Capper Opposes Roosevelt Court Plan in News Series
Senator Arthur Capper Kansas argues against enlarging the Supreme Court to protect judicial independence. He warns against a court subservient to the president and contemplates constitutional amendments or other reforms, noting limits of states and the need to solve agricultural and labor questions. Copyright 1937 NEA Service.
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Funeral for Jesse Smith in Randolph County
Funeral services were held Wednesday at 2 pm for Jesse Smith 77 who died at his home in Sophia Route 1 Randolph County. The Flint Hill Congregational church hosted the service with Rev. M Penn officiating and choirs performing songs including In the Sweet Eye and Bye Gathering Home and Going Down the Valley. Pallbearers included Marvin Osborne Horace Farlow Willard Briles Ottis Walker Charleston Briles Charles Walker Walter Farlow and Kermit Briles. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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Jesse Smith
Randolph County
Sophia
Flint Hil Congregational Church
M. Penn
Carl Ward
Frank Farlow
Walter Lanier
J. R. Royals
James Ledwell
W. T. Davis
Harvey Farlow
Neights
Marvin Osborne
Horace Farlow
Willard Briles
Ottis Walker
Charleston Briles
Charles Walker
Walter Farlow
Kermit Briles
Church Cemetery
Bridge Crash Probed After Fatal Scaffold Plunge
A bridge construction accident on the roadway scaffold caused a fatal plunge into tidal waters. An $82,000 rope net failed to save workers and officials listed multiple dead including Gustave Dummitten and W W Bass amid ongoing inspections and safety reevaluations.
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Gustave Dummitten
W. W. Bass
Chris Anderson
Charles Lindros
Hillen
T. H. Allman
Eberhard Faber Pioneered Rubber Tipped Pencil
Eberhard Faber became the first American to produce a rubber tipped pencil and established his business in 1861 becoming a leading pen and pencil manufacturer.
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Eberhard Faber
America
Answers Filed In Litigations In High Point Court
Answers were filed today to litigations started in High Point municipal court by A. G. Walton and company of Massachusetts and Phillip Kolodny trading as the Star Jobbing company against F. Ershier and E. B. Ershier trading as The Leader and Ershier’s. The Walton suit seeks to add F. Erehler as a defendant due to partner ship stores. E. B. Ershiler admits much of the complaint and agrees to a temporary receiver. they acknowledge a $180 debt. The Kolodny case sees both defendants admit insolvency and seek a permanent receiver to protect creditors. Judge Lewis E. Teague will hear the matters and appoint a receiver when in open court.
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High Point
A. G. Walton and Company
Massachusetts
Phillip Kolodny
Star
F. Ershier
E. B. Ershier
Ershier
A. G. Walton
F. Erehler
EB. B. Ershier
Tri City AB Clubs Meet in Greensboro At Country Club
High Point AB club members joined Greensboro and Burlington clubs for a tri city meeting at the Greensboro Country Club. Karl Liung acted as toastmaster while leaders from each club spoke on boosted activity and expansion. The event featured Lew Gogerty and his orchestra and drew about 20 High Point members.
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High Point American Business Club
A. B
Greensboro
Burlington
Karl Liung
A. Paul Routh
High Point
Cliff Ring, Jr
Walter Brown
L. Wayne Brock
Greenville
D. C
National Association of American Business Clubs
James H. Howell
Horace Seeley
Lew Gogerty
High Point Club
City Receives 11860 for Street Improvement Grants
The city to spend 11860 on labor for sidewalk grading and street earth excavation. Projects cover Mangum avenue between Leonard and Commerce Howell street Lindsay to Cornell and Gatewood avenue Locke to Trenton. Work hinges on other active projects releasing labor.
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Leonard
Commerce
Howell Street
Lindsay
Cornell Street
Gatewood Avenue
Locke
Trenton Street
Strickland
Administratrix Notice for Estate of C T Willis High Point NC
Anna Belle Willis Sensenbach administrator notices creditors to present claims by February 18 1938 and all debts to be paid promptly. Located at 629 Colonial Drive the administratrix of the estate of C T Willis invites verified itemized claims before the deadline.
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C. T. Willis
High Point
North Carolinia
Anna Belle Willis Sensenbach
Colonial Drive
T. Willis
Fuller Company Hopes to Expand in High Point Move
The Fuller Manufacturing company makers of two and three piece living room furniture recently moved its plant from Lexington to High Point and is operating near capacity. Owner Paul J. Fuller moved his family to the city this week and 25 employees work at the new factory in the old Silver Knit building at Wise and Mangum streets. The move aims to be closer to the center of the southern furniture industry with plans to expand machinery in the future.
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High Point
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Lexington
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Southern Furniture Industry
Principal Garey to address nurses league in Charlotte
W R Garey principal of Ralston high school will speak to the North Carolina league of nursing education in Charlotte on February 26. Miss Martha Cc Newman, secretary, announced today.
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Charlotte
W. R. Garey
Rallston High School
North Carolina League of Nursing Education
Martha Cc. Newman
Florida Furniture Dealers Bullish on 1937 Outlook
Florida retail furniture dealers report a strong 1936 with November and December boom and anticipate an excellent spring 1937. Paul W. Casey of the Southern Furniture Exposition says Gainesville event and University of Florida extension program backed the upbeat mood amid robust Sunshine State sales to resort markets.
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Florida
Paul W. Casey
Southern Furniture Exposition
Sunshine State
Casey
Florida Retail Furniture Association
Gainesville
Fla
University of Florida
Bride Defends Early Marriage In North Carolina
In Hickory on February 18, Mrs Katherine Schill Morrison of Brookford age 14 married Stanley Morrison a 28 year old textile worker after graduating from Brookford grammar school in June the pair say age differences do not matter in marriage She describes early teen marriage as perfectly all right continuing to defend her union with Morrison who was 28 and married her last August.
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Hickory
Katherine Schill Morrison
Brookford
Stanley Morrison
Morrison
Brookford Grammar School
Theory On Age Gap Marriages Sparks Debate
A columnist suggests marriages with an older man and younger wife may succeed as the husband can mold his spouse into the wife he desires, implying practical training improves outcomes. The piece presents varying opinions on this controversial view.
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Ingly
High Pointers Lose Their Licenses
Raleigh February 18 Three High Point drivers had licenses revoked for one year due to drunken driving. The drivers are Carl M. Cecil P O Box 445 J Carl Beamon 714 West Green Street and Coy Spoon 27 Randolph Street. The state has revoked 8 755 licenses and only 412 have expired since revocation.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
High Point
Carl M. Cecil
P. O. Box
J. Carl Beamon
West Green Street
Coy Spoon
Randolph Street
Freakish Weather Baffles High Point Residents
High Point experienced a rapid change in conditions with a hint of snowfall a smell of sunshine and a burst of rainfall within a few hours. A brief snow flurry occurred around 9 30 in the morning followed by rain and a bright sun by noon. Temperatures rose notably later in the afternoon.
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High Point
Telescopic glasses advised only for near total blindness
The guidance states telescopic eye glasses should be used only in cases of almost total blindness and even then under the care of a specialized eye doctor.
Council executive returns from regional convention
B. W. Hackney Jr. of the Uwharrie council has returned to the city from the annual regional convention held yesterday in Columbia, South Carolina.
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B. W. Hackney, Jr
Roy
Uwharrie Council
Cnt
Columbia
8. C
Snow Mixes With Drizzle in Raleigh Today
Snow mixed with a drizzle fell in Raleigh on February 18 as flakes struck the ground.
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