They Found No Peace Wilson And Ford
Armistice Day 1939 marks another setback for peace workers in a series on their efforts. Woodrow Wilson shaped the League of Nations and pursued peace through mediation, but the world war era and subsequent events left his vision unfulfilled and his legacy debated.
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Wilson
Ford
Willis Thornton
NEA
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Parliament of Nations
Staunton
Georgia
South Carolina
Vera Cruz
Huerta
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Niagara Falls
Villa
New London
Conn
Peach
Europe
Senate
House
Germany
Henry Ford
U. S
League of Equal Member-Nations
Versailles
Geneva
League
Court of International Justice
The
Hague
United States
Japan
Italy
Evelyn Brent to Appe ar Center Theatre November 15
Polly reports that Evelyn Brent of movie fame will appear in person at the Center Theatre on Wednesday November 15, headlining the French Revue Streets de Paree. Four performances are planned with members from Hollywood and Broadway in the cast, alongside Brent’s Panama Lady film soon to release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Smart
Evelyn Brent
Center Theatre
Miss Brent
Harry Fox
Chisholm
Lampe
Gene Fields
Hollywood
Broadway
Mr. Smith
Washington
Wallace Beery
Chester Morris
Virginia Grey
The
Broadhurst
George O’brien
William Boyd
Russell Hayden
Paramount
Nelson Eddy
Jeanette MacDonald
Rose Marie
Ann Sheridan
Richardson Carlson
George Raft
James Cagney
Rialto
Wild Bill” Elliott
Robert Montgomery
Rosalind Russell
North State Telephone Company
High Point
Hiatt Tire Company
Goodyear
Brenda Bracelets
Notice of Board of Adjustment hearing on gas station permit
J G Goldston and J A Johnson seek a permit to erect a gasoline service station on the former Kearns property on the west side of the 300 block of South Main Street between C C Muse and Mrs J A Turner. The plan includes underground storage of 30 000 gallons. A Board of Adjustment meeting will be held in the City Hall Council Room on Thursday November 9 1939 at 1 30 p m. Those wishing to speak for or against the permit should attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Goldston
J. A. Johnson
Kearns
South Main Street
C. C. Muse
J. A. Turner
Board of Adjustment
Jos. D. Cox
Notice of Sale of Land in High Point Guilford NC 1939
Public auction will sell cash at the Municipal Building High Point NC on Thursday December 7 1939 at 11:00 AM to satisfy a deed of trust note in default. The lot known as S W Marshall on English Street Pope Street area lies in Guilford County beginning at a point on English Street and includes a 5 percent deposit. Sale subject to street assessments due after October 1 1939 and conducted by Mark Cauble trustee with Haworth Reese attorneys.
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Gale
Lucy E. Sprinkle
Mark Cauble
Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point
County of Guilford
English Street
Pope Street
S. W. Marshall
June A. Johnson
C. E
Price Haworth & Reese
Negro Republican Leader Booze Shot in Ambush at Mound Bayou
Eugene P. Booze 61, a Negro Republican leader, was shot dead as he left his office in Mound Bayou. His chauffeur Andrew Polk, 29, was wounded. Booze blamed political jealousy and a local feud linked to the earlier killing of his sister-in-law Stella Montgomery. He died in a Greenville hospital with multiple chest and abdomen wounds. Polk’s hip wound was not dangerous.
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Mound Bayou
Miss
Eugene P. Booze
Greenville
Booze
Andrew Polk
Stella Montgomery
Mississippi
Polk
Two Churches Cooperate In Leaders Training School
Wallburg and New Friendship Churches join for a five night leaders training school for Sunday School workers. Sessions run at Wallburg Church on Nov 14 16 17 and at New Friendship on Nov 27 28 beginning at 7 50 p m. A staff of capable instructors will conduct courses for officers and teachers across departments.
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Wallburg
New Friendship
Capital Socialites Shun Soviet Celebration in Washington
Washington socialites split over the 21st anniversary of the Russian Revolution at the Soviet embassy. About 1,000 invitations were issued as diplomats and congressmen weighed attendance amid Molotov’s Finland policy critique. Some lawmakers condemned the event. others planned to observe from afar. Foreign attaches described a cautious diplomatic atmosphere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beth Campbell
Washington
Royal Garden
Molotoff
Roosevelt
Russia
Finland
Rep. McCormick
D-Mass
Moscow
House
Dmitriy
Chuvakhin
Cumanski
North Carolina Daughters of the Confederacy to Meet
The annual executive board meeting of the North Carolina division United Daughters of the Confederacy will be held in Greensboro on Tuesday December 5.
Local Baptist Leaders Headline Roster
Leaders including Rev J Ned Taylor of Ardmore Baptist Church Winston Salem Rev and Mrs L S Gaines of Lexington First Baptist Church and Miss Charlotte Tedder of Lexington comprise the attendee list for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ned Taylor
Ardmore Baptist Church
Winston-Salem
L. S. Gaines
Lexington First Baptist Church
Charlotte Tedder
Lexington
Wallburg Workers Council Meet At Church Friday Night
The Wallburg Workers Council will meet at the church Friday night in conference with the pastor Rev. L. J. Matthews. The Pelican Sunday school class taught by Mrs. Maskey Smith will be entertained at Mrs. Morton’s home in Kernersville Saturday afternoon November 11.
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Wallburg Workers’ Council
L. J. Matthews
Pelican
Maskey Smith
U S Vessel Black Gull Sails From New York At Its Own Risk
CBS reported a German bulletin saying the American ship Black Gull left New York for Antwerp and Rotterdam with a cargo described as contraband. Victor J. Sudman of Black Diamond Line said the cargo was general and included most items the government permits to ship to Europe.
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New York
Columbia Broadcasting System
DXB
Berlin
Antwerp
Rotterdam
Columbia
Victor J. Sudman
Black Diamond Line
Europe
Summerfield Man Fined for Drunken Driving in Thomasville
W C Lanford of Summerfield was convicted of drunken driving in Thomasville Municipal court before Judge C W Gilliam. He was fined 50 dollars and court costs, and his license was revoked for twelve months. Other defendants included Sanford, Kinney Hughes, J William Reid, Carl Eller, and W E Collins facing various liquor and traffic charges with court costs assigned.
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Thomasville
W. C. Lanford
Summerfield
C. W. Gilliam
Lanford
Sanford
Kinney Hughes
Farmer Ray Horne Dies From Auto Injury Near Wallace
Wilmington news reports Ray Horne a farmer aged unknown died in a Wilmington hospital from injuries sustained when struck by an automobile near Wallace on Saturday. He previously received treatment after the collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Ray Horne
Wallace
Pioneer telegraph founder Robert J. Foster dies at 70
Hickory Nov 7 Robert James Foster aged 70 who opened the first commercial telegraph office in Hickory about 36 years ago died yesterday after a weeklong illness Funeral services were held today
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Hickory
Robert James Foster
Thomasville Woman Receives Original McGuffey Reader
Mrs. Allen Surratt, head of the Thomasville library, received an 1857 edition of McGuffey's Third Elective Reader from Jackson Hill, Davidson County. The note details the author William H. McGuffey born in 1800 and his life, plus the publishers notice for the book published in Ohio.
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Thomasville
Allen Surratt
Surratt
Jackson Hill
Davidson County
McGuffey
Alexander Surratt
M'Guffey
William H. McGuffey
Washington County
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Youngstown
State Witnesses Say Pisgah Forest Undamaged By Deer
State witnesses testified that examinations showed no damage to Pisgah National Forest trees by deer and that deer are less plentiful than in past years while the federal suit seeks to curb state enforcement over game on federal lands.
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Pisgah Forest
Raleigh
Pisgah National Forest
Pisgah
United States District Court
John D. Chalk
Chalk
Board of Conservation and Development
A. J. Hudgins
Canton
W. H. Cochran
Asheville
G. C. Platt
Haywood County
Sherwood Forest
Motors to boost U S air supremacy tests at Langley Moffet
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics announced bids for 27 000 horsepower motors to power new high speed tests at Langley Field Virginia and the upcoming laboratory at Moffet Field California. The current Langley wind tunnel uses an 8000 horsepower fan capable of over 500 mph. A second 8000 horsepower motor drives the pressure wind tunnel to double wind effects on airframes.
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Washington
America
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Langley Field
Moffet Field
Calif
Committee
Wallburg PTA Plans Support for Girls Basketball Suits
Wallburg High School hosts a PTA meeting led by president Miss Crouch. A publicity committee is formed, and the group votes to aid the Athletic Association in buying girls basketball uniforms. Intramural games are played as teachers and staff attend district meetings and a Tom Thumb Wedding is staged by first graders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallburg
Parent-Teacher Association
Crouch
Ethel Fields
Perry Hayworth
Ernst Motsinger
R. C. Lanning
Athletic Association
Acme Quartet
Negro Musicians
Winston-Salem
Wallburg Gymnasium
Hazel Newsom
Carey Davis
High Point
Helen Yokeley
Margaret Johnson
Colleen Spainhour
Florida
Yokeley
West Virginia Ex Senator Chilton Dies at 81
William E. Chilton Sr., 81, former U S Senator and Charleston Gazette publisher, a longtime Democratic leader in West Virginia, died today. He was elected by the state legislature in 1910 and served from 1910 to 1917.
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Charleston
W. Va
William E. Chilton
U. S
Charleston Gazette
West Virginia
Senate
Poem by George M. Weiss Accepted for 1939 Christmas Lyrics
George M. Weiss of High Point Route One has had a poem accepted for publication in Beacon Publications forthcoming volume Christmas Lyrics of 1939. His piece There is Nothing Like a Mother will be featured.
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George M. Weiss
High Point
Route One
Beacon Publications
Gravely to Speak at Thomasville Rotary Lions and BPW Meet
Lee Gravely of Rocky Mount will address a joint Thomasville Rotary Club Lions Club and BPW Chapter meeting at the Woman's Club building on Wednesday at noon. Gravely, a former state senator and house member, is considered a potential candidate for North Carolina governor and is a successful tobacconist. He chaired the senate committee to select a site for the Western North Carolina Sanatorium and served on other key panels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Lee Gravely
Rocky Mount
North Carolina
Rotary Club
Senate
Funeral Services Held for Murphy Children in Guilford Accident
Final rites were conducted for John G. Murphy 12 and Jane Gale Murphy 3 who died in a traffic crash near Guilford Battleground Saturday. The service at Shiloh Methodist Church included several local pastors and burial followed in the church cemetery. The children were relatives of Mrs. H. G. Rothrock of High Point.
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Greensboro
John G. Murphy
Jane Gale Murphy
Guilford Battleground
Shiloh Methodist Church
Julian
H. L. Isley
Fred R. Love
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
High Point
W. J. Brown
Piney View Primitive Baptist Church
Stokes County
C. A Wall
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