Birth Announce James Allen to Mr and Mrs A W Hard
Wiltshire boulevard residents announce the birth of a son, James Allen, on August 12 at Guilford General hospital. The First Baptist church activity notes include a Girls Auxiliary meeting tonight at 7 30 with garment collection for the Orphans Home.
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A. W. Hard
Wiltshire Boulevard
James Allen
Guilford General Hospital
First Baptist Church
Kate Lomax
English Street
Local visitors share gifts at Lenoir gathering
Lorene Keever, Lorene Brown and Ber tha Mae King hosted a gathering with visitors Marion, Sarah, and Shirley Robbins of Lenoir Ruth Bailey of Greensboro and Wanda and Billy Manly. Each child received a candy filled basket as a favor.
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Keever
Lorene Brown
Bertha Mae King
Marion
Sarah
Shirley Robbins
Lenoir
Ruth Bailey
Greensboro
Wanda
Billy Manly
Social notes of local residents visiting or returning home
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Gold have returned from a trip to Washington and Richmond. Mrs. William J. McAnally and Mrs. H. N. Phillips spend the day in Greensboro. Mrs. F. B. Culler returned from Durham after six weeks with her daughter. Charles Timmons Jr of Atlanta is a guest of Robert Gold on Oakwood court. Thomas Gold Jr, UNC student, spent the weekend here. Miss Frances Lewis visits Asheboro with her brother Robert Lewis and Mrs. Lewis. Mrs. L. W. McFarland and daughter Constance return from Lake Junaluska after ten days. Miss Caroline Dalton plans a trip to Atlanta to visit her sister. Mrs EF. L. Albertson and son Jack return from a weekend with Mrs. J. W. Gordon. Several named locals return from Virginia Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Caldwell and family expected home from Virginia Beach after several days. Mrs. D. Samuel James of Haw River, her son Brodie, and Miss Melvin James visit C. B. Wagner on Holton Street. Miss James is a senior.
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Frances Lewis
Asheboro
Robert Lewis
Mrs. Lewis
EF. L. Albertson
Jack
D. Samuel James
Haw River
Brodie
Melvin James
C. B. Wagner
Holton Street
Miss James
Guest Lola Nelson Visits Burlington Resident Miss Moffitt
A student nurse at Rainey Hospital in Burlington hosts Miss Lola Nelson of Washington DC for a few days at the home of Miss Ruth Moffitt on North Main Street.
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The
Rainey Hospital
Burlington
Lola Nelson
Washington, D. C
Ruth Moffitt
North Main Street
Confederate Poet Laureate Honored At Fletcher Church
Henry Timrod, Southern Confederacy poet laureate, honored with a tablet in Calvary church yard Fletcher North Carolina. The dedication drew about 1500 attendees as Henry P. Thompson delivered the address and Mrs. J. Frost Walker presented the tablet on behalf of the South Carolina UDC.
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Fletcher
N. C
Henry Timrod
Calvary Church Yard
Westminster
South
South Carolina
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Timrod
Charleston
Columbia
Henry P. Thompson
Hugh Thompson
J. Frost Walker
South Carolina U. D. C
John Prescott Fletcher
Calvary Church
Trail of Zuta Dollars Roaches Leads to New Clues
Chicago dispatch reports Patrick Roache and Charles Rathbun pursuing newly found deposit boxes tied to slain gangster Jack Zuta. They expect developments as investigators trace Zuta’s money, with many men possibly fleeing town. Roache notes focus shifts to a $500 campaign contribution linked to a regular Republican organization in Zuta’s accounts.
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Chicago
Jack Zuta
Patrick Roache
Charles F. Rathbun
Zuta
Roache
Roche
Wisconsin
Aerial Torpedo Pace Revealed as World War Nears
Washington reports a new air torpedo ready before the war, kept under cover. It is said to be the speediest torpedo yet invented, designed to hit targets a hundred miles away at an enormous speed.
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Washington
Lindbergh Beacon Lights Chicago Sky With Sun Like Arc
The Lindbergh Beacon atop the Palmolive Building uses a half inch arc fed by a 27 horsepower source to project a sun like beam of 2 billion candlepower. It will be dedicated during the National Air Races in Chicago and is visible up to 100 miles at 3 000 feet.
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Rometheus
Chicago
Lake Front
C.D. Jobson
Se Gyroscope Company
Jobson
Elmer E. Sperry
Mor gan ton girl Elizabeth Taylor turns to cinema work
In Morganton Elizabeth Taylor once with the Carolina Playmakers has moved into film. In Shapes Hill Dr Otto Stahlman head of the university physics department and Mrs Stahlman were injured in a car crash near Lake Placid New York. details not yet available.
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Organton
N. C
Elizabeth Taylor
Morganton
Carolina Playmakers
Shapes
Mail plane alert saves family during fast fire loss
Ol dsboro North Carolina Joe Hundley credited a circling mail plane with waking him and his family moments before their house burned to the ground saving their lives. The flames engulfed the residence shortly after the alert. A neighbor reported the blaze began in the early morning hours.
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Oldsboro
N. C
Joe Hundley
Prayer trip proves fatal in woods by lightning
In Orest City North Carolina D Mode aged 21 died when a bolt struck him after he left a revival service to pray in the surrounding woods. Friends reported he went alone into the trees seeking quiet and was struck while standing in a clearing. The accident underscores dangers of severe weather during outdoor acts of faith.
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Orest City
N. C
D. Mode
Hodge First Layman Named Hospital Superintendent
As Utherfordton North Carolina AP reports Howard E Hodge has gone to Decatur HL to become superintendent of the Decatur and Macon county hospital he is the first layman to hold this position.
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Utherfordton
N. C
Howard E. Hodge
Decatur
Decatur and Macon County Hospital
Man charged in fatal hit and run in Oldsboro
William Nathan McLamb, accused of driving a car that killed Pete Coley a Black man riding on a tobacco wagon, is held on a $25,000 bond awaiting superior court.
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Oldsboro
N. C
William Nathan McLamb
Pete Coley
Superior Court
State Votes On Three Amendments In Full
North Carolina voters will decide in November on three constitutional amendments and one referendum. The amendments would add two seats to the state supreme court, establish solicitor districts separate from judicial districts, and allow property tax classifications. The referendum asks for a further 32 million dollars to be added to the veterans loan fund for World War veterans.
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Raleigh
Bailey-Pritchard
North Carolina
Supreme Court
Veterans Loan Fund
Limrick Railway Men Vote to Boycott Bus Merchants
Railway employees in Limrick Ireland held a mass meeting and voted to boycott merchants who promote bus transportation. The action targets businesses seen as supporting competing transit modes to rail service.
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Limrick
Ireland
Sale of Valuable Land by Trustee in High Point
Public auction on September 12, 1930 at 2 25 p m in High Point to sell Lot No 62 in College Park J C Welch Farm Guilford County North Carolina fronting Downing Street 572 feet depth 145 feet 50 feet back cash terms. Trustee V A J Idol Peacock Dalton attorneys.
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Maggie Saunders
W. A. J. Idol
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Office of the Register of Deeds of
Guilford County
City of
High Point
North Carolina
High Point Township
North
Caroline
College Park
J. C. Welch
Office of the Register of Deeds
Downing Street
McRae elected head of North Carolina Social Service group
Hugh McRae of Wilmington was chosen president of the North Carolina Conference of Social Service at the Greensboro directors meeting. Judge W. M. York of Greensboro becomes former president. Miss Gertrude Weil elected secretary. Conference aims to align with Governor Gardner's live-at-home program and focus on agricultural policy with input from farmers and state leaders. The 12 committees will study and meet regularly as the group cooperates with regional economic councils.
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Greensboro
Hugh McRae
Wilmington
North Carolina
Gertrude Weil
Goldsboro
Harriet L. Herring
Chapel Hill
Gardner
York
Governor Gardner
David R. Coker
Hartsville
S. C
J. W. Shuford
Hickory
Thurman Chatham
Winston-Salem
Clarence Poe
Raleigh
Dean I. O. Schaub
State College
E. C. Branson
S. H. Hobbs, Jr
Col
J. W. Harrelson
George R. Ross
State On
James G. H. McClure
Farmers Federation
Greenville
Kinston
Rocky Mount
Southern Economic Council
Atlanta
Southeastern Economic Conference
Frank Page
Surry Merchant Held For Murder
Surry county store keeper Jess Moser was jailed at Mountairy charged with killing 22 year old Spencer B Simpson after a price dispute. Deputy Israel Davis said Moser waited at the store for his brother to fetch the deputy and offered no resistance.
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Mountairy
Jess Moser
Surry County
Spencer B. Simpson
Israel Davis
Moser
New York Golfer Walks 57 Miles in 200 Holes
Leo De Korn of New York completed 200 golf holes and a 57 mile walk in 15 hours, showcasing extreme endurance in a single session.
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Leo de Korn
New York
Auto deaths in England reach 1362 in 1929 report
Official bureau weather report cites Lord Byng head of London police stating 1,362 people were killed by automobiles in England in 1929.
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Official Bureau Weather Report
Lord Byng
London Police
England
Historical Trees of North Carolina Highlight Historic Events
Raleigh radio talk by F H Claridge lists notable trees linked to major events. Davie Poplar Lafayette Oak Washington Oak and others are described with their historical associations and current condition.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
F. H. Claridge
Department of Conservativn and Development
Forestry Division
Department
Claridge
Mr. Claridge
General Washington
South Carolina
Columbus County
Henry Clay
Texas
Roanoke Island
Chevrolet Price Slash Announced in Detroit
Detroit news reports Chevrolet cuts $40 on all Chevrolet Six sport models. Sport Roadster now $515, Sport Coupe $615, Club Sedan $625, Special Sedan $685, lowering the Six lineup to under the four cylinder range. Optional wire wheels now free on Chevrolet Six.
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Detroit
Mich
Chevrolet
H. J. Klingler
Chevrolet Motor Company
Try Rye As Chicken Feed
In Dusseldorf Germany manufacturers of concentrated feed test a process to enable rye to be used as chicken feed.
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Dusseldorf
Germany
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F. B. Culler
Durham
W. T. Rich
Charles Timmons, Jr
Atlanta, Ga
Robert Gold
Oakwood Court
Thomas Gold, Jr
University of North Carolina
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Mary Drew Dalton
Martha Burnett
T. J. Gold
Margaret Hauser
Welch Harriss
Amos Kearns
Brady Cates
Frank Kearns
Virginia Beach
A. S. Caldwell, Jr
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Alice MacRae Caldwell
Fletcher Church
Holabird & Root, Architects
Architectural League of New York
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