Thomasville Garden Club meets. members welcomed
The Thomasville Garden club met at Mrs. Join Hiatt's home with Mrs. C. L. Harris as associate hostess. President Mrs. C. H. Phillips led a business discussion and welcomed two new members Mrs. R. D. Bevan and Mrs. W. S. Hunt. Miss Jimmie Ledbetter from Lexington left for Gulfport to spend the summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hiatt
C. L. Harris
Thomasville
Jimmie Ledbetter
Lexington
Clara Johnson
Gulfport, Miss
Sans Souci Bridge Club
Harry Lee Lambeth
Colonial Drive
Walter Newby
Lambeth
Goldie Morrisette
Oxford
Mesdames
G. E. Crowell
O. R. Hodgin
Charles Clegg
Fred Gray
Ralph Wilson
Alvah Boyles
Tom Lambeth
Walter Rapp
Robert Rapp
Charles Lambeth
Paul Hagsler
Charles F. Phillips
Miss Goldie Morrisette
Janie Tuttle
W. L. Hitchens
Southmont
Clara Harrison
H. T. Hethcock
J. E. Lawing
Mattern's Fate Still Uncertain in North Alaska
Nome Alaska June 16 Sparsely settled northlands of the Bering Sea hold the fate of Jimmie Mattern round the world flyer unreported since leaving the Siberian coast two days ago. On the ninth and hardest leg of his solo flight his gas supply would have run out by last night if aloft. No ships or land sightings reported along the 2500 mile hop from Khabarovsk.
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Nome
Alaska
Bering Sea
Jimmie Mattern
Siberian
Mattern
Khabarovsk
Siberia
Harold Gatty
Solomon Beach
Here
Boris Lukho
Local Kiwanians Host Inter-City Barbecue Guests
Lexington Kiwanians entertained Kiwanis members from Asheboro Salisbury and High Point at a city park barbecue. Don A Walser and Judge Adrian J Newton led arrangements while a string band provided music for the visitors.
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Lexington
Lions End Two Day Asheville Session
North Carolina District Lions International held its 11th annual convention in Asheville with speeches at a morning breakfast for presidents and another for secretaries. Speakers included Zack Roberts Concord and W K Helms Wilson, plus Bristol Morgan ton, Martin Winston Salem, Davis Wilson, Bagwell Charlotte, Haines Durham, Brown Asheville. Final business session scheduled for this afternoon.
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Asheville
North Carolina
Navy seeks 15 million for new fighter planes
The Navy recommends spending 15 million dollars from public works funds for new fighting planes. Nine million three hundred sixty two thousand would buy 290 planes to complete a 32 ship construction program. Additional plans request 5.9 million for more planes for carriers, cruisers, and a flying deck cruiser.
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Washington
Navy
Swanson
Ernest King
Naval Aeron
Ranger
Naval Air Service
Rail unions refuse major wage cut demands
Chicago June 16 unions representing about a million workers on 201 class 1 railroads announced they would ignore a proposed 22 and two thirds percent wage reduction to replace a 10 percent temporary deduction. Leaders doubt the railroads’ seriousness and vow no concession including skipping a July 12 wage conference.
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Chicago
America
Railway Labor Executive Association
Alexander F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
Labor Executives’ Association
Chinese ratify loan from the Reconstruction Finance Corp
The legislative Yuan of the nationalist government in Nanking ratified a $56,000,000 loan from the United States Reconstruction Finance Corporation. It proposed forming a board of trustees to manage funds and ensure appropriations target productive projects in industry, agriculture, waterworks and communications, with no use for civil war or bandit suppression.
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Nanking
China
Legislative Yuan
United States Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Board of Trustees
Wallace to unveil wheat tax plan at press conference
Secretary Wallace plans to announce late today a program for levying processing taxes and acreage reduction for wheat at a press conference starting at 4 45 p m EST. He will also outline tomorrow the cotton program including retirement of large areas planted to the crop and an option pool involving 2 500 000 bales of government owned cotton.
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Washington
Wallace
Nation's Track and Field Stars In Chicago Carnival
Chicago hosts a large track and field meet with 900 athletes from about 150 schools. Intercollegiate and scholastic championships run trials today with finals set for tomorrow under floodlights. Featured stars include Metcalfe, Cunningham, Hornbostel, Keller, Graber, Van Osdel, McNaughton, Ablewich, and Ward as teams vie for the title marquee.
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Chicago
Soldier Field
United States
Ralph Metcalfe
Marquette University
Glenn Cunningham
Kansas
Charles Hornbostel
Indiana
Jack Keller
Ohio State
William Graber
Southern California
Bob van Osdel
Duncan McNaughton
Edgar Ablewich
Trojans
Willis Ward
University of Michigan
Indiana University
Greensboro factory inaugurates night shift adding 200 jobs
The Greensboro Manufacturing company, a garment concern, started a night shift today to employ 200 additional workers. The move aims to boost production capacity and meet rising demand.
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Greensboro
Greensboro Manufacturing Company
Major League Leaders Across N L Batting and Pitching Totals
National League leaders include Martin of the Cardinals with a .363 batting average and 52 runs, Klein of the Phillies leading in runs batted in with 49 and a Phillies 80 hits, P Waner and Vaughan among leaders in triples, Hallahan of the Cardinals 8 2 in pitching, Cantwell and Crr ton tied at 7 3.
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Martin
Cardinals
Klein
Phillies
Bartell
Hartnett
Cubs
Fullis
P. Waner
Pirates
Vaughan
Suhr
Frisch
American League Batting and Pitching Leaders Summary
Highlights include Simmons of the White Sox leading in batting with 875 and 84 hits, Gehrig of the Yankees top in runs with 51, and Ruth Gehrig Foxx tied for home runs at 14. Pitching leader Brennan of the Yankees is 5 0 with Grove of the Athletics at 9 2.
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Simmons
White Sox
Schul Senators
Gehrig
Yankees
Combs
Foxx
Athletics
Manush
Senators
Averill
Indians
Burns
Browns
Goslin
Ruth
Attletics
Walker
Tigers
Chapman
Brennan
Grove
Farmer Sells Cotton At 10 Cents In Gastonia
S J Carpenter, a farmer, sold 207 bales of cotton at 10 cents a pound on the market in Gastonia. He still holds 100 bales he expects may fetch 12 or more cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
S. J. Carpenter
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R. K. Farrington
J. F. Garner
American Legion Auxiliary
R. H. Phillips
G. H. Shutt, Jr
E. J. Poe
Forrest Grimes
Hazel McNeil
Roaring River
T. J. McNeil
Mrs. Grimes
Miss McNeil
Nat Walker
First National Bank
High Point
Salem
East Guilford
Lexington Club
Lions
Hollywood
the 7Th Commandment
Cynara
Ronald Colman
Atay Ie
Aliivantaes
Soe
Just
U.S
United States Rubber Company
Gate City Motor Company
South
Wrenn St
U. S
Major League
Heath’s Grocery
Heath's
Ballard
Ballard’s
Kellogg's
Maxwell House Coffee
Libby
High Point Creamery
Lindsay Street
Penney
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