Precautions Tighten For High Points Hydro Plant
City Manager B M Knox announced measures to prevent breakdowns at High Point's large hydroelectric plant. Plans include spare equipment to cover turbine generator transformer and oil switch failures, relying on 47 years of Yadkin River flow data from the U S Geological Survey. Acts of God remain the only insurable risk, with potential coverage considered.
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High Point
B. M. Knox
Yadkin
U. S. Geological Survey
Mr. Knox
Doan's Pills Promote Kidney Cleanup Across The Blood
Excess acid waste may overwork kidney tubes flushing out poisons. Doan's Pills have helped millions for over 40 years to relieve nagging aches and restore energy by aiding the kidneys and bladder.
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Nature
Dean
Doan
WPA Recreation Leaders Train in Winston-Salem Event
WPA recreation leaders from High Point attended an all day training institute in Winston-Salem directed by C O Brown executive vice president of The Athletic Institute Inc Chicago Ill The program trained leaders to organize leagues in baseball softball volleyball basketball and tennis with focus on administration organization and financing. Brown also presented the local premiere of Baseball a new all talking movie by the National League celebrating the centennial year of baseball.
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WPA
High Point
Winston-Salem
C. O. Brown
the Athletic Institute, Inc
Chicago
Ill
Brown
American Baseball Congress
National League
Canadian effort expands far north aviation access
The government advances aviation facilities in the far north to open vast, previously unreachable areas, broadening reach for communities and resources.
St Catherine's Day Bride Request in Brittany
In Ploumanach Brittany young women cross to a rock islet each November to poke pins into a wooden statue of Saint Guirec hoping to receive husbands by year end. The custom reflects St Catherine's Day celebration of marriageable spinsters across France.
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Ploumanach
Brittany
France
Guirec
ST Gurec
Time to Marry Delayed by a Stock Shock Crisis
Janet Dwight and Lance Barstow face a postponed wedding after a dividend cut hits their funds. Lance reveals investments in hillside lots and design plans that strain their future. Aunt Mary Cantrell and Cynthia Cantrell reappear as further complications unfold in this serial tale.
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Janet Dwight
Lance Barstow
Lance
Cynthia Cantrell
Mary Cantrell
Barney McKnight
Barney
Janet
Hallowell and Benton
Mary
McKnight
Timothy Benton
Marmola Tablets Promise Slim Figure With 4 Daily Doses
An advertisement promotes Marmola Prescription Tablets for weight loss in otherwise healthy people with hypothyroidism. It claims 30 years on the market and over twenty million boxes sold, and notes the formula is included and medical diagnosis should come from a physician. The plan is to eat sensibly and take four tablets daily until desired fat loss is achieved.
Vital statistics show births decline while deaths rise
Raleigh report from the division of vital statistics of the state board of health notes last year’s births totaled 60,603, down from 80,644 in 1937, and deaths reached 33,765, up from 24,100.
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Raleigh
Division of Vital Statistics
State Board of Health
Guilford County Realty Transfers In Five Townships
Guilford County transfers list multiple parcels: Milton Silver and wife to S P Montgomery and wife in High Point Township Sunrise Hill subdivision. Herbert Clyde Setzer et al to Edna E Blake on English street. Edna E Blake to Myrtle Vaughn on English street. Mayfield Miller et al to Samuel Flake and wife Hoover street. Nobie Ingram to Roy Hedgecock and wife Staley Harmon subdivision. D H Hall to EB J Pegram D H Hall property. W Archibald Sherrod commissioner to J E Allred and wife Five Points subdivision Bruce Township. A B Bray and wife to Charles E Martin and others adjoining S M Brown. Chap Sacks Corporation to Southern Dairies tract on Price street Morehead Township. West Market Street Methodist Church South to Dr J W Tankersley et al North Elm street. L B Albright mortgagee to Parry T Kimbro Arlington street Gilmer Township.
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High Point Township
Milton Silver
S. P. Montgomery
Sunrise Hill
Herbert Clyde Setzer
Edna E. Blake
English Street
Myrtle Vaughn
Mayfield Miller
Samuel Flake
Hoover Street
Nobie Ingram
Roy Hedgecock
Staley-Harmon
D H. Hall
EB. J. Pegram
D. H. Hall
W. Archibald Sherrod
J. E. Allred
Five Points
Bruce Township
A. B. Bray
Charles E. Martin
S. M. Brown
Morehead Township
J. W. Tankersley
North Elm Street
Gilmer Township
L. B. Albright
Parry T. Kimbro
Arlington Street
Hold Two Greensboro Men in Connection with Death
Greensboro residents Lind say Johnson and Clarence Bray were ordered held for grand jury action in the death of Glenn Malloy at a smoke shop on January 11. Detective Captain Brannock said the men admitted striking Malloy, and a physician linked the death to a brain stem hemorrhage.
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Greensboro
Lindsay Johnson
Clarence Bray
Glenn Malloy
H. W. Brannock
Malloy
Radio Wonder Man at Rose Furniture Co
Electra the radio wonder arrived at Rose Furniture Co today for display from 11 30 a m to 6 00 p m Friday in the showroom. Eltra the property of the RCA Corporation of America is under custody of Edward Davidson of New York and was brought to High Point by Southern Radio Corporation Charlotte RCA Victor distributors.
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Eelectra
Radio Won
Rose Furnit Co
el Tra
Ra Corporation of America
Edward Davidson
New York
High Point
Southern Radio Corporation
Charlotte
Rca-Victor Distritors
William Rightsell Dies After Auto Collision
Greensboro January 19 William Rightsell aged 77 died this night from injuries suffered when struck by an automobile. Police said the accident occurred on a city street and the victim was rushed to the hospital.
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Dis
Greensboro
William Rightsell
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