Mills Set to Run Under New Textile Code in High Point
High Point mills including Highland Cotton Pickett Cotton High Yarn and Oakdale Cotton Mill prepare to operate under the 40 hour week and $12 minimum wage as the code takes effect. Executives will attend a Charlotte regional meeting to align operations and staffing. Local hosiery firms head to New York to study a nationwide code draft for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Highland
Pickett
High Yarn
Oakdale
Jamestown
Charlotte
Atlanta
R. H. Walker
Open Air Meeting Called by I W A On Wednesday Night
D W Bradley president announces a general I W A mass meeting Wednesday at 7 30 PM at the senior high School. If wage demands or hosiery code are not met by next Monday a general strike may be declared affecting hosiery wood and other local industries. Following the mass meeting a second session for furniture plant workers will be held at 124 North Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
New York
Sosiery
Industrial Recovery Advisory Board
Industrial Workers Association
Union
D. W. Bradley
Mr. Bradley
Bradley
North Main Street
Horace Haworth Addresses High Point Civitan Club
Horace Haworth spoke at the High Point Civitan noon meeting at the Elwood hotel on club duties and urged focus on business for a progressive year. The next meeting will feature a program directed by Allen Welborn and Irvin Lingram, with W. F. Bailey presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Haworth
High Point Civitan Club
Elwood Hotel
Allen Welborn
Irvin
Ladder Injury At Home Sends Man To Hospital
Jack Farrington of 311 Willowbrook street was injured when a ladder fell on him this afternoon at about 1 30 o clock. He suffered a scalp wound requiring stitches and was returned home after treatment at Guilford General hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Farrington
Willowbrook Street
Guilford General Hospital
B Dunn Named District Representative of Gregg Fast Freight
B Dunn of this city has been named district representative of Gregg Fast Freight Service Inc and is now in charge of the recently opened local branch at 401 South Hamilton Street. Joseph Gregg, president of Gregg, announced the appointment. Dunn heads the fast freight division and oversees pool car and L C L furniture shipments from this district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. Dunn
Gregg Fast Freight Service, Inc
South
Hamilton Street
Joseph Gregg
Gregg Service
Dunn
Fast Freight
Legal Means for Opening Absent Decedent Lock Boxes
A. Wayland Cooke explains a 1933 revenue act provision requires the clerk of the Superior Court to coordinate with the revenue commissioner to open decedent lock boxes. Owen Reese is named as representative in High Point for the procedure, including inventory delivery to the revenue commissioner and executors, with life insurance proceeds handled after notice to the commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Wayland Cooke
Superior Court
Cooke
High Point
Owen Reese
Roberson, Haworth and Reese
Commissioner of Revenue
Safe Deposit Company
State Labor Law Violations Found in Local Firms
inspectors from the state department of labor report flagrant breaches of hours for women and children and poor sanitation at local manufacturing and retail sites. follow up inspections will enforce cleanup with prosecutions likely for ongoing violations. the notice outlines state rules on women and child labor and inspector powers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack P. Lang
State Department of Labor
Labor safety rules and penalties for NC mills 1933
The text outlines employment limits for children and women, penalties for violations, mandatory seating and toilets, Sunday work ban, medical chests in factories, posting requirements, and official references to North Carolina labor statutes from 1931 1933. It notes age limits 16 to 18 for night work and 11 hour days for women, plus fines up to 100 dollars and weekly offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Consolidated Statutes of
North Carolina
Department of Labor
Commissioner of Labor
Raleigh
N. C
Boy Missing Since Saturday Sought
Police seek Lee Morris aged 14 of 1012 Cessell Street who vanished Saturday afternoon after reportedly receiving a spanking. He wore a white cap white shirt and overalls over white trousers when last seen as authorities aid in the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Morris
Cessell Street
Reading Hosiery Strike Hearings Begin in Reading
Picketing restarts at Berkshire Knitting Mills Wyomissing and other hosiery plants amid a regional strike. The American Hosiery Workers Federation plans broad unionization, with over 13 000 idle workers expected as talks seek to secure the status quo pending new terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Berkshire Knitting Mills
Wyomissing
Daily News Record
Berks County
Stunrt Co
West Reading
Hosiery and Allied Trades
American Hosiery Workers Federation
Perkins
Dr. Squires
Mr. Keightley
Washington
Squires
Joe Hoffman Out Following Illness
Joe F. Hoffman a member of the board of county commissioners and owner of Hoffman Drug on East Green Street was absent from the home to attend a Civitan club meeting at the Elwood hotel after weeks of illness that confined him to his White Oak Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe F. Hoffman
Board of County Commissioners
Hoffman Drug Company
East Green Street
Elwood
Civitan Club
White Oak Street
Fire Sale Opens At Cannon Fetzer Store
Cannon Fetzer haberdashers and mens furnishings announce a fire sale of the entire stock at 156 South Main Street after water damage from a fire on the second floor earlier that morning on July 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannon-Fetzer
Cannon & Fetzer, Haberdashers and Men and Young Men’s Furnishings
South Main Street
Hell Gate Is Name Of Davidson County Baseball Team
In Davidson County a rural team has adopted the name Hell Gate announced by a local who opposed the games. The peculiar team name draws attention as the players practice in a religious community context with local interest in their activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hell Gate
of Davidson
Lexington
Davidson County
Music Recital by Central College Quartette at First Wesleyan
A Central College Quartette recital is set for eight o'clock Wednesday evening at the First Wesleyan Methodist church. The church also sponsors a Bible school each morning at nine o'clock led by Rev and Mrs John Millikan. Children are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central College
Wesleyan Methodist
John Millikan
Carelessness blamed for most of London fires
A report cites carelessness as the cause of 1387 fires in London's annual tally, highlighting negligence as the leading source of urban blazes and prompting calls for stricter safety measures.
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London
Lightning Strike Kills Two Boys in Randolph County
A bolt of lightning struck as a storm threatened nearby and killed 13-year-old Paul Huff and his 11-year-old brother Jasper Huff while they picked apples from a tree near their home six miles southeast of High Point. The brothers were among nine children of Mr and Mrs James Huff, well known local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randolph County
Paul Huff
Jasper Huff
High Point
James Huff
Huff
Jasper
Paul
Community Exchange listings and a double tragedy
The Community Exchange at 337 North Wrenn Street lists numerous job seekers and home offerings including colored and white applicants across yard work sewing farm labor and childcare as well as housing. The second item reports a tragic lightning strike near the Huff family with two boys killed and a double funeral set for Providence Wesleyan Methodist church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Community Exchange
Wrenn Street
Fairfield Road
Springfield Road
Crocheted Basket Tiffened With Gum Arabic Dilute Solution
A crocheted basket can be stiffened by applying a diluted gum arabic solution. The technique provides firm shape and durability for decorative or functional use.
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Civitans
A. H. Jerre & Russell
Otis Materials Cuaranterd
Niall Soles
Hank Gidg
Ise Roebuck
North Main
High Point, N
Lang
Ite
Thie Association
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Also
W. Clanard
South Main
H. Blais
John Quincy Adams
The
Marine Neers Os
Marine
S. Sai Ee Ae
Conee
Mill
Joe Hoffman
Calle Tm
DR. Max Bones Drige Gasket
High Point Ice and Coal CO
Randolph
Yadkin County
Thomas
Mabel
Ars
Elva
Melvin
Nellie
Mary
Dalford Haff
Clara I. Cox
W. T. Albright
Fairfield Church
Atlantic Building and Loan Association
S. Main
N. C. Bank & Trust Co
Piedmont Building & Loan Association
Piedmont Building & Loan
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