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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1939
Page
21
Dr T R Zimmerman nurtures a decade long passion for flowers. His West Farriss Avenue garden and farm display a wide range of blooms from gardenias to magnolias. He built the garden himself and finds relaxation and joy in tending the beds and hothouse geraniums.
The army and chemical warfare service are advising on constructing shelters from bombs and gas amid rising bomber ranges. Major General Walter C. Baker notes some requests show hysteria while planners outline bomb shelters trenches and related devices for civilian protection. The program remains in the planning stage.
The Lucama-Kenly Bank of Lu cama will open a teller window branch at Bailey on April 1. Commissioner of banks Gurney P. Hood announced the authorization today.
A Forsyth man criticizes Guilford figures over attorney fees paid by the dry cleaners association and queries the prevalence of lawyers in the General Assembly tied to corporate retainers. He calls for public record of such fees and travel costs for legislative visits, noting recent disclosures of counterfeiting, gambling, and bootlegging cases as comparisons. The column mixes local anecdotes, media figures, and a spin on political ethics within North Carolina.
Detroit March 25 William S Knudsen president of General Motors Corp marks his 60th birthday. He describes GM with five motor divisions and 27 accessory divisions each operating independently and says the company is like a game with him as the umpire.
Annapolis Md March 25 twins are rare in horse world. Nellie Mae a saddle mare on Melvin Dove farm has three day old foals doing well. W E Crosby stud manager Holly Beach Farm says twins occur once in about ten thousand births and odds against both surviving are fifty thousand to one.
Raleigh March 25 The North Carolina Intercollegiate Tennis Championships will be held at N C State College April 27 29 Pairings will be made at the college gymnasium April 27.
Elder M. H. Horton from Greene boro begins a thirty day revival at Bethel Holiness Church of God. Bishop K. Mingo serves as pastor. St. Mark Federation to present Brotherhood program this evening at 7 30 featuring The Human Cross.
William Penn Dramatic Club announces a 1939 debut with the one act play Ted's Father to be shown in the school auditorium Monday evening April 3 at 8 o'clock. Rev H C Wright of St Mathew C M E Church will preach this afternoon at 3 o'clock at Women’s Memorial A M E Church with his choir and congregation. He will lead a drive culminating in a financial rally the fifth Sunday in April.
Elizabeth Cooper Mozelle Lane and W T Murphy spent Thursday visiting the adult education project at 548 East High Street. Dr Murray B Davis attended the Post Graduate Clinic on the Management of Syphilis at Duke University, sponsored by the North Carolina State Board of Health and Duke University, for health clinic staff.
The North Carolina Negro Teachers Association will hold its 58th annual session in Goldsboro from April 6 to 8. Dr. James E. Shephard, president of North Carolina State College for Negroes in Durham, leads the organization, which has a membership exceeding six thousand.
Motion picture producer Jack Hays sues Shirley Temple's parents for 700000 alleging breach of contract to train and develop the child actress for a film career. The suit follows two earlier 500000 claims dismissed in recent years in Los Angeles.
Marching thousands demonstrated in a large Stop Hitler parade sponsored by the American Council to Combat Nazi invasion. Participants carried placards calling for Stop Hitler Now Restore Democratic Czecho Slovakia and Strong Unions are a safeguard of Democracy. They proceeded to Columbus Circle where Mayor La Guardia Rabbi Stephen S Wise and others were to speak at a mass meeting.
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