Community Center Opens on Grace Street
A new community center at 800 Grace Street opens with a recreation room and domestic arts classes under the relief administration. The facility relies on local donations for furnishings and expects to be self supporting. Classes in sewing knitting and home activities will be taught daily by expert instructors. The center includes books magazines a small organ phonograph and a radio. The opening signals possible expansion to other city areas if successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rene
Relief Administration
Bolivia Breaks Paraguayan Right Wing In Northern Chaco
The Bolivian War Ministry reports Bolivian forces shattered the Paraguayan right wing in the northern Chaco Boreal aimed at Bolivia’s oil region. Commanders claim capture of forts 27th and 37th of November, driving Paraguayans 25 miles in five days and threatening the Paraguayan center. Nearly 20 000 people celebrated in La Paz with patriotic songs and band music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Paz
Bolivia
Bolivian Ministry of War
Chaco Boreal
Paraguay
la Pas
AB Club to Present The Spider Mystery Play at Paramount
The American Business Club stages The Spider a mystery melodrama on Friday night November 23 at the Paramount theater. Fulton Oursler and Lowell Bren tano wrote the piece with Sam H. Harris originations. Milbourne Amos Charles T. Parker headline a large local cast with numerous amateur thespians and rehearsals underway under Miss Margaret Hauser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Business Club
Paramount Theater
Fulton Oursler
Lowell Brentano
Sam H. Harris
46Th Street Theater
New York
Hirs
A. B. Club
Chatt
Milbourne Amos
Inspector Riley
Ace Police
Charles T. Parker
Parker Waynick
Matt Wall
Ralph Slate
J. B. Richardson
Miss Bess Monroe
Chas Robbins, Jr
Bob Davis
Julian Franklin
Holt Mece-pherson
Robert Fearing
Frank Barfield
Dick White
Wayne Bundy
Pat McSwain
Margaret Hauser
Ned MecEachern
Sam Denny
Local Man Dies After Vehicle Collision Near Yanceyville
A. D. Weet, 50, of Caswell County, died from injuries suffered when struck by the car driven by J. H. Harris of Roxboro near Yanceyville. Harris posted bond and awaits investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidsvile
A. D. Weet
Caswell County
J. H Harris
Roxboro
Yanceyville
Harris
High Point College Trust Board Names H A Millis Chairman
The High Point College Board of Trustees elected H A Millis as chairman and N M Harrison as secretary treasurer at its initial meeting. The board authorized executive and building committees and reported record high regular student registration and a $28000 reduction in college debt over two years.
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High Point College
G. I. Humphreys
H. A. Millis
N. M. Harrison
Humphreys
F. W. Stephenson
Board of Ristian Education
Methodist Protestant Church
Pittsburgh
High Point
Burns Prove Fatal for Lois Poole at Home
Lois Mae Poole an 18 year old girl died after clothes were ignited before an open fire in her Raleigh home. Authorities say the burns occurred when the clothing caught fire. The incident happened on November 13 and the injuries proved fatal within hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Lois Mae Poole
Founders of College to Be Honored by Conference Friday
The 107th annual North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Protestant church will move its session to High Point College Friday afternoon for a program honoring Dr. R. M. Andrews and the late Dr. J. F. McCulloch and to discuss the college's future. Judge Lewis E. Teague is expected to preside. Dr. F. W. Stevenson and the college choir will participate. Rev. H. F. Surratt will deliver the conference sermon in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
The
Methodist Protestant Church
Greensboro
High Point College
R. M. Andrews
J. F. McCulloch
Olam Seeds
G. L Humphreys
McCulloch
Dr. Andrews
Lewis E. Teague
F. W. Stevenson
General Educational Board
C. W. Bates
Winston-Salem
H. F. Surratt
Thomasville
Andrews
High Point
F. W. Paschal
Burlington
Milk And Shoes For Needy City Children
Junior Service League launches immediate relief to aid hundreds of city schoolchildren with milk and shoes. The Milk Fund will be expanded to 100 dollars monthly in cooperation with the Woman's club Give-a-Lunch program, assisting white and colored children. A separate shoe project targets about 150 white students needing new footwear to attend school this winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Service League
Margaret Hauser
Country Club
Mise Hauser
League
Woman's Club
Hauser
Hundreds of Fishermen Missing After Korean Storm
In northeast Korea nearly 400 of more than 900 fishermen are still unaccounted for a week after a severe storm. Most crews were believed to have sought havens, though many feared drowned. The 400 men come from 53 fishing boats.
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Seoul
Korea
Princess Bertha Cantacuzen Weds Charles Biebern
Princess Bertha Cantacuzen of Washington married Charles Biebern of Cincinnati at 3 o clock this morning. The engagement to Donald Mcintosh of Sarasota, Florida, bank clerk, had been announced recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincy
Louisville
Bertha Cantacuzen
Washington
Charles Biebern
Cincinnati
Donald Mcintosh
Sarasota, Fla
Alabama Guards Take Up Posts to Guard Election Probe
Fort Wayne Alabama November 18 two guards detachments totaling 15 men and four officers arrived to guard against trouble tied to a grand jury probe of Tuesday's election. Witnesses are to appear as the investigation resumes with Special Solicitor Claude Scruggs predicting it will run to Friday. Sheriff Pope faces a contempt citation at 10 am. Republicans control election officials and dispute absentee ballots amid Democrat claims of wider majorities.
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Fort Wayne
Ala
Alabama National Guardsmen
Claude Scruggs
W. Pope
A. E. Hawkins
Doctor Saunders Returns From Boston Study Stay
Dr. Saunders and his family returned home yesterday after five weeks in Boston where he studied hay fever and asthma clinical work at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saunders
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Origin of the word derrick traces to Elizabethan hangman Deris
Historical note explains that the term derrick for a hoisting crane derives from a hangman named Deris dating to Elizabethan times.
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Deris
Court frees trespassers who paid court costs
Seventeen of twenty young men from High Point Thomasville and Lexington who pleaded guilty to simple trespass at the High Point Silk Mill during a textile strike were discharged after paying court costs. Raymond Smith and James Watkins cannot pay costs yet and have judgment continued to December 17. Kokie Johnson is in Davidson county on a liquor charge. capias issued.
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High Point
Thomasville
Lexington
Superior Court
Felix EB. Alley
Raymond Smith
James Watkins
C. P. Barringer
Salisbury
Kokie Johnson
Capias
Johnson
Davidson County
Smith
Watkins
National Industrial Relations Board
Thomas J. Shaw
Harriss Named Head of Duke Alumni Council
J Welch Harriss president of Harries Covington Hosiery Mills and Duke alumnus was elected chairman of the Duke Alumni Council at the fall meeting. Florence Harris of Burlington was named chairwoman of the alumnae council. The joint luncheon outlined plans for increased activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch Harriss
Harries & Covington Hosiery Mills
Duke University
Florence Harris
Burlington
Harriss
C. K. Proctor
Oxford
Miss Harris
Holland Holton
Durham
Harris
Nettie Sue Tillett
Greensboro
Elizabeth Aldridge
Louise Berry
Nellie McClees
Raleigh
Miriam Cox
Ralph Chesson
Richmond
University Union
Hackney Attends Boy Scout Seminar at Chapel Hill
Bunn W. Hackney, local Boy Scout executive, will attend the Executive Seminar Program of the sixth region at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, starting Thursday for a three day meeting. A full schedule includes speakers and round table discussions on scout work and the future program of the Boy Scouts of America.
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Bunn W. Hackney
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Boy Scouts of America
Ready for relief NACOR Medicine Co. pledge
An old-time testimonial notes relief after taking NACOR Medicine Co. products sold at Ring Drug Company on Main Street and other druggists in Indianapolis Indiana. The voice emphasizes being a new man after use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nacor Medicine CO
Indianapolis
Ind
Ring Drug Company
Main Street
Guilford Denies License For Walkathon Promotion
Guilford county commissioners deny a permit to promote a walkathon and dancing contest that drew $3,700 for early promotion. Proponents from Greensboro High Point and Durham argued the event would boost local business, but officials warned of disorder and immorality and rejected the license after hours of testimony.
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Guilford
Roanoke
Sidney Stern
Greensboro
J. Gurfein
Jack Ray
Freckles
South
Guilford County
George L. Stansbury
Raymond
North Carolina Athletic Association
Ray C. Curtis
Harry Fitzpatrick
Stern
Gurfein
Ray
Durham
Tom Gold, Jr
High Point
Mr. Raymond
Maj. L. P. McLendon
Greensboro Merchants Association
Thomas Turner
High Point Merchants Association
Major McLendon
Jack Freeman
Julian W. Cone
Greensoro Mill
Mr. Cone
Charles M. Ketchum
Montgomery, Ala
Johnson
Sedgefield
Parent-Teacher Association
Robert G. Trosper
Merchants’ Association
W. A. Stanbury
West Market Street
Mr. Stansbury
Talman Appointed Assistant to FHA State Director
J. J. Talman Jr. of Asheville and former Enterprise classified advertising manager has been named assistant to Theodore Sumner, state FHA director. Talman, ex executive vice president of Morris Plan Bank of Asheville, resigning Saturday, will serve as the contact between loaning banks and the FHA with headquarters in Asheville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Talman, Jr
Asheville
Enterprise
Theodore Sumner
Federal Housing Administration
Sumner
Talman
Morris Plan Bank
FHA
Film crew skates filming Nazi Nuremberg entry
Cameramen filming Adolf Hitler’s triumphal entry into Nuremberg used roller skates to speed work while churches in the town rang in welcome. The Nazi leader was guarded by a cordon of 8 men and brownshirts as Leni Riefenstahl directed the production of Blue Light and other films.
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Hitler
Nuremberg
Leni Reifenstahil
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Humphrey
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Southern Public Utilities Co
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Board of Education
Alabama
Dr. Saunders
Boston Clinic
J. Welch Harriss
Duke Alumni Council
Hackney
Walkathon
Housing Service
Foley
Nemes
Beadie
K. Washington
A. M. Swaim
Damax Bowes
Optometrist
S. Main St
Blue Bird Taxi
Madam Leon
Develradam
Leon
Winston-Salem, N
Shell Tire & Battery CO
N. Main St
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