Meet Your Family High Points Across the Nation
A veteran writer catalogs eight towns named High Point from Arkansas to Washington forming an informal family tree. Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, Washington, West Virginia each yields tiny populations and scant facilities. The Washington High Point near Seattle grows from a mill town era, while others are rail or post office dots. The piece ends with a greeting to readers in High Point North Carolina to visit their distant namesakes.
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New Jersey
Washington
Georgia
Mississippi
High Point
N.d
H Carolina
Main
High
North Carolina
Arkansas Point
Ark
Garland
Hot Springs
Little Rock
Tennessee, Alabama and
Ala
Ga. Ry
Chattanooga
Lookout Mountain
Miss
Or Mobile, and Northern
Missouri
Caroline Short
N. J
Wash
Northern Pacific
Easther Anderson
John Lovegren
King County
Seattle
Issaquah
Preston
High Point Mill Company
West Virginia
W. Va
N. C. High Point
Stage and Arts Roundup of a New York Season
A lively critique of the season’s theatre and gallery offerings. Highlights include Victoria Regina with Helen Hayes, Hamlet performances by John Gielgud and Leslie Howard, Beatrice Lillie’s comic revue, Dadaist exhibits at MoMA, and remarks on D’Oyly Carte and Idiot’s Delight. Includes nightlife jests, New Year subway mishap, and a brief Harlem note.
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Victoria Regina
Helen Hayes
Hamlet
John Giselgud
Lillian Gish
Leslie Howard
Leslie
Fovarich
Paris
Margaret Sullivan
Hollywood
Kaufman-Ferber
Noel Coward
Noel
Gertrude
Lawrence
la Cornell
New England
Withal
Cornell
D'Oyly Carte Opera Co
Idiot's Delight
Lunt
Fontanne
Jimmy Durante
Ethel Merman
Cole Porter
Beatrice
Lillie
Bert
Beatrice Lillie
Reginald Gardiner
John Gielgud
Gielgud
Refuge Report After 60,000 Crowd Ends in Bar
Latest report states after the first 60 000 crowd Mr Noble took refuge in the corner bar and has not been heard from since Margot
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Noble
Margot
Hat Check Girl Electrocution Mystery In Brooklyn
Catherine Steyer a 38 year old hat check girl was found dead in her Brooklyn apartment likely killed by a home made 300 volt burglar trap. Police name George Anton as the man who supplied the trap and aided in the discovery with butcher Joseph Freitag also involved in the search.
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New York
Catherine Steyer
Brooklyn
George Anton
Joseph Freitac
Anton
Freitag
John McGarty
Emma Blair P.T.A. Meets With YMCA Speaker
The Emma Blair Parent Teacher Association met Tuesday with president R. B. Culler presiding. Edgar Hartley Y M C A secretary spoke on Character Building at Home and School. Junior Red Cross council officers were named and goals outlined. Mrs James Besson’s fifth grade won the attendance prize and presented a health play Mr Cold You can’t Catch Me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Blair
Mr. Cold
Housing Authority Plan Urged for Poor by Rep Hancock
Rep Frank Hancock of Oxford proposes a government housing authority to promote home construction for the poor. The plan creates a $1,000,000 capital stock authority authorized to issue up to $150,000,000 in obligations for 1937 1938 and 1939, under Interior Secretary oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Frank W. Hancock
Oxford
N. C
Hancock
Wagner
D-Ny
Interior Secretary
Weather Dampens Retail Trade Amid Broad Industrial Advance
The Associated Press reports mixed conditions as most industries offset gains with a weather dampened retail sector. The AP index rose to 101.8, steel capacity use climbed to 80.6 percent, power output hits a record, car production slipped to 81,395 units, and floods in the Ohio basin prompt concern while President Roosevelt begins his second term and prices rise for tobacco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
General Motors
American Iron and Steel Institute
Cram
Ohio River
Roosevelt
Marie Prevost Found Dead in Hollywood Apartment
Marie Prevost, silent film comedienne, was found dead in her Hollywood apartment. Police estimated she had been dead about two days with no sign of violence. The body lay face down on the bed. she was married to film star Kenneth Harlan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Marie Prevost
Comedienne
Miss Prevost
Kenneth Harlan
Romanian Prince Mihai Undergoes Appedectomy in Florence
Prince Mihai aged 17 and heir to Romania’s throne had an appendectomy in Florence Italy today. A hospital bulletin reported his condition progressing nicely and without complication.
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Florence
Italy
Mihai
Romania
Superstition Tied to Thirteen at Last Supper
The belief centers on the 13 present at the Last Supper and the figure who betrayed Christ and later hanged himself, shaping enduring unease about the number 13.
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Christ
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Igh Point
N.C
Ken Kimbel
Oultrie
Sanitone
Cleaning Service
Guar
Kee
Sartin Dry Cleaning Co
South Main Street
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Palmyra
Tenn
L. & N. Main
Bowling Green
Memphis
Frick
Harlem
Alaese
Pulegster
N. Y
Flapper
Fanny
AEG
U.S
Pat Orr
P.T. A
Housing Authority For Poor
Penney’s For Values
Marquisette
Cool Staal
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