Teachers Push Eight Month Public School Term In North Carolina
North Carolina Teachers Association delegates in Raleigh urged a longer eight month term, arguing current use of school buildings is only half year. Dr. Edgar W. Knight backed the need with business-like logic and cited state gaps in education, hospitals, and literacy.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
North Carolina Teachers Association
A. T. Allen
Edgar W. Knight
University of North Carolina
Knight
Dr. Knight
Cameron Morrison
Staes
Aycock
Patriotism Week Observed In Local Schools
Patriotism Day marks American Education Week in the local school system with programs emphasizing duties to community state and nation. The observance, endorsed by the National Education Association and the American Legion, runs through several community events including Equal Opportunity Day Armistice Day Known Your School Day and Community Day.
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American Education Week
T. Wingate Andrews
National Education Association
The
American Legion
Lee Welcomes Utility Meeting In Asheville
The 38th annual convention of the National Association of Railroad and Utility Commissioners opened at the Battery Park hotel in Asheville. A. G. Patterson presided, with invocation by Dr. R. F. Campbell and welcomes from William T. Lee and Mayor John H. Cathey as public utility and railroad officials from across the states gather to discuss interstate transportation, water power, and regulatory issues.
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Asheville
National Association of Railroad and Utility Commissioners
Battery Park Hotel
A. G. Patterson
Montgomery
Ala
R. F. Campbell
First Presbyterian Church
William T. Lee
North Carolina Corporation Commission
John H. Cathey
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington
Joseph Beastman
North Carolina
Cathey
Education as Key to State Progress Seeks Longer Term
The convention endorsed eight months school term and urged the coming assembly to allow a constitutional vote on extending the term. E. L. Bess was elected president and others including B. P. Gentry and Miss Anne Halford took officer roles, with John C. Lockhart named as rural supervisor from Wake County.
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General Assembly
E. L. Bess
Franklin County
B. P. Gentry
Harnett County
Anne Halford
North Central
John C. Lockhart
Wake County
Girl Seeks Home for 13 Year Old Without Parents
A 13 year old girl in High Point with no mother or father seeks a permanent home and education. She is in the seventh grade and hopes to finish high school. sheltered only by welfare officials who urge the public to provide a home since she cannot enter the orphanage due to age.
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High Point
Board of Public Welfare
Board of Welfare
Plan Adopts Flexible Cotton Acreage Reduction Across Counties
A central committee led by Dr. E. C. Brooks outlines county level organization to implement a flexible cotton reduction plan. County panels will include farmers, bankers, merchants, and extension agents to tailor reductions to local conditions and crops while seeking banker and supplier support and better marketing for all crops.
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McLean
Central Committee
E. C. Brooks
Dr. Brooks
W. A. Graham
A. B. Blalock
North Carolina Cotton Co-operative Association
H. M. Cox
North Carolina Bankers’ Association
W. R. Christian
Cumberland County
T. W. Richardson
Anson County
W. A. Pierce
Halifax County
County Board of Agriculture
Cotton Co-Operative
Cotton Association
Merchants Association
Chamber of Commerce
Assistant Secretary Warner Flies Test Flight to Norfolk
Assistant Secretary Warner, head of aviation activities at the commerce department, flew from Washington to Norfolk today on a test flight and landed safely this afternoon after some initial concern over an expected landing time.
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Washington
Warner
Commerce Department
Norfolk
National Education Association Platform Highlights Education Value
A plank in the National Education Association platform emphasizes the importance and value of education and aims to raise nationwide awareness of its role in society.
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National Education Association
Grand jury probes Elia whisky theft at Wilmington port
A federal court grand jury in Wilmington continues its probe into the removal of 20 cases of Scotch whisky from 4100 cases taken from the rum ship Elma after port arrival by the coast guard cutter Manning. About 25 witnesses have been questioned. a list of names remains limited and no indictments are yet in sight.
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Wilmington
Federal
United States
Custom House
Elma
Coast Guard
Manning
Federal District Court
Modoc
Irvin Tucker
Tucker
Watchman
Forming lines over seating of William Vare in Senate
Senate lines form on seating of William Vare and William Smith of Illinois after scrutiny of Pennsylvania campaign expenditures. Senator Norris probes the Pennsylvania case while Senator Reed defends legality. Blease and Reed weigh state rights and fraud findings as Philadelphia election officials testify for discrepancies.
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Washington
William 58. Vare
Pennsylvania
Senate Campaign Fund Committee
Norris
Nebraska
William B. Wilson
Blease
South Carolina
Ware
Smith
Senate
Two Die In Waterway Accident Near Suffolk
Cecil Johnson a 27 year old white man and Buck Holland a 22 year old Black man were drowned when their automobile plunged through an open draw over the Black Water river at South Quay fifteen miles west of Suffolk. Johnson’s body was recovered today.
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Suffolk
Cecil Johnson
Buck Holland
Black Water River
South Quay
Here
Johnson
Market Reports Chicago Poultry and Stocks Decline
Chicago market brief lists live poultry prices plus a long stock ticker. Poultry receipts include fowls, turkeys, ducks and geese with varied cent values. major stocks such as General Electric, Westinghouse, Ford and others show mixed percentages.
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Chicago
Butter and eggs rise as Chicago receipts rise
Butter prices advance with higher receipts of 13 572 tubs across creamery extras to extra firsts and eggs climb as receipts reach 4644 cases. Market notes indicate standard and firsts holding firm amid demand.
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Chicago
Potatoes market report from Chicago trading on Nov 9
Potatoes receipts 93 cars on track 472 total U S shipments 808 cars trading moderate demand better market firm Wisconsin sacked round whites 225 245 fancy shade higher Idaho sacked russets 300 325 Minnesota sacked round whites 225 235 Minnesota North Dakota sacked Red River Ohio s 285 290.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Idaho
Minnesota
North Dakota
Red River
Ohio
Wheat prices slip on improved Argentina weather
In Chicago trading, Argentine weather improved easing wheat prices early. Liverpool stocks countered the trend with a modest offset as futures moved within a one cent range. Corn and oats showed firmness with corn near unchanged to modest gains and provisions eased.
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Chicago
Argentina
Liverpool
Cotton Market Edges Up Ahead Of Government Report
In New Orleans the cotton market gained 3 to 14 points as foreseen rain and the upcoming government data influenced trading. December closed near 123.5, January 124.1, and March 125.5, with Liverpool cables weaker than expected and heavy activity in the October 1297 option for Galveston delivery.
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New Orleans
Navy
Liverpool
Galveston
New Orleans Cotton Opens Firm on Liverpool Cables
The New Orleans cotton market opened firm in sympathy with stronger Liverpool cables and colder weather. Early trades show gains of 10 to 12 points with December at 1264, January 1268, and March 1284, about 14 points above yesterday's close. Prices eased 9 to 12 points from highs near mid session on a forecast for warmer western belt weather, then steadied near the lows.
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New Orleans
Navy
Liverpool
New York Cotton Opens Firm After Government Crop Report
The cotton market opened firm with advances of 8 to 10 points on trade buying and covering. January futures rose to 12.60 in early trading, with a 15 to 20 point gain in active months and about a 33 point rebound from the post-report low. Southern selling appeared as prices pulled back from the day's high, while overall demand waned after initial orders were filled.
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New York
Navy
Liverpool Cables
Non-Suit Outcomes in High Point Court Docket
The second week’s session wrapped with most High Point cases settled. J W Carmichael won 250 dollars damages from the city over rubbish dumping. other city suits were closed by small payments. A non-suit dismissed Galais Napoleon et al. vs Miras lifting a lien. Arthur Harris won 200 dollars against Hill Veneer for plant injuries. J J Gray won 631.16 from F A Fousts as rightful owner of the starting auto.
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J. W. Carmichael
City of
High Point
F. A. Fousts
Mare Nostrum at Broadhurst depicts a doomed spy romance
James P. Sawyer finds Rex Ingram’s Mare Nostrum a powerful modern sea story with vivid locations from Pompeii to Marseilles. Antonio Moreno as Ulysses Ferragut and Alice Terry as Freya Talberg drive a dramatic plot of espionage love, betrayal, and a deadly submarine duel ending in mutual death.
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Broadhurst Theatre
Ulysses Farragut
Antonio Moreno
Freya Talberg
Moreno
Heror
Freya
Mare Nostrum
Rex Ingram
Blasco Ibanez
Mount Vesuvius
Pompeii
Marseilles
Barcelona
Rivieras
Naples
Alice Terry
Ulysses Ferragut
Ferraguts
Ulysses
Secret Service
Ferragut
Mediterranean Sea
Germany
France
Italy
Count Kaledine
Fernand Mailly
Broadhurst
James P. Sawyer
Birth of Daughter Susan Wil son Young of High Point
Mr and Mrs Richard Kirkland Young of High Point announce the birth of a daughter Susan Wilson Young at Presbyterian Hospital on November 7 The Youngs formerly lived in Charlotte Mrs Young was Susan Wilson daughter of Mr and Mrs Emory L Wilson of East Boulevard and sister of Mrs W S Cunningham of Charlotte Mr Young is manager of the Elwood hotel in Charlotte
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Charlotte
Richard Kirkland Young
High Point
Susan Wilson
Presbyterian Hospital
Youngs
Young
Emory L. Wilson
East Boulevard
W. S. Cunningham
Mr. Young
Elwood
Westward Ho floated after grounding near Hillsborough Light
The Westward Ho steamship, part of the United States Shipping Board, which ran aground south of Hillsborough Light on Sunday morning, was refloated at high tide with the help of the tug Warbler from Key West.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Westward Ho
United States Shipping Board
Warbler
Key West
Educational funding gap widens in Arkansas county
In a Arkansas county the article reports a stark funding disparity with some school districts spending nineteen times more per pupil than others, highlighting a contested educational opportunity divide and calls for review of financing formulas.
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Arkansas
Bezemore Arrested in Slaying Near Farmville
Williamston Nov 9 AP George F Bezemore a negro was arrested here last night charged with the murder of Gordon Yelverton the white man found beside a road six miles from Farmville after leaving Williamston Friday with a tobacco load He was moved to Wilson county jail for safekeeping awaiting Greene superior court opening Bezemore identified by Randolph Simpson and Fred Edwards as the man who delivered tobacco to the Farmville warehouse He denied knowledge of the crime and failed to explain his movements satisfactory to investigators
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Williamston
George F. Bezemore
Gordon Yelverton
Bezemore
Wilson County
Greene Superior Court
Yelverton
Randolph Simpson
Fred Edwards
Farmville
Simpson
Edwards
Woman Hurt In Greensboro Auto Crash Improves
Mrs G E Riggin of High Point was injured when her Chevrolet sedan skidded on a wet Spring Garden street and struck a streetcar. She suffered a head cut but is reported much improved and returned home to the Furnished City area. Also in the car were Mrs B F Morgan and five children who were bruised but not seriously hurt.
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Greensboro
G. E. Riggin
West Russell Street
High Point
Spring Garden Street
Furniture City
St. Leo’s Hospital
Hiq Hospital
Riggin
B. F. Morgan
High Point Couples Licensed to Wed in Greensboro
November 9 report shows Alvin Staley 21 and Rena May Tadlock 18 of Weigh Point obtaining a marriage license in Greensboro. Also two additional couples William Thomas Reid with Pearl Grace Spoon and Clyde L Richardson with Malinda Green from Furniture City received licenses yesterday.
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Enterprise Greensboro Bureau
Greensboro
Alvin Staley
Rena May Tadlock
Weigh Point
Furniture City
Williams Thomas Reid
Pearl Grace Spoon
Clyde L. Richardson
Malinda Green
Re sale of land by commissioner in High Point NC
By order of the Guilford County Superior Court the commissioner will re sell at public auction on November 20 1926 at 2 pm the High Point premises described as Ward street Cassell Mann and Stevenson Home place lines. Terms require cash on confirmation with one third note of confirmation due in twelve months with interest on deferred balance reserved until paid. This 3rd day of 1926. 11-9-16 C. C. B.
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Superior Court
Guilford County
North Carolina
Georgia Stevenson
Ve. Andrew Stevenson
Lena Stevenson
Oscar Stevenson
Lizzie Duff
B. F. Duff
J. M. Stevenson
High Point
N. C
High Point Township
Ward Street
Luther Cassell
Taylor
Cassell
W. H. Mann
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