High Point Industry Adopts 7 A M Summer Workday Start
High Point indus firms plan to begin the workday at 7 A M starting Monday as part of a summer schedule shift from 7:30. About 40 industries will observe the 7 A M start with adjustments to bus schedules by April 2 to avoid transportation confusion on April 3. Some firms will keep different hours for specific reasons, with a list of companies adopting 7 A M and a few others at 7:15, 7:30, or 8:00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
High Point Indus
Assaton
Power Company
H. A. Davis
Bus
Adams-Millis Corporation
Alma Desk Co
Hayworth Roll and Panel
Amos Hosiery Mill
Briggs Manufacturing Co
High Point Weaving Co
Burton
Carolina Container Co
Carolina Upholstery Co
Continental Furniture Co
Crown Hosiery Mills, Inc
Denny Roll & Panel Co
Duke Power Co
Furniture City
Globe Parlor Furniture Co
Guilford
Haltom
Harriss & Covington
Heritage Furniture, Inc
High Point Overall Co
High Point Paper Box i
Kearns Furniture Co
E.kearns & Son
Logan Porter Mirror Co
Marsh Furniture Co
Melrose
Myrtle Desk Co
National Astery Co
Pickett Cotton Mills, Inc
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Sherrod Shirt Co
Slane
Snow Lumber Co
Tate Furniture Co
P. A
Easter Flower Orders Open for Best Selections
Place your order now to ensure the best available Easter flowers and timely fulfillment. Secure choices before popular varieties run out and your arrangement arrives on schedule.
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Washington
Mayors Arnold Koonce and Grover Jones to Attend Raleigh Conference
Mayor Arnold J. Koonce and City Attorney Grover Jones travel to Raleigh on government business to attend a conference of mayors convened by Governor Broughton.
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Arnold J. Koonce
Grover Jones
Raleigh
Broughton
Southern Textile Worker Describes Struggle With Low Wages
Arthur Hill, a Highland Cotton Mill employee in High Point North Carolina, testifies before a War Labor Board panel that his weekly take home of about 21.20 dollars leaves his family of five unable to buy adequate clothing and necessities. He says rent is 75 cents weekly and food costs about 14 dollars from a 24 dollar wage. The union cites low southern wages contrasted with northern costs as the hearing continues with more witnesses expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
War Labor Board
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Arthur Hill
Highland
High Point
N. C
Solomon Barkin
The
Union
South
Hill
Barkin
North Carolina
Negroes Charged With Attempting to Break in Case
Hasker William Taylor 22 of Underhill Street and A J Randall 17 of West Street were charged with attempt to break in and larceny at the New Dixie Cafe and for stealing clothes from a rooming house. Bond set at 500 dollars. Other arrests include Ray Duncan 27 on false pretense with canis under 300 bond. Dr J A Martin charged with pistol assault. Mangum held on 100 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasker William Taylor
A. J. Randall
Taylor
Underhill Street
Randle
West Street
New Dixie Cafe
East Washington Street
Nelson Sadler
Nash Loan Company
Ray Duncan
Clinton Street
L. B. Williams
Duncan
Pickett
Williams
Can
Kyles
Greensboro
J. A. Martin
East
Washington Street
New Airline Plans Southeast Network From High Point
Southern Airways filed Civil Aeronautics Board applications to link High Point North Carolina with 13 North Carolina cities and major centers in South Carolina Georgia Florida Alabama Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana. The proposed 15 route system would total 7291 miles with through service for passengers mail and freight using multi engine aircraft across eight states.
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High Point
Srinciedl Gavenney
North Carolina
Southeast
Civil Aeronautics Board
Southern Airways, Inc
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Alabama
Tennessee
Mississippi
Louisiana
Southern Airwa Airlines
Mississippi River
Atlantic
Braden III City Manager Absent From Office
Roy S. Braden III was not in his office today. Officials reported he was en route home with a minor incident delaying his return.
Armory to Open for Public Inspection This Week
Lt Merlin Watson announced the Armory will be open Wednesday to Friday evenings from 7 to 9 for public inspection as part of State Guard week in North Carolina. The Armory houses the local company led by Captain Clyde Morrison as enlistments are accepted. Governor J Melville Broughton praised the guard and urged eligible residents to join.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merlin Watson
State Guard
North Carolina
Clyde Morrisson
J. Melville Broughton
North Carolina Guard
AWOL Soldier Rescued After Weekend Trip to Atlanta
Flomer Lancaster, a Camp Butner soldier, left in fatigue clothes for Atlanta without notice. Weather hampered his journey and he was found wet and hungry on English Street in High Point. He was taken to the city jail to await military police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flomer Lancaster
Camp
Butner
Atlanta
English Street
Flomer
Cox Denies CIO Unionist Assertion On Clara Cox Rentals
High Point Housing Authority executive director J D Cox rejected Solomon Barkin of the CIO Textile Workers Union claim that Clara Cox homes are rented to specific textile workers. He said starting rent is seven dollars monthly, average rents cited by Barkin are not fixed, and rates depend on family income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Cox
High Point Housing Authority
Clara Cox
War Labor Board
Atlanta
Solomon Barkin
Oyett
Cox
Barkin
High Point
Housing Authority
Cailaines
Daniel Brooks
High Inley
Permits Issued For Repairs And Painting Here
Nine permits issued by the local inspector for repairs and painting of dwellings and businesses today. Projects include repairs on Steele street for $300 and 902 Leonard street for Atlantic Insurance and Realty Co. at $15, Long street repairs for Wade, painting at 109 West Willis for $50, 108 Steele for Mrs J Bolling at $100, 414 Willis for Houston Love wood shed at $30, English street hosiery mill roof renovations $800, 814 Arbordale porch addition $200, and 107 Edgeworth street dwelling painting $450.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ack
Teele Street
Atlantic Insurance and Realty Company
Leonard Street
Mindf Wade
Pea
Long Street
B. Phillips
West Willis Street
Funeral Rites For Mrs John Eddinger In Thomasville
Funeral service for Mrs. John Eddinger near Thomasville will be held Thursday at 11 a.m. from Rich Fork Baptist Church with Rev. R. C. Foster of Leaksville officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Eddinger
Thomasville
B. W. Moore
High Point
Fisher to Attend State Elections Board Meeting
Louis J. Fisher Jr., Guilford county board of elections member, will travel to Raleigh with Leslie Abbott of Greensboro, chairman of the county elections board, to attend a meeting of the state board of elections tomorrow.
Roosevelt to decide on service vote message or statement
Presidential Secretary Stephen Early said Roosevelt would work on the service vote issue but had not decided whether to send a message to Congress or issue a statement. The remarks came from Washington on March 29.
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Washington
Stephen Early
Roosevelt
Congress
Hoyle Resigns As Guilford Democrats Chair
Thomas C. Hoyle Jr resigns as chairman of the Guilford County Democratic Executive Committee effective with his successor’s appointment at the April 29 county convention. Reported reasons cite personal affairs and party harmony amid intra party tensions and speculation over favored successors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Thomas C. Hoyle, Jr
Hoyle
Court House
Charles A. Hines
Byron Haworth
High Point
Haworth
Leslie Abbott
Boro
Louis J. Fisher, Jr
Eere
Ralph McDonald
Abbott
Elections Board
Fisher
Gregg R. Cherry
McDonald
Cherry
Alimony Granted to Mrs. J. E. Gibson in Guilford Court
In High Point Guilford County Superior Court Judge Phillips granted Mrs. J. E. Gibson alimony of 75 dollars per month. The case involved her husband leaving after their son was sentenced to a federal penitentiary for draft evasion. A separate agreement provided Mrs. Gibson with 750 dollars from a transportation firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Gibson
Sunset Drive
F. Donald Phillips
High Point
Guilford County
Phillips
Gibson
Ard
Acadia Lodge Special Communication Fellowcraft Degree
Acadia Lodge 674 A F and A M announces a Fellowcraft Degree special communication on Thursday March 30 at 7 50 PM. Members and visitors are cordially invited to attend led by T Bennison Master.
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Mar
SGT Harris Returns to Post After Military Leave
S/SGT P. M. Harris returns to his post after two weeks away with his mother Mrs. J. M. Harris at 1400 English Street. He visited relatives in Reidsville Greensboro Charlotte and Florida. Harris has 16 months of service with basic training at Fresno and aviation schooling in Lincoln and Nashville last June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. M. Harris
Galveston
Texas
J. M. Harris
English Street
Reidsville
Greensboro
Charlotte
Florida
Lee in Texas Recruits Train at Camp Texas
Officers train in a regimented teen corps at Camp Texas with Second Lieutenant Jack D. Person, listed as son of Mrs. M. R. Lee of 307 Denny.
Sun Beau Dies at Doswell Stud Farm in Virginia
Sun Beau a famous 19 year old thoroughbred and money winner from 1931 to 1940 died suddenly at a Doswell Virginia stud farm. The bay horse earned $376,744 for owner Willis Sharpe Kilmer of Binghamton New York and retired in 1931. His record winnings were surpassed by Seabiscuit in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binghamton
Sun Beau
Doswell
Willis Sharpe Kilmer
Seabiscuit
Fire Prevention Committee Meets This Afternoon
The Fire Prevention Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will meet this afternoon at 4 30 to outline a city wide campaign. Chairman John R. urges members to contact all industrial and business firms to enlist 200 per operation in the campaign. Committee members listed include K C Pridiebaugh Major Lee R G W Taylor Murray M White Neal W B McEwen Dona rad Robi W Russell C vier James S Conrad W Gibson L C Easter Allen ley J C White Allen B Wiley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Merce
John R
Mr. Peacock
K. C. Pridiebaugh
Man
Lee R. G. W T. Taylor
Murray M. White
Neal
W. B. McEwen
Dona Rad
Robi
W. Russell
C. Vier
James S. Conrad
W Gibson
L. C. Easter
Allen Ley
J. C. White
Allen B. Wiley
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Leviathan
Oreca
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Mexico
J. Frank Linville
Oak Ridge Township
Linville
Oak Ridge
Board of County Commissioners
Forsyth County
Highland Mill Employe
WLEB
Rge Ferry
Repre Inc
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Parker-Brown Lumber CO
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J. C. McCoy
Security Bank
Armory
North Main Street
Judy Faye Gardner
J. 5
Bertha Wray Gardner
Oakwood Cemetery
Louise Gardner
Joe
George Wray
John Gartner
Guilford Democrats
Benjamin Franklin
RED Cross
Acadia Lodge
A. Ff
A. M
T. Bennison
Gyarnor
Agency
Hedgecock Lumber CO
Ward Street
Harris
Dr. Thomas Chiropractor
W. Green
Nat Walker
Walgreen
Crean Jewelers
S. Main &T
W. C. Brown
North Wrenn Street
Coats
Shackelford
Security National
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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