Lamented 1957 Hinted By Bright Spots In High Point
The year 1957 in High Point is seen as troubled by legal and financial questions over municipal power financing. The North Carolina Supreme Court could block or alter plans, while the Public Works Administration has allocated 144 160 for preliminary work at Styers Dam. The city weighs bond financing options amid Judge H Hoyle Sink’s opinion, and officials eye a new Guilford County building on South Main as part of a dual admin system. Other modest projects include an armory, stadium, park, clubhouse, and school improvements.
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Upreme Court
North Carolna
H. Hoyle Sink
Supreme Court
Munici
High Point
Guilford
English Street
County
Works Pro- Administration
High T College
Ie Park
City
Unemployment Compensation Details and Benefit Limits
The article explains that unemployment benefits are based on a worker's normal wage, with pay between five and fifteen dollars weekly, not exceeding one half of earnings. Payments depend on credits earned from prior wages, with a maximum 16 week payout and a potential extension after 52 weeks if credits remain. Eligibility requires past covered employment and availability to work.
Unemployment rules clarified with new benefits example
The text explains that benefits equal the weekly amount minus five sixths of weekly earnings. Example: a $16 weekly benefit with $6 earned reduces to $3 in compensation, totaling $9 for the week. It lists exemptions and notes Ralph Stephens of Raleigh arriving to interview for the North Carolina Employment Service, starting Monday.
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United States
Ralph Stephens
Raleigh
Unemployment Compensation Commission
North Carolina State Employment Service Office
Expenditure Report Shows Over Million City Housing Costs
The past year saw 121 new residences in High Point costing $329,086 and 109 non residences at $190,997. Repairs to 22 percent of buildings totaled $64,544, with non residences repairs at $161,205. April led with $160,399, August followed, December smallest at $17,685 with eight new residences permits issued.
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High Point
Local Group Notes Building Uptick and Home Additions
A local group reports an uptick in building during the last half year with more substantial houses and additions adding modern conveniences to existing homes. No individuals were named in the report.
New Lexington Hotel Opens With Modern Amenities
The New Lexington Hotel in Lexington celebrated its opening with an informal dinner for locals and visitors. Miss Montise Clodfelter, formerly of the Lexington Cottage at Myrtle Beach, will manage the hotel. It features nineteen rooms with private baths, modern furniture, a dining room on the main floor with eight tables, and a lobby on the second floor.
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New Lexington Hotel
Lexington
Specelal
Montise Clodfelter
Lexington Cottage
Myrtle Beach
Business leaders forecast gradual recovery in second half 1938
Enterprise doubts a strong finish to 1938 but anticipates improvement in the second half. J C Penney manager E L Chitwood cites cotton price declines as a trigger for lower costs and higher trade, while Southern Furniture Manufacturers secretary J T Ryan foresees gradual gains reaching a satisfactory level by midyear. Wachovia’s W Chase Idol notes modest gains may come late year, Guilford Hosiery’s R O Lindsay expects a turn for the better, and Crown Hosiery’s Amos R Kearns predicts a return to normalcy in the final six months.
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E. L. Chitwood
J. C. Penney
J. T. Ryan
Southern Furniture Manufacturers Association
W. Chase Idol
High Point
Wachovia Bank
R. O. Lindsay
Guilford Hosiery Mill
Amos R. Kearns
Chamber of Commerce
Crown Hosiery Mill
Action on Monopolies Proposed by Borah and OMahoney
Senator Borah and Senator OMahoney introduced an anti monopoly bill calling for federal licensing of interstate corporations. They urged action rather than prolonged investigation, arguing monopoly uses price fixing to extract wealth and that legislation is needed now.
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Washington
Borah
Idaho
O'Mahoney
D-Wye
Bankers urged to put idle dollars to work in 1938
The piece notes that bankers shoulders for smaller cash use than in prior years and that confidence and borrowing demand determine if idle dollars actually go to work. It reviews Federal actions in 1937 including a $300 million reserve infusion and $1.237 billion in the inactive gold fund, amid calls to release assets to spur lending.
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Treasury
Echoes of Court Bill Fight in Looming Primary
The piece notes heightened debate over the court bill amid broader issues including the recession, anti-lynching maneuvers, farm legislation, and wage-hour disputes. With 1938 primaries near, fight over the court bill and Black’s appointment could surface if anti-court bill senators sense administration backing behind the scenes. The Kite House maintains traditional strict neutrality in primaries.
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Sion
House
Black
Kite House
California and Whizzer White top Bowl Games
California and Whizzer White lead a 14-10 first quarter surge as Ernie Lain shines with a touchdown and three passing scores. Rice adds four touchdowns in the second half to defeat Colorado 28-14, ending the Buffaloes unbeaten run. Upsetters of the day were Santa Clara Bucking Broncos who tamed LSU Bayou Tigers.
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Rocky Mountain
Ernie Lain
Colorado
Ernie
Rice
Buffalo Brigade
Broncos
Santa Clara
Louisiana State
Bayou Tigers
World to hear speech off D R
President Roosevelt will address the opening of the 78th Congress with a world wide radio broadcast. NBC CBS and NBC networks will relay the speech to Europe via short wave from Bound Brook New Jersey and an electrical transcription will reach Central and South America. A late Monday night broadcast will cover Australia New Zealand and the Orient with translations into five languages on Tuesday.
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John Lear
Associated Press
Roosevelt
America
White House
National Broadcasting Company
Washington
WEAF
NBC
WABC
CBS
Wjznbc
Europe
W3xal
Bound Brook
N. J
United States
Taxes Budgets And Antitrust Law Draw Attention
The article notes focus on taxes and budget antitrust measures during the special session with law changes to be pursued in the regular session. It cites Bankhead on economizing amid a troubled international scene and hints at a possible naval buildup including 18 ships and a $50 million rise in the naval budget. It also mentions revenue uncertainty and President suggestions to curb federal highway spending and Democrats taking responsibility for excess expenditures.
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White House
Bankhead
Congress
House
Congressional Democrats
Presbyterians Open Drive for Foreign Mission Funds
Nashville Tenn Jan 1 The Southern Presbyterian Church will launch a campaign tomorrow to raise 225000 for foreign mission work with 100000 allocated to cover extraordinary costs from Sino Japanese hostilities and related conditions.
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Presbyterians
Nashville
Tenn
Southern Presbyterian Church
Sugar Bowl thrill ends in a scoreless tie in San Francisco
A large crowd of about 69,000 saw the East vs West clash end in a scoreless tie after a performance filled with trick plays. Auburn’s reserves then won 6-0 over Michigan in the Orange Bowl in Miami as 18,970 watched. West Virginia edged Texas Tech 7-6 in the Sun Bowl at El Paso before 13,000 fans.
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San Francisco
Auburn
Michigan
Miami
West Virginia
Texas Tech
el Paso
Local Schools Reopen After Christmas Break
High Point schools will reopen Monday at the usual time, Superintendent Charles F. Carroll Jr. said. The holiday period ends with no resignations among faculty, a rarity given customary resignations tied to marriage during Christmas.
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High Point
Charles F. Carroll, Jr
Carroll
Fierce Blizzard Strains Forces in Teruel Battle
Insurgent columns aided by aviation and artillery moved at dawn across snow covered plains near Teruel forcing government troops to yield ground. Insurgents captured a strategic hill but government forces later retook it. The battle, a major Civil War engagement, raged in heavy winter weather with severe cold and frozen communications.
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Teruel
Madrid
Teruel Recaptured as Insurgents Claim Decisive Victory
Insurgent Spain celebrates the recapture of Teruel calling it a decisive defeat for the government in the Civil War. Government forces retreat south in confusion as insurgents gain control after three attacking columns. Snow and freezing weather hindered both sides with heavy losses reported.
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Hendaye
Spain
Teruel
Lower
Aragon
Salamanca
Turia
Salmanca
Japanese Army Unchecked in Shantung Area Amid Crises
Public safety commission reports order restored after two weeks of destruction and looting of Japanese property in Shantung. About 182 Americans remain in Tsingtao area. US consul Samuel Sokobin says all safe and properties undamaged. Destroyer Pope arrives from Tsingtao with five American children. Admiral Yarnell plans cruiser Augusta to sail January 6 for Manila. Isabel carries staff en route. Augusta to undergo overhaul after five months in Whampoo river area.
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Public Safety Commission
Tsingtao
Samuel Sokobin
United States
Pope
Shanghai
Tsintao
Shantung
Manila
Augusta
Deputies Seize 50 Pints Of Whiskey In James Town Raid
Deputies C. L. Gray and W. L. Weless raided a James town house occupied by Bob Beck and seized about 50 pints of tax paid whiskies hidden under the hearth. Beck was not found at the time.
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Bob Beck
Jamestown
C. L. Gray
W. Ll. Weless
Becke
Announcer Keeps On Air Despite Broken Arms
J. B. Clark slipped and broke both arms while hurrying to Raleigh radio station to start the morning broadcast. He continued on air for two hours before seeing a doctor who applied splints.
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Raleigh
Jan
J. B. Clark
Henderson decries price fixing and monopoly impact
Washington economist Leon Henderson of the Works Progress Administration blasted price fixing in a radio address. He warned that monopoly and rising costs depress purchasing power, citing steel prices and underused capacity as evidence of noncompetitive markets.
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Washington
Leon Henderson
Works Progress Administration
Henderson
Robert H. Jackson
Ickes
NRA
Russian to Aim for South Pole Expedition
Moscow reports Mikhail Vodopyanoff proposed an Antarctic venture following his North Pole flight. He envisions a three year stay from Leningrad aboard the Joseph Stalin icebreaker, using five bi motor planes to supply a camp at the South Pole and study Antarctic resources and weather.
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Moscow
Mikhail Vodopyanoff
North Pole
South Pole
Filer
Pravda
Communist Party
Mikhail Gromoff
United States
Machine Building
Gromoff
San Jacinto
Calif
Vodopyanof
Leningrad
Joseph Stalin
Pole
Prince Regent Sdutpold Land
Weddell Sea
Antarctic
France Battles Budget Deficit Early 1938 Parliament
Paris January 1 AP French Parliament wrestles with the 1938 budget amid a projected 400 million franc deficit. Senate and Chamber exchange the bill as strikes and labor disputes continue. Seven rail systems begin operating as a government owned corporation with a one billion dollar deficit safety net.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Chamber
France
Communist Party
Biggers outlines two classes of unemployed workers
Biggers divides the unemployed into wage earners at work when jobs exist and those seeking work for augmentation or family need. He notes totals of 7,822,912 unemployed with 2,001,877 emergency relief workers and 1,996,699 registered women, and suggests future sectional enumerations within a 5,000,000 budget for census work.
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Regu
Helmstetler-Davis Marriage Revealed By Bride s Parents
Mr and Mrs Ray Helmstetler announce the marriage of their daughter Cleo Frances to Jasper B Davis on December 18 in Danville Virginia. Rev Co A Burton performed the ceremony and the couple reside at 1110 West Green Street in this city.
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Ray Helmsete
Cleo Frances
Jasper BR. Davis
Danville, Va
Rev
Co. A. Burton
West Green Street
Charles Nolan, Sr
Charlies B. Nolan
Statesville
Charles, Jr
Guilford General Hospital
Nolan Wiss Eliza McLaurin
Dr C L Gray to Sing at Centenary Winston
Dr C L Gray Jr visiting his parents in Winston Salem this weekend. He interns at Duke Hospital and will sing at the 11 o'clock service at Centenary Methodist Church this morning.
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C. L. Gray
Winston
C. L. Gray, Jr
C. Ll. Gray
Dr. Gray
Duke Hospital
Durham
Centenary Methodist Church
Winston-Salem
Air service between New Zealand and United States launches
Commercial air service between New Zealand and the United States began with Pan American Airways flight from Auckland to Honolulu. The route covers Samoa, Kingman Reef, and other Pacific points as the first leg of the new service.
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Auckland
N. Z
New Zealand
United States
Pan-American Airways
Honolulu
Amoa
Kingman Reef
Loneliest Island Thistana da Cunha Population in 1932
The island Thistana da Cunha had 163 inhabitants in 1932. Three of its seven men were drowned while fishing in 1850.
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Thistana da Cunha
Armament Factories and Bank Fall Under Control
Fragment mentions control of armament factories, airplane plants and the Bank of once. The text implies seizure or relocation of strategic assets within a broader power shift.
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Manner
Bank of Once
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