Bids Placed on Old Post Office Building in High Point
Two bids were received today by the U S Treasury Procurement Division for the old post office building used by the High Point Public Library. A D Folger Mt Airy bid 42000 Ray H Taylor Greensboro bid 50400. City may act within ten days and may bid if none reach 90 percent of assessed value.
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U. S. Treasury Department
Washington
C.S. Grayson
E. M. Knox
A. D. Folger
Mt. Airy
High Point
Tobacco referendum talks stall amid funding debate
Washington July 23 The tobacco control group reported little headway as Congress members from Kentucky Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Georgia met to discuss a workable program They agreed a referendum should occur before planting season and considered including tobacco in a general farm bill or a separate measure Financing options include a 20 percent sales tax processing tax or a surplus production penalty with growers opposing the sales tax plan.
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Washington
Congress
Kentucky
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Harold D. Cooley
Nashville
N. C
Cooley
Roosevelt Not Considering Court Vacancy Yet
President Roosevelt said at his press conference he has not yet considered appointing a new supreme court justice to fill the vacancy created by Justice Van Devanter's retirement.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Supreme Court
van Devanter
Blue Ridge Institute to Host 100 Southern Social Work Executives
About one hundred social work executives from southern states are expected to attend the 11th annual Blue Ridge Institute next week in Blue Ridge. The gathering aims to discuss social welfare issues and community programs led by southern professionals.
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Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge Institute For Social Work
Madrid shelled as fierce fighting rages in area
Madrid faced renewed bombardment with at least 15 killed and many wounded as insurgent artillery blasted central districts including Alcala street Cibeles square Gran Via and near the U S embassy amid heavy government shelling responses.
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Madrid
Alcala
Cibeles Square
Ministry of War
Gran Via
Broadway
Chambers
United States
Initial gains on mart are pared in brisk New York session
A rapid opening on the upside in today’s stock market gave way to profit taking with initial gains of fractions to 2 points pared. Wall Street cheered by shelving the administration’s court bill and possible near adjournment of Congress, while earnings reports buoyed individual stocks. Bonds and commodities showed uneven performance alongside foreign currencies.
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New York
Wall Street
Congress
Seven Die In Maryland Crash Near Priest Bridge
In Maryland a family of seven perished when a parked car was struck by a truck and overturned in a blaze. The truck driver B M King of Virginia rescued a seven year old boy through a car window. six relatives were trapped. King posted bail after arrest on a charge as authorities prepared an inquest.
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Priest Bridge
Bernard Jammer
Mildred
Anna May
Pauline
Frances Haker
Frances
Phantom Atlantic plane mystery widens with sightings
The phantom airplane sighting east of Cape Race remains unconfirmed as ships and radio sources offer conflicting reports. The Scanmail, Coryton, and Queen of Bermuda are all tied to sightings, while Radiomarine has no new word from sea observers. Aviation experts suspect a New York Bermuda flying boat.
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New York
Cape Race
New Foundland
Radiomarine Corporation
Scanmail
Ranee
Coryton
Salem
Mass
Coast Guard
Queen of Bermuda
Bermuda
New York-Bermuda
Gossip Shooting Case Aired In Court At Coushatta
In Coushatta Louisiana on July 23 the fatal gossip shooting of 17 year old May Elvin Allen July 5 is set for court. Jessie Pepper 16 will face a preliminary hearing on charges that she fired the shots during a cow pasture dispute on adjacent plantations. Pepper surrendered to Sheriff Floyd Jones seeking release from parish jail claiming self defense.
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Floyd Jones
May Flynn
English Divorce Liberalized by New law
A 25 year campaign ends as Parliament passes a law allowing divorce on grounds of cruelty desertion for three years or insanity for five years, expanding beyond the previous sole ground of adultery. The reform marks a major shift in Britain’s divorce framework.
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London
Britain
Aubery
Commission Chairman Anning Prail Dies at 67
Boothbay Harbor Maine July 23 The late Anning Prail federal communications commission chairman died at his summer home from a heart attack according to his physician Prail was 67 and served on the FCC.
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Boothbay Harbor
Anning
Prail
Federal Communication Ecommission
Two Black inmates die in state prison gas execution
In Raleigh on July 23 two Black men, Hunter Winchester of Guilford County and Fred Gray of Onslow, were executed by gas. Winchester died 12 minutes after gas began at 10:35 after entering the passing chamber at 10:33 and being declared dead at 10:45. Dr Coleman oversaw the procedure.
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Raleigh
Jub
Hunter Winchester
Guilford County
Fred Gray
Onslow
State’s
Winchester
Coleman
Marconi Buried in Native City of Bologna
Guglielmo Marconi was laid to rest in Bologna near the site of his early wireless experiments. About three hundred thousand citizens lined the funeral procession from the railroad station to St Petronius Cathedral and then to the Marconi family monastery just outside the city.
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Bologna
Italy
Guglielmo Marconi
St. Petronius Cathedral
Marconi
Week End Lull At Market Sets In At Southern Furniture
The Mid-summer Southern Furniture and Rug market sees a weekend lull as buyers head home after four brisk buying days. Registrations slow to about 200 new arrivals since yesterday, while exhibitors' customers place large final orders in preparation for return. Market described as highly satisfactory with peak activity midweek and optimism for a strong second week from new buyers.
Japan Biases toward Peace in North China Crisis
Tokyo reports Chinese troop withdrawals from Peiping and signals readiness to negotiate a settlement of Sino Japanese differences. Peiping tallies new Japanese military moves and fears a major drive to deepen influence amid the crisis.
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North China
Tokyo
Peiping
Japan
China
Reid Coltrane Escape Sought After Prison Break
Reid Coltrane a 29 year old inmate from High Point is being sought across the area after escaping last night from a state prison truck on a road near Raleigh. He has a wife in High Point and a notable criminal history in the city.
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Greensboro
Reid Coltrane
Cable Street
High Point
Raleigh
Coltrane
Two New Marks Set In AAU Swim Meet This Morning
AAU swimming championships at City Lake Park Jamestown see new records. Goldsboro senior men 220 yard breast stroke 8 21.6 and Goldsboro midget girls relay 200 meter 2 44.48. half dozen events list results and leaders, with Goldsboro Charleston High Point Charlotte Greensboro and Tarboro among top teams. Ganey Olympic champion to give exhibition at City Lake Park pool tomorrow at 8 14 PM.
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Carolinas
Hood
Hendersonville
Horney
High Point
She
Foldsboro
Thames
Charlotte
Rood
F. Stone
Raleigh
H. Hatton
Tarboro
L. Bates
Harleston
Hancock
Greensboro
Jahnz
Charleston
A. Wills
Kasterlin
Goldsboro
Thompson
Neufer
Michaux
Hawley
Hartley
Winston-Salem
H. FF. Ganey
City Lake Park
Tammany Hall Attitude Sparks Bitter N Y Primary
New York July 23 Tammany Hall backs U S Senator Royal Copeland for mayor over Grover Whalen threatening a fierce primary battle. Copeland supporters win a key vote 15 11-12 after lengthy closed-door debate as Whalen commands Bronx Brooklyn Queens and Richmond backing.
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Tammany Hall
United States
Royal
Copeland
Dapper Grover A. Whalen
Manhattan
New York City
James J. Dooling
Whalen
Bronx
Brooklyn
Queens
Richmond
Bladenboro Bank Robbery Reported In Broad Daylight
Bank of Bladenboro robbed around noon by two men. Cashier L C Bridger said one man entered with a pistol demanding money while the other waited outside in a car with the engine running. The duo fled toward Fayetteville with about $700 in small bills. The incident was reported by John G. Allen, chief state bank examiner.
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Raleigh
John G. Allen
State Bank Examiner
Bank of Bladenboro
Allen
L. C. Bridger
Bladenboro
Bridger
Fayetteville
Selassie Observes His 46th Birthday in Exile
The ousted Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, 46, marked a quiet family birthday in exile at an English resort. With regaining the kingdom seem unlikely after fleeing in 1936, he noted that heartfelt sadness makes location irrelevant.
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Bath
Beng
Hailee Selassie
Ethiopia
Italy
Selassie
Truck Strike Delays Hit Philadelphia Area Deliveries
A truck drivers strike affecting A and P produce deliveries delayed goods to many stores in the Philadelphia area. The walkout was aimed at firms under contract to the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company rather than the company itself, influencing rail terminal produce shipments.
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Philadelphia
Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
A & FP
Alaskans Show No Worry Over Hardest Quake
Alaskans remained calm as nine hours of earthquakes struck the interior from Fairbanks to Anchorage. Utility firms and banks kept operating while bottles shattered at liquor stores. damage reached about 5000 dollars. An unconfirmed report spoke of home collapses and injuries, with slides affecting the Richardson Highway and Harding Lake vacationers.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Anchorage
Richardson Highway
Harding Lake
Four Killed by Sick Mother In Arizona Tragedy
Flagstaff Arizona July 28 A coroner's jury found that a mother and her five victims were murdered by the wife of James Walkup county board chairman. The mother strangled and stabbed the six people before shooting herself. The bodies were found at their home near a golf course. The children aged two to ten, and the mother had been ill.
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Flagstaff
Ariz
James Walkup
County Board of Supervisors
M. G. Fronske
Young Roosevelt to Address North Carolina Young Democrats
James Roosevelt, son of the President, will address the North Carolina League of Young Democrats annual convention in Winston-Salem on September 11. The event highlights youth political engagement in the state.
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Winston-Salem
James Roosevelt
North Carolina League of Young Democrats
Court reform goals evolve as Senate debate continues
A high administration official said the Senate’s rejection of Roosevelt’s court plan did not erase the president’s aims. The White House noted changes in the Supreme Court and signaled possible non legislative action while asserting gains in constitutional awareness and broader acceptance of social policy. The spokesman cited past court rulings on agricultural adjustments, Social Security, Wagner Act, and minimum wage as shaping support for reform.
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Washington
Senate
Supreme Court
Roosevelt
Senate Judiciary
Pebruery
Hydro Electric Plan Submitted for Yadkin River Project
The Carolina Aluminum pany submits to the power commission a plan for a 54 000 horsepower hydro plant at Tuckertown near Badin North Carolina The filing seeks a determination of river navigability which would give federal jurisdiction The company cites affidavits from Yadkin residents and notes no navigable impact on the Yadkin above Cheraw and the Peedee area
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Carolina Aluminum Pany
Power Commission
Tuckertown
Badin
N. C
the Aluminum Company of
Aca
Federal Commission
James W. Growan
Pittsbur
Aluminum Company
America
Yadkin
Cheragy S. C
Propos
Peedee
Heat Wave Moves East as Temps Climb Across Midwest
The heat wave pushes eastward across the middle west raising temperatures to the upper nineties. Forecaster J. MaIloyd expects cooler weather for much of the nation tomorrow with local thunder showers possible by Saturday night. The siege has caused about 409 deaths, with Las Vegas hitting 114 degrees as the hottest reading on the weather map.
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Middle West
Weath Bureau
Plains
J. m Ialoyd
Chicago Weather Bureau
Rockies
Atlantic
Las Vegas
Nev
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