Explosion Fatal To Handy Farmer In Denton Area
James Lanier 48, a Handy merchant farmer, died after a dynamite blast while relighting a charge under a stump near Handy. He died at High Point hospital after being rushed by ambulance. funeral plans set for Clear Springs cemetery with services at his Handy home. He left a brother B E Lanier and a sister Mrs Hosea Harrison, and cousins Carl Lanier and Mrs George Beck. Funeral arrangements pending. Local family, Denton vicinity.
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James Lanier
Handy
Denton
Oover
High Point Hospital
Lanier
B. E. Lanier
Cc. R. Lanier
Carl Lanier
George Beck
G. L. Lanier
Hosea Harrison
Roof Fire From Sparks at Bee man House Corner Price and Hoover
A shingle roof belonging to Bee man at the corner of Price and Hoover streets caught fire last night at 8 20. The blaze is believed to have started from sparks from the chimney. No damage occurred. Fire departments numbers 1 and 2 answered the call.
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Beeman
Price
Hoover
Relief Bureau Offices Moved To Municipal Building Basement
The Emergency Committee for Employment moved from the Board of Public Welfare to the basement of the municipal building. A new telephone line 2039 serves Mrs. W E Price for calling local manufacturers and arranging help. Over 500 people have registered as out of work as cold weather nears and relief efforts grow more needed.
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Emergency Committee For Employment
Chamber of Commerce
Department of the Board of Public Welfare
W. E. Price
Elks Lodge Meeting Tonight Called Off
The High Point Elks lodge cancelled tonight’s regular meeting due to Thanksgiving. The session is moved to tomorrow at 7 30 p m with all officers expected to attend for installation of a new exalted ruler to fill the unexpired term.
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High Point Elks Lodge
Elders Hill and Spangler to Preach Sunday Night
Elders Hill and Spangler will preach at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church Sunday night November 30 at 7 30 o clock. The announcement was made today.
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Elders Hill
Spangler
Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church
California State Automobile Association Estimates Tax Exempt Cars
The California state automobile association estimates there are 152 007 tax exempt automobiles in the United States.
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California State Automobile Association
United States
Thanksgiving crowds fill stadiums and shops in High Point
High Point residents joined nationwide football viewing, with Davidson Wake Forest in Charlotte and Duke Washington and Lee in Durham drawing the largest crowds. City shoppers flocked to hunting paraphenalia stores while theaters sold out shows. Churches held sunrise services and Thanksgiving observances for independent and combined congregations across the area.
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High Point
Charlotte
Durham
Davidson-Wake Forest
Duke-Washington and Lee
Salisbury
High Point College
Charlie Moran
Family Night at South Main Tabernacle with Crusade
Rev.oe T Stephens leads Crusade for Christ tonight in the large South Main street tabernacle. Family seating is encouraged with prizes for the largest family, oldest father and mother, and youngest parents. A Bible prize and other gifts will be awarded. crowd sizes rise despite cold, with new furniture and improved heating announced.
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South Main Street
Oe T. Stephens
Stephens
Colored Lights To Illuminate Town
Yale tide decorations were hung along South Main from the post office to the railway crossing and on East Commerce to the city hall. Red orange green and purple bulbs will brighten the Christmas shopping season. Crews resume work tomorrow extending lights to North Main toward the Broadhurst theater and the Sheridan hotel, then down a block of Washington street. The lights are expected to be turned on December 8.
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South Main Street
East Commerce Street
City Hall
North Main
Broadhurst Theater
Sheraton Hotel
Washington Street
Mussolini’s parentage and religious contrast noted
The father of Benito Mussolini was a blacksmith, anti religious, and revolutionary in outlook. His mother, a school teacher, was devout Catholic, shaping a contrasting parental influence.
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Mussolini
Home Mortgage Company Receivership Hearing Set
In Raleigh on Saturday Judge I M Meekins will hear an application for permanent receivership of the Home Mortgage company of Hickory. A prior motion to halt receivership was denied by Judge Parker in Baltimore. Temporary receivers T I Bland and W G Bramham were named earlier. assets about 17 million dollars against 10.5 million in bonds. plaintiff is Mrs. Margaret Ramsay of Norfolk Virginia.
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Raleigh
Home Mortgage Company
Hickory
I. M. Meekins
U. S. District Court
John J. Parker
U. S. Circruit Court of Appeals
Baltimore
Meekins
T. I. Bland
W. G. Bramham
Durham
North Carolina
Margaret Ramsay
Norfolk
Guilford Dramatic Club Stages Barrie Comedy Friday
Guilford College club presents What Every Woman Knows by Barrie in Memorial hall Friday at eight. Cast drawn from faculty and alumnae. Production aims to raise funds for the library with further library plans to be announced.
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Guilford College
Guilford College Club
Barrie
Memorial Hall
Rooms For Courters In Robert Whyte Memorial Hall
London report notes plans to establish courting rooms for young lovers at the Robert Whyte Memorial Hall in Bromley. The bright well lit hall will allow couples to sit together without interference from officials.
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London
Swain
Robert Whyte
Bromley
Thermometer Here Drops to 19 Degrees
Winter’s visit to High Point continued with a northwesterly wind and frigid conditions. Unofficial readings at 7 am reported 19 degrees the coldest of the season, keeping residents indoors as the wind stiffened morning cold.
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High Point
Sunrise Service Brings Hope Amid Frosty Morning
Members of the Christian Endeavor Societies met at 7 a.m. at the Central Friends church annex for their annual Thanksgiv ing sunrise service. Dr Charles H Nabers spoke on Thanksgiving. John Easterhand presided and 75 food baskets were distributed to needy families in High Point and the surrounding community.
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First Baptist Church
Central Friends Annex
High Point Christian Endeavor Union
First Presbyterian Church
First Presbyterian
First Methodist Protestant
Central Friends Church
Deep River Quarterly Meeting
St. Mary’s Episcopal
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
L. Conrad
Christian Endeavorers of City
Christian Endeavor Societies
Charles Haddon Nabers
Naber
John Easter Hand
Ione Lowe
High Point
Fewer Automobile Licenses Sold In State This Year
North Carolina issued 472,739 automobile licenses by yesterday, down about 27,000 from 500,236 in 1929. A. J. Maxwell, commissioner of revenue, notes the 500,236 figure marked the first half million year for state licensing.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
A. J. Maxwell
Commissioner of Revenue
Motor Vehicle Division
New Schedules On Southern To Become Effective Sunday
Southern Railway announces nationwide timetable changes to take effect Sunday with train No 32 rerouted via Augusta and Washington overnight and limited stops at Charlotte Salisbury High Point Greensboro Concord Reidsville while trains 31 and 1 undergo reduced connections and eliminations. Barber and Statesville connections are adjusted or dropped.
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Southern Railway System
R. H. Graham
Charlotte
Graham
Columbia
Charleston
Danville
Washington
Norfolk
Winston-Salem
Augusta
High Point
Salisbury
Greensboro
Concord
Reidsville
Pasengers
Lexington and
Ward
S. C
Batesbury
Trenton
Barber
Asheville
Statesville
Four Quartets Will Sing at Archdale Church
Archdale Friends church hosts a Friday night 7:30 musical program by three male quartets Crescent from Erlinger Glenwood from Greensboro and the Thomasville quartet They perform religious songs old time melodies negro spirituals and humorous selections This is the second fall and winter entertainment arranged by the church Mens Brotherhood and organizers hope for a large audience.
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Archdale Friends Church
Crescent
Erlanger
Glenwood
Greensboro
Thomasville
Men’s Brotherhood of the Church
Salvation Army Delivers Food and Coal Baskets to Needy
Salvation Army officials distributed baskets of food to many needy families and delivered coal to others in the community. A short Thanksgiving service was held at 10 30 this morning led by Adjutant John O Beirn. No meeting tonight due to Stephens tabernacle services.
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Salvation Army
John O’beirn
Stephens
Voter Registration Gap in Los Angeles County
A total of 376941 registered voters are counted in Los Angeles County with nine more men than women. The data highlight a gender gap in the electorate.
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Los Angeles
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High Point College-Catawba
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East Broad St
Carolina Coal & Transfer Company
Guilford Dramatic Body
W. Broad
Mallory St. and Southern Railway
Archdale
New England
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High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Commercial National Bank
V. A. J. Idol V.pres
Treas
C. H. Ellis
McDonald's
MR. Shipper
MR. Consignee
Tri-City Motor Express Lines
City Transfer and Storage Coo
High Point, Thomasville
Denton Railroad
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