Storm Is Reported In Path Of Ficer
Fifty four hours have passed since Redfern departed Brunswick for Rio de Janeiro and no news has come. Experts fear his gasoline may be exhausted as the flight remains missing. A tropical storm near Great Abacos Bahamas grows likely to have forced or diverted his Brunswick 3 air craft into mid ocean.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Redfern
Brunswick
Miami
Fla
Great Abacos
Bahamas
Paul Redfern
Air
Robert Moore
Mid Ocean
Sons Of Late Angier Duke Get Big Sum
In New York Aug 27 the court of appeals ruled that the two sons of Angier B Duke will share more than 100000 dollars immediately and each receive about 20000 annually from a trust fund created by their father. The estate totaled over 10 million dollars with quarter shares designated to the sons. The remaining shares went to their mother and Mrs A J Drexel Biddle Jr.
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New York
Angier B. Duke
Court of Appeals
Guarantee Trust Company
Duke
Benjamin J. Duke
New London
Conn
Angier, Jr
Anthony Newton Duke
Sarah P. Duke
A. J. Drexel Biddle, Jr
Many Grade Crossings In N. C. Moved
North Carolina has eliminated seventeen grade crossings at a cost of 351463.77, bringing total eliminations to 73 since 1921. Current counts show 455 grade crossings on the highway system, with 36 overhead crossings and 36 underpasses, and average underpass or overhead cost about 14627.89. Major railroads led in eliminations this year with Norfolk Southern, Seaboard, and Norfolk and Western spending substantial sums.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Highway Commission
Norfolk Southern
Seaboard
Norfolk and Western
Southern
Atlantic Coast Line
Atlantic
Yadkin
Winston-Salem
Clinchfield
Striking Sheriff Slaying Probe Focused on Mrs Willis and Townsend
In Greenville South Carolina deputies press the murder investigation of Sheriff Sam D Willis. W W Rogers testifies that clues pointed to his widow Mrs Ethel Willis and deputy Henry Townsend. Townsend faced trial as Rogers admits lacking the original pistols used in the shootings.
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Mrs. Willis
Townsend
Sheriff Willis
Greenville
8. C
W. W. Rogers
Sam D. Willis
Ethel Willis
Henry S. Townsend
James H. Price
Willis
Rogers
Robert Lee Goings
Greenville Electrician
Price
Alvin H. Dean
Milledge L. Bonham
Bonnam
Wills
Henry Townsend
Sam
Mediation Talks Reported In Henderson Strike
In Henderson a Durham meeting with T A Wilson president of the state federation of labor Isham Hedgepeth and Lacy McDade of the strikers discussed mediation efforts for the Harriet Cotton Mills strike. No formal mediation was proposed and officials stressed routine strike matters while bomb explosions continued to trouble the village.
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Henderson
Harriett Cotton Mills
Durham
T. A. Wilson
Winston-Salem
State Federation of Labor
Isham Hedgepeth
Lacy McDade
J. Elmer Long
Cunningham
Federal Board of Conciliation
Department of Labor
Washington
Washington, D. C
Dunnigan
Alfred Hoffman
D. L
Hoffman
Raleigh
Charles H. England
McLean
Sheriff Kearney
Mr. Hoffman
Anxiety grows as Redfern flight to Brazil continues
Brunswick Ga August 27 Anxious news fronts mount as Paul Redfern in the Port of Brunswick monoplane still has not shown up on the Brazil leg of his Rio trip. Rumors drift of a sighting 300 miles east of the Bahamas while radio stations search the tropical air for the missing aviator and seaplanes stand ready to hunt from Great Bahama to Turks Island.
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Brunswick
Paul Redfern
Brazil
Ang —Jerem
Rio de Janeiro
Redfern
Glynn Isle Beach
Nizamier
Two Killed As Rail Car Hits Work Train In Raleigh
L. T. Freeman section foreman of Norfolk Southern killed when a gasoline motor car collides with a work train between Willow Springs and Varina. W. W. Ragan and Wesley Wiggins injured. Freeman’s body sent to Varina. Accident blamed on inattention to the track ahead on a curve. both vehicles were nearly stationary.
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Raleigh
L. T. Freeman
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Varina
W. W. Ragan
Wesley Wiggins
Norfolk Southern
Willow Springs
Ragan
Williams
Freeman
High Point High School Registration Schedule
All pupils entering the new High Point high school must register at the school auditorium on Monday and Tuesday. Freshmen register Monday at 9, Sophomores at 10:30, Juniors at 1:30, and Seniors Tuesday morning. Parents should cooperate to ensure proper registration and a smooth start.
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High Point High School
L. K R. Johnston
High Point
A. B. Horney
Cooperative Observer
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Coolidge Heads to Black Hills for Rest and Recreation
President Calvin Coolidge and Mrs Coolidge travel by special train across Wyoming to the Black Hills for a two week planned stay at the State Game Lodge in Hermosa. The trip marks his first real vacation since the White House, with fishing and quiet leisure at Yellowstone National Park and a forthcoming inspection trip to the Newell Nisland irrigation project.
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Coolidge
Black Hills
Billings
Mnot
Yellow Stone National Park
Coolftge
Wyoming
White House
Washington
Custer
S. C
State Game Lodge
Newell
Nisland
Brookings
South Dakota Agriculture College
Texas Sheriff Killed in Roby Affray
ABILENE Texas August 27 AP Sheriff Bob Smith of Fisher county and deputy Jake Owens were killed during a car trip escorting four suspects after a cotton theft near Roby. The four escaped in an automobile after the shooting.
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Abilene
Tex
Bob Smith
Fisher County
Jake Owens
Roby
Boston to Police Day of Sacco Vanzetti Funeral
Boston police will be on duty for tomorrow's Sacco and Vanzetti funerals with orderly procession expected. Superintendent Crowley said protection will be provided to the fullest extent. The defense committee reduced plans to 200 mourners with hearses following a direct route to Forest Hills crematory.
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Boston
Michael H. Crowley
Boston Police
Nicola Sacco
Bartolomeo Vanzetti
North End
Forest Hills
Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee
Diphtheria Spreading In State With New Cases
The state board of health reports a rising week for infectious diseases with 65 diphtheria cases, up from 59 the prior week and 37 in the same period last year. Typhoid fever reached 58 cases, smallpox 6, whooping cough 201, and measles 164.
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Raleigh
State Board of Health Today
Diamonds Stolen From Asheville Home, Dogs To Track
J. Carter Roberts owner of bloodhounds heads to Spartanburg South Carolina to trail robbers who entered B. W. Johnson’s home and stole a quantity of diamonds.
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Asheville
J. Carter Roberts
Spartanburg
S. C
B. W. Johnson
Valenica Radio reports sighting monoplane near Croydon Airfield
London dispatch says the steamer California relayed sighting of an unidentifed monoplane flying east at about 1000 feet. The report, believed linked to the Pride of Detroit en route to Croydon Airfield, places the plane roughly 400 miles from the British Isles at 9 pm GMT.
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Valencia
London
California
Greenwich
Detroit
Croydon
British Isles
Race Against Time Around The World By Plane Underway
The first round the world air race is underway with the Pride of Detroit flying from Harbor Grace N F toward London. Edward F Schlee and Williams Brock departed to beat the world girdling record of 28 days 14 hours 30 minutes. Weather reports suggest gale winds possible over the Atlantic and caution for the second half of the ocean crossing.
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New York
Pride
Detroit
Atlantic
London
Edward F. Schree
Waco Oil Company of
Williams Brock
Harbor Grace
N. F
Edward Evans
Lindon Wells
New Foundland
Weather Bureau
Midocean
Irish
France
Schlee
Brock
Curtisa Field
Sir John Darling
Ont
Eng
Royal Windor
Windsor
England
Croydon
Devises
California
Empress of France
Montcair
Maryon Saunders Succeeds Grant as UNC Alumni Secretary
Maryon Saunders of Durham will succeed Daniel L. Grant as secretary of the general alumni association of the University of North Carolina. Grant will retire after five years in the post and move to New York to undertake Carnegie Corporation alumni relations research.
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Chapel Hill
Maryon Saunders
Durham
Daniel L. Grant
General
The
University of North Carolina
Grant
New York
Carnegie Corporation
Griffin Named General Counsel for North Carolina Real Estate Commission
Greensboro August 27 James S Griffin of Raleigh was appointed today general counsel for the North Carolina Real Estate Commission by the Commission in session here.
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Greensboro
James 5S. Griffin
Raleigh
North Carolina Real Estate Commission
Hera
Pasquotank clubs profit from Soybean convention dinner
Elizabeth City on August 27 reports home demonstration clubs of Pasquotank County earned a sizable profit by serving a dinner to the Soybean association during its local convention.
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Elizabeth City
API
Pasquotank County
Soybean Association
Storm Claims Dozens in Newfoundland Coast
In St Johns Newfoundland on August 27 AP reports thirty three lives lost and property damage exceeding 15000 from a Thursday storm. Coastline communities remain cut off, telegraph lines down, several fishing schooners and boats destroyed with crews saved. Grand Banks fleets feared hit though no authentic reports yet.
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ST. Johns
N. F
New Foundland
Bona Vista
Bay de Vare
Argyle
Philomena
Grand Banks
Plans Complete For Rotary Conference In Goldsboro
All plans were complete for the Rotary club executives conference of the 57th district in Goldsboro on Tuesday and Wednesday. A. A. Joseph, chairman of the local committee, announced the arrangements.
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Goldsboro
Ane
Rotary
A. A. Joseph
Abels Return From White Bear Lake Visit
Mrs. Herman Abels and her son Kenneth have returned home after summering at White Bear Lake Minnesota. They were joined by Mrs. George Abels of White Bear Lake who will visit relatives here for a time.
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City
Herman Abels
Kenneth Abels
White Bear Lake
Minnesota
George Abels
Outdoor telephone installed at Middleburg market by Kiwanis
Kiwanis club installs an outdoor telephone at Middleburg market for patron use. Miss Marrie F. Plummer, home agent, reports the improvement aims to aid shoppers and visitors in contacting services and assistance.
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Middleburg
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