North Carolina 4-H short course opens in Raleigh
About 1000 North Carolina farm youths gather in Raleigh for the annual 4-H short course at North Carolina State College. An estimated 508 girls and 500 boys are expected to attend with sessions through Saturday. Healthier boy and girl champions will be chosen from district winners, with expanded cultural and recreational activities this year.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
North Carolina State College
Elizabeth Cornelius
I. R. Harrill
No Danger Visitor Clock Banter
A visitor compliments a clock and asks about insurance while the manager reassures safety. The floor hosts over a hundred workers who are all watching the clock closely.
Reds Swell in Central China as Nationalist Defenses Weaken
Mrs Lingle recalls chaos as Communist forces rapidly gain strength in Hupeh and Kiangsi regions. She and her husband fear for foreign property in Changsha and predict widespread outrages as national troops withdraw. The couple, nearing retirement, lost forty years of savings in the burning Changsha scene.
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Jesse Horn Held For Collision With a Motorcycle
Jesse Horn of Anson county is jailed in Lexington after a collision between his Ford roadster and a motorcycle carrying Audie Allen and Edgar Whitaker of Concord near Stokes Ferry. Allen has a fractured skull and is seriously injured. Whitaker suffered a broken leg and collar bone. Horn to be given a hearing once the injured men’s condition is clarified.
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Thomasville
Lexington
Jesse Horn
Anson County
Audie Allen
Edgar Whitaker
Concord
Stokes Ferry
Horn
Witnesses Few at General’s Porch Ceremony on hacienda
Fewer than a dozen people observed a brief ceremony on the screened porch of the hacienda while farm work continued. Only two of the general's children, Ernestina Robinson and Alfredo Calles, attended.
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Ernestina Robinson
Alfredo Calles
Sermon on Holy Eucharist by Father Beshel at St Edward's
Father Beshel delivered a Sunday sermon at St Edward's Catholic Church on the Holy Eucharist. He cited Jesus's words in John 6 and argued faith is required to accept the real presence while noting Peter's confession of Christ as the Son of God.
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Woman blamed in slaying of Zuta in Wisconsin
Chicago report says Jack Zuta was killed for talking about the Alfred Lingle case and authorities believe a Chicago woman arranged the murder at a lake resort dance hall near Delafield Wisconsin. Zuta feared an assassination after talks. a streetcar death occurred earlier in the loop during the pursuit.
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Jack Zuta
Alfred
Jake) Lingle
Tribune
Zuta
Lake Resort
Delafield
Wis
Moran Lello
Lingle
Pat Roche
George Barker
State
Jackson Sreets
Wisconsin
Davidson Youths Attend Short Farm Course at N C State
Davidson county youths accompanied by County Farm Agent C A Leonard and home demonstrator Miss Sadie Henley traveled to Raleigh to attend a one week short farm course at North Carolina State College. Naomi Hunt Annie Lee Fitzgerald Mildred Ripple Edith Shoaf Christine Pleasants Annie Ruth Raper Wade Leonard Avery Beck Lester Reid Edward Allre Horace Myers are listed among the participants.
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Lambeth Ridg
Thomasville
Lexington
County
C. A. Leonard
Sadie Henley
Davidson County
Raleigh
N. OC. State College
Naomi Hunt
Annie Lee Fitzgerald
Mildred Ripple
Edith Shoaf
Christine Pleasants
Annie Ruth Raper
Dorothy Murphy
Wade Leonard
Avery Beck
Lester Reid
Edward Allre
Horace Myers
Lexington Negro Bound Over On Larceny Charge
ALEXANDRIA Aug 6 AM drew Newkirk a negro was bound over to superior court on robbery charge at preliminary hearing only witness B K Zimmerman testified he identified Newkirk as the man who seized him at his home two weeks earlier after he closed his filling station and carried money home Bail set at 1000 dollars.
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Lexington
Drew Newkirk
B. KR. Zimmerman
Newkirk
Sykes Addresses Faith Amid City Life at Friends Church
At Central Friends Church Mr. Sykes spoke on The Still Small Voice of the City urging a revival of old time faith. He urged living on Christian lines to hear God near us and restore inner renewal despite busy urban life.
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Central Friends Church
Sykes
New York
Paul
God
Charlotte Hosts National Negro Shrine Meeting
Delegates from most states arrive in Charlotte for the National Negro Shrine Council meeting opening tomorrow. Over 4,000 representatives are to attend with a special train of 6500 Shriners from Washington arriving today. Representative Oscar DePriest of Chicago will speak at Wednesday’s session.
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Charlotte
Florida
New York
Washington, D. C
Oscar DePriest
Chicago
First Refrigerator Car of Lima Beans Shipped From State
The first refrigerator car load of lima beans ever sent out from this section was shipped from Belhaven. It is the first shipment of the season with nineteen farmers cooperating. The Ford Hook variety dominates the carload and about 40 acres were planted this season in Belhaven.
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Washington, N. C
Belhaven
Ford Hook
E. P. Welch
Official Bureau Weather Report Charlotte Cotton Areas
Official weather bureau records temperatures and rainfall for the 24 hours ending at 8 a m in the principal cotton growing areas and other locations.
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Charlotte
Official Weather Bureau
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