Molly Milford’s perilous date at Frenchy’s nightclub
Molly Milford, rich and courted by three suitors, goes on a dangerous blind date with Nelson Whittaker. She suspects danger, avoids a risky scene, and plots escape via a note to a trusted musician at Frenchy’s where she hopes to summon help as a ransom plot unfolds.
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LY Milford
Rich
Brent Stuart
Holly Aks
Molly
Wick Ross
Nelson Ferguson
Ferguson
Whittaker
Molly Milford
Nelson Whittaker
University of the World
Brent
Lake *Lacid
Donna
State cash balance boosted by large tax checks from estates
Three July tax checks totaling over 4 million dollars increased North Carolina general fund cash from 600,787.17 on July 1 to 5,509,503.17 on July 31. The treasurer and auditor report shows total treasury cash at 23,441,521.41, with 6,341,309.79 in general fund receipts and a highway fund balance of 10,808,964.86. Large checks included estate receipts from Z Smith Reynolds and Bowman Gray, plus a power company franchise tax payment.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Ehringhaus
Z. Smith Reynolds
Winston-Salem
Bowman Gray
Guilford Board Adopts 75 Cent County Tax Rate
Guilford county commissioners adopted a 75 cent tax rate with a 15 cent general fund 4.55 hospital fund 11.02 welfare fund 22.24 debt service 19.23 school debt service 33 capital outlay and 2.53 current expense in the overall levy. Special levies apply to High Point township and Greater Greensboro school district plus High Point city unit. The board also billed for a special criminal court list and urged widening old No 10 toward Greensboro oppose single-side widening. Freeman awarded plat book redrafting contract.
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ENT
Operse
Greensboro
Guilford County
Board of Education
Ehringhaus
High Point Township
Greater Greensboro
High Point City
Green Pastures film at Paramount four days starting Sunday
Warner Bros presents The Green Pastures at the Paramount Theatre for four days beginning Sunday. Marc Connelly directed the film, his first directing job, with William Keighley assisting. The stage play won the Pulitzer and is expected to exceed the stage’s success.
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Warner Bros. Mammoth
Green Pastures
Paramount Theatre
Marc Connelly
William Keighley
Warner Bros. Aces
Captain Blood
Connelly
Kirkman Clan Holds Reunion at W. M. Kirkman Home
Members of the Kirkman family gathered for their 18th reunion seven miles east of High Point. C. C. Covington opened services. W. B. Covington led devotionals. Judge Teague spoke on temperance. Honored were J. T. Renfrow and George Renfrow. officers named C. C. Covington president and Mrs. V. M. Kirkman vice president and Mrs. Arlene Hendricks secretary-treasurer.
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Kirkman
W. M. Kirkman
High Point
C. C. Covington
W. B. Covington
Charlotte
Lewis EB. Teague
Harriss Jarrell
Mra
Mother Awarded Child's Custody
The 11 year old Gloria Florence Garghaltz was granted custody to Mrs. Helen Angel Painter of Cincinnati by Judge H Hoyle Sink. Gloria had disappeared in 1927 from her grandmother Mrs. Lydia Angel's home and was found last week in Hendersonville, then reunited with her mother. Her paternal relatives Mr. and Mrs. G J Wiles, who contested the custody, had previously cared for the child.
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Asheville
Gloria Florence Garghaltz
Helen Angel Painter
Cincinnati
H. Hoyle Sink
Gloria
Lydia Angel
Hendersonville
G. J. Wiles
Two Men Sought in Baby's Death Near Elkin
Coroners jury finds newborn girl found in a sealed cardboard box in a 50 foot dry well near Elkin lived after birth. Bruises on head and eye noted. Investigators seek two men. Don Shores says he saw a car speed from the area about 2 am Sunday.
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Elkin
Don Shores
Fever Report Underway In Charlotte Region
Dr. F H Robinson of the National Institute of Health arrived in Charlotte to study undulent fever in the south. He said the disease is dangerous due to its weakening effect and noted at least 30 cases in Mecklenburg county. He traced its origin to cow's milk.
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Charlotte
F. H. Robinson
National Institute of Health
South
Wine’s popular rise linked to Roman Gaul invasion
Wine gained wide popularity after Romans invaded Gaul and favored the drink, establishing it as a favored beverage among the occupying forces.
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Gaul
Historic documents found with Napoleonic signatures
Detective Chief Frank N. Littlejohn and C. W. Allison discovered war records at Hickory bearing what appeared to be Napoleon Bonaparte's signature and marginal marks by Marshal Michael Ney. They seek to determine if Peter Ney, a North Carolina fencing master and schoolteacher who died in 1846, was the same person. The case touches on the long disputed claim that Ney escaped execution and settled in America.
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Charlotte
Frank N. Littlejohn
C. W. Allison
Hickory
Napoleon Boneparte
Littlejohn
Michael Ney
Peter Ney
North Carolina
Allison
Marshal Ney
America
Negro Held For Criminal Attack In Jonesville
Raymond Early Moore, described as a local laborer, was detained after an alleged criminal attack on a white woman, Mrs. Lewellyn Wilks 28, a textile mill worker, in Jonesville. The suspect faces charges including first degree burglary and a capital offense.
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K Ackinville
Raymond Early Moore
Jonesville
Lewellyn Wilks
Moore
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J. Mason Alexander
Myrtle Beach
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Highway Commission
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Adjusta Nets
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