Prayer groups hold meetings across city in cottage series
The third in a series of cottage prayer meetings will be held tonight at 7 30 in thirteen centers city wide. Attendance was strong Monday and Tuesday and is expected to grow. Homes hosting include O A Kirkman 501 West High St Herman Smith 421 Edgedale Dr J E Millis 905 Forest Hill Dr B H Bradner 209 Thurston St J T Bilis 408 Lindsay St L W Flythe 603 West Lexington Ave G Strickland 712 Mont Meu Ave L P Magnin 1204 Cedrow W L Stamey 227 East Washington St C W Buchanan 931 Forrest Ave I T Mann 1206 Johnson St and J W Fambrough 318 South Hamilton St. The Hardison home 720 West Broad St was also on the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. A. Kirkman
West High Street
Herman Smith
Edgedale Drive
J. E. Millis
Forest Hill Drive
B. H. Bradner
Thurston Street
J. T. Bilis
Lindsay Street
L. W. Flythe
Lexington Avenue
G. Strickland
Mont- Meu Avenue
L. P. Magnin
Cedrow
W. L
Morris Plan Bank Pays All Claims in Liquidation
Gurney P. Hood the state bank commissioner reported that the High Point Morris Plan Bank closed in 1934 paid all claims in full during liquidation completed March 2. Assets were $246 525.45 with only $66 981.89 collected. total claims were $52 916.94 to be cancelled due to illness. neighborhood meetings will be held with listed local leaders assisting.
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Raleigh
Gurney P. Hood
State Bank
High Point Morris Plan Bank
Picket Lines Tighten As Auto Firm Prepares Action
Chrysler faces possible appeals to a civic conciliation board created by Gov. Frank Murphy as UAW members guard plants on a tenth night of strike. A $10,000,000 injunction penalty targets defendants goods land and chattels while the governor’s mediation plan seeks to mediate and arbitrate labor disputes between employers and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chrysler
Civic Conciliation Board
Frank Murphy
Allan Campbell
Parent Committee For Industrial Organization
Chicago
Eltric
Groton
Douglas Aircraft
Santa Monica
Calif
Michigan
Cross Connecticut
Hoffman
Jersey
Quinn
Rhodeland
Street Riots Trigger Worker Protests Across City
Workers mobilize in unplanned strikes as protests erupt in public spaces. The scene shows sudden mass walkouts after reading the strike declaration in L'Humanite, with demonstrators appearing where tensions rise and clashes threaten.
Lawmakers push forward on revenue act and road bond bill
Leaders expected adjournment soon as the legislature advanced the revenue machinery act allowing counties to levy taxes and enrolled it for ratification. The Senate approved a 2.344 million permanent improvements bill with two minor changes and sent it back to the House. The House refused to move the Halstead 5 million bond for secondary roads from the unfavored calendar, needing two thirds to revive it, with 55 in favor and 42 against. The Senate also issued a without prejudice report backing the Roosevelt soprano court reorganization plan and urged congressional support.
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Senate
House
Roosevelt
CIO to Start Unionization in Textile Industry
The CIO plans a nationwide drive to organize textile workers challenging the AFL in unions. Amalgramated Clothing Workers leader Hillman predicted the campaign will be the best financed and best organized, with about 300,000 Southern mill workers and many more in Pennsylvania awaiting the call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
CIO
Pennsylvania
New England
New Jersey
New York
Mid-Eastern
West
Middle-West
House Refuses Senate Change on Highway Finance Act
The Senate raised the minimum to $7 with a 35 cent per hundred pounds rate while the House kept a $6 minimum at 30 cents. The new compromise sets minimum at $8 and 40 cents. A conference committee of Senators Sparger Ballentine and Johnston Uzzell Blount was named to reconcile the differences.
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Senate
House
Sparger
Stokes
Ballentine
Wake
Johnston
Iredell
Uzzell
Rowan
Blount
Beaufort
Charge Court Plan Is Used as Smoke Screen
Chairman McReynolds aims to amend his neutrality bill to apply the cash and carry neutrality system for two years. Remington Rand president Rand discussed with Perkins staff over reinstating strikers whose jobs were filled. Goodyear Akron workers reportedly received military training with tear gas and rifles in 1935. Senate appropriations backs a Navy supply bill totaling 522.8 million dollars for the next fiscal year.
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McReynolds
D.-Tenn
Foreign Affairs Committee
James H. Rand, Jr
Remington-Rand, Incc
Perkins
Edward F. McGrady
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Akron
Goodyear Tire Company
Senate
Appropriations
Donations to William Penn community center rise from local groups
Donations to remodel a William Penn campus building into a community center were received this week from St. Mark M. E church 2.00 Cherry Street Presbyterian GUOTON scotless chess Gace Brooks Memorial M. E 1.55 Emmanuel Baptist church 1.55 Mt. Zion Baptist church 0.50 Tsungani Bridge club 5.00 Total reported. Chad Teachers Forum Meets at William Penn high school Wednesday at 7:30 pm to discuss the May play, a light comedy, contrasting with last year’s Easter Biblical drama Follow Thou Me.
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William Penn
St. Mark M. E. Church
Cherry Street
Presbyterian Guoton Scotless Chess
Gace Brooks Memorial
M. Erumgn Bece Ses
Cccas Inc
Cee Emmanuel Baptist Church
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Tsungani Bridge Club
Ee Ovens Chad
Teachers Forum
High Point
William Penn High School
Forum
Roland Hayes Sings at A. and T. College Greensboro
Internationally famed tenor Roland Hayes performs at A. and T. College gym tonight at 8:15. On tour after a Town Hall ovation in New York City he offers a set of Negro spiritual style songs about the Crucifixion. Critics in New York praised his enduring interpretive power.
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Roland Hayes
Greensboro
College Gymnasium
T. College
Mr. Hayes
Town Hall
New York City
New York
Textile workers win wage boosts across Carolinas
Textile mills in Greenville Greer Honeypath and Honeypath area announce about ten percent wage increases for roughly 3 300 workers. Other plants including Appleton Orr Chi quola and Springs Mills follow with similar raises as CIO drive looms. Paul Christopher says pre campaign increases aim to deter unionizing and mirror auto industry tactics.
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Greenville
Greer
Apalache
Victor and Valhalla
S. C
Anderson County
Appleton Mills
Orr Mills
Chiquola Manufacturing Company
Honeypath
B. B. Gossett
Charlote
Springs Mills
South Carolina
Charlotte
Paul Christopher
United Textile Workers
Cottton Mills
Christopher
Indiana's 1907 sterilization law noted
Historical note reports Indiana enacted the first U S sterilization statute in 1907 while Switzerland's Canton de Vaud introduced Europe’s early measure in 1928, marking regional firsts in sterilization policy.
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United States
Indiana
Swiss
Canton
de Vand
Sitdown Test Runs Stir Capital and Labor Worries
An NEA analysis outlines the rapid spread of sitdown strikes across the United States, sparked by the labor movement and the CIO's tactics. It notes the ease and spontaneity of sitdowns, concerns about contract stability, and legal ambiguities under the Wagner Act amid evolving labor leadership dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis Thornton
NEA Service
United States
Us&s
Lewis Directed
CIO
Lewis
A. F
A. F. of
Cleveland
Kerr Scott to Speak Here at Fish Fry Event
State Commissioner of culture Kerr Scott will speak at a fish fry in Weeksville on April 20. Plans are underway for a two-place side by side glider in ton, O.
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Weeksville
Kerr Scott
Ton, O
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