Employed Youths Banquet Highlights Goal Setting
The Y M C A employed boys club held its annual banquet with singing, eats, and a talk by Mr Tuttle on setting a goal. President Douglas Whitley presided as Enoch Cooper read minutes and Edward Farlow quoted the seven objectives. The event ended with a club yell and plans for a Wesley Memorial service next Sunday. Flax in India is grown for seed as the third largest producer.
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America
Hucks
Douglas Whitley
Enoch Cooper
Edward Farlow
Brotherhood
Whitley
Mr. Tuttle
Wesley Memorial Church
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Jesus
Cotton consumption and stocks fall in December report
The Census Bureau reports December cotton consumed at 406,207 bales of lint and 43,989 linters, down from November and December last year. Handed lint and linters in consuming establishments and storage totals declined or varied, with December imports at 4,461 bales and active spindles at 26,525,82.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Snow Delays Wesley Memorial Church Service
The mid week service at Wesley Memorial church was canceled due to ongoing snowfall this afternoon. Rev. G Ray Jordan announced the postponement. Separate data notes 1929 US bottled beverage shipments valued at 267 million dollars.
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Wesley Memorial Church
G. Ray Jordan
United States
New York Cotton Opens Steady Amid Mixed Demand
New York cotton opened steady with a slight decline and then mixed gains as light selling met moderate demand from trade and covering. Census data showed December domestic consumption at 406,207 bales versus 452,685 a year earlier. Liverpool reports noted Continental buying easing hedging and optimism for labor dispute settlements.
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New York
Census Bureau
Liverpool
Venelekes Gee
Cheerful Little Barful Tops Hit of Week Sales
The week’s hit is Cheerful Little Barful, rising in sales and radio popularity. Lyrics credited to Ira Gershwin and Billy Rose with music by Harry Warren.
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Ira Gershwin
Billy Rose
Harry Warren
Market downturn eases as stocks rebound gradualy
In a cautious session the market drifted downward early but reversed course with modest gains. Major rails and utilities edged higher while low priced General Theaters and tobaccos led advances amid solid earnings reports and a slow easing in steel demand.
State considered to take over North Carolina public schools
Raleigh January 14. A bill before the House proposes that the state assume control to take over maintain and operate the six months school system to remedy inequities in county tax support. Representative J R Young of Harnett introduced the measure noting constitutional mandate and current state role in teacher salaries and related costs. If enacted it would become effective July 1 1.
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Raleigh
Jan
North Carolina
House of Representatives
J. R. Young
Harnett
Cotton Futures Close Steady as Prices Rally Slightly
NEW ORLEANS January 14 cotton opened easier amid smaller than expected December domestic consumption of 406,207 bales. Early losses gave way to gains of 2 to 4 points on moderate buying. first hour trading quiet with 2 to 4 points below prior close. Futures closed steady with net advances of 2 to 4 points. In Durham, Confederate veteran D C Lunsford, 94, dies and will be buried. More than half the world’s gold production is from South American mines.
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Stockholders Attack Bethlehem Steel Bonus Suit
Four Bethlehem Steel stockholders sue in chancery court seeking an accounting and refund of 36.5 million dollars in bonuses paid to executives since 1917. They ask an injunction blocking further bonuses until the case is settled, naming president Eugene Grace and chairman Charles Schwab among the defendants.
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N. J
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Backes
Court of Chancery
Eugene G. Grace
Charles M. Schwab
John H. Backes
Bethlehem Grace
Men Beat Women After Being Fed
Forsyth county police searched for two white men accused of beating and attempting to rob two elderly sisters who had given them food at their home near Clemmons. The attackers struck Sallie Hanes and Laura Hanes during the meal, breaking a nose and injuring teeth before escaping.
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N. C
Forsyth County
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Laura Hanes
Clemmons
Apve
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Five Day Week Endorsed by A F L Council
Miami Jan 14 members of the executive council of the American Federation of Labor approved by resolution the immediate placing of federal employees on a five day week to relieve unemployment. President William Green said the council had received reports the government was dispensing with the services of navy yard workers and others.
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Fila
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
William Green
Navy Yard
Speakeasy Abundance Reported in Chicago Loop
CHICAGO Jan 14 A special grand jury heard testimony that 260 speakeasies were found in Chicago's Loop with investigator Dr A Harned of the secret six committee noting 200 to 800 more could not be located as part of a crime inquiry.
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Loop
A. Harned
Chamber of Commerce
Asheville Legion Votes For Immediate Certificate Payment
The Kiffin Rockwell post of the American Legion in Asheville unanimously endorsed a resolution urging immediate payment of the face value of World War I compensation certificates held by veterans at a meeting last night.
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Asheville
N. C
Kiffin Rockwell Post
Winston Zindle killed in hotel room shooting
W H Zindle Ashe ville businessman died of internal hemorrhage after a pistol in Edward B Hastings Winston-Salem former Twin City baseball club president discharged in Hastings hotel room. Hastings said the shooting was accidental during gun handling. Two unidentified men fled the room and an inquest was tentatively set for 3 30 at Noland Brown funeral establishment.
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Jan
W. H. Zindle
Edward B. Hastings
Winston-Salem
Twin City Baseball Club
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Hastings
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Planter Held On Peonage Charge in Red River Parish
SHREVEPORT La Jan 14 P J M McLemore a planter of Red River parish was held on 2000 bond today on a peonage charge by federal authorities. He was arrested yesterday by U S Deputy Marshals on a complaint filed by W C Robinson DOJ agent for five negroes accusing him of holding them in peonage on his plantation.
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J. M. McLemore
Red River Parish
United States
W. C. Robinson
Department of Justice
McLemore
Peace Boy Bound Over 10 Davidson Superior Court
Seventeen year old Peace is bound over to the Davidson Superior Court with a 2500 bond after being charged with the killing of Lucille McCrary nine near Wallburg. The hearing was held without counsel and the case is set for the January 26 term in Lexington. Testimony included from Dr R V Yokely and Sheriff James Leonard, with the boy’s father and others providing details of the incident.
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Lucille McCrary
Wallburg
Supe Bend
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Abbotts Creek Township
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Roy Swaim
Q .W .Snow
R. V. Yokely
James Leonard
Lexington
Davidson Superior Court
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City Sameeria Hospital
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Leonard
Taxicabs Back in Service After License Confusion
Taxicabs owned by Dr A J Martin and Elmer Michaels, both described as negro citizens, resumed operation on High Point streets today after state highway patrols confiscated them yesterday for lacking new license plates. Chairman R A Coughton of the state highway commission ordered their return once it was learned the license fees had been paid and the district inspector at Salisbury authorized the local company to continue business.
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Elmer Michaels
High Point
R. A. Coughton
State Highway Commission
Salisbury
Burlington Merchants Oppose General Sales Tax
The Burlington Merchants Association went on record opposing a general sales tax and called for abolition of the state highway commission and state control of all roads, expressing its views at a meeting last night in Burlington.
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N. C
Burlington Merchants Association
State Highway Commission
Negro Indicted On Murder Charge in Wilmington
New Hanover grand jury indicts Allen Gore a negro for the murder of A. M. Stanland a night watchman attacked in a warehouse in Wilmington during December.
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Wilmington
N. C
New Hanover
Allen Gore
A. M. Stanland
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