Births and events fill High Point social page
The notice column reports births for October including a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. EB Teague and another for Mr. and Mrs. Wade Davis with Loma Byrum prior name. It covers club meetings at Burbank Garden Club and West End Baptist T. E. L. class, Utopian Study Club update, school broadcast by Bay Street second graders, Italian supper by St Marys Church Service League, and a postponed A A U W meeting. Also notes social visits and gatherings at Stratford Virginia for General Lee anniversary and local bridge games with prizes.
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Stratford
John S. Welborn
High Point
Garland Daniel
Greensboro
Con
Robert E. Lee
General Lee
Governor Pollard
Virginia
Stratford Hall
Robert FE. Lee
Henry Louis Smith
Washington and Lee University
Giles B. Cook
Lee
Welborn
Daniel
Mrs. E. A. Hatcher Jr Improves After Operation at High Point
Mrs. E A Hatcher Jr has improved after ten days as a patient at High Point Hospital following an operation. Mr and Mrs E S Eggleton of Bassett Virginia spent the weekend here with Mrs Eggleton’s parents Mr and Mrs J H McCain. They were accompanied home by Miss Ora C and George E McCain who will visit them.
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J. Foy Horton
Sunset Drive
E. W. Price
Berne
Indiana
H. Jack Sharpe
Mr. Sharpe
Esther Garris
A. E. Schlecter
R. A. Wilson
Earl Womble
Boyd Ward
Gilbert Ballew
A. Lee Gibson
Winston-Salem
W. H. Gibson
Bob Wilson
Frankie Mitchell
Horton
E. A. Hatcher, Jr
High Point Hospital
E. S. Eggleton
Bassett, Va
North Carolina Briefs Highlight Blackshirts and Bank Heist
AP dispatch reports Marvin J. Riteh claiming 200 to 500 North Carolinians join blackshirts after two meetings. Carl Bailey, last of four jailed in a 4600 take, posted bond. Forest Flames from a passing locomotive were extinguished near Rosewood Consolidated School. In Selma, Will Talton, 50, died suspected from alcohol poisoning, the second such death this week.
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Harlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Marvin J. Riteh
Pharlotte
Ma Cy
Carl ©. Bailey
American Trust Company
Rosewood
Selma
N.C
Will . Talton
Plans Under Way for Large Rutherfordton Garment Factory
UTHERPORDTON New York AP reports plans in progress to establish a large garment factory in Rutherfordton. Details remain sparse but indicate a significant industrial development for the area.
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Utherpordton
N. Y
Rutherfordton
Engineer perfects 8 part control for boilers
Pencer North Carolina AP reports DPD has perfected an eight part automatic control for all boilers. Ray Koontz a railway mechanic is credited with the development. The system promises safer, more efficient boiler operation.
Sermon at St Edward's Church Highlights Saint Edward Life
Father Murphy preached two sermons at St Edward's yesterday focusing on Sin and Its Remedy and Devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He praised Saint Edward for charity to the poor and noted his English veneration and feast day on October 13 as a model of virtue. The morning sermon from the gospel of Jesus forgiving a paralytic emphasized that sin is the greatest evil, and forgiveness follows through Christ's mercy and established means.
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Father Murphy
St. Edward’s Church
St. Edward
England
Jesus Christ
Texas Bar Raises Funds for Memorial in Austin
The Texas Bar association seeks 35000 dollars to erect a memorial in Austin honoring the founding of the state judiciary. Funds will support a commemorative installation and related ceremonies.
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The
Texas Bar Association
Austin
Northwestern captain Bruder contracts mild smallpox jinx breaks
Evanston reports Northwestern football captain Hank Bruder diagnosed with mild smallpox. About 300 varsity and freshman players fraternity brothers classmates and athletic staff receive vaccinations as Bruder hopes to miss no games. He is expected to be in uniform for the Minnesota game on November 1, leaving Illinois and a later match against Center affected.
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Evanston
Ill
Hank Bruder
Northwestern
Number 13
Bruder
Tulane
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Wildcats
Illinois
Centre
Clock tower features at Messina Cathedral clock
A grand relief clock is being built for Messina Cathedral in England to show moon and star positions tides and seasons. A cock on top will crow at sunrise and sunset while a lion moves and roars at noon.
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Messina
England
International bankers extend 125 million dollar credit to Germany
Berlin reports a 125 million dollar credit from an international syndicate led by American bankers, seen as a hopeful breakthrough amid economic gloom. In Foochow China American missionaries reach the port from bandit areas after two British missionaries were killed.
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Berlin
Germany
Reich
Peiping
China
Foochow
United States
Windstorm Hits Walnut District in Grenoble Region
A tornado force wind swept the walnut growing area between Vinay and Tullins causing damage estimated in the millions of francs. The storm struck Oct 13 in Grenoble France with widespread losses to crops and property.
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Grenoble
France
Vinay and
Tullins
Plane crash near Knernis kills pilot and two passengers
A pilot and two passengers died when an airplane crashed at the village of Knernis near Rabat. Some reports suggested the two passengers were Americans.
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Rabat
Morocco
Knernis
U S Marine Captain Shoots Self at Port Corinto
Lieutenant Harvey Byars Alban of the United States Marine Corps, commander of the Nicaraguan national detachment at Port Corinto, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. He was a Missouri native.
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Managua
Nicaragua
Harvey Byars Alban
United States Marine Corps
Port Corinto
Missouri
British Museum Egyptologist Dr Hall Dies in London
Dr Harry Reginald Holland Hall, keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities at the British Museum, died in London after a brief illness.
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London
Harry Reginald Holland Hall
British Museum
Unidentified group damages street car during Spain strike
In Seville on October 13 a group of unidentified individuals stowed a street car despite the general strike. Several windows were broken but no injuries were reported.
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Seville
Spain
Bride Feliciana Maras de Lus Marries Antonio Monteiro Felipe
In Lisbon Portugal Feliciana Maras de Lus aged 90 wed Antonio Monteiro Felipe a medical student. She brought him a dowry of 2000009 dollars in the ceremony.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Feliciana Maras de Lus
Antonio Monteiro Felipe
Sherry from Spain and a New Brunswick pageant
A 1894 sherry cask from southern Spain arrives in London for Columbus Day celebrations by the Spanish club of London with a toast to the prince. Berlin offers beer via drink vending machines at transit stands with a cup costing 20 pfennings. Bloomfield Littell of West Orange, who played Rutgers against Princeton in the 1873 first intercollegiate game, will view a pageant marking New Brunswick's 250th anniversary tonight.
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London
Spain
Prince of Wales
Columbus
Berlin
New Brunswick
N. J
Bloomfield Littell
West Orange
Rutgers
Princeton
Street baseball nuisance leads to playground rule
Tokyo boys playing scrub base ball on streets annoy residents and prompt police to confine the game to public playgrounds. In Sydney Nova Scotia Lord Wellingdon governor general of Canada receives a black eye from a golf ball during a Baddeck round.
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Tokyo
Sydney
N. S
Lord Wellingdon
Canada
Baddeck
Lindberghs Buy Estate Near Princeton for Flying Field
The Lindberghs of Englewood New Jersey have purchased a 150 acre farm near Princeton with plans to build an estate and a flying field on the site.
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Englewood
N. J
Hanover Billboards Offer Public Dating Messages
Hanover officials lease street corner billboard space for residents to post messages to companions and potential dates offering a local dating style service in public view.
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Hanover
Germany
Fritz
Gretchen
Gloomy Monk Younger Critics Wildcats Play Against Duke
Davidson sports writer Younger quips that his Wildcats resembled house cats in the defeat to Duke. He uses a sharp simile to critique the effort and pace shown by his team.
Governor Gardner Introduces Roosevelt at Kings Mountain
Judge Frances D. Winston of Windsor remembered presenting President Roosevelt in Raleigh with a terse line. Gardner, introducing the president at Kings Mountain, was equally concise.
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Raleigh, N
Gardner
Kings Mountain
Frances D. Winston
Windsor
Winston
Roosevelt
Raleigh
Clarence Kuester Keeps Hoover Desk Souvenir
Clarence Kuester, key organizer of the Kings Mountain celebration in Charlotte, preserves a desk used by President Hoover and an autographed copy of his speech as part of his collected souvenirs from the event.
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Charlotte
N. C
Clarence Kuester
Kings Mountain
Hoover
State Fair displays 50 pound sweet potatoes from Mecklenburg prison farm
Raleigh reports five sweet potatoes grown at the Mecklenburg county prison farm weighed a total of 50 pounds, showcased by W. A. Graham the commissioner of agriculture at the State Fair.
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Raleigh
N. C
W. A. Graham
Mecklenburg County
Coloring In Soft Drinks Harmless In Home Beverages
Washington report notes most soft bottled drinks use certified dyes that are harmless in foods and beverages. A typical 7 ounce bottle contains about three hundredths of a grain of added coloring matter per bottle, according to J W Sale of the Federal Food and Drug Administration.
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Washington
J. W. Sale
Federal Food and Drug Administration
Edgecombe Girls Studying Foods in 4-H Clubs
Tarboro NC October 13 edgecombe county 4 H club girls in nine clubs select foods as their main study for the year Miss Katherine Millsaps extension home agent recently transferred from Scotland county reports girls learn to select foods for daily diet and self check for essentials at home
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Tarboro
Edgecombe County
Katherine Millsaps
Edgecombe
Millsaps
Scotland County
Edison father of five children across two marriages
The article states that Thomas A. Edison had five children in total, three with his first wife and two with his second wife.
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Thomas A. Edison
Revival Services Open Tonight at Kennedy Schoolhouse
Revival meetings begin tonight at the Kennedy schoolhouse near Hasty high school with Evangelist S. T. Furgerson in charge. The public is invited to attend.
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Kennedy
Hasty High School
S. T. Furgerson
Joseph E. Kirk Dies At Home In Guilford County
Joseph Ernest Kirk aged 49 died at 2:30 AM at his home on Bay and Council streets after several months of illness. He was born in Guilford County on July 16, 1881.
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Joseph Ernest Kirk
Bay and
Council Streets
Guilford County
Obituary: Kirk Family Patriarch Dies in High Point
Son of Jack and Martha Brown Kirk, married to Minnie Simpson, survives with five sons Orville Robert Albert Ernest and Robah of High Point and five daughters Hazel McCuiston Claudie Ridge Edna Lillian and Mary Frances Kirk of High Point. Brothers Robert Kirk of Oak Ridge and Emery Kirk of Guilford Battleground. Former Oak Ridge farmer moved to High Point a year ago. Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at A M P church Oak Ridge with church cemetery interment.
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Jack
Martha Brown Kirk
Minnie Simpson
Orville
Robert
Albert
Ernest
Robah Kirk
High Point
Hazel McCuiston
Oak Ridge
Claudie Ridge
Edna
Lillian
Mary Frances Kirk
Robert Kirk
Emery Kirk
Guilford Battleground
Cash From Timber Aids Farmers Facing Poor Crops
Washington October 13 The extension forester W R Mattoon of the Forest Service USDA says income from farm woodlands is a life saver for farmers harmed by short field crops. With proper management and marketing, timber farming yields good profits and stabilizes farm income.
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Washington, D. C
W. R. Mattoon
Extension Forester
Forest Service
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture
Fox Speeds Recorded At 26 Miles Per Hour
The common fox is credited with a speed of 26 miles an hour in reported animal speed measurements.
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Burbank Garden Club
John Hedrick
North Main Street
West End Baptist Church
Dauther
Wade Davis
Waxhaw
Davis
Loma Byrum
Utopian Study Club
Thomas
W. B. Thomas
Colonial Drive
Thomas Turner
Martha Deaton
Bay Street
WBAM
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St. Mary's Church Service League
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American Association of University Women
John Abels
Alexander Martin
T. J. Gold
Alexander Chapter
Country Club
C. C. Robbins
C. B. Mattocks
C. C. Haworth
F. J. Bartlett
H. M. Brandon, Jr
W. C. Jones
B. C. Page
Katherine Whitener
MR. Strickland
G. B. Strickland
Strickland
North
Hamilton Street
E. J. Ferguson
Ernest Moody
John Morgan
Sam Fitch
Clarence Fulgham
Mrs. Horton
Bridge
Jersey
Moffitt’s
Carolina News Briefs
ST. Edwards
Catholic Church
Blond Songstress
Alice
Boulden
Rhythm Ramblers
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Official Bureau Weather Report
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Gadye Areer
World Briefs
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Tennessee
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Joseph E. Kirk
Matton Drug Company
W. M. Tucker
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Beavans
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Eureka Junior
Eureka
Clinard Electric CO
College Street
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