U S and Mexico swap prisoners at border bridge
At the El Paso Juarez border bridge, William Jefferson Meers exchanged for Mexican prisoner Jose Carrasco. Meers had been sentenced to death for the Juarez waiter killing, later pardoned. Carrasco, life sentence in Texas for a separate killing, received a pardon from Chihuahua's governor and was released after the swap.
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EL Paso
Tex
William Jefferson Meers
Juarez
International Bridge
Texas
Chihuahua
Meers
Chihuahua City
Chris P. Fox
el Paso County
Jose Carrasco
Pain relief claims in 3 minutes with non narcotic lines
Advertisement notes quick relief from headaches neuralgia and other pains without narcotics. Mentions 10c and 25c packages for sale with emphasis on fast action and broad symptom coverage including periodical pains toothache earache and muscular aches.
Camera method preserves Guilford old records
Guilford College hosts Yale associate librarian Charles Rush who demonstrates a new camera technique to photograph and preserve 240 year old Quaker records. He explains the process yields thousands of exposures on a single film roll, capturing births deaths and marriages in colonial North Carolina.
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Guilford College
Guilford College Library
Charles Rush
Yale University
Guilford
Rush
North Carolina
United States
Chapel Assembly
Meers Shootout Mistake In Mexican Political Turmoil
Meers and a companion drank at a saloon when he called a man to their table and opened fire six times at close range. He then learned he had killed the wrong man. Villareal, believed to be his father’s killer, was killed by rurales in a Chihuahua City political disturbance about two and a half years earlier.
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Meers
Antonio Visconte
Juarez Salo
W. H. Meers
el Paso
Bylander
Young Meers
Manuel Villareal
Villareal
Meera
Chihuahua City
Wes Ramey Earns Shot At Canzoneri Title In 16 Round Win
Wesley Ramey earned a shot at Tony Canzoneri’s lightweight title after a non title 16 round win in Grand Rapids. Ramey weighed 136 pounds to Canzoneri’s 133. In the sixth round a clash opened a minor cut but Ramey stayed on his feet after a knockdown scare.
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Wes Ramey
Canzoneri
Grand Rapids, Mich
Wesley Ramey
Tony Canzoneri
Grand Rapids
Ramey
Cotton spinning industry busy in March report
The census bureau reports March cotton spinning operated at 93.9 percent capacity on a single shift, down from February and March last year. Spindles in place totaled 31,031,684 with 23,429,122 active during the month and 7,048,197,106 active spindle hours. Cotton growing states recorded 19,052,540 spindles with 16,725,544 active and 5,450,256,910 total active hours. State totals include Alabama 512,421,627 hours, Georgia 902,180,084, Mississippi 64,242,037, North Carolina 1,441,146,251, South Carolina 2,201,014,990, Tennessee 201,392,279, Texas 46,833,265, Virginia 147,197,941.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Hall Victor Over Sidwood In Mason and Dixon Tennis
Hall of South Orange defeats Sid Wood Jr at Mason and Dixon tournament in White Sulphur Springs to reach the semifinals. He faces Gregory Mangin while Frank Shields meets Clifford Sutter who edged Berkeley Bell in a two hour match.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
J. Gilbert Hall
South Orange
N. J
Lester Stoefen
Los Angeles
Pinehurst
Hall
Sidney B. Wood, Jr
New York
Wood
Frank Shields
Gregory Mangin
Newark
Clifford Sutter
New Orleans
Sutter
United States
Berkeley Bell
Shields
Mangin
Islington Faces Overcrowded Rooms Housing Crisis
About fifteen thousand residents in Islington, a London borough, are living one family to a room amid housing strain and shortages. Local officials warn of overcrowding as demand outpaces supply.
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Islington
London
Latham Elected Schoolmasters Head in Winston Salem
R H Latham superintendent of Winston Salem city schools was elected president of the Schoolmasters club at the election meeting in the city. He succeeds W E Yount of Graham. Dr A P Kephart principal of Curry School Greensboro named vice president and J Warren Smith of Winston Salem schools elected secretary. H M Rowland of Burlington is noted in the report.
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R. H. Latham
Winston Salem
Schoolmasters’ Club
W. EE. Yount
Graham
A. P. Kephart
Curry School
Greensboro
J. Warren Smith
Winston- Salem
H. M. Rowland
Burlington
1933 34 program committee chair named
The newly named chairman of the program committee will lead the group for the 1933 34 year opening with a meeting scheduled for September 20 at Winston Salem.
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Winston- Salem
Crude rubber use in UK factories hits record in 1932
Use of crude rubber in United Kingdom manufactures rose by 10.5 percent in 1932 reaching 84 639 long tons the highest figure in the history of the industry.
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United Kingdom
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