Czechoslovakia Tightens Frontier Guard After Soldier Death
Czechoslovakia bolsters border defenses near Hradek with soldiers, machine guns, and strict inspections following a soldier's killing near a textile plant. Martial law tightens security in Reich enberg amid Sudeten German tensions with calls for a general strike fading and town life largely normal.
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Hradek
Germany
Sudetenland
Reichenberg
Realdente
Konrad Henlein
Pecora doubts sway in Times debate amid wartime chatter
Walter Winchell notes Times doubts Pecora cannot decide while dissenters move quickly. He cites Fried's Cardinals ouster reporting and futures of Goering and Chamberlain amid wartime rhetoric, with quotes from Lloyd Paul Stryker and others.
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Cardinals
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England
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Sixteen Building Permits Granted in High Point
High Point issued sixteen building permits this week totaling an estimated 9,601. Notable items include a new brick veneer church for The Women’s Memorial AME at East Washington Street and a frame addition for Pentecostal Holiness Church at 612 Highland Avenue. Other projects cover rehabs, roofing, and additions for properties on North Main Street, East High Street, and King Street among others.
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FE. K. Ingram
Women's Memorial A. M. E. Church
East Washington Street
Eccles and
Rooker Streets
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Highland Avenue
Amos and Slane
North Main Street
S. H. Setzer
Bradshaw Street
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R. F. Snow
Grace Street
J. C. Henley
East High Street
Home Owners Loan Corporation
West Lexington
East Green Street
Mac D. Gordy
King Street
Belle W. Smith
English Street
Greensboro Investment Company
Sebastian Named Insurance Agent for High Point Territory
L Watts Norton of Durham announced yesterday the appointment of C A Sebastian of 305 South Hamilton Street as special agent for the High Point territory. Mr Sebastian has long been connected with the insurance business in High Point.
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Durham
Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company
C. A. Sebastian
Hamilton Street
High Point
Sebastian
Communist Rally Advertised Here Near Union Hill School
Mimeographed circulars circulated in rural mail boxes near Deep River church advertise a North Carolina District Council of Communists meeting at Union Hill school Sunday at 2 30 P M A farmer reports pamphlets echo phrases denouncing William Green and urging farmers and industrial workers to attend with the claim that Communism is 20th Century Americanism
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North Carolina District Council of Communists
Union Hill
North Carolina District Council
Union Hill School
William Green
Hospital bonds loom in North Carolina election
A letter argues for municipal hospital bonds in High Point endorsing a 3 cent tax hike as humane and necessary, citing compare with nearby towns and the need for self funding. It condemns opponents as selfish or aginners and urges voters to support the bonds on September 27.
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Tal
High Point
Municl Hospital
Thomasville
Asheboro
W. P. Moffitt
Unemployment Linked to Foreign-born Population Say Editor
In a statement attributed to DAILY SMITH, the editor argues that unemployment in America stems from foreign-born and alien residents. He cites 16.5 million foreign born and 7.5 million aliens, urging stricter laws modeled on Belgium and other nations to prioritize citizens over immigrants.
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America
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Purge and Purport in Maryland Georgia Loyalty to Roosevelt
The piece critiques the Democratic Party's fortunes with Roosevelt’s New Deal, noting discontent among service men and voters. It claims Maryland’s political mood favors Tydings and targets Senator George for Georgia loyalty, citing a large defeat for a Roosevelt backed rival and broad voter support in Georgia.
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Free State
Maryland
Roosevelt
George
Georgia
Visitor praises High Point hospitality and Emerywood links
Alfred C. Merrilees writes from 1118 St. Clarens Ave Toronto thanking High Point residents for Southern hospitality during a two week vacation at Emerywood Country Club invited by a brother. He notes fine public buildings pools golf courses and touring furniture and textiles plants, expressing desire to return.
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Ontario
Canada
Enterprise
High Point
Emerywood Country Club
Emerywood
Alfred C. Merrilees
U S Aircraft Output Rises 22 Percent in First Half 1938
Civil Aeronautics Authority releases production figures showing U S aircraft manufacturing from January to June 1938 up about 22 percent compared with the same period in 1937.
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United States
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Graf Zeppelin Flight Record Before Obsolescence
The Graf Zeppelin made 590 flights covering 1,053,391 miles. It carried 13,110 passengers and 235000 pounds of mail and cargo, and completed 114 ocean crossings before being declared obsolete.
Lee Floyd Arrested for Drunkenness and Resisting Officers
Lee Floyd, previously charged with assaulting his father with a knife, was jailed after a drunkenness arrest. He allegedly resisted officers, was beaten by two patrolmen, and received a suspended two year sentence on the prior assault case after undergoing 200 stitches for his father’s wounds.
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Lee Floyd
Floyd
Teague
A Book For The Week The Nam e To Blossoms Beautiful
Fragmentary verse lines speak of a solitary heart and longing as a poet invokes distant shores and a beloved, hinting at spiritual radiance and inward seas. The text threads between sea winds and mournful pines with a lyric tone.
Local Red Men to Hold Membership Drive Meet
Chickasaw tribe No. 82 of the Order of Red Men will host a special membership meeting Monday at 7 30 pm. Sixth District Great Sachem M P Taft of Greensboro will explain the drive and the Great Council in North Carolina, with all members and visitors urged to attend. Taft is keen on increasing membership ahead of the Greensboro council meeting in May 193%.
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Uty
M. P. Taft
Greensboro
North Catlina
Ing
Talton
Great Council of the In Order of Red Men
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