Lindbergh urges nationwide aviation passenger focus and airport expansion
Lindbergh compares Europe and America noting Europe lacks U S air mail but leads in passenger air transport. He urges every city to plan an airport and supports linking towns via land airfields. The transoceanic flight success should boost aviation as an industry and passenger use, with overland routes expanding to fill current gaps.
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Lindbergh
Europe
America
Fornstance
Friendshop
High Point
The Advertised Bureau Boosts High Point Abroad
High Point announces that its chamber of commerce bureau is drawing world attention. Publications from Sweden and Berlin report the bureau with plans for wide picture distribution at no cost, spreading High Point imagery across Europe and beyond.
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High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Christian Science Monitor
Europe
Berlin
Berin
Buppe
Restored Prestige of North Carolina Oysters Shines
After a three year slump caused by oyster typhoid rumors the Tar Heel oyster has recovered. Demand, quantity and quality have improved signaling renewed market strength and public confidence in North Carolina's shellfish trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Record of Oyster Industry Recovery After Typhoid Scare
The 1926-27 season stands out as a peak, with output rising from 185 960 to 30 390 bushels. The typhoid scare hit the oyster trade broadly, yet the North Carolina beds remained relatively clean. State health and conservation departments implemented strict inspection and supervision of harvest and prep, restoring public confidence in the sea food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
State Department of Health
Department of Conservation and Development
Greensboro High Point road boost rally set for tomorrow
Tomorrow features a large celebration for the rebuilt Greensboro High Point road. A 5 pm monument ceremony at Sedgefield follows by a King Cotton hotel dinner in Greensboro with notable visitors and speeches. High Point plans to send a strong delegation.
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Greensboro- High Point
Sedgefield
King Cotton Hotel
Greensboro
Professors Speak Up and Shape Society Says an Eclipse of Silence Ends
A columnist argues that college professors have gained influence over policy and public life, citing figures like Nicholas Murray Butler and university presidents. The piece notes doubled professorial payrolls since 1913 and praises open opinions, while contrasting attitudes in London and newer nations. It ends with a note on enduring romance amid global tensions.
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Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Butler
Princeton
Mellon
Fisher
Yale
Ripley
Harvard
Frank
Wisconsin
Carnegie Foundation For the Advancement of Teaching
Washington couples wed after long road of life
A 70 year old man and 66 year old woman who pledged then married at ages 20 and 16 tie the knot. In Washington an Army captain once cared for by the same nurse in 1918 1921 and 1927 marries her as well. The piece notes fiction and film creators still find material in such stories.
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Ington
Washington
Earl Carroll Improving After Prison Admission
Earl Carroll shows improvement since his entry into federal prison with reports noting his condition. The remark compares the pen to the pill in reflecting his current state.
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Earl Carroll
Mid-ocean Landing Field Encourages Forward Move
The text rallys young graduates to apply their learning and push forward into the world. It evokes a forward march motif with billboard messaging urging progress and resilience.
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Mid-Ocean
German Government Congratulated Amid Chicago Auditorium Talk
The article playfully questions politeness toward Dr Curtius and notes Chicago's bid for a $15,000,900 auditorium. It asks if scalpers run Chicago and mentions a dry country with hops.
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Chamberlin and
Levine
Dr. Curtius
Chicago
Rotarian Presents King Albert with Box of Cigars
A Rotarian presented King Albert with a box of cigars as part of a formal gesture. Nominations are now in order, signaling upcoming selections or ballots in the local process.
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Albert
McAdoo Speech Draws Flings Over Constitution Reapportionment
Discussion follows Mr McAdoo Georgia address as critics mock his stance on the Eighteenth Amendment and demand action on Congress reapportionment. The New York World counters by arguing political expediency shapes his positions on civil rights and Prohibition.
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McAdoo
Georgia
Washington
Congress
New York World
North
Supreme Court validates county finance act in Frazier case
North Carolina Supreme Court upholds the Guilford County finance act in C. D. Frazier v. Guilford County Board of Commissioners. The decision, written by Justice Connor, finds amendments immaterial without journal evidence, affirms the trial court, and ends the moot suit challenging bond issuance.
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Supreme Court of North Carolina
Connor
Guilford Superior Court
John M. Oglesby
C. D. Frazier
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Frazier
C. B. Masslich
New York
Greensboro High Point road celebration toastmasters speakers
Thousands of guests including Governor McLean attend a Fifth District celebration with Mayo Jef fress of Greensboro and Mayor W A Davis of High Point as welcome speakers. Notable figures from state and national media discuss the 1909 pathfinding prize and road contest plan.
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Mayo
EF. B. Jeffress
Greensboro
W. A. Davis
High Point
R. Murphy Williams
McLean
Frank Page
State Highway Commission
J. A. Rankin
Guilford County
R. A. Coughton
W. C. Wilkinson
John S. Cohen
Atlanta Journal
Hamilton Peltz
New York Herald-Tribune
Cameron Morrison
Cohen
Mr. Peltz
Hagerstown
Atlanta
Chambers of Commerce
Market and Finance
Fred WN. Tate
F. H. Nicholson
Tomlinson
C. E. Hayworth
Charles Perry
Charles M. Retcaum
C. L
Commercial Teams to Play Four Games This Week
Four Commercial Baseball League games are set this week per schedule released by Y M C A secretary Hartley. On Wednesday Wilson Motor Co versus M P Sunday School at Welch Field and Enterprise versus Y M C A at Jones Field. On Thursday Civitans face North State Telephone Co at Jones Field and Commercial Bank meets Monarchs at Welch Field.
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Commercial Baseball League
Hartley
Wilson Motor Co
M. P
Welch Field
Enterprise
Jones Field
Civitans
North State Telephone Company
Commercial Bank
Monarchs
Burial of Mrs. Dixon Triggers Return of Culclasure
Mrs. H J Culclasure of Ray street returned home after attending the burial of her mother Mrs. R C Dixon in Fussell cemetery Rose Hill North Carolina on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. Dixon died Friday at her Wallace North Carolina home where Mrs Culclasure had been staying for a week. Surviving relatives include husband three daughters Mrs Ray Harden of Wilmington Mrs B W Culclasure Jacksonville Florida and Miss Flossie Dixon of Wallace two sons H O Dixon Winston Salem and J E Dixon Orlando two brothers A B Fussell Norfolk Virginia and W G Fussell Wallace. Mrs Dixon born December 6 1863 in Duplin county daughter of John E and Dilly J Fussell. She was a member of the Presbyterian church.
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H. J. Caleclasure
Ray Street
R. C. Dixon
Fussell Cemetery
Rose Hill
N. C
Dixon
Wallace
Culclasure
Ray Harden
Wilmington
B. W. Culeclasure
Jacksonville
Fla
Flossie Dixon
H. O. Dixon
Winston-Salem
J. E. Dixon
Orlando
A. B. Fussell
Norfolk
W. G. Fussell
Duplin
Girls must wear new pool suits at YMCA meet
All girls swimming tomorrow in the YMCA pool must pay a small extra fee to use the new regulation suits. Miss Vivian Matson, general secretary of the YWCA, announced the rule this morning. Officials say the previous suits dyed the pool and left tint stains, complicating cleaning.
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Vivian Matson
Noko Club Takes Vacant Berth in Tri County League
The Noko club of Lexington takes the vacant berth in the Tri county Baseball league comprising Guilford Randolph and Davidson counties. Other league members include High Point Bluetops Jamestown Trinity Randleman and Thomasville Hornets. The league is sponsored by the High Point Y M C A and brings total organized teams to twenty across three leagues.
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Guilford
Randolph
Davidson
Noko Club
Lexington
Hartley
High Point Bluetops
Jamestown
Trinity
Randleman
Thomasville Hornets
High Point Young Men's Christian Association
Tennis Courts Get Ready for City Summer Tennis
Work began today to enclosure and wire High Point high school courts for city wide men's tennis club use this summer. Gates will be installed and courts rolled to perfect shape for the annual city tournament later in the season.
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High Point High School
OYSTER INDUSTRY GAINS ADVANCE IN NORTH CAROLINA OUTPUT
The 1926 27 North Carolina oyster output reached 300 390 bushels, a 50 percent rise from the prior season, with health inspections boosting public confidence. Escallops jumped to 43 974 gallons, while clam production fell slightly to 27 266 bushels from 30 357 in 1925 26.
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Raleigh
J. A. Nelson
North Carolina
United States
Carteret County
North Carolina Leads in School Bus Mileage and Costs
North Carolina reports 51,869 miles of school bus routes for 1925-26, tops the nation. The state ranks third in pupils transported and spends over 1.3 million dollars for motor school transport in the year ending June 30, 1926, with 872,745 children served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Education
New York
Indiana
Ohio
Union
Consolidation Powers Growth in North Carolina School Buses
The North Carolina education authorities credit consolidation with expanding the school bus system, noting 32 595 buses and arguing consolidation enlarges schools by combining nearby facilities to improve rural education opportunities.
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North
Caolina
State Department of Public Instruction
Election of Masonic Officers Tonight at North Main
A regular communication of Numa F. Reidledge No 7a A F and A M is set for 7 30 this evening at the Masonic temple on North Main street to elect officers for the ensuing year The meeting is presented as an important business session and all Master Masons are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Numa F. Reidledge
No. 7A
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple
North Main Street
Chamberlin and Levine Welcome Home From Transatlantic Flight
Clarence Chamberlin and Charles Levine were greeted by about 2 000 spectators at Baden Baden station after arriving from Berlin. The mayor and city officials escorted them to their hotel amid demonstrations, with serenades by girl scouts at Frankfort and Karlsruhe. They will tour the Black Forest then head to Bremen to meet wives due Friday in New York.
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Baden-Baden
Germany
Clarence Chamberlin
Charles Levine
Berlin
trans-Atelantic Fliers
Europe
Frankfort
Karlsruhe
Black Forest
Bremen
New York
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Associated Press
Iocal
Frost, Landis and Kohn
Brunswick
Park Ave
People’s Gas
Michigan Boulevard
Thomas Haynes Bayly
Wyomington
London
Owen Wister
Wyoming
Australia
Carolina Prints
M'Adoo
Asheville
Smith
Greensboro Record
Istry
Syxrio
Chamberlin and Levine
Bessey
Braucher
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