Organizer Found Dead in Mississippi Link to Sharecropper Row
A missing organizer of the Marked Co operative Association, a sharecropper group, was found dead near Hernando Mississippi leaving a coat lapel with a message and papers showing association work and landowner tensions. Union officials linked the death to plantation system opposition and race related unrest in the region.
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Co-operative Association
Joseph T. Robinson
York
Harlem
Roger Baldwin
Man Thomas
Omas
Socialist Party
Robin
Robinson
New York
Tors
Eliff Sid Campbell
T. A
Marks
Miss
Hern
Mids
City
Union
Ing
Hernando
Arkansas
Methodists Plan Regional Evangelism Rally in Winston-Salem
Regional Methodist evangelism rally set for Winston-Salem at Centenary Methodist Church on April 4 with Bishop Arthur J Moore of San Francisco and Shanghai as keynote speaker along with Bishop B Kern and other church leaders. The event runs from 9 30 a m to 7 30 p m with sessions for adults and a youth meeting. Local attendance expected as twelve rallies extend across the South with gatherings in Jackson Asheville Atlanta and other cities.
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Winston-Salem
Overal
Therm
Centenary Methodist Tech
Ishop
Arthur J. Moore
San Fo
Shanghai
Ture
Bishop Moore
Southern Methodist Church
Winston
Ther
B. Kern
Greensboro
Icting
Carolinas
W. Angie Smith
Tnt Vernon
Nashville
Tenn
J. Q. Isler
Rct of Christian Education
Hville
Walterner
Young Peo
G. Ray Jordan
Centenary Church
Winstonem
Kson
Miss
Shreveport
Forth
San Antonio
St. Louis
Isville
Memphis
Nson City
Asheville
Atlanta
Winstonm
Citizen Anderson Named to FERA Division Post
Lexington March 30 Anderson prominent Den citizen added to rural rehabilitation division of FERA for Davidson county Detailed duties not stated by district officials at Salisbury but understood to involve a responsible role in the county farm rehabilitation program He is son of Dr Abel Anderson of Den and brother of the late Anderson former deeds clerk for Davidson county He has farm and business experience and formerly worked for the Federal Reserve Bank at Richmond Attended Guilford College Widely known in rural Davidson officials consider him well qualified His appointment, pending for days, is reported to have been confirmed yesterday.
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Lexington
Anderson
FERA
Davidson Nty
Salisbury
Davidsonity
Federal Reserve Bank
Richmond
Guilford College
Davidson
Modern Etiquette Questions and Answers
Roberta Lea answers etiquette queries on visiting a friend and length of stay, mailing birth or anniversary letters to arrive on the exact date, and proper attire for full dress. She advises leaving at the originally stated time, mailing on the exact day, and a man wearing a plain white waistcoat shirt and white tie with full dress.
How Can I by Anne Ashley
A reader asks practical kitchen and home questions. The advice covers making chicken creole from leftovers with gravy and rice. It also suggests cleaning rubber articles with ammonia solution to keep them pliable and removing rust from scissors using kerosene.
Lash May Supplant Confinement Policy For Prison Camps
Raleigh report outlines three punishment options for unruly convicts including the lash solitary confinement and a system of awards and penalties. Assistant director L G Whitley notes lack of facilities for confinement and cites a case in Mecklenburg where two prisoners feet were amputated after freezing in a shackled upright cell. The inquiry aims to revise state disciplinary measures and report to Capus M Waynick. Vera Menchik chess champion, born in Russia and later in England, is mentioned in a separate note.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
L. G. Whitley
The
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Whitley
Public Works Commission
Capus M. Waynick
Mecklenburg
Central Prison
Tobacco growers will get checks in Guilford County
Greensboro March 30 J I Wagoner county farm agent received checks totaling 80589 66 for 1004 Guilford flue cured tobacco growers as the governments adjustment payment another 50000 in checks expected within weeks A total of 1888 farmers in the county will benefit under the 1934 crop control contract Checks will be distributed at school buildings Monday and Tuesday as receipts are signed and checks issued at each stop Monday Gibsonville Busick Monticello McLeansville Pleasant Garden 5 p m Tuesday Nathaniel Greene Sumner Allen Jay Colfax Summerfield 730 p m Also notes about Birmingham Argentina radio stations and receiving sets.
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Grensboro
J. I. Wagoner
Guilford
Gibsonville
Busick
Monticello
McLeansville
Pleasant Garden
Nathaniel. Greene
Sumner
Allen Jay
Colfax
Summerfield
High Point High Schools Rated By Interior Department
The Interior Department’s Office of Education accredits Allen Jay High School High Point High School and William Penn High School for meeting standards so their diplomas qualify for college entrance without exams. The trio joins North Carolina’s 776 schools listed nationwide. High Point and William Penn hold Southern Association accreditation.
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Washington Bureau
High Point Enterprise
Washington
Office of Education of the Interior Department
High Point
Allen Jay High School
AFD
High Point High School
William Penn High School
State Department of Education
Federal Bureau
United States
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
North Carolina
Iice
Millbank Guards Stand Watch Over Thames Tide Threat
Police stood at a wall in Millbank England during an unusually high Thames tide to guard against a repeat of 1928 flooding when water rose over the stones.
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Thames
Millbank
England
Daily Lessons In English By W L Gordon Alliteration and Word Study
The piece presents usage tips and mispronunciation notes, emphasizing precise phrasing such as right instead of business and proper spelling Benjamin. It defines alliteration as repetition of the same letter or sound at the start of successive words and encourages vocabulary growth through daily word learning.
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Benjamin
Look and Learn Look and Learn by A G Gordon
A quiz style feature presents five questions with concise answers. Cream rises because it is lighter than milk. Mad Anthony refers to General Anthony Wayne. Yale is cited as having the finest gymnasium. sesquipedalian means long winded words or long words. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland.
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Anthony
Scotland
Anthony Wayne
Yale
Edinburgh
POW-O-LIN Praised By High Point Woman As Vital Medicine
A High Point resident, Mrs. L. M. Lance of Highland Mill, endorses POW-O-LIN as the greatest medicine for indigestion, constipation, and related pains. She credits the remedy with ending eight weeks of bed confinement and restoring appetite, regular bowels, and energy, while noting no diet changes are needed. The POW-O-LIN man will be at Mann's No. 1 Drug Store Saturday with it also available at No. 2 Economy and Mann's Store in Thomasville.
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High Point
Powo-Lin
Mann
Thomasville
Earnshaw Demonstrates New Pitching Slider In Trade Hint
George Earnshaw, aiming for 20 pitching victories this season with the Chicago White Sox, works on a slider trade whisper from Watlie Hoyt of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He debuted the pitch yesterday, holding the Pirates to three hits in four innings.
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Arit
George Earnshaw
Chicago White Sox
Watlie Hoyt
The
Pitts
Burgh Pirates
Earnshaw
Pirates
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Interior Department
W. L. Gordon
By A
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Pow-O-Lin
A. B. C. Washing Machines
Ingram Furniture CO
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County Tax Office
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T.R. Short
High Point Township
A. C. Hudson
Guilford County Supervisor of Taxation
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