How a Small City Saved Itself from Hysteria
Logansport Indiana faced bank closures with financial peril. Accentuated by civic cooperation led by contractor James I. Barnes, the community refinanced and reopened one bank, salvaged the second, and secured deposits. Newspapers publicized recovery, local credit offered, and nearly $500000 returned to circulation as public spirit averted catastrophe.
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Christian Science Monitor
Logansport
Ind
James I. Barnes
Loganeport
Publi Spirit
Non-Suit Taken in False Arrest Case
In Davidson county near Denton on May 28 1930 a municipal court judge granted a voluntary non-suit in the suit of N P Hedrick against A L Sni der church deacon chairman over a false arrest claim. Evidence completed and arguments concluded with the ruling. A Ford vehicle and a shouted warning led to warrants and Hedrick's arrest.
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Healing Springs
Davidson County
Denton
Lewis E. Teague
N. P. Hedrick
A. L. Snider
Hedrick
Funeral services held for Archdale youth Eugene Stuart
Funeral services for 17 year old Eugene Stuart son of Mr and Mrs W A Stuart of Archdale were held at Archdale M E Church with Rev E M Jones Rev Reuben Payne and Rev Joseph Peele officiating. The body rests at home awaiting a brother from York. Interment in family plot at Rocky River Chatham County. Pallbearers and honoraries listed. Flowers carried by named relatives.
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Eugene Stuart
W. A. Stuart
Archdale
Archdale M. E
E. M. Jones
Reuben Payne
Archdale Friends Church
Joseph Peele
Guilford College
York
Rocky River
Chatham County
Wade Cumby
Wayne Delk
Emmitt Hilliard
Princeton Jones
Reitzel Hiatt
Crits Johnson
George Elder
Eris Moffitt
Sam Moffitt
B. Moffitt
Ralph Hiatt
Lindsey Cumby
Charles McKenzie
Bernard Burchfield
Mildred Kanatzer
Bodie Frazier
Mabel Pike
Ather Borrows
Cleo Barnes
Coleen Woodall
Hattie Phillips
Ruth Baldwin
Beatrice Brooks
Mattie Fowler
Grace McDowell
Lillie Wood
Hallie Millikan
School Board Reports Six Month Expenditures
The High Point school board shows 149 728 05 spent in the first half of the fiscal year ending December 31 with receipts totaling 149 919 48 and a favorable balance of 191 43. The six month total is far below the annual estimate of 392 487 12 and the board plans economies to save more.
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High Point
D. A. Stanton
Industrial demand grows as firms announce orders and expansions
Tennessee Coal, Iron & Rail adds 2800 tons for High Point NC. United States Aluminum in Maryville secures 500000 pounds of sheet aluminum for Ford. Ideal Hosiery Mills in Maryville operates near capacity with strong orders. Buckhannon Garment Company plans adding capacity to reach 600 dozen pants weekly and signs with a large eastern firm for 17000 dozen garments. Cannon Mills Kannapolis orders 500000 dollars in bath towels for Woolworth stores. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines notes 168 new industries located in 1931 representing 6.203 million dollars and 3000 jobs with 42300 tons through freight. Lamare Lumber Bogalusa resumes extended hours. Westinghouse Electric adds 500 workers at Mansfield plant. U S Oil Refining in New Orleans expands with 75 workers after acquiring Southport plant. Carolina Narrow Fabric Winston-Salem orders machinery to lift output by 50 percent.
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Chamber OF Commerce
United States Aluminum Co
Maryville
Tenn
Ford Motor Company
Detroit
Ideal Hosiery Mills
Buckhannon Garment Co
Buckhannon
W. Va
Piedmont Mfg. Co
Cordele
Cannon Mills
Kannapolis
N. C
Woolworth Company
Charlotte Observer
Missouri-Kansas-Texas Lines
M. H. Cahill
Lamare Lumber Co
Bogalusa
Woods
J. H. Grimmett
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co
Mansfield
Westinghouse Refrigerator
U. S. Oil Refining Company, Inc
New Orleans
H. M. Gilbert
Southport Refining and Export
Southport
Carolina Narrow Fabric Co
Winston-Salem
Advertising as top medium for department stores says NC expert
Chapel Hill January 15. David Owens vice president and GM of Ivey's department store Charlotte says daily newspaper best for advertising while acknowledging direct mail debate. Bryant of Bryant Griffith & Brunson discusses selling space and Owens says ads should mirror store personality.
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Chapel Hill
David Owens
Ivey's
Charlotte
North Carolina Press Institute
Institute
Charlotte Merchant
Mortimer Bryant
Bryant, Griffith & Brunson
Owens
Beaumont Plant to Produce Fruit and Vegetable Containers
Cummer-Graham Co of Paris Texas will soon start operations at a new Beaumont plant to employ 150 to 200 people making steel tie plates for railroads and all lines of fruit and vegetable containers. Textile and leather sectors show improvement with production and sales above 1930 and the ten year average.
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Seaboard Air Line
Cummer-Graham Co
Paris
Texas
Beaumont
Piedmont German Club Plans January Dance With Band
The Piedmont German Club announced a January dance Tuesday night from 9 30 to 1 30 with Bernie Cummins New York orchestra providing music. Amos Kearns, publicity committee chairman, said the mid semester event will bring Cummins and 12 artists to Georgia Tech for a Gear Dress Ball at Washington and Lee and other engagements in past years include top hotels in Kansas City Oklahoma City St Paul New York City and the New Yorker Hotel.
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Piedmont
Bernie Cummins
New York
Re Ee Aes
Amos Kearns
South
Georgia Tech
Washington and Lee
Rusic
Cummins
Kansas City
Skirvin Hotel
Oklahoma City
St. Paul
Biltmore
New York City
New Yorker Hotel
Church Commissions Back Plan to Merge Denominations
Pittsburgh report says commissions from the Methodist Episcopal and Methodist Protestant churches approved a union plan and will meet in Washington in early March to discuss merger details. The groups cleared a basic framework and will submit the report to their general conferences. A separate Methodist Episcopal panel debated merging with the Presbyterian Church of America and the Protestant Episcopal Church, with final action pending the Methodist decision.
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Pittsburgh
Jean
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Protestant Church
Washington, D. C
General Conferences
Methodist Episcopal Commission
Presbyterian Church of America
Protestant Episcopal Church
Methodist Union
Arrests To Follow If Old License Tags Are Found On Autos
Raleigh January 15 Motors operating automobiles in North Carolina without 1932 license tags face arrest, says E B Jeffress chairman of the state highway commission. He notes no extension was allowed though patrolmen were told not to trouble tardy buyers. After 15 days thousands run without new licenses and any unlicensed car or one with a 1931 tag will be at own risk.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
E. B. Jeffress
State Highway Commission
Undefined legal phrase fragment prompts arrest mention
A fragmentary line references arrest and indictment in a legal context. The text lacks identifiable names, dates, or places to anchor a complete news item.
Police Pinch Hits Russellville Officials
Russellville Arkansas police were among the first city workers suspended as the municipal finances darken the horizon. The move signals strained public budgets and potential wider layoff risk for city departments.
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Russellville
Ark
Too Many Specialists
New Haven reports Yale President James Rowland warns that reliable old country doctors are disappearing amid what he calls a super abundance of city specialists, urging preservation of general practice in medicine.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale Ur
James Rowland
Parmint Catarrh Remedy Ad from Mann Drug Co
An advertisement urges readers with catarrh to seek a constitutional treatment called Parmint, claiming sprays and inhalers provide only temporary relief. It promotes a mixture with sugar and hot water to purify blood and mucous, promising clearer breathing and restored senses.
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Mann Drug Co
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