Waynick weighs tax options to save schools in North Carolina
Senator C M Waynick told High Point residents that preserving school funding and the state's credit may justify a new consumption tax. He opposed sales taxes, citing hardship on citizens, while backing the budget's 14.05 million dollar school appropriation and warning further cuts to teacher pay.
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North Carolina
C. M. Waynick
High Point
Brentwood
Waynick
General Assembly
Raleigh
Safety Patrol praised by SGT A P Samuels before Lions club
Sergeant A P Samuels, boys' commissioner, spoke at the High Point Lions Club about the 62 member Safety Patrol from city 5th grades. He highlighted patrols spotting reckless drivers, aiding police with license numbers, and praised the program's value. Two new members joined the Lions, S. K R Matthews and George Coble, with Felix Brockmann guest of Rufus Russell.
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A. P. Samuels
Safety Patrol
High Point Lions Club
Elwood Hotel
W. R. Shatffer
Leslie Andrews
Samuels
Lions Club
KR. Matthews
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
George Coble
Lindale Dairies
Felix Brockmann
Rufus Russell
Oak Hill Betterment Club Backs Adult Night School Home for Aged
The Oak Hill Betterment club approves a resolution to establish an adult night school and a home for the aged and infirm. A committee will study the school and home plan and short talks were given by G. Daniel and B. H. Carraway. A Brunswick stew gathering at the Oak Hill schoolhouse is planned for Saturday at 4 o clock with several speakers.
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Oak Hill Betterment Club
RK. J. Hodges
G. Daniel
B. H. Carraway
Oak Hill
Name America Referred to Central Brazil First
Geographer Mercator first used the term America for the entire western world in 1541, with the name initially applied to central Brazil.
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America
Brazil
Mercator
Worth Ends Life in Mount Airy Rooming House
Joseph Swain Worth 61 a former High Point city council member and real estate operator ended his life in his Mount Airy room where he had lived two years Despondency over ill health and financial reverses were cited in five notes found beside his bed The body was discovered by Mrs W W Thomas and Worth’s daughter and granddaughter had been visiting his rooming house. Worth was born November 28 1871 in High Point and had a long career in business and real estate before serving on the city council from 1925 to 1927.
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Joseph Swain Worth
High Point
Mt. Airy
W. W. Thomas
East Green Street
Guilford College
Tom Alderman Sykes
Central Friends Church
Worth
Dr. Green
Mr. Worth
Elizabeth Tilly
John Howland
Plymouth
Greensboro
Two Slot Machines Stolen In Hall Street Robbery
The Hall Lunch stand on East Russell Street opposite the Stehli Silks Corporation was broken into last night. Two slot machines were taken and the money inside them, later found discarded in a patch of woods east of the city.
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East Russell Street
Stehli Silks Corporation
Joint Choir and Junior High Musicians Present Holiday Program
A double program by the junior high school band under Maxwell E. Jones and the capella choir of High Point college was performed for local high school students. The band opened with two marches, the choir and instrumentalists performing a varied selection list led by Prof. E. B. Stimson and featuring singers and instrumentalists across soprano, alto, tenor and bass parts.
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High Point College
Maxwell E. Jones
Jones
E. B. Stimson
February Weather Extremes Hit High Point
City meteorologist Chief A B Horney reports highly variable February weather in High Point. The coldest day was February 9 with 23 degrees below freezing. a 7 degree reading occurred on the 94th day of the month. Total precipitation was 2.62 inches, with 0.56 inches in a 24 hour period on February 8. Five days had a trace of snow, twelve days were clear, fifteen cloudy, and a light hail event occurred February 7.
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High Point
A. B. Horney
Firemen Extinguish Small Roof Blaze at East Washington Home
Firemen were called to extinguish a small roof fire at the home of S. Whitted, 739 East Washington Street, about 6 15 last night. There was practically no damage. Firemen also extinguished a field fire on Hobson Street at 7 last night.
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S. Whitted
East Washington Street
Hobson Street
Hoop snake encounter from a Randolph farm tale
R E Brown recalls a dangerous hoop snake attack while plowing in Randolph. He hid behind an oak, struck with a grubbing hoe, killing the reptile. the strong poison swelled the hoe handle and nearly killed his mule, leaving the tree bare as winter.
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R. E. Brown
Southern Railway
Randolph
Dr Roberts Discusses Coronary Occlusion at Guilford Medical Meet
Dr Roberts a Emory University heart disease expert led a Guilford County Medical Society session on Coronary Occlusion at the King Cotton hotel Greensboro. He cited Senator Walsh's death symptoms and warned against overwork high stress and sleeplessness as risk factors.
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Stewart R. Roberts
Emory University
Guilford County Medical Society
King Cotton Hotel
Greensboro
Roberts
R. A. Schoonover
Thomas J. Walsh
Pneumonia Fatal for N. R. Mitchell of 405 Kennedy Street
N R Mitchell died at his home 405 Kennedy Street shortly after 8 pm after a ten day pneumonia illness. Born December 12 1896 in Union DC he moved to this city four years ago and managed Chestnut Street Grocery. Survived by father in Union widow daughter Betty Jane two brothers in Union Woods in Lowell NC three sisters in Union Spartanburg NC. Body to Union SC this evening at 6 30 and funeral Sunday at 2 30 in Rosemont cemetery.
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N. R. Mitchell
Kennedy Street
Union
D. C
Robert L
Eliza Sinclair Mitchell
Chestnut Street
Mon Aeta Baptist Church
Mae Hollingsworth
Betty Jane Mitchell
Wesley Mitchell
Woods Mitchell
Lowell
N. C
Sue Mitchell
J. H. Harris
Minnie Hames
Spartanburg
8. C
Rosemont Cemetery
Japan opens two new airlines in Asia with long routes
Two new Japanese airlines start service in Chosen and Manchoukuo. One line links Shingishu, Chosen to Mukden, Shinkyo, Harbin and Tsitsihar across 995 kilometers with a 32 hour journey and six weekly trips. The second line runs between Shinkyo and Ryuselson with stops at Chilin and Tunha.
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Japan
Tokio
Chosen
Manchoukuo
Shingishu
Mukden
Shinkyo
Harbin
Tsitsihar
Ryuselson
Chilin
Tunha
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