New Entrants in Contest Reported in High Point Campaign
Clarence A. Smith reports thirty five new entrants in the 3929 contests of the High Point say beautiful campaign. Names listed include Mrs. F. M. Holley Mrs. W. Lyon Mrs. W. W. Smith Mrs. Bryan Mrs. Fred Hicks and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence A. Smith
F. M. Holley
En. W. Lyon
W. W. Smith
VT. Bryan
Fred Hicks
W. Gordon Brewer
Charles Mollett
B. R. Hedvick
J. A. Lindsay
W. VT. Saunders
J. O. Lee
W. §. Price
Cecil Marriner
J. Dpd. Brame
H. A. White
Jack Edwards
I. Klein
W. J. Fraley
J. J. Tate
C. H. Rhodes
Jessie Harris
F. P. Kiser
Local Social Notices List Five Women On Honor Roll
Blackburn, Mrs. E. W. Holton, Mrs. Dan Compton, Mrs. E. W. Holton, Mrs. W. E. Ratten and Mrs Myrtle Garris are named in a community society column noting engagements, meetings, or recognitions among local ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blackburn
E. W. Holton
Dan ©. Compton
W. E. Ratten
Myrtle Garris
Slot machine probe widens to police officials and racketeers
NAB 28 recounts arrests and indictments tied to a nationwide slot machine syndicate. The probe links the death of Selma Burnham to gambling operations and a bombing case involving former police officials. Witnesses name Thompson and dealer Von Frantzius amid gun sales connected to the Valentine’s Day murders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur , Dyer
William Rogenhargen
William Balmer
Public Service
Selma Burnham
Burnham Veoding Machine Company
Slot Machine Syndicate
Swanson
Dr. Reid
Charles C. Fitzmoris
Thompson Questioned as Coroners Jury Probes Gang Gun Sales
In Rockford the coroner's jury questioned Frank V. Thompson, alleged to have sold guns to gangsters used in the Feb 14 Septuple murder. Thompson surrendered to the coroner after a fortnight's search, arriving with a lawyer and conferring privately with Coroner Herman N. Bundesen. details of his testimony remain undisclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockford
Frank V. Thompson
Rebels Lose Territory As Surrender Talks Continue In Sonora
A conference near midnight involved Maj. John F B Creed at Camp Jones and two American consular officials about Gen Medina's surrender offer to Gen Almazan. Escobar headed away from Agua Prieta, details unclear as federal forces near the town. Nogales fell to federal forces. 11 rebel leaders fled to Douglas. Remaining rebel leaders include Escobar, Caraveo, and Ramon Yucupicio defending from the hills south of Agua Prieta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amader
John FB. Creed
United States
Nogales
Sonora
Douglas
Ariz
Martin F. Bercenas
Agua Prieta
May Day Tensions Ease in Gaston County Textile Mills
In Gaston county North Carolina the textile strike wave waned as 203 mills operated on full day shifts with a labor surplus. Despite earlier clashes at Gastonia and between deputies and reporters, a grand jury found no single party responsible for building damage. Local mills like Osage in Bessemer City and Loray in Gastonia reported idle workers and incomplete returns from strikers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Brandon Mills
Greenville
Woodruff
Spartanburg
Anderson Mills
Anderson
Gastonia
Union
International Relief Fund
Max Gardner
Legette Blythe
Charlotte Observer
Gaston County
National Textile Workers Union
Gastonia Gazette
Osage
Bessemer City
Loray
Manville-Jenckes Company
Radio Program Schedule Across Major Stations May First
A dense listing shows hourly program blocks for WEAF WJZ WOR WABC and others across New York Philadelphia Pittsburgh and more. It outlines talk music orchestras dances and variety shows with station overlaps and days parts in Eastern Standard Time for May first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WEAF
New York
Jolly Bill and Jane
WCAE
Bob Bartlett
WCSE
WGR
Woolley
WHAS
Nathaniel Shi
WCAEB
WTAM
WWJ
WGN
WSM
WSB Wet
WEET
WLIT
Clive Palmer
Revelers
WEEL
WTIC
WJIAR
WTAG
WCSH
WRC
WGY
WJAX
Gold Orchestra
WEEIL
WIAR
United States Navy
WHAM
WBZ
Katherine Tift-Jones
Batlew
WJZ
Rosalia Wolfe
WHAL
John B. Kennedy
Mmé
Cabrera Gainsberg
Washington
WBAL
KDKA
WLW
Rapee Orchestra
WJR
KYW
Foresters
WBT
WRVA
Phil Cook
Ward-Stephen
the Voyagers
George Olaen
WOR
Newark
Loray Mill Workers Return to Daytime Operation
The Loray mill resumed daytime operation as the night shift continues net working. The company stated that the 112 employees still out were filled, while the mill employs 1150 on day shift and over 700 at night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loray
Plane search ends with two bodies found in bush
The land party led by Lieutenant Eaton recovered the bodies of Robert Hitchcock and Lieut Keith Anderson near the Kookaburra after a forced landing while searching for the missing Southern Cross. The remains were found under a wing and about 40 yards away in the Tanimi bush, with earlier reports noting contact could not be established due to terrain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
S. W
Southern Cross
Robert Hitchcock
Kookaburra
Keith Anderson
Lieut. Eaton
Lieut. Anderson
Tanimi
Eaton
Wave Hill
Northern Territory
Charles Kingsford Smith
Mr. Jinks Wins Two Thousand Guineas at Newmarket
In Newmarket England May 1 Mr. Jinks owned by Major McCalmont trained by Tetratema out of False Piety won the 2000 Guineas stakes by a head. Cragadour owned by Lord Astor finished second and Gay Day owned by Sir Victor Sassdon was third among 22 runners. The race distance was one mile with prize money of 2000 Guineas plus extras.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Jinks
Newmarket
England
Major McCalmont
Tetratema
Lord Astor
Cragadour
Sir Victor Sassdon
Ship launches in 1928 reach high totals in Britain and Ireland
In 1928 Britain and Ireland launched 420 merchant ships totaling 1 445 920 tons. The figures highlight a robust shipbuilding era with a strong output across the British Isles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain and
Ireland
Wood Seeks Boston Rest as Communism Seen Failing
Charles G. Wood, labor conciliator, heads home to Boston to await what he calls the collapse of communism in North Carolina before resuming mediation in textile strikes. He says the communist movement inland is ending and workers should learn from their errors, noting no strike was won through communist leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Charles G. Wood
Department of Labor
Boston
North Carolina
Wood
Carolinas
South
Gastonia Gazette Seeks Funds for Striker Families
The Gastonia Gazette opens public contributions for a relief fund for cotton mill striker families and starts with a $25 gift. Miss Mabel Potts of the city welfare department says families seek food from the relief store at Loray mills. funds will be administered by city and county welfare departments to provide aid and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
Gastonia Gazette Today
Mabel Potts
City Welfare Department
Department For Food
Loray Mills
Plans Outlined for Legion Post Strength and Housing
The Andrew Jackson post of the American Legion held its monthly meeting with Commander R R Blackburn presiding. Speakers discussed rebuilding personal responsibility and planned permanent Legion housing with a committee to develop the idea. The group authorized $150 for junior baseball sponsorship and reported $900 in the treasury. Greensboro track records near all-time high as state meet approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Jackson Post
American Legion
R. R. Blackburn
A. Kirkman, Jr
M. Waynick
Kirkman
I. T. Mann
G. H. Jones
Mr. Waynick
Legion
R. K. Young
CC. M. Waynick
Roy J. Farmer
Mr. Kirkman
M. H. Sloan
Dick Young
Blackburn
Treasury
Jack Edwards
Greensboro
Greensporo
World War Memorial Stadium
Holt Moore
Jeff Fordham
Currie
Davidson
Pony
Harper
Carolina
Evans
Elliott
Pritchett
Moore
Fordham
Erwin
Brantley
Duke
McDowell
State
Daniels
Wake Forest
Spurlock
Evans Carolina
N. C. State
Lenoir-Rhyne
France presses Germany to accept reparations settlement
Paris reports semi official French urging Germany to reach an immediate reparations pact with creditor nations at the expert conference. The Dawes plan is cast as the sole alternative and Dr. Schacht faces pressure upon his return to Paris to deliver a clear yes or no. Drafting work for the committee continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Germany
Conference of Experts
Committee of Experts
France
Dr. Schacht
Aristide Briand
Gustav Stresemann
Berlin
Tax Listing Dates Corrected in County Notice
A publication corrects an error about tax listing dates noting listing began today May 1 in conformity with the law. Property listings for the township are handled at 116 West Washington Street. The final day to pay delinquent county taxes before sale advertisements is next Saturday, with the list sent to the printer after close of business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Washington Street
Talley Prospects West Farm Near New York Area
Litchfield Conn. Marion Talley eyes farming in the west within easy reach of New York. She has been inspecting farm property nearby as she seeks contracts for canned music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield
Conn
Marion Talley
New York
Vicinita
Expansion Planned in M. E. Sunday Schools
Nashville Tenn May 1 The Southern Methodist department of Sunday school extension outlined expansion aims including organizing Sunday schools where none exist aiding run down churches in rural areas and extending the movement to other races in the United States to improve community life The report to the General Sunday school board notes 2819 churches lack Sunday schools and urges more focus on small rural churches which comprise about 70 percent of the denomination
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashville
Tenn
Far West
United States
A. W. Martin
Southern Methodist Department of Sunday School Extension
General Sunday School Board
Church
Martin
Peacox Charged With Murder in Westchester Case
Harl F Peacox a youth dip expert is jailed in White Plains N Y on murder charges for the death of his wife Dorothy The case hinges on his confession of a quarrel on April 21 a strangulation with a pistol butt and the subsequent disposal of the body near Scarsdale The grand jury will hear the evidence Monday authorities question premeditation. Carmel Myers of Los Angeles to wed Ralph H Blum noted as the most beautiful Jewish girl seen by D W Griffith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Plains
N. Y
Harl F. Peacox
Weste County
Dorothy
Peacox
Ardsley Road
Scarsdale
Westchester County Authority
New York
David Wark Griffith
Carmel Myers
Ralph H. Blum
Los Angeles
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Mademoiselle
Armentieres
Mystery Rider
Judith
Ee George Serien
Lois Moran
Bundesen
Thompson
Peter von Frantzius
von Frantzius
von Frantzinus
Lilac
U. S. Naval
Mio
Anita Page
Ralph Graves
SEE
HRA
Vitaphone
Valdeville
RED Corcoran
Hyams & McIntyre
Broadhurst
Jeanne Eagels
The
Associated Press
Clear Channel and Chain
WCAU
WNAC
WEAN
WFBL
WKBW
WJAS
WADC
WMAQ
WHK
WLBW
WMAL
WMAK
WCAO
WKRC
WGHP
WSPD
WIAS
Symphony Orch
WJIAS
Clear Channel
Margaret Packwood
Uncle Don
Sylvia Altman
Rutgers University
Chain Key Station
WABC
WLWL
St. John’s College
WPG
Atlantic City
Rainbow Serenaders
Symphonic Ensemble
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Orchestra
City Gov't
Pittsburgh
Rochester
WJIZ
WGY Schenectary
Wiz Springfield
Safety Crusaders
Melody Boys
Adelphians
Nature League
N—Wiz
Tone Pictures
Newcomb
Orch
Central and Southern
Cincinnati
Symphony Orchestra
WCX
Detroit
Timo
WSB
Atlanta
Baker Boys
Porter Keheley
WAPI
Birmingham
Orch, & Verman Kimbrough
Louisville
WEAYF
Indiana
Craig
Tom, Joe
Jack
Richmond
Byrda
Amos-Andy
Esfotel Orchestra
Wheeling
Gastonia Paper
the Gazette
N. C
Greensboro Stadium
M. E
Dixie
All Grocers
Steuart, Son & Co
Balto., Md
Peagox
Doan
A. N. Russell
W. 1St South St
Salt Lake City
Utah
Dean
Milburn
Chem Buffalo
Redpath
Lorna Doone Jackson
Chicago Civic Opera Co
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