St
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