Neutral Belgium Holland and Switzerland Strain Under War Taxes
Belgium, Holland, and Switzerland bear heavy tax burdens as fear of invasion drives mobilization. Belgium mobilizes 600,000, facing about 320 million dollars in cost and a plan for a military tax. Holland boosts defenses and faces high taxes amid ship losses and new loans. Switzerland mobilizes 300,000 with daily costs around 4 million francs, funding mountains of artillery and aircraft for defense.
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Milton Bronner
NEA Service
London
Belgium
Olland
Switzerland
France
Eans Civil Fife
Antwerp
East Indies
Germany
North Carolina Fruit Vegetable Market Report Highlights
Farm market report from US AMS and NC Department of Agriculture covers fresh produce prices and shipment data for fruits and vegetables. Listings include sweet potatoes, cabbage, lettuce, strawberries, peppers, and potatoes with regional prices in multiple markets such as North Carolina New York Baltimore Detroit and Chicago.
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North Carolina
Texas
Cleveland
North Carolna
Baltimore
Orth Carolina
Washington
U. S
Nancy Halls
Pittsburgh
New York
Market Hall
S. C
Detroit
Rochester
N. Y
Philadelphia
S. C. Bu
Vacation Travelers Spend Over Five Billion Annually
Vacationing travelers in the United States spend more than $5 billion each year, marking a major economic activity. This figure underscores the scale of domestic travel spending and its impact on the tourism sector.
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United States
Americans Stand Firm for Neutrality in European Crisis
Dewitt MacKenzie surveys U S public mood as Europe’s wars threaten to draw in neutrals. He recalls a Indianapolis AP dinner Q and A on intervention, moral duties, Indian independence, Finnish aid, and Hitler’s loyalty in a two hour neutrality quiz.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Europe
United States
Indianapolis
Indiana
Associated Press
America
India
Gandhi
England
Britain
Finland
Land of A Thousand Lakes
Hitler
Herr Hitler
Munro to Speak at Wesley Memorial Church Wednesday Evening
Dr. Harry C. Munro director of adult work and extension of the International Council of Religious Education speaks at Wesley Memorial Church at 7 30 Wednesday night on Conserving Americas Spiritual Fertility. He heads the adult work section at Greensboro convocation January 16 18. Attendees urged including Wesley Memorial adult class members and others interested in church school programs and the Easter Advance plan.
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Harry C. Munro
International Council of Religious Education
Wesley Memorial Church
Munro
Chicago
Greensboro
America
Wesley Memorial Church School
Gaines Elected President of North Carolina Baptists
The general board of the State Baptist Convention elected the Rev. Louis S. Gaines of Lexington as president at a Raleigh meeting. C B Deane of Rockingham was re elected secretary. The 1939 receipts totaled 504206.05, with 40 percent planned for southwide projects and 60 percent for state projects under the 1940 budget. The state share would allocate 14 percent to state missions, 39 percent to education and debt service, four percent to hospitals, one percent to ministerial education, and two percent to retirement.
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Raleigh
The
State Baptist Convention
Louis
Gas tonia Woman Dies After Train Auto Crash
Miss Bertha Clark aged 28 of Gastonia died from injuries after a train automobile collision the prior day that killed three people instantly.
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Gastonia
Jan
Bertha Clark
Reverend Summers Resigns to Lead Lutheran Synod District
The Rev. J. L. Summers, pastor of St. Stephens Lutheran Church in Hickory, resigns to become executive secretary of the new southeastern district of the Lutheran Missouri Synod.
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J. L. Summers
St. Stephens Lutheran Church
New Southeastern
The
Lutheran Missouri Synod
Tobacco Market In Winston-Salem Averages 12.50 A Cwt
The Winston-Salem tobacco market sold just over a million pounds of leaf at an average of about 12.50 per hundredweight. Some piles fetched as high as 50 per hundred, with good weather boosting arrivals as growers completed 1939 sales. Various buyers posted notable lots led by Chesley Taylor and many others across multiple consignors.
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Aroostook
Maine
U. S
Green Mountains
Pompano
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Lake Okeechobee
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Bliss Triumphs
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H. P. Manning
C. B. Kiser
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T. M. Wooten
Eck Moser
Pete Tuttle
S. L. Miller
W. H. Humphries
Wv. L. Fagg
Lewis Motsinger
White
K. W. Byerly
Crissmann
English
Dr Williamson Attends Presbyterian Meet in Greensboro
Dr O C Williamson pastor of First Presbyterian Church attended the mid winter Orange Presbytery meeting at Bessemer Presbyterian Church in Greensboro. The session opened at 10 o clock and ran into late afternoon as reports were heard and over from the last meeting discussed. John A Kellenberger served as moderator with Rev N N Flemming Hawfields Church as clerk. The Presbytery includes 68 churches across Guilford Caswell Alamance Orange Chatham Lee and Randolph counties with each represented by a minister and elder.
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O. C. Williamson
First Presbyterian Church
Orange Presbytery
Bessemer Presbyterian Church
Greensboro
John A. Kellenberger
N. N. Flemming
Hawfields Church
Guilford
Caswell
Alamance
Orange
Chatham
Lee
Randolph
Andre E Paul Discusses French Trends During North Carolina Tour
Andre E Paul director of Le Cercle Victor Hugo in New York spoke to High Point College students in the morning and to Senior High School groups in the afternoon. He then held an informal Dutch dinner at the Princess Cafe in Winston-Salem before continuing his statewide visit.
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Andre E. Paul
le Cercle
Victor Hugo
New York City
Princess Cafe
High Point College
Paul
France
Winston-Salem
Southeastern commissions plan $15,000 drive for lower livestock freight rates
Representatives of public service commissions from seven southeastern states met in Columbia on January 16 to raise $15,000 to fund efforts before the Interstate Commerce Commission for reduced freight rates on South to East Livestock shipments.
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Columbia
8. C
Public Service Commissions
Southeastern States
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bethel Holiness Church Plans Week of Colored Services
This week's Bethel Holiness Church services feature Rev A S Townsend and Rev A G Garlington Wednesday and Rev S M Frazier with choir Thursday Friday speaker Rev Sister L S Simmons from Greensboro and Sunday messages by Bishop K Mingo and Rev C H Hongro Also John McClain Post 196 Legion and Ladies Auxiliary meet at William Penn High School cafeteria Wednesday at 7 30 with call to non members to join.
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Bethel Holiness Church of God
A. S. Townsend
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
A. G. Garlington
St. Matthew Holiness Church
S. M. Frazier
L. S. Simmons
Greensboro
K. Mingo
C. H. Hongro
First Baptist Church
King’s Mountain
Hongro
John McClain
American Legion
Ladies’ Auxiliary
William Penn High School
Alfonso Dockery
Hayes McCoys Celebrate Hazel tenth Birthday
Mr and Mrs Hayes McCoy hosted a Sunday afternoon party for their daughter Hazel at 1104 Alder Street. Guests included Dorothy Dye Earnest Carter Yvonne Parker William Johnson Charles McCallum Marie Legrand Wanda Hunter Marcella Woodruff Berlin Williams Chinita Peterson Margaret Crank Mary Frances Crank Willette Springs Herlin Williams Dorothy Williams Margaret Campbell Mary Alice Johnson Edith Daniels Helen Brooks Mignonette Crawford Mary Frances McCoy and Spot McCoy.
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Hayes McCoy
Hazel
Alder Street
Dorothy Dye
Earnest Carter
Yvonne Parker
William Johnson
Charles McCallum
Marie Legrand
Wanda Hunter
Marcella Woodruff
Berlin Williams
Chinita Peterson
Margaret Crank
Mary Frances Crank
Willette Springs
Herlin Williams
Dorothy Williams
Margaret Campbell
Mary Alice Johnson
Edith Daniels
Helen Brooks
Mignonette Crawford
Mary Frances McCoy
Spot McCoy
William Penn P.T.A. Meeting Announced
The William Penn P.T.A. will meet at the school Wednesday evening at 7 30 oclock. Supt Charles F Carroll Jr will speak. All William Penn High School parents are urged to attend.
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William Penn P.T. A
Charles F. Carroll, Jr
William Penn High School
William Penn Eagers Set for Dunbar Clash at 7:30
The William Penn eagers face Dunbar High School of East Spencer on the local court tonight at 7 30 oclock.
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William Penn
Dunbar High School
East Spencer
Funeral Services Held for Clarence E. Hudson
Clarence E. Hudson, Greensboro businessman, died at his Greensboro home Sunday evening. Funeral services were held today at 11 a.m. at Reich Funeral Chapel in Greensboro, with burial at Green Hill Cemetery. Pallbearers included John R. Wilkins, John R. Hughes, W. G. Stanford, Julian Johnston, Hazel Irvin, C. D. Kendell, H. Donnell, and W. J. Beaman. He was a brother of Homer T. Hudson of this city and was prominent in Greensboro’s business, fraternal, and religious life.
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Clarence E. Hudson
Greensboro
Reich
Green Hill
John R. Wilkins
John R. Hughes
Julian Johnston
Hazel Irvin
C. D. Kendeall
H. §. Donnell
W. J. Beaman
Mr. Hudson
Homer T. Hudson
Bottling Plant Employee Found Dead in Home Basement
Robert M. Loftis, an employee of a Winston-Salem bottling company, was found shot to death in his basement yesterday. Coroner W. N. Dalton ruled it a death by his own action.
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Winston-Salem
Robert M. Loftis
W. N. Dalton
Farley says Roosevelt would not seek third term
Postmaster General James A. Farley quoted by the New York Herald-Tribune stating President Franklin D. Roosevelt would not run for a third term unless drafted in a national emergency.
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New York
James A. Farley
The
New York Herald-Tribune Today
Roosevelt
Mann Act Charge Shocks Guilford County Community
Linwood Helms, 28, husband of the state’s key witness in the Bavender- Clark- Myers trials, is jailed in Greensboro on a Mann Act charge for alleged prostitution involvement. He faces U S district court in Winston-Salem May 6 while his wife Jean Helms faces bigamy charges.
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Greensboro
Bovender
Guilford Superior Court
Linwood Helms
Jerry Clark
Homer Myers
Central Prison
Guilford
Helms
Charles A. Ader
Winston-Salem
U. S. District Court
Winston- Salem
Joe Paschal
Jean Helms
Kannapolis
Lester Killian
Chattanooga
O. D. Bavender
Clark
Bavender
Myers
Clar
Triaf Myers
Waxhaw
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Salvation Army Advisory Board to Meet Wednesday
The Salvation Army advisory board will meet Wednesday at 5 pm at Army headquarters 803 South Main Street. Board president W. T. Powell will preside as the group reviews the quarterly report and plans for the coming year.
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Salvation Army Advisory Board
Army
South Main Street
W. T. Powell
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