Hoover Drives Bipartisan Push to Avert Short Session
President Hoover leads an administration effort to push December legislation with Republican cooperation to avoid a special session. He wrote to Democratic Leader Robinson seeking a unified program. Carter Glass condemns the Democratic pledge as an apology for victory. Unemployment bills and public works are prioritized, along with inland waterways seed loans and nine pending appropriation measures. Muscle Shoals remains a key unresolved issue.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
Senate
House
Robinson
Arkansas
Carter Glass
Virginia
House Appropriations Committee
House Representatives
City Council Seeks Cheaper Power Rates
An adjourned city council meeting in the city manager's office discussed securing cheaper electrical rates for city use. Duke Power's charge of $1.75 less five percent was deemed too high, with no definite plan agreed. The option of city manufacturing its own current was explored with engineer W. C. Olsen outlining feasible plans.
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Knox
Duke Power Company
W. C. Olsen
Hinnant Speaks at Rotary Meeting in High Point
O H Hinnant former Wilmington leader and now Y M C A general secretary in Montevideo Uruguay addressed the High Point Rotary Club. Edgar Hartley introduced him and Wingate Andrews led the program. He urged better US South American relations stressing language history and mutual understanding to sustain trade and influence against Germany.
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O. H. Hinnant
Wilmington
Montevideo
Uruguay
High Point Rotary Club
Edgar Hartley
Wingate Andrews
Hinnant
North America
South America
Prohibition Rumors Swirl Around White House Report
New York November 13. Reports from the enforcement commission suggest dramatic findings in a report for the president on prohibition though specifics remain undisclosed. Director Woodcock returns from Hawaii to confer with Attorney General Mitchell while insisting the current enforcement system is the best possible. Dr Nicholas Murray Butler warns repeal of the 18th Amendment in 1932 could trigger the biggest political upheaval in living memory.
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Law Enforcement Commission
Woodcock
Prohibition Bureau
Honolulu
Mitchell
Pacific
Butler
New York
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
Simeon D. Fess
Republican National Committee
Dr. Butler
Post Office Site Selection and Building Plans
Reports outline steps to choose a site for a new post office. If price is right, a quick purchase. If not, an agent negotiates and condemnation may be used, delaying six months to a year or more. Meanwhile interior painting bids are to be sought, with two lowest bidders forwarded for treasury approval. Delay possible until January 1, 1931 if Christmas mail rush demands it.
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Treasury
Department
Post Office Department
High Point Post Office
Fis
Final Rites for W Lindsay Myers
Funeral services were held at the First Reformed church in Thomasville for W Lindsay Myers Confederate veteran and pioneer resident who died after a ten day illness. The service included remarks on his Civil War activities, a quartet performance, and floral tributes from the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Surviving relatives were listed. pallbearers and honorary pallbearers named.
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Thomasville
W. Lindsay Myers
First Reformed Church
J. A. Palmer
John F. Kirk
Main Street
M. E
W. A. Lambeth
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Mr. Myers
Conley Hobby
Will H. Owen
Will S. Long
W. G. Hinkle
Les Black
Keifer Long
Editor Trusts Conference Group After Honest Deed
Miss Myrtle Ellen LeBarr, editor and special Raleigh observer, cites a North Carolina safety conference as honest after her purse disappeared from the Sheraton mezzanine and was found exactly where left. She credits delegates and attendees for the integrity observed amid a busy registration and session period.
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Myrtle Ellen LeBarr
Tar Heel
Raleigh News and Observer
North Carolina
Sheraton Hotel
Myers Family Obituary Highlights Local Lineage
Flora Hiatt Myers wife and Mrs Flora survive along with three daughters Misses Fanny and Lena Myers Mrs Mollie Snell and son John R Myers all of Thomasville. Six grandchildren and five great grandchildren also survive.
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Flora
Hiatt Myers
Fanny
Lena Myers
Mollie Snell
John R. Myers
Thomasville
High Alpine Railways Aim for Record Heights
The Jungfrau line in Switzerland now reaches 11 340 feet, and a new St. Moritz to Piz Bernina line would hit 13 30 feet. The Peruvian Central Railway currently tops at 15 865 feet as the world’s highest railway.
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ST. Moritz
Switzerland
Jungfrau
Piz Bernina
Commission 10 Be Feted At Dinner In High Point
A dinner in honor of the North Carolina Industrial Commission and conference speakers will be held at 6 30 p m at the Elwood hotel. About 200 to 250 local manufacturers and delegates are expected to attend the state wide safety conference. A luncheon at 1 p m tomorrow at the Sheraton hotel will feature J C B Ehringhaus of Elizabeth City as speaker, introduced by C M Waynick.
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North Carolina Industrial Commission
Elwood Hotel
High Point Bar Association
Chamber of Commerce
Sheraton
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City
Ehringhaus
C. M. Waynick
High Point Enterprise
Senior Christian Endeavor Meeting at Central Friends Church
The Senior Christian Endeavor of Central Friends church will meet tomorrow at 6 30 PM for supper in the basement assembly room. All Endeavor members are invited to attend.
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Christian Endeavor Society
Central Friends Church
The
Christian Endeavor
Billy Burke Wins Mid South Golf Crown at Pinehurst
Billy Burke of Greenwich Conn won the 11th annual Mid South golf tournament at Pinehurst with a 145 after rounds yesterday. Emmet French of Youngstown Tommy Armous of Detroit and Mike Turnesh of Elmsford N Y tied for second to fourth with 147, two strokes behind Burke who earned 400 dollars.
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Pinehurst
Billy Burke
Greenwich
Conn
Emmet French
Youngstown
Ohio
Tommy Armous
Detroit
Mike Turnesh
Elmsford
N. Y
Burke
Educational Toy Exposition At High Point Branch
The High Point branch of the American Association of University Women sponsors an Educational Toy Exposition. Children’s Toy Band from Bay Street school performs at 3 p.m. under Miss Ha Hensley’s direction. Forty pupils from Miss Martha Deaton’s class join in. Mrs. J L Carpenter discusses choosing toys, followed by Willie Welch’s story hour. Display and program open to all Friday in Penney’s basement with hostesses from the association.
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High Point
American Association of University Women
J. C. Penney’s Department
South Main Street
Bay Street
Ha Hensley
Martha Deaton
J. L. Carpenter
Willie Welch
Corporal Margetts Rescues Pig to Save Christmas Dinner
Ottawa corporal Margetts saved a life by rescuing a pig during a storm at a far north post. He saved two pigs by jumping into icy water to drag one back to safety after the pig pen was swept overboard. he did not receive a medal for the act.
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Ottawa
Margetts
Margetta
Phillips Milk of Magnesia promoted for mothers and children
An advertisement extols Phillips Milk of Magnesia for babies and kids to relieve digestive distress from souring food. It claims gentle laxative action and substitute for lime water, touts the book Useful Information, and invites readers to request free materials from The Phillips Company in New York.
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Varick St
New York
N. Y
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Germany
United States
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Maye Mode
van Dyke’s
van Dyke
Winston-Salem
Daisy Brown
Anna Mendenhall
Magnesia
Goodyear
Rockbottom
Hiatt Tire
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