Southern Furniture Market marks growth in High Point show
Sunday marks the close of the summer Southern Furniture Market with the second largest attendance in history. Market manager Paul W. Casey notes improving coverage and stability in prices, while buyers are conservative and purchases reflect actual need. The piece also urges brotherly kindness, peace, and Christian unity as guiding principles for a better world.
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Paul W. Casey
Hici Point
High Point
Austria
Christ Jesus
King of
Love
A New Force in National and International Life
Traveling in Vienna I witness Rotary hospitality and hear the funeral march for chancellor Dollfuss. The piece laments postwar Austrian strife, questions missed lessons, and warns that leaders fail to revise aims toward worthwhile ideals.
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Tom Alderman Sykes
Vienna
Austria
Engelbert Dollfuss
Strauss
World Powder Keg Threatens New War Atmosphere
Twenty years after a set of actions ignited a global war, Europe again faces volatile tensions. Austria declares war’s potential shape amid the assassination of Chancellor Dollfuss and Germany eyes annexation while economic limits discourage immediate conflict.
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Austria-Hungary
Serbia
Franz Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Austria- Hungary
Austria
Engelburt Dollfuss
Germany
Mussolini
Italy
Republic
Open Covenants and Open Fighting in Public Life
The article laments loss of independence and calls for open, fair combat of ideas over stealthy violence. It cites Henry Ford, lists local figures like Dr. Burrus and Rev. Bowne, contrasts democracy with rising unrest, and notes 4600 state accidental deaths from reckless driving in six months.
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Henry Ford
New Orleans Times- Picayune
Detroit
Ford
Kingdom of Heaven
Brisk Writings and Civic Reflections in Jamestown
A collection of brief humorous notes and local civic commentary from Jamestown. It recalls a railroad engineer’s terse report joke and muses on public service by Charles Tomlinson and Logan Porter, praising long tenure and urging peaceful transitions.
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Finnigin
Logan Porter
Ed Millis
Logan Porcer
Ed Millie
Charles Tomlinson
Board of
School Commissioners
Charles
Logan
High Point Leaders Call for Civic Revival and Reform
A chorus of High Point figures urges renewed confidence and pride in the city and the restoration of individual responsibility. Doctors clergy and business leaders criticize selfish attitudes traffic woes partisan politics and unsuitable city government while stressing a sturdy work ethic and community improvement through practical action.
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Walkup K. McCain
High Point
H. Norwood Bowne
F. J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Roosevelts See Two Divorces in Family Spark Change
With two divorces in the family the Roosevelts seem to be getting a New Deal. The line suggests shifts in public image and family dynamics tied to the presidential era.
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Roosevelts
Ehringhaus Faces Mixed Reaction Over Luke Lea Jr Grant
The governor receives both approval and censure for pardoning Luke Lea Jr. Critics note many other prisoners lack money and influence to secure similar pleas, while supporters cite circumstances of Lea’s youth and poor health.
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J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Luke Lea, Jr
Protest Over Whipping At Stonewall Jackson Training School
Mrs. W. T. Best protests the use of corporal punishment on boys sentenced to the Stonewall Jackson Training School. Dr. George M. Cooper notes many boys have serious ailments preventable with timely care, while the writer argues parental discipline could curb insubordination before crimes occur.
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W. T. Best
Charities and Public Welfare
Stonewall Jackson
George M. Cooper
State Board of Health
Salutary Investigation Aims to Reform Wake Relief
Washington authority scrutiny of Wake county relief administration aims to improve statewide agency practice. Officials stress relief provisions must follow original intent and benefits must not be abused across the program.
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Charlotte Observer
Washington
Relief Administration
Wake County
Bearded Turtles Grow Hair Lengths Beside Sacred Hongkong Lake
Bearded turtles in Hongkong’s sacred lake grow in length from one to three feet and are carefully tended and worshipped by Chinese worshippers. The creatures attract attention for their unusual hair like growth and ritual significance.
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Hongkong
New Self Righting Lifeboat Promises Submerged Operation
A novel English lifeboat design claims to be unsinkable, will right itself within 25 seconds if overturned, and continue running its motors even when fully flooded, thanks to water proof shell encasements.
Women Dominate Purchases Across Store Types, Study Finds
A survey of store managers shows women account for about 99 percent of women's wear purchases and 75 percent of flowers sales. Department stores average 65 percent purchases by women while hardware and men's shops trail with around 40 and 5 percent respectively. The study notes women influence many men’s purchases and often hold purse strings despite the old adage that father pays while mother buys.
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Papa
Mama
Home Brew Seizure Leads to Arrest on Prohibition Violations
Arnold Fratus of 1619 North Hamilton street was arrested after a police raid found about 20 quarts of home brew. He is the second arrest of the day for possession of home brew after an earlier raid recovered 30 quarts. Bond set at $300.
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Arnold Fratus
North
Hamilton Street
Fratus
J. C. Penney Co to Move Into New Quarters This Week
J C Penney Co closed its old location last night and will reopen across the street in new quarters. Manager R W Riggins said the formal opening will likely occur about midweek with further announcements to be made through The Enterprise.
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J. C. Penney Co
J. C. Penny Company
R. W. Riggins
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R. B. Terry
A. A. Cecil
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B. Katz Ao
New York City
John T. Burrus
C. 8. Grayson
Edgar Hartley
H. N. Bowne
Doctor Burrus
Doctor Grayson
Grayson
Doctor Bowne
John Dillinger
America
Bat Cave
Jamestown
Aley
Sisyphus
Plato
Pluto
Reed Terry
Presbyterian Church
Uenova
Santa Claus
Eurelia Smart
High Point Board of Public Welfare
Rev
R. St. Farmer
P. B. Lindley
High Point College
Lindley
A. J. Koonce
Main Street
Frank Hart
Police Department
Walter L. York
Globe Industrial Bank
W. A. Bivins
Milady
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