Public Works Bids Under 1925 North Carolina Act
City of High Point invites bids under the 1925 act to regulate contracting. bidders must deposit cash or bid bonds 2 of the proposal, or a performance bond of 100 percent may be required. Surety companies must be North Carolina authorized. the mayor and officials reserve right to reject or award bids as best fits the city’s interests.
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Assembly of
North Caron
High
Wien Surety
Restein
Sons
Audo Business
North Carolina
Hide
Corneil
Grayson
M. Knox
Mer. Kland
Public Works
Foreclosure Sale Planned on 702 Tate Street High Point
Trustee announces sale of the property at 702 Tate Street High Point Guilford County North Carolina due to default on a deed of trust. The High Point Perpetual Building Loan Association note requires a 10 percent cash deposit. sale set in front of the Municipal Building on Friday January 15 1937 at 1130 A M.
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R. W. Walker
Sadie A. Walker
A. J. Idol
High Point Perpetual Building Loan Association
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point
High Point Township
Guilford Count
High Point Development Company
Register of Deeds Office
N. C
Tate Street
The Gun of Africa Described Like Ox Headed Beast
A historical passage compares a firearm to a composite animal with an ox head the body and flowing tail of a horse and the limbs of an antelope, using vivid natural imagery to evoke its form and power.
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Africa
Cello Piano Duets Highlight Civitan Meeting at Elwood
Misses Alice and Elizabeth Hoffman presented cello piano duets at the Civitan club event held today at noon in the Elwood hotel. Silas Casey introduced the performers while F Logan Porter Sr of the Rotary spoke for the Headlines Revue project. Joe F Hoffman Jr won the attendance prize.
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Alice
Elizabeth Hoffman
Civitan Club
Elwood Hotel
Hoffman
Silas Casey
F. Logan Porter, Sr
Rotary Club
Joe F. Hoffman, Jr
Stock Market Recovers After Early Losses
New York traders faced profit selling at the open but the market steadied to pare losses to fractional drops. A late rebound led by buying demand, with farm implements among the active favorites. General Motors strike kept autos stalled. steel and copper failed to rally while rails held. Bonds traded freely and commodities showed mixed results.
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New York
General Motors
Rail Brotherhoods Seek Higher Wages and Six Hour Day
CHICAGO Jan. 12 S Alexander F Whitney of Cleveland president of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen paid today representatives of five rail brotherhoods in their meetings here hoped to formulate a plan for concerted action on demands for higher wages and a six hour day. Each union has some plan calling for the six hour day and an increase in wage. Our jobs will be to reduce these plans to a common arrangement. Separate meetings of union representatives preceded the joint gathering.
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Chicago
Alexander F. Whitney
Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railway
Murder Farm Reopens Slug Of Powers Case In West Virginia
Clarksburg West Virginia police reopen the Quiet Dell scene known as the murder farm of Harry F Powers. Investigators seek hundreds of metal leg bands from a Department of Agriculture truck and hold four boys in connection with the theft. Powers known as Bluebeard died on the gallows in 1932 after a Mia Asta Eicher murder trial.
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Clarksburg
W. Va
Harry F. Powers
West Virginia
Bluebeard
Quiet Dell
Department of Agriculture
Quiet Littl
Powers
Moundaville
Mia
Asta Eicher
Park Ridge
Ill
Opera House
Mussolini Authorized to Pilot Army Plane
Rome January 12 Premier Mussolini earns a military pilot license after a 2 1 2 hour flight in a three motor military craft. Il Duce began flying in 1919 and already held a private license as an examining committee observed from the ground.
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Rome
Mussolini
Il Duce
Judges To Rule On Legality Of Optometry Law
A three judge panel including Judge John J. Parker Judge J Lyles Glenn and Judge Johnson J Hayes will hear the constitutionality challenge to the state board of optometry law on January 25 in Greensboro. The same court set January 28 for the Washington Mills labor case due to Judge Hayes illness.
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Greensboro
John J. Parker
Charlotte
J. Lyles Glenn
Chester
D. C
Johnson J. Hayes
State Board of Optometry
Hadley Hayes
Hayes
Washington Mills
Judge Hayes
Chicago Produce Prices and Grades Report
Chicago market report lists January prices for dairy eggs and vegetables with categories for butter creamery specials extras firsts standards and centralized carrots. Figures show unsettled butter at 12 529, eggs at 8 000 and various local grades including fresh graded firsts and refrigerator standards.
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Chicago
Committees Begin Budget Work in Raleigh Legislature
In Raleigh on January 12 the legislature finance and appropriations committees opened sessions. Chairman Ward urged steady, thorough work and fair tax measures while proposing night hearings for public input. Speaker Cherry praised unity and directed members to perform their duties for the state.
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Raleigh
Ward of Craven
House Appropriations Committee
Cherry
Gaston
House
A. J. Maxwell
Frank L. Dunlap
Ward
Bound Over on Murder Charge for Legless Man
Robert Barnes with artificial legs bound over to superior court on a murder charge for fatally shooting Odell Harris. The case stems from a Mecklenburg prison camp incident that led to leg amputations due to infection. A state inquiry examined prison camp conditions and several camp staff were previously tried and acquitted.
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Charlottes
Robert Barnes
Recorder's Court
North Carolina
Mecklenburg
Odell Harris
Barnes
Woodrow Shropshire
Second Hearing In Auto Deaths
Coroner E N Booker of Johnston County ordered a second inquest for tomorrow at Smithfield into the automobile deaths of L B Highsmith and W T Butler near Selma last Thursday. Authorities say new evidence suggests possible vehicle malfunction and an inquest was ordered.
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Selma
E. N. Booker
Johnston County
Smithfield
Here
L. B. Highsmith
W.T. Butler
Wilmington
Estimated Albemarle Sound bridge cost raised to 1.695 million
Raleigh January 12 W Vance Baise chief highway engineer said the estimated cost of the proposed Albemarle Sound bridge had been revised upward from 1.3 million to 1.695 million to include surfacing of the approaches. Materials costs for the bridge have risen about 15 percent in 60 to 90 days.
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Raleigh
Jan
W. Vance Baise
Albemarle Sound
Baise
Bankers to Study New Legislation in Special Session
R E Kerr president of the North Carolina Bankers Association said directors would be called to a special session late in January to consider proposed state and federal legislation. The call would be issued through Paul P Brown secretary with time and place to be announced. Plans for the association annual meeting at Pinehurst May 6-7 and a UNC training course next year may also be discussed.
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Charlotte
R. E. Kerr
North Carolina Bankers Association
Kerr
Paul P. Brown
Raleigh
Pinehurst
University of North Carolina
Radio Hillbilly Troupe Rescued on Arizona Plateau
Seven members of a radio hillbilly troupe were rescued after spending a night on a snow swept Arizona plateau when their radio equipped bus lost its way. They admitted they were pretty scared but kept up their spirits by performing their hillbilly repertoire with only the Arizona silence and a howling coyote for an audience.
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ST. Johns, Ariz
Arizona
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