Refugees Flee Barcelona As Spain Reorganizes Government
Refugees from the Barcelona area crowd northern Catalonia towns in cold rain. President Azana and Negrin leaders relocate ministries to Valencia area while Franco consolidates gains and monitors hopes for a distant peace. Families wander, roads jammed, trains crowded as civil war fallout deepens across northern Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Okin
Perpignan
France
Catamian
Barcelona
Spain
Negrin
Binet of Ministers
Valencia
Catalonia
Unclear Creature Described as Many-Legged Ant Killer
A quirky, fragmented description mentions an insect like a der with extra legs that hunts on a surface using curious appendages. The text presents odd terms that make the subject hard to identify.
Goes To Jail Rather Than Quit Drinking
Mountaineer John R Gary pleaded guilty in federal court to operating an illicit whisky still in the Western Pennsylvania mountains. Judge Schuunmaker sentenced him to six months in jail and a $500 fine after he refused probation and insisted he would not quit drinking.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
John R. Gary
Gray
Pennsylvania
F. G. Schuunmaker
Gary
Pioneering Voices Behind America’s Democratic Roots
The text reflects on the spread of democracy and liberty from Europe to America, highlighting Thomas Paine’s influence in uniting colonies under the United States, the Puritans’ migration, Hiawatha and the Five Tribes, Roger Williams as a refugee haven, and Teddy Roosevelt’s pacifist stance and opposition to brutality in WWI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Paine
America
United States of America
Europe
England
Paine
John Locke
Hiawatha
Teddy Roosevelt
Russia
Japan
United States
T. R
Adults Seek More Funding for Education Programs
Raleigh January 27 The appropriation committee heard the department of public instruction push for increased funding for adult education after last year’s 25 000 allocation. WPA cooperation from 27 counties was cited as proof of value with pupils averaging about 35 years old, many over 60, and discussions touched on compulsory attendance and race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Department of Public Instruction
Appropriations Committee
WPA
John Kerr, Jr
Warren
Farrar Family Celebrates Graduation and Birthday Milestone
Dallas Texas report notes Boyce Franklin Farrar Jr. 18 earned a high school diploma at night school while his wife and family marked the 13 month old Boyce Franklin Farrar III’s birthday. The achievement came as the young father balanced work, marriage, and study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
Farrar
Boyce Franklin Farrar, Jr
Boyce Franklin
Notice of Sale of Land in High Point North Carolina
Under a deed of trust dated November 1 1934 and recorded in Guilford County North Carolina Insured Mortgage Bond Corporation of North Carolina as Trustee will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash at the East Door of the Court House Greensboro at 2 00 p m on February 16 1939 the property at 1201 Ward Street High Point beginning at an iron stake Ward Street Ridgeway Avenue and running as described the sale is subject to all outstanding taxes and assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles A. Lain
Bertha E. Lain
Court House
Greensboro
North Carolina
High Point
Ward Street
Ridegway Avenue
Lain
Ridgeway Avenue
Mortgage Bond Corporation OF
Chloe L. Ferree
Claudia C. Allen
Husbid
Edward Alen
Jasper Wall
David Wrilleas
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
N. C
High Point Township
College Park
J. C. Welch Park
Office of the Register of Deeds
Leonard Street
David Grissom
Believe It Or Not By Robt Ripley Harrisburg
Noted humorist Robt Ripley writes in Harrisburg about oddities and curious happenings across towns. His reflections mix folklore, travel glimpses, and uncanny anecdotes from streets and markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robt. Ripley
Sales Tax Test Case Opens Today in Forsyth County
A constitutional challenge to North Carolina's 3 percent general sales tax was docketed in Forsyth County Superior Court. J. Paul Leonard of Statenville, executive secretary of the North Carolina Fair Tax Association, sues A. J. Maxwell, state revenue Commissioner, after opening a small store to provoke the suit and paying the tax under protest. Judge Luther Hamilton of Morehead City will hear the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Forsyth Count
A. J. Maxwell
J. Paul Leonard
Statenville
North Carolina Fair Tax Association
Leonard
Luther Hamilton
Morehead City
Great dragon lizards found on island near Java
Scientists report discovery of large lizard species on a small island near Java described as successors to dragons. Researchers note unusual size and scale patterns while mapping habitat and potential threats to the new species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Java
Time to Marry Ends In Town Gossip Exposé
Janet Dwight endures her aunt Mary Cantrells illness and a broken engagement as Barney McKnight returns to town pursuing a dramatic graft exposé. An old man at the park recognizes Janet and hints at Barneys bold story, setting up the next chapter in Cairo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janet Dwight
Lance Barstow
Lance
Cynthia Cantrell
Mary Cantrell
Barney McKnight
Barney
Janet
Tim Benton
Breckenridge
Mary
Aunt Mary
Cynthia
Nice
Timothy Benton
Cairo
McKnight
Jan
White House
Money Across Time From Ancient Rome To Paper Promises
Uncle Rays Corner explains how coins originated in the Juno Moneta temple in Rome and how words like money and fee trace to cattle. It notes Chinese paper money origins, later paper notes backed by governments, and the inflation crisis in postwar Germany including Munich 1923 rates. Tomorrow: A Little Saturday Talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Juno
Marco Polo
Cathay
China
Europe
Germany
Russia
Munich
Black Forest
Mortgagee sale of College Park lot in Guilford County
Public auction at the Guilford County Courthouse in Greensboro at 2 00 p m on February 28 1939 for Lot 168 in College Park J C Welch Park High Point Township bounded by Leonard Street 50 feet wide 1161 feet deep 50 feet rear subject to liens. Mortgagees Jasper Wall and David Grissom Llovelace and Kirkman Attorneys.
Reverend Meadows Leaves Kernersville for Theological Study
Rev. V. R. Meadows, who came to Kernersville after his sister Mrs. Fred L. Beeson died, departed yesterday for New Orleans to study at the Baptist Bible Institute. He spoke at the Wednesday service on The Meaning and Effect of Prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenersville
V. R. Meadows
Kernersville
Fred L. Beeson
New Orleans
The
Baptist Bible Institute
Professor Jas per L. Stuckey elected fellow of Mineralogical Society
Raleigh January 27 Dr Jasper L Stuckey geology professor at North Carolina State College was notified he has been elected to fellowship in the Mineralogical Society of America a group of outstanding mineralogists from the United States and other countries
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Jasper L. Stuckey
North Carolina State College
Mineralogical Society of America
United States
Certificate of Dissolution for Futrelle Realty Company
North Carolina Secretary of State certifies the voluntary dissolution of Futrelle Realty Company of High Point Guilford County executed by all stockholders. The action filed January 4 1939 completed under Chapter 22 statutes with Thad Eure signing at Raleigh January 14 1939. Attorneys Roberson Haworth Reese noted.
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State of North Carolina
Department of State
Aed
High Point
Guilford
J. P. Bolt
Thad Eure
State of
North Carolina
Raleigh
A. D
Roberson, Haworth & Reese
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Government of Spain
Land of
Sunshine
PEAS
Florida
H. Lloyd Child
Buffalo
N. Y
Walter Winchell
Atlantic
Bragg
Grover Cleveland
John Winthrop
Massachusetts Colony
Roger Williams
New World
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Amsterdam
Newport
Mary Belle Byram
Harrisburg
Baptist
Santa Rosa
Calif
J.W. Adams
South Dakota
Cope
King Features Syndicate
Tc. Workh Righ
Tom Reece
Elinore Cowan Stone
NEA Service, Inc
Dwight
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Uncle Ray’s
Money and Mints
Colony of
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Pyctih
Pensylvania
Lovelace & Kirkman, Attorneys
Ring's
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Whitman's
Hollingsworth
Ring Drug CO
Wachovia Bank
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