Income Tax Returns Filed by Residents of City
The Internal Revenue Bureau reports High Point residents filed 1,212 individual income tax returns in 1937, up from 1,094 the previous year. Guilford County totals rose to 6,114 returns from 4,229, with Greensboro and Gibsonville showing 3,769 and 24 returns respectively.
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Washington, D. C
High Point
Internal Revenue Bureau
The
Revenue Bureau
Guilford County
Greensboro
Gibsonville
Padlock Orders Target Two Filling Stations Near Archdale
Randolph county officers padlock Wiley Spencer's and Pell's service stations south of Archdale on petitions by residents. Judge William H. Bobbitt signed the orders with a 12 month padlock period. The stations must appear June 26 to show cause for permanent closure. Attorney T A Burns represents the solicitor.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Wiley Spencer
Pell
Archdale
Superior Court
William H. Bobbitt
C. L. Coggin
15Th Judicial District
T. A. Burns
Four High Point Residents to Receive Degrees at Duke
Four High Point residents and two Thomasville natives will receive degrees at Duke University in Durham this afternoon. Elizabeth Hatcher earns a Bachelor of Science, George H. Crowell Jr. a Bachelor of Arts, William J. McAnally Jr. a Doctor of Medicine, Oscar P. Moffitt Jr. a Doctor of Medicine, Mary Faison Covington and Naomi Howie from Thomasville receive Master of Arts degrees.
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High Point
Thomasville
Duke University
Durham
Elizabeth Hatcher
George H. Crowell, Jr
William J. McAnally, Jr
Oscar P. Moffitt, Jr
Mary Faison Covington
Naomi Howie
High Point Graduates to Earn NYU Degrees
High Point residents Alda T. Berry and Edgar Barton Dulac will receive Master of Arts degrees in education at NYU’s 147th commencement on Wednesday June 7. Chancellor Harry Woodburn Chase will preside and deliver the commencement address as more than 4000 graduates are conferred degrees and nine honorary degrees are awarded.
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High Point
New York University
Harry Woodburn Chase
Alda T. Berry
High Point College
School of Education
Edgar Barton Dulac
School of
Chase
Harvard Professor Delivers Guilford College Commencement Address
Guilford College held graduation exercises with Dr Edwin G Boring of Harvard University delivering the bachelor address. The July trustees meeting followed as Dr George F P Thomas of UNC gave the sermon yesterday.
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Guilford College
Edwin G. Boring
Harvard University
Board of Trustees
George FP. Thomas
University of North Carolina
Amoco Dealers Hold Meeting In Greensboro
More than 200 Amoco dealers from High Point and other cities gather at the King Cotton Hotel Greensboro for the Amoco Fair. The event features games and booths while stressing sales and advertising plans including the Master Merchants program to improve dealer service to motorists.
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Amoco
High Point
King Cotton Hotel
Greensboro
American Oil Company
Ayden Woman Dies After Fall in Capital
Nancy McArthur McLawhorn of Ayden North Carolina died in a Washington hospital from injuries after a fall. The widow of J Z McLawhorn she was visiting her daughter Mrs Paul C Davis and was well known in Eastern North Carolina.
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Washington
Nancy McArthur McLawhorn
Ayden
N. C
Guidance Meeting At UNC June 20 21
Administrative Dean R B House announced a two day Conference on Guidance and Personnel at the University of North Carolina June 20 21. Topics include counseling organization mental hygiene vocational guidance and building a guidance program with speakers from UNC Duke N C State College and State Employment Service.
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Chapel Hill
R. B. House
University of North Carolina
Gilbert Wrenn
University of Minnesota
Verne C. Fryklund
Wayne University
Harl R. Douglass
Roy W. Morrison
W. D. Perry
Francis E. Bradshaw
Alice Baldwin
Duke University
Karl Garrison
N. C. State College
A. W. Honeycutt
C. E. McIntosh
Mayne Albright
State Employment Service
J. Arren Smith
Death notices from Thomasville memorialize two local women
Martha Evelyn Davis aged 16 died at City Memorial Hospital after a weeklong illness. She was a Fair High senior, basketball team member, born October 19, 1922. Survivors include her father and stepmother, sister Nell Terry, brother O Henry Davis, grandmother, and several uncles and aunts. Interment followed at city cemetery after service at home. Mattie Lamb, 60, died of a heart attack at 124 Johnson Street. Native of Randolph County, she is survived by husband T. C. Lamb, a foster daughter Flora Lamb, sister Mrs. George Hill, and one grandchild. Funeral at home then Country Holiness Church, interment there.
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Martha EB. Davis
Enterprise
Thomasville
Martha Evelyn Davis
City Memorial Hospital
Ellis H
Nellie Ogburn Davis
Miss Davis
the Fair High School
Nell Terry
O'Henry Davis
John W. Ogburn
Randolph Street
W. R. Jenkins
City Cemetery
Mattie Lamb
Johnson Street
Joseph and
Jane Alfred Poe
Randolph County
T. C. Lamb
Flora Lamb
George Hill
Denton
Route 1
Country Holiness Church
Rancieman
Clash Reported Between Japanese and Russians on Manchoukuo Front
Seoul dispatch relays Nichi Nichi paper claim of renewed fighting near Changkufeng at the junction of Siberian Manchukuo and Korean frontiers. Russians allegedly entered Chientao Province and battled Japanese forces on Saturday afternoon, leaving six Russian and five Japanese dead with many more wounded or missing. Hostilities along the frontier have continued since May 7.
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Tokyo
Changkufeng
Manchoukuoan
Nichi Nichi
Seoul
Korea
Chientao
Manchoukuo
Davidson College Graduates 139 Seniors in Flag Lowering
Davidson College awarded diplomas to 139 seniors in a ceremony marking flag lowering with no commencement address and no honorary degrees. Valedictorian was Locke White of Richmond and salutatorian John Henry Reisner Jr. of White Plains. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered by Rt. Rev. Edwin A. Penick, bishop of the North Carolina Episcopal Diocese, who urged faith to overcome modern despair.
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Davidson
Davidson College
Locke White
Richmond
John Henry Reisner
White Plains
N. Y
Edwin A. Penick
N. C
Episcopal
Pick N C PWA Negroes Sing for King Queen
A selected WPA chorus of North Carolina Negroes from Durham and Winston-Salem will sing at the White House this week for the King and Queen of England. Trained by Nell Hunter, they previously sang for President Roosevelt in Chapel Hill. They rehearse in Durham before traveling to Washington by bus.
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Raleigh
WPA
North Carolina
Durham
Winston-Salem
White House
England
Nell Hunter
Roosevelt
Chapel Hill
Washington
Adkins Named City Chemist For Asheboro Water
Asheboro announces W. W. Adkins, a North Carolina State graduate, has taken the role of chemist for the Asheboro water department. He begins duties this month, bringing formal training to the plant and sample testing.
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W. W. Adkins
N. C
Asheboro Water
City Names New Public Works Head from NCSU Chemistry
Walter E. Yow announced Adkins as the new city treasurer and superintendent of public works. Adkins, a Summerfield native and NC State chemical engineering graduate, succeeds N. J. Heyward who plans to leave around June 10 to join a paper company.
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Walter E. Yow
Adkins
Summerfield
N. C. State
N. J. Heyward
Three Are Killed In N C Accidents
Three people died in North Carolina accidents over the weekend. A train victim near Charlotte was found decapitated. the body bore a Social Security card for Sam Williams of Charlotte. J Edga Schwanninger, 33, of Easton Maryland died after his truck overturned following a minor wreck near runn. In Williamston, four year old John Peel Jr was killed when run over by a car in an unavoidable accident. Samuel L Brady, 50, was struck by a car while crossing a highway near Greensboro.
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Charlotte
North Carolin
Social Securit
Nam Sam Williams
J. Edga Schwanninger
Easton
Williamston
John Peel, Jr
Samuel L. Brady
Greensboro
Japs Cite Cases of Chinese Misusing U S Flag and Property
Shanghai report shows Japan citing cases of alleged Chinese misuses of American flags and property. It notes regret over damage to American property from January bombing, saying Americans feel the Japanese navy ignores property rights of third powers.
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U. S
Shanghai
United States
Graduation Exercises Held at Woman's College Today
Graduation ceremonies took place at the Woman's College of the University of North Carolina in Greensboro marking the final event of a three day commencement. The baccalaureate sermon was delivered yesterday by Dr. John A. MacKay president of Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Greensboro
Woman's College of the University of North Carolina
Board of Trustees
John A. MacKay
Princeton Theological Seminary
North Carolina School System Instructs Cost Per Child
The State Department of Public Instruction announced the yearly instructional cost at 19,812,991.39 dollars, averaging 26 dollars per pupil. Data show white pupils cost about ten dollars more per student than Negro pupils.
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Raleigh
State Department of Public Instruction
North Carolina
German limits on sheer silk stockings discussed in Innsbruck
Berlin reports Hans Kehrl of the economics ministry condemned women's sheer stockings as surplus textiles due to their short life. A meeting with German textile workers in Innsbruck announced production limits starting July 1. Current prices for sheer silk stockings in Germany run four to five marks per pair.
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Berlin
Hans Kehrl
Economica Ministry
Innsbruck
Germany
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Padlock Randolph Filling Stations
Asheville
Raymond Lipscomb
T. W. Lipscomb
Agnes McArthur
Fred ©. McArthur
Harvard
Guilford
Capital
Goldrich Safety
Silvertown
Goodrich
Jimmie Lynch
Dodgers
New York
San Francisco
Carolina
UNC
Manchoukuan
N. C. Pwa
Americas
Sheraton Hotel
Robert H. Nutt, M. M
Robert H. Nutt
Canada
Drexel & Co
Philadelphia National Bank
B. F. Goodrich Co
Coca-Cola Co
Westinghouse Electric
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co
Standard Oil Co
Meyers Dept
Ely Bloodworth Motors
Security National Bank
Guilford Dairies
Adamson Cadillac Co
Traders Chevrolet Co
Geo. F. Daly, Inc
Home Industrial Bank
Mack-Judson-Voehringer, Inc
Sheraton Hotel Ball Room
John Cannon
Lillian Hardy
Helderberg Mountains
Albany
Edward Merkle
Cannon
Women’s College
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