Ice Cream Supper and Local Happenings Roundup
Community notes announce an ice cream supper at the English Street M. P. church on Friday night with homemade ice cream cakes and prizes. Springfield Friends church hosts a 7 pm ice cream supper with lemonade. Birth announcements record Ida Grey Hearne born July 29 at 703 Park Street and Maxie Feree born July 22 at 525 Walnut Street. A surprise birthday dinner honors Mrs. J. P. Farlow at Prospect Street extension. The Stephens Bible Class meets tomorrow at 3 pm hosted by Mrs. J. R. Pickett. Gamma chapter Bets Sigma Phi plans a Crystal Lake swim and picnic tomorrow leaving at six. Betty Zane Beck celebrates her third birthday with a party at 1192 Richland Street. Beulah Briles Eunice Mitchell host a Saturday evening party at 22 Grace Street with games and refreshments. Community notices also report travel and visits: Mrs. W. W. Walker and daughter return from Myrtle Beach. Mrs. T. J. Copeland visits. Rosa Lee Shields heads to New York. Sara Elizabeth Snipes visits Durham. Miss Millie Moore visits relatives in Mt. Croghan.
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Gamma Chapter
Gamma
Sigma Phi
Crystal Lake
J. D. Beck
Richland Street
Betty Zane
Betty Zane Beck
Dorothy
Junior Howard
Faydeen Hedrick
Reid Chelton
Bobbie Ruth
Bonnie Beck
Hera
Clarabell Bullard
Jerry Mann
Faye
Pessy
Hazel Beck
Mildred Kinney
Junior Hedrick
Grayson Chilton
Marie Kinney
Diamonds freed by compressed air in South African mines
In some South African fields, workers use compressed air to blow diamonds from crevices. The method aids extraction by dislodging stones without heavy tools, reflecting local mining practices.
Recital by Mrs Merritt’s Class Delights Local Audience
The annual Physical Culture and Aesthetic Dancing recital at William Penn auditorium wowed a small crowd. Students, new to such shows, performed in colorful costumes designed by Mrs Merritt with graceful waltz and novelty numbers.
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Mary Lyerly
Geraldine Morgan
Jesu
Business Leaders See Fall Improvement in Economy
A national survey of 6795 individuals shows 77 percent expect better business in November and 64 percent foresee improvement in September. Bankers, newspaper editors, chain and department store executives, manufacturers, utilities workers, and field workers largely share the optimism, with 23.6 percent responding.
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Federal Reserve
Lionel D. Edie
Wall Street
Mabinees
Eee Ee
Cabanes
American Endeavor
Endeavor
Eng lish Birth Announces Daughter Bobbie Gardner
Mr and Mrs Harry English announce the birth of a daughter, Bobbie Gardner, on July 29 at their home in Trinity Route 4. Mrs English was formerly Miss Pearl Miller of this city.
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Harry L. English
Bobbie Gardner
Trinity
Route 4
English
Pearl Miller
Turner family returns from Sea Island visit
Thomas Turner Jr. and Mrs. Turner have ended a two week stay at Sea Island Georgia visiting a grandmother since June 1 and returned home on Parkway.
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Thomas Turner, Jr
Sea Island
Mrs. Turner
Parkway
Radio Alarms For Forest Fires Plan
The North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development plans to test a radio based alarm system for detecting forest fires. Short wave radio stations mounted on lookout towers would spread fire alarms, but the plan remains tentative.
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Raleigh
State Department of Conservation and Development
Tommy Burns Flees Forsyth With Wife and Baby
Police seek Tommy J. Burns a former gang ringleader who slipped into Winston-Salem to take his wife and infant after leaving a loot bag of expensive women's apparel. Burns escaped from prison with two others after a housebreaking sentence and once led a band that yielded $20 000 in loot.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Tommy J. Burns
Forsyth
Burns
State
Prison Terms Longer in United States Than England
A historical note compares punishment lengths across nations, stating that the United States imposes longer prison terms than England for similar offenses, reflecting diverging justice policies and sentencing traditions.
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The
United States
England
Inquiring Reporter paints ideal High Point woman
The Inquiring Reporter surveys High Point residents to synthesize an ideal woman. The composite profile lists height five feet five inches weight 117 and a half pounds brown hair brown eyes and vows to intelligence even temper culture refinement and decorum. It also notes debate over whether she should work or stay home and shows broad support for her being able to adapt to any situation. Contributors include local figures such as Thomas J. Gold Jr and Rev. F. L. Conrad.
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High Point
Ireal
Thomas J. Gold, Jr
F. L. Conrad
Robert F. Hall
High Point College
E. E. Mendenhall, Jr
D. A. Rawley
Silas McBee
A. B. Welborn
W. T. Tice
J. Brooks Reitzel
Winfred Beck
Wall Street Firms Stall as Markets Open Quietly
New York reports a subdued trading day with leading rail stocks hitting new low grounds and overall volume down. Grain prices slip on Chicago drought forecasts while cotton holds early gains and bonds show mixed movement amid cautious European diplomacy and Vienna headlines.
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New York
Wall Street
Chicago
Concensus
Bankhead Opposes Suspension of Cotton Control Act
U S Senator John Bankhead of Alabama, author of the cotton control act, opposes suspending any part of the act. He cites telegrams to Secretary Wallace accusing non cooperators big shippers and ginners in Texas of pushing the idea. He says suspension would burden the cooperation shown by about 90 percent of cotton growers.
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Jasper
Ala
U. S
John Bankhead
Dala
Wallace
Texas
Tobacco Growers Will Ask Relief From AAA Support
Tobacco growers from Surry and Stokes counties organize to petition the AAA for aid after hail damage. A meeting at Ararat schoolhouse drew about 250 signers for a petition to be sent to the AAA. Additional meetings are planned August 4 at Pilot Mountain and Reynolds school in Stokes county. Officials say 10 to 15 percent of the crop was destroyed with other losses.
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Pilot Mountain
Surry
Stokes Counties
AAA
Ararat
Reynolds School
Stokes County
Mrs Pat Thompson Visits Hubbard Family in Anderson
Mrs Pat Thompson and children of Anderson South Carolina are visiting Mrs Thompson's parents Mr and Mrs R C Hubbard on Johnson Street.
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Hattie Spelman
Elizabeth City
Miriam Johnson
W. E. Merritt
East Washington Street
Mrs. Spelman
Merritt
Miriam
Pat Thompson
Anderson
Hendrix and Groome Join Bargain Furniture Staff
J. E. Hendrix formerly of the Cut Rate Furniture company and Roy T. Groome formerly with the Hendrix Furniture company have joined the sales staff of the Bargain Furniture company at 1526 English Street, announced today by manager W. W. Cecil.
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J. E. Hendrix
Cut Rate Furniture Company
Roy T. Groome
Hendrix Furniture Company
Bargain Furniture Company
English Street
W. W. Cecil
Elon College to Inaugurate Quality Point System
Elon College announces a quality point system to begin in the 1934 35 fall term. Students must earn 120 quality points plus 120 semester hours for graduation with an A B degree. Quality points are allocated by grade, with 95 equaling four points per hour and 80 equaling one point.
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Elon College
A. L. Hook
Elon
Patrol boats rush to Great Lakes after pirate boarding report
Coast guard patrols from Milwaukee Racine and Chicago launched from Chicago at noon with 40 men aboard to assist the steamer City of Grand Rapids after an excited caller claimed the vessel was boarded by six pirates. The Walcott from Milwaukee led six speed boats toward the lake. The incident remained unconfirmed, and authorities pledged investigation.
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Chicago
Coast Guard
Milwaukee
Racine
Lake Michigan
City of Grand Rapids
F. Gray
Chicago Coast Guard
Rush
Walcott
Lieut. Gray
Former Senator and Wife on Honeymoon
John Nation as Willys a 60 year old former United States ambassador to Poland and his bride Florence Dolan of Fieldston New York left by train from Miami toward New York for a European honeymoon. Earlier a divorce decree was granted to Willys first wife Isabel Van Wie of Canandaigua New York.
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Miami
Fla
John Nation
Willys
United States
Poland
Florence Dolan
Fieldston
N. Y
New York
Isabel van Wie
Canandaigua, N. Y
Wage Increases for North Carolina Highway Labor
Raleigh July 31 Wages of skilled highway labor will rise after bids open August 7 announced by the state highway and public works commission. The new schedule raises skilled labor pay from 40 to 60 cents an hour under the federal road grant of 4 800 000. Unskilled labor remains 30 cents while semi skilled are 40 cents.
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Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Doctor offers patients chance to work off bills at preserve
Dr. DeVan Hansell of Okolona Mississippi will let patients pay debts by working on his 200 acre game and fish preserve starting August 6. They will take on tasks including building a five room cottage.
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Okolona
Miss
DeVan Hansell
Ex Service View Club Plans Lake Jamestown Fish Fry
The Ex Service Men's club will host a fish fry at Municipal Lake in Jamestown Wednesday night at 6 30. After the meal a closed business meeting will induct fifteen new members into the organization. Members are urged to attend the fish fry and the meeting with admission by membership card only.
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Service View’s Club
Jamestown
Miss Emily Purcell Elected NC Cosmetologists Head
Greensboro July 31 Miss Emily Purcell of Raleigh has been elected president of the Associated Cosmetologists North Carolina. Other officers named include Mrs Queenie Daleville vice president and Ariel Moore of Raleigh secretary treasurer.
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Greensboro
Emily Purcell
Raleigh
Associated Cosmetologists North Carolina
Eee
Queenie Daleville
Oaariel Moore
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Club News
Springfield
Springfield Friends Church
Mrce
F. R. Hearne
Ida Grey
Park Street
J. P. Farlow
Prospect Street Extension
R. F. Proctor
David Hilton
J. W. Long
Ed. Long
Martha Simpkins
Duke Hilton
Dewey Proctor
Amy
Doris
Charlotte Hilton
Arty Proctor
Lois Johnson
Roy Smith
Maxie Feree
Walnut Street
Stephens Bible
J. R. Pickett
Maple Street
Nora L. Andrews
Beulah
Bertha Briles
Eunice Mitchell
Grace Street
Hilda Barbee
Margaret
Doris Bishop
Charlotte
Irene Dorsett
Colleen
Irene Angel
Rebecca Lemmons
Lucile Briles
C. Angel
Vernon
W. W. Walker
Carol
Myrtle Beach
8. C
T. J. Copeland
Baltimore
D. N. Welborn
Oakwood Court
Rosa Lee Shields
West Russell Street
New York City
Sara Elizabeth Snipes
Durham
L. D. Gibson
Millie Moore
Mt. Croghan, N. C
Carrie and
Mattie Moore
Campbell Street
Moffitt’s
N. Main
Thomas Fh. Smith
Red Sox
Twins
Nopco. Laboratories
Paramount Theatre
Shirley Temple
Paramount
Enterprise Office
Soutions
Thomas Turners
Tommy Burns
Winston
Financial Mart
Planetta
Holzweber
Schuschnigg
Dollfuss
Carinthia
Yugoslavia
Italy
Franz von Papen
Vienna
Emil Fey
Anton Rintelen
Austria
Rintelen
Rome
Bankhead
J. E. Hendrix and
R. T. Groome
Bargain Furn. Co
Great Lakes
Mme Rubinoff
Biltmore Beauty Shoppe
Thomas
Strong
Yows Funeral Home
Broad and Elm Street
Kanes Suto
Sgt
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