Strikes Expand as Pickett Mill Workers Demand Eight-Hour Week
About 1,000 of 1,100 Washington Mills workers have joined the textile union since the strike began. In Mayodan a conference failed to reach an agreement after strike leaders and management met. In Winston-Salem fifteen seamers joined the Hanes Hosiery strike as the plant planned a 40 hour week, with pay cut by 10 percent.
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C. P. Johnson
W. Thompson
Thompson
Washington Mills
Winston-Salem
Hanes
Diamonds Form as Single Crystals Not Mass Formations
A science note explains that diamonds occur as discrete crystals rather than large continuous masses. The formation process yields individual gem-quality crystals rather than bulk aggregates.
Bank robbers die in gun battle near Decatur
Two bank robbers killed in a 15 minute gunfight with a posse after robbing the Scott State bank at Bethany of 1300 dollars. Sheriff Emory Thornell questions Jana Leland and Fran Graycroft tied to the case as possible accomplices. Policeman C W Hinds wounded in the jaw.
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Decatur
Emory Thornell
Scott State Bank
Bethany
Thornell
M Jana Leland
Fran Graycroft
C. W. Hinds
Few Old Timers Left In Movies
Hollywood reports the death of Thomas Meighan narrows the dwindling cadre of pre talkie era stars. Mary Pickford Douglas MacLean Harold Lloyd Wallace Beery Slim Summerville Zasu Pitts and Charles Ruggles remain active in producing or acting, while Charley Chase retires to direct.
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Hollywood
Thomas Meighan
Meighan
Mary Pickford
Douglas MacLean
Harold Lloyd
Lloyd
Wallace Beery
Slim Summerville
Zasu Pitts
Charles Ruggles
Charley Chase
New Top Prices Reached On Mart
New York July 10 prices surged on a broad stock market rise with gains across rails utilities steels motors and oils. Grains strengthened and cotton hit seasonal highs while rails led the bond market higher. Chicago prices showed varied butter and bags markets with grades and local receipts noted. A lawyer, J Sikes, bound over on embezzlement charges involving $8470 from Minnie I King of Newland.
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New York
Albemarle
J. Sikes
Superior Court
Minnie I
King
Newland
Lightning makes hole in one at Cane Ann Golf Club
A July 10 report from Pole in Two Essex details a lightning strike at Cane Ann Golf Club on the fourth green. The bolt created a hole in the green and ripped open the fairway, though no injuries are reported.
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Essex
Mass
Cane Ann
First pension check to 110 year old St Clair County resident
In East St Louis on July 10 a man claiming to be 110 received the first old age pension check in St Clair county. Lucy Robinson, who said she was born a slave on a Tennessee plantation, accepted the $11 payment with a smile.
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East ST. Louis
St. Clair County
Lucy Robinson
Tennessee
Inter-Racial Commission Planned in High Point
Miss Clara I. Cox reports the High Point Inter-Racial Commission will be organized soon, following a county meeting in Greensboro. Dr. Glenn Johnson of North Carolina Woman's College presided, with five or six local residents participating. The group aims to improve race relations in High Point.
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High Point Inter-Radical Commission
High Point
Clara I. Cox
Cox
Greensboro
Glenn Johnson
North Carolina Woman's College
First Baptist Church
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