National Cotton Week Opens With New York Fashion Show
New York observes National Cotton Week with a high fashion outdoor show at the World’s Fair Court of Peace drawing over 5000 attendees. Hattie Carnegie Elizabeth Hawes and Muriel King model alongside 50 dresses from Fifth Avenue shops as Cotton Week launches a nationwide promotional drive expected to boost cotton goods sales over six weeks.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
Charles K. Everett
The
Cotton Textile Institute
Hattie Carnegie
Elizabeth Hawes
Muriel King
Local visitors and gatherings noted around town
Mr and Mrs Jack Elliott and Miss Myrtice Elliott of Richmond visited Sunday. Various locals including the Mitchells Adams Bryants Reid and others spent weekends and Sundays with relatives in Franklin Warrenton Roanoke Rapids Weldon and Halifax areas.
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Jack Elliott
Myrtice Elliott
Richmond
W. G. Mitchell
W. T. Mitchell
M. W. Adams
Henderson
B. 8. Jenkins
Robert Jenkins
Franklin, Va
Bryant Reid
Warrenton
Ethel Bobbitt
Mary Crews Myrick
Edith Sillery
Virginia King
Halifax
Harold Myrick
Sallie Atkinson
G. H. Myrick
Norman House
Juanita Taylor
Roanoke Rapids
C. D. House
Bennett
Weldon
John D. House
Harry House
Patsy
Nathan Johnston
Dave Bobbitt
Hal Bobbitt
John D. House Jr
Frank Newsom
Letter warns Roanoke Rapids churches about Unified Promotion
A signed letter from T M Davenport denounces the Unified Promotion as a Satanic attempt to control churches of Christ worldwide. It accuses the program of promoting a modern gospel, open membership, gambling, and other evils, urging readers to support or reject it. The piece cites Bible verses and appeals for vigilance.
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Churches of Christ
Roanoke Rapids
United Christian Missionary Society
Satan
God
Jesus Christ
Jesus
T. M. Davenport
Richmond couple hosts Lynch family weekend visit
Mr and Mrs A D Lynch and daughters Coy and Jean of Richmond Virginia were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs W T Edwards.
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A. D. Lynch
Coy and
Jean
Richmond, Va
W. T. Edwards
Jousted With Death Rescued From Broken Scaffold
John McCann clung to a window frame for twenty minutes eight stories above the sidewalk in New York before being rescued. One worker was killed and another severely injured in the fall while McCann guarded his recovery with a hug from his three year old son Jral.
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John McCann
John, Jral
New York
McCann
Fifty Attend Fidelis Supper at Rosemary Baptist Church
The Fidelis class of Rosemary Baptist Church held a supper in the church basement on Saturday evening. About fifty people attended including husbands of members and Rev and Mrs Haynie.
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Rosemary Baptist Church
Mra
Haynie
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Puerto Rico
William D. Leahy
Naval Operations
Washington
Calvary
Thelma K
Velc
Virginia Elegtrig
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