Increased Carloadings Point To Brighter Future For Rails
Babson Park Massachusetts reports a rail traffic boom with carloadings above 800 000 per week and heading toward a 1939 high. The piece argues railroads are key buyers and employers and that the industry is recovering, though not fully healthy, with many roads facing ongoing operational challenges. It notes stock and bond prices are depressed relative to traffic and earnings, urging holding railway securities for gains while promoting hiring and procurement by railroads.
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Babson Park
Mass
Europe
Washington
Ballyhoo
California
America
SAT
Wccese
Sues Usiice Bteder
Sce
Weress
Old Colony
Massachusetts
Thomasville Eleven Edges Spencer In Close Local Showdown
Thomasville High School, coached by Carr Shealey, defended home turf to defeat Spencer 20 to 19 in a hard fought game. New some kicked the decisive extra point after Thomasville turned an early 60 yard drive into a touchdown, with Grayson and Youmis benefiting on several passes. Spencer mounted a fourth quarter score but could not convert the extra point.
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Thomasville
Thomasville High School
Carr Shealey
Spencer High School
Spencer
Newsome
Cress
Holt
Younts
Grayson
Youmis
Walser Ms
Gordon Rc
Seecaes Bingham
Baprigom
Moséley Ws
Uhacas Hoites
Smith
Elon To End Home Season With WCTC
AS CROWES FLY COLUMBUS. EMmett Crowe, last of seven brothers to play for Notre Dame, performs with the Columbus Bullies professional football team, bringing his home season to a close.
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Elon
WCTC
Crowes
Columbus, CO
Emmett Crowe
Notre Dame
Columbus Bullies
Reptile Puzzles and Miscellany Facts
A crossword style list presents clues for horizontal and vertical entries. Includes reptiles various terms and common words with definitions and related notes, ending with miscellaneous fact prompts.
Guilford Coach Praises Football At Lions Dinner
Coach Charles Smith of Guilford College spoke at the High Point Lions Club dinner at the Elwood Hotel about football benefits for initiative and scholarship. He praised the High Point High School team and predicted tonight's High Point R J Reynolds game would be among the nation’s best. Club members were awarded for selling Appalachian game tickets, with J B Fink receiving a desk pen set and H A Cecil and H E Hutto bronze plaques.
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Charles (Black) Smith
Guilford College
High Point Lions Club
Elwood
George J. Johnson
Smith
High Point
M. L. Slate
J. B. Fink
John Kalte
Clyde Allman
Thomasville Lions Club
Lion Lamarr
Greensboro
Stephen Bond
Richmond, Va
Lions Club
J. M. Parham
Winston- Salem Lions Club
Grid Fatalities Decrease In U. S. Grid
Lafayette Ind November 17 an appreciable decrease in football deaths for the first half of the season is reported by Purdue University expert Dr Floyd R Eastwood. Up to November 15 eight direct fatalities and four indirect deaths are recorded with colleges high schools athletic clubs and sandlots contributing.
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Lafayette
Ind
Floyd R. Eastwood
Purdue University
Eastwood
American Football Coaches Association
Hubert Clauson
China Grove
N. C
Gaines F. Cooper
Powell High School
Powell Station
Tenn
Goldsboro Tankers Tour Northeast For Thanksgiving Meet
Goldsboro mermaids travel to Newark New Jersey and Philadelphia to swim against Newark YC of New Jersey and Broadwood AC. Prince Nafer and Dorothy Forbes clash in the 190 yard backstroke while Prince lowers the 100 yard backstroke record. The squad includes Mary Louise Thomson Elizabeth Hawley Shirley Lancaster and others as they seek to reverse a 35 30 loss to Newark.
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Goldsboro
Goldsboro Mermaids
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Newark Women’s Athletic Club of
Broadwood Athletic Club
Philadelphia
New Deal
New York
North Carolina
Newark
Y.W.C.A
Orange
Newark Girls
Goldsboro Fish
Goldfish
Broadwood
Prince Nafer
Dorothy Forbes
Prince
Miss Forbes
Mary Louise Thomson
Elizabeth Hawley
Shirley Lancaster
Lessie Mallard
Dorene Brown
Celita Gurganus
Lou Parker
Betty Michaux
Floating hat racks ride water in Geneva method
A Swiss idea uses hats mounted on floating racks to drift across Geneva waters. A rower in a boat tows a long line of racks, creating a novel transport method aboard the lake.
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Geneva
Switzerland
German high command undecided or blocked in war plans
British authorities say Nazidom may delay attacking until military judgment guides timing. The German view contests any rush, suggesting either uncertainty about feasible moves or a blockage from allied blockade and new war conditions. The piece notes the similar stance by Chamberlain and warns errors could widen disaster.
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London
Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
Berlin
West Wall
Chamberlain
House of Commons
Carroll urges diverse, refined qualities for teachers
Charles F. Carroll Jr. spoke at High Point College chapel on the criteria for teaching applicants. He stressed that temperament, health, appearance, good English, a pleasant voice, and social tact are essential, while age, marriage, sex, or locality are secondary.
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Charles F. Carroll, Jr
Chapel Assembly
High Point College
Carroll
Chicago Produce Prices Steady on Butter and Eggs
Chicago November 17 butter 612 156 steady with no changes in price. Eggs 3 897 steady with prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Hudson Speaker At Kiwanis Club
Hudson County tax supervisor spoke to the Kiwanis Club at the Elwood Hotel about Guilford County revaluation underway. A county wide owner questionnaire will aid surveyors in equalizing property valuations. no valuation has been done since 1927, so adjustments are expected.
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A. ©. Hudson
Kiwanis Club
Elwood Hotel
Guilford County
Trend Toward Depopulation Promotes Peaceful World Vision
Philadelphia report cites Josiah Cox Russell of the University of North Carolina presenting that historical population declines have tended to ease government centralization and burdens. He argues depopulation may lead to simpler governance though shorter prosperity periods and lower mood historically accompany declines.
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Philadelphia
American Philosophical Society
Josiah Cox Russell
University of North Carolina
United States
England
America
Survey discussion on property valuation methods at meeting
John D. Cole from Dayton led a survey briefing on revaluing property with no war time price rules. He urged cooperative homeowners to complete the questionnaire candidly while Earl Harlee and Pat Stewart supervised the program. Visitors listed include Earl B. Steed Warren Perry Paul Blair and several others from High Point Greensboro Charlotte and Winston Salem.
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John D. Cole
Dayton
Ohio
Hudson
Cole
Earl Harlee
Pat Stewart
Earl B. Steed
Warren Perry
Paul Blair
High Point
W. H. Flannigan
Greensboro
R. M. MckKey
Charlotte
A. M. McGlam
Winston-Salem
Squirrels Gnaw Nuts but Mice Threat from Toxin
Fragmentary note states squirrels gnaw nuts and warns that two grams of a toxin from African cob venom could kill a million mice. The text is unclear and incomplete but implies a pest control or toxin discussion.
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