Soil conservation tour to highlight projects at City Lake park
Secretary Wallace and Dr. Bennett will lead a tour of soil conservation projects at Reedy Fork and a River, with stops at James town 4 H Club and A and T College. The event includes a luncheon at the Sheraton and a 2 30 p m rally at City Lake park featuring remarks by Hoey.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
Reedy Fork
Jamestown
Wallace
Washington
Greensboro
A. & ?. College
Sheraton Hotel
Hoey
Bennett
City Lake Park
Local North and South Carolina Weather Forecasts
Generally fair in both states with cold nights and frost, clouding by Saturday and slowly rising temperatures. South Carolina may see rain or overcast conditions tonight into tomorrow with coastal mist. readings include scattered figures for past temperatures. Monumental gusts and coastal outlooks not specified.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Columbia Dean Warns Radio Will Not Supplant Printing
Carl W. Ackerman, dean of Columbia University School of Journalism, told 300 editors that the written word remains the key educative force. He cited the belief that one retains more from reading than listening and warned radio cannot replace it. He noted growing demand for “neighbor news” in major dailies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl W. Kerman
Columbia Duate Echool
Associated Press
Ackerman
CIO Proposes New Peace Plan For Labor Pacts
Michael Quill of the Transport Workers Union Joseph Curran of the National Maritime Union and Abraham Filaxler of State County and Municipal Workers present a fresh pro peace proposal amid labor tensions in New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bile Workers
Michael Quill
The
Transport Workers of
New York City
Joseph Curran
National Maritime Union
Abraham Filaxler
A F L Delegates Shuffle Home After Green Re elected
The 57th annual American Federation of Labor convention adjourns as William Green wins a 13th term while endorsing a peace conference with the CIO. The federation accepts talks with CIO rebels but vows unification only on terms not dictated by John L. Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Federation of Labor
John L. Lewis
Committee For Industrial Organization
A. F. of L
William Green
Green
C. IL. O
Atlantic City
Lewis
Marron Speaks at Kiwanis Luncheon in High Point
Detective Sergeant J W Mc Mahon head of High Point police bureau urged citizens to cooperate to stamp out crime at a Kiwanis luncheon at the Elwood hotel. He highlighted crime detection and identification processes with bureau photo exhibits. R H Sechrest and D S Haworth led the program, and Dr P E Lindley announced a lyceum course at High Point college.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. McMahon
Bureau of Investigation
High Point
Bureau
R. H. Sechrest
D. 8. Haworth
P. E. Lindley
High Point College
North Carolina Tourists To Boost High Point Stop
Travel experts from the city plan a two week NC circuit starting in Asheville and ending in Charlotte on October 22. Four guides will accompany visitors including B Z Jones and T W Sprinkle. The luncheon in High Point follows a route through Canton Waynesville Sylva and many mountain and Piedmont towns. The tour, costing about 50000 dollars, is funded by motor clubs bus lines hotels and local communities with an expected 5000000 spending statewide in 1938.
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Thomasville
High Point
B. Z Jones
A. F. Clark
N. L. Garner
T. W. Sprinkle
Asheville
Canton
Waynesville
Sylva
Cherokee
The
Smoky Mountains National Park
Highlands and Cashier’s Valley
Hendersonville
Lake Lure
Little Switzerland
Linville
Blowing Rock
Lenoir
Hickory
Gastonia
Charlotte
Concord
Kannapolis
Salisbury
Lexington
Sedgefield
Greensboro
Guilford Battle Ground
Kernersville
Kerner’s Folly
Winston-Salem
Goldsboro
Carthage
Albemarne
North Carolina
Mediation in War: First Effort and Unknowns
The president called mediation the first effort in war and described it as an if question. He declined to discuss modifying the neutrality act or whether Norman H. Davis would attend the nine power treaty conference. No formal invitation had been received. He redirected inquiries to the state department regarding the Far East assault on an American marine and a sailor. A luncheon followed with Joseph P. Kennedy about routine Shipping Board matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman H. Davis
Europe
United States
State Department
Far East
Joseph P. Kennedy
Maritime Commission
Shipping Board
Two White Bandits Hunted For Attack in Laurinburg
Officers hunted two white men after they attacked and robbed Irene Wright, 24, of eastern Scotland county. Deputy Frank Todd said the assailants stunned her with a bottle and escaped with 70 dollars. Wright was not seriously hurt.
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Laurinburg
Irene Wright
Scotland County
Frank Todd
Hancock Ready To Represent Entire State
Rep. Frank W. Hancock, candidate for the U S Senate, says the East West political division of North Carolina no longer exists and his aim is to represent all 100 counties of the state not just Granville. He notes better roads and communication have erased dividing lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
North Carolina
Frank W. Hancock
U. S. Senate
Granville County
United States Senate
Dalhover Faces Electric Chair Likely in Indiana Case
Indiana prosecutors push to finalize murder charges against James Dalhover, sole Brady gang survivor, who may face the electric chair after the gunmen Al Brady and Clarence Lee Shaffer Jr. were killed by six bullets in Bangor Maine last Tuesday. Dalhover, reportedly unconcerned, reflected that a life on the run was “pretty good while it lasted” and that being shot was expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
James Dalhover
Brady
al Brady
Clarence Lee Shaffer, Jr
Bangor
Niche in Potter’s Field Likely Brady Burial Site
Al Brady the mid west killer lies unclaimed after a six bullet raid. His bullet ridden body was given to Bangor officials for disposal. Cornelius Frost says arrangements are not complete but pauper’s burial in a wooden casket is the typical outcome. Indiana relatives claimed Clarence Lee Shaffer Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rott Field
Bangor
Potter's Field
al Brady
Mid-West
Cornelius Frost
Indiana
Clarence Lee Shaffer, Jr
Aged Woman Testifies in Slaying Trial
In Danbury on October 16 a frail 70-year-old mountain woman Mrs Fannie Nelson testified about watching her son George Nelson kill his wife with a razor. She described how he struck twice then kissed her before slitting his own throat. The slaying occurred a week earlier.
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Danbury
George
Nelson
Fannie Nelson
Educators Meet in Asheville for NCEA Western Meet
Hundreds of public school teachers from 18 counties gathered in Asheville for the opening of the 15th annual convention of the Western District of the North Carolina Education Association.
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Asheville
North Carolina Education Association
Dock workers plan to strike across Southern ports
Jacksonville Fla Oct 15 Four to five thousand dock workers from Wilmington NC to Miami and Gulf Coast will walk out at midnight. They seek shorter hours higher pay time and a half for overtime union recognition and new contracts. Tampa workers began strike today with 1200 quitting. The strike has ILA approval and support from AFL while peaceful picketing is planned in all ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Fla
W. E. Townsend
International Longshoremen’s Association
Wilmington
N. C
Miami
Gulf Coast
Tampa
Townsend
International Longshoremen's Association
American Federation of Labor
Japan Bound U S Freighter Tied Up On Pacific Coast
The Dollar Line Freighter Admiral Multon was tied up in San Francisco after sailors refused war bonus payments for a planned voyage to Kobe and Yokohama. The ship, slated to sail for San Pedro to load gasoline and rails, had stores removed and no substitute trip planned. The crew was paid off.
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San Francisco
Dollar Line
Admiral Multon
Kobe
Yokohama
Japan
San Pedro
Calif
Soviet Repressive Rulings Extend 22 Death Sentences
Twenty two more death sentences for agricultural wrecking were reported. Eastern Siberia accounts describe officials abusing collective farmers jeopardizing crops, neglecting machinery, and implementing unproductive agricultural programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Siberia
Man Sentenced Thirty Years in Woman's Death
Randolph Brinson, 26, was given a 30 year prison term after a jury convicted him of fatally stabbing Mollie Henderson, 34, during an August car ride in Jacksonville. Judge Frank Daniels imposed the sentence in the Superior Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Randolph Brinson
Mollie Henderson
Superior Court
Frank Daniels
Brinson
AT&T Reports Sept Quarter Net Income At $44 Million
American Telephone and Telegraph Co announced for the quarter ended Sept 30 a net income of 44,087,274 for the parent company, equal to 2.839 a share after charges. This compares with 43,063,208 or 2.30 a share in the same period of 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Plumbers East Lake City Report Tool-Themed Heists
Black smith Philip Schonert supplies tools to thieves who robbed Druggist W. H. Jones safe three times. Woodring reports another vault rifling and police note a sledgehammer and cold chisel stolen from Schonert shop used to break safes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Lake City
Philip Schonert
W. H. Jone
Soe
Woodring
Schonert
Hie
McKellar Joins Browning Crump Feud In Tennessee
U S Senator Kenneth D McKellar aligned with E H Crump against Governor Gordon Browning in the Tennessee power struggle over the county unit primary plan The senator said Browning’s plan seems aimed at him and planned to speak in Nashville Monday as Senator Berry supports Browning’s cause Crump’s Shelby County organization faces reduced voting strength under the unit system Browning’s bill has passed two senate readings and one house reading while Crump’s influence wanes in Memphis
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Nashville
Tenn
U. S
Kenneth D. McKellar
E. H. Crump
Gordon Browning
Shelby County
Memphis
Hugh Clarke
West Tennesee
Tennessee
Browning
Crump
McKellar
George L. Berry
Berry
Selby
Shelby
Senate
House
Newspaperman explains threat claims in white slavery probe
Trenton federal grand jury questions Atlantic City columnist Matl Dodson over remarks by Leon G. Turrou, head of a three-state inquiry, who denounced a World Boardwalk column as intimidation of witnesses. Turrou asserts the paragraph threatens witnesses and vows no tolerance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
N. J
Federal Grand Jury
Atlantic City
Leon G. Turreu
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Matl Dodson
Torrou
Uncle Sam
Turrou
Jap forces strike chapel. civilians die in Sino Japanese duel
In the French concession area, a Sino Japanese artillery duel leaves at least 150 dead and wounded in the streets and suburbs. An American sailor and a marine are among the casualties, with Admiral Yarnell and other officers narrowly escaping harm on the Augusta. A radio man from Indiana was wounded and Japanese officials express regret for shell fragments landing in the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Yarnell
Yarnell
Augusta
J. P. McMichael
Connereville
Ind
McMichael
Soochow Creek
Milton Hiatt
Crystal River
Florida
W C T U Opens Meeting Today in North Wilkesboro
Delegates arrive for the annual North Carolina Women’s Christian Temperance Union convention in North Wilkesboro. The event opens this afternoon after an executive committee meeting and runs through Sunday afternoon. Mrs. O B Langs? of Charlotte serves as president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Wilkesboro
Oc l
Women's Christian Temperance
Union of North Carolina
O ¥. B. Lingsa
Charlotte
Civil Actions Filed In Court
Two automobile accident lawsuits were filed in Municipal Court today. Mary Louise Walden sues Mrs Brinson and Southern Oil for 15000 dollars actual damages and 5000 dollars punitive damages for injuries on a dirt road near the Thomasville highway. W T Smith Jr sues Levi Willard and Garland for 3000 dollars for injuries and car damage from a June 20 collision on the Lawrenceville Atlanta highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Louise Walden
J. A. Walden
R. L. Brinson
Southern Oil Company
Thomasville
W. T. Smith, Jr
Gwinnett County
Georgia
Levi Williard
Garlande Company
Lawrenceville-Atanta
W. C. Davis
Thornton Knitting Mills To Move To New Building
Thornton Knitting mills of Denton, a Maurice Mills subsidiary, will relocate within 30 to 45 days to a new modern building under construction. The move accommodates machinery needs and lease expiration. Work has 15 days into construction. the new site is budgeted slightly over $5,000 and employs 75 workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton Knitting Mills
Denton
Thornton Knitting Mills of
Maurice Mills
Thomasville
Tony
Thornton Mill
Noah W. Johnson Taken by Death
Noah Webster Johnson formerly of this city died early today in a Raleigh state facility where he had lived as a patient for 12 years. He was about 48, born in Guilford County, son of the late Joel and Laurenia Gillen Johnson. Survived by six sisters and two brothers, funeral Saturday at 2 PM from Spring Hill M P church with burial in the church cemetery. Body at Sechrest Funeral Home until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Webster Johnson
Raleigh
Mr. Johnson
Guilford County
Theate Joel
Laurenia Gillen Johnson
Martha Andrews
Frances Johnson
F. F. Parks
High Point
Stacey Harris
Thomasville
Sallie Hill
Asheboro
Julia Pendry
Joseph H. Johnson
Morganton
L. Johnson
Spring Hill M. P
Church
Sechrest Funeral Home
Eligible lists for Knox positions submitted to city manager
The civil service commission has submitted eligible lists for patrolmen and a janitor to the city manager. The commission met last night at its office over station No.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civi— Service Commission
Commission
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L. Ral Eecceceseseres
Eccasenss
Francisco
Columbia Dean
CIO
Palace
Heatre
Ming Tomorrow
Little Doggie
Gene Autry
John
Spencer Tracy
Louise Rainer
Wresh
Couraseour
Paramount News
Popeye Cartoon
Ques
Peor
Broadhurst
Mmaron
Kiwanis Club
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Philadelphia
American Prison Association
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Hancock
Dalhover
Pacific Coast
M’keltar
Nator
Noah W. Johnson
Sargum
Lee
Knox
Fairmount
FORD
Chevrolet
Plymouth
Chrysler
Gate City Motor Company
Wrenn &T
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