Upholstery Plant Sold to Vassie Wilson and Associates
Vassie Wilson and associates acquire the main upholstery unit of the former ox plants on English Street and West End. The four story 60,000 square foot facility will resume full production of living room furniture within 60 days, targeting mass market lines and leveraging Wilson’s industry contacts.
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W. Wilson and Associates
English Street
West End
Wil- Norris Company
Wilson
High Point Senate and House Take Brief Sessions Amid Pushes
In Leigh January sessions, the assembly met briefly with limited attendance as calls grew for a fuller six day schedule. A retirement bill for emergency workers was advanced while the senate considered a charter amendment for High Point to enable bond issuance for an electric project.
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House
Senate
Canton Man Dies in Local Crash
Clinton 1, 23, of Canton, died in a crash here according to a brief police report.
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Crasheville
Clinton
Canton
Rebels Bombed at Cadiz Harbor In Spain Clash
Madrid reports socialist air units bombed an insurgent fleet concentration in Cadiz harbor sinking one vessel. Government bombers also hit Motril, while Madrid saw militia forces press a weeklong offensive to widen gains near University City amid heavy resistance and counter‑attacks.
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Madrid
Ministry of Air
Cadiz
Spain
Canarias
Motril
Granda
Governmmnt
University
Peace Efforts Fail to End GM Strike Across Plants
Detroit January 23. State and federal officials say no early settlement appears likely as a GM strike expands from one factory started November 18 to 16 more units and 23 additional plants. Officials will keep pressing for a solution to the stalemate affecting 135,000 workers.
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Detroit
General Motors Corporation
General Motors
DIES ON BOAT IN ELIZABETH CITY
John Henry Leroy 67 died on a Baltimore boat in the morning while returning home from Baltimore where he had gone for asthma treatment. Officials suspect a heart attack caused the death.
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Elizabeth City
John Henry Leroy
Baltimore
Alcide Benoit Faces Life Sentence For Abducting Trooper
Barrel-bodied Alcide Frency Benoit, accused of abducting Michigan State Trooper Richard Hammond near Monroe, was arrested 10 hours after the crime and given a life term Friday, the maximum under Michigan law which imposes no death penalty.
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Alcide “Frency” Benoit
Sayer
Michigan
Richard Hammond
Michigan State Penitentiary
Monroe
Mich
Japan Premier Hirota Cabinet Resigns Under Diet Pressure
Japan's cabinet led by Premier Koki Hirota resigns after fierce clashes with the parliament's opposition and the army. General Count Juichi Terauchi tallies the crisis as he calls for dissolution, marking a historic lower house challenge to the government.
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Koki Hirota
Tokyo
Japan
Emeror Hirohito
Diet
Startling Plot Is Bared In Trial Of 17 Russians
City officials faced a possible loss of a $200000 Public Works Administration grant for railway crossing elimination as A H Martin Jr warned that awarding a sewer relaying contract might not be viewed as underway. The council then voted to award 568 feet of sewer mains to Leon Ellis Construction and sought bids for about 1200 more feet while awaiting Washington’s decision. The session included PWA officials and local leaders in a hurried briefing.
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PWA
Council
High Point
Public Works Administration
E. M. Knox
Manan ¢Adau
A. H. Martin, Jr
Washington
Leon Ellis Construction Company
Knox
Mr. Martin
Stanley H. Wright
Chapel Hill
Lacy Moore
Southern Railway Company
Frank Miller
Greensboro
Sam H. Strickland
Public Utilities
Martin
High Point Seeks 400 Donation for Flood Relief Drive
The High Point Red Cross chapter urges residents to donate $400 for flood disaster relief in the Ohio and lower Mississippi valleys. An initial $50 is set, with further gifts to The Enterprise, the Red Cross office, or the local radio station. Contributions will be acknowledged in The Enterprise.
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Red Cross
Enterprise
High Point
American Red Cross
Ohio
Mississippi River Valley
Annette D. Coltrane
Cary T. Grayson
Red Cross Relief Fund
Break In Weather Attracts Buyers To Market
A two day break in weather drew buyers from North Carolina and Virginia to the Southern Furniture and Rug market. Registrations were up with a small flow of purchases, though activity was calmer than typical Saturdays and less than previous busy days.
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North Carolina
Virginia
Anxious Watch on Roanoke River Dyke at Caledonia Prison Farm
Prison officials watched the Roanoke River as a nine mile dyke at the Caledonia prison farm in Halifax county threatened collapse. The river was 10 feet above banks at Weldon and rising, but officials expected a crest as weather cleared. Last year the dyke failure flooded 29,000 acres of prison farmland while western counties faced closures from bad roads and unsafe buses.
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Raleigh
Roanoke
Caledonia
Halifax County
Weldon
Capus M. Waynick
Waynick
Murder trial for Proc tor brothers set for jury this afternoon
Greensboro January 23 Special The murder trial of Adam and William Proctor of High Point for the December slaying of Fred Cook at Mount Airy is expected to go to the Superior court jury this afternoon around five o clock. Testimony ended in a night session and two defense speeches remain to be delivered. The defendants admit the killing and contend self defense.
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Greensboro
Adam
William Proctor
High Point
Fred Cook
Mount Airy
Superior Court
Market fair hopes rise after rainy week
The event showed new activity as two of the larger chain stores still had buyers on the floors. Exhibitors believe that if fair weather continues next week the market will become one of its busiest second weeks in history. Rainy weather kept hundreds of buyers away during the first week.
Clue Sought in Death of Bride in Statesville
Stateville officers search for a clue to determine if Mrs Herman Westmoreland a 20 year old bride was thrown jumped or fell into a 60 foot well her pajama clad body found three days earlier prints of her slippers were found on the opposite side of the house from the well deputies declined to say their significance the coroner's inquest began but was recessed until next week
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Statesville
Herman Westmoreland
Mooreaville
Weatmoreland
R. H. Weatmoreland
Davidson Man Fatally Hurt
Virgil Lanier aged 58 died from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Charles Nifong of Welcome. The blind merchant lived four miles north of Lexington and died after transfer from a Charlotte hospital. He leaves a widow a daughter Mrs Ray Latham and a granddaughter. Funeral services will be held at Shiloh church Sunday at 3 PM.
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Enterprise
Lexington
Virgil Lanier
Charles Nifong
Welcome
Lanier
Here
Charlotte
Ray Latham
Shiloh
Seek and Months School Wadesboro Nine Month Plan
The Wadesboro Parent-Teacher Association plans a house to house canvass with petitions to push for a nine month school year and enlarged faculties.
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Wadesboro
Wadsboro
Parent-Teacher Association
Roanoke Rapids Man Hurt in Motorcycle Car Collision
Roy Hargrove a mill employee sustained broken legs a fractured skull and other injuries in a motorcycle automobile collision. He was taken to a hospital for treatment.
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Roanoke Rapids
Roy Hargrove
Mill Employe
Trials reveal Bolshevik plots to partition Russia abroad
In Moscow 17 former Bolsheviks faced trial amid confessions alleging plans to cede Ukraine to Germany and Soviet provinces to Japan. Karl Radek and others allegedly conspired with German and Japanese agents to overthrow Stalin's regime, with reading of guilt statements by all defendants.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany
Japan
United States
Karl Radek
America
Joseph E. Davies
Leon Trotzky
Mexico
Ukraine
Soviet Maritime
Amur
Joseph Stalin
Zionovieff-Kameneff
Gas Poisoning Fatal in Rocky Mount Trio
A coroner's jury ruled that T. Garland Short a 34 year old divorced mail carrier and two Tarboro women died from accidental gas poisoning in Short's apartment above a garage. Lula Lee was identified by Deputy Sheriff Shade Feltoy as one of the women. the other remained unnamed. Short had phoned the post office at 6 am saying he felt unwell and would not report to work.
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Rocky Mount
T. Garland Short
Short
Edgecombe County
Shade Feltoy
Lula Lee
Tarboro
Post Office
Self-Government Sought At State
North Carolina State College alumni urged the University of North Carolina trustees to grant autonomy in athletics. Secretary George R. Ross spoke for alumni with John W. Tinsdale and James Gray, seeking local government at each university branch. The full board meets next Saturday.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
George R. Ross
Board of
University of North Carolina
Ross
John W. Tinsdale
James Gray
State Alumni Association
President Roosevelt urges $2 million flood relief drive
Associated Press reports President Roosevelt called on the nation to raise $2,000,000 to aid flood victims in Ohio. The appeal aims to marshal nationwide support and relief resources for the affected communities.
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Roosevelt
Ohio
Bill sent to president for signature on RFC extension
Washington dispatch reports the bill extending the Reconstruction Finance Corporation and other agencies passed both houses and goes to President Roosevelt for signature. Congress plans relief funding actions including a $790 million request and a $50 million crop loan as flood death tolls rise across 10 states and 280000 homeless.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Congress
White House
Roosevelt
House
Commodity Credit Corporation
Electric Farm and Home Authority
Export Import Bank
Buchanan
House Appropriations Committee
Cold snap devastates California citrus crops in 1913 style loss
California faces a severe freeze with 50 percent of orange lemon and grapefruit groves destroyed. Four workers burned in smudge pot accidents as Imperial Valley records 12 degrees with more frost warnings. Rescue efforts focus on marooned groups while Utah CCC camp reports flu outbreak amid snowbound conditions.
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Los Angeles
Citrus Fruit Empire
California
Imperial Valley
Bunker Mine
Inyo County
Piedmont
Calif
Louise Kellogg
Annie M. Alexander
Utah
CCC
Gaddis Claims Self-Defense In McFadden Slaying
In Ducktown Tennessee prosecutors and defense end final arguments in a murder trial of Emmett Gaddis and two others for the May killing of D W McFadden an Asheville contractor. Gaddis testified he shot McFadden on a lonely road after McFadden fired first claiming self-defense. Gaddis son Olin and a Georgia woman testified as state witnesses with Roth saying Gaddis shot McFadden and then fired into his body.
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Ducktown
Tenn
Emmett Gaddis
D. W. McFadden
Asheville
N. C
Gaddis
McFadden
Isabella
Olin
Georgia
Roth
Record flood surge threatens Cincinnati and surrounding areas
The Cincinnati river crest reached 72.7 feet with 73 feet or more forecast by Monday. Cold temperatures around 19 above zero hampered relief as 25,000 homeless in Cincinnati, 15,000 in northern Kentucky suburbs, 3,500 in Clermont County and 3,000 in Aurora Indiana. A million gallons of gasoline and fuel oil floated on Mill Creek bottom prompting a radio appeal to reduce fire hazards. Breaks in eastern Arkansas levees flooded thousands more acres and forced 2,700 families to flee. The Mississippi flood threat rose near Charleston Massachusetts and the Pittsburgh confluence area faced heightened danger.
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Cincinnati
W. C. Devereaux
Kentucky
Clermont County
Aurora
Ind
Mill Creek
Arkansas
Mississippi
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Allegheny
Monongahelia
Ohio
Local North Carolina Weather Outlook With Rain Likely
Rain and colder tonight and Sunday across North Carolina. Winds from the south and southwest shifting northeast in northern areas. Coastal regions see occasional rain with overcast skies, especially near the coast tonight and Sunday.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
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