Landon assails New Deal liberal intolerance and press censorship
In Chicago on May 17 Alf Landon, 1936 GOP candidate, lambasted New Deal liberals as intolerant and warned a bill championed by Senator Minton to curb press publications would threaten free press. He argued censorship would prevent fair reporting and urged Congress to resist the measure. He cited recent incidents involving Norman Thomas and speech bans as evidence of diminishing freedom.
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Landon
Chicago
Alf M. Landon
Inland Daily Press Association
Minton
D Ind
Congress
Kansas
Norman Thomas
Jersey City
United States
House of Representatives
America
Middle West
Police to arrest cemetery vandals in High Point
High Point police chief W. G. Friddle announced steps to curb cemetery vandalism and loitering after residents reported damage to flowers and shrubbery. The ordinances ban cutting flowers, defacing tombstones, driving through except for deliveries, and allowing dogs in cemeteries.
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High Point
W. G. Friddle
Friddle
Securing Gasket With Threads During Pan Refit
Instructions note tying loops of thread through holes in the gasket and oil pan after removal and before reinstallation prevents one gasket from shifting position during the refit.
High Point Real Estate Board to Meet at Sheraton
The High Point Real Estate Board will hold its monthly luncheon at the Sheraton hotel on Wednesday at 12:15. Local attorney Rupert T. Pickens will address the gathering.
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High Point Real Estate Board
Sheraton Hotel
Rupert T. Pickens
Work placements announced by North Carolina service
Total of 56 persons were placed at work by the High Point office of the North Carolina State Employment Service, Manager J. A. Gawthrop revealed today. Of the total 22 were placed at work in private employment and 34 were given public work.
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High Point
North Carolina
Camera Club Meeting At High Point Headquarters
The High Point Camera club will meet Wednesday night at 7 45 at its North Wrenn Street headquarters A criticism of prints will feature the program.
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Camera Club
High Point Gamera Club
Wrenn Street
Civitan Club Donates 50 to Scout Council at Meeting
The Civitan Club at the Sheraton today voted to give 50 to the Uwharrie Boy Scout council to aid camp improvements at Camp Uwharrie. B N Cronstedt led music with Carl G N Cronstedt, soloist Alexander, and accompanists. Carroll Cooper and Murray White named to June program committee. Silas B. Casey presided.
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Sheraton
Uwharrie Boy Scout Council
Camp
Uwharrie
Alexander
City
Geheols
Carl G. N. Cronstedt
D. P Whitley
Gram Committee
Mr. Cronstedt
Carroll Cooper
Murray White
Silas B. Casey
Women voters in High Point to support Teague for Congress
A group of High Point Democratic women voters will meet in the county building courtroom at 7:30 p.m. to organize support for Judge Lewis B. Teague in the Democratic primary. A brief meeting last Friday yielded no concrete steps, and tonight they will formalize their organization and outline a plan of action.
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High Point
Lewis BE. Teague
Congress
How Social Security Uses Multiple Earners in Benefits
Old age insurance under the Social Security Act counts earnings from each employer up to a cap. A single firm may push total earnings high, but benefits are based on the combined wages from all firms, with specific examples showing how credits accumulate and monthly payments are calculated for retirement at 65.
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W. L. O'Brien, Jranager
Social Security Card Office
Guilford Building
Greensboro
Tom Wagner Dies in Bethesda Community
Tom Wagner of the Bethesda community near Lexington died last night. He owned a cafe in the city many years ago and was uncle of Reitzel Wagner. Funeral services were set for 2 30 PM at Bethesda Church with burial in the local cemetery.
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Tom Wagner
Bethesda
Lexington
Wagner
J. B. Wagner
Reitzel Wagner
High Point
Bethesda Church
Pauline Lineberry Files Divorce Suit in Municipal Court
Pauline P Lineberry sues Percy Lineberry in municipal court seeking a decree of absolute divorce on grounds of two years separation The couple married July 29 1933 in Bennettshill North Carolina and have been separated since January 1 The action relies on a two years separation statute.
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Pauline P. Lineberry
Percy Lineberry
Bennettsville, & C
Slaying Guard Convicts Face Death Appeal
Sheriff Heise distributed descriptions of three escape suspects Herbert Moorman 41 Clayton Crans 28 and George Wingard 19 via WBT and WIS radio while searches extended near Columbia South Carolina. A lookout was issued for the trio and a witness description noted their bundles as they fled along the Congaree riverbank. Sanders was found stabbed five times at his office on December 12 and the group including J Bair 27 William Woods 24 Roy Suttles 28 were later convicted of murder and await state supreme court review of the death sentence.
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Herbert Moorman
Clayton Crans
George Wingard
Sheriff Heise
WBT
Charlotte
N. C
WIS
Columbia
Augusta
Congaree River
Heise
Sanders
J. ¥. Bair
Sumter
William B. Woods
Bilox
Miss
Roy Suttles
Simpsonville
Funeral for Paul Kerr Fireman at Main Street Methodist
Funeral services for Paul Kerr a station 4 fireman who died at his home 165 Tate Street will be held Wednesday at 2 30 PM at Main Street Methodist church with fire department pallbearers. Interment follows at Guilford Memorial Park cemetery. Body moved to the home this afternoon.
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Paul Kerrelty
Tate Street
Main Street Methodist Church
Guilford Memorial Park
City to Proceed in Two Cases for Right Build Power Plant
North Carolina Supreme Court will hear two appeals over High Point city actions to finance and build a power plant. The city faces contempt questions for council actions, while equity and injunction cases will be argued to determine the plant’s authorized reach and annual output of about 62 million kilowatt hours.
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Sapreme Court
J. Paul Williamson
Duke Power Company
Mount Airy
J. W. McGuinn
Superior Court
Salenter
Williamson
Roy Deal
Winuston- Salem
Supreme Court
Bivens
C. 8
Grayson
H. Hoyle Sink
High Point
Murder warrant issued against Willie Lassiter
A murder warrant was drawn against Willie Boy Lassiter, a Negro inmate at the city jail, after Manuel Miller died at Burrus Memorial hospital from a .32 caliber pistol wound to the abdomen. Miller was taken to hospital Sunday after an altercation with Lassiter, who admitted firing the shot. Lassiter has been jailed on assault with a deadly weapon with intent to murder.
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Willie Boy Lassiter
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Manuel Miler
Sofia
Miller
Lassiter
Pennsylvania Voters Go to Polls Today in GOP Fight
Pennsylvania voters face a major primary with over two million eligible for Democrats and a similar number for Republicans. The governor’s race centers on 72 year old Gifford Pinchot opposing Judge Arthur H. James, while John L. Lewis becomes a campaign talking point amid party feuds. Senator James J. Davis seeks renomination, opposed by G. Mason Owlett.
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Arthur H. James
State Superior Court
John L. Lewis
James
Old Line
Lewis
Pinchot
Kennedy
James J. Davis
G. Mason Owlett
Great Smoky Mountains Park Set for June 1939 Opening
Asheville May 17 Arno B Cammerer director of the National Park Service said yesterday that formal opening and dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park is being planned for June 1939.
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Great Oky Park
Asheville
Arno B. Cammerer
National Park Service
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Supreme Court Considers April 1938 Electric Plant Plan
The text notes a resolution adopted April 27 1938 differs materially from the plant described in the Superior court judgment enjoining construction. Judge Bivens states the new resolution aligns with the Supreme Court decision and the accompanying Superior court judgment.
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Bivens
Supreme Court
Rainy spray makes roads dangerously slicker than rain
A brief note reports that a light spray of rain increases road slipperiness by about one third compared with a heavy drenching rain, highlighting slippery conditions for drivers and pedestrians.
Local Weather for North and South Carolina
Mostly cloudy conditions persist across North Carolina with light showers in the mountains late tonight and Wednesday. South Carolina anticipates cloudy skies tonight and Wednesday with interior light showers. winds shift from northwest to southeast, then increase, bringing fair weather tonight and shower chances on Wednesday.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Revival Continues At First Church of God
Revival services at the First Church of God on Asheboro Street draw a pleasing response. Evangelist Rev. E A Vanney of Red River leads with Rev. H L Calloway as pastor. Services run nightly this week at 7 45 with special church quartet singing. Public invited.
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First Church OF God
Asheboro Street
E. A. Vanney
Reddies River
H. L. Calloway
Woodmen of World 10 Meet Tonight at Piedmont Camp No 62
Piedmont Camp No. 62, Woodmen of the World, will meet tonight at 8 o'clock with Allen F. King presiding. Delegates to the Daniel Boone Log Rolling association convention will report and five new candidates will be initiated.
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Piedmont
Woodmen of the World
Allen F. King
Daniel Boone Log Rolling Association
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