Hedrick Elected President Of High Point Citizens Association
John W. Hedrick, ex mayor and councilman, was unanimously elected president of the High Point Citizens' Association at a 7:30 p m meeting in the Elwood hotel dining room. Mayor York spoke on property revaluation issues as city officials pledged cooperation, while advocates urged immediate tax and expenditure cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Hedrick
High Point Citizens’ Association
CC. C. Robbins
Elwood
Hedrick
C. A. York
E. M. Knox
A.&. Parker
York
High Point
Merchants Association to Hold Smokers Night
The High Point Merchants association will host a general meeting and smoker in the Elwood hotel dining room next Tuesday at 7 30 pm. T C Johnson secretary announced. Two speakers are scheduled W L Dowell Raleigh and Dr G I Humphreys High Point college president. A large number of prospective members will be invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred N. Tate
Hedrick
Sanitary Department
C. E. Reitzel
Tate
Association
Fire Department
G. H. Kearns
R. T. Amos
Water and Sewer Department
J. W. Clinard
R. E. Snow
York
Elwood Hotel
High Point Merchants Association
T. C. Johnson
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
W. L. Dowell
North Carolina Merchants Association
Raleigh
G. I. Humphreys
High Point College
Insurance Man Hurt In Accident At Commerce And Main
R G Yarborough an insurance salesman of 317 Richardson street was slightly injured when knocked from a car fender by a passing auto at Commerce and Main. He suffered several broken ribs and bruises and was treated at High Point hospital before being dismissed home. Police said the crash was unavoidable and no charges were filed.
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R. G. Yarborough
Richardson Street
Commerce
Main Streets
High Point Hospital
Miss Mary Muse Organizes High Point Young Democrats
Miss Mary Muse daughter of Mr and Mrs C C Muse 312 South Main Street has been chosen to head the young women's democratic club in High Point and to take charge of the organization work now underway Mrs Lula Martin Mc Iver Scott state organizer selected her to lead the effort no meeting has yet been called but is expected soon.
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Mary Muse
C. C. Muse
South Main Street
Young Women’s Democratic Club
High Point
Miss Muse
Lula Martin McIver Scott
Burton Street Home Damaged By Smoke
Fire crews responded to a Burton street home near 2:30 yesterday after smoke from a defective flue filled the residence of R. L. Loflin at 103 Burton Street. No flames were reported and damage was minimal.
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Burton Street
R. L. Loflin
Arnette resigns from North Carolina post
W. T. B. Arnette has resigned his position as consulting engineer with the state of North Carolina, an announcement made this morning.
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W. T. B. Arnette
North Carolina
University of Oklahoma buys 5500 amphibians for science classes
The University of Oklahoma purchased more than 5,500 frogs and turtles for science classes at a total cost of $614. The purchase indicates ongoing hands on instruction in biology courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Oklahoma
City Council Awards Street Equipment Contracts and Plans Public Works
The city council approved purchases for eight foot road grader and two tractors from Austin Western and Carolina Tractor for $1,000, $2,450, and $1,525. It authorized bids for sewer and water mains at Oak Hill and South Main, projects totaling about $18,000, plus widening Jacobs Avenue and condemning C R Wright property. Petitions included East Lexington curve curb work and Park Street water line extension.
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West Side
Austin Western Road Machinery Company
Richmond
Carolina Tractor and Equipment Company
Salisbury
Oak Hill
Ixnox
South Main Street
Mangum Avenue
Ward Street
Jacobs Avenue
C. R. Wright
J. E. Amos
Lexington Avenue
Revival At Welch Memorial Progresses
The Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant church revival led by Rev. J. D. Williams grows in interest with larger attendance each night. Key messages emphasize drawing near to God through prayer and church attendance, noting the danger of drifting away. Evening service at 7:30. Afternoon and evening services planned for tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant Church
J. D. Williams
D. D
Williams
Notable Raleigh Johnston and Ern ersville Obituaries
Death notices report Mrs. R Mary Lindsay Wearn widow of Joseph E. Wearn a Raleigh club leader. Rev L F Johnston D D pastor and North Carolina church figure. J M Guyer former mayor magistrate and Ern ersville’s oldest citizen.
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Aleigh
N. C
R Mary Lindsay Wearn
Joseph E. Wearn
Raleigh
Ernersville
J. M. Guyer
Briggs, North Carolina businessman and fraternal leader
James A. Briggs, 52, a business man active in fraternal circles, is noted in Raleigh area briefs with his community involvement and local ties.
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Aleigh
N. C
James A. Briggs
Inxton N C Veteran Post Office Employee Dies
Inston North Carolina AP reports Robert Edmond Coxe aged 57, a longtime post office employee, has died. The notice provides no further details on cause or survivors.
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Inston
N. C
Robert Edmond Coxe
Post Office
George Washington Walker Confederate Veteran Dies at 93
In Tinston Salem, N C AP reports George Washington Walker aged 93 a Confederate veteran has died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tinston
U.S. Bureau Notes Possible Synthetic Rubber
Washington reports that the Bureau of Standards has produced crystalline rubber from crude petroleum by extracting certain hydrocarbons. Dr. George Burgess, director, says solid rubber is almost certain if the work proves commercially valuable and can be extended.
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Oil
Washington
U.S. Bureau of Standards
George Burgess
Bureau
Wheat acreage in hangas accounts for large US share
About one quarter of all winter wheat sown in the United States, roughly 12.687 million acres, is reported to be in hangas. This sizable portion highlights regional concentration in winter wheat farming.
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United States
Hangas
City Considers Higher Theater Lease Offers
City council weighs offers for the American theater lease as High Point citizens propose a five year deal at 8100 per year through the Charles Theater company. PubEx Saenger bids 8000 per year with five free-use days annually and 30 day notice, while past municipal operation losses are cited against immediate action.
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Charles Theater Company, Inc
Publix-Saenger
American Theater
High Point
Charles Theater Company, Incorporated
PubEx-Saenger Company
Broadhurst
Paramount
Orpheum
Publix People
Charles Theater Company
Kryl and Band 10 to Perform in City Concerts Tomorrow
Bohumir Kryl world famed cornetist and bandmaster brings his ensemble to the high school auditorium for a matinee at 2:30 tomorrow for school children and an 8 p.m. evening performance. Born in Prague he joined the circus as a youth before turning to music and a celebrated career with Sousa and other bands.
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Bohumir Kryl
Prague
Bohemia
Europe
Kryl
America
Sousa
Crawfordsville
Ind
Lew Wallace
Chicago
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Inspectors Review Postoffice Site Options for High Point
Postoffice inspectors R. E. Dauch and E. C. Graham Jr. arrived to assess sites for High Point's proposed 400000 dollar post office. They will examine locations bid by the Brown Sullivan family, Mutual Investment Co., Long, Jackson, Sherrod, Cox, the High Point school board and others, with no action taken until returning to Washington.
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R. E. Dauch
E. C. Graham, Jr
Supervising Architect
United States Treasury Department
Postoffice
High Point
Mr. Dauch
Mr. Graham
Washington
Mae Brown Sullivan
Lindsay
West Washington
Mutual Investment Co
Willowbrook and Commerce
Charles F. Long
Northeast Corner
Church and Elm
W. L. Jackson
Washington and Steele
A. Sherrod
Northwest Corner
Wrenn and Commerce
J. Elwood Cox
Bertha E. Cox
Wrenn and Green
High Point School Board
Main
Green
Max Bones
W. C. Jones
English
September Cotton Use Increases Across Categories
Census Bureau reports September cotton consumption at 394 821 bales of lint and 62 798 bales of linters, with higher totals in consuming establishments and public storage compared with August. Imports and exports for September show 3 394 bales imported and 902 956 lint bales plus 5 896 linters exported. spindle activity reaches 26 087 004.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Britain Prepares for 1930 Census Count
The article notes Britain plans a 1930 census to start in February or March 1931 with about 40 000 enumerators earning roughly 15 dollars each. Over 20 million schedules will collect data on age marital status birthplace occupation children living rooms and more using a robot sorting machine processing 20 000 cards per hour.
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NEA
London
Great Britain
Radio gains power change in Greensboro name WBIG
WBAM in Greensboro becomes WBIG after a power increase request. In Hertford a wreck injures Elihu Key who avoided a dog but sustained minor injuries in a vehicle crash.
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Greensboro
N. C
WBAM
WBIG
Hertford
Elihu Key
Man jailed after being pulled from train in Spartanburg
A Gaffney youth Fred Harris faced arrest in Spartanburg after railroad agents removed him from a train and jailed him for lacking a fine. In Goldsboro a man privately baptised new church members on a Sunday near his preacher, amid snickers and guffaws.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Fred Harris
Carolinas
Goldsboro
N. C
Amplifying system to be used for State Wake Forest game
An amplifying system will be used on Riddick field for the N. C. State Wake Forest football game on Thursday. The game is a feature of fair week and will be called play by play over the loud speaker and broadcast by Radio Station WPTF.
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Raleigh
Riddick Field
N. C. State
Wake Forest
WPTF
Stanback Eases Nerve Pains and Induces Sleep
Thousands of women praise Stanback for neuralgia relief as Mrs. J. C. Ellington of Paragould Arkansas reports falling asleep within minutes. The advertisement touts Stanback as safe non narcotic fast pain relief for head ache periodic pains and neuralgia offered in 10c and 25c sizes.
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J. C. Ellington
Paragould
Ark
North Carolina
Thomasville Girl Hurt In Accident In Overturned Car
Miss Odessa Myers a Thomasville telephone operator suffered severe injuries to her left arm after the car she rode in with Miss Pride Everhart overturned near Sergeant's Kennels on the Greensboro highway. Early reports said amputation was possible but hospital advised otherwise. Everhart uninjured. Myers to be moved to City Memorial hospital.
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Odessa Myers
Miss Pride Everhart
Greensboro
Miss Myers
Joe Blackburn
Henry Lowman
Clinic
Missy Everhart
Pickle Industry Yields Large Farm Returns
The U S Department of Agriculture reports an average annual cucumber pickle production of about 3 000 000 000 on about 74 000 acres yielding roughly 4 000 000 dollars to growers.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Is It a Pumpkin or a Watermelon Showpiece
A new display at the Enterprise window features a hybrid fruit seen as a cross between a watermelon and a pumpkin submitted by Cc. E. Harbinson. The strange produce resembles a watermelon on the outside with a snowy white interior and was grown from a pumpkin vine at the city disposal plant east of the city. A second addition is a pumpkin with a floral base design by Mrs. George Moore of Davidson County, who reported several pumpkins bearing the same pattern.
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Enterprise
Cc. E. Harbinson
George Moore
Davidson County
Unconscious Man Found Near Ingram’s Drug Store
Henry Lowman of 109 Richardson street was found unconscious near Ingram's drug store around 6 PM. He was taken to Guilford General hospital, remained unconscious for hours, then regained consciousness this morning with condition reported much better.
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Henry Lowman
Richardson Street
Ingram
Guilford General Hospital
Lebanon Revival Services Continue With Large Crowds
Large crowds attend revival at Lebanon M P Church as Rev. Edward Suits leads services tonight at 7 30 PM. The pastor expects to carry the meetings through the week amid growing interest.
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Lebanon M. P. Church
Edward Suits
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W. Broad
Miss Mary Muse
City Council
Welch Memorial
City
Band 10
City Tomorrow
Britain
Schwab Tailoring Company
East Broad St
Johnson
Clyde Farley
C. F. Farley
College Street
Stanbagk
MR. Shipper
MR. Consignee
Tri-City Motor Express Lines
City Transfer and Storage Coo
Thomasville
Sedgefield
Lebanon
Safe Travel Funds
Egypt
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Commercial National Bank
V. A. J. Idol V. Pres
Treas
C. H. Ellis
Denton Railroad
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