Rev Sykes Addresses Greensboro Rotary on International Relations
The Rev Tom Sykes spoke to Greensboro Rotary yesterday on the Duke university summer institute for international relations and the district 67 scholarships funded by Rotary clubs. He urged greater local involvement, praised global leaders and students, and predicted a second Duke institute next summer.
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Greensboro
Duke University
Rotary Clubs
Duke
Mr. Sykes
Cooperation With Tobacco Farmers Sought After Wendell Sale Halt
The Progressive Farmers League offered cooperation to tobacco farmers who halted auction sales at Wendell due to low prices. Secretary Mike Hazel Dawson and executive board member Alton Lawrence reported from Wendell after surveying the situation. They plan to organize 57 eastern counties to preserve this year’s crop and push for better prices next year. Lonnie M. Knott was named chairman of the Wendell farmers’ protest group.
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Progressive Farmers League
Wendell
Mike Hazel Dawson
Alton Lawrence
Jack Fies
Miss Dawson
Myron Folger Speaks on Industrial Banking History
Myron H. Folger, cashier of Hood System Industrial Bank, discusses banking origins from Venice 1171 to the Bank of England 1694. He notes Scottish founders, Hammer Schulze in Germany, and Bismarck's backlash, citing 341 industrial banks in North Carolina with seven in voluntary liquidation and no depositor losses in America.
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Rotary Club
Sheraton
Myron H. Folger
Hood System Industrial Bank
Folger
Venice
Bank of England
William Patterman
Europe
America
North Carolina
Bossong Mills in Asheboro Shuts Down Amid Strike
In Asheboro the Bossong Mills hosiery plant closed after management halted the third shift following NRA rulings. Picket lines guarded the entrance as workers formed a strike. Lawrence Hagen spoke to employees arguing for union support. No demands were issued and entry to the mill was restricted.
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Asheboro
Bossong Mills
NRA
Lawrence Hagen
High Point
American Federation of Fur Fashion Hosiery
Chas. Bossong
Red Cross Delegation Heads to Burlington Conference
A High Point, North Carolina group led by C. Diffendale, new chairman, travels to Burlington for a regional Red Cross conference. William Carl Hunt of Washington will speak along with state Red Cross educators. Attending from High Point are Mrs. R. A. Sheloff, Mrs. S. Saunders, Mrs. J. Mann, Miss Beuzalla Smart, Edgar Hartley, Dr. S. Harrison, and Mary Camp Sprinkle, the national field representative who helped arrange the program.
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C. &. Diffendale
High Point
American Red Cross
Burlington
Red Cross
William Carl Hunt
Washington
R. A. Sheloff
Delegation Heads to Burlington with High Point Escort
A High Point delegation travels to Burlington with an entourage accompanying them. The group proceeds to engage with local officials and discuss regional cooperation amid ongoing initiatives.
Negro Jailed Three Years For Robbery
Luther Perry, a Black man with a long record of prison sentences and escapes, was convicted here of housebreaking and larceny and sentenced to three years in prison. He was arrested here last spring.
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Hampton
Luther Perry
Man Recounts $6000 Theft in Lexington Cemetery
Perry tells officers he had $6000 seized in a cemetery at Lexington Ohio and officers recover the money. He is later recaptured in Elizabeth New Jersey after the pursuit.
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Perry
Lexington
Elizabeth
N. J
Penneys
Thieves steal $300 Tug and items from Holt’s Method lat es
Thieves broke into Holt's Method nearby and stole a $300 Tug along with several rugs and other articles. Local authorities investigated the daytime break in.
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Greensboro
Holt
New Comfort for Those Who Wear False Teeth
Advertisement fragment notes a new comfort for denture wearers with a misspelled claim about relief and mentions a pharmacist. It presents unclear product details and emphasizes ease of use, targeting users of false teeth.
Filling Station Plan Placed Before Public Objections Sought
Notice that 3 C Steeloff seeks permission to build a filling station on the west side of North Main Street between Church and Engliah Streets near the old W C Jones home. Objections must be filed with Fire Chief Re K Ingram or before Tuesday October 3, 1943. D Ook, Chairman, Board of Adjustments.
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Greensboro Club
Beth Tae
Goodyears
Goodyear
Price
Hiatt Tire CO
G. G. Chappell
H. S. Spencer
R. Edwin Chappell
Frigidaire Corporation
Frigidaire
Larewood
N. Main
General Motors
Beeson Hardware CO
Myron
Bossong
Penney
J.C. Penney
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