Statewide Police Training Forecasted as Expansion
CHAPEL HILL Aug 17 W F Doby president of North Carolina Police Chiefs predicted police training will expand statewide through extension classes in centrally located towns. He spoke after the university police school’s first week noting the event’s success and urging continued effort to elevate standards and curb politics in appointments.
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Chapel Hill
W. F. Doby
North Carolina
North Carolinna
Doby
Durham
Canton
Willmington
State Police Chiefs Association
South
Prohibition arrests in Graton and county
Graton Coletrain was arrested by local police for having home brew for sale. Mamie Allen was arrested for home brew for sale and released under $200 bond. Russell Bristow was also arrested for possession of home brew for sale.
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Graton Coletrain
Mamie Allen
Russell Bristow
Arrest Made After Minor Accident In City Intersection
A young white man M. J. Hale was arrested after a minor collision at English and Lindsay streets last night shortly after 10 o clock. He faces charges of operating an automobile while drunk and violating traffic laws and will have a police court hearing Monday morning. No injuries were reported.
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English
Lindsay
M. J. Hale
Evening arrest of Will McQuinn on assault charge
Will McQuinn, a Black man, was arrested last night on a complaint by Easter McQuinn. He faces assault and, in addition, drunk and disorderly charges by the police.
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Will McQuinn
Easter McQuinn
Country club employee reports burglary at High Point Club
Andy Merrilees, a professional at the High Point Country Club, told police last night that someone entered the clubhouse and stole $30 from his room. No arrests had been made early this morning.
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Andy Merrilees
High Point Country Club
Lexington Ladies Host, Marry, and Travel in Social Page
Miss Mildred Redwine hosted guests at West Third Street with Miss Helen Crutchfield of Greensboro as guest of honor. A wedding at South Main Street joined Miss Margaret Anderson and Henry Thomas Greene with reception and trip to Richmond. Lexington residents enjoyed birthdays, church society meetings, watermelon feasts, and trips to Canada and New York as Graf Zeppelin passed over New York City.
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Lexington
Mildred Redwine
West Thirdstreet
Helen Crutchfield
Greensboro
Michigan
Missus
Helen Beck
Blanche Beck
Valeria Smith
Mildred Surratt
Doris Weaver
Nora Newso
Messrs
Gerald Smith
Irving Leonard
Archie Brannock
Charles Vestal
Alva Thornton
Francis Ford
Odell Wylié
Ralph Feigan
Ladies’ Aid Society of Siloam M. E. Church
W. E. Haltom
van Wood
Walter Lax
John Mitchell
Denton
Dwanda Lee Bissette
W. P. Bissette
West Second Street
Margaret Elizabeth Anderson
Henry Thomas’ Greene
J. F. Brown
Dacotah Presbyterian Church
South Main Street
John C. Hicks
Greene
Richmond
Washington
Park View
Lynn T. Anderson
Mr. Greene
J. Z. Greene
Marshville
Union County
Appalachian State Normal
Florida
Georgia
Carolinas
New York City
Mr. Cameron
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
New York
Germany
Kay Thoroughgood
Eleanor Wilson
Erie
Springfield
Miss Thoroughgood
Alma Krementer
Holmes
Ellen Callaghan
Moore
Miss Wilson
William the Conqueror's Favorite Show Was a Dog Fight
The record notes that one favored pastime of William the Conqueror was watching dog fights as a form of entertainment.
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William the Conqueror
Law Licenses Sought by 134 in State Bar Exam
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh reports 134 candidates, 132 taking the exam in Raleigh Monday for North Carolina state bar licenses. All examinees are NC school graduates or students due to a 1929 law requiring local-educated entrants. Notable candidate Nell Battle Agents, Raleigh writer and reformer, is among the 132. her possible role if licensed remains unclear.
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Law School of North Carolina
General Assembly
North Carolina
District of Columbia
Washington
North Carolina Law
Mies Nell Battleagents
Raleigh
The
News and Observer
Wake County
Theetate
Gastonia Atrikere
Whitsett Briefs Highlight Reunions and Local Guests
Mrs. Carrie Neal arrives from Georgia for a sister visit as Mrs. Walter H. McLean’s illness prompts concern. Robert W. Kime of Salem visits kin and the Reitzel family reunion. Wheeler and Osborne family reunions are set for Deep River Quaker church and Center Quaker church. Virginia Troxler hosts friends at High Level Farm. Clergy Rev. H. K. Davenport from Wake Forest visits. Dr. J. A. McLean, UNC alum, tours the area amid a New York hospital assignment.
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Robert W. Kime
Salem
Wheeler
Deep River Quaker Church
High Point
Ed B. Wheeler
Wm. R. Turner
W. T. Whitsett
T. Wheeler
Glenn Wheeler
Center Quaker Church
Virginia Troxler
High Level
Whitsett
Gibsonville Road
H. K. Davenport
Wake Forest County
Clifton Fitzgerald
Lloyd Fitzgerald
Davidson County
J. A. McLean
Jefferson Medical College
Philadelphia
New York
John McLean
Sedalia
University of North Carolina
George Eastman Reflects on Success Factor
Waterville report notes George Eastman, famed camera pioneer, visited his boyhood home. When asked the key to his success he reportedly answered that being born was the most important contributor.
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Waterville
George Eastman
Why She Said No Lancashire Lad
Brief comic caption from Tit-Bits features a cotton town Lancashire lad confessing origins and a flapper responding with a witty toying line about his suit. The humor rests on class and fashion cues in a 1920s setting.
Passing Show Quip Inspires Quirky Dating Advice
A witty line contrasts two cautions about dating: avoid a boy who whistles after me yet tolerate one who tootles his motor horn, capturing a lighthearted exchange from the Passing Show.
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Ruth Swing
Kelley Kennedy
Rose Gibbs
A.S. Peeler
Lovettesville
Davidson
Rowan
Peeler
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Paul Hinkle
Mary Louise
J. L. Gordon
Paris
Crawal
Haute
Supreme Court
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