Measles Still Rising in North Carolina Reports
North Carolina health officials report a rise in measles with 44 new cases last week, led by Johnston county with 23 and Durham with 12. Other diseases show declines overall, including diphtheria and scarlet fever, with smallpox at Nash county and typhoid at three cases.
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North Carolina
State Board of Health
Johnston
Durham
Forsyth County
Winston-Salem
Beaufort County
Wilkes
Nash County
Gypsy Orchestra Hits Scandinavia With New Venture
The Gypsy Orchestra Hit Scandinavia tours across Europe, drawing success as the veteran leader and his long resident wife in Denmark reflect on the aging ensemble. The group, described as the leader's "baby" of old age, showcases a mature collection of musicians.
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Scandinavia
Bereni
Europe
Denmark
Take Acid From Castor Oil For Airplane Motors
Washington report says a chemical counteracts castor oil acidity to make it suitable for airplane engines.
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Washington
Matrimonial And Birth Insurance Called Lottery
In Raleigh on December 18 representatives of Carolina Home Builders Incorporated renewed efforts to win approval for a matrimonial and birth insurance plan they termed a lottery. Delaware firm operating from Charlotte, with attorney N. A. Townsend, faced Insurance Commissioner Dan C. Boney and other state officials who dismissed the plan as contrary to public policy and a lottery. The firm planned to renew its petition. Subscribers pay premiums and assessments, then receive payments upon marriage or birth of a child, ranging from 250 to 1008 dollars.
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Raleigh
Carolina Home Builders, Incorporated
Dan C. Boney
U. K
Charlotte
N. A. Townsend
Boney
Dennis G. Brummitt
I. M. Bailey
Capital Issues Department
Baby Gangsters to Face Murder Charges in Independence
James Page, Jackson county prosecutor, seeks Missouri return of Everett Haldiman, 17, described as leader of a group of fifteen baby gangsters under arrest. Haldiman allegedly killed a Kansas City bakery driver William H. Price to thrill his crew. he denies the driver’s killing. Also charged are Ray Harley, Aletha Rush, and Fern McNabb, with three other girls under 19 witnesses, and two boys later taken into custody.
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Kansas City
James Page
Jackson County
Independence
Kas
Everett Haldiman
Haldiman
William H. Price
Page
Missouri
Fern McNabb
Ray Willis Harley
Aletha Rush
Sioux City
Miss McNabb
Clashes injure four in Krefeld as left and right clash
In Krefeld Germany four people were wounded during a clash between communist and fascist groups last night. In Chile a powder deposit explosion killed two workers and caused $25,000 in damage at Antofagasta. A storm swept a Taltal wharf, sending 40 people into the bay with three drowning.
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Krefield
Germany
Antofagasta
Chile
Taltal
Prince George joins West End dance via subway due to fog
London report notes the young prince George traveled by subway to a fashionable West End dance after fog made road travel unsafe. The piece begins with a byline about Philip Hesel tine, a composer who wrote under a pseudonym.
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London
Prince George
West End
Philip Heseltine
Peter Warlock Found Dead From Gas Asphyxiation
Actor and composer Peter Warlock was found dead in his home from gas asphyxiation after hosting a party for Bohemian friends. Authorities have not determined if the gas was self-inflicted.
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Peter Warlock
Notable Local Notes on Crime and Marriage
Brief items from Newton and Charlotte recounts a man executing a fatal robbery after being charged in an earlier case and a new 30 year prison sentence for a killer. An incident in Hickory reports a marriage followed by a drunken driving arrest and a $109 bond posted by the groom. other fragments mention Horace and related notes.
Quail Hunt Ends With Fox Chase and Meal
Marvin Young went quail hunting yesterday. They spotted a fox which pursued him as it fled. He returned home with no quail and ate flapjacks instead.
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Marvin
Young
Congress in Session Debates Emergency Bill and Warship Program
Senate continues debate on the conference report for the emergency construction bill. Interstate Commerce Committee takes up the bus regulation bill. Muscle Shoals conferees resume talks. House debates a proposed amendment to the drought relief bill of 30 million dollars. Appropriations Committee holds hearings on a 91 million deficiency bill. Naval Committee nears end of hearings on the warship construction program.
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Senate
Interstate Commerce Committee
House
Appropriations Committee
Naval Committee
Fire destroys 100 room Carolina hotel in Hendersonville
Hendersonville reports a disastrous fire at a 100 room Carolina hotel, considered incendiary by police. Insurance coverage listed at 806000. The loss amount remains unestimated as authorities investigate the blaze.
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Hendersonville
Carolina Hotel
Electric foundry machine speeds sand work
A New York report notes an electric foundry machine completes sand handling in one operation. It picks up sand strains out impurities and rams it into molds reducing labor for two men to about half an hour.
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YORK
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