Unsightly Vacant Lots Are Fast Disappearing
Dr. Nat Walker urges High Point residents to improve unsightly vacant lots through plowing planting and landscaping. Educated citizens, the chamber of commerce and urban beautification efforts in cities like Detroit spur better maintenance. Planting grass shrubs and trees, painting fences, and adding arbors can attract buyers and visitors to a cleaner, more attractive North Carolina city.
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Nat Walker
Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
High Point
North Carolina
Sue Faces Insurance Gap After Accident and Temptation
Sue Thornton learns her husband’s insurance lapsed leaving her with medical and car bills. She wrestles with Arnold Page's offer to earn money, torn between principled faith and financial need, as she contemplates moving home with her mother and sister Corrinne arrives with news.
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Sue
Arnold Page
Mrs. Thornton
Jack
Sarah
Grace
Jimmy
Corrinne
Mrs. Merryman
Weather flood threaten Gulfport area
More than 17 inches of rain have fallen since Monday night. Streams are rising and backland highways are flooded, threatening disruption in Gulfport Mississippi.
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Gulfport
Miss
Registration To Close Tomorrow In Jamestown Township
Jamestown township closes registration for the June primary tomorrow after a new rule requires all voters to be registered by then. Those unregistered by tomorrow evening will not be eligible to vote in June.
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Jamestown
Sears Marks Fifth Anniversary of All State Tire Debut
Sears celebrates five years since Allstate tires entered the field after a nationwide test program. Twelve expert drivers ran 251 tires through two million miles of brutal road tests from Ohio to Arizona across mud, snow, ice, and heat. A special price concession follows this milestone.
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Sears, Roebuck
Allstate
Sears
Ohio
Arizona
America
David Parsons Speaks on Jury System at Guilford College
Guilford College hosted a May assembly where David H. Parsons Jr of High Point discussed perceived inadequacies in the current American jury system. The talk formed part of Guilford’s program to raise educational standards with juniors presenting talks in chapel. Parsons’s talk was well received.
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Guilford College
David H. Parsons, Jr
High Point
Guilford College Assembly
Parson
Republicans to Fill U S Attorney Slot in North Carolina
Greensboro May 20 The Republican executive committee will meet May 28 to nominate a successor to Charles A Jonas as U S attorney for the western district of North Carolina after senate rejection. Potential candidates include Frank C Patton Fred Hamrick G W Kluts Lewis Hamlin A A Whitener McKinley Edwards and Charles R Jonas.
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Greensboro
Republican Executive Committee
Charles A. Jonas
Senate
United States
Western District
North Carolina
Frank C. Patton
Morganton
Fred Hamrick
Rutherfordton
G. W. Kluts
Lenoir
Lewis Hamlin
Brevard
A. A. Whitener
Hickory
McKinley Edwards
Bryson City
Charles R. Jonas
RU MA Named Rheumatism Remedy Promised By Drug Stores
An advertisement claims RU MA cures rheumatic pains by acting on the liver kidneys and blood to expel poisons. It promises first day relief and a money back guarantee if muscles and joints remain stiff or swollen.
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Ru-Ma
Mann's
Economy
Ady
Legion Urges Action To Protect National Defense
F H Shuford and Albert L Cox warn that the national defense act is under attack and urge American Legion members and citizens to contact U S senators and representatives. Cox says the nation faces a crisis and calls for a treaty navy, adequate manning, and preservation of land forces amid budget cuts and naval reductions.
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American Legion
United States
F. H. Shuford
Legion
National Executive Committee of the Legion
Indianapolis
Albert L. Cox
Raleigh
N. C
Executive Committee
Cox
America
Washington
House of Representatives
War Department
National Defense Committee
National Defense
National Executive Committee
Congress
Fragmentary plea to send views to congressmen and senators
A fragment expresses urgency for citizens to convey emphatic views on an adequate national defense. The readable text stresses direct action to representatives and senators to impact national policy.
Huey Long Tripped Up In Senate Repartee
Washington May 20 Senator Huey P Long was caught off base by Senator Neely of West Virginia during tax bill debate. Neely quipped about West Virginia gas being under control prompting laughter and a gavel. Long then shifted the subject.
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Huey Long
Washington
Huey P. Long
Neely
West Virginia
California
Louisiana
Texas
Capitol
Long
Curtis
Wests Virginia
Tobacco Firms Warn Dublin Factories May Close Over Duty Rise
Irish Free State budget proposes a duty increase of one shilling two pence per pound on tobacco. Major tobacco combines threaten to close Dublin factories unless the duty is eased materially, signaling a potential tobacco supply and economic impact.
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Dublin
Irish Free State
Free State
Pair Held For Questioning In White Man’s Death
D J Black Jr and Eddie Murphy two men detained for questioning in the death of Jackson Todd an elderly white man found fatally wounded near Windsor Monday night.
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Wilmington
D. J. Black, Jr
Eddie Murphy
Jackson Todd
Windsor
Trial of English Clergyman Opens With Witness Parade
The Norwhich consistory court resumes the Rev Harold Davidson’s trial on immorality charges. A crowd of young women filled the gallery as counsel described his kisses to landlady and others. Prosecutors seek proof he spent Sundays in London while his wife and family prepare to testify.
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London
Norwich
Harold Francis Davidson
Stiffkey
Church House
Levy
Davidson
Stewky
Roland Oliver
Salvation of Souls
Harold
Paris
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