Camp Uwharrie Honors Three Campers in Third Period
Three campers from High Point and Lexington were named Honor Campers for the camp’s third period at Camp Uwharrie. They earned the honor for camp spirit attitude scout advancement and overall camping ability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hardin
Carl Horn
High Point
Robert Gallimore
Lexington
Camp Uwharrie
Brandon Trussel
Hammet Cecil
Julian Thompson
William Ruffin Andrews
Lawson Ingram
Robert Hill
H. M. Taylor
Freddy Taylor
Wade Conrad
Joe Bower
William Andrews
James Asbury
Factories and Stores Go Under Code This Week
Economic program aims to restore prosperity and stabilize employment with new code measures. Mr. Finch quoted Generals Hugh and John in remarks underscoring the broad initiative's urgency and potential impact on industry and labor.
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Tung
Mr. Finch
Hugh
John
New Deal Is All Set for Oil Industry
Roosevelt established an office in Poughkeepsie with Marvin H. McIntyre in charge. He spent a morning unpacking and swam later at a nearby pool near his wife’s cottage. Cabinet officers will be called in as needed, Hull to visit next week, and the ship builders code expected early in the week.
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Roosevelt
Poughkeepsie
Marvin H. McIntyre
Capitol
Hull
Washington
Hyde Park
High Point Man Admits Role in Taylorsville Bank Robbery
R E Black of High Point admits taking part in an attempted bank hold up in Taylorsville. Sheriff Sumner pursued a suspected vehicle on Highway 18 before it was abandoned. Black and a companion surrendered. two others remained at large as searches continued. Black, 25, recently left a city incinerator job and has a wife and child.
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R. E. Black
High Point
Taylorsville
W. B. Summers
Wilkes County
Black
Textile codes lift wages and hours across North Carolina mills
Textile workers in Salisbury Gastonia and Columbia see weekly pay increases of up to 20 percent under new code measures with eight hour days and full Saturday holidays. Mills report payroll gains and shoppers gain weekly spending power while Asheville planners advance a tanning code and North Carolina tobacco mills await Washington approval.
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Salisbury
N. C
Gastonia
America
Gaston County
Columbia
Columbia Mills
Asheville
Tease
C. R. Oberfell
Meade Paper Board Corporation
Lynchburg
R. Griffin
Champion Fibre Company
Canton
George Hoblitzell
Andrews Tanning Extract Company
Virginia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Washington
Arlington Race Dope Ring Cracked As Seven Arrested
Federal agents busted a horse doping ring at Arlington Park arresting seven suspects. Jockey Parke, a former star, was denied a trainer license. Bonds set at 2500 each as officials pledged to curb doping in racing.
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Timorous
Louie Dear
Fiddler
Rusty
F. Springer
C. Corbett
Christopher Fitzgerald
Arlington Park
Park
Arlington
Edwin K. Walker
Hach
Parke
Nelson Edward Southard
Louisville
William Payne, Hinton
Georgie Boy” Parks
William “Bottoms Up” Cooney
Charles Mitchell
William Jones
Ariington Park
Ralph Oyler
Federal Narcotic Division
Chicago
Watermelons Move in Sixty Car Loads to Northern Markets
Laurinburg district ships sixty cars of watermelons to northern markets tonight. Prices range from 25 to 75 dollars per car. Melons weigh 26 to 32 pounds each.
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Laurinburg
Rodney Bliss Faces Westland In 36-Hole Final
Rodney Bliss of Omaha and Jack Westland of Chicago advanced to the 36-hole final for the title in Memphis. Bliss defeated Carl Dann Jr. of Orlando one up while Westland beat Walter Emery of Oklahoma City two up. Bliss aims for a major championship after a near miss four weeks earlier at the national intercollegiate tournament.
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Memphis
Tenn
Rodney Bliss
Omaha
Jack Westland
Chicago
Bliss
Carl Dann, Jr
Orlando
Florida
Westland
Walter Emery
Oklahoma City
Cornell
Emery
Cotton Processing Tax Starts August First
Raleigh July 29 Dr G W Forster NC State College economist says a 4.2 cents per pound cotton processing tax begins August 1 Money collected will reimburse the government for cotton reduction benefit rentals and NC growers will get about 3 000 000 Receipts under the direction of C H Robertson collector of internal revenue NC manufacturers and first processors except ginners and cotton linters must file August 1 inventory statements and monthly processing reports
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Raleigh
G. W. Forster
N. C. State College
North Carolina
C. H. Robertson
Internal Revenue
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Forster
Guilford County Adopts 40 Hour Week And $14 Minimum
Guilford county workers will move to a 40 hour week with a $14 minimum pay starting Tuesday. All offices will close at 1 p m on Saturdays and eight workers gain higher pay. Sheriff’s office will continue double shifts with no disruption. Chairman George Stansbury expects further proportional raises at the next meeting.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
George Stansbury
Sheriff's Office
Fires Still Burning in Fulham Pottery Since 258 Years Past
A report notes fires persist at a Fulham pottery in London, with the first blaze traced to a time 258 years ago, marking a long running historic blaze and continued activity at the site.
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Fulham
London
Sun Core Temperature Report
A brief note states the sun's temperature is about 11,000 degrees Fahrenheit. The fact is presented as a simple estimate without broader context or competing figures.
Shenandoah Becomes First Rigid Airship Owned by
The Shenandoah marked a milestone as the first rigid airship owned by an American organization, signaling a new era in lighter‑than‑air flight and military and civilian air power development.
Ford To Observe His 70th Birthday At Home Today
Henry Ford reaches 70 with good health and energy and will mark the day quietly at Fairlane in Dearborn with family and congratulatory messages. He plans to continue steering Ford motor company and advancing his agriculture industry links including soy bean projects for car materials.
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Ford
Detroit
Henry Ford
Dearborn
Ford Motor Company
Coastal States Coordinated backs Soviet trade and river projects
The Coastal States Coordinated, at its midsummer meeting in Brunswick, approves commercial relations with Soviet Russia and endorses a plan to move naval stores cotton and lumber through Southern ports. It backs a Port Royal to Parris Island bridge, Savannah river channel upgrades, and continued Her ty experiment station funding. Col W E Kay resigns. Jerry Slocum named successor as Pan American liaison.
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Brunswick
Russia
United States
Port Royal
Parris Island
South Carolina
Herty
Savannah
Augusta
Col
W. E. Kay
Jacksonville
Jerry Slocum
Col. Kay
Jacobs Wins Bowl In Virginia State Tennis Final
Eddie Jacobs of Baltimore defeated 19 year old Wilbur Hess of Texas 7-5 5-7 6-3 6-2 in the singles final to claim permanent possession of the Virginia state championship challenge bowl.
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Jacobs
Hot Springs
Eddie Jacobs
Baltimore
Wilbur Hess
Forty Foot Bean Competition Under Way
A bean contest appears to be in progress with W. L. Couch of 127 Council Street noted among participants.
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W. L. Couch
Council — Street
Forty-Foot Bean Plants Captivate The Enterprise Window
Thomasville residents sent a cluster of four large bean-pods to The Enterprise office yesterday afternoon. The longest pod measures twenty five and a half inches. Mr. Couch notes the beans may be named Forty-Foot beans, a playful nod to their potential length with good fertilization, now displayed in the newspaper window.
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Thomasville
Enterprise Office
Couch
Enterprise
Greenville labor head warns of textile code failures
L E Brookshire, president of the State Federation of Labor, said complaints textiles workers miss promised New Deal under new code will be investigated by United Textile Workers. He called Greenville the storm center and predicted South textile workers will be organized soon as AF of L launches a region wide drive with headquarters in Atlanta led by George L. Googe.
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Finch
Thomasville
F. Logan Porter
Chamber of Commerce
George Hutchens
R. W. Riggins
John T. Burrus
Capus M. Waynick
Lawrence Horan
M. J. Wrenn
Geddie Strickland
A. E. Tate
W. C. Idol
Ben Moore
A H. Holton
8. Grayson
Mrs. Geddie Strickland
Woman's Club
R. R. Blackburn
Merchants’ Association
I. M. Ritchie
United Textile Workers
H. W. Thurber
Central Labor Union
Everett Morris
Upholsterers’ Union
E. L
Junior Service League
Rex Fitch
American Federation of Full Fashioned Hosiery Workers
R. C. Boyce
American Business Club
A. B. Conrad
Ministerial Association
P. M. Davis
Farmers-Civic Organization
Phil A. Warner
Veterans of Foreign Wars
George F. Edwards
American Legion
Greenville
8. C
L. E. Brookeshire
State Federation of Labor
Brookshire
South
American Federation of Labor
Atlanta
George L. Googe
Birmingham firm holds morning community singing
A Birmingham company starts the workweek with a half hour of community singing each Monday to lift spirits and counteract the blue mood before employees begin their day.
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Blue” Feeling
Birmingham
England
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