Births and Society Notes From Local Deep South
A morning birth brings a daughter to Mr. and Mrs Cabbell Austin. J P Crical announces a son James Walter. The Cornelian club meets Friday with Mrs H R Williamson. Lawrence Matton leaves for Buchanan Va to marry Nelle Elizabeth Hyde. Numerous visits, travels, and engagements noted across High Point and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabbell Austin
J. P .Crical
James Walter
Crical
Elm Street
Lawrence Matton
Buchanan
Nelle Elizabeth Hyde
George A. Matton
Mount Airy Visitors and Local Moves Highlight High Point Notes
Joseph Gwynn of Mount Airy White Sulphur Springs spends today in High Point on business. Efird's Raleigh manager W S Lee Jr and Arthur Harrison visit the city. L C Sinclair and family plan to return to High Point by June 1 from Florida. Jerry Johns of Mount Airy visits. The Weaver family moves to Archdale for a new residence. Mrs Crowson and children plan to leave at month’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Gwynn
Mount Airy
High Point
W.S. Lee, Jr
Efird’s
Raleigh
City
L. C. Sinclair
Winter Haven
Fla
Lab steamship to test citrus reefrigeration routes via canal
The steamer Charles H Cramp will be equipped as a practical laboratory by the Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Steamship Co to study citrus and vegetable shipments from the Pacific coast through the Panama Canal to eastern markets. Tests will control temperature ventilation and humidity to record effects on perishable cargo. Oranges lemons and apples will be shipped between Pacific and Atlantic coasts with cooperation from the federal Bureau of Markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles H. Cramp
Atlantic Gulf and Pacific Steamship Company
Pacific Coast
Panama Canal
Federal Bureau of Markets
Pacific
Atantic
Europe
California
New York
Bureau of Markets
Legal problems affect business and government policy
Cincinnati news report notes Ed gar Watkins of Atlanta urges lawmakers to resist expanding state and federal powers over commerce. He cites food control, rent regulation, and transportation acts, calling for freer markets and rate reform. He mocks Allied and wartime measures and stresses vigilance to protect liberties. In Florence, smoke fills air after the San Paterazio factory burns, closing one of Italy’s largest plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Edgar Watkins
Atlanta
Jefferson
Congress
Republican Committee
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Interstate Commerce Commission
Florence
Italy
San Paterazio Tobacco Factory
Pep Review Proves A Winner In The GyP Team This Week
Harry Meyer's Pep Review at the Orpheum earns praise for pep and dash. Ray Duncan and Hel Carlyle dazzle with dancing while the Douglas sisters charm in song and dance. Madge Stewart sings a Bettie Bond hit. Harry Meyers as the Count handles a difficult role to perfection. The Beauty chorus wears stylish gowns and the Mack Sennett comedy Wedding Bells Out of Tune charms audiences. Tomorrow Constance Binney stars in Something Different.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Meyer
Orpheum
Ray Duncan
Hel Carlyle
Douglas Sisters
Madge Stewart
Bettie Bond
Keith Vaudeville
Harry Meyers
Mack Sennett
Constance Binney
Realart
Despondent musician leaps to death from fifth story
In New York on May 10, Fielder, 23, an accomplished musician, leaped from a fifth-story window while wearing a nightgown and bathrobe. He died in the arms of a passerby as bystanders shouted and women cried. Mrs. Thomas DeGiacomo said Miss Fielder was despondent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fielder
Thomas DeGiacomo
Wisconsin Tire Dealers' Association Fights Tire Frauds
Gullible motorists will be rescued from tire frauds by the vigilance of the Wisconsin Tire Dealers' association organized in Milwaukee. It seeks to abolish illegitimate practices by requesting manufacturers mutilate tires returned for adjustment so unscrupulous dealers cannot repair them. The group aims to place a member in each city to push the campaign and educate the public on proper tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Wis
Wisconsin Tire Dealers’ Association
Boycott of Spanish Goods Demanded by Argentine Workers
In Buenos Aires on May 9 the Argentine Communistic Federation of Labor urged a worldwide boycott of Spanish goods unless Madrid improves treatment of Spanish labor. The note to the Spanish ambassador linked the action to the Moscow Third International and criticized plans for a royal visit, arguing a king backing persecution cannot receive proletarian respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Aires
Communistic Federation of Labor
Spain
Federation
South America
Jail Runaways Sought Aid After Breakout
In Hagerstown Maryland two jail escapees Paul Loudin and Dales Shanks sought food from Lt. Williams after confessing they had fled Morgantown West Virginia on April 9 with seven others. Officials confirmed the escape by wire and held them for Morgantown authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagerstown
Paul Loudin
Dales Shanks
Williams
Loudin
Morgantown
W. Va
West Virginia
Louch
Gen Allen's Big Family on the Rhine
Coblenz May 9 A soldier on the Rhine explains the idea of the American army’s large family as a single tight knit unit. The remark reflects morale and unity among troops serving far from home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Coblenz
Rhine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cornelian Club
H. R. Williamson
Johnson Street
Mrs. Matton
School For
Goldsboro
Crowson
Bank
J. A. Smith
Florida
J. W. Sechrest
Salisbury
the Funeral Directors and Embalmers Association
A. J. Koonce
J. W. Sechrest and Son
Robert Morrow
H. W. McCain
W. H. Townsent
Lenoir
The
Methodist Church
J. W. Boyles
Thomasville
H. A. Cecil
Som H. A. Jr
QO. C. Harris
W. M. Burgess
L. McCallum
Winston-Salem
Martin Bennett
Candor
Jones Burns
S. D. Vestal
Mae Vestal
D. L. Spinkle
Mr Sprinkle
Yadkin County
R. C. Hobrr
L. A. Brown
FE. E. Bragg
Durham
Pers Sonals
Arthur Harrison
Spencer
Jerry Johns
Archdale
M. C. Crowson
Ty, Beautiful New Leghorn
Moffitt
Ganization
Germany
Balk the Proalds
Wisconsin
Maline
Aly
Pourra
Man
Samson Lyyoom
N.C. Public Service Co
Main St
SAR
W. FF. Clegg Cigar CO
Greensboro, N. C
Warner
Marner
Beavan’s
the Ladies Store
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