Stock market trepidation tugs shares after brief rally
May 28 report shows renewed unease in New York trading as shares drifted up 1 to 3 points only to falter midday. Steel stocks fell to new lows while utilities and motion picture firms led modest advances. Warner Bros, Loews, Paramount, and Fox posted gains amid restructuring.
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Claude A. Jagger
Ted Press
New York
Renee
Steel
Warner Bros. Loews
Paramount
Fox
American Telephone
Johns Oville
Public Service of N. J
Abert
Union Carbide
Union
Fic
Westinghouse Electric i
American
Gth
Westinghouse
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bros
Warners
Motion Picture
Warner Bros. Paramount
Idwin
Amis
Bank of England
Berlin
Reichsbank Sege
Haney Child Hurt in Auto Crash at Local Corner
An 11 year old child named Haney was hurt at the corner of Hamilton and Montlieu when struck by an automobile driven by Callahan a commercial teller. The injured child was taken home at 908 North Ham and is getting along, with a broken arm the only injury reported. The driver of the car has been preferred for investigation and treatment.
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Haney
Hamilton and
Montlieu
Callahan
North Ham
Tedd
New York Cotton Opens Steady as July and December Rally
Cotton opened steady amid foreign and local selling and cautious covering. July rose to 8.58 and December to 9.13 as trade and shorts buy back, with near term demand from the trade and a private acreage report signaling reduced crop prospects. Market traded around midday, hovering near recent close levels despite ongoing liquidation pressures.
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New York
Liverpool
Liverpool Cables
Jacobs Shoe Stores Placed in Receivership
Jacobs Shoe Stores Inc operating the Jacobs Boot shop in High Point and locations in Goldsboro and New Bern is placed in receivership by Judge Lewis E Teague at the urging of George D Witt Shoe Company of Lynchburg Virginia L F Almond of High Point named receiver In Canada more than 58000000 acres are under cultivation.
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Jacobs Shoe Stores, Inc
Jacobs
Goldsboro
New Bern
Lewis E. Teague
High Point
George D. Witt
Canada
Commencement Activities At High Point College Schedule
Commencement exercises begin this afternoon with a senior reception for 43 graduates hosted by President and Mrs. G. J. Humphreys on West College Drive. Tonight piano pupils of Miss Hazel Lanier perform in Roberts Hall at 7 30. The senior reception followed a buffet. Tomorrow attendees will participate in the L. Davis gold medal essay contest and Rabinowitz oratorical contest in Roberts Hall.
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High Point College
G. J. Humphreys
West College Drive
Hazel Lanier
Roberts Hall
C. R. Hinshaw
Mildred Luce
Margaret Sloan
8. L. Davis
Rabinowitz
Maloie Bogle
Hiddenite
Louise Collet
High Point
Ruth Woodcock
Charlotte
Tate Andrews
Hart Campbell
Rochester
Alexander Hamilton
Kenneth Lyons
Cambridge
Vernon Morton
Walkerton
Impeachment Moves Amid Committee Disputes
The impeachment committee split, advancing impeachment but adjourning to ten a m. The House would need fifty votes to impeach Governor Horton, who faces a trial in the Senate. The probe linked Luke Lea and Rogers Caldwell to state deposits and accused Crump-backed leadership of pressuring vault selections.
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House of Representatives
House
State Senate
Legislative Committee
General Assembly
Luke Lea
Nashville
Rogers Caldwell
Lea
Caldwell
Horton
Walter 8. Faulkner
Senate
Scott Fitzhugh
Memphis
Edward H. Crump
Crump
Chicago Grain Prices Rally on Wheat Drought Fears
Wheat led gains as drought complaints from Canada drove panic about winter wheat in the Texas panhandle to Nebraska. Corn and oats also edged higher after a choppy start as futures markets showed mixed open and close levels across May and July contracts.
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Chicago
Canada
Texas Panhandle
Nebraska
Currie Speaks to Assembly of Presbyterians
Dr. Thomas W. Currie, retiring moderator, urged repentance as the first step for Christians to make the world more Christ like in his sermon opening the general assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States at Montreat North Carolina. He stressed repentance unto life and unto service as the path to divine purpose through the generation.
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Montreat
N. C
Thomas W. Currie
General Assembly
Presbyterian Church
United States
Currie
Austin
Tex
Kingdom of God
Four Employment Bureaus To Close In State June 30
Raleigh May 28 Four federal state employment bureaus will close after June 30 due to drastic cut in appropriations. The offices at Wilmington Charlotte Asheville and Raleigh will shut while two other locations Winston Salem and Greensboro had earlier closures. The house had refused funds but the senate added 6300. the conference report eliminated the fund entirely.
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Raleigh
Frank D. Grist
Wilmington
Charlotte
Asheville
Winston Galem
Greensboro
Gardner
House
Grist
Senate
Budget Bureau
General Assembly
Liberty Veneer Co. Destroyed by Fire
Greensboro officials said a train passing by sparked a blaze at the Liberty Veneer Company in Liberty near Greensboro early today. The fire caused an estimated 30,000 dollars in damages.
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Liberty Veneer Co
Greensboro
Liberty Veneer Company
Liberty
Here
Assembly Costs Reach Record High for North Carolina
North Carolina's longest continuous legislative session ended with costs surpassing 224,782.89, the highest in recent history. Auditor Baxter Durham noted the total may rise further, with 1929 at 196,805.65 prior records. Personal services to 170 members stood at 212,043.40, while pages and women clerks earned smaller sums.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Assembly
Baxter Durham
North Carolina names 11 for State Board of Equalization
Governor appoints eleven members to the State Board of Equalization to oversee the new school law. Ex officio members include the Lieutenant Governor and State Superintendent. Reappointed members Graham Spruill Folger Dougherty Woltz return. others are new from districts one through eleven. Board has broad authority over school supervision and the six month term.
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A. T. Allen
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
T. B. Attmore
Washington
J. C. Eagles
Wilson
A. Mel. Graham
Clinton
F. P. Spruill
Rocky Mount
John A. Folger
Mount Airy
Henry R. Dwire
Durham
Walter H. Powell
Whiteville
H. L. Price
Monroe
B. B. Dougherty
Boone
A. E
Ernst and Ernst To Audit City Books For 5000
Ernst and Ernst, Winston-Salem accountants, won the city council finance committee contract to audit the city's books at a cost not to exceed 5000. The audit will begin immediately under regulations from the local government commission, with new officials set to take office June 1. Mayor Grayson swore in the newly elected police force last night, naming captains, sergeants, jailer, and officers who will assume duties at midnight May 31.
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Ernst and Ernst
Winston-Salem
Knox
Local Government Commission
Robert Brockett
A. B. Horney
G. T. Royals
Grayson
G. B. Wimberly
S. C. Holland
Eugene Parrish
H. W. Smith
Ernest Davis
Waldo E. Carroll
Small Fire at Wrenn-Columbia Plant Suppressed
A small ground floor fire at the Wrenn-Columbia Furniture Co. building was extinguished by local firemen at 10 55 A M. Several sprinkler heads released minimal water damage to materials. damage overall negligible. Companies One Two and Three and the Aerial responded to the alarm.
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Wrenn-Columbia Furniture Company
Pupil Revue At High Point Auditorium
Mrs Davis presents her pupils in an annual dance revue at the High school auditorium at 8 PM. Acts include canaries, a peacock and a swan, tap and toe dances, Romani, a blackface comedian, and "The Dying Swan" tribute. Also readings and songs promised.
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High Point
Black Face Commedian
Paviowa
Disabled American Veterans Gather for North Carolina Convention
North Carolina division of the Disabled American Veterans assembles in Raleigh for its annual departmental convention. Speakers include Josephus Daniels former Navy secretary Senator J W Bailey and J B Pittman regional veterans bureau head. Officers will be elected tomorrow and Thomas Tuthrie is absent. F A Atkinson presides.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
F. A. Atkinson
Asheville
R. C. Kivett
Writer Jacques Normand Dies in Paris at 83
Paris reports the death of Jacques Normand age eighty three. He was among the select few who collaborated with Guy de Maupassant. The passing occurred in Paris on May 28.
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Normand
Paris
Jacques Normand
Guy de Maupassant
Creed of Christ sermon challenges mere creed
Rev. G. Ray Jordan at Wesley Memorial church argued that creeds can be overstressed and that living the Christ life matters more. He urged honesty and ethics over intellectual conformity, saying Christianity is a spirit to be lived and that people seek Christ through genuine example.
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Wesley Memorial Church
G. Ray Jordan
Mr. Jordan
Jordan
Christ
Rev G Ray Jordan Speaks At High Point Rotary Luncheon
The High Point Rotary club held a noon luncheon at the country club with Rev. G. Ray Jordan of Wesley Memorial M E Church as guest speaker introduced by Fred N. Tate. Attendees included F J Sizemore W M Waters Florence DC W A Royal Goldsboro Ben Elliott Durham Bill Burton Asheville and Mr Churchill. The group observed one minute of silence for Memorial Day in memory of departed fellows.
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High- Point Rotary Club
Country Club
G. Ray Jordan
Wesley Memorial M. E. Church
Fred N. Tate
Gtes
F. J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
W. M. Waters
Florence
D. C
W. A. Royal
Goldsboro
Ben Elliott
Durham
Bill Burton
Asheville
Mr. Churchill
Logan Porter
Naturalized U S Citizen Executed for Mussolini Plot
Michele Schirra, a naturalized American citizen, was convicted of plotting the assassination of Premier Mussolini and sentenced to death by shooting in the back in Rome.
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Rome
Michele Schirra
Mussolini
Potatoes Market Report From Chicago Trade
Potatoes listed with U S shipments at 598 and new stock steady. Bliss No. 1 sacked notes Alabama and Louisiana 170-180, Texas 1.60-1.75, Idaho russets 1.50-1.60, Minnesota round whites 1.10-1.15. Old stock steady and trading light with some higher fancy shades.
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Chicago
Bliss
Alabama
Louisiana
Texas
Idaho
Minnesota
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Eiber
Ik Haney
Jess
Dave
Armour
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Ease
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Eses
Erie
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Gillette
Grigsby-Grun
Houston OW
Howe Sound
Kennecott
BBM Packard
Philips
Simmons
Esse Ecosse
Sens
Osee Cscs Sat
Uvs Steel
West Union
Jacobs Shoe Stores
Assembly OF Presbyterians
State Board OF Equalization
Council
Wrenn-Columbia
Mae Cabl
High Point Hospital
ADA Blair School
Russia
Ireland
Japan
Holland
Old South
China
Greenland
Italy
Marian Burgess
Rosetta Burton
Rotary
U. S
Enna
Main
Mack’s Boot Shop
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