Furniture Trade Shows Seasonal Improvement Says Seidman Report
The September bulletin by Seidman Seidman reports 29 percent higher new orders and 24 percent higher shipments than August, with improvements uneven versus 1929. Unfilled orders shrink to less than a month’s work, and payrolls rise about 3 percent from August though overall employment remains about 30 percent below last year.
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Seidman & Seidman, Certified Public Accountants
Seidman & Seidman
Conference opening with sermons and ordination service
A conference opens with a sermon by Rev. H. F. Fogleman of Enfield on Friday afternoon, followed by a communion service led by Rev. L. W. Gerringer of Burlington. The High Point College Choral Club directed by Prof. Ernest Stimson will perform during the gathering. The event includes 29,298 members, 230 churches, 93 ordained ministers and 86 licentiates. Sunday morning features the ordination sermon.
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High Point College
R. I. Farmer
M. P
Edward Suits
Lebanon M. P
George L. Reynolds
English Street M. P
George L. Curry
Welch Memorial
G. I
High Point College Choral Club
Ernest Stimson
H. F. Fogleman
Enfield
L. W. Gerringer
Burlington
Guilford County Democrats Rally For Prohibition Support
Speaker Renfrow urges voters to back Democrats in Guilford County in Tuesday elections. He links Republican ties to prohibition rollback and cites alleged misappropriation from a state fund over ten years. He touts Democratic governance achievements and calls for continued turnout.
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United States
Renfrow
Guilford County
Democratic Party
High Point
Cathedral Tomb of Columbus Faces Gale in Santo Domingo
A devastating hurricane struck Santo Domingo in early September damaging much of the city while the Cathedral housing the bronze casket of Columbus remained intact. The Red Cross mobilized relief, with $50,000 from its treasury and aid from many nations. Navy and Marine aviators delivered medical supplies and established lines of communication as Governor Roosevelt organized relief efforts in the Dominican Republic.
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Ispaniola
Christopher Columbus
Dominican Republic
American Red Cross
Santo Domingo
Republic
Navy
United States
Red Cross
Theodore Roosevelt
Porto Rico
City costs rise as services move from private to public
City manager cites ten years of new responsibilities as garbage collection and two sewage plants add 32 000 and at least 25 000 annually. Civl court and public welfare cost 10 000 and 19 000 respectively, plus parks 7 000 and abattoir 8 000 and city hall 7 000. Per capita tax 15.31 in 1938 shows modest rise but tax relief from higher operating revenues.
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Board of Public Welfare
Knox
High Point Honors Harmony Foundation Scholarship Process
The procedure requires evidence from reliable sources such as parents teachers employers pastors or other official references that the Scout personally embodies the Scout oath laws and motto through daily practice before awarding any Harmon Foundation scholarship.
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Harmon Foundation
Court of Honor
Insurance convention to cover all life and casualty branches
Insurance groups from life fire and casualty and industrial life will convene with general and breakout sessions at Greensboro hotels. The event opens November 6 with registration in the King Cotton lobby and includes a theater party for underwriters. Friday sessions feature talks on trends, investments, and modern underwriter concepts.
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North Carolina Insurance Day
King Cotton Hotel
Laurence F. Lee
Occidental Life Insurance Company
John Marshall Holcombe, Jr
Life Insurance Sales Research Bureau
Hartford
Robert N. Hanes
Winston-Salem
Albert Linton
Provident Mutual Life Insurance Company
Philadelphia
Tully D. Blair
Pilot Life Insurance Company
North Carolina
Sedgefield
Greensboro Courhes
W. B. Merriman
Greensboro
Insurance Federation of North Carolina
John R. Peacock
J. Elwood Cox
King Cotton
O. Henry
T. Alfred Fleming
New York
National Board of Fire Underwriters
Fred C. Odell
Greensboro Insurance Exchange
FEF
Robertson Jones
Association of Surety and Casualty Executives
L. K. Babcock
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
Life Underwriters
Roger Hull
National Association of Life Underwriters
Social Engineers
Albert BE. N. Gray
Prudential Life Insurance Company
British labor ministry classifies football stars as paid workers
The British ministry of labor says football stars who are paid for their services are in the same category as paid workers in any other industry. The announcement accompanies a debate on banning foreign players from British teams. The ministry has asked the English Scottish and Welsh football associations for their views on the proposed ban.
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Ministry of Labor
Mastodon bones found near King City in Missouri
Discovery uncovers mastodon remains from a prehistoric animal once roaming Missouri soil near King City. Researchers haul bones for study and dating to place the creature in the region’s ancient ecosystem.
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Missouri
King City
The Little Church Around the Corner’s Storied Fame
The Church of the Transfiguration on 29th Street near Fifth Avenue in New York is famed as The Little Church Around the Corner. Its reputation began in 1871 when Joe Jefferson uplifted a graveyard dispute by saying God bless the little church around the corner, a phrase that popularized the church locally and nationally. Founded in 1848 by Dr. George H. Houghton, it has long drawn crowds for weddings often numbering about two thousand yearly, with Episcopalian roots but welcoming couples regardless of creed.
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NEA
New York
America
29Th Street
Fifth Avenue
Joseph Jefferson
Madison Avenue
George Holland
Joe Jefferson
George H. Houghton
George Clark Houghton
Chur
Tunnel Cuts Off Town From Principal Road
A 30-foot bore 531 feet long will be built through Newcastle to bypass the business district and connect to a transcontinental highway. The tunnel will be electrically lighted and lined with red timbers with concrete piers. The project, estimated at 226000 dollars, aims to reduce driving hazards on the main streets.
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Newcastle
Cal
California
Two Thousand Mexicans Finish 35 Stretch Road Near Tremendo
In a one day effort, two thousand Mexican workers completed a 35 stretch of road near Tremendo, showcasing rapid labor and regional infrastructure work. The project advances local transport links and demonstrates high productivity.
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Tremendo
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