Subsidies Sought for American Transatlantic Dirigibles
Washington reports government subsidies for American dirigibles to carry passengers and fly the Atlantic. A meeting next Friday will refine plans to present to the new maritime commission and then Congress. Attendees include J Monroe Johnson, Charles Rosen dahl, Garland Fulton, Robert G Elbert, Samuel P Wetherill, and Gill Rob Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantic
Com Department
Navy
Vate
Congress
J. Monroe Johnson
Commerce Rtment
Charles E. Rosendahl
Garland Fulton
Robert G. Elbert
New York
Samuel P. Wetherill
Philadelphia
Business Advisory Council
Gill Rob Wilson
Trenton N. J
Johnson
Labor Leaders Rally Over Security Act Defense and Union Strategy
Labor federation chiefs praise the defense of the Security Act and old age provisions while outlining plans to recruit thousands of new workers into unions. They warn of potential clashes with CIO organizers over steel and other industries as rival forces press for organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federation of Labor
Federation
John L. Lewis
Committee For
A. F. of
Althoach
William Green
A. F. of L
CIO
Temperance Field Day Schedule Details Church Speakers
The event lists Sunday morning services with speakers from Raleigh Durham Greensboro Lexington Statesville and Davidson County and a Raleigh and Greensboro based program director. Evening services start at 7 pm with additional churches represented across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. M. Beach
Raleigh
First Baptist
Dale K. Burgess
First Presbyterian
R. N. Wilson
Durham
W. Tolman Shaw
First Evangelical
Henry Louis Smith
Greensboro
North Hamilton Street
Springfield Friends
Eugene A. Hood
First Pilgrim Holiness
O. L. Ruth
Pentecostal Holiness
C. F. Noble
Oakdale
M. E
Jamestown M. E
Emmanuel Utheran
F. L. Conrad
Trinity
Birds possess keenest and farthest-sighted vision
Birds show remarkable eyesight with sharp acuity and long distance focus, enabling precise navigation and extended visual range across terrain. Their retinas contain high densities of photoreceptors and specialized oil droplets that enhance color perception and depth cues.
Mrs E E Whitt Ends Life in High Point Slashing Throat
Mrs E E Whitt a Randolph County native and West End Baptist member died at home after slashing her throat with a razor. Husband EB E Whitt son R E Whitt two daughters Mrs B L Darnell and Mrs Thelma Bennett a grandchild Boyce Bennett sister Miss Mary Frazier and three brothers were listed as survivors. Funeral at 2 30 Sunday at West End Baptist with Rev J N Bowman and Rev H O Miller. Burial Oakwood cemetery. Body to be moved from Yow s to the family home Saturday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McCain
W. W. Harvey
Greensboro
Whitt
High Point
B. L. Darnell
Thelma Bennett
Boyce Bennett
Mary Frazier
Route 2
John and
Pearl Frazier
Prospect
Frazier
Rochester
J. N. Bowman
West End Baptist Church
H. O. Miller
Oakwood Cemetery
Reports At Church Meeting In North Carolina Conference
Reports from pastors and presiding elders framed the busy morning of the North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in New Bern. Rev. Walter Towner of Nashville read the general board report and urged a 1937 decision on unification of the three Methodist branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Bern
Board of
North Carolina
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Board of Christian Education
Walter Towner
Nashville
Tenn
General Board
College of Bishops
Lutheran Synod Elects New Officers At One Day Meet
The United Brotherhood of the Lutheran Synod of North Carolina closed its one day meeting in Gastonia electing W. W Schultz of Charlotte to lead for the next year. Paul Monroe Gastonia was chosen vice president M. L. Rhodes Lincolnton secretary Luther Boelick Hickory assistant secretary Evan L. Houser Dallas statistical secretary E. W. Waggoner Salisbury extension secretary and A. C. Cline Concord treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
United Brotherhood of the Lutheran Synod of North Carolina
W. W Schultz
Charlotte
Paul Monroe
M. L. Rhodes
Lincolnton
Luther Boelick
Hickory
Evan L. Houser
Dallas
E. W. Waggoner
Salisbury
A. C. Cline
Concord
Probe Continues Into Death Of Lumberton Police Chief
Lumberton officials pursue the fatal shooting of Police Chief Vance R. McGill found dead in a town hall supply room. An inquest was ordered after it emerged his own loaded gun was in his holster and another pistol with one bullet lay beside the body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lumberton
Vance R. McGill
McGill
Heaviest Cop In La Salle Weighs In at 346 Lbs
La Salle Illinois patrolman Arthur Guenther stepped onto police scales to check his weight and tipped the beam at 346 pounds. Fellow officers called him the heaviest policeman in the nation perhaps the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LA Salle, Ill
la Salle
Arthur Guenther
Social Security Up To Legislature in North Carolina
Governor-Elect Clyde R. Hoey said the state advisory budget commission will not recommend social security funding and the issue will be left to the 1937 legislature. The program is estimated to cost $5,000,000, with revenue sufficiency depending on new sources approved by the commission and legislative acceptance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Clyde R. Hoey
State Advisory Budget Commission
North Carolina
Hoey
Budget Commission
Commission
Asheville Wine Shop Robbery Nets Over $100
In Asheville on November 20 officers hunted three armed men who robbed a wine shop. They bound three employees and four patrons including Hazel West a 16 year old cripple who was gagged with a gasoline soaked rag and hit when she screamed. Robbers took about $50 from the cash register and the rest from pockets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Hazel West
Community Gym Opens Saturday in Asheboro
Asheboro schedules formal opening of the community gymnasium for Saturday at 7 30 p m. J D Rose chairs arrangements inviting all residents and newcomers. Music by the high school band and a mill string band, piano solos by Mrs. Bossong and Mrs. Burns, and speeches welcome residents. A free Bossong McCrary basketball game will inaugurate the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
J. D. Rose
Charles Bossong
Miriam Burns
Co. W. McCrary
Chamber of Commerce
Charles J. Bossong
Bossong
McCrary
Gymansium
Randoloph Cows To Be Offered At Sale
Seven head of Randolph county cattle head to Wilson North Carolina for the N C Guernsey Breeder fall sale set for Saturday November 28. Consignors include W M Bingham J C Collett R C Coletrane Randolph Cooperative Calf Club and Dr B M Weston. Names and registration numbers are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trinity
R. C. Coletrane
Bessie
Randolph Cooperative Calf Club
Carnation
B. M. Weston
Asheboro
Coker Cricket
Wages Raised at Manetta Mills in North Carolina
Manetta Cotton mills announced a wage increase to go into effect Monday. Plants at Lando and Monroe will implement the raise. Lando employs 350 and Monroe 250 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
N. C
Manetta Cotton Mills
Lando
Monroe
Hunger strike at North Carolina college protests poor meals
President F. D. Bluford of North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College prepared to fund an investigation into a student hunger strike. Students refused supper last night and planned no breakfast or classes today, protesting poorly prepared food in the college dining hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
F. D. Bluford
North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College For
Dinin
Woman Held After Husband’s Death in Monroe
Mrs Amy Baucom Phillips was jailed on a tally shooting charge in Monroe after her husband T C Phillips 46 was found dead at their home. A sister said Phillips had drank heavily for days and abused his wife, threatening to kill her on the night of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Amy Rbaucom Phillips
Tally
T. C. Phillips
Phillips
Mabel Baucom
Offcers
Telegraph Line Miles in America Reach Vast Mark
The record states there are 1,864,648 miles of upper telegraph lines in America, highlighting the expansive reach of early communication networks across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amerca
Dog Saves Master But Loses Own Life
YORK, Nov. 20. Tip the dog awakened his master Elijah Feemster as a fire started. Feemster escaped with Tip in his arms, but the dog returned into the smoke and flames. The master's life was saved but Tip perished in the ashes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
8. C
Tip
Elijah Feemster
Feemster
New District Uncert as Personnel Set for Five District Program
George W. Coan Jr state progress administrator says personnel setup for a new five district program in North Carolina is under way with some dismissals possible. He notes anticipated effective date December 1 for seven districts and potential delays until December 16 for certain placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Coan, Jr
North Carolina
da Coan
Raleigh
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