American Legion backs National Education Week in North Carolina
The American Legion teams with the American Education Association to sponsor Education Week from Armistice Day November 11 to November 17. In North Carolina programs will run in schools on radio and through sermons as seven daily education themes guide activities.
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North Carolina
State Department of Public Instruction
Rebecca Cushing
Juanita McDougald
The
American Legion
Tame Borger Chooses Mexia Ranger as Police Chief
Albert R. Mace, seven years chief of police at Mexia and a former Texas Ranger, has been named chief of police at Borger where martial law has been lifted. He will bring experience from tamed Mevi na and Borger’s oil boom era to stabilize the western town.
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Mevina
Tex
Borger
Texas
Albert R. Mace
Mexia
National Education Group Sponsors Seven Day Education Week
The National Education association and partners sponsor a seven day program during Armistice week to highlight education's role in world understanding and goodwill. The aim is to foster a closer bond between the public and schools and to promote an educated citizenship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Education Association
Three-piece Tailleur Continues For Winter
Paris fashion notes show three piece tailleurs gaining winter vogue alongside fur coats. Parisian women favor tailored suits over one piece dresses worn with fur street coats. Fur is sometimes used as a lining matching the suit fabric. White specks and tiny white patterns appear on dark tailleurs paired with white satin or lame tunic blouses.
Radio Programs Across the Dial on Sunday Evening
Listings show a wide network of stations from New York to Richmond broadcasting religious services, concerts, hourlong programs, and weathered variety shows. Notable entries include Our Government by David Lawrence, Major Bowes Family, and Arabesque with Wayne King, spanning WABC WJZ WEAF and WEAF affiliates.
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New York
NBC Chain
Sportas Revue
WHEL
WFI
Woyz
WGR
WEJIC
WWI
WSAIL
WGY
Countess Abani
WWJ
WEEI
WJAR
Heroes of the World
WTAG
WCSH
WCAB
WEI
WSAL
WRVYA
WJAX
WIOD
WHAS
WSM
WSB
Major Bowes
Beal Hober
WRC
WGOY
WFJC
WTAM
Horal
WTI
WLIT
WCAE
Weijic
WSAI
WLOD
WBT
David Lawrence
WTIC
Reinald Werrenrath
Haritone
Weei Wrc
WGN
Champions’ Orchestra
Fred Waldner
WEL
Seth Parker
WCAK
WEJC
Sam Herman
WABC
CBS Chain
Dr. Barnhouse
WMAL
WKBW
WEAN
WNAC
WKRC
WJAS
WFEBL
WLBW
WCAU
WCAO
WADC
WHP
The
Fur Trappers Orchestra
WJIAS
WKRCG
WHK
WGHP
WMAK
WSPD
Theater of the Air
WFBL
WIAS
WERC
WLAC
WDBI
WTAR
WWNC
WDOD
WBRCO
CFRB
CKAC
WDEL
WSAZ
WMA
WKBN
Poet of the Organ
WNACG
WEBL
WMAQ
WHE
Wnac Wean
Coral Islanders
WJZ
760
WBZ
WBAL
WHAM
WLW
WAPI
KDKA
WJR
KYW
Red Cross
Lncle Henry’s Magazine
Astrid Fjelde
Amos
Andy
Mill Folk Theme Playmaker Drama in Chapel Hill
Carolina Playmakers conclude a three night run of Job's Kinfolks by Loretta Carroll Bailey with full houses. Bailey and fellow Chapel Hill and out of town collaborators praised for strong acting and first hand depictions of mill life. University Faculty Orchestra accompanied and Frederick H. Kock directed. Producing staff listed from multiple cities.
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Chapel Hill
Carolina Playmakers
Job
Loretta Carroll Bailey
Hubert Heffner
Howard Bailey
Muriel Wolff
Phoebe Harding
Washington
Nottina Strobach
Yakima
Wash
Miss Bailey
Galsworthy
University
Frederick H. Kock
Fred Greer
Anniston
Ala
William Day
Greenwich
Popular Biographies at High Point Public Library
The High Point Public Library lists popular biographies including P. T. Barnum Bismarck Edward Bok Saga of Billy the Kid Daniel Boone Catherine the Great Buffalo Bill Isadora Duncan Elizabeth and Essex Henry the Eighth The Story of My Life Lee the American Abraham Lincoln We by Lindbergh Napoleon John D Rockefeller A Daughter of the Samurai George Washington and more. The summaries highlight notable figures from history and culture.
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P. T. Barnum
M. R. Werner
Bismarck
Emil Ludwig
Edward Bok
E. W. Bok
America
Billy the Kid
W. N. Burns
Daniel Boone
S. EK. White
Middle West
Johnny Burgueyre
FE. J. Hudleston
C. J. Murphy
Richard Byrd
Kit Carson
Stanley Vestal
Catherine the Great
K. S. Anthony
Buffalo Bill
W. EF. Cody
Isadora Duncan
Elizabeth and
Essex
Lytton Strachey
England
Henry the Eighth
Francis Hackett
Helen Keller
Lee
Gamaliel Bradford
Robert E. Lee
Mid-Channel
Ludwig Lewisohn
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
Honest Abe
Charles A. Lindbergh
Lindy
St. Louis
Napoleon
Old
Japan
George Washington
Rupert Hughes
High Point Hearing on Commissioners Reports in Parker Case
In Guilford County North Carolina Superior Court City of High Point vs D R Parker and Eunice A Parker et al certified copies of commissioners reports as to damages and benefits have been filed for inspection in the City Manager of High Point Hearing set for November 19 1929 at 7 30 PM in City Hall to consider objections to the assessment roll by order of the City Council dated November 6 1929 City Manager E M Knox signs the notice
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North Carolina
Guilford County
City of
High Point
D. R. Parker
Eunice A. Parker
E. M. Knox
Baker Profiles Wilson as Greatest Democrat
Ray Stannard Baker praises Woodrow Wilson as the greatest Democrat in a biographical portrait. He notes he is not a Democrat yet enjoyed the task of writing the life of the nation’s leader.
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Woodrow Wilson
Ray Stannard Baker
Baker
D A R Membership Reaches Historic High
NEW YORK The D A R reports 171 840 women enrolled the highest point in society history. Since founding more than 350 000 lineal descendants of American Revolution soldiers joined. deaths cut that number roughly in half. At the last meeting 2 700 new members were welcomed, the largest single intake.
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New York
Farm Roads Surfacing Rises Year by Year
Washington reports from the United States bureau of public roads show farmers replacing mud with surfaced county and local roads. In 1928, 45 531 miles of county and local roads were improved, excluding state systems.
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Washington (P
United States Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
Reward Offer for Pellagra and Hookworm Remedies
A $35 reward promises complete satisfaction in any case of Pellagra or Hookworm if the Dr. McCrary remedy fails. A 50 page book with full details is available free from Dr. W. J. McCrary, Inc. Dept. A-20, Carbon Hill, Alabama.
Surfacings Rise as Road Improvement Increases
The bureau reports 1927 saw 59,732 miles improved, with 33,852 miles surfaced, about 57 percent. In 1926 surfaced roads accounted for 41 percent of the mileage improved, while total mileage reached 29,888 miles or 66 percent surfaced.
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Bureau
Women on Radio Baseball Enthusiasm at New England Rail
Radio operators report equal interest among women and men for baseball broadcasts on passengers trains in New England.
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Boston
New England
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Etther
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Clear Channel
WPG
Atlantic City
Galen Hall
Baltimore
WJIZ
Hartford
WEAF
Newark
Dr. Payne
Forum
Cathedral Saga
Hotel
Choir Invisible
Manhattan Symphony
Playhouse
Moonbeams
Philadelphia
Pioneers
Pittsburgh
Shadyside Presbyterian Church
Calvary Episcopal Church
Rochester
Fireside Forum
Schenectady
WBZ Springfield
Central and Southern
Cincinnati
Hotel Orchestra
Symphony Hour
Cleveland
Ed McConnell
WCX
Detroit
Boys In Blue
Atlanta
Charlotte
Sally
First Baptist Church
Louisville
Royal Hungarians
Nashville
WEAPF
WSM Rhythm Symphony
WRVA
Richmond
St. Mark's
Drew
City Fuel CO
Chas. F. Blake
Canaries
Just
Hartz Mountains
Eureka Pet Shop
T. Reighter
Over Enterprise Office
Centennial Avenue
High Point Public Library
Tire Service Co
J. T. Carter
Mgr
North Wrenn
General Tire
Thomasville
Denton
R.R
R. R
Schwab Tailoring Company
East Broad St
Commercial Bank
Drs. Staley & Staley
Staley Brothers
Caroline
Carolina Coal & Transfer Co
High Point Steam Laundry
Wachovia Bank
Perpetual Building & Loan
High
Point Real Estate
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
Commercial National Bank
V. A. J. Idol
V. Pres. & Trea
C. H. Ellis
Greensboro
Oak Hill
High Point Hosiery Mills
O. E. Mendenhall
Mendenhall
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