High Point School Opening Called One Of Best
City schools opened with strong enrollment here as superintendent T Wingate Andrews reported full equipment and few complaints about congestion. Junior high enrollment jumped to 842, total first day attendance reached 6776, and overall growth slowed compared with recent years.
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Andrews
High Point
T. Wingate Andrews
Greensboro
Raleigh
Salisbury
New York City
More Foreign Tours Increase U S Auto Shipments Abroad
The American Automobile Association reports a surge in overseas travel by Americans. In the first half of this year it shipped 500 more cars to Europe than in the corresponding period last year.
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American Automobile Association
Europe
First Voters League To Complete Organization At Meeting
The First Voters League of High Point plans a second meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow at the Democratic club to elect officers and recruit members. A Greensboro delegation of about 250 and local officials will attend as the league outlines its purpose to mobilize young voters for state and national elections.
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Voters League
First Voters’ League
High Point
Democratic Club
Jarrell Building
League
First Voters’ League of
Greensboro
Greensboro League
Lara Martin Maciver Scott
Bernard Wright
George Hampton
New Voters’ League
T. M. McCain
J. D. Heilig
J. H. Rountree
O. A. Kirkman, Jr
Julius A. Greene
James B. Lovelace
James B. Richardson
E. L. Gatling, Jr
L. Holt McPherson
C. Duke
Keith Harrison
McCain
New Registration Required in Three City Wards
Three of four city wards must re register this year as new precincts are set in wards one two and three. Registration opens October 6 as 11 precincts replace seven. Democratic chairman Thomas Turner Jr said the election board approved four new precincts with D C MacRae to draft a voting place map.
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Thomas Turner, Jr
Turner
Board of Election
D. C. MacRae
Youth 13 Dies of Meningitis in Guilford County
John Henry Fulp aged 13 son of J W Fulp of 509 Mangum avenue High Point died at Guilford County sanatorium at 11 20 last night from meningitis He had been a patient since May and was nearly ready for discharge He was born in Stokes county on March 2 1915 He survived by his father a brother Ernest and sister Lillian Funeral at 509 Mangum avenue Thursday at 2 Interment in Oakwood Cemetery
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John Henry Fulp
J. W. Fulp
Mangum Avenue
Guilford County
Stokes County
J. W
Bertha James Fulp
Park Street
Green Street Baptist Sunday School
Ernest Fulp
Lillian Fulp
High Point
Oakwood Cemetery
Master Masons Lodge Meeting Notice
There will be a regular communication of Numa F. Reid Lodge No. 344 A. F. and A. M. Monday night at 8:00. All members urged to attend and visiting brothers invited. J. H. Jennings, W. M. A. Lee Gibson, Secy.
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Numa F. Reid Lodge
Free prizes at four day High Point cooking school
The High Point Enterprise announces a four day cooking school at the American Theatre next week directed by Mrs. S. R. Dull of Atlanta. Daily prizes include 48 pounds Morning Glory flour plus 10 pounds Burr Ground, a porcelain kitchen table, an electric toaster, and 24 pieces of Heisey Flamingo stemware worth 45 dollars. The main prize is a 112.50 Detroit Jewel gas range. Lectures on scientific food prep are free and open to all with balcony seating for colored attendees.
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American Theatre
S. R. Dull
Atlanta
Clinard Milling Company
Kester Furniture Company
Clinard Electric Company
Stamey’s
High Point Enterprise
Detroit
Negro State Fair Plans Record Exhibition in Raleigh
The Negro State Fair will run October 29 to November 3 at the State Fair Grounds in Raleigh. Secretary Thomas L. Love says new facilities, a fast race track, and attractions from a major carnival company will make this the greatest fair in history. The event resumes after a hiatus due to site changes, with agricultural displays and school work by Black North Carolina residents highlighted.
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State Fair Grounds
Raleigh
Thomas L. Love
Tuve
Love
Negro State Fair Association
State Fair Association
North Carolina
H. P. Cheatham
Oxford
C. W. Hoover
T. L. Love
With A Vengeance in London Exchange Between Brown and Smyth
In a Daily Express item from London a quarrel between Brown and Smyth unfolds as Brown recalls a doctor promising to set him on his feet and admits selling his car to pay the medical bill. Smyth probes the outcome while the exchange hints at strained finances and a disputed care bill.
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Brown
Smyth
Daily Express
London
Solonel Hobgood to Speak Here Thursday Night
Colonel Frank P. Hobgood of Greensboro will speak in the American theater Thursday night at o clock. Local party leaders expect a capacity crowd and plan to have W. C. Jones or O. E. Mendenhall introduce the speaker. Hobgood's address opens the campaign with Greensboro leaders and other speakers likely to follow.
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Frank P. Hobgood
Greensboro
W. C. Jones
O. E. Mendenhall
Colonel Hobgood
High Point
Oak Hill School Transfer Issue To Be Decided Soon
Oak Hill residents press for return of sixth and seventh graders from the High Point Junior High. County Superintendent Thomas R. Foust and High Point official T Vagate Andrews review options and seek enrollment data to determine whether 35 or 70 pupils require schooling at Oak Hill. Transportation plans and community petitions shape the impending school board decision.
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Oak Hill
High Point
Andrews
Thomas R. Foust
Guilford Native 104 Dies After Illness at Home
Mrs. Elizabeth Kirkman Irwin aged 104 died at her daughter’s home 408 Carter Street after months of illness. She was born in Guilford County, widow of James N. Irwin, and a 30 year member of Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist church. Survived by six of ten children, 71 grandchildren, 145 great grandchildren, 25 great great grandchildren and more. Funeral held at Hickory Chapel Church with Rev. FE W Jones. burial in church cemetery.
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Elizabeth Kirkman Irwin
W. A. Jester
Carter Street
Irwin
Guilford County
William Kirkman
James N. Irwin
Hickory Chapel
Hickory Chapel Church
FE. W. Jones
Seismograph Registers Quake Near New Orleans
An earthquake of moderate intensity was recorded at Loyola University by seismologist Father O L Abell. Tremors lasted from 6 43 to 7 50 a m with a peak at 6 55. The estimated epicenter was about 250 miles from New Orleans in an uncertain direction.
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New Orleans
Loyola University
O. L. Abell
Father Abell
Grain Prices Rise on Government Forecast
Chicago September 11. Corn prices moved higher after the government crop report projected a 100 million bushel cut in yield from a month earlier. Wheat followed with gains, oats remained firm, and provisions held steady as the market reacted to the news.
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Chicago
Tunney Says He Is No Longer a Prize Fighter
Gene Tunney tells 300 members of the American club at Champs Elysee that he is glad to be out of boxing and that economic security motivated his pugilism. He announces his retirement after eighteen-minute defensive display and addresses the luncheon in Paris.
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Tunney
Paris
Gene Tunney
Champs Elysee
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Howard L. Collie
Prudential Insurance Co
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J. H. Jennings
W. M. A. Lee Gibson
Secy
Union Bus Station
Greensboro Bond & Mortgage CO
S. E. Walters
Commercial National Bank
Globe Mortgage & Realty Co
Washington St
American Theater
Solonel Hobgood
Josiah William Bailey
John T. Burrus
High Point Hospital
Geo. T. Penny
Clyde R. Hoey
O. Max Gardner
Cameron Morrison
W. E. Siler
Commercial Nat. Bank Bldg
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City
Motor Service Co
South Wrenn St
Gov't
Caroline
Carolina Bonded Warehouse CO
Cincinnati, Ohio
Louisville, KY
VIA
Southern Railway System
N. C
Cincinnati
Ohio
Louisville
Crescent Limited
Kentucky
Indiana
Illinois
Southern Railway
KE. H. Graham
Charlotte, N. C
Wiship
Ouur
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
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C. H. Ellis
Southern Mortgage Loan
Wachovia Bank Bldg
C. E. Mendenhall
Pres
Roy
Welborn, V. Pres
H. E. Johnson
Sec
Atlantic Bank & Trust Co
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