High Point Splits July Fourth Holiday Observance
High Point will observe July Fourth partly on Saturday and Monday July 6 with most offices open except banks and government buildings. The Enterprise hosts a ballot party Saturday night as the second Democratic primary center of activity. thousands plan weekend trips, absentee ballots rise, and local industry remains operating.
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Election Party
High Point
Forest
Thenterprise
Saturnight
Unty
Vernmental
Tation
Oliday
Cally
Enterprise
North Carolina
Umstead Seeks Attendance at Local Legion Picnic
Congressman William B Umstead of Durham said he will try to attend a German picnic on Deep River hosted by Andrew Jackson Post of the American Legion tomorrow evening. Legionnaires meet at 6 30 p m at their headquarters and proceed to the site in a body.
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William B. Umstead
Durham
J. E B. Lyon
Deep River
Andrew Jackson Post
American Legion
Local Legion Drum Corps To Elect Officers Tonight
The American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps will meet at the Legion hall on East Commerce Street at 7 30 tonight to elect officers. Harry Pleming announced the session urging all members to attend.
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American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Legion Hall
East Commerce Street
Harry Pleming
Pleming
Strikers Picket Mill Over Hours Demand at Pickett Cotton
About 250 workers walked out seeking a 40 hour week and eight hours daily with maintained pay. A peaceful noon rally at Pickett Grove featured calls to join the United Textile Workers, though workers declined. J W Thompson chairs a four member committee and calls for a third meeting at 7 pm to resolve differences.
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United Textile Workers
J. W. Thompson
Pickett Grove
Thompson
Concord
Mr. Thompson
Carl Jones
Ll. T. Kincannon
Joe Carter
Inter-City Games Rainouts Limit Schedule
All Inter-City Industrial league games were rained out yesterday. Only one matchup remains set for today the Adams-Millis Bosson contest at Adams-Millis Park. The Thomasville Chair-Me-Crazy game at Thomasville and the Proximity-Ragan-Maurice game at Greensboro are postponed to later.
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Thomasville
Greensboro
Pajama clad Norwich teacher at center of dramatic abduction
Miss Ora Wager a 25 year old Norwich school teacher was seized by two suitors in the night as Melvin Morse planned marriage. Guss Turkett 36 and an unidentified man forced her from a boarding house leading to a 60 mile eastward ride to Middleburg where police began an investigation.
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N. Y
Ora Wager
Middleburg
Guss Turkett
Joseph Minnichi
Minnichi
Troy Barracks
Harold Mattice
Miss Wager
Melvin Morse
Mattice
Turkett
Floyd Phetteplace
Phetteplace
Storm damages sweep city with multiple incidents
A thunderstorm caused widespread damage across the city. Sign boards were toppled and homes sustained harm. In Greensboro the Guilford County Farmers Fire Insurance Exchange reported a strike on L. R. Moffitt’s Pros Road residence near High Point. Rugs burned, furniture torn, and the radio destroyed while the family was away.
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Guilford County Farmers Fire Insurance Exchange
Greensboro
L. R. Moffitt
Pros Road
High Point
Local Physician Elected to Chamber of Commerce Board
Dr. H. L. Brockmann, longtime city physician and Burrus Memorial hospital staff member, has been elected to the Chamber of Commerce board of directors to succeed the late Dr. John T. Burrus, announced by secretary Frank J. Sizemore.
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H. L. Brockmann
Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors
John T. Burrus
Frank J. Sizemore
Brockmann
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Favored Equities Advance On Market
Selective buying spread through the stock market with favored equities up fractions to more than two points on optimistic business and industrial news. Machinery shares and Granger rails fell sharply as drought losses threatened agricultural income prospects. Trading was quiet near the fourth hour.
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New York
Machinery Group
Granger Rails
McDonald Outlines Tax Plan in Governor Bid
Salisbury July 2 Dr Ralph W McDonald candidate for governor outlined a definite financial program to cover operating state government and accused Clyde R Hoey of not showing funding. McDonald urged higher school funds, removal of the sales tax on necessities by 1937, and a tax plan expected to raise more than 13 million dollars.
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Salisbury
Ralph W. McDonald
Clyde R. Hoey
McDonald
Hoey
Democratic Party
X marks spot of love in MacArthur Hayes trial
Charles MacArthur testified in Chicago to identify letters signed with Xs and pet names in a 100000 dollar heart balm suit filed by Carol Frink against his actress wife Helen Hayes. Frink waved telegrams and letters. MacArthur smiled at his current wife as he described the affectionate markings.
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Helen Hayes
Carol Frink
MacArthur
Mies Frink
Sam Golan
Miss Frink
Walter J. Labay
Miss Hayes
Oakdale Methodists to Hold All Day School Day
Oakdale Methodist Church plans an all day school day next Sunday with a 10 o clock Sunday school session, children’s exercises, and a talk by Prof. T. E. Stough of Gibsonville. Lunch will be a bring your own basket at the church followed by more children’s exercises and an address by Rev. John Cline of Greensboro around 1 30.
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Oakdale Methodist Church
T. E. Stough
Gibsonville
John Cline
Greensboro
Easiest Catch Reported by Local Man at Jamestown Lake
Lee Lanier, a resident of 304 Vail Street, and three companions fished at the city lake in Jamestown after a heavy rain. Around 12:30 am a bass leapt onto his shoulder, he grabbed it, and the one pound fish was taken home and cooked.
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Lee Lanier
Vail Street
Lee
City Lake
Jamestown
WPA Projects in High Point Resume July Start
All WPA projects in High Point will resume on Monday July 6 announced by William L Smith WPA project supervisor. Projects had been closed for about a week and a half.
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WPA
High Point
William L. Smith
Guilford Council No 23 meets Friday night at lodge
The Guilford Council No 23 of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics will hold its meeting Friday at 7 45 PM in the lodge hall located at 310 North Main Street. All degree team members are urged to attend.
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Guilford Council
Order of United American Mechanics
Lodge
North Main Street
Revival by Rev G Collins Opens Tonight at West End
The revival led by Rev G Collins of Tomasville begins at West End tonight at 7 30 inviting the public to attend.
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G. ©. Collins
T Tomasville
West End
Treasury Expenditures and Revenues Show Big Increases
Morgenthau reported income tax collections near 1.5 billion dollars up 30 percent from 1935 and miscellaneous internal revenue over 2 billion up 20 percent. Cumulative expenditures excluding debt retirement reach 8.5 billion with 3.5 billion for ordinary operation and about 3.3 billion for recovery and relief. He noted a 2.7 billion deficit for the year after veterans payments and explained offsets including a general fund balance of 2.75 billion and a 2 billion stabilization fund from dollar devaluation profits intended to retire debt.
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Morgenthau
Treasury
Fifteen year old Avard Booth firecracker petition denied
In Salt Lake City on July 2 a 15 year old Avard Booth told the city commission he knew it was illegal to light firecrackers but wished to shoot them off if approved. The commission denied the petition.
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Salt Lake City
Avard Booth
City Commission
Commission
Death of Mrs Zelma Moore Bunday in Spring Hill
Mrs Zelma Moore Bunday 2 wife of J L Bunday died afternoon after 1 at a local hospital after illness. She was born in Davidson County daughter of Mrs Rebecca Moore and the late J L Moore. Survived by husband two daughters Joe and Jane two brothers G E and H F Moore three sisters all of Davidson County. Funeral from Spring Hill M P Church with arrangements completed this afternoon.
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Zelma Moore Bunday
J. L. Bunday
Bunday
Davidson County
Chicago Produce Prices Report For Creamery Goods
Chicago producer quotations show creamery items with a 93 score 31 32 percent ex tras 92 31 percent extra firsts 91 80 percent firsts 88 89 29 30 percent standards 90 centralized carrots 31. Eggs priced at 21 368 with prices steady no change.
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Chicago
Berter
Creamery-Sp
Telephone rates cut in Durham line saves subscribers money
Raleigh July 2 The Utilities Commission announced a reduction in rates for the Durham Telephone company effective immediately The change is expected to save subscribers about 25 633 dollars annually across the service area.
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Raleigh
Tn Utilities Commission
Durham Telephone Company
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