Inauguration of Air Mail Routes and Stamp Issuance
The Post Office announces air mail service starts on multiple route segments around early October with cadet coverage except McAlester. A 75th anniversary commemorative air mail stamp goes on sale in Chicago around October 7. Collectors may submit up to 10 self addressed envelopes with payment.
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Post Office Department
American Air Mail Society
Chicago St
Edgewater
Chicago
Universal Postal Union
Air Postal Transport
Chicago 4
Omaha
Nebr
Council Bluffs
Atlantic
Creston
Des Moines
Boone-Ames
Fort Dodge
Mason City
Iowa
Albert Lea
Austin
Rochester
Owatonna-Fairbault
Minn
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Iton
Omaha Air Mail
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Dallas
Greenville
Paris
Tex
Texarkana
Ark
Fort Worth
Air Mail
Chicago Rt
Smooth Away Discomfort of Chafed Skin
A vintage ad extols Resinol Soap and medicated Resinol ointment to ease chafed and itchy skin. It promises quick relief from the soothing ingredients after bathing with mild soap.
Black resident seeks wheelchair after church fire
A Black man named Early Lindsay, living near the Midway Theater on Thomasville Road, lost his home in a fire two weeks ago while at church. The Salvation Army has provided stove, bedding, and clothing but cannot supply a wheelchair. contact Capt. Olvy Sheppard at the Salvation Army citadel on South Main Street.
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Early Lindsay
Midway Theater
Thomasville Road
Salvation Army
Olvy Sheppard
South Main Street
Stamp issue sale dates announced for First Day Covers
An envelope marking First Day Covers will accompany the hovers. Stamps go on sale at the Philatelic agency in the Post Office department Washington DC on October 10 and will be available here around October 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philatelic Agency
Post Office Department
Washington
D. C
Brentwood Residents Schedule Two Meetings on Housing Project
Brentwood residents plan two meetings today and tonight to decide the disposition of government funds for their housing project. A delegation met city officials at 1 30 PM to discuss governance and budgeting while a second meeting at Brentwood School at 7 30 PM will elect a local government including a mayor sheriff judge and several councilmen to oversee Brentwood.
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Brentwood
W. C. Johnson
Brentwood Apartments
TE. Hinson
Joseph Cox
Bruce Weaver
Jake Harris
Johnson
Joe Dalton Johnson
Mrs. C. E. Shumake Elected Nazarene Unit President
The North Carolina District assembly of the Church of the Nazarene met at Calvary Church for a two day session with Dr. Hardy C. Powers presiding. Mrs. C. E. Shumake was re elected president of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society with officers Mrs. K. H. Freeman and Mrs. H C. Thomas also chosen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Schumake
Nazarene Unit
North Carolina
Church of the Nazarene
Calvary Church of the Nazarene
East Green Street
Hardy C. Powers
Kansas City
Cc. E Shhumake
Assembly
W.F.M.S
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, Church of the Nazarene
C. E. Shumake
Schumake
K. H. Freeman
Charlotte
H C. Thomas
Greensboro
North American waterfowl peak hits estimated 125 million
North American waterflow reaches a peak with an estimated 125 million birds observed. Conservationists note a record high in waterfowl counts across major habitats and migration routes.
Local Resident Teaches Art in Roanoke Rapids
J. C. Fidler, son of Isaac and Mrs. Fidler, UNC graduate, serves as art consultant and teacher in Roanoke Rapids schools. He believes young children show natural expression and need only stimulation from adults. He teaches five to eleven year olds at Chapel Hill drama school and taught arts and crafts at Camp Leelanau in Michigan.
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J. C. Fidler
Isaac Fidler
University of North Carolina
Roanoke Rapids
Fidler
Chapel Hill
Camp Leelanau
Mich
Behalf of Disciplined Girls Sparks Beehive City School Strike
St Charles high school students join a strike over disciplinary actions by Principal Rufus Fugate after three girls were kept after hours for noise in the girls lounge. Division Superintendent Shelburne hopes for a quick settlement but says students cannot take over discipline. The walkout left about half of 841 pupils out and local coal miners idle amid the stoppage.
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ST. Charles
St. Charles High School
S. J. Shelburne
Rufus Fugate
Patriotic Order Sons of America Convention Notes
Asheville report covers John R. Henry addressing the national convention of the Patriotic Order Sons of America. U So nne en from Burma to speak tonight. Clyde Hoey urges balanced government while Dr. Clyde A. Erwin stresses loyalty to democratic ideals over force.
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Asheville
John R. Henry
Southeastern
International News Service
The
Patriotic Order Sons of America
Burma
U Sonneen
Clyde Hoey
D-Nc
Clyde A. Erwin
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Yacht Explodes and Burns on Inland Waterway Near Beaufort
A 85 foot yacht named Fortune chartered to Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker exploded and burned on the inland waterway near Beaufort. Captain Arthur Hamm owner and three Miami crew members suffered burns but swam to safety. The cause is undetermined. The crew were Gus Sundstrom Charley Sendberg and Olaf Olsen. The National Safety Council notes horse travel fatalities rose to 30 per 100 million miles in 1909 while auto fatalities are about seven per 100 million miles today.
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Beaufort
Eddie Rickenbacker
Eastern Airlines
Here
Arthur Hamm
Gus Sundstrom
Charley Sendberg
Olaf Olsen
Miami
Hamm
Fortune
New York
National Safety Council
United States
Taxi Driver Beaten by Four Fare Suspects in Midnight Berth
Otis Bottoms, City Cab driver, said four riders Eugene Smith James Way Jackie Carroll and Mildred Little were asked to leave his cab around midnight. Smith allegedly struck Bottoms hitting him in the mouth and head, knocking out two teeth. Smith held on $300 bond for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill. other suspects not yet charged.
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City Cab Company
Otis Bottoms
Eugene Smith
James Way
Jackie Carroll
Mildred Little
Smith
Way
Bottoms
Liberty Baptist Association Holds Two Day Meeting
In Thomasville the Liberty Baptist Association meets at Sheets Memorial in Lexington for a two day session. Officers will be elected and reports heard from 34 area churches. Rev. J O Walton preached the associational sermon and was among speakers including M A Huggins and Dr Zeno Wall urging unified support for North Carolina orphanages.
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Thomasville
The
Liberty Baptist Association
Sheets Memorial Baptist Church
Lexington
J. O. Walton
Mills Home Baptist Church
M. A. Huggins
Raleigh
Baptist State Convention
Zeno Wall
Baptist Orphanage of
North Carolina
Winston-Salem Gains Baptist Home for Aged Site
Reports from Winston-Salem indicate the North Carolina Baptist Home for the Aged may be located there. A convention committee met to decide on site location with ties to Pilot Mountain Association near Winston-Salem and access to Baptist hospital Bowman Gray School of Medicine.
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Thomasville
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Baptist State Convention
Winston- Salem
Baptist Convention
Baptist
Baptist General Board
State Convention
Raleigh
Baptists’ Pilot Mountain Association
Baptist Hospital
Bowman Gray School of Medicine
Baptist Orphanage of
North Carolina
Charles F. Leek
First Baptist Church
Marriage Licenses and Divorces Filed in Local Courts
Marriage licenses issued for Floyd S. George and Agnes Louise Marie of Lawn sonville Roy W. Summers and Vera Frances of Greensboro and Robert L. Anderson and Lucille Leby of High Point Negroes. Divorces filed on grounds of two years separation include Jay Dee Snow vs Catherine Southern Snow J B Brantley vs Myrtle S Brantey Edward James Mullis vs Laura Frances Mullis and Charlie Nance vs Josephine Nance.
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Floyd S. George
Mount Airy
Agnes Louise Marie
Lawnsonville
Roy W. Summers
Vera Frances
Greensboro
Robert L. Anderson
Lucille Leby Washington
High Point
Clerk of Court
Jay Dee Snow
Catherine Southern Snow
J. B. Brantley
Myrtle S. Brantey
Edward James Mullis
Laura Frances Mullis
Charlie Nance
Josephine Nance
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Protestant Episcopal Church
United Oe
San Franco
Civic Auditorium
Sons of America
Nash Jewelry & Loan CO
Slain St
Forest
Ann Page
Ann Page Foods
Aép
Super Markets
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CO
Ann Page Sparkle
Ann
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A&p
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