White's Listings Sell Now On 502 West Bay Street
A six room house on a 50 by 150 foot lot on a paved street is offered for 3500 dollars with 350 dollars cash and 35 dollars per month. The sellers promise to finish and fix the home to suit the buyer and encourage early purchase. Located at 502 West Bay Street.
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North Hamilton Street
East State Street
North Johnson Street
New School
Amos Realty CO
Wachovia Bank
WHITE
West Bay Street
Plea Pleadings in Gant Pension Fraud Probe
B Adams pleas in 15 indictments. Spruill rejects for cases 1 and 12. Gant faces $100,000 shortage in trust funds plus missing vouchers and unrecorded federal trust accounts. auditor Adams notes funds mingled with clerk and personal accounts, $423 600 in joint fund payments unconnected to the clerk’s office.
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B. Adams
Nolo
J. Frank Spruill
R. C. Carter
Spruill
Gant
George H. Adams
Adams
Joseph D. Bush
Lee Franklin Smith
McCulloum
Cellerk
Civil Court Called Off Over Caudle Embezzlement Case
No civil court will be held here this week as the R. M. Caudle embezzlement case is docketed for trial in Greensboro on Wednesday. The entire municipal court staff has been subpoenaed as witnesses. Caudle, former clerk of the court, faces charges of about 9000 dollars of public funds embezzlement.
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R. M. Caudle
Greensboro
Mr. Caudle
Receivership Ten Heard Hearings Set For Dec 27
In Raleigh Judge I M Meekins extends temporary receivership of Home Mortgage Company of Hickory and schedules December 27 for a hearing on permanent receivership. Temporary receivers Bland and Bramham to post 25000 bonds. case concerns alleged insolvency and mismanagement of a company with about 17000000 involved.
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Raleigh
N. C
I. M. Meekins
Home Mortgage Company of
Hickory
Meekins
Circuit Court
T. L. Bland
W. G. Bramham
Durham
Home Mortgage
Margaret M. Ramsey
Norfolk
Corn futures surge on late buying in oversold market
Chicago grain notes aggressive late buying of corn futures deliveries, pushing prices higher as the visible supply rose only 11 000 bushels in the week. Investors expected demand from Farmers National Grain Corporation and supportive government action helped lift values. Wheat slipped a fraction while oats and provisions moved modestly.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Farmers National Grain Corporation
Storm Petrel sinks. seven die off Long Island Sound
A coal laden schooner named Storm Petrel sank in Long Island Sound with seven crew members and seven passengers, including the captain Dial and the captain's wife who cooked aboard. Names beyond the captain and wife were unknown. The wreck occurred while in tow of the coastguard Nemaha, and searchers found no survivors.
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Watch Hill
R. I
Long Island Sound
Nemaha
Noted English thief James Duggan jailed again after long career
James Duggan has spent about 40 years in English prisons since age 22. Recently captured after a robbery, he is described as a highly skilled thief and an excellent Latin and Greek student. He received a two year sentence for his latest crime.
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London
James Duggan
England
Cotton market slips with Liverpool pressure and crop report in view
New York cotton opens steady after a 3 to 7 point decline as Liverpool cables and southern selling weigh on prices. March contracts dip to about 10.66 with some trade buying and government crop report positioning noted. Market shows late rally on short covering and buying for continental accounts.
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New Orleans
Coton
Liverpool
Shorts
Coop
New York
Liverpool Cables
California Gasoline Tax Revenue Projection in 1930s
California's gasoline tax will raise 40 million dollars in 1930 and, at the current rate of increase, will yield 600 million dollars for road building in the present decade.
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California
Drug Aims to Cure Habit by New Compound At Cornell
Cornell university researchers Wilder D. Bancroft and G. H. Richter report a new drug concept in the chemistry department aimed at curing drug habits. The compound is in laboratory animal trials and not yet ready for human use. Details are withheld with publication pending.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Cornell University
Wilder D. Bancroft
G. H. Richter
Lished
National Academy of Sciences
Dr. Richter
Bancroft
Richter
Campbell Offers Services For Duke Carolina Charity Game
Umpire Rick Campbell, a Southern Conference football official, offers to referee the Duke Carolina charity game at no charge. He arrived with his family to spend Christmas with the Plemings on Sunset Drive after officiating Southern Conference and other Southwest games, including the Tulane Georgia contest.
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Rick Campbell
Campbell
W. F. Plemings
Southwest
Tennesee
Tulane Georgia
Wiggins $100000 Case Non-Suited in Gaston Court
A $200000 damage suit over the fatal 1929 shooting of Ella May Wiggins in Bessemer City was non suited in Gaston Superior Court after estate attorney J Frank Flowers failed to obtain a third continuance and could not produce witnesses. The action targeted the Gastonia Gazette the Manville Jenckes company Meyers mill and over 20 individuals.
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Gastonia
Ella May Wiggins
Bessemer City
A. C. Quickel
Gaston Superior Court
Quickel
J. Frank Flowers
Wiggins
Gastonia Gazette
Manville- Jenckes Company
Meyers Mill
the Gazette
Students Burn Bilbo in Effigy at Mississippi College
University of Mississippi students burned a stuffed Bilbo effigy on campus with an inscription Dawn with Bilbo. Chancellor Powers awaited investigation and possible action while Governor Bilbo was away. Cary Stovall urged students to improve Ole Miss standing with the Southern Association. A midnight blaze atop the flagpole drew hundreds including dance guests.
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Mississippi University
University, Miss
University of Mississippi
J. N. Powers
Bilbo
Theodore Bilbo
Poplarville
Jackson
Cary Stovall
Southern Association of Colleges
Ole Miss
Mississippi State College
Handicraft Racket Warning Issued in North Carolina
Gov. O Max Gardner received a warning from Frances Perkins New York labor commissioner about a fly by night mail order home handicraft racket targeting North Carolina women. The firm promised high pay for home labor like beach overalls and bathrobes, demanded deposits, then vanished.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
Frances Perkins
New York
Stribling and Griffith Ready for Friday Heavyweight Fight
Chicago report says W L Stribling and Gerald Griffith rushed into final training for their heavyweight bout on Friday night. Griffith planned more intense sessions while Stribling, confident in shape, aimed to keep his edge. Betting favored the southerner at about 2 to 1.
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Chicago
W. L. ‘Young
Stribling
Gerald Ambrose
Griffith
Sioux City
Large Crowd At Tabernacle Services In High Point
A vast, enthusiastic crowd filled the Stephens Tabernacle on South Main as Mr. Stephens delivered a stirring message to men. Loren Jones led old time gospel singing while hundreds stood to accept Christ, signaling plans for a Tuesday night service to continue the revival.
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Stephens
Stephens Tabernacle
South Main Street
Big Tabernacle
Mr. Stephens
High Point
Loren Jones
Tabernacle
Evangelist
America
Christ
Tabernacle Annex
Guilford Bar Delays Endorsement For 1L2th Judge
A Guilford Bar committee of five will interview candidates for the 1L2th judicial judgeship created by Judge John D. Humphreys's death in Danbury. The group will report tomorrow at 2 PM under Greensboro law, with proxies allowed for absent members. Col. Frank P. Hobgood read a letter from A Wayland Cooke, a leading nominee hopeful, who said he would leave the clerkship only if strong bar and public support exists.
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John D. Humphreys
Danbury
Guilford Bar Association
Greensboro
J. Allen Austin
High Point
Clifford Frazier
Richard C. Kelly
Roger W. Harrison
Col
Frank P. Hobgood
Frazier
Two Small Banks Closed In North Carolina
Two small North Carolina banks, the Bank of Pee Dee in Rockingham and the Bank of Hobgood in Halifax County, were closed today. State examiner John Mitchell was notified. Details show the Pee Dee had $100,000 capital, $100,000 surplus, $26,000 profits, $497,000 deposits, and $802,000 resources. Hobgood had $14,000 capital, about $48,000 deposits, $1,000 surplus, and $89,000 resources.
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Raleigh
N. C
Bank of Pee Dee
Rockingham
Bank of Hobgood
Halifax County
John Mitchell
State
W. L. Parson
E. H. Aycock
B. F. Shelton
A. G. Dowden
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W. T. Lloyd
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A. B
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C. B. Houch
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Talking Pictures
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Oakcrest
Dd. O. Cecil
G. W. Campbell
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Milton
M. C. Brame
Fox Loan Co
Elm Street
Hirs
F. M. Autry
Charles Flooring Co
Zasu Pitts
TY. R. Ballard
North Wrenn Street
O. M. Andrews
Firone
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Ficusands
Shft Exchange
A. A. York
Nice
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G. G. Brown
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Kivett Drive
Brackett Farm
C. M. Cecil
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J. N. McCrary
Thurston Street
C. A. Cecil
B. C. Rodgers
Woodrow Avenue
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Willowbrook
E. F. Nance
Osborne Wood Yard
G. B. Patterson
Gaddy'’s Wood Yard
Mangum Avenue
Monthey
J. W. Long
Black’s Wood Yard
Main Street
G. M. Marley
Trinity
J. C
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West End
Co-Op Finance Co
Washington Street
Harris Furnit
W. Comr
Nerce St
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J. L. White, Inc
Hood Bank
Meekin
Long Island
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Bendix Aviation
Ors Bete
Beth Steel
Cc & Oo
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Actu
Sane
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Erie
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Weeses
Gillette
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Ssse
Sens
L&wn
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Ess
Rem Rand
Sreene
Royal Dutch
Eeeake
Simmons Go
Texas Corp
United Aircraft
U.S
Ceee
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Eea
Eerie Hupp Motors
Sses Ee Bi
Ind. Ray
Eeee
Inter Comb Eng
Inter Nickel
Esse Sone
Leexanes
Tnee
Sete
Bsee Bete Liggett Myers
Esee
Emee
Magma Copper
de Svee
BEG
Monte Ward
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Saks
Phillip Morris
Cess Gavcin
PURO
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Rep Steel
Seewsice
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Wilhwe
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Duke- Carolina Clash
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Rome
Guilford Bar
Association
Judicial Timber
Cooke
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