Capital Society Shows Russian Embassy's Revolution Affair
The Soviet embassy marked the twenty second anniversary of the October Revolution with caviar vodka and cake but drew few U S officials. Only two congressmen attended along with a Soviet charge d affaires. Roosevelt was absent and Kalinin did not send a message. ministers from several countries were among the first to greet the guest.
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Washington
Russia
Aagorneu
Lenin
People’s Commissariat For Public Health
Supreme Court
State Department
Smith W. Brookhart
Iowa
China
Turkey
Ecuador
Boehne
Dind
Buck
D-Calif
Roosevelt
Kalinin
Molotoff
Dmitri Chuvakhin
Notable guests at NLRB and securities meeting
Edwin S. Smith of the National Labor Relations Board and Leon Henderson attended the event with guests including Mrs. Thurman Arnold, Mrs. John L. Lewis, Maurice Hindus, Col. Warner McCabe, and numerous army navy and marine officers. Also described is a Lake Nyasa bread dough made from small brownish flies called kungu, kneaded into dough after capture with baskets.
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Edwin S. Smith
National Labor Relations Board
Leon Henderson
Thurman Arnold
John L. Lewis
CIO
Maurice Hindus
Col
Warner McCabe
Army
Navy
Marine
Lake Nyasa
Africa
Notice of Board of Adjustment meeting on gasoline station permit
J G Goldston and J A Johnson seek a permit to build a gasoline service station on the former Kearns property on the west side of South Main Street between C C Muse and Mrs J A Turner. They propose underground storage of 30 000 gallons. The Board of Adjustment meets November 9 1939 at 1 30 p m in City Hall Council Room. attendees may speak for or against the permit.
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J. G. Goldston
J. A. Johnson
Kearns
South Main Street
C. C. Muse
J. A. Turner
Board of Adjustment
Jos. D. Cox
Buddy Poppy Sale Set At Local VFW Post This Saturday
The High Point VFW Post No. 619 and other posts plan the annual Buddy Poppy sale on Armistice Day. Proceeds fund humanitarian veteran care, child welfare, and the National Home for orphans of war veterans in Eaton Rapids Michigan. The sale operates from the VFW hall at 310 North Main Street with mayoral support.
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High Point
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Veteran's Organization
V. F. W. National Home For Orphans of War Veterans
Eaton Rapids
Mich
V. F. W. Hall
North Main Street
T. C. Potts
North Carolina Methodists Begin Union Parley
The North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South opens its final annual session in Fayetteville. The meeting will dissolve Friday night for the union of the three Methodism branches. Bishop W W Peele presides and Bishop James H Straughn of Baltimore will speak at the reunion session.
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Fayettevill
North Carolina
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodism
W. W. Peele
James H. Straughn
Baltimore
Methodist Protestant Church
Albemarle Man Named Leader At Water Works Convention
George W. Moore of Albemarle was installed as chair of the North Carolina Section of the American Water Works Association at the annual convention with R. W. Luther of Elizabeth City as vice chair and R. S. Phillips of Durham as secretary treasurer. Dr Herman G Bailey of UNC won the George W Fuller Memorial Award and Walter M Franklin of Charlotte received the Moffitt Membership Cup for boosting new members.
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Charlotte
George W. Moore
Albemarle
North Carolina
American Water Works Association
R. W. Luther
Elizabeth City
George W. Fuller
Walter M. Franklin
Moffitt
McKean Maffitt
Wilmington
First State University Student to Be Honored at Homecoming
Pender County hosted a homecoming event featuring four speeches by Republican leaders and UNC marker dedication near Hinton James grave. Speakers included Rep. Graham Barden, UNC President Frank P. Graham, Health Officer G. M. Cooper, and NC Historical Commission Secretary C. Crittenden.
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Burgaw
Hinton James
University of North Carolina
Pender County
Graham Barden
Frank P. Graham
G. M. Cooper
C. Crittenden
North Carolina Historical Commission
Rural Letter Carriers Plan Raleigh Meeting
North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers Association executive board, led by President H. MeN. Johnson, will hold a meeting Saturday in Raleigh, officials announced.
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RFC
Willard
The
North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers’ Association
Raleigh
H. Men. Johnson
Thanksgiving Day Observed At U S Veterans Hospital
Dr. C L Moore acting manager said November 23 will be observed as Thanksgiving Day at the U S Veterans Hospital at Oteen near Asheyville. North Carolina's Thanksgiving Day will be November 30.
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C. L. Moore
U.S. Veterans Hospital
Oteen
Here
North Carolina
Carnation to Build Milk Condensary in Statesville
The Carnation Company plans a milk condensary in Statesville at about $200,000. Announcement came at a Chamber of Commerce banquet.
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Statesville
Carnation Company
Chamber of Commerce
Newell to Address Chapel Hill Young Republicans
Jake F. Newell, chairman of the North Carolina Republican party, has accepted an invitation to speak to the Young Republican Club of Chapel Hill in the near future.
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Newell
Charlotte
Jake F. Newell
Republican Party
North Carolina
Young Republican Club of
Chapel Hill
Armistice Day urged with governor’s proclamation missing
Raleigh dispatch notes Armistice Day activities could proceed across the state but banks would stay open without an official proclamation. Commissioner Head would remind the governor of the duty if overlooked. A note on prizes of 2200 dollars across three amateur groups.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
June Rose
The
American Legion
Clyde Hoey
Gurney P. Head
Parking meter affidavit tale and NC history quotes
An out of town motorist uses a clever nickel trick to extend parking until a night show. The story mixes a humorous Fayetteville Street meter anecdote with John Lawson’s 1709 Carolina history passage. Also notes NC job openings across furniture upholstery, industrial engineering, sheet metal work, clothes pressing, and other posts via the State Employment Service Raleigh office.
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Sara Nisbet
Lynn Nisbet
Fayetteville Street
Carolina
John Lawson
North Carlina
Bill Sharpe
Department of Conservation and Development
North Carolina
al Young
Raleigh
State Employment Service
Creomulsion Promises Relief for Coughs and Bronchitis
An ad touts Creomulsion as a potent, non narcotic remedy for a three days cough chest cold and chronic bronchitis. It claims rapid cough relief loosens phlegm and soothes inflamed bronchial membranes with beechwood creosote blends and guarantees money back if relief isn’t received.
Flashes Of Life and Quick Legal Divorces In Indiana
In Evansville eight year old Maria Suhrenheingich was struck by a car crossing railroad tracks on her way to school and then hit by a train. she sustained only a minor head injury and a leg bruise after hospital treatment. In Muncie judge Claude Ball granted divorces to Willa and Eugene Dull and to Cecile Mae Sharp and Arthur Sharp in successive cases.
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Evansville
Ind
Maria Suhrenheingich
DULL
Sharp Muncibe
Claude
Ball
Willa Dull
Eugene Dull
Arthur Sharp
Cecile Mae Sharp
Sharp
Charity theft shocks Abilene civic leader
Ed Slaughter, president of a local civic club in Abilene Texas, returned from gathering used clothing for the needy to find his new winter suit stolen from a dressing room at his office.
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Abilene, Tex
Ed Slaughter
Abilene
Health Institute Sale Leads to Omaha Address
William M. Schmoller, once in Holland at World War I outbreak, bought passage on the steamship Rotterdam that failed to sail. He later returned home on another ship, and 25 years later faced a new wartime transport problem while in Holland.
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Chicago
Health Institute
Omaha
Neb
William M. Schmoller
Holland
Rotterdam
Schmoller
Norway Tightens Controls on Sale of Various Articles
The Norwegian government imposes new restrictions on selling a range of items citing risk to public order and safety. Authorities enforce tighter licensing and traceability measures while retail outlets must comply with updated rules and reporting requirements.
Banks to observe Armistice Day Holiday in High Point
Saturday November 11 Armistice Day will be observed by High Point banks. H N Williard secretary of the High Point Clearing House announced the holiday and asked residents to complete banking transactions before Saturday.
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High Point
H. N. Williard
High Point Clearing House Association
Leaf Market Totals Hit 1.2 Million Pounds in Winston Sale
Winston-Salem tobacco buyers cleared 1,200,000 pounds with an average near $17.40 per hundred as much of the day’s stock was low to common grades though some choicer leaf fetched as high as $55 per hundred. The season surpassed 25 million pounds.
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Winston-Salem
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