Anniversary of High Point automatic telephone system
Fourteen years after High Point moved from a manual to an automatic system the city has expanded from about 1600 to 4500 telephones. The switch occurred July 10, 1920, taking three minutes with ten operators then, now eliminating the need for local operators. High Point led North Carolina in automatic dialing.
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High Point
North Carolina
Durham
Charlotte
Greensboro
Winston-Salem
Butter market report and new system launch in Chicago
Chicago reports butter prices by grade with quotations from creamery to standards and current receipts. A note mentions a telephone trading system and its midnight July 10 1920 launch marked by newspaper ads and instructions.
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Chicago
Broadcast on Erosion Project Discussed on Air
The Soil Erosion Service new section of the Interior Department will broadcast Thursday July 12 at 1 45 p m from station WPTF. W Bowers agronomist will speak with the Raleigh regional office. The series continues each Thursday through August 2 with talks on erosion work in North Carolina.
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Department of Interior
WPTF
W. Bowers
Agronomist
Csted
Soil Erosion Service
Bowers
Raleigh Broadcasting
Aome
North Carolina
London’s Earthquake Shield: Soft Clay Dampens Shocks
Experts note London has thus far avoided quake shocks as the city sits on a thick bed of soft clay. The geological setting is believed to absorb and reduce seismic energy, contributing to the absence of strong tremors in recent times.
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London
Ruling On Escheats May Decide Unclaimed Bank Funds
Supreme court opinions due tomorrow may resolve the Ayden case on escheats for unclaimed bank deposits. Bank Commissioner Hood wants a decision as banks liquidate and the University of North Carolina would receive such funds.
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Supreme Court
Ayden
University
Michael Schenck
Hie Mountains
Heriot Clarkson
Little Switzerland
W. J. Adams
Judge Schenck
Baltimore
Judge Adams
Morals Charges Attract W. S. 1.0
In Los Angeles on July 10 the morality trial of Dave Allen and Gloria Marsh continued with reserved seating for women from the Women's Christian Temperance union and the Ephebian society. Allen, once head of a Hollywood casting bureau, and Marsh a film extra face jury selection amid questions about affiliations with groups pushing film morals reform.
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Los Angeles
Women's Christian Temperance Union
The
Ephebian Society
Dave Allen
Gloria Marsh
Forrest Blaylock
Allen
Central Casting Bureau
Hollywood
Mies Marsh
Jerry Geisler
Geisier
Abandon Efforts In Cotton Ginning Marketing Pact
Washington July 10 Administration formally abandoned all efforts to initiate a cotton ginning marketing agreement. Ginners who sought the pact insisted on price fixing, leading officials to say they cannot sanction fixed rates for ginning services. The administration notes wide-spread unwillingness across the cotton belt after hearings, including Oklahoma City on July 2.
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Washington
Cully A. Cobb
Tarm
Ginnera
Cotton Belt
Oklahoma City
Asheville selects Bliah Clark state master councillor DeMolay
Bliah Clark of Asheville elected state master councillor of the Tar Heel State Association DeMolay at the annual conclave in Asheville. Arthur Dickens of High Point former holder. Concord chosen as 1935 convention city. Other officers named include Archie Smith Winston Salem state senior councillor Robert Cook High Point state junior councillor Oscar Montgomery Charlotte state scribe Eugene Williams Asheville state chaplain N L Smith High Point state senior deacon Russell Jamieson Charlotte state sentinel. About 110 attendees opened the session with initiatory and DeMolay degrees. banquet and ball planned at Battery Park hotel.
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Asheville
N. L. Smith
High Point
Russell Jamieson
Charlotte
State Sentinel
Battery Park
J. J. Nichols, Jr
Stocks Show Life as Gains Hold in Early Trading
New York July 10 stock market gains held after an active first hour with many issues advancing 1 to 3 points. Traders split on rally causes with inflation psychology, discounting an upturn in trade and industry, or technical factors cited. Cotton rose while wheat corn and rye rebounded. U S treasury bonds hit new highs.
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New York
U.S. Treasury
Atlanta Painter Gets P. D. Work
William Wilson & Sone Inc of Atlanta Ga has been awarded the contract to paint and plaster the interior of the High Point United States post office. The bid of 1580 dollars was the lowest of six bids opened about two weeks ago. The firm must use government specified materials and follow NRA labor hours rules.
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Washington
William Wilson & Sone, Inc
Atlanta
United States Post Office
High Point
Treasury
Wison & Gons, Inc
NRA
George von Nerta
Post Office Interior Repairs And Painting Planned
An official notice instructs the contractor to complete interior plaster repairs and painting of vertical and overhead surfaces at the post office. Work must finish within 60 days, by about September 10, with plaster defects cut out and repainted as needed.
Jones and Freeman Given Six Months On Larceny Charge
Sam Jones a Greensboro Negro and Willie Freeman of High Point were sentenced to six months each by Judge Thomas J. Shaw in Guilford superior court for breaking and entering and larceny. They had been indicted for breaking into several Greensboro and High Point locations.
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Greensboro
Sam Jones
Willie Freeman
High Point
Thomas J. Shaw
Guilford Superior Court
James Jeens
Tom Crosby
James Bowman
Thurman Eskridge
R. L. Moore
Reidsville
Southern Railway
Salisbury
Public meeting on tax burden by socialist group
Winston man leads discussion titled Who Can Best Afford To Pay Taxes the People or the big corporations at the third public meeting by the High Point local of the Socialist party. Dr P O Shallart of Winston Salem will speak at the Socialist hall 116 Washington street Wednesday July 11 at 7 30 PM.
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Winston Man
High Point
Socialist Party
P. O. Shallart
Winston
Salem
Socialist Hall
East
Washington Street
Brazil Free Snake Transport to São Paulo Farm
In Brazil a national law requires all captured poisonous snakes to be sent to the snake farm at São Paulo for venom extraction to produce snake-bite serum. Railroads haul the snakes at no charge to support this public health measure.
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Brazil
São Paulo
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