News Of Interest To Tar Heels 12 Violent Deaths On Week-end
At least 12 people died from violence in North Carolina over the week end. Half the fatalities occurred at train crossings. A bride of three months, Mrs. Mattie Janet Long, 22, was found dead near West Jefferson. her husband W B Todd held for investigation.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Mattie Janet Long
West Jefferson
W. B. Todd
Donald Bradley
Sylva
Iman Burgess
Chesnee
S. C
Forest Ity
Rutherford County
Vance R. Wilkins
Charles Allen
Jackson-Haywood County
Chadbourn
Dorothy Staten
Will Staten
David Jackson
Henderson County
Theodore R. Gaddy
Concordi
Wins
Mebane
Jas C. Hill
George C
A& Grandson
Jackie Calvin Dearing
Carolinas Border Belt Tobacco Markets Enter Third Week
Raleigh August 16 The Carolinas Border Belt flue cured tobacco markets began their third week of sales with prices rising from week one. The U S Department of Agriculture reported last week's average of 55 76 per hundred up 1 32 from the opening week. Through last Friday total sales reached 65 458 077 pounds at an average 55 19 per hundred.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
Border Belt
Universalist Minister Leads Notable Autograph Collection
New York based Rev. Cornelius Greenway amasses rare signatures from figures such as Einstein Hoover Stalin and others in a collection valued at about 85000 dollars. He secured longhand letters and a 1932 Hoover speech, building the archive through persistent correspondence and exchanges.
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Jean Meeagan
New York
Oes
Cornelius Greenway
Fee
Stalin
Duke
Windsor
Mr. Greenway
Henry Ord
Albert Einstein
Einstein
Greenway
Herbert Hoover
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hoover
Palo
Wallace to Tour the South in Progressive bid
Wallace will begin a seven state southern tour August 29 speaking to mixed crowds of white and Negro people. The campaign plan includes more than 20 cities across Virginia North Carolina Alabama Mississippi Louisiana Arkansas and Tennessee.
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New York
Henry A. Wallace
Progressive Party
Virginia
North Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arkansas
Tennessee
Private historian guards rare signed portraits and wartime relics
A Brooklyn pastor catalogues a vast collection of autographed World War II and royal portraits, including Eisenhower, MacArthur, Wainwright, and Victoria era items. He preserves 2,500 pictures and 3,000 manuscripts across bank vaults, with Roosevelt memorabilia as his centerpiece.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Roosevelt
Greenway
Edwin Markham
Man With
MacArthur
Philippines
Joe Rosenthal
Iwo Jima
Missouri
Arthur E. Percival
Jonathan Wainwright
J. P. Morgan
Duchess of Windsor
England
Edward VIII
Victoria
Alfonso
Spain
Germany
Hitler
Fuehrer
Gustav Benzenberg
New York
Europe
Mussolini
Benzenberg
Storm Trooper
I Duce
Broughton To Address Food Men
Winston-Salem hosts a three day North Carolina Food Dealers Association meeting. Democratic Senate nominee J. Melville Broughton will speak at the final banquet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Balinese room Hotel Robert E. Lee.
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Winston-Salem
J. Melville Broughton
United States Senate
North Carolina Food Dealers Association
Nage
National Organization
Broughton
Robert E. Lee
James B. Vogler
Charlotte
Association
E. J. Angelo
Tyre Taylor
Washington
National Association of Retail Grocers
J. F. Freeman
Greensboro
Pilot Safe Insurance Company
Patsy D'Agostino
New York
National Association
L. Y
R. M. Kiefer
Chicago
James C. McLauchlin
Vogler
D. S. Scarboro
Duria
R. B. Roebuck
Wilmington
Roberts
Asheville
O. A. Swaringen
Concord
R. L. Fowler
Chapel Hill
F. T. Broome
Forced landing in Virginia Beach by Grumman plane
J W Terrell of Hickory North Carolina with four passengers forced a splash landing in Linkhorn Bay Sunday afternoon in a Grumman G-44 amphi plane. Mechanical trouble with a retracted wheel caused the loss of control before the craft sank in shallow water. Coast guardsmen from the Virginia Beach station and an amphibious duck assisted at the scene just north of the Cavalier country club.
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Virginia Beach
J. W. Terrell
Hickory
N. C
Grumman
Linkhorn Bay
Coast
Farmers Protest Bear Season Rules in North Carolina
Elizabeth City August 16 Farmers in six counties gathered at the courthouse to protest state game laws they say prevent hunting bears. They argue bears damage crops and livestock and note hunting is only allowed October 15 to January 10, while bears seem to have year round access to crops.
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Elizabeth City
Court House
Cotton mill workers to receive eight percent raise
In Rockingham two mills Alco Manufacturing and Pee Dee Textile ratified an eight per cent wage hike, tagged as a southern pattern. Joe Leighton of the CIO Textile Workers union announced the payoff for organized workers at the plants. Aleo unit of M Loewenstein and Sons operates at Rock Hill and Alabama. Pee Dee is Greek owned.
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Rockingham
Alco Manufacturing
Pee Dee
Crain Named Vice Chairman of State Licensing Board
Hal S. Crain of Durham appointed vice chairman of the State licensing board for contractors. He succeeds R. D. Beam of Raleigh after Beam's term expired. A note on cole slaw suggests adding shredded red cabbage or shredded raw beets for color and garnish with green pepper.
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Raleigh
Hal S. Crain
Durham
Stateicensing Board
R. D. Beam
North Carolina Banks Surpass One Billion in Resources
Composite NC banking report shows total bank resources of 1.827 billion as of June. State commercial banks hold nearly 1.36 billion, national banks 425 million, and industrial banks over 54 million with 398 bank houses. Deposits rise 12 million while loans and discounts surge, and government bond holdings fall.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Banking Commission
Agercaste Resources
August Fruit Cup With Green Seedless Grapes
A refreshing August fruit cup combines small sweet green seedless grapes with orange segments and cubes of melon for a vibrant seasonal snack.
Cargo Planes Aid Greensboro Hospital Mercy Mission
Two air force cargo planes from Greenville S C depart for La Crosse Wis to pick up nearly seven tons of hearing equipment for the Greensboro High Point N Y airport. The gear will be trucked 29 miles to the Greensboro hospital where construction continues with donations from citizens and firms. C L Earnhardt of Raleigh named New Bern city manager will report Sept 1 succeeding Claude H Helms who resigned to lead Organton.
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Washington
Air Force
Greenville
S. C
Greensboro
N. C
la Crosse
Wis
Greensboro- High Point
N. Y
Greensboro Hospital
BF. Earle Rives
New Bern
C. L. Earnhardt
Raleigh
Claude H. Helms
Organton
Barndhardt
North Carolina Mountain People Spotlighted by Holiday Magazine
Holiday magazine’s September issue features Western North Carolina Appalachia detailing crafts, ballad singing, folk dancing, and dulcimore. The 8,000-word piece praises mountain folk as a surviving link to early American frontier life, with photographs from Bull Creek, Asheville festival, Bent Creek, Campbell Folk School, and Mount Pleasant Baptist Church.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Holiday Magazine
Appalachian
Bull Creek
Asheville
Bent Creek Ranch
Campbell Folk School
Mount Pleasant Baptist Church
Banana slices in jellied orange dessert with crisp cookies
A dessert combines thin banana slices with a jellied orange base served with whipped sweetened evaporated milk or cream. Accompany the dish with very thin, very crisp cookies for a light, delicate finish.
Bryant Named New Democratic Secretary in North Carolina
Victor Bryant of Durham was named secretary of the North Carolina Democratic party in Raleigh on Saturday. He succeeds Leroy Martin and takes the post after serving with Chairman Ways and Vice Chairman Mrs. D A Cormick. The move aligns with harmony on the executive committee and supports Kerr Scott and J Melville Broughton for Senate nominations. Bryant names Charles M. Johnson and William B. Umstead as candidates for the senatorial races.
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Raleigh
S. Bryant
Durham
North China Democratic Party
Leroy Martin Raleigh
Capus ¥Nick
Bryant
D. A. Cormick
Kerr Scott
Nomied J. Melville Broughton
Nick
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