Bank bandits say girls not guilty in Rockwell raid
Salisbury report says Mary Frick and Mabel Yarborough acted as unwitting accomplices in the Bank of Rockwell robbery. John Ellis and Ted Honeycutt, both in custody, claim the girls knew nothing of the crime while the pair fled with $1.26 from the cashier and later spent nearly $1,000 of the stolen money. Ellis and Honeycutt plan to plead guilty. bonds set at 15 000 and 19 000, with Yarborough free on bond.
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Salisbury
Mary Frick
Mabel Yarborough
Bank of
Rockwell
Charlotte
Rowan
Clearwater
Fla
John Ellis
Ted Honeycutt
Miss Frick
Yarborough
Ellis
Honeycutt
Horycutt
Zeb V. Long
Army board backs Fort Sill as artillery school site
The War Department says the army board recommends keeping the artillery school at Fort Sill Oklahoma rather than moving it to Fort Bragg North Carolina. Brig. Generals Cruikshank and Bush and Lt. Col. Braden weighed all factors before deciding Fort Sill is the most suitable permanent location.
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Washington
War Department
Army Board
Fort Bragg
N. C
Fort Sill
Oklo
Cruikshank
Bush
Braden
North Carolina
Fayetteville
Bluing Production Falls 19.9 Percent in 1929
The Census Bureau reports 1929 bluing production by manfacturing establishments at 1,102,188 dollars, down 19.9 percent from 1927 when output totaled 1,376,388 dollars.
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Washington
Bureau of Census
United States
Sisters Drowned In S C Tragedy
At a bathing place below the Hermitage mill dam near Camden W L Brown’s two young daughters Mary four and Elizabeth twenty drowned while swimming Elizabeth stepped into deep water Mary, unable to swim, jumped to help and both went under with arms locked. No nearby swimmers aided the rescue and the bodies were recovered after more than an hour.
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Camden
S. C
W. L. Brown
Hermitage Mill Dam
Here
Mary
Elizabeth
J. S
Cleveland
Bates Parson from Hiram College Hurt by Illness
Dr. Miner Lee Bates pastor of the local Church of Disciples of Christ and former Hiram College president is reported weaker in a Cleveland Ohio hospital.
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Inston
N. C
Miner Lee Bates
Church of Disciples of Christ
Hiram College
Ohio
Cleveland
Firemen Convene in North Carolina at Morehead City
R C Whitley vice president of the association announces the North Carolina firemen will meet August 18 to 21 at Morehead City.
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EW Bern
N. C
Firemen of
North Carolina
Morehead City
R. C
Woman leaps from car. stepfather Ballard jailed in death
In Asheville North Carolina an inquest found Mrs Mary Jane Rice jumped from a car driven by Bob H Ballard of Anderson Cove causing her death. Ballard is held under a $1000 bond pending further proceedings.
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Sheville
N. C
Mary Jane Rice
Bobh. Ballard
Anderson Cove
Earhart to Visit Raleigh With Noted Women Flyers
Raleigh, N C AP Amelia Earhart and a group of women flyers expected to spend Friday afternoon and night in the city as part of a transatlantic aviation tour.
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Aleigh
N. C
Raleigh
Amelia Earhart
Jones vanishes en route to Norfolk Navy station
Jones, the fair haired youth who aimed for naval service, disappeared while traveling to a recruit training station in Norfolk Virginia. His guardian D C Pearce filed the report from ZeLon North Carolina.
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Row Jones
Navy
Norfolk
D. C. Pearce
Zelon
N. C
Wood
Constable Willie Dies After Auto Crash in Harleton
Harleton police detain Joseph G. Golon after Constable Fred Willie dies from injuries from an automobile collision. The fatal incident occurred in Harleton area and investigations continue.
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Harleston
S&s. C
Fred
Willie
Joseph G. Golon
Volice
Golon
Verner Cleared in Death Case Involving Five Year Old
Verner Columbia attorney and state legislator not blamed in the death of a five year old boy struck by a car. Authorities sought clues in the Walter Phelps slaying found dead beside a tobacco barn with a bullet wound. New North Carolina president elected after tax reform push. Elon Electrocution in Winston Salem and postmaster eligibility news.
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Ss. Verner
Columbia
Hig Automobile
S. Mbia
8. C
James
Oxboro
N. U
Walter Phelps
Aleigh
Clarence Poe
Progressive Farrier
Advocate
North Carolina
State Farmers Alliance
Charles F. Cates
Mebane
Deaths Across Several States Include Civil War Veteran
Clar ence W. Davis of Washington North Carolina birthplace, William Francis Drake a Civil War veteran said to be last survivor of the Monitor Merrimac clash, O C Memminger prominent in Florida phosphate industry, K Brown road supervisor in North Carolina, Wil ling Sweitzer a merchant from Wilson North Carolina, and Alabama reports a per capita cost for public health administration at 23.4 cents.
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ALBRIGH, \. CO
William Francis Drake
Monitor-Merrimac
Alabama
Corrections to the Errorgram Manuscript
The note lists five correction items. The left man should say temblors not trem blors. Sicily is missing from the map. The lamp reflector is upside down. The right man is incorrect stating frequent earthquakes in England. they are rare. The scrambled word resolves to CANNIBAL.
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Sicily
Italy
England
Street Repair Critics Denounce Election Time Delays
Hillsboro street is dusty as R Schroeder tells Fayetteville aldermen that road work pauses around elections and resumes after campaigning ends causing gaps in repairs. Relief promised.
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Fayetteville
Hillsboro Street
R. Schroeder
Suitor Questions Suitability of Daughter
A humorous exchange where a suitor asks if the daughter would make a suitable wife and the lawyer replies that she would not, adding that his fee is one hundred dollars. The brief punchline delivers a wry social observation.
Woman Flier Sets Two Air Records At Lambert Field
Miss Laura Ingalls, 25 year old New York flier, set two aviation records over Lambert St. Louis field. She completed 714 consecutive barrel rolls, surpassing the previous men’s record by 297 and the prior women’s mark by 647. Five observers counted the rolls as she flew 83 hours 39 minutes after takeoff.
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ST. Louis
Laura Ingalls
New York
Lambert-St. Louis Field
Ingalls
Dale Jackson
Betty Lund
Betty Lund Held. Five Official Observers Watched Miss Ingalls
Miss Ingalls
North Carolina Cotton Yield At 74 Percent Of Normal
Raleigh report from the state department of agriculture states NC cotton yield this year at 74 percent of normal. Tobacco acreage up three percent over last year while drought damaged corn to an indicated 19.5 bushels per acre versus 22.5 last year. Wheat and small grain crops follow.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Crop conditions update from field reports
Reports indicate crops and forage are in mixed shape with legumes rated fair and hay crop prospects noticeably poorer. Field observers note continuing variability in yields and pasture conditions across regions.
Convicted doctor diagnosis turns on a domestic quip
A revived joke exchanges between a convinced doctor and a henpecked husband about a wife’s upset stomach. The physician notes a possible cause while the husband jokes about the meal and tolerates the quip.
Tit for Tat: organ joke at church meeting
A church member lacking a new organ meets a friend from a church that bought one. The exchange turns into a playful quip about needing a monkey alongside an organ, both sides laughing at the pun.
Remarkable Mentha Pepsin Advertisement Claims Fast Relief
Dare's Mentha Pepsin combines Pepsin with menthol and other agents to quickly relieve gas, bloating, acidity and indigestion. The ad promises instant stomach relief, plus reduced dizziness headaches and despondency, with a pleasant taste and tonic benefits. Mann Drug Stores and druggists guarantee the product.
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Dare
Mann Drug Stores
Adv
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