Huge New Emerywood Apartments Planned on North Main Street
The Emerywood Apartments project on North Main street, approved by fire inspector Sherwood Brockwell, is set to become the city’s largest apartment complex. The Housing Corporation plans 60 units across five buildings on about 54 000 square feet with 222 rooms, semi fireproof brick and tile construction, landscaped grounds, and rear parking.
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Emerywood
North Main Street
Sherwood Brockwell
State Insurance Commission
North Main
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Lla
The
Housing Corporation
J. E. Millis
Earl N. Phillips
George T
Wom
Silk Mill Sale Brings Burlington Mills to High Point
The Burlington Mills Company will take over the Silk Mill plant in High Point and modernize it with new equipment while removing some existing gear. The operation is expected to employ 200 to 300 workers and center on rayon weaving. The deal, valued around 100000 dollars, signals an imminent industrial upturn locally.
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Burlington Millis Company
Burlington Mills Company
J. Spencer Love
Burlington Mille Company
Stehli Silk Corporation
East Green Street
Italy Sets Hotel Rates and Bans Tipping
Italy regulates hotel pricing by law and prohibits tipping. A 10 percent rate increase is approved to benefit employees and remove tipping, applying the higher charges to all customers alike.
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Italy
FHA housing plans outline room based rents
The proposal describes apartment blocks with a service entrance and varied sizes. In line with FHA provisions rents will average 15 dollars per room per month. Units will include three four and five room layouts with some furnished and some unfurnished.
New Melrose Hosiery Mills Opens Modern Unit Near City
The Melrose Hosiery Mills new full fashion unit near the city limit on Kivett Drive is slated to be fully operational by late October or early November. It already runs four machines with one more added roughly every two weeks, totaling 12 Redding full fashion machines. The mill will employ about 80 people under Superintendent R. H. Hilliard with a modern building featuring air conditioning and strong lighting. Grounds are being beautified.
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Melrose Hosiery Mills, Inc
Kivett Drive
R. H. Hilliard
Dead tree trunk with ivy cover a hidden hazard
The practice of leaving a dead trunk to be ivy covered creates a safety risk as decay progresses unseen. Borers breed in the stump and the ivy conceals ongoing weakness, risking sudden collapse damaging property or injuring a person.
Bedford firm sells full carload of Iron Firemen
Bedford Sales Company reports delivery of a complete iron Fireman carload to High Point and Thomasville on the same day the car arrived. It marks the first full carload received here and lifts total Iron Fireman installations in High Point to over 250.
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High Point
Thomasville
Bedford Sales Company
No Airliner Accident Attributed to Lightning
The report states there is no record of an airliner accident caused by lightning. Officials reviewed flight data and safety procedures, reaffirming lightning as not a causal factor in any recent incident.
New Express Plan Takes Over on August First
Railway Express Agency to assume express operations on the Southern Railway Mobile and Ohio and 27 other lines on August 1 replacing the Southeastern Express Company. The plan approved by the Interstate Commerce Commission on June 1 includes 86 Class 1 railroads and 28 short lines and steamship firms.
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Railway Express Agency
Southern Railway
Mobile & Ohio
L. O. Head
Railway Express
Southeastern Express Company
Express
Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern System
Automotive dealers to meet Monday evening in county courtroom
Automotive business representatives plan a second meeting as part of the Salesmen's Crusade. The gathering occurs Monday night at 7:30 in the county building courtroom with local dealers attending.
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Automotive
Meeting announced with school chief and Dodge sales executive
E M Dudley announced the gathering with Charles F Carroll Jr superintendent of schools and Thomas Love regional Dodge Brothers sales manager as principal speakers. The event invites all in the automobile business.
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E. M. Dudley
Charles F. Carroll
Thomas Love
Greensboro
Dodge Brothers
Missouri River Claim as America's Longest River
The Missouri River is identified as the longest river in the United States at 2945 miles, surpassing other major waterways.
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Missouri River
America
Opening Of Professional Building Heralded As Significant Step
The new Professional Building at South Main and West Green streets in Hig Point was hailed as a milestone for the town’s business district. The two story brick and stone structure, heavily leased before occupancy, houses Phillips-Davis Inc showrooms and offices, a large medical clinic, a 34 office second floor, and a 9,000 square foot adjacent warehouse.
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Post Office
County
South Main
West Green Streets
Phillips-Davis Company
Enterprise
Hig Point
West Green Street
Main Street
Phillips-Davis, Inc
Phillips- Davis
City completes optimistic building boom run in 1938
Real estate and construction activity in High Point climbs past the three quarter million mark for the first half of 1938. Major projects include a $250 000 apartment house, an $85 000 theatre, a $47 000 freight station and an $82 000 Phillips Davis Proal building. Foreseeable gains are tied to Federal Housing loans fueling home construction.
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BE. K. Ingram
Phillips-Davis Pro
Emerywood Housing Tion
North Main Street
K. D. Geddie
Rotary Drive
Walgreen
South Main Street
Main Street
Terry Phillips
Terry Phillips, Nawleying South Main Street, Donald Mackintosh
R. E. Shelton
Ferndale Drive
EB. G. Wi
Club Drive
R. B. Gantt
A. Oakwood Court
Lottie Lamet
Ten Street
B. Gantt
Oakwood Court
Southern Railway Freigtion
Perry Street
Martin
English Street
J. H. Davis
Country Drive
Samuel Hyman
North Carolina Theatres
South Street
Cook to Speak at Green Street Church
Rev W H Cook prison reformer will preach at Green Street Church at 7:45 p.m. He has spoken at Central Baptist Philadelphia and churches across 23 states and many counties, sharing his life and conversion. He is widely known for working with prisoners.
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Cook
Green Street Church
W. H. Cook
Street Baptist Church
Central Baptist Church of
Phil, Tenn
Inverted Desce Cup Trophies Highlight Ancient Tournaments
A fragment notes a loving cup and silver bells as ancient tournament symbols. Mentions a radio set in a home and a dubious claim about Sanity in cemeteries with a $50 figure.
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Sandusky
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Sealbac Shingles
Hedgecock Lumber Company
WARD
Melrose
TREES
F. C. Thomas
Melrose Hosiery Mill
Thomas Cahone
Union Pacific Railroad
Greater London
Long County Council
Phillipe-Davis
Tyson T. Ferree
H. L. Cobl
Robb Plumbing and Heating Company
Piedmont Electric Repair Company
City
Selkirk, Engla
Guilford
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