High Point County Building to Be Dedicated
The new Guilford County building in High Point, first of its kind in the United States, cost 115000 to erect and furnish. County officials outline the project funding with 32000 for the lot 75000 for the building and 8000 for fixtures and equipment. The dedication includes remarks by George L. Stansbury and a radio address by Joe F. Hoffman.
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High Point
United States
George L. Stansbury
Guilford
High Point Township
C. 8
Grayson
Joe F. Hoff
Branch County
Enterprise
County building open for inspection by residents and officials
The county invites High Point township residents to inspect the new county building with an afternoon session from 2 30 to 6 00 and a 7 to 9 evening tour. Board of commissioners and other officials will guide tours and welcome guests including Rotary luncheon guests.
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High Point Township
Board of Commissioners
High Point Rotary Club
Tomor
Jobless to Get Pay Next Week
North Carolina will begin issuing unemployment compensation checks to over ten thousand residents next week. Commission chairman Charles P. Powell said first payments go to those who registered on January 8, with checks due 80 days after registration. Some registered on January 4 wait until Tuesday for distribution.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Charles P. Powell
Unemployment Compensation Commission
Powell
Eight-Year-Old Joseph Case Studied at Mt Sinai
Physicians at Mt Sinai hospital in Philadelphia studied the eight year old patient named Joseph in a medical case reported by RISIS Philadelphia. The report notes evaluation by doctors and ongoing observation of the child’s health condition.
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RISIS
Philadelphia
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Joseph
Rural Electric Customers In N. C. Have Big Increase
Rural North Carolina electric customers have risen by more than 1,000 each month for seven months. J M Grainger reports to the State Rural Electrification Authority that by Feb 1 1938 total rural users will reach 33 580 from 26 321 on July 1 1937, with 5 936 miles of line built since 1935 and a total projected cost of 7 827 666 27.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
J. M. Grainger
State Rural Electrification Authority
Grainger
Sock slip leads to fake twenty in dog license case
County Auditor Newton A Thatcher accepted a twenty dollar bill for a dog license. The bank said it was counterfeit but federal agents investigated and pronounced the bill genuine. The dog-owner confessed the bill ended up in a sock after banking while wearing the sock, and Hatcher investigated the matter.
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Columbus
Newton A. Thatcher
Hatcher
Unclear text on Houdin and German harvest customs
Fragmentary report references Robert Houdin as a pioneer of modern magic and mentions German harvest practices. The passage is incomplete with garbled names and unclear context. No verifiable events or outcomes can be determined from the readable text.
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Robert Houdin
Harry
Robert Zhit
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Tax Office
Guilford County Tax Department
Elizabeth Johnson
T. R. Short
D. W. Hoskins
Banks Poston
Herbert A. Wood
Enterprise Steff
Greensboro, N
Electrical Contractors
O. Arthur Kirkman
J. W. Clinard
8. C. Clark
Joe F. Hoffman
Mesdames
R. T. Amos
M. J. Wrenn
R. H. Sechrest
R. K. Stewart
Forrest Murray
Fieger
N. C
High Point Industrial—Commercial
Bedford
High Point, N. C
Germany
Guilford County
W. E. Linthicum & Son
High Point, N.C
R. K. Stewart & Son
General Contractors
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