Fight On Sales Tax Meeting Planned In High Point
Local merchants continue to oppose a state sales tax with a Wednesday public meeting planned. Senator Capus Waynick and Representative Thomas Turner from Raleigh are expected to attend, with High Point Merchants' Association backing the event and further details to be announced.
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Waynick
Turner
Capus M. Waynick
Thomas Turner
General Assembly
Raleigh
High Point Merchants’ Association
D. A. Dowdy
Delia Swain Dies at 32 in Thomasville
Mrs. Delia Swain, 32, wife of W H Swain, died last night at home near Thomasville after months of illness. Survived by husband, son Billy, daughter Margaret, and sister Mrs Bunn Bowden. Funeral Tuesday at Unity Chapel with Rev John Cline. interment in city cemetery.
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Thomasville
Delia Swain
W. H. Swain
Morris
High Point
Billy
Margaret
Bunn Bowden
Unity Chapel
Swain
John Cline
DPD
R. Profitt
Funeral for John Hardison Jr. planned in Thomasville
Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 o clock for John Hardison Jr. one day old son of Mr and Mrs Hardison on Peate street. The child died at 7 20 o'clock the morning. Burial at Emmanuel church cemetery.
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fPreia
Tee EwTeRrene Thomasville
John Hardison
Softer wheels prompt balloon tire preference
A quirky exchange asks if balloon tires are preferred over other types while noting the speaker has no car and walks. The line ends with a playful German timestamp remark about Cologne.
Neese Willard Eludes Federal Officers After Car Chase
Federal officers pursue Neese Williard after a Saturday arrest on a capias in Winston Salem. A 15 mile chase ends in a wreck near Greensboro where his mother Mrs. Jane Williard suffers injuries but refuses hospital care. Williard escapes into a residence through a window and vanishes, despite officers following his trail for over a half mile.
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Neese Williard
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Williard
Jane Williard
Winston
W. BR. Futrelle
Nh. FY. Millikan
Willard
Willlard
Clyde Farley Recovers From Gas Asphyxiation Incident
Clyde Farley of 200 Roland Park Avenue was treated at High Point hospital after carbon monoxide gas from a charcoal fire in his garage suffocated him. He collapsed before dialing for help while working on an auto and was confined since Saturday afternoon.
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Clyde Farley
Roland Park Avenue
High Point
Mr. Farley
C. F. Farley
Farley
High Point Hospital
Peterman Slain At Charlotte Worked Power Deal Here
K L Peterman vice president of Southern Public Utilities was found to have ended his own life in his Charlotte home Saturday night coroners jury said. He was known for handling negotiations that reduced the city’s wholesale electric costs by about 26 percent and final papers were mailed from city hall to him to finalize the deal. Peterman impressed local officials with his efficient courteous conduct during the negotiations.
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K. L. Peterman
Southern Public Utilities
Charlotte
Peterman
Robberies Reported In East Side Grocery and Poultry Yard
Two thefts are under police investigation after tobacco was stolen from the East Side Grocery and nine hens were taken from J. S. Fulton’s poultry yard on Saturday night. No arrests have been made.
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East Side
J. S. Pulton
Praise for Resinol Skin Remedy
A reader reports severe skin trouble improved after using Resinol Ointment and Soap. Within a week the skin became smooth and velvet like, prompting praise for the product and a coupon reply from Resinol.
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Nesimel
Dept. 101
Baltimore
Bruggiom Ecorowhore
Heavy docket features shoplifting and liquor cases in municipal court
A municipal court session carried over shoplifting and liquor cases to later dates. Defendants included Gaston Johnson in a reckless driving arraignment defended by a white attorney. Numerous convictions or not pros with leave were recorded for drunk and disorderly conduct, larceny, assault with a deadly weapon, and prohibition law violations amid fines and costs.
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Gaston Johnson
Robert Day
Glenn Frye
Lewis E. Teague
George Lewis
Howard Overcash
Sam Lewis
Ralph Williamson
A. B. Butler
Charlie Jenkins
Fred Clemmons
Maggie Davis
Victor Fowler
Price Thomas
S. E. Hill
Albert Caldwell
James Conley
Charlie Shuford
Aubry Bennett
Gus Griffith
George McClure
BR. C, Hayes
B. C
Hayes
Isaac Smith
Rufus Leach
Thad Hodgin
Excell McDonald
Ollie Alford
Costa
Roy Bray
John Green
W. F. Smith
Will Carter
Costes
C. G. Murphy
George Chambers
High Point Cases In Superior Court
Greensboro February 13. E W Blackwell of High Point received prayer for judgment continued until April 24 in a criminal abandonment and non support case, with a pending obligation to support his family. Similar continuance was granted for Robert Myers appeal on assault on a female. In civil matters a $500 Albert Cates vs Dixie Life Insurance compromise reached, judgment not entered by 3 p.m.
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Greensboro
E. W. Blackwell
High Point
Superior Court
Robert Myers
Albert Cates
Dixie Life Insurance Company
Salem Steel Auction Ordered In Forsyth County
A bankruptcy sale of the Salem Steel Company assets, valued at $34 000, was authorized by Judge Oscar O Pfird in Forsyth County Court. The Piedmont Steel Company of High Point bid the assets, with proceeds to be held in trust for future court orders.
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Salem Steel Company
Wineton-Salem
Piedmont Steel Company
High Point
Oscar O. Pfird
Forsyth County
8400 Garments Shown Distributed to Needy in Winter
The High Point Board of Public Welfare reported 7 840 garments were given to the city’s needy from November 20 1932 to February 4 1933, valued at 3 511 32 dollars. About 2 000 families were clothed, with 5 485 Red Cross items and 2 405 used garments and donations included.
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Board of Welfare
High Point Board of Public Welfare
W. C. Hammond
Guilford College mission session with journalism talk
At Guilford college New Garden meeting house the second session of the school of missions featured John W. Cannon of the Greensboro Daily News on journalism and vocational opportunities. Mrs. Van Noppen spoke on Sunday school training and Mrs. Roxie White on citizenship and world problems.
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Guilford College
Guilford College School of Missions
New Garden Meeting House
John W. Cannon
Greensboro Daily News
Roxie White
Hamilton Moore
Kansas City
Belgian Congo
Africa
Cannon
Hoarded cash found by peeping Tom scare at local teachers
A peeping Tom was seen at the window of a room occupied by two teachers prompting them to fetch cash early to pay upcoming bills. John Cavas of the Princesa Cafe was alerted by a phone call and two cafe customers paid cash in advance after fearing theft. A search of the area turned up nothing and the prowler was not located.
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John Cavas
Princesa Cafe
Ernest Andrews Dies in Local Hospital at 20
Ernest M. Andrews 20, a first year NC State student and son of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Andrews of 509 Chestnut Street, died Sunday at a local hospital after a critical illness. Born October 16, 1912 in Spartanburg, he lived much of his life there before moving to High Point. He attended Junior and Senior High Schools here, entered State College last fall, and was active in Wesley Memorial Church and DeMolay. Funeral services are Tuesday at 2 p.m. at his home, with burial at Oakwood Memorial Park. pallbearers include DeMolay members and NC State students.
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Ernest M. Andrews
North Carolina State College
O. M. Andrews
Chestnut Stret
Spartanburg
8. C
Co. M. and
Merchte Smith Andrews
Liston Pope
Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery
Chas
W. McAnally
Wesley Memorial Church
N. C. State College
Clyde Williams
Harold Webb
Jimmy Webb
Bill Ferree
Marion Gatlin
Lloyd Hughes
Howard Raper
Carl Gibson
Reece Williams
F. H. Gray
H. L. Mitchell
Fred Hicks
E. EB. Plummer
Earl Andrews
Chas McAnally
Gray O'Neill
James Hinkle
DeMolay
Fragmentary note on mission life and villagers
A partial fragment describes life in villages and mission workers peacefully carrying on their duties despite adversity. The readable lines emphasize daily work and community resilience in a faith-based setting.
Dr F R Taylor to Address Tri-State Medical Society
Dr F R Taylor of this city travels to Greenville DC to speak Tuesday night at the Tri-State Medical Society three day session on differential diagnosis of congenital heart disease and allied conditions. He is accompanied by Dr Frank Starr of Sedgefield and will stay for the full meeting returning Thursday morning.
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F. R. Taylor
Greenville
D. C
Tri-State Medical Society
Taylor
Frank Starr
Sedgefield
Pilot Life Insurance Company
Well Known Colored Business Man Speaks in Greensboro
Co. Spaulding president of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance of Durham will speak Tuesday evening at 8 at Trinity AME Zion Church on East Washington street. High Point NC Mutual Life Insurance reps urge attendance to hear one of the nation’s outstanding colored businessmen.
Bishop Kern Warns of Communism Dark Threat to Far East
Bishop Paul Kern of Shanghai tells 1200 at Wesley Memorial Church that communism now dominates five Chinese provinces and may ally with Russia if China fights alone. He warns of materialism, Manchuria inflaming the region, and urges missionary funding and Christ’s outreach to East Asia.
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Paul Kern
Orient
Far East
Shanghai
China
Wesley Memorial Church
North Carolina
Kern
Southern Methodist Church
Russia
East
America
Japan
Bishop Kern
Manchuria
Korea
Christ
Jesus Christ
Edwin D. Mouton
Charlotte
North
South Carolina
A. W. Plyler
Greensboro
Wesley Memorial Choir
First M. P. Sermon Urges Transformation Over Conformity
Rev. R. S. Farmer of First Methodist Protestant church preached on Conformed or Transformed, tied to Lincoln’s birthday. He urged transforming the mind, not merely polishing the outside, citing Pilate and Agrippa as conformers and Stephens and Paul as transformed.
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R. S. Farmer
First
Lincoln
Paul
Pilate
Agrippa
Stephens
Christ
Abraham Lincoln
Christian Science Lesson Sermon Focuses on Soul Concept
The February 12 service centers on the Bible and Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. It argues that soul or spirit denotes deity single mind, not plural and rejects material soul notions and heathen myth.
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Churches
Societies of Christ, Scientist
Mary Baker Eddy
Commission Denies More Compensation To Local Plaintiff
Industrial Commissioner J Dewey Dorsett in Greensboro denied additional compensation to Arthur Brown of 307 Walker Street for a finger injury suffered at work against Highland Cotton Mills and American Mutual Liability Insurance. Brown had already received temporary total disability pay and was found to have no permanent injury. Esther Sedberry of 217 Fourth Street prevailed against High Point Overall Company and London Guarantee and Accident Company, awarded $7.20 weekly from October 28 1932 during temporary total disability not to exceed the act. Defendants to pay medical hospital costs and hearing expenses.
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Arthur Brown
Walker Street
Highland Cotton Mills
American Mutual Liability Insurance Company
J. Dewey Dorsett
Greensboro
Esther Sedberry
Fourth Street
High Point Overall Company
London Guarantee and Accident Company
Thieves Steal Back Porch and Plumbing in El Paso
In El Paso detectives report burglaries where thieves dismantled and carried away the back porch of a vacant house and stripped the home of all plumbing fixtures. The unusual thefts highlight a spree targeting fixtures and outdoor structures.
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el, Paso
Tex
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