Post Office Celebrations Highlight Farley Visit and Roosevelts Aides
The article notes high pointers attentive to new post offices in the region and gatherings honoring President Roosevelt’s appointees. Big Jim Farley, Joseph O C O Mahoney, and W W Howes are described as key figures in the postmaster general’s team, with Farley praised for long hours and strong constitution.
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Uncle Sam
Greensboro
Roosevelt
Big Jim Farley
Joseph OC. O'Mahoney
W. W. Howes
Mr. Howes
Mr. Farley
Winston- Salem
Washington
Howes
Farley
National Headquarters
Democratic National Committee
Jim
World fliers message after death rumors reaches Moscow
San Angelo resident Mattern who aimed to fly around the world reported safe after delays from June 4 to June 15. He began at Floyd Bennett Field June 3, stopped in Norway and Oslo, then Moscow before Siberia engine trouble forced landings. He faced weather setbacks and partial communications before a Kharkovsk landing and resumed toward Nome, Alaska. He sought to beat the Post Gatty record of eight days, fifteen hours, fifty-one minutes.
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Anadir Chukota
Siberia
Khabarovsk
Nome
Alaska
Mattern
Floyd Bennett Field
Norway
Oslo
Moscow
Omsk
Kharkovsk
New York
San Angelo
Texas
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
Mattern Reported Found In Siberia After Alaska Flight
Mrs James Mattern expressed relief at the Associated Press report that her husband Jimmy Mattern had been located in a northeastern Siberian trading village southeast of Nome across the Bering Sea. Alaskan aviation lore holds lost flyers often turn up in remote northern settlements after long, slow dog sled journeys through sparse regions.
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James Mattern
Associated Press
Siberia
Jimmy
Nome
Alaska
Jimmy Mattern
Bering Sea
Texas
Khabarovsk
Mattern
The
Aleutians
Navy airmen discuss Mattern route north of Alaska
Two navy pilots including Ensign William A. Moffitt Jr. say aviator Mattern, familiar with Alaska and Siberia routes, would have kept to coast or interior away from open sea during the attempted non stop refueling flight from Seattle to Tokyo.
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Anadir
Navy
William A. Moffitt, Jr
Mattern
Alaska
Siberia
Reg Robbins
Seattle
Tokyo
Youth Aids Kidnapper to Win Gratitude of Wealthy Man
Ottley was driven to woods near Suwanee and forced to write a ransom note for $40,000. The youth who helped plot the crime says the plan was to nab a rich man and drive the car while the mastermind sought the money. The 11 year old Bowen is held on suspicion as authorities seek the mastermind Grover Collins or Green and a reward is offered. Governor Talmadge approves a $256 reward for the missing kidnapper. Ottley says the case against Bowen remains in law hands.
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Ottley
Woods
Suwanee
Atlanta
Bowen
Lavonia
James J. Lowry
Fulton County
Grover Collins
Grover Green
Eugene Talmadge
Not Same Paul Crawford Slips Identity in Trespass Case
An insurance agent named Paul Crawford who resides at 436 North Wrenn is identified as not the same Paul Crawford tried for trespassing and ordered to stay off the High Point Country Club property.
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Paul Cranford
Paul Crawford
North Wrenn
High Point Country Club
Tropical Hurricane Strikes Mexican Coast Whips Texas
A tropical disturbance ripped along the Mexican coast from Tampico to Brownsville causing structural damage and halted power lines, with Ciudad Victoria battered by winds and heavy rains. No deaths reported as the storm heads toward the Tampico mountains.
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Brownsville
Texas
Tampico
Mexico
Rio Grande Valley
Gulf of Mexico
Ciidad Victoria
State
Tamaulipas
Special Meeting Called by Industrial Workers Association
A special penne of knitters and fixers from Piedmont hosiery mills in High Point is called by the Industrial Workers association to meet Saturday at 1 PM at hall 124 1 2 North Main Street. Committees convene at 2 PM.
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Knitters and Fixers
Piedmont
High Point
Industrial Workers Association
North Main Street
New Chair Factory Opens Here by Virginia Carmen Co
The Virginia Carmen Manufacturing Company at 506 East Green Street has opened for business. O. M. Loving Jr., owner, announced the new chair factory today. Loving had already opened the plant several days ago.
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Virginia Carmen Manufacturing Company
East Green Street
O. M. Loving, Jr
Mr. Loving
Navigable Rivers Count Across United States
A historical note states that roughly 25,000 miles of rivers in the United States are navigable, reflecting a broad network of waterways significant for transportation and commerce.
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United States
Thomasville youths enjoy July 4 picnic at Winston-Salem Home
About 150 Epworth Leaguers from Thomasville area including Fair Grove Fairview Pine Woods Pleasant Hill Prospect and Unity picnicked July 4 at the Children’s Home in Winston-Salem. They formed a boys baseball team and beat Sedge Garden 12 to 10 then toured Reynolda Polo View Mt. Tabor and surrounding estates before returning home at 6.
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Epworth
Thomasville
Fair Grove
Fairview
Pine Woods
Pleasant Hill
Prospect
Unity
Winston-Salem
Sedge Garden
Chilldren
Reynolda
Polo View
Mt. Tabor
Buena Vista
Country Club Estates
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