Retail Trade Gains as Christmas Buying Rises Nationwide
Retail trade marked gains across the country aided by mild weather Thanksgiving prep and the Christmas buying season. Dun & Broad street reports high store turnover for the year as holidays approach while industry shows a natural recovery after depression with orders carried into 1940.
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Dun & Broadstreet
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Corp
National Retail Drygoods Association
Fek
Associated Press
Facts About Fillings for Tree Cavities
F C Thomas explains why tree cavity fillings use expansion joints and square sections. Filling with concrete without flex can crack or fail as the tree sways, so tarred felt cushions create flexibility and resist twisting, preventing water and fungus damage.
Real Hunt Plans Turn to Injury After Duck Hunt Claim
In Dallas Jake Whitehead vows a big hunt next week but trips and breaks his leg. In Memphis Judge Sam Bates notes quirky probate bequests including leaving cars to a chauffeur and six creditors as pallbearers in wills probated in his court.
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Dallas
Jake Whitehead
Memphis
Tenn
Sam Bates
Wheaton High Team Skids On Waxed Floor In 14-0 Loss
Wheaton High School light weight basketball players complained of a slippery floor as Glenbard defeated them 14 to 0. Players slid around the court, shot while seated, and struggled to find the hoop throughout the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheaton
Wheaton High School
Glenbard High
Kent Designs Christmas Seal For Tuberculosis Drive
Rockwell Kent American artist writer and lecturer designed the Christmas Seal for the 33rd TB drive with an angel motif on a blue background and the international cross symbol. The seal goes on sale November 27 in High Point with volunteers preparing mail sheets for local residents. Kent born 1888 in Tarrytown Heights New York has lived in Newfoundland Greenland and Alaska and raises Jersey cattle and Great Danes at his Upstate New York farm.
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Rockwell Kent
High Point
Kent
Tarrytown Heights
N. Y
Newfoundland
Greenland
Alaska
Upper
New York State
North Carolina Fruits Vegetables Market Report Summary
North Carolina shipping point prices and Friday wholesale market results for fruits and vegetables. Report covers sweet potatoes, cabbages, radishes, apples, and potatoes with regional bids from Baltimore Pittsburgh Washington New York Philadelphia Cleveland and Chicago based on U S Department of Agriculture data.
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North Carolina
United States Agricultural Marketing Service
Calif
Kansas
Baltimore
Market Hall
Pittsburgh
Washington
New York
North
South Carolina
Cleveland
North and
Philadelphia
Rochester
N. Y
Presque Isle Aroostook
Maine
Presque Isle
Green Mountains
Long Island Green Mountains
Maine Green Mountains
Idaho
U. S
Neb
Bliss Triumphs
Minn
Red River Valley
Bliss
Penn
Older Boys Conference Set for Winston-Salem this Week
Eight High Point Sunday schools and local Y M C A will join city schools for the 21st Older Boys Conference of the Carolinas in Winston-Salem December 1 to 3. The program opens December 1 at 7 30 p m with Dr Samuel Grafflin of New York City delivering the address and features talks by Mrs Clyde A Milner Duke University’s Dr Leroy Lewis and a banquet at the Robert E Lee Hotel.
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High Point
Young Men's Christian Association
The
Carolinas
Winston-Salem
Edgaree
Interstate Committee
Young Men’s Christian Associations of the
Fourth Street Church of Christ
Samuel Grafflin
New York City
Clyde A. Milner
Guilford College
Leroy Lewis
Duke University
Robert E. Lee
Grafflin
Huell Warren
Graffin
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F. C. Thomas
S. C
Fla. Bu
Va. W. Va
Woolens
SALE
Engli
Leigh
Samsonite
Harllee
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