Commercial Bank To Pay Ten Percent Dividend To Depositors
John D. Biggs, receiver, announces a sixth dividend of 10 percent to creditors of the defunct Commercial National Bank of High Point. Checks will be delivered Oct 13 from 9 am to 4 pm at Security Bank building in the lobby, with noon close on Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commercial National Bank of High Point
John D. Biggs
Security National Bank
Atlantic Building and Loan Association
Building and Loan Association
Security Bank
Biggs
Civil Service Commission to Meet Tonight in High Point
The High Point Civil Service commission will meet at the offices over Fire Station No 2 at 7 30 tonight. Secretary Wade P Renfrow said routine business will be conducted and eligible lists for several positions will likely be selected to be presented to the city manager.
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High Point Civil Service Commission
Wade P. Renfrow
Divorce Suit Filed In Municipal Court
D. E. Osborn of this city filed for absolute divorce from Celia Osborn in municipal court this morning alleging separation of over two years. The couple married April 13 1929 and separated December 30 19.
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D. E. Osborn
Clerk of Municipal Court
Celia 8. Osborn
Coast Guard Intercepts Two SOS Calls Off Japanese Coast
The coast guard and Mackay radio detected two weak SOS signals from an unidentified vessel near Japan early today. No identifying information was given by the sender.
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San Francisco
The
Coast Guard
Mackay Radio
Japan
Mrs. L. R. Malone Dies at 33 in Local Hospital
Maude Lee Malone, 33, of 1112 Orlando Street, died at a city hospital after five weeks as a patient. Born May 10, 1904 in High Point, she was daughter of Charles R. and Annie Blair Lee. Survived by her husband L. R. Malone and her city parents. Funeral at her parents' home 1009 North Hamilton Street Wednesday at 2 PM conducted by Rev. Samuel Haworth and Rev. Tom A. Sykes, Springfield cemetery burial.
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Maude Lee Malone
Orlando Street
High Point
Charles R
Annie Blair Lee
L. R. Malone
Central Friends Church
North
Hamilton Street
Samuel Haworth
Guilford College
Tom A. Sykes
Springfield Cemetery
Civitan club hears community drive plans and college lectures
At the Elwood hotel Civitan members learned the Community Chest drive dates November 2 and 3 and the fundraising goal. Dr. P E B Lindley outlined three High Point college lecture courses, and E A Wright urged support for the Duke Davidson freshmen football game October 22 at the new High Point stadium as a community effort. Mrs Hubert L Barrier and Dan W Smith performed, and Charles Kellam was welcomed as a new member.
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High Point College
Davidson-Duke
Civitan Club
Elwood Hotel
W. B. Hall
Community Chest Drive
P. EB. Lindley
Lindley
E. A. Wright
Lions Club
Duke-Davidson
Wright
Eye Cline
Henry V. Koonts
Hubert L. Barrier
Dan W. Smith
Barrier
Municipal Court Dockets Reported Afternoon Session
A heavy municipal court docket forced a noon recess return. Virginia Smith faced two assault counts with a deadly weapon and was sentenced to four months on one end and 30 days on the other. J C Rale of Erwin Tennessee drunk driving fined 50 dollars plus costs and forbidden to drive 12 months. Marie White held over to Guilford Superior Court for grand larceny after probable cause. Elridge Tuggle paid five dollars and costs for assault. J A Lyerly faced reckless driving with costs and damages to witness Maurice Spell. Nelson Welle and Robert L Beck each paid half costs for speeding. H L Mangum paid half costs for speeding.
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Virginia Smith
Loflin Rats
J. C. Rale
Erwin
Tenn
Elrdidge Tuggle
Wem Green Street
J. A. Lyerly
Maurice Spell
Nelson Welle
Robert L. Beck
Jamestown
H. L. Mangum
Width of Street Still Unsettled
The finance committee discussed High street width between Wrenn and Main. Seborn Perry seeks 50 feet for the wall site while project plans call for 40 feet and the council cites tight finances for any expansion. Perry offered to lower land costs to offset the wall, but others have not authorized such terms. Perry currently asks $20,000 for the property. the wall is estimated at $9,000.
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High Street
Wrenn
Main
Seborn Perry
Perry
Contract Set For Material For Use At Port Runways
Guilford county commissioners let a contract for 300 tons of fluxed asphaltic limestone seaboat for runways at the Greensboro High Point airport. Cost is 10.25 dollars per ton totaling 3076 dollars. Material awarded to Alabama Asphaltic Limestone Company of Birmingham.
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Greensboro
Guilford
High Point Couple Married Twice In One Week
The High Point pair Theodore Palmer and Euterpe J Spir opoulou obtained two identical marriage certificates within days. They first wed in Greensboro by a Justice of the Peace, but the bride’s church would not recognize the union until a second certificate was issued.
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Greensboro
Theodore Palmer
Euterpe J. Spiropoulou
Mistrial Declared In Cole v Gastonia Used Car Case
Judge Lewis EB Teague ordered a mistrial in the civil case of J. C. Cole against Gastonia Used Car in Gastonia Municipal Court. Cole seeks 10000 for injuries from a Greensboro automobile wreck, alleging defendant’s agent negligence. Case to be calendared for the next term.
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Lewis EB. Teague
J. C. Cole
Gastonia Used Car Company
Greensboro
Teague
Cole
Counterfeiter Arrested in Bryson City Charged in Richmond Case
The Charlotte office of the federal secret service announced the arrest in Bryson City of a man identified as John Flamengo alias John Fox alias John Martin alias John Manero. authorities say he is connected with alleged counterfeiting activities in Richmond Virginia.
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Charlotte
Federal Secret Service
Bryson City
Henry Thomas
John Flamengo
John Fox
John Martin
John Manero
Richmond
C10 Praised for Pay Hikes by Textile Leaders
Sidney Hillman of the CIO textile directorate reported a 20 percent pay rise for over one million textile workers. He cited 456,000 pledge signatures and 258,150 contracts at a 10 percent raise, with $970,000 spent on organizing. He noted donations from Amalgamated Clothing Workers and ILGWU and stressed avoiding strikes when possible.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Sidney Hillman
Textile Workers’ Organizing Committee
Hillman
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Deep South
John Brophy
National Labor Relation Board
A. F
Farley backs Mahoney in New York mayoral race
Postmaster General James A. Farley announced his support for Jeremiah T. Mahoney in the New York City mayoral contest. Mahoney and Fiorello LaGuardia both back New Deal policies, while the national administration had previously kept hands off the race.
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New York
James A. Farley
Jeremiah T. Mahoney
New York City
Mahoney
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
National
Farley
Royal 8. Copeland
Sex Education Is Danger To Youth Says Clergyman
The Rev Vincent Mooney of Washington DC calls sex education dangerous to youth and labels advocates educated fools before about 8 000 at the national catechetical congress. He accuses three youth groups of radicalism endangering Catholic youth and urges Catholic education as a defense against communism and its appeal to Negroes.
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ST. Louis
Vincent Mooney
Washington, D. C
Mooney
Young Communists League
Young Socialists League
American Student Union
Edward F. Murphy
New Orleans
Thrifty Herons Repair Old Nest Each Year
A rickety structure is repaired and reused by blue herons each season, showing resourceful nesting behavior and persistence. The piece notes their tendency to refurbish an existing site rather than build anew.
Royal Arcanum Leaders to Meet Old Plank Road Council
Richard Brown Grand Regent for the Carolinas and Ralph Lewis extension director will join Old Plank Road council at the Arcade building for a regular meeting Wednesday at 7 30 p m. Brown recently elected Grand Regent at Winston Salem and Lewis is a past Winston-Salem regent. A quartet will sing and the program will end early for a pre arranged bowling contest after adjournment.
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Richard Brown
Royal Arcanum
North
South Carolina
Ralph Lewis
Royal Arecanum
Old Plank Road Council
Arcade
Mr. Brown
Carolinas
Winston-Salem
James A. Parks
Revival Ends Tonight at First Evangelical and Reformed
The ten day revival led by Rev. W. R. Shaffer concludes tonight at the First Evangelical and Reformed church. Attendance has been high this year with strong cooperation. Tonight’s message is Something To Think About. Prayer service is Wednesday at 7 30 p m and new members will join on Sunday Harvest Home Day on October 31.
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First Evangelical and Reformed
W. R. Shaffer
Siat
Guilford Game Laws Misunderstood in County
Guilford County game laws cause hunters to continue hunting after the September 30 open season ended. Game Warden A M Benbow explains Guilford uses a split season from September 4 to 30 and November 20 to January 31, unlike neighboring counties. Additional violations may lead to criminal prosecutions.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
A. M. Benbow
Benbow
Guilford
Church Debates Remarriage Rules Liberalization
In Cincinnati on October 12 the house of deputies of the Protestant Episcopal church debated liberalizing remarriage law. A nine year study recommended bishops decide if a communicant may remarry, replacing the current rule that allows remarriage only for the innocent party in adultery cases.
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Cincinnati
House of Deputies
Protestant Episcopal Church
Episcopal General Convention
Upshaw Buys Local Wilson Feed and Seed Store
A. M. Upshaw has repurchased the Wilson Feed and Seed Store on Wrenn Street. The store will keep the Wilson Feed and Seed Store name, after Upshaw formerly owned it when it was the Happy Feed Store before selling in 1930 to the Wilsons for travel work with a feed concern.
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A. M. Upshaw
Wilson Feed and Seed
Wrenn Street
Mr. Upshaw
Happy Feed
Wilsons
Hospital Saving Association Opens Headquarters Here
The Hospital Saving Association of North Carolina opens an office in High Point with Mrs Perle Davis Martin in charge at the Sheraton hotel. Dr I H Manning of Chapel Hill chairs the nonprofit group with about 35 000 NC members funded by the Duke Foundation. The plan offers hospitalization and nursing care for employees and families, excluding medical services, venereal and quarantinable diseases, mental disorders, and Workmen’s Compensation cases. Benefits run up to 21 days per year, rising to 30 days after one year of membership.
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The
Hospital Saving Association of North Carolina, Inc
North Carolina Hospital Association
North Carolina Medical Society
High Point
Perle Davis Martin
Sheraton Hotel
North Carolina
I. H. Manning
Chapel Hill
Duke Foundation
Death of Curtis J. Yow Farm er of Thomasville Area
Curtis J. Yow a well known farmer from Fair Grove in Thomasville route two died last midnight after a three year illness. He was born August 23 1877 Randolph County and remained unmarried. Survived by four sisters Laura Fannie two in route two and Linwood route two brother Walter of Linwood route two a nephew Homer Thayer and several other nieces and nephews. Funeral at Fair Grove Methodist Episcopal church Wednesday at 2 pm conducted by Rev. W R Jenkins burial in church cemetery.
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Thomasville
Curtis J. Yow
Fair Grove
Yow
Jones
Elizabeth Harrison
Randolph County
Laura
Fannie Yow
Marvin Thayer
C. T. Black
Route Two
Walter Yow
Linwood
Homer Thayer
Fair Grove Methodist Episcopal Church
W. R. Jenkins
Church
Isle Royale Bridge Formed In Severe Winter
Isle Royale near Minnesota forms a solid ice bridge to the mainland during harsh winter conditions in Lake Superior. The distance between the island and the eastern Minnesota coast remains about 25 miles as ice connects the lands.
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Isle Royale
Lake Superior
Minnesota
Alligator Mail Rule Question Raises Shipping Debate
A claim states that sending alligators through the mail is allowed if the reptiles do not exceed 20 inches in length. The assertion prompts questions about animal transport rules and mail service safety standards.
Final Services For Lyndon Lewis A Baby
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon for 3 week old Lyndon Lewis child of Mr. and Mrs. G. M. who died at home in Oak Hill community High Point route. Services at East G Street Baptist Church were led by Rev Royal and J W Grace with girl from Hilliard Memorial Baptist Church singing and Joseph Edwards performing a solo. Pallbearers included Leroy Bins H O Hayworth Jr Earl Wright and Cecil Napier. Burial followed in Floral Den Cemetery.
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Lyndon Lewis
G. M. la
Oak Hillmunity
High Point
Royal
East G Street Baptist Church
J. W. Grace
Street
M. EB
Hilliard Morial Baptist Church
Joseph Edwards
Paul Wrent
Leroylins
H. O. Hayworth, Jr
Ard Wright
Cecil Napier Terment
Floral den
Possible life beyond Earth in solar system planets
The text argues that life elsewhere in the solar system could exist in forms unlike Earth's, noting that no planet shares Earth's exact conditions. It presents the idea as a possibility rather than a conclusion, reflecting speculative scientific thinking.
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Earth
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