Half Million Homeless Russian Children Under State Care
A sympathetic account outlines how Russia cares for about 300 000 to 334 500 orphaned and homeless children in 4 000 homes and 1 000 trade schools and 230 agricultural stations. It describes living conditions, communist education, youth clubs, and government funding via budgets lotteries and gambling, with many children roving or working to survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Relief Administration
Russia
Moscow
Comsomols
National Children’s Commission
Central Executive Committee
Congress
Addi
Friends of Children
Notable Society Souvenir Tea at the Lea Home
Hundreds of guests visited the Lea home for a formal tea honoring a prominent honoree. Attendants wore period gowns in pinks blacks and silvers as Mrs Joseph B Ramsey and Mrs Calena N Brothers presided at the dining table cutting frozen cream cakes. Autumn floral decor enhanced the reception.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hone
Josephus Pell
Paul Casey
James Porter
Florence
S. C
Edward Brown
H. J. Browder
F. S. Gardner, Jr
James T. Wooten
Neal Howard
Susie Jones
C. G. Dunn
C. W. Coghill
W. W. Williams
Lea
Ballots Thrown Into the Sewer in 1926 Primary
In Pittsburgh on October 21 a criminal court jury convicted fire captain Charles Golden and election board member J William Bolster of conspiracy false count and false return for ballot irregularities. Clerk Anna Conklin was convicted of making a false return and given mercy. The case arose from a state legislative contest and was cited in a Senate Ware Wilson inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Commonwealth
Charles Golden
J. William Bolster
Anna Conklin
Election Board
Special
Senate Committee
Hensley on Times Thirty Years Ago Parish Services
West End Baptist Church holds morning and evening services with Rev. Samuel T. Hensley delivering a two part message titled Just Thirty Years Ago. He aims to compare mountain life today and thirty years ago with focus on spiritual and material aspects. Sunday school at 9:30, sermons at 11 and 7:39, B Y P V A at 6:30. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End Baptist Church
Samuel T. Hensley
UNC students and visitors spend weekend at home
Frank Wall and Alfred Caldwell of the University of North Carolina are home for the weekend. Mrs Shuford Peeler returns to Salisbury after visiting her sister Mrs P H Johnson in Thomton street. Mr and Mrs R B Terry leave for New York and Chicago for about two weeks. Bill Edwards a Oak Ridge student also home for the weekend. Ara Britt Armfield attended a Greensboro dance at the King Cotton hotel hosted by Mrs Caesar Cone for Miss Kathleen Price. Miss Alice McRae Caldwell at Salem College visits with her parents on Park Way. Adolf Harvitt returns to Brooklyn after visiting Joe and Mrs McLaney in the Hardie apartments. Miss Willie Davis at NC C W spends weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs W A Davis. Miss Pauline Ausband, two weeks with Mr and Mrs Percy Perry Johnson in Charlotte, returns home. she was honored at several parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Turkestan
Frank Wall
Alfred Caldwell
The
University of North Carolina
Britt Armfield
King Cotton Hotel
Greensboro
Caesar Cone
Kathleen Price
Alice McRae Caldwell
Salem College
Mrs
A. S. Caldwell
Parkway
Pauline Ausband
Percy Perry Johnson
Charlotte
Rusband
Books: October magazine picks at High Point Public Library
Ten outstanding magazine articles are listed by librarians for October and can be read at the High Point Public Library. Highlights include Man a Machine by Will Durant in Century and The Over-Population of the College by James Rowland Angell in The Atlantic Monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Public Library
Will Durant
Century
Edward Weeks
Atlantic Monthly
Oswald Garrison Villard
Harper’s Magazine
Mr. Villard
James Truslow Adams
London
England
America
James Rowland Angell
Debates on College Size and Navy Views Highlight Harper's Selections
Harper's Magazine features Yale’s authority on college enrollment limits and Owen Wister’s Safe in the Arms of Croesus. Melvin F. Talbot urges frank naval views while noting local figures Uwharrie council and Bunn Hackney Jr. inspect troops amid Southern drill ground scenes. High Point stands among six district cities with negro troops in the North Carolina Georgia Florida region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harper’s Magazine
Yale
Croesus
Owen Wister
Mr. Wister
Lindbergh
Navy
Melvin F. Talbot
Scribner’s
Guantanamo Bay
Leutenant
Uwharrie Council
Bunn W. Hackney, Jr
High Point
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Florida
Scout Director Visits City for Troop Inspection
Stanley Harris, director of interracial activities for the Boy Scouts of America from national headquarters New York City, visited High Point yesterday and spent part of the day in conference with H. A. Millis, president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Harris
Boy Scouts of America
New York City
High Point
H. A. Millis
Civitan Clubs to Hold Joint Meeting in Sedgefield Inn
Greensboro High Point Winston-Salem and Salisbury Civitan clubs plan a joint meeting at the Sedgefield Inn next Thursday night. A varied program is being prepared, announced after the Greensboro Civitan regular meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
High Point
Winston-Salem
Salisbury
Civitan
Sedgefield Inn
Civitans
Kellenberger Chosen to Lead Community Chest Drive
John A. Kellenberger was selected to head the annual Community Chest fundraising drive in Greensboro. The appointment was announced by C. A. Hines, chairman of the board, with 13 participating agencies to operate next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
John A. Kellenberger
C. A. Hines
Tobacco Imports Rise Sharply in Britain
Tobacco imported into Great Britain climbed from 49,669 tons in 1910 to 84,603 tons last year, reflecting a substantial increase in demand and trade volume across the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
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United States
Boris
Southern Mortgage Loan & Land Company
Wachovia Bank Building
High Point Hat Shop
Pennsylvania
Hensley
Shuford Peeler
P. H. Johnson
Thurston Street
R. B. Terry
New York
Bill Edwards
Oak Ridge
Adolf Harvitt
Brooklyn
N. Y
Joe McLaney
Hardie
Willie Davis
N Cc. C. W
W. A. Davis
South Main St
South Africa
Penney
Kellenberger
Emily Hat Shops
North Main
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