State Prison Plans Considered for Increased Capacity
A sub committee of the state highway and public works commission studied plans to raise Central Prison capacity from 900 to 1200. Chairman Frank L. Dunlap said a full commission meeting may be called before September 16 to hear the prison committee's report. Oscar Pitts was named acting director of the penal division for two years, to take the helm September 1 as Robert Grady Johnson becomes director.
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Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Central Prison
Frank L. Dunlap
Oscar Pitts
Robert Grady Johnson
Burgaw
House of Representatives
Hoey to Start Semi-Vacation Tour to Five County Seats
Governor Hoey will leave Monday on a semi vacation trip visiting Murphy Cherokee county Robbinsonville Gr am Bryson City Swain Haynesville Clay and Franklin Macon. He plans brief talks and will return to Shelby Aug 27 then go back to Raleigh the following day as part of a limited state tour.
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Raleigh
Hoey
Murphy
Cherokee County
Robbinsonville
Gram
Bryson City
Swain
Haynesville
Clay
Franklin
Macon
Shelby
Marriage guidance from Germany's aviatrix Elly Beinhorn
New Yorker Marian Young reports Elly Beinhorn, wife of racer Bernd Rosemeyer, argues that couples sharing similar interests build stronger marriages. Beinhorn mentors daredevil teamwork, flies with her husband, clocks races, and notes about 50 women pilots exist in Germany, reflecting shared passion and risk.
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Marian Young
New York
Elly Beinhorn
Germany
Bernd Rosemeyer
Aviatrix
Miss Beinhorn
Rosemeyer
Berlin
Non Zionists Bolt Session Over Palestine Partition Plan
In Zurich the American non Zionist delegation walked out of an Jewish Agency political committee session after the panel backed a Zionist congress resolution urging ratification and negotiations with Britain on partition. Felix M Warburg led the Americans who prefer talking with Arab leaders to form a single Arab Jewish state rather than with Britain.
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Zurich
Switzerland
Jewish Agency For Palestine
Palestine
Felix M. Warburg
New York
Britain
Warburg
Denton Social Notes Include Visits and Illness
Miss Alma Loftin visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Loftin. Elna Powell returns home from Lexington after a stay with Mrs. T. B. Tysinger. Miss Jonlyn Murray from High Rock spends an afternoon with Miss Josephine Hill. Grady Smith remains seriously ill with no improvement. Mr. and Mrs. FE. R. Hedrick are mentioned in the column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Denton
Alma Loftin
E. H. Loftin
Elna Powell
Tysinger
Lexington
Jonlyn Murray
High Rock
Josephine Hill
Grady Smith
FE. R. Hedrick
W. O. W. Picnic Planned at Ritter's Lake
Piedmont camp No 62 Woodmen of the World announces its annual picnic for Saturday afternoon at Ritter's Lake. Members and visitors are invited to attend and bring baskets for a picnic supper. A program of games and contests has been organized for the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piedmont Camp No
Woodmen of the World
Ritter’s Lake
Inventor Dr. Christmas Linked to 1908 Aileron Claim
Washington DC aviation pioneer Dr. W. W. Christmas, the third American to fly, is credited with inventing the aileron in 1908, a key control surface for aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. W. Christmas
Washington, D. C
United States
Social News Snippet From High Point Area
High Point residents visited relatives over the weekend with extended family from Denton also noted. Mrs Vernon Cashatt remains confined to bed at home due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Bombing Planes Land at Norfolk to Aid Earhart Search
Two bombers of the United States naval air force landed at Norfolk Virginia as part of the search for Amelia Earhart and her navigator Frederick Noonan. Commander R T Bates led one squadron with Lieuts L W Parrish and G R Henry aboard. Bates said more bombers may follow from San Diego toward the base in Norfolk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Bom
United States
Naal Air Force
Amelia Earhart
Frederick Noonan
Orboro
High Point
Ancl
R. T. Bates
L. W. Parrish
G. R. Henry
Bates
San Diego
Stars vary greatly in position and density
The text notes Bet Geuse as a giant star with a density far below common matter and mentions some stars reaching extreme densities, describing a wide range of stellar states from very diffuse to highly compressed.
Donald McDonald Executed in Ohio Electric Chair
Furman McDonald was executed in the state penitentiary electric chair in Columbia Ohio for the 1935 shotgun murder of 13 year old H B Jr. father H R B Thompson watched from the deathhouse as McDonald muttered and named others before the current ended his life. Thompson later expressed a sense of satisfaction at the ruling and the punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
8. C
Furman McDonald
State Penitentiary
H. R B. Thompson, &Sr
McDonald
Fairfield County
Thompson
Mr Polen Resigns Local Pastorate at Hickory Chapel
Rev L Bolen resigns after nearly 30 years in ministry and three years at Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist. In his farewell he says the pastorate was the most pleasant of his career and asks the congregation to support the incoming minister as they did him.
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Highway Commission
Athens
Cairo
Paris
Mr. Rosemeyer
America
Miss Reinhorn
Roosevelt Race
Fifth Avenue
Speedway
Colonial
Wiles
Triangle Brand
Hurff
Home
Fryers
Carton
Triangle Beverages
Southern Manor
Our Pride Bread
New
Non-Zionists
Denton News
National Biscuit Company
South Main Street
Carter
Ipana
Lifebuoy
Fat
Pictorial Review
Alophen
Woodbury's
Jergen
Woodbury'’s
Odo
Dethol
Senege
Tm BK Sega Enteine
Haare
Wdonald
Polen
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