Capital Turned Into Carnival Town On President's Birthday
Hollywood stars joined Roosevelt in turning Washington into a festive spectacle for his 58th birthday as 15000 revelers populated the capital. Mrs Roosevelt toured balls with stars while crowds cheered and officials escorted celebrities through icy streets amid nationwide charity drive for infantile paralysis.
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E. C
Daniel Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Mrs. Roosevelt
Auction notice of High Point land sale in 1940 case
Public auction set for February 26 1940 in High Point Township Guilford County North Carolina to sell 28.5 acres on N Main Street and surrounding parcels in a bankruptcy action involving Margaret B Autry E A Autry Pat Brown Inc Rupert T Pickens Cary J Blair Nannie W Garland Lottie Brown and Robertson heirs. Commissioner presiding.
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C. H. Dunn
Lillian Dunn
City of
High Point
North Carolina
High Point Townhip
Guilford County
N. C
Tomlinson
N.C
W. M. Dunn
W. P. Ragan
W. P Ragan
J. H. Troutman
Tomlinson Street
Tomlinson St
H. L. Baumgardner
Margaret B. Autry
E. A. Autry
P. C. Brown
Pat Brown, Inc
Rupert T. Pickens
Cary J. Blair
Nannie W. Garland
Lottie Brown
City of High Point
Municipal Corporation Vy
Guilford
N. Main St
Charlie May's
Welch
Weaver and Pickett
Welch and &. H. C. Fields
Pickett
E. H. Fields
EE. H. C. Fields
Idol and
Moorefield
Ido
Post
Robertson's
Robertson
Edenton Grapes Through Night Without Lights
Edenton faced a seven hour and twenty five minute blackout after a substation transformer failed. The outage disrupted the long sound bridge, forced cotton mill workers home in darkness, halted a theater, and emptied beauty shops of their electrical machinery. Merchants exhausted candles and kerosene, and residents missed electric meals.
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Long Sound Bridge
Randolph Schools Remain Closed in Asheboro and Randolph County
Asheboro and Randolph County schools stay shut as of January 21 due to dangerous icy roads and uncleared sidewalks. County Superintendent T. Fletcher Bulla and city system head Reginald Turner announced the closure after consulting highway crews. The reopening target is Monday, February 5, for town and county schools.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
T. Fletcher Bulla
Reginald Turner
Stars Draw Crowds at Gala Balls in Formal Dress
Entrance and stage doors drew James Cagney Mickey Rooney Pat O'Brien Tyrone Power Dorothy Lamour or Olivia de Havilland sightings. An autograph-hunter disrupted lines as thousands in formal dress moved between balls following the celebrities.
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James Cagney
Mickey Rooney
Pat O’brien
Tyrone Power
Dorothy Lamour
Olivia de Haviland
Enos Defends Mormon Morality and Polygamy Policy
Elder Joseph E. Bateman argues Mormons historically upheld high sexual morality and rejected plural marriage after 1890. He cites church sanctions under Heber J. Grant and AP reports noting excommunication for polygamy attempts, questioning public regard for polygamists across biblical figures.
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Church
Associated Press
Short Creek
Latter Day Saints Church
United Order
Heber J. Grant
Moses
David
Jacob
Abraham
Brigham Young
Joseph E. Bateman
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Clerk Admits Quints Hoax In Cairo
An Egyptian clerk confessed he was father of twins not quintuplets, ending a misreported birth claim. He had told employers his wife bore quintuplets due to the superstition around the number five. Crowds later swarmed his home seeking the babies.
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Cairo
Egypt
Dies Pelley Letters Hoax Ties Dies to Pelley
A Dies committee witness testified after a secret session that he forged letters linking Chairman Dies and William Dudley Pelley. Excerpts were placed in the Congressional Record on Jan 22. The witness described being approached by Harold Weisberg who offered pay and a farm department position in exchange for information on alleged Dies fascist links.
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Washington
Dies Committee
Dies
D-Tex
William Dudley Pelley
Silver Shirts
Rep
Hook
Harold Weisberg
Weisberg
Gardner Jackson
Labor
League
Department of Agriculture
Appreciation Expressed To Friends At Children’s Home
Editor of The Enterprise expresses gratitude to High Point friends for Christmas offerings and support to the children’s home. Special thanks go to doctors dentists and hospital staff for free services, and to lawyers for readiness to assist. The note closes with blessings and continued prayers.
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the Enterprise
High Point
A. G. Dixon
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C. E. Cagle
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Gibson Food Store
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Meyers & Kivett
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Ward St
Mangum St
N. Wrenn
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Clifton Furniture CO
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Mr. Vernon III
Rosetto Roserro
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Genghis
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