Manufacturers Oppose State Insurance Fund Petition Signatures Grow
Local manufacturers led by the Piedmont Furniture Manufacturers association oppose a state administered insurance fund bill. About seventy employers signed a petition urging two years of study and the right to choose privately insured options, with signatures from Adams-Millis Continental Furniture Tate Furniture and many mills. Telegrams to Raleigh followed as opposition spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Association
C. M. Wae
Charles Whedbee
Kemp B. Nixon
Peti
Piedmont Furniture Manufacturers Association
Sheraton Hotel
Austin Finch
Thomasville
Fred N. Tate
National Chamber of Commerce
National Manufacturers’ Association
Cotton Manufacturers’ Association
High
Angies
North Carolina
Ture
State of
Adams-Millis Corporation
Continental Furniture Company
Tate Furniture Company
Myrtle Desk Company
Hayworth Roll and Panel Company
Carolina Casket Company
Marsh Furniture Company
Globe Parlor Furniture
Triangle Mills
Guilford Hosiery Mills
Byrum Hosiery Mill
Raleigh
Alma Desk Company
Diam
Miss Minnie Macfeat to be Honored at Winthrop Dinner
Winthrop alumnae planning a dinner honoring Miss Minnie Macfeat one of the college teachers. Miss Berta Fowler at 2930 is the contact. Friends of J Herman Wean learn he is recovering from a major operation at High Point hospital. Dr A B Conrad Miss Thelma Patrick and Mr and Mrs M R Shields went to Charlotte to hear evangelist Dr George W Truett in Dallas Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Macfeat
Winthrop College
Minnie Macfeat
Berta Fowler
J. Herman Wean
High Point Hospital
A. B. Conrad
Thelma Patrick
M. R. Shields
Charlotte
George W. Truett
Dallas
Texas
Two Local Birdmen Granted Licenses
Co. L. Amos a prominent local businessman and flying enthusiast and Kent Douglas a young local airman received private pilot licenses from Fred Lanter Inspector for the aeronautics branch of the Department of Commerce. They passed the written exam yesterday morning after taking test flights Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. L. Amos
Kent Douglas
Fred Lanter
Aeronautics Branch
Department of Commerce
Evidence Complete In Trial of Brown
In Guilford County Superior Court at Greensboro this afternoon the embezzlement trial of U S Commissioner W G Brown was completed and arguments began. Nellie Brewer testified she was awarded 75 for payments via Brown in 15 installments and 45 was allegedly diverted by Brown. Eva Brewer corroborated the claim. Brown and his lawyers offered character witnesses. Brown testified he paid 15 without a receipt and later settled to avoid further trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
W. G. Brown
Nellie Brewer
Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Brewer
Brown
Eva Brewer
Young Boy Arrested For Stealing Rabbits
THOMASVILLE March 9. The Lambeth children were disturbed by a report that a young boy was arrested for stealing rabbits. Police said the incident occurred early morning and involved local youth known to the family.
Rabbits Missing Prompt Investigation At Lambeth Street
Police traced a missing mother rabbit and four young ones to the Lambeth premises on Randolph street. Officers Fair and Russell found a rifle on the rabbit den roof and linked the case to 18 year old Larry Holland. At the Holland home the rabbits were found safe. Holland was arrested but released on bond for city court trial. The rabbits reportedly cost 75 dollars each.
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Rabbit
Lambeth
Randolph Street
G. H. Fair
T. N. Russell
Larry Holland
Holland
James
Ralph
Frank
Blind Tech Student Leads Whole School
Blind coed M Witcher, a student at the Georgia School, leads 2,355 peers in scholastic standing. He navigates the campus by touch, uses a portable typewriter, and has questions read aloud while he writes and answers by typewriter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Mar
Witcher
North Carolina League of Women Voters Meets in Charlotte
The eleventh annual convention will be held in Charlotte March 24-25 announced by Miss Bisie Dick president. Mrs Henry Doyle Washington DC director will speak at a luncheon March 24. Topics include taxation child welfare and state government reorganization.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina League of Women Voters
Charlotte
Miss Bisiedick
Henry
Doyle
Washington, D. C
National League
North Carolina
Refugees Describe Nightmarish Quake Across Balkans Frontiers
Refugees fleeing the earthquake zone along the Jugoslavian Bulgarian and Greek borders recount terrifying scenes of earth upheaval. Struma Valley shook with subterranean rumblings as rock slides and boiling waters spouted from fissures. At Strumnitza, cafes remained open until the quake struck, ceilings collapsed, lights went out, and many spent the night in open fields amid rain. Boiling waters erupted near Valandov seven miles away.
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Belgrade
Jugoslavia
Struma
Strumnitza
Valandov
Discovery of frozen body of Miss Anna Roberts
In Genesee Illinois March 9 a coroner's jury ruled Miss Anna Roberts twenty years old killed herself in the garden behind her home after leaving her clothing off following Saturday night’s buzzard. The death was to atone for an imagined sin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesee, Ill
Anna Roberts
Knox Furniture Company Sold Today for 292 500
The Knox Furniture Manufacturing company, a major local factory, was sold at public auction today at noon for 292 500. C L Weill of Greensboro, representing the North Carolina Bank and Trust and the South Carolina National Bank, acted for creditors on the reorganization plan. Other bidders included Austin Finch and Mr Castler of Los Angeles. The firm will continue operations under receivership with no business suspension. The sale was conducted by C M Vanstory Jr of Greensboro, receiver appointed by Judge Hayes in federal court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox Furniture Manufacturing Company
C. L. Weill
Greensboro
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
South Carolina National Bank
Austin Finch
Thomasville
Castler
Los Angeles
Call
VEU Cunitribuion
Ine Shi
C. M. Vanstory, Jr
Johnson J. Hayes
Federal Court of the
Middle North Carolina
Hoover Uses Pocket Veto On Four Minor Bills
President Hoover today cleared his desk of four minor bills by pocket veto. He also withheld the Wagner unemployment bill, saying it wrecked the Labor Department employment service by subsidizing state agencies. The vetoes include two minor claim measures and two bills changing free privileges and the financial governance of village letter carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mac
Hoover
Congress
Wagner
E Hed
Department of Labor
Explosion wrecks furnace in Milton Silver home
An explosion at 11:15 this morning damaged the basement furnace of Milton Silver on Brentley Circle. Authorities say the blast, likely from the automatic oil heating unit, caused no fire. Number Four fire station responded to the alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Silver
Brentley Circle
Number Four
Mr. Terry No Better, Word Today
The condition of R. B. Terry, a prominent citizen, who has been ill at his Roland Park home with influenza for the past two weeks, remains unchanged, according to today’s report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Terry
Roland Park
Hundreds Burned in Tokyo Aerial Smoke Screen Demo
Hundreds of men women and children suffered burns as a Tokyo airshow featured military planes spraying chemicals to create an smoke screen. Liquid drifted onto spectators during the demonstration.
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Tokyo
Pre School Clinic Plans To Be Laid
The Cloverdale PTA meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm at the school to discuss plans for the annual pre school clinic for children entering school next fall. Dr. K B Geddie and Miss Veigh Hutchinson will speak. Parents of children entering first grade are especially invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloverdale Parent-Teacher Association
K. B. Geddie
Veigh Hutchinson
Myrtle Saunders Funeral Tuesday
Funeral services for Myrtle Saunders a well known colored woman who lived here until a few years ago and who died in Norwalk Connecticut Friday evening will be held from the home of her sister Anna Saunders 815 Hilltop Street tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock The remains were brought to this city last night and will be interred in Green Hill Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Saunders
Norwalk Conn
Anna Saunders
Hilltop Stret
Green Hill Cemetery
Eight Honest Men Aid Auto Thieves in Snow Drift
CHICAGO Mar 9 AP police said eight men attempted to help two automobile thieves remove a stolen car stuck in a drift. The eight men believed they were being helpful and did not know the vehicle was stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Go To Charlotte To Hear Truett Go To Charlotte To Hear Truett
Helena Mont March 9. Harvey B Marcum a Montana rancher followed a dog to a hole in Lake Helena where he found the body of his three year old son Jimmy drifting in the icy water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Mont
Mar
Lake Helena
Harvey B. Marcum
Jimmy
War Dept offers 6000 acres Moreno Point reservation Florida
The War Department offers for sale the Moreno Point military reservation of 6,000 acres on the Gulf of Mexico in Florida. The department fixes April 10 as the closing date for bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mar
War Department
Moreno Point
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
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