New Box Plant 8 Put in Operation at Thomasville
Thomasville reports a revived box manufacturing plant after C. M. Wall and Son moved operations from Statesville. About 35 workers relocated, with lumber from the Statesville yard to be used as demand requires. Also, Fred Harman, a 24 year old local, was arrested in Greensboro on obscenity mail charges. Evangelist A. A. Haggard announced plans for a Union Tabernacle Mission at West Green and Ward streets, a cooperative home mission effort with interdenominational support and outreach programs.
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Jennings
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E. O. Wall
C. M. Wal and Son
Statesville
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Greensboro
Washington
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High Point
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Tabernacle
Plan fuels church conversions without financial burden West High Point
The document outlines a strategy where congregations can receive converts in their churches without bearing financial responsibility, with West High Point chosen for Thomasville's convenience.
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West High Point
Thomasville
MacDonalds Arrive At Lodge In Blue Ridge
President Hoover and Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald reach Camp Rapidan in the Blue Ridge Mountains after a four hour drive from Washington. They travel in the lead car with Miss Ishbel MacDonald and Mrs. Hoover, hoping for a new understanding between Britain and the United States.
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Madison
Hoover
Ramsay MacDonald
Camp Rapidan
Blue Ridge Mountains
Virginia
Washington
Ishbel MacDonald
Water Traffic Cop in Berlin Watches Wannsee Crowds
Berlin boasts a water traffic policeman stationed on the Wannsee lake beside the city. Every sunny Sunday tens of thousands visit the lake at a small cost. He wears a rubber suit with an inflated belt and directs steamers crowded with merrymakers. He uses paddles to reach his station and to signal boats.
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Berlin
Wannsee
Glasgow Allows Sunday Boating on City Lake
After years of debate Glasgow officials decide to permit boating on the city lake on Sundays surprising local opponents who have long resisted Sunday pastimes and sports in the area.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Tramps Wear Tail Lights for Night Safety in England
A report from England describes tramps using tail lights for visibility on highways. One man near Slough walked at night with a large oil lamp strapped to his back, featuring a red globe inside a white triangle for signaling.
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England
Slough
This Week at High Point Theaters Illusion and Bulldog Drummond
This week at High Point Theaters Nancy Carroll and Buddy Rogers star in Illusion on Monday through Wednesday. Thursday to Saturday feature Ronald Colman in Bulldog Drummond.
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High Point Theaters
Nancy Carroll
Buddy Rogers
Ronald Colman
Week of Screen Fare Offers Adolph Menjou and More
The program lists Monday and Tuesday showings featuring Adolph Menjou in Fashions In Love. Wednesday presents The Soul of France and Thursday Hungarian Rhapsody with a likely mix of classic and foreign films.
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Adolph Menjou
France
Orpheum Weeklong Show With Eviston and Williams
The Orpheum presents a weekly musical comedy stock program featuring Eviston and Williams with a new act each Monday and Thursday.
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Orpheum
Eviston & Williams
Entertainment Vent: Week Preview of Shows and stars
The schedule lists acts and films for the week including Pleas ure Crazed on Monday and Tuesday Masquerade midweek Hurricane featuring Hubert Bosworth slated for Friday and Saturday.
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Hubert Bosworth
County Teachers of Rural Schools Meet in Asheboro
Teachers from every rural school in Randolph county gathered at the courthouse for a year opening meeting led by T Fletcher Bulla. Dr G M Cooper and a UNC representative attended as health and education topics dominated the agenda. Mrs W H Moring returned home from Wesley Long hospital after a broken leg and will remain largely confined for weeks.
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Randolph County
T. Fletcher Bulla
G. M. Cooper
State Board of Health
University of North Carolina
Bulla
G. H. Sumoner
W. H. Moring
Wesley Long Hospital
Greensboro
Congressman Hammer Visits Friends After Monroe Fair
Congressman and Mrs. Wm. C. Hammer attended the Monroe fair and returned by Wadesboro for a two day visit with friends there before resuming home duties in Asheboro. Rev. J. F. Pritchard of the Methodist Protestant church is at home with a severe cold.
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Wm. C. Hammer
Monroe
Wadesboro
Asheboro
J. F. Pritchard
Methodist Protestant Church
Miss Mabel Parrish Returns From Shelby Visit
Miss Mabel Parrish returned Friday from Shelby where she visited her sister Mrs William McCord.
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Mabel Parrish
Shelby
Mrs. Wm. Mec- Cord
NSW Aero Club Threatens Move Over Airport Expansion
Due to rapid growth from 60 to 800 members in three years, the New South Wales Aero Club warns it will relocate its airplanes and activities from Sydney Airport unless the facilities are improved and enlarged. If the government aid fails, it plans to build a private aerodrome and club house.
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New South Wales Aero Club
Sydney
London moves to brick up basements amid anti rat drive
A campaign in London aims to brick up all use less basements as part of a broader anti rat effort. The effort seeks to reduce rat harborage by sealing off neglected spaces.
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London
Debut Star Natalie Wykes to Lead Broadway Juvenile Role
Natalie Wykes defies her prominent New York and English society family to pursue stage life. She will make both social and theatrical debuts this winter, taking the leading juvenile role in a forthcoming Broadway production.
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Natalie Wykes
New York
Flying boats deemed logical for inland waterways by official
Washington wants flying boats to pad inland water routes. William P. MacCracken notes Europe leads in flying boat development and cites unlimited takeoff space on rivers and lakes. He cites existing Lake Erie service and plans to extend to Buffalo via Dornier designs.
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William P. MacCracken
MacCracken
Europe
Air Secretary
Lake Erie
Detroit
Cleveland
Stout Lines
Buffalo
Flying boat research to speed U S hull development
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics begins a seaplane test channel at Langley Field Virginia to study hull types for reduced water drag and lower horsepower for takeoff with heavy loads. A 2,500 foot channel is slated for completion next year, focusing on Langley models of flying boat hulls first.
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Germany
United States
National Advisory Committees For Aeronautics
Langley Field
Revival Services Planned at State Methodist Protestant Church
Lexington October 5 preparations are underway for a series of evangelistic services at the State Methodist Protestant church beginning October 13. Rev N G Bathea will preach the sermons as the local pastor leads the revival after a summer of ten to twelve weeks of meetings.
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Lexington
State Methodist Protestant Church
N. G. Bathea
Zimmerman elected steward of North Carolina National Grange
Made Steward Clyde T Zimmerman of the Arca dia Grange the first Davidson county group to organize in the county was chosen steward at the North Carolina National Grange organization meeting in Raleigh The Davidson county delegation included C A Leonard farm demonstration agent and Mr and Mrs Clyde T Zimmerman and Mr and Mrs CT Foust of Hedrick's Grove
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Lexington
Clyde T. Zimmerman
Arcadia Grange
Davidson County
North Carolina National Grange
Raleigh
C. A. Leonard
C. T. Foust
Hedrick
Castle Fate Questions Loch Doon Landmark Status
Loch Doon water rise to power the Galloway district would submerge an old castle, raising a legal/heritage dispute. An ancient charter requires the fortress be preserved as a landmark while a local schoolhouse on the site would also be flooded. Ayrshire officials debate the castle’s fate.
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Loch Doon
Galloway
Scotland
Ayrshire
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