Local North and South Carolina Weather Outlook
Fair conditions in both states with frost in northwest South Carolina. North winds diminish then shift to northeast by Wednesday. Coastal areas expect cooler northern portions and mostly fair, slightly unsettled conditions along the coast from Sandy Hook to Hatteras. Northwest winds near Hatteras ease as northeasterly winds develop offshore.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Sandy Hook
Hatteras Esh
North Person
South Person
Hatteras
Jacksonville
County Board Chooses School Powers Slane for City Elections Board
Guilford County Board of Elections selected Arch K. Schoch and J. Frank Powers both Democrats and Willis Slane a Republican for the High Point city elections board. The move followed recommendations from local party chiefs. Chairman Edwin W. Pearce rejected claims of outside influence as myths and said two Democrats and one Republican were chosen. An organization meeting is set for Friday with Slane remaining on the board.
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County Board
School, Powers, Slane
City Board of Elections
Guilford County
High Point
Pearce
High Point Enterprise
Elections Board
High Point Board
Enterprise
County Board of Elections
Greensboro
High Point City
Louis J. Fisher
Municipal Election Board
Slane
Ben J. Herman
W. T. Powell
Civitan Luncheon Highlights Attendance and Speakers
The Civitan club met at the Sheraton with strong attendance. Program head J W Gawthrop announced next Tuesday's speaker Charles Phillips from Woman's College Greensboro. Milton Crowson of High Point entertained with sleight of hand tricks. Dr Emmett Sumner was welcomed as a new member.
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Civitan Club
Sheraton Hotel
Civitan
J. W. Gawthrop
Charles Phillips
Woman's College
Greensboro
Civitans
Milton Crowson
High Point
Emmett Sumner
Seaplane Base Urged at Guam
Senator Trippe testified that Guam is inadequate for commercial seaplanes due to lack of a breakwater and harbor hazards. He said present planes cannot reach the Orient without Guam stops and predicted full oceanic flights will take at least a decade. Senate opponents warn fortification could provoke Japan.
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House
Japan
Bone
D-Wash
Trippe
Orient
Guam
Wake Island
Manila
Chicago Produce Prices Steady Across Butter Eggs and Cars
Chicago report shows butter at 789,597 units steady with unchanged prices eggs at 14,838 bulk firm fresh graded extras firsts and cars with local firsts and storage pack extras. Current receipts total 16 and 17 percent in various categories indicating stable market activity.
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Chicago
Local People Return From Legion Meeting
Mr and Mrs Harry A Pleming and Mr and Mrs W H Price returned from Shelby where they attended the state post officers meeting of the American Legion held Saturday through Monday. National Commander Chadwick spoke at a banquet and a 20 unit parade from North and South Carolina was praised. Meetings and a memorial service were held Sunday.
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Harry A. Pleming
W. H. Price
Shelby
State Post Officers
American Legion
National American Legion
Chadwick
National Legion Auxiliary
North
South Carolina
Pleming
Jim Shepherd
40 & 8
Legion
Congress Hearings Highlight Immigration and Reorganization Talks
A House rules panel heard that a former border patrol head reported 69 officers were dropped after Perkins took office amid a sharp fall in deportations from 37 000 aliens annually. Lawmakers pressed why the Labor Department lacks immigration enforcement while other panels weighed Perkins’s impeachment stance and a basing point pricing reform. A Mississippi-led bill seeks reimbursements for taxes lost to government land acquisitions as Cox signals progress toward a reorganization bill free of outside influence.
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Rules Committee
House Committee
Perkins
Dempsey
Labor Department
Rep. Cox
D-Ga
House Judiciary Committee
Frank A. Fetter
Princeton University
Congress
Harrison
Rep
Colmer
Mississippi
Cox
House
Madrid unrest grips republic as Miaja orders defense cabinet allegiance
The article reports a Communist inspired uprising in Madrid with Miaja demanding loyalty to the defense cabinet. Casado accuses Communists of deceiving battalions and pursuing a daring coup while Negrin fled to France. Machine gun units secured key points as the revolt began in the early hours.
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Miaja
Negrin
France
Toulouse
Paris
a _ red
Spain
Segismundo Casado
la Pasionaria
Oran
Algeria
Burgos
Diario de Burgos
Madrid
Segismundo
Mt. Vernon Church announces weekly events and concert
The junior usher board meets Wednesday at 7 in the Mt. Vernon lecture room. Rev. O. C. Crone from St. Paul Holiness preaches at Mt. Vernon Wednesday at 8 with his choir and congregation. Willing Workers club meets Thursday at 8 at 115 Brooks street. Friday at 8 Mt. Vernon hosts White Pine quartet and Eugene Tanner, admission small.
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Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
O. C. Crone
St. Paul
White Pine Quartet
Eugene Tanner
Winston-Salem
Health official to present venereal disease program in city
Dr. Walter J. Hughes Negro representative of the North Carolina State Board of Health is in the city arranging a public program on venereal diseases. Details will be announced in a few days and the event will be conducted in cooperation with the High Point Department of Public Health.
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Walter J. Hughes
North Carolina State Board of Health
High Point Department of Public Health
Hughes
Fourth Lyceum Program Presented by William Penn High
The fourth program of the 1939 lyceum series at William Penn High School will be Wednesday evening March 15. The music department will present the Knoxville College male quartet from Knoxville Tennessee. The quartet has toured widely in the United States and received favorable reviews. Members are William Pendelton first tenor Eldrich Hammond second tenor Irvin Elligan baritone B A Wagd bass and W C Conway accompanist.
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William Penn High School
Knoxville College
Knoxville
Tenn
United States
William Pendelton
Eldrich Hammond
Irvin Elligan
B. A. Wagd
W. C. Conway
Dudley and William Penn Face Off Tonight in Greensboro
Dudley Panthers of James B. Dudley High School meet William Penn Tigers on the local court tonight. The girls preliminary game starts at 7 30 with William Penn seeking a repeat after defeating Dudley in Greensboro previously while Dudley aims to regain ground.
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Dudley
William Penn
Panthers
James B. Dudley
Greensboro
William Penn Tigers
Pennites
Supt Carroll To Speak To Leonard Street PTA
Supt. Charles F. Carroll Jr of the city public schools will address the Leonard Street Parent Teacher Association this evening at 8 o'clock. The talk aims to inform parents about district programs and school plans.
Prison Camp Construction Authorized by North Carolina Highway Commission
Raleigh March 7 The highway and public works commission approved building a sheltered-cage prison camp in Lincoln county and voted to add about 12.5 miles to the primary road system. A delegation from Enfield planned to request hard surfaced roads in their area.
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Raleigh
Highway and Public Works Commission
Lincoln County
Frank L. Dunlap
Enfield
Madrid calm as government claims control after revolt attempt
Casado and Bes terio broadcast declarations that Communists deceived troops into revolt but the government says Madrid remains free of general disturbance. Loyal troops guard ministries and the Bank of Spain while Miaja accuses a political party of pressuring for continued conflict.
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Casado
Defense
Julian Besterio
Madrid
Spain
Miaja
City Hall Receives Proposed State Municipal Retirement Bill
High Point officials today received copies of a proposed North Carolina act to create a statewide retirement system for city town and county employees. The bill outlines a central board of trustees optional retirement at 60 or compulsory at 65 with 70 optional, 4 percent employee and employer contributions, and accrued liability credits for prior service. Policemen and firefighters would receive higher allowances. withdrawals return contributions with interest.
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High Point
North Carolina
H. L. Crowe
North Carolina Municipal Employes Association
Crowe
Employes Association
Charlotte
North Carolina League of Municipalities
Dionne Opposes quintuplets visiting royalty in Toronto
Callander Ontario March 7 Canadian Press Oliva Dionne says he disapproves of inviting his five famous daughters to travel to Toronto on May 22 to meet King George and Queen Elizabeth. He questions government plans and prefers royal visits to occur at their nursery, noting he will consult his wife before replying.
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Callander
Dionne
Roosevelt seeks radio regulation revision to improve industry
Eliott Roosevelt, president of the Texas State Network, urged the FCC to renew radio licenses on a basis of public interest rather than a six month period. He spoke in Washington on March 7, stressing stabilization and ongoing improvements for the industry.
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Washington
Eliott Roosevelt
Federal Communications Commission
Texas State Network, Inc
Roosevelt
Husky
Four Morse children perish in Iowa farmhouse fire
Mt Ayr Iowa March 7 AP Four children died when a farm home burned six miles south of Mt Ayr Mrs Morse was severely burned she told rescuers the blaze began after she poured kerosene into a range to start the fire The dead include Ruby 17 Evelyn 15 Billy 5 and Mary Lou 10 months Morse was in the barn milking at the time The two girls reportedly tried to rescue the younger children who remained in bed.
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MT. Ayr
Milo Morse
Here
Morse
Ruby
Mount Ayra High School
Evelyn
Billy
Mary Lou
State Baptist Women to Open Convention in City Tuesday
State Baptist Women prepare to open a city convention Tuesday led by long-time leaders and notable Southwide and regional figures. The gathering highlights history from 1815 and notes the 1937 membership total exceeding six hundred thousand with diverse programs across Sunbeam Bands Royal Ambassadors and Girls Auxiliaries.
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City
WPA Wrecking Crew Razes Wrong Brooklyn Building
In New York on March 7 a WPA wrecking crew mis razed the wrong three story frame tenement in Brooklyn. Bank sponsors sought demolition under a slum clearance program and later officials learned the targeted building remained intact while the adjacent structure was destroyed.
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New York
WPA
Brooklyn
City Housing Authority
Death of J R McNairy Prominent Lenoir Drugman
John R McNairy 66 prominent Lenoir businessman died suddenly Monday in his McNair drug store office after a heart attack. Funeral at Zion Reformed Church with burial in Belleview. Survived by wife Hattie Russell. five sisters. one brother. noted as Zion elder and real estate holder. Born Guilford County August 17, 1872.
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John
Faith
Rowan County
Lenoir
Union National Bank
Boone Drug Company
Zion Reformed Church
Hattie Russell
Roxboro
W. H. McNairy
Jennie McNairy
A. A Blackwelder
Caroline MccNairy
D. Rabb
Robert Leonard
Lexington
Funeral services for C. M. Johnson of Darlington
Funeral services were held in M. Johnson Lancaster for 61 year old contractor C. M. Johnson of Darlington who was found shot through the chest at Myrtle Beach. A single barrel shotgun with an empty shell was found at his side. He had been a resident of Darlington for several years.
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M. Johnson
Lancaster
S. C
C. M. Johnson
Darlington
Myrtle Beach
Johnson
Missionary Society figures and convention schedule
The Union reports 315 613 members in the South for the 1937 year while North Carolina shows 58 102 members in 2 973 organizations with contributions of 218 311.11. A Mission Study conference opens at 10 oclock Wednesday at the host church led by Mrs Edna R Harris and a Young Peoples Work session led by Miss Mary E Currin precedes proceeding.
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Theodore Whitfield
Raleigh
Fannie E
Heck
Sallie Bailey
Bailey
W. N. Jones
Southern Baptist Convention
M. E. McIntosh
South Carolina
F. W. Armstrong
Platttsburg
Richmond
Baptist Handbook
Royal Ambassadors
Woman's Missionary Society
South
North Carolina
Women’s Missionary Societies
Edna R. Harris
Mary E. Currin
Y. P
Opposition to wage hour measure grows in coast area hearing
Beaufort and Morehead City fish dealers testified that seasonal fish fertilizer and seafood work cannot run under wage hour rules. They cited 3000 jobs tied to fish fertilizer and said federal exemption should apply, warning higher fertilizer costs..Telephone officials urged state exemption to avoid losses and duplicate reporting.
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Claude Wheatly
Beaufort
Charles Wallace
George Wallace
Nelson
Morehead City
Stanley Woodland
Morehead
Wheatly
Wallaces
W. E. Duncan
Southern Bell Telephone Company
Charlotte
E. H. Danner
Durham
Association of Independent Telephone Companies
Danner
Duncan
Refuse Tax Battle Over Illegal Punchboards Debate
The committee adopted a graduated tax scale but the amendment was rejected. Park argued the change was hurried and oil firms would shift costs to small companies or raise prices. Stone claimed the increase diverts highway funds and pressens the public tax burden. Fenner said oil taxes are hard to impose. Bryant warned against nonpassable levies and suggested scrapping the bill.
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Park
Stone
Rockingham
Fenner
House
Bryant
Durham
Methodist Church
Tornado damages Jump and Run School but injures none
A baby tornado felled a tree beside Jump and Run school in Kinston. Eighty Black children reportedly jumped and ran as the danger passed. the building suffered heavy damage but no injuries were reported.
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Kinston
Lenoir County
Jump and Run
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