High Point Baseball Team Prepares for Gate City Clash
High Point High School baseball squad trains on Welch Field ahead of Tuesday’s first game against Greensboro’s Gate City. Coach Ralph Knight plans ticket sales by girls in business district. admission 25 and 50 cents. The nine innings contest is expected 3:30, with strong hitters Hayworth Benfry and Irvin Ingram leading a disciplined, hard hitting lineup.
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High Point High School
Welch Field
Greensboro High School
Greensboro
Ralph Knight
Socal Boys
Gitls
High Point
Knight
Caneus
Ragan
Bob” Ingram
Hayworth
Benfry
Irvin Ingram
Ade
Anu
Remaui
Wlan Abel Priicipal
Carq
Henfrey
BY Et Gesce Mus
Ligt
Remtay
Renfry
Renfrey
Scond
Welch
Bible deemed literature not scripture by Chicago professor
In Chicago on March 15, Theodore G. Soares of the University of Chicago argued the Bible is a great pre-Greek literature collection rather than a sermon text. He noted Benjamin Franklin valued Ruth as part of the Bible and a skeptical society read it aloud in place of a sermon.
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Chicago, Ill
Theodore G. Soares
University of Chicago
Hyde Park Congregational Church
Benjamin Franklin
Soares
Ruth
Franklin
France
Prof
Skeptical Society
Dr. Franklin
Germany Ordered to Halt Sporting Arms Production
Berlin reports the Allied Control Commission ordered the German government to stop making sporting arms to prevent a quick shift to war matériel production. No date of enforcement is given.
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Berlin
Allied Commission of Control
Chamber of Commerce Campaign Urges Active Local Support
A call to unite business leaders and citizens to form a permanent Chamber of Commerce. The message urges weekly monthly participation and a public window card badge to promote local patronage and community growth.
New York Cotton Weak After Call
The cotton market opened with a decline of 2 points to an advance of 4 points but soon weakened on near month liquidation. Favorable Manchester trade news and disappearing Liverpool cables eased liquidity fears, with pressure on March and May futures amid reports of issued cash prices. March opened at 18.15, May at 17.83, July 17.20, October 16.73, and December 16.51.
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New York
Manchester
Liverpool Cabes
Jechnignt
Thousand Armed Men Seek Negro in Georgia Swamp
In Wrightsville Georgia a reported heavily armed posse of about a thousand men surrounds Choppe Creek swamp eight miles from town. They pursue a negro suspected of slashing a young widow’s clothing. He was sighted nearby and shots were fired, but he eluded capture.
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Wrightsville
Choppe Creek
Lady Alice White Slain by Burglar in London Hotel
Lady Alice White died at 3 oclock after being found unconscious in her hotel room in London. A burglar is believed to have struck the fatal blow, a skull fracture, in the early hours yesterday.
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London
Associated Press
Alice White
Chamber of Commerce campaign nets 100 new members
One hundred members joined on the first day, paying 2437.50 toward a 9800 goal, with 110 visits yielding 160 pledges and only a few refusals. The plan includes member lists, pocket and office display cards, and a public roster after campaigns conclude. Municipal court has no session until Friday. judges attend Greensboro trials.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
F. J. Sizemore
Kephart Urges Public Library in Community Education
Dr A P Kephart of the North Carolina College for Women Greensboro told Elm Street School PTA at the Methodist Protestant church that the community needs a public library and that good literature in home and school inspires children. He warned early impressions shape behavior and called for support of school administration.
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A. P. Kephart
North Carolina College For Women
Greensboro
Parent-Teacher Association of
Elm Street
Methodist Protestant Church
Kephart
High Pont
Shephart
Euier Shooks Exer
Kephar
Lenten Weekday Services Resume at St Marys Church
Lenten services at St Marys Church resume their former schedule after a two week suspension due to the rector Rev H Norwood Bown illness. Evensong is set for tomorrow at 4 30 pm with a short reading by Rev Mr Jowne, and Friday at 4 pm a children’s service led by the rector followed by junior choir rehearsal with Miss Nancy Lay. Parish members urged to note the times and strangers are welcome.
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St. Mary’s Church
H. Norwood Bown
Jowne
Nancy Lay
Fire crews Twice Called To Blaze at Stan On Welch Build
Fire fighters were summoned twice to a small fire beside a flue on the Stan On Welch building shortly before noon and again around 2 pm. No damage was reported.
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Piremeen
Oval
Stan on-Welch
Gold certificates resume after wartime shortage
Washington reports that gold certificates are again in use upon demand after a 1917 wartime suspension. Treasury officials say resumption ends artificial currency strain and signals normal conditions as the treasury holds about three billion dollars in gold.
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Washington
Treasury
Girl Hurt Jumping From Ram-Laden Car
Kalamado Michigan March 15 A slight improvement was reported today in the condition of Miss Emma Swakerneek a Western State Normal college student whose leg was fractured when she jumped from an automobile driven by J John Dodge Detroit early Sunday. Dodge will be arraigned in municipal court next Tuesday on a charge of driving a motor vehicle while intoxicated and with possessing transporting and furnishing liquor.
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Mich
Emalime Swakerneek
Wehooks
Kail
J.john Dd
Dodge
Detroit
Liqurer
Young men plan chamber of commerce driven business club
An effort to organize a Young Business Men's Association was discussed at a noon meeting at the chamber of commerce. Rain kept attendance light, but organizers gain support from the chamber and community service. A second meeting will set out a definite outline and clubrooms with a library and gymnasium equipment are planned as a city center for young business leaders.
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Chamber of Commerce
Community Service
High Point
Violet Symbolism in Moham Medan Faith Urges Mourning Color
The violet is described as the flower of the Moham medan religion and as the mourning color its followers wear. The text notes its symbolic ties to devotion and ritual practice within the community.
What’s the matter with Mie What’s the matter with Mie
An old advertisement promotes Gude’s Pepto Mangan as a remedy for general weakness and fatigue. It argues neglect and indigestion cause illness and claims the tonic builds blood for vitality, stating it has been a doctor’s favorite for thirty years and sold in liquid and tablet forms.
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Gude
Gace
Miners and Owners to Discuss Wages in New York
Antim ite miners and operators prepared to start wage talks to replace the two year contract expiring at month end. Miners demand a 20 percent hike on contract rates, while a minority of owners favor a cut on current working terms.
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New York
Antimite
Shamokin
Pat
Indianapolia
Austin Files Notice in Solicepor's Race
J Allen Austin, High Point attorney and representative from Guilford County, filed the required legal notice with the Raleigh election board chairman announcing his candidacy for the Democratic nomination as solicitor of this judicial circuit.
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J. Allen Austin
High Point
Uuilford County
Election Board
Raleigh
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