Local North Carolina Weather Update
Cloudy and cooler conditions with prior rain in the north and near the coast. Frost possible in mountains tonight. Tuesday looks generally fair but cooler in northeast and coastal areas. Hatteras to Jacksonville sees strong NW winds easing Tuesday with overcast rain tonight. Sandy Hook to Hatteras reports south winds turning west tonight and strong NW winds tonight south portion.
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Republicans Pack Denton Rally With Davidson County Figures
A large delegation from Thomasville attended a Denton rally Saturday night. Speakers included John R. Jones candidate for Congress J Rey McCrary and Hope Morton. Davidson County candidates on the Republican ticket attended except Ben F. Green and spoke brief remarks.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
Denton
John R. Jones
Congress
J. Rey McCrary
Lexington
North Carolina
Hope Morton
Albemarle
Davidson County
Ben F. Green
Thomasville Man Taken By Death
M. J. Ferguson age 56 longtime Thomasville resident died at his home 409 Cannon street Sunday after a long illness. Survived by wife Adeline Ferguson three sons Daniel Lacy Fred Ferguson two daughters Minnie McKinnon Gladys Elliott Ella Peacock and 22 grandchildren. Funeral service held at the home at 1 o clock conducted by Rev. A. C. Kennedy. Interment in Unity Chapel cemetery.
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Thomasville
M. J. Ferguson
Cannon Street
Ferguson
Cumberland County
Adeline Ferguson
Daniel, Lacy
Fred Ferguson
Minnie McKinnon
Gladys Elliott
Ella Peacock
Lexington
A. C. Kennedy
Unity Chapel
Bishop Purcell Announces 1939 Appointments
The article lists a wide set of 1939 church appointments across districts and towns including Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Thomasville, and Yadkinville. It notes changes in district boundaries, moving St Andrews to Bethel and creating a two-point Oak Summit charge from Ogburn Memorial and Shiloh.
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Thomasville
Main Street
C. M. Pickens
Trinity-Bethel
W. M. Rathburn
W. R. Jenkins
Walkertown
C. C. Herbert, Jr
Walnut Cove
R. E. Hunt
Welcome
J. L. Ingram
Winston-Salem
Ardmore
J. H. Brendell, Jr
Burkhead
W. M. Smith
Centenary
G. Ray Jordan
FE. W. Hardin
Central Terrace
C. B. Newton
Grace
O. B. Mitchell
Green Street
R. S. Truesdale
Hiatt Memorial
R. G. McClamrock
Oak Summit
C. D. White
Supply
Ogburn Memorial
Greensboro
St. Andrews Church
Mt. Pleasant
Bethel
Shiloh
Oldsmobile Introduces Three 1939 Models in Streamlined Design
Oldsmobile launches three new 1939 cars, two Sixes and an Eight, featuring modern streamlined styling and advanced mechanics. The Service Sixty lower priced Six uses the Econo-Master engine for efficiency, while the Series Seventy large Six delivers 95 horsepower on a 120 inch wheelbase. The Series Bighty Eight adds 110 horsepower on the same wheelbase.
Armies Drive in China Amid Bombings and Naval Skirmishes
Japanese forces push toward Hankow as air attacks threaten foreign vessels in the Yangtze area. Bombing hits Canton with fires and looting reported while foreign gunboats evacuate and protest. Ships and shore positions hold as the Hubei and Kwantung fronts shift in the August 1937 crisis.
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Hoover
United States
Panay
Yangtze River
Hankow
China
Admiralty Office
London
Naval Office
Tokyo
Kokiatien
Wuchang
Hupeh Province
Liklatsi
Sinchow
Hankow. To the North of the Tri-Cities Hankow, Wuchang and Hanchang
South China
Kwangtung Province
Waichow
Canton
Shameen
China and Japan Trade Retaliatory Threats Near Hankow
Chinese authorities began wiring Japanese properties in retaliation as Japanese advances reached within 20 miles of Hankow. China offered 24 hours notice before destroying mined buildings, some inside a proposed safety cone, while capital leaders prepared amid nonstop aerial bombardment of Yangtze railroad terminals.
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Hanaw
Pheermbeee Ue GS
Yangtze
Glencoe mill workers strike for higher wages
Columbia dispatch reports that age workers at the Glencoe cotton mill walked out seeking higher wages. The walkout began today during the Oct. 34 date, signaling labor unrest at the textile plant.
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Columbia
Glencoe
Believe It Or Not contest opens today in High Point
The High Point Enterprise launches the Believe It or Not contest with Robert Ripley, inviting readers to submit amazing facts about the Americas. Prizes include a 1939 Buick Sedan, Grace Line Caribbean cruises, world fairs, hotels, and deluxe Nero editions, with daily local prizes and national grand prizes. Entries must be on one side of paper, include name and address, and arrive before the deadline.
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San Francisco
Hollywood
Bermuda
Everglades Hotel
Sun Valley Lodge
Sun Valley
Idaho
Philco
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High Point
N. C
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United Airlines
Pennsylvania Hotel
Miami
Florida
Eastern Air Lines
Warner Movie Studios
Warner Bros
California
Beverly Hills Hotel
Furness Line
Pan American Airways
Belmont Manor
New
Enterprise
North
South America
United States
Guilford AAA Committee Elections Set for Friday
Producers in Guilford County eligible to vote Friday for community committeemen for the 1938 AAA program. Six district meetings will choose committeemen and delegates to the county AAA convention in Greensboro in November. District C meets 7 p.m. at Allen Jay school. other districts meet at designated schools.
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Guilford County Agricultural Conservation Association
J. S. Wagoner
Greensboro
George Lockwell
Washington Township
Walter Short
Sumner
S. E. Boswell
Center Grove
Wagoner
High Point
Jamestown
Allen Jay
Oak Ridge
Bruce
Summerfield
Deep River
Friendship
Morehead
Colfax
Fentress
Clay and Greene Townships
Tabernacle Community House
Rock Creek
Jefferson and
Gilmer
McLeansville
Washington, Madison
Monroe Townas
Madison School
Funeral Services This Afternoon for Colon Lineberry
Funeral services for Colon Lineberry 25 of the Ramseur section were held this afternoon at 3 at the Charlotte M P church with Dr S W Taylor officiating. Lineberry was killed after losing control of a motorcycle on a curve Saturday night. Survived by sisters Mrs Robert Ferree Jr Mrs Roy McCain Mrs Clyde Burrows and Mrs Rosenberry and brothers Lester Edward and Theodore of Asheboro.
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Asheboro
Colon Lineberry
Ramseur
Charlotte M. P
S. W. Taylor
Lineberry
Robert Ferree, Jr
Roy McCain
Clyde Burrows
Modern Bowling Alley Planned for Thomasville
Thomasville will gain a modern six alley bowling alley by December 10. Construction on a one story brick building 40 by 110 feet proceeds on the R. L. Lambeth estate on Salem Street. The alley will be operated by R A Hanes, R A Hanes Jr, and K L Long with the latest equipment.
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Thomasville
R. L. Lambeth
Salem Street
R. A. Hanes
R. A. Hanes, Jr
K. L. Long
Contest Rules for National Grand Prize Draw
The notice states contestants agree to accept the newspaper’s and Mr Ripley’s judgments as final on daily and grand prizes. Fourteen National Grand Prize winners will be named with prize selection order. Ties receive identical prizes. No purchase required. Open to the public except staff of participating papers and listed organizations and their families.
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Ripley
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Believe
Memory Contest Brings Free Passes to Stablemates at Paramount
The Paramount theater offers a Movie Memory contest with prizes including a two ticket pass to the film Stablemates starring Mickey Rooney and Wallace Beery. Readers clip five Rooney scene captions from The Enterprise and mail them to the Contitor. Contest closes Saturday with winners announced in Sunday’s edition.
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Mickey Rooney
Wallace Beery
Paramount Theater
Paramount
Rooney
Enterprise
Roon Tures
Theprise Daily
Plant
Nurday
Federal wage and hour law takes effect nationwide
Federal regulation of workers in interstate commerce begins quietly with a minimum wage of 40 cents an hour by 1945 and a 40 hour workweek. The act covers about 11.9 million workers, with exemptions for seasonal, agricultural, professional, and certain other groups. Administrator Elmer F. Andrews urged its adoption as a pillar of a sound economy.
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Washington
NRA
Elmer F. Andrews
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Okays Power Project By A F O L In High Point
Representatives of the State Building Trades council and the North Carolina unit of the American Federation of Labor endorsed High Point's hydroelectric plant. A committee was appointed to confer with city officials on wage rates, chaired by E. L. Ketchie with Vann R. Poindexter and J. R. Cross. The meeting at Central Labor hall was presided over by H. L. Kiser of Charlotte.
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State Building Trades Council
North Carolina
American Federation of Labor
Central Labor Hall
High Point
E. L. Ketchie
Central Labor Union of
Vann R. Poindexter
J. R. Cross
H. L. Kiser
Charlotte
Six Escape Serious Injuries In Thomasville Highway Crash
Special report: six persons escaped serious injury when a car driven by Stamey skidded off a Point highway near Thomasville around 11:30 last night and overturned into an embankment. Most severely hurt was the Thomasville car owner with dislocated arm. others suffered bruises and a broken bone. Passengers were Robert Gil of Thomasville, Della Mae Donia Payne, and Alta No of High Point. They were treated at Memorial hospital and released.
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