Report On Police Investigation Now In City Council Hands
The city council receives the High Point police probe report from the five week inquiry led by Knox and Haworth. The several hundred page document, begun August 5, lists testimony from 70 witnesses including officials, police, fire units, anti–saloon League workers, and several out‑of‑town chiefs, with no recommendations yet. The council plans thorough review before issuing definite actions, likely next week.
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High Point
City Council
Knox
Horace S. Haworth
Fire
J. A. Myatt
Lewis E. Teague
L. B. Williams
Wade Renfrow
Jack Furgurson
K. F. Ellington
EF. A
W. Morris
E. K. Ingram
Ray Nance
Earl Cecil
E. E. Craughn
Mrs. Gaither
R. W. Dallas
L. W. Blackwelder
Police Department
George W. Wimberly
June Johnson
C. G. Shaw
Melvin Hoover
Lucien Long
Jack Burris
W. J. Kinney
Charlie Whitlow
J. T. Shoemaker
Mr. Gray
Gate City Motor Company
R. A. Hampton
Clarence Haley
W. G. Metcalfe
R. D. Thomas
Russell Smith
W. C. T. Carter
Dwight Lawson
Pat Murphy
Roy Shiplett
John Ridge
George Lane
W. T. Kennedy
D. H. Hancock
W. M. Tye
Doris Mayer
Er. T. Page
A. Germain
B. Horner
C. H. Reynolds
W. F. Taylor
Clarence A. Smith
W. G. Brown
C. L. Gray
J. E. Edwards
Mary Hill
Johnnie Goodman
Johnny Goodman
Goodman
Greensboro
Millard Hendrix
75¢ College St Auto Wash
75 cent auto wash located at 205 College Street offers car cleaning services. No further details on hours or services provided in the readable text.
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College St Auto Wash
College Street
Grand Canyon depths spark a memory from Pathfinder tale
In a Pathfinder exchange, Amantha recalls the thrill of peering into the Grand Canyon as Agatha asks about the moment, and Amantha describes the guide hugging her as they looked down.
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Agatha
Grand Canyon
Amantha
Pathfinder
High Point Man J E Skidmore Returned From Va
High Point man J E Skidmore wanted on two embezzlement warrants was brought back to High Point from Newport News Virginia. Officers Sgt L W Blackwelder and Pts Venable and Dawkins escorted him after a month long manhunt following a tip. He is charged with embezzling between 3000 and 4000 dollars from his wife and another woman, Carrie A Robbins of English street.
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J. KE. Skidmore
High Point
Newport News
L. W. Blackwelder
Venable
Dawkins
Skidmore
Er. A. McGhee
Virginia City
Carrie A. Robbins
English Street
Negro Youth Suffer Razor Wound in Street Fight
Hubbard Tensley, a Negro youth, was cut across the face with a razor by his sweetheart Susie Steele in a fight on Eccles street yesterday afternoon. He was taken to High Point Hospital by Sechrest's ambulance and held as a patient. The girl was arrested and jailed on assault with a deadly weapon charge.
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Hubbard Tensley
Susie Steele
Eccles Street
Sechrest
High Point Hospital
Miss Keener Appointed College Secretary
Miss Doris Keener, a High Point College graduate, has assumed duties as secretary to Dr. G. J. Humphreys, the college president. A Asheville native and former standout student, she will reside in Woman's hall on campus.
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Doris Keener
High Point College
G. J. Humphreys
Miss Keener
Asheville
Woman's Hall
County taxes set on High Point property values
Taxable property in the county exceeds 51 million dollars with total valuation around 204.5 million. A 99 cent levy was approved. Tax books ready Oct 1 for 1930 taxes. Discounts for Oct and Nov payments, par in Dec and Jan, 1 percent monthly penalty from Feb 1. County accountant Willis Booth advancing compilations. state board revisions pending for corporate levies.
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High Point
T. R. Short
Willis Booth
Ascountant
D. B. Stafford
Compiia Us
State Board of Assessments
State Board
England expects butter prices to fall toward prewar figures
Report notes as butter imports surge beyond domestic consumption housewives anticipate prices easing. Consumers foresee a return to near pre war levels as supply overwhelms demand and markets adjust.
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Cherrad
England
City Flower Show Opens Tomorrow At 2 In High Point
High Point unveils its third annual Flower and Vegetable Show closing the city beauty campaign. The event runs tomorrow 2 PM to Saturday 4 PM at the Southern Furniture Exposition building with 200 plus entries, expanded space, and extra prizes including cash and merchandise. Special prizes reward best garden specimens and farm produce under Governor Gardner's live-at-home program with notable displays from Lindley Nursery Greensboro and a gift of the exhibit to city schools.
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High Point
Southern Furniture Exposition
T. A. Sykes
Guilford County
Belk-Stevens Company
Moore's Book Store
Hart Drug Company
High Point Candy Company
Whitman’s
Ring Drug Company
Cecil Drug and Stationery Company
London's, Inc
Sykes Florist
Joanne Shoppe
Wright's
McCrory’s
Gardner
Lindley Nursery Company
Greensboro
Paul Lindley
Junior High School Plans Are Started
Preliminary work on plans for a new Junior High school on the 43 acre High school site began with Dr. N. L. Engelhardt and architect Harry Barton joining Superintendent T. Wingate Andrews. The project aims for an attractive modern facility, with six grade students in distant wards to be housed in existing grammar schools.
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N. L. Engelhardt
Columbia University
Harry Barton
T. Wingate Andrews
Sheraton
Missouri
Engelhardt
Barton
Andrews
Democrats mass meeting planned in Greensboro crowd to hear Hoey and Gardner
More than one hundred High Point Democrats are expected at a Greensboro mass meeting Friday at 8 in the courthouse where Hon. Clyde R. Hoey of Shelby will speak. Gov. Gardner may attend and address. Bryce R. Holt expects the governor to accept the invitation. Delegations from Thomasville and Lexington will attend. The event will be broadcast on radio station WNRC.
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High Point
Greensboro
Thomasville
Lexington
Holt
Gardner
Hoey
WNRC
Vickery Church To Have Home Coming
A home coming at Vickery M. P. church seven miles east of High Point is set for next Sunday. The day features an 11 o clock memorial service and a community sing in the afternoon with Dr A G Dixon and R N Pope among the speakers. A noon picnic lunch will be served and 18 to 20 of Thomasville's best singers will lead the afternoon singing.
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Vickery M. P
High Point
A. G. Dixon
M. P. Children’s Home
This City
R. N. Pope
First National Bank
Thomasville
United States Tops Hop Production Worldwide
The United States remains the world's leading producer of hops, supplying breweries with a dominant share of aroma and bittering hop varieties across major growing regions.
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United States
Amos boy sustains broken arm in bicycle fall
Kenner Amos, son of Mr and Mrs C L Amos of 906 North Main street, broke his arm yesterday afternoon when he fell from his bike in front of Reeson's Hardware store. He was taken to High Point hospital then sent home where his condition was improving.
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Kenner Amos
C. L. Amos
North Main Street
Reeson
High Point Hospital
Hoping Husband and Wife Dialogue Reading Poem
A brief newspaper item presents a light verse exchange between a hopeful husband and his wife. The wife affirms interest, asking if the reading is nearly finished, ending with the notion that the husband receives answers.
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J. E. Skidmore
Dull Kids
Browns Reptiles
Oxfords
North Main
City Beautiful
Mr. Sykes
J. F. Hayden
C. E. Sheloff
John W. Moore
Dan Compton
A. Sherrod
Horace Haworth
A. FE. Taplin
C. L. Grayson
C. B. Mattocks
F. R. Taylor
A. ©. Jones
Anna Mendenhall
A. N. Boynton
P. M. Davis
F. J. Sizemore
Belk Stevens Co
High Point Savings Bank
Cannon Fetzer Co
McCrory Co
Efird’s Dept
Cap— Farley’s Inc
J. C. Penney Co
McClellan’s
McClellans
Sherrod Shirt Co
Whitman’s Candy Ring Drug Co
Wachovia Bank
Houbigant
Eckerd
Cecil's
London
High Point Candy Co
Sheroff Hdw. Co
Wright
Hart Drug Co
Moore’s Book
Flower Basket
John Ellington
Moffitt Fern. Co
Coffield’s
Norwood
Geo. Lowe
Leonard
Reagan
Division of
Teachers College
New York
L. R. Johnston
Gastonia
Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Canal Zone
W. Broad
MR. Shipper
MR. Consignee
Tri-City Motor Express Lines
City Transfer and Storage CO
Vickery Church
Schwab Tailoring Company
East Broad St
George Johnson
New Orleans
the Bradfield Co
Atlanta, Ga
F. C. Sharp
Commercial National Bank
Clyde Farley
C. F. Farley
Princess Cafe
High Point Perpetual Building & Loan Association
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
C. H. Ellis
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