Believe Series Auto Thefts Broken Up Here With Arrest
Police say they have cleared up six auto thefts within 30 days through the arrest of Hazel Leach and five Negro juveniles. Leach and the youths were arrested in Greensboro on information from local officers. Cars stolen from Wachovia Bank area and from owners M. D. Shiplett L. G. Venable Ollie Deaton Elsey Summey Johnny Nance and C. C. Hartgrove were recovered. Authorities say the thefts were for joy rides and some cars were returned to original locations.
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Hazel Leach
Washington Street
Leach
Greensboro
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
M. D. Shiplett
L. G. Venable
Ollie Deaton
Elsey Summey
Johnny Nance
C. C. Hartgrove
Soviet Youths Well Trained in Air and Chemical Defense
Ilyinsky cites Oeovachim records showing 1.7 million Voroshnoff sharp shooters 60 000 snipers 4.6 million experienced chemical and aerial defenders 64 000 horsemen. In 1926 Tlvineky notes 10 000 parachute jumpers 9 000 pilots 15 000 glider pilots and claims the healthiest youth generation with 43 percent of youths born since 1917 ignorant of capitalist exploitation.
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Ilynsky
Oeoaviachim
Voluntary Society For
Voroshnoff
Tlvineky
Osoadachim
Preliminary U K Given to Issuance of Revenue Bonds
City council approved 55 percent of project cost covered by a PWA grant with the rest. J Paul Williamson former council member sought to halt bonds via suit claiming constitutional debt limits require a referendum. City attorney said revenues from the electric works back the bonds, not city debt. City Manager Knox in Raleigh for committee approval.
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PWA
J. Paul Williamson
Williamson
Grover H. Jones
EB. M. Knox
Raleigh
Local Government Commission Executive Committee
St Marys Preaching Mission Delayed By Weather
The St Marys Episcopal services start Wednesday at 8 PM after a postponement due to weather. Rev Howard Hartzell announced the change. Rev William Turner of Winston-Salem will preach at St Marys with the revised schedule.
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St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Howard
Hartzell
William Turner
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Winston-Salem
Turner
Brakeman Injured in Train Accident at Randleman Siding
A brakeman on the High Point Randleman Asheboro and Southern lines was pinned between two freight cars at a Randleman siding. He suffered a broken left arm multiple rib fractures and a severe chest injury and was in the line of duty when hurt.
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Cnteoeree al
Igh Poin Randleman
Asheboro
Southern
Randolph Hospital
Randleman
Ross Tried for Driving Drunk
Judge Lewis T. Teague opened a one week municipal court for criminal actions and heard driving drunk charges against Sidney Ross. Several defendants waived jury trials with arraignments scheduling sentences between December 16 and January 4.
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Lewis T. Teague
Sidney Ross
Ross
Teague
Joseph Kersey
Leonard Macemore
Rex Fitch
Jimmie Bare
Ocne
Eva Hick
C. 5
Slate
J. T. Howard
Grady Beam
Dock Deaton
Zelda Moore
Rowan Tesh
Charlie Hunter
Ed Brown
Reitzel Morton
Lula Johnson
Rosa Lee Jones
C. W. Bodenheimer
T. E. Trivett
Earl Pell
J. A. Thomas
Obituary: O R York Longtime High Point Postmaster Dies
O R York 51 long active in North Carolina Republican politics dies at home in High Point. A 1926 appointee and 1934 term ender he served on the state Republican executive committee, was a National GOP delegate, and worked with Chickasaw Tribe No 82 Red Men. Surviving: wife four sons three daughters several relatives. Funeral arrangements set with Patterson Grove church service and churchyard burial.
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York
Republican Party
North Carolina
Republican Executive Committee
High Point
First Methodist Protestant Church
The
Elks, Masons
Red Men
C. A. York
Kermit
Lloyd
Raymond York
Clara Mae
Helen York
C. T. Morris
Salisbury
C. A
Walter York
Shelley C. York
Archdale
Charles Wirsching
Chicago
Ill
Patterson Grove
Ramseur
J. Clay Madison
George R. Brown
Reidsville
A. Lake Cecil
G. Roy Shiplett
E. A. Wright
Haworth
C. F. Williams
D. Clapp
EB. H. Bradner
W. T. Kennedy
High Point Bar Association
David H. Blair
Washington, D. C
J. C. Payne
H. ©. Hayworth
J. A. Davis
Bascom Richardson
Lewis B. Teague
W. A. Davis
Col. A.belders
Mrs 9 E Willis Taken by Death in High Point
Mrs Willis 74 a resident for about 50 years and member of a prominent family died at 4 PM at her Colonial Drive home after a year with paralysis. Born July 2 1862 in Mecklenburg County she helped found South Main Street M E church and remained active in city affairs. Survived by five children nine grandchildren and five great grandchildren funeral at South Main Street church Wednesday at 10 with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
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Willie
High Point
Colonial Drive
Willis
South Main Street Methodist Episcopal Church
North Carolina
Mecklenburg County
George
Margaret Hood Stuart
Scotland
Samuel BK. Willis
EB. E. Sensenbach
Dudley Bowe
Baltimore
Mood Willis
Charlee Bradley Willis
Atlanta, Ga
H. Stuart Willis
Ann Arbor
Mich
South Main Street
J. P. Hipps
H. ©. Byrum
Oakwood Cemetery
Funeral for Mrs. Emma Dean Richardson Near Jamestown
Mrs. Emma Dean Richardson died at her daughter Mrs. William Wiley’s home near Jamestown. Funeral services were held at the Wiley home Monday at 2 pm conducted by Dr. A B Conrad and Dr C C Williamson. River church choir sang Aoe of Ages and Nearer My God to Thee. Pallbearers were Charles Jackson Macey Borum B J White W V Horney Clarence Thornton and Ed Williams. Interment followed in Deep River cemetery.
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Emma Dpd. Richardson
Emma Dean Richardson
William G. Wiley
Jamestown
Wiley
A. B. Conrad
C. Cc. Williamson
Pop River
God
Charles Jackson
Macey Borum
B. J. White
Webster Infant Rites Held At Floral Garden Cemetery
Funeral services for Lacey Catherine Webster three month old daughter of Mr and Mrs L C Webster were held at the family home on North Hamilton Street. Dr Embree H Blackard officiated with songs by Mrs John Peacock and Miss Clarice Bowman. Interment followed in Floral Garden cemetery with pallbearers Houston McGhee Victor Burns Fred C Burgess and Clyde Alexander.
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Lacey C. Webster
Lacey Catherine Webster
Fred C. Burgess
Clyde Alexander
Floral Garden Cemetery
Bank Bandits Sought After Bank Robbery Wound Cashier
State police and Franklin and Floyd county officers comb the Big Ridge Mountains near the Floyd Franklin line for three bank bandits after a robbery at Boone Mill Merchants and Farmers Bank left cashier J W Bowman Jr wounded. Authorities say the getaway car was found on Shooting Creek road and the trio remain at large in the mountains.
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Rocky Mount
Bue Ridge
Floyd-Franklin County
J. W. Bowman, Jr
Boone Mill Merchants and Farmers Bank
Here
Commonwealth
C. C. Lee
Franklin County
Shooting Creek
Endoctt
Floyd
Harry D. Lee
C. A. Hylton
Floyd County
Peace Conference Agendas Outlined For Inter American Relations
Roosevelt expresses sadness over a death as a steering committee of heads from 21 delegations organizes the peace conference agenda. The plan covers organization of peacemaking, neutrality rules, arms limitation, judicial codification, economic ties, and intellectual cooperation among American republics.
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Thoreday
Exports Again Exceed Imports in October
The department reports exports rose in October from the same month last year due to stronger shipments of unmanufactured cotton tobacco machinery vehicles and iron and steel products. Imports gained in meats grains feeds alcoholic beverages crude rubber unmanufactured wool newsprint tin and fertilizers, with October gold exports at 117000 compared with 42000 in September and 76000 in October 1935 and imports at 218,929,000.
Man Fatally Injured When Car Turns Over Near Kernersville
Charles H. Westmoreland 33 of Stokes county died last midnight when his car rolled twice on the Kernersville High Point road three miles from Kernersville. John Hodges, a local high school faculty member, found the body and notified authorities as Deputy Sheriff Bob Flynt arrived. No eye witnesses could be found and details are unavailable. Westmoreland leaves a widow Mildred Wright, a daughter Evelyn, mother Mrs. L. B. Westmoreland, and three sisters.
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Charles H. Westmoreland
Stokes County
Kernersville
Kernersville High Point
John Hodges
Bob Flynt
Westmoreland
Poplar Springs Church
R. A. Helsabeck
Mildred Wright
High Point
Evelyn Westmoreland
Rural Hall
L. B. Westmoreland
Ray Sechrest
China Hedrick
Mise Ina Westmoreland
Colosseum Rome Seats and Arena Dimensions
The Coliseum at Rome accommodated 100000 spectators with 87000 seated. Its arena measured 182 feet across and 286 feet long, detailing the ancient structure's capacity and size.
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Rome
October Silver Exports and Imports Totals Reported
Reports show October silver exports at 268000 and imports at 26921000 with prior months recording 204000 and 260000 in September and October last year, while October imports stood at 48898000. The data highlights monthly trade figures for the period.
Mill Worker On Trial For Death Of Pretty Wife
Raymond Edwards, 29, a cotton mill worker, faces trial for the murder of his wife. A special venue was selected for jury pooling. Sheriff Clyde Robinson said Edwards confessed to killing his wife during a violent domestic quarrel after an argument in their Gastonia home.
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Gastonia
Raymond Edwards
John ©. Carpenter
Edwards
Clyde Robinson
Hospital seized after long struggle in Spanish Civil War
The insurgent drive to cut the Escoral road and encircle Victoria was repelled again as Talavera and Toledo faced government artillery fire. Madrid was labeled Verdun of the war and pressure was urged to widen attacks. Juventud claimed insurgent losses near Madrid reached 10,000. Socialist leaders called the north assault the heaviest of the war.
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Escoral
Victoria
Talavera
Toledo
Madrid
Juventud
Canada Relies on Imports for Coffee and Local Processing
Canada imports most of its coffee from Brasil, British East Africa, Columbia, and Jamaica. Green coffee makes up the bulk of imports while grinding blending and roasting are performed domestically.
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Canada
Brasil
British East Africa
Columbia
Jamaica
GeGil Case Progress Nears End in Huntington Trial
Cecil 21 of High Point North Carolina stands accused in the slaying of Cicero Cl and the case moves toward jury instruction by Judge H Cary after a morning of testimony. Witnesses include Davidson County Sheriff Robert Kennedy and High Point official J B . testimony sought to show the victim’s bad reputation.
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Huntington
Cecil
High Point
N. C
Cicero
H. Cary
Robert Kennedy
Davidson
North Carolina
J. B
Weat
B. L. Cecil
HM. F. Richardson
Jer
A. Woodall
High Point of the
Rare and Distinct Chinese Currencies Found Abroad
A report notes over 206 rare currenc ies from China exist today. Many are considered worthless outside their province of origin and are scattered across various locales.
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China
Ornaments in Kismu Kenya Used as Rings
In Kismu Kenya then British East Africa the sole adornments for women were animal fur pieces used like rings. The item describes local dress customs and material usage in a colonial context.
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Kismu
Kenya
British East Africa
Copenhagen Hosts Beer and Water Hotel Experience
A Copenhagen hotel offers an unusual pairing of beer and water amenities. Guests can enjoy themed rooms and tasting experiences highlighting local brews alongside purified water options.
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Copenhagen
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