When High Point Police Were Six Strong in 1912
A historical photo shows High Point’s 1912 police team of six led by Chief Ben C. Ridge with officers Noah Wood Stone Welch and McGhee. The piece notes the department’s growth to 30 by later years, eight hour shifts, and lower salaries but steady service, plus the city’s bloodhounds trained by John Roach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Worth Bacon
High Point
Ernest Noah
J. O
Daddy) Wood
G. Y. Stone
Ben C. Ridge
W. HW. Welch
J. A. McGhee
A. McGhee
Daddy Wood
Mr. Stone
W. H. Welch
L. W. Blackwelder
Welch
Tennessee
John Roach
Roach
Motor shares rise as New York opens year strong
The New York stock market opened the year with a bullish move in motor shares led by Chrysler and General Motors. Rail and industrial averages gained amid heavy profit taking in some issues. Oil shares fell back after rapid buying, while United States Steel and Sears Roebuck posted gains. Fore ign exchange trading was light with sterling near 4.84 3 4 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stock Exchange
Motors
General Motors
Whitchon
Mack Trucks
Chrysler
Jordan
Studebaker
Pierce Arrow
Preferred
White
General Petroleum
Simms
Rails
Delaware and Hudson
Katy
United States Steel Common
Baldwin
American
Remington Typewriter
Woolworth
California Packing
Dupont
Federal Mining and Smelting
Fisher Body
International Business Machines
National Cloak and Suit
Sears Roebuck
United Drug
United Railway Investment Preferred
U. S
S. S. Kresge
International Shoe
Standard Milling
Union Tank Car
Fluctuations in Demand Shift U.S. Foreign Trade
The November foreign trade shows swings in European demand for American goods and in American demand for European goods. Rubber price increases boosted import values from Asia, with Commerce Department figures comparing current data to November last year.
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Washington
Jan
United States
Asia
Commerce Department
Jennett Funeral Today At 3 Oclock
The funeral for Barney C. Jennett will be held at Friends church this afternoon at 3 o'clock, with Rev. Tom Sykes officiating. He died Friday and is survived by two daughters Mrs. George N. P Sage of New York City and Mrs. D R Swing of Marshfield Missouri, and a son Farl W. Jennett of Whittier California. Pallbearers include Fr P Conrad J J McDowell Fshire V D Wall D M Satire ell and A L Mc Dowell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barney C. Jennett
Tom Sykes
Clara
Jennnett
George N. Pe Sage
New York City
D. R. Swing
Marshfield
Bissouri
Farl W. Jennett
Whittier
California
Fr. P. Conrad
J. J. McDowell
F.shire
D. Wall
D. M. Satire Ell
A. L. Mc Dowell
Dolls House Fire Delays London Firemen
A woman’s botched cry to “come quick” sent Harlesden firemen to a dolls house burning in a garden. Engines and ladder wagons arrived to find a small playhouse in ashes, the diminutive owner having called the department herself.
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DOLLS
London
Harlesden
Department
Seven Sinners Opens at New Broadhurst Theater
Warner Brothers film Seven Sinners stars Marie Provost as Molly Brian with Ove Brook and Heinie Conklin in a Long Island mansion caper. Lewis Milestone directs in his first feature with Darryl Francis Zanuck as co writer, receiving strong Los Angeles critic praise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Broadhurst Theater
Warner
Marie Provost
Long Island
Molly Brian
Ove Brook
Jerry Winters
Heinie Conklin
John Patrick
Claude Gillingwater
Mathilde Brundage
Fred Kelsey
Lewis Milestone
Milestone
Darryl Francis Zanuck
Los Angeles
Film Mercury
Trotsky Named to New Communist Party Bureau In Moscow
Leon Trotzky was elected to the expanded nine member political bureau of the Communist party. Also named to the group are Zinovieff Vorochiloff Molontoff Stalin Kalyinin Butcharin Ryof Tomsky, with Trotzky among the nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Leon Trotzky
Communist Party
Trotzky
Zinovieff
Vorochiloff
Molontoff
Stalin
Kalyinin
Butcharin
Ryof
Tomsky
Wales is Master
The Prince of Wales has been installed as Worshipful Master of the Magdalen Lodge of Freemasons in Oxford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wales
London
Prince of Wales
Magdalen
Oxford
Freemasons
Third woman sheriff elected in East Feliciana Parish
Clara Hubbs was elected unopposed in a special East Feliciana parish election to succeed her late husband as sheriff, marking a historic ascent for women in Louisiana law enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Clara 8. Hubbs
East Felicianna Parish
Monarchs Plan A Very Fine Affair
The Monarch club announces a big meeting and entertainment at the Country club next Wednesday at 7 30 PM. Visitors from Greensboro and Salisbury are expected and members are urged to keep the evening open for Monarch night and participate fully in the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monarch Club
Country Club
Greensboro
Salisbury
Old Clothes Brings Jackie Coogan With Lillian Elliott
Jackie Coogan stars in the Metro film Old Clothes with Lillian Elliott making her first appearance with the child star in a New York lower east side tale. Max Davidson returns as Uncle Max in the cast, while Willard Mack provides a story of a junk shop turned tenement revival and a quick reversal of fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilian Elliott
Jackie Coogan
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Little Star
Jackie
Coogan
Wilfen
Lilian
California
Lillian Elliott
Abbie
Miss Elliott
Abie
Los Angeles
Max Davidson
Uncle Max
Davidson
Anne Nichol
New York
Willard Mack
Mr. Mack
Lower East Side
Ginsbere
Kelly
Dry goods firms adjust prices and markets wary
Wholesale dry goods houses shut today while next week introduces new denim prices for Q1 delivery. Brown sheetings see continued sales for jobbings distribution. Poiret sheen dress fabrics priced by leading houses. Raw silk markets stay closed and Yokohama market remains closed until Wednesday.
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New York
Yokohama
Buckingham Palace houses world’s finest stamp collection
Short notes list various local people visiting or returning home for Christmas holidays. Names include P. W. Whitehead Julia Ellen Riley Isa Foust Betsy Ross Martha Ragan Armfield Grace Lee John Horney Ben Cooper Mable Paulette G. A. Culler and daughters Hazel Ruby. Robert K. Marshall. Frances McManus and Rev O W McManus. Several travel and hospitality updates from North Carolina towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Ellen Riley
Isa Foust
Pleasant Garden
Elizabeth McLeod
Dances and Social Guests Highlight New Year Notes
A page of society notes lists numerous Raleigh Buie Creek Greensboro and Winston figures attending events and visiting relatives. Isabel Tate's New Year’s Eve performances at the Ace of Clubs in the Country Club draw special praise and showmanship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Campbell
Buie’s Creek
Charles Stevens
Winston-Salem
Cross
Tate Andrews
John Pridgen
D. T. Andrews
High Point
Eliah Wilson
Wilson Mills
Gladys
Jessie Bell
Sam Strickland
O. D. Strickland
W. Sz. Strickland
Spring Branch
Ralph Warren
Sanford
Fla
Miss Tate
Isabel Tate
Miss Tata
Slizabeth Bowne
Matt Wall
Local man returns from Montreal fraternity convention
George Wood Jr. returns home after spending the holidays in Montreal where he attended the annual convention of his college fraternity. Mrs. A. E. Sherrill of Mt. Ulla also returns home after visiting her daughter Mrs. George T. Wood at her home here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Marshall
Haverford College
R. K. Marshall
English Street
Mr. Marstall
Extglish
Lib Scott
Benjamin Scott
Greensboro
Dorothy Stamey
East Washington Street
George Wood, Jr
Montreal
Canada
A. E. Sherrill
Mt. Ulla
George T. Wood
Big Change Likely in the Anthracite Field
Wall Street weighs ending the suspension of anthracite mining and L. F. Loree plans to consolidate several railroads in the southwest, seen as paving the way to segregate the mining properties. The belief grows as the road reports steady earnings during uninterrupted operations. Last May stockholders approved a board proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
L. F. Loree
Wall Street
Board of Managers
Bradstreet 1925 commercial failures total and liabilities
Bradstreet reports 1925 commercial failures at 18 858 the smallest since 1921 but over twice 1920. Liabilities reach 479 611 754 the lightest since 1920. Failures have trailed 1924 every month since February. Bank clearings for the week.
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Bradstreet
National totals show decline in year over year figures
Across the nation compiled by the Financial and Commercial Chronicle figures fall 5.20 percent from the prior year with totals of 9,439,177,864 to 9,939,177,411. New York City alone records a 12.1 percent drop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Financial and Commercial Chronicle
New York City
Bond Market Starts Year With Broad Rally Across Railroad Issues
The first trading days of the year show a broad advance in the bond market led by high grade railroad liens and convertible issues. The Associated Press average rose to about 93.33 from 90. Soaring demand supported Delaware and Hudson convertibles and Chesapeake and Ohio, Southern Railway, and Katy issues. Oil and sugar bonds, including Skelly and Sinclair convertibles, also strengthened while Mexican and other foreign bonds showed resilience. Liberty bonds declined in quiet trade. total sales reached 6 539 000 dollars.
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New York
Associated Press
Delaware
Hudson
Chesapeake and Ohio
Southern Railway General
Katy
Oil and Sugar Company
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Europe
Oceania
Africa
Jennett
Friends Church
New Theater
Buckingham Palace
P. W. Whitehead
Martha Ragan Armfiefild
Betsy Ross
Asheboro
Julia Brown Jennings
Thomasville
Mrs. C. L. Korner
Charlotte
Mr. Korner
Mrs
D. L. Bouldin
Johnson Street
Thomas Turner
Marietta, Ga
Nolan
Grace Lee
John Horney
Raleigh
Wall-Bowne
Ben Cooper
Little Son
Statesville
Mable Paulette
Richmond, Va
Andrew Lindsay
Hunter
G. A. Culler
Hazel and
Ruby Culler
Roanoke
C. P. Taylor
Frances McManus
Rev
O. W. McManus
Gibson
Dr. C. FE. McManus
Dutch East Indies
French Republic
Kingdom of Belgium
Poland
U K
G. B
U.S
Brazil
At, T
San Felen
Baltimore and Ohio
Eklyn
Manh
Central Leather
Chesapeake and O. Cvt
Alton
East Illinois
Great Western
Mil
St. Paul
Northwest
Terre Haute
E. Inc
West Ind
Cleve
Cin
Chi
Consumers Power
Denver
Dodge Bros
Empire Gas and Fuel
Erie
Great Norther
Hudson and Manh, Adj, Inc
Inter
Northern Adj
Mere Marines
Kansas City Southern
Kelly-Springfield Tire
Kan
Tex
Mo Pacific
Ohio
St. L
Northern Pacific Rfg
Pan-Am Pet
Penna
Public Service of
N. J
San Francie
Seaboard Air Line
Sinclair Con
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Southwest Bel
Union Pacific
S. Steel
Virginia Railway
Western Electric
Bosch Magneto Ve
Arch Top
Santa Fe
Atlanta
Bir
Atl
Atlantic Coast Line
Baldwin Locomotive
Bethlehem Steel
Man
Transit
St. P
Coca Cola Pa Oeneevteen Ue
Eee
Columbia Gas and
Kilec
Consolidated Gas
Adts
Crucible Steel
Dodge Bros. Pfd
Dupont de Nemee
Elec
Ctfs
Ouly
Famous Players-Lasky
Fisk Rubber
Great Northern
Pfd
Gulf States Steel
Ind
Harvester
Mer
Mar
Kelly Springfield
Kennecott Copper
Marland Oil
Mid-Continent Petroleum Ee
Texo
Pacific Pfd
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
N. Y. N. H and
Norfolk and Western
Packard Motor Car
Penneylavina
Phillips Petroleum
Pierce-Arrow
Pure Oil
Radio Corp
Republic I, and Steel
Reynolds Tobacco
St. Louis
San Fran
Seaboard Air L
Sears Roebucker
Shell Union Oil
Simms Petroleum
Sinclair
Sioss-Sheffield Steel
Feene
Southern Ry
N. J Ee
Stewart Warner
Studebaker Corp
Texas Company
Gibson School
Jenny Lee Lineberger
Mt. Holly
Lucile Lipe
Landis
Marvin Lentz
Rockwell
Lee Cauble
Dorothy Reitzel
Martha Harrell
Elizabeth City
Clara Grissom
Miss Harrell
Ruth and
Martha Butler
Bristol, Tenn
Harry Brockman
Fred Gerner
Winston- Salem
B. C. Page
Vera Leola Bates
South Carolina
Madge Idol
Koyt Nissen
Mrs. Nissen
Miss Idol
J. H. Mellichampe
Washington, D. C
Jake Froelich
Miss Katherine Froelich
Denver, Colo
Mrs. Carson Burns
Fred D. Niven
Freda
Greenwood, Mississippi
W. R. McCain
Hugh Black
Spartanburg, S. C
Lillian Cook
Monroe
Frank McCain
al Caldwell
Henry Foscue
E. High
Whitman
Hart Drug Co
Atlantic Bank &Trust Co
Twin-City Welding and Tank Company
Cecil
Twin City Welding & Tank Co
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