Federation Meet Opens Today With Club Institute
The 25th annual convention of the North Carolina Federation of Women’s clubs opens in Durham with a four day program featuring a club institute to improve efficiency in club operations. President Mrs. I. L. McKee of Sylva describes the institute’s aim to teach best club management practices. The event marks a landmark in NC club and educational affairs with plans for closing day address by Mrs. McKee.
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Durham
North Carolina Federation of Women’s Club
Sylva
McKee
Club Institute
North Carolina
South Carolina
State Normal College
Rock Hill
Thomas G. Winter
General Federation
Chautauqua
New York
Adelaide Fries
Winston-Salem
Harry Finch
Wilson High School
Grand Central Art Galleries
John H. Sherman
Chapel Hill
Washington Duke Hotel
Crockery used in moving pictures breaks easily
A short classified note notes that crockery now used in making moving pictures is composed of plaster of parts and breaks at the slightest touch, signaling a fragile stage prop issue in the industry.
Worth Seeks Re Election Fourth Ward Council Seat
A statement on Councilman J S Worth seeking re election from High Point fourth ward lauds his two years of service. The speaker praises Worth for willingness to sacrifice time for the city, his reliability on committees, and his firm focus on High Point, urging voters to return him to the council.
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Fourth Ward
High Point
Mr. Worth
Tee
Council
North Carolina Oil Shale Study Promises Wartime Supply
Dr. Frank C. Wilbrandt of the University of North Carolina argues shale oil could back a wartime mineral oil supply. The study, backed by state conservation officials and geologists, outlines vast investment needs and links to fertilizer growth, spanning several states and counties.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
United States
Frank C. Wilbrandt
University of North Carolina
Wade H. Phillips
State Conservation Department
Phillips
McLean
Wilbrandt
State Department of Conservation and Development
Crane
Harris and
Stuckey and Bryson
W. E. Giles
Industrial Chemistry Department
Bureau of Mines
National Survey
Colorado
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
California
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
Tennessee
Moore, Lee
Chatham
Mississippi River floods threaten Yazoo basin and Delta regions
Relief teams comb the Black river basin as Mississippi floodwaters surge via crevasses at Concordia parish. Levees crumble near Yazoo City and Eden, sending refugees to camps. In Louisiana, Red Cross sets up refugee points in New Orleans to Monroe, with food consignments and crews diverted to Delta distress zones.
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Falaya
Atchafalaya
Mississippi
Black River Basin
New Orleans
Louisiana
Red River
Delta Point
Vidalia
Baron Des Grasses
Big Bend
Concordia
Avoyelles
Catahoula
Tenses
Glasscock
Natchez
Vicksburg
Yazoo Basin
Stop
Yazoo City
St. Francis Basin
Corona
Missouri
Arkansas
South Bend
Natche
Miss
Black River
Concordia Parish
Newellton
Tensas Parish
Lake St. John
H. L. Gregory
Fifth Louisiana Levee District
Ticksburg
Beyonnd Borgers Swamp
Red Cross Expands Rescue as Mississippi Floods Worsen
Relief teams spread across northern and central Louisiana and Arkansas as Mississippi floodwaters threaten more areas. Airplanes and ships join trains in moving refugees to camps, with 50 000 more likely to join the displaced. Red Cross centers open in Monroe Delhi Bastrop Lake Providence Oak Grove and a large medical effort draws on 14 states.
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Memphis
Tenn
Louisiana
Mississippi River
Arkansas
Mississippi Delta
New Orleans
Mississippi
Red Cross
Monroe
Delhi
Bastrop
Lake Providence
Oak Grove
Henry M. Baker
The
British Film Venture Seeks 5 Million Capital
A company capitalized at 5 million dollars to produce British films is under development in Great Britain.
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Great Britain
Woman Dies at Trinity After Extended Illness
Mrs. Rachel Elizabeth Copple, wife of J E Copple, died at her Trinity residence after three years of declining health, with two children, at home. Funeral set for Trinity Baptist Church with burial at Spring Hill. The preacher Tom Alderman Sykes spoke on the world’s good and bad, urging Christian evangelization.
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Rachel Elizabeth Copple
Trinity
J. H. Hedgecock
J. B. Swaim
Trinity Baptist Church
E. C. Roach
Thomas Carrick
J. M. Hilliard
Spring Hill Cemetery
John Younts
J. M. Troms
W. J. Rapp
J. C. Payne
L. C. Lambeth
Professor Griffin
Fred Ridge
E. W. Welborn
R. L. Welborn
Tom Alderman Sykes
Central Friends Church
Christ
Monthly meeting of High Point Ministers Association
The High Point Ministers Association held its regular monthly meeting in the Wesley Memorial church treasurer's office. Rev. Raymond A. Smith reported on a North Carolina Anti-Saloon League campaign that raised 235.82 dollars in cash with additional pledges and the group agreed to move summer night services to 8 PM. Attending ministers included Rev. W. B. Davis Rev. H. C. Byrum Rev. Milton Whitener Rev. T. E. Pierce Rev. O. E. Cunningham Rev. E. Lester Ballard and Rev. R. A. Smith.
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High Point Ministers’ Association
Wesley Memorial Church
Raymond A. Smith
C. A. Upchurch
North Carolina
Anti- Saloon League
W. B. Davis
H. C. Byrum
Milton Whitener
T. E. Pierce
O. E. Cunningham
E. Lester Ballard
R. A. Smith
New Officers Elected for Girl Reserves Club
The junior-senior club of High Point High School elected Leslie Johnson as president Edith Millikan as vice president and membership chair Grace Bulla as secretary and Iris Welborn as treasurer for the coming year All are deemed well suited for their duties Wanda Penny retired president presided Frances Eshelmen led devotionals and committee chair appointments will follow.
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High Point High School
Leslie Johnson
Edith Millikan
Grace Bulla
Iris Welborn
Wanda Penny
Frances Eshelmen
Shots blamed for death of Belmore youth
Arnold Bennett aged 19 of Belmore was killed by stray gunfire while riding with a girl on Main Street Beilmare after an American Legion dance. Police believe a stray bullet caused the fatal wound as the party of five returned in a roadster. Bennett died before reaching a hospital.
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Brasley Beach
N. J
Arnold Bennett
Belmore
Main Street
American Legion
Beilmare
William J. Donigan
Belmare
Mary Martin
Neptune
Bennett
High Point election set with rallies and brass band
The article describes rival campaigns led by the Stanton and Davis factions with speeches by city businessmen including D. A. Stanton George T. Penny J. T. Burrus and others and a Davis rally on the city high school lot with speakers like W. A. Davis Robert Brockett Horace Haworth and more. A brass band will perform and auto fleets are expected to mobilize voters as polls open at sunrise and close at sunset with heavy turnout anticipated.
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D. A. Stanton
George T. Penny
J. T. Burrus
J. Ed Kirkman
Fred N
Tate
Davis Forces
South Main Street
W. A. Davis
Robert Brockett
Horace Haworth
L. C. Furgurson
C. A. York
A. N. Greer
D. O. Cecil
Ross Lanier
L. H. Martin
Fox Marshall
J. B. Blair
M. Ernest Welch
Stanton
Davis
High Point
Plan for Calvary Methodist Ladies Aim Supper
Circles 1 and 2 of the Ladies' Aid Society of Calvary Methodist church meet tonight at 7 30 at the church to plan the Calvary Christian club supper and urge all members to attend.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Calvary Methodist Church
Calvary Christian Club
Bankers Plan Free Space for Greenville Farm Coop
Three South Carolina banks launch a two year rent free central location plan for Greenville and nearby farmers to establish a creamery a canning factory and a farm women clubs. A college demonstration drew 250 bankers and farmers showing alfalfa acreage rising from 1800 to 5000 acres and linking livestock food and surplus product efforts. The state reports big increases in corn pecans meat and forage production this year.
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South Carolina
Greenville
Georgia bankers back diversified farming drive across state
Georgia bankers promoted a yearlong program encouraging farmers to plant 55 carloads of vetch seed and enter corn contests in 80 counties. The state prize of 1000 dollars was funded by an Atlanta bank as part of a banker farmer alfalfa effort.
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Georgia
Atlanta
Labor sees banks aid investors to curb losses
William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, argues that banks can guide wage earners away from hasty investments. With this confidence, banks may better advise investors and prevent money lost through unwise speculation.
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William Green
American Federation of Labor
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Baton Rouge
Alexandria
Marksville
Natchitoches
Rhynehart
Delphi
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MIRO
J. E. Gopple
Sykes
Trinity Church
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Honangee
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