North Carolina Press Association Live-at-Home Dinner
Raleigh hosts the North Carolina Press Association dinner at North Carolina State College to celebrate three years of Gov. Max Gardner's live-at-home program. Gov. and Mrs. Gardner, Gov.-elect Ehringhaus, Lieut. Gov.-elect Graham, and Lieut. Gov. Fountain are guests, with over 200 newspaper people and guests attending. Food gathered statewide showcases local produce and a largely native menu.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Press Association
State College
Max Gardner
Gardner
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Mills Home Keeps Denton Clubs At Bay In Two Tilts
Mills Home in Thomasville hosts two basketball games. The girls beat Denton High 29 to 21 while the Mills Home boys erased a Denton rally to finish ahead by three points in a late push. Referee was Boyles. Substitutes listed for both teams.
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Thomasville
Mills Home
Mills
Denton High
Denton
Asl
Bedcktaeia
Peacock
Ross
Ratlidge
Boyles
Charles O. Love Jr. suffers broken leg in gym incident
Charles O Love Jr son of C O Love sustains a broken right ankle after a fall while exercising in the junior high gym this morning. He was taken to High Point hospital for treatment and later returned home where he is resting nicely. The break is described as just above the ankle.
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Charles O. Love, Jr
I.an
C. O. Love
High Point
Three Are Injured In Accident Here
An early morning collision at the Forrest and Lexington avenues intersection left Mrs. Edmond Shoup of Emerywood with a sprained ankle, John Wiles aged 19 of 718 Forrest avenue with a bruised left leg, and his sister with a hip injury. The Ford driven by John Wiles and a Cadillac driven by Mrs. Shoup locked together and ran onto a small bank, causing damage to both cars. No warrants were filed by this afternoon.
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Edmond Shoup
Fred N. Tate
Emerywood
John Wiles
Forrest Avenue
Forrest and
Lexington Avenues
Ford
Wiles
Cadillac
Shoup
Municipal Court Adjourns After Non-Suit In Civil Suit
The court adjourned at noon after a plaintiff motion in Walter Bennett vs L H Bottoms Transfer Co. Trial neared end in the second week. A non-suit was agreed in H L Baumgardner vs G W Clark and others as to Mr Clark. A $1,500 judgment was awarded in Easton Highfill vs Washington Mills for a broken leg from a Mayodan textile plant accident.
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Walter Bennett
L. H. Bottoms Transfer Company
H. L. Baumgardner
G. W. Clark
Mr. Clark
Easton Highfill
Washington Mills
DeMolay Christmas Dance Planned at Country Club
The local DeMolay chapter will hold its annual Christmas dance at the Country club on Wednesday December 21. John Petticord's orchestra will provide music for dancing from 9 30 until 1 30.
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DeMolay
John Petticord
Mrs Z L Canady Dies After Yearlong Illness
Mrs Myrtie Koonce Canady died at 8 30 this morning at 726 South Hamilton Street after about a year of illness. She was born in Kinston March 24 1888 and married March 14 1906 to Zennie L Canady. Survived by husband a daughter Susie Mae two brothers and two sisters. Body to be shipped to Kinston tonight with funeral at Kinston Methodist church Friday and entombment at Maplewood Cemetery.
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Myrtie Koonce Canady
South
Hamilton Street
Kinston
Council
Sally Freeman Koonce
Zennie L. Canady
Susie Mae Canady
Sally Koonce
W. G. Koonce
W. C. Koonce
R. C. Miller
Craven County
Katie Hughes
Kinston Methodist Church
Maplewood
Bookkeeper Bound And Gagged In Fire at Southern Oil Shop
Fayetteville reports two unmasked white men robbed the Southern Oil Company office, bound bookkeeper W. E. Hocutt and watchman, then set the office afire and escaped with 125 dollars. Hocutt freed himself, alerted police, but the records were destroyed and the office gutted.
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Fayetteville
Southern Oil Company
W. E. Hocutt
Hocutt
W. O. Isaacs
Poundage Holds Up On Winston Market
Winston-Salem market sales hit 439,488 pounds with a total of 381,395.20 and an average of 8.92 per hundred as drizzle persisted. Two selling days remain before the Christmas close, with a Tobacco Growers Rally planned for next Monday at the state and Colonial theaters and events at The Journal office.
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Winston-Salem
Journal
Discover Method To Tell If Person Is Left Or Right
Chicago reports a new technique by opticians and engineers to determine handedness. Carl W. Zersen of the Chicago Lighting Institute described how naturally left handed children may become self conscious and stammer if pressured by teachers or parents.
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Chicago
Opticians
Carl W. Zersen
Chicago Lighting Institute
Institute
Cook County Optometric Association
Zersen
Toys Are Needed AS Wee Men Came With mpe and Gold
A garbled plea notes toy needs and gifts for children amid a spiritual message. The fragment mentions fathers, Serena Sack and party-like terms, with unclear timing and places.
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Serena
Wanderwell Mystery Death and Inquest Notes
Margaret Hell, sister of Alpha Wanderwell and widow of Captain Wanderwell, joins the investigation about the Wander well at Long Beach California. Inquest remarks discuss handedness and eye dominance tests using a funnel device to reveal if a person is left eyed and left handed.
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Margaret Hell
Alpha Wanderwell
Captain Wanderwell
Wanderwell
Long Beach
Calif
South Seas
Marion Smith
Carma
Walter Wenderwell
May Louise Smith
Georgia
Chief Horney Wins Prize At Rotary Luncheon
Rotarians heard a program on boyhood ambitions as members shared goals from youth. Chief A B Horney won a hand illuminated copy of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address donated by Claiborne Rhodes, with several others close to tying the top score.
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A. B. Horney
Claiborne Rhodes
Robbers Confess To Series Of Lootings
Three men in jail confessed to slugging Fair Bluff police chief Whaley and stealing about $500 in goods. F. C. Cannon and B. O. Cannon are held in Whiteville with John Smith jailed in Fayetteville. They admitted to robberies in Red Springs Mullins Nichols and a jail break at Conway.
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Fayetteville
Fair Bluff
North
South Carolina
F. C
B. O. Cannon
Whiteville
John Smith
Whaley
Red Springs
Mullins
S. C
Nichols
D. C
Conway
Navy Authorized To Enlist Four Negro Messmen
The Navy Recruiting Service in this district may add four Negroes to the messman branch, drawn from North and South Carolina. Applicants 21 to 27 years old, unmarried, of good character, with prior hotel or domestic service given weight, should apply at the Navy Recruiting Office in the post office building.
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Navy Recruiting Service
Messman Branch
Navy
North
South Carolina
United States Navy
Navy Recruiting Office
Post Office
High Point Schools Set Christmas Vacation Dates
High Point students will begin Christmas holidays on December 21 at noon and return January 3, as announced by Superintendent T Wingate Andrews. The break is one day shorter than in 1931.
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High Point City
T. Wingate Andrews
Campus poster warns of on campus sexual coercion
A campus poster declares that shows, flowers, night club checks and similar items will be paid by the young woman, implying expectations around gifts in social settings. The note reflects campus attitudes toward dating and consent.
Services Held For James W. Minter
Funeral services for James W. Minter, who died at a local hospital Tuesday night, were conducted at 10 30 this morning in the Sechrest Funeral Home chapel by Dr A B Conrea pastor of the First Baptist church. The funeral party then traveled to Roanoke Virginia for further services and interment at 3 30 in the county city.
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James W. Minter
Chapel of Sechrest Funeral Home
A. B. Conrea
First Baptist Church
Roanoke
Musical Art Club to Meet Monday Evening
The Musical Art Club will hold its meeting Monday night December 19 at 8 o'clock at the First Presbyterian church. The public is invited to attend. The Business Woman's circle of Main Street M. B. church will meet tomorrow evening at 7 39 with Mrs C V Shankle on West Lexington avenue. Full attendance is desired.
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Musical Art Club
First Presbyterian Church
Business Woman's Circle
Main Street
M. B. Church
Mra. C. V. Shankle
Lexington Avenue
Brotherhood Meeting at Emmanuel Lutheran Church
The Brotherhood of Emmanuel Lutheran Church will hold its monthly meeting Friday night in the Sunday school room at 6 45. The topic is Mary the Mother of Jesus and the program committee promises an interesting meeting. The Ladies Aid will prepare the supper.
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Brotherhood of Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Mary
Mother of Jesus
Ladies’ Aid
Great Flood Event of 1887 Hoang-Ho River Disaster
The Hoang-Ho flood of 1887 is cited as history’s greatest disaster with estimated deaths ranging from 1.5 to 7 million. The event devastated large parts of China, leaving enduring impact on populations and regional heritage.
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Hoang-Ho River
China
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