City Tense As Election Day Draws Near
Tense scenes around three gubernatorial headquarters as supporters brace for the final phase of a heated race. Tom P. Jimison of Charlotte speaks at Hoey HQ aiming to boost Hoey and challengers in the Democratic nomination arena. Caveness and Harrison promote McDonald at Highland and Pickett mills. Huey backers plan motorcade from Sedgefield Inn to Greensboro to greet Hoey’s rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoey
Tom P. Jimison
Charlotte
McDonald
Shelley Caveness
Greensboro
Keith Harrison
Dr. McDonald
Winston-Salem
Caveness
Harrison
Highland Cotton Mill
Pickett
Candien
Huey
Sedgefield Inn
Shelby
Gate City
Jimison
Firemen Respond to Doris Street Debris Fire
Firemen from company No 3 were called at 10 o clock last night to 1229 Dorie street to extinguish a new blaze started by burning debris from a former fire that killed two children days earlier. Crews checked remains and saved what could be saved with the rest set ablaze. no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Company No. 3
Dorie Street
Morgan Held for Murder in Sylva
Claude Morgan aged 34 was held in the county jail after Sheriff C C Mason arrested him following a three day search. He faces murder charges in the shooting of Lyndon Carden a 22 year old filling station operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylva
Claude Morgan
C. C. Mason
Lyndon Carden
Road noise test ranks vehicles by annoyance in England
A study tests road noises in England finding street cars most offensive followed by steam engines auto mobiles and motorcycles in that order.
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England
Germany Develops Aluminum Window Pane With Glasslike Clarity
Germany advances a new aluminum window pane claimed to rival glass in transparency. Researchers report high light transmission and strong performance, aiming to combine durability with clarity for architectural use.
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Germany
Scattered Rainfall Brings Relief To Stricken South
Rain cooled the drought belt in the southeast but left farm losses above 60 million dollars. Mentions limited relief, need for persistent rain, beetles and pests due to drought, and Atlanta price increases. Georgia agriculture commissioner sought federal grants to aid the emergency.
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Atlanta
Alabama
Potomac
East Tennessee
George W. Mindling
A. B. Harmon
Tennessee Agricultural Service
Tom Linder
Georgia
Emmett Owen
Washington
Topping of North Main Street Set for Next Week
City engineer Sam H. Strickland announced topping North Main Street will begin early next week if weather holds. Base work is on schedule and the project should finish by the end of next week. Montlieu Avenue will be treated afterward with traffic usable within 24 hours of coating.
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North Main Street
Sam H. Strickland
Montlieu Avenue
Strickland
Mr. Strickland
Selassie Denounces Italy War Methods
In London Haile Selassie denounces Italy’s tactics saying he fled Ethiopia to save his people. He describes massacres of aged persons women and children and claims subjects were poisoned burned and decimated by enemy gas using planes. He spoke at the Ethiopian legation after arriving in exile.
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London
Italy
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Legation
Unknown donor funds Aycock Elementary welfare effort
An unnamed donor continues sending the school five dollars weekly to aid welfare work at Aycock Elementary. Even though the school closed this week the contributions arrive and are used to provide nourishing meals for indigent children.
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Asheville
Santa Claus
Aycock
The Elephantine Amblypod with Triple Horns
The elephantine Amblypod possessed three horn sets and vanished from the earth millions of years ago.
Local Scoutmasters Set Camp Dates At Friday Meeting
Seven scoutmasters from High Point plan the annual council camp dates at Camp Uwharrie near Jamestown. The session with Boy Scout Executive B. W. Hackney Jr starts Friday at 6 PM. Attendees include Odell Smith Troop 4 Ollie Shelton Troop 1 Pete Hairaton Troop 7 C P Johnson Troop 8 H E Newland Troop 20 D H Parnell Troop 10 and Robert Cook Troop 2.
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High Point
Boy Scout
B. W. Hackney, Jr
Camp
Uwharrie
Jamestown
Odell Smith
Ollie Shelton
Pete Hairaton
C. P. Johnson
H. E. Newland
D. H. Parnell
Robert Cook
Hoffman Faces Dilemma Over Parker Extradition
Ellis Parker chief Burlington county detectives was arrested on kidnaping and assault charges against Paul H. Wendel. Gov. Harold G. Hoffman weighed whether to extradite his friend for trial in New York on Wendel’s claim that he was tortured into a false confession in the Lindbergh baby case.
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MT. Holly
N. J
Ellis Parker, Sr
Burlington County
Paul H. Wendel
Harold G. Hoffman
Lindbergh
Hoffman
Parker
New York
Wendel
Little Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Dills and Osborne Ordered Transferred to Raleigh for 20 Year Robbery Sentences
In Greensboro on June 4 Ralph Dills and Luther B E Osborne, jailed locally, are to be moved to Raleigh to begin 20 year terms for rifle robbery connected to the 1934 Sumner township crime that killed William E Davis and wounded Ed Davis. One co defendant, Reuben Warner, got 30 years for second degree murder. Paul Sams and Robert Smith faced later accessories convictions.
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Greensboro
Ralph Dills
Luther BE. Osborne
Raleigh
William E. Davis
Ed Davis
Old Randleman Road
Sumner Township
Reuben Warner
Paul Sams
Robert Smith
Dills
Osborne
State Supreme Court
High Court
Sex Salesman Is Sad And Solemn
Nathaniel Gant claiming to be from Gas tonia approached Deputy Sheriff J. C. Story offering to sell a pair of men’s hose for ten cents. He said the items came from a boy down the street, and a Burlington auto dealer alleged the hose were stolen goods with a 11% size and 19 cent price tag. The jail record notes Gant admitted theft.
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Greensboro
Nathaniel Gant
Gastonia
J. C. Story
Story
Gant
George Clapp
Burlington
Clap
Letter Reacts Against Judge in Reidsville Race
A mailed supporter letter to judge E. H. Wrenn for re election drew a reaction when a returned copy carried a handwritten pledge: 85 for curfew 85 for drinking 85 for fighting 85 for trust passing 88.50 for cost of court and a statement We are going to vote for Brewer.
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Reidsville
E. H. Wrenn
Archdale Meeting Planned for Woman's Missionary Society
The Woman's Missionary Society of Archdale Methodist church will meet this evening at 8 o'clock at the church. Members and husbands are urged to attend. Friends auxiliary members and husbands are special guests for the occasion.
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Woman's Missionary Society of the Archdale M
Friends Auxiliary
Trout Killed By Golf Ball At Hampton Country Club
Cashiers North Carolina June 4 AP Mrs D Covert scores an odd golf tale after her drive from the 150 yard seventh hole sends the ball into a brook. She retrieves the ball and two eight inch trout lie beside it killed by the impact.
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Cashiers
N. C
D. Covert
Hampton Country Club
England Celebrates Bank Holidays Since 1871
England observes its perpetual legal holidays, known as bank holidays, a tradition celebrated there since 1871.
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England
Commencement Program Friday for Adult Education Project
The Fifth WPA district hosts a district wide commencement program for adult Emergency Education work at the South Main Street M E church. The event includes an EE exhibit, speeches by WPA leaders and officers, and a luncheon for about 100 attendees. The program highlights work by the blind in Greensboro and spans 12 counties including Guilford and Alamance.
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WPA
Main Street
M. EE. Church
South
Alamance
Chatham
Caswell
Anson
Rockingham
Lee
Moore
Montgomery
Randolph
Richmond
Stanly
Guilford
C. EB. McIntosh
W. H. Jones
Raleigh
Mary EB
Kennett Rotary hears Dr P N Ken nett on history and politics
Dr P N Kennett, history professor at High Point college, entertained the Kennett Rotary with a humane yet humorous lecture. He traced 1824 to 1836 political scandal and cabinet shifts sparked by wives and prominent men, noting the 17 presidential candidates in 1824 dwindling to five and the Adams administration. Visitors included Tom Gunn Sanford W C Hammond Jr Lumberton Charlie Phillips Thomasville Arch Schock High Point Carl Jones.
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Kennett
High Point College
Rotary Club
Eve
Helen of Troy
United States
John Quincy Adamso
Tom Gunn
Sanford
W. C. Hammond, Jr
Lumberton
Charlies Phillips
Thomasville
Arch Schock
Carl Jones
High Point
Many Expected at Y Meeting
A large crowd is expected for the annual High Point Y M C A meeting in the Y gym tonight at 6 30. Carl Goerch editor of The State will speak and directors will be elected. Edgar Hartley Sr. will present the year’s activity report. The event will be a banquet meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Young Men's Christian Association
Carl Goerch
Raleigh
Edgar Hartley, Sr
Baby Boy Weighs One Pound Fourteen Ounces
Baby boy weighing one pound 14 ounces born Tuesday to Mr and Mrs A B Conwell near Kenley in Wilson county. The brief birth note records the infant’s weight and parent names with location.
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Wilson
A. 8. Conwell
Kenley
Chicago produce prices steady on June 4
Butter totals 12,498 pounds at firm prices while eggs reach 20,459 pounds unchanged. Fresh graded firsts local 20 percent, cars 21 percent. Current receipts 19 percent, storage packed extras 21 percent, storage packed firsts 21 percent.
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Chicago
Thief Sentenced for Hosiery Theft at Conover Mills
Newton June 4 Tom Brinkley was sentenced to serve 18 months on the roads after being convicted of stealing a quantity of hosiery from the Conover Knitting mills.
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Newton
Tom Brinkley
Conover
Silver fineness and use in sterling silver articles
The article explains that sterling silver is a definite fineness with seven and a half percent copper. It notes that pure silver is too soft for practical use in objects and adornments.
Cod lays millions of eggs in spawning season
The cod produces about 5,000,000 eggs during its spawning season, signaling a high reproductive effort for the species and potential increases in fry numbers for the year.
Potatoes Sold In Singles Halves Or Quarters In Canton
In Canton shops potatoes are sold by the piece in singles halves or quarters reflecting local consumer demand and market practice.
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Canton
China
Joint services schedule set by High Point ministers
The High Point Ministers association met at Wesley Memorial Methodist church and approved July and August Sunday night services. Preachers include C C Williamson H S Hartzell F L Conrad A B Conrad E E Wiley Jr Hoy L Fesperman J Clay Madison Tom A Sykes and H J Haeflinger at various churches.
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High Point Ministers’ Association
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Clarice Bowman
Wesley Memorial Church
C. C. Williamson
First Presbyteri
First Baptist Church
H. 8. Hartzell
St. of Episcopal Church
First Methodist Protestant Church
F. L. Conrad
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
A. B. Conrad
First Presbyterian Church
E. E. Wiley, Jr
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Hoy L. Fesperman
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
Central Friends Church
J. Clay Madison
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Tom A. Sykes
H. J. Haeflinger
Florida Conference
M. E. Church, South
Services Held For Edward N. Stoker
Funeral services for Edward N. Stoker 49 of 619 Park Street were conducted at Green Street Baptist Church with Rev. Co N Royal and Dr C C Williamson presiding. Pallbearers included S B Montgomery B M Pope W W Teague J H Bridges J N Hutchens and C W Briles, all Snow Lumber Co. employees. The service featured choir renditions of Sometime We'll Understand Does Jesus Care and In the Hour of Trial. Interment followed at Floral Garden Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward N. Stoker
Park Street
Green Street Baptist Church
Co. N. Royal
C. C. Williamson
First Presbyterian Church
S. B. Montgomery
M. Pope
W. W. Teague
J. H. Bridges
J. N. Hutchens
C. W
Observers Predict Record Primary Ballot In State
Local prognosticators disagree on whether the primary will produce a record turnout with over 400000 voters. Polls open sunup to sunset. registration rules limit participation by partisans, independents barred, and officers may be stationed at 12 polling places to maintain order as police cars stay in service with radio contact.
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Kcans
W. G
E. M
Takes Railroad Tracks for Road
J. B. Gordon, 34, of 1015 West 16th street, Hickory, attempted to drive down railway tracks toward oncoming train No. 40 at the Southern Railway passenger station. The engineer stopped the train, and Gordon was arrested for driving while intoxicated on bond set at $500. Six to seven men removed his car from the tracks. The incident occurred last night.
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J. B. Gordon
West 16Th Street
Hickory
Southern Railway
Gordon
Liberty
Guilford Council No. 23 Jr O U A M Opens New Hall
A large turnout is expected for Guilford Council No. 23 Jr O U A M meeting tomorrow at 7 30 pm to celebrate the opening of its new hall in the Terry building on North Main street. All members urged to attend on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilford Council No. 23, Jr. O. U. A.M
Order
Terry Building
North Main Street
Ember reel celebration at Mary's Episcopal Church
On Friday June 6 a Communion celebration will be held at 10 A M at Mary's Episcopal Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Mary’s Episcopal Church
Weather stalls crops as 94 degree heat hits High Point
Weather was the chief topic in High Point as the city endured a 94 degree day and last night’s rain totaling 25 inches. Residents noted the rain fell too late to aid crops or wash shirts, while forecaster A B Horney predicted more storm activity as heat persists.
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High Point
A. B. Horney
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