High Point men sentenced in Superior Court cases
In Greensboro on December 18, Leander M. Parks pleaded guilty to auto larceny and was sentenced to 6 two years on the roads. Neil Wimmer received five months for breaking and entering and related charges. Henry Carrikies Jr. and Tom Abt drew 90 days and four months for liquor provision violations. Arthur Lawrence remanded to High Point municipal court and discharged. John D. Biggs filed suits in Superior Court to recover funds from Dixie Oil and D. O. Betil and others totaling over 600 dollars.
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Leander M. Parks
Ncil
Neisman
John D. Biggs
Cmmercial National Bank
J.T. Hedgecock
Trial Postponed In Murder and Robbery Case At Morganton
The Dwight Beard murder and robbery trial in Morganton halted as Alvin Eller, convicted in the case and who had indicated willingness to testify for the state, refused to testify just as proceedings began.
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Morganton
Dwight Beard
Gus Bounous
Alvin Eller
Government transient camp observed in Phoenix
In Santa Monica Dee notes a government transient camp near Phoenix with about seven hundred men and boys kept there, fed, clothed, and made to work. Many youths make wooden toys for children at Christmas. taxpayer money spent on food is defended.
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Santa Monica
Dee
Phoenix
Arizona
Gold price rises as foreign buying eyed amid budget talk
The government raised the gold price to $24.06 an ounce for the first upward move since December 1, amid reports of large foreign buying and calls for budget balancing. Treasury data show a near billion-dollar deficit so far and ongoing emergency expenditures including RFC and WPA programs.
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Washington
Roosevelt
RFC
London
Brookings Institution
National Economy League
Treasury
League
White House
Farm Credit Administration
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
URA
Civil Works Administration
Public Works
Law violators get road terms in High Point court
On a busy Monday docket Judge Lewis Teague fined and sentenced several intoxicated drivers under liquor laws. Only one case, Bob Smith of 133 Elm street, had judgment suspended after police found 23 bottles of home brew. defense claimed ties to Grand Rapids but the court found high alcohol content and Smith was ordered not to...
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High Point Munnicipal Court
Lewis Teague
Bob Smith
Elm Street
Smith
Grand Rapids
Mich
North Carolina
Four Rescued At Sea After 20-Hour Vigil
Four French men aboard a damaged seaplane were rescued after 20 hours adrift in the Mediterranean. The Saint Marguerite picked them up at dawn as a fruitless search by multiple ships and radio stations stretched through sleet and snow.
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Marseilles
France
Mediterranean
Ste. Marguerite
Dizerta
Arica
Capelin
Kermal
Algiers
Eva Monday’s appeal backfires in municipal court
Eva Monday, a Black woman, sought an appeal in a assault case but failed when her language led to taxing court costs. Judge Teague also sentenced another woman to 30 days, and Eva was later jailed four months for contempt after declaring another appeal.
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Eva
Asault
Lewis FE. Teague
Teague
Prohibition Violators Sentenced in County Court
Robert Craven received six months on the road. Luther Lane four months. John Eccles seven months with jury costs. Lane and Eva Monday faced additional penalties including disciplinary work on the road and contempt in open court. Other defendants faced jail terms or costs for drunkenness and assault as the court adjourned with a note that court would reconvene Wednesday.
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Robert Craven
Luther Lane
Lane
Baptist Street
John Eccles
William Long
Eva Monday
Grace Moore
Moore
Eva
Lindberghs End Trip With Northward Flight From Miami
Charles A. Lindbergh and wife depart Miami on the last leg of their Atlantic swing headed toward New York. They plan to spend Christmas with their infant son, carrying enough fuel for roughly 1200 miles, and landed briefly near Charleston before continuing.
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8. C
James Island
Fort Moultrie
Charleston Harbor
Lindberghs
Navy Yard
Naval Reservation
Cooper River
Miami
Fla
New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
San Pedro
Dominican Republic
Lindbergs
International
Miami Beach
Jail For Husband Woman's Plan Out of Unhappy Mating
A colored woman with an unclear name went to the police station seeking a warrant against her husband. She complained of mistreatment and asked if jail could solve their unhappy marriage, but no warrant was issued.
Tornado Claims Four Lives Near Slavery and Soda Fountain
A violent tornado struck the Grayson lumber camp and Soda Fountain plantation in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, killing three at the camp including a white woman and two Negro workers and another Negro at the plantation. Twenty people were injured as homes and mill buildings were wrecked and relief efforts moved in.
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Shreveport
A. C. Johnson
Hanna Reed
Charlotte Hill
John H. Roden
Unsealed Cards May Be Mailed For One and One Half Cents
Post office officials urge proper stamping to avoid delays in Christmas mail. Sealed local mail requires two cents while unsealed mail within the United States costs one and a half cents. outside mail three cents. No delivery Sunday or Monday. only marked items with special delivery go out on those days.
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United States
Overtime Rule Relaxed in NRA Codes for Year-End Inventory
Washington notes the NRA allows all employers under the blue eagle code to force two weeks of overtime to finish year-end inventory. Pay must be at least time and a half. The order, from Hugh S. Johnson, also expands consumer and labor input on code authorities and names a government member with assistants from labor and consumer groups. George L. Berry of the International Brotherhood will temporarily replace Williams due to family illness.
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Washington
NRA
Blue Eagle
National Compliance Board
Hugh
Johnson
Leon Henderson
Russell Sage Foundation
D. Schlink
Consumers Research
Mary Harriman Rumsey
Consumer Advisory Board
Roosevelt
George L. Berry
International Pressmen's Union
C. ©. Williams
Williams
Week-end uprisings of accidents claim Carolina lives
A weekend of gunfire and crashes across the Carolinas left fifteen dead and many injured. Missing Rosa Warren, 18, from Statesburg prompts a statewide search as police investigate diverse fatal incidents including a railroad switchyard tragedy, a robbery wound, and fatal auto wrecks in multiple towns.
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Carolinas
Rosa Warren
Statesburg
S. C
Rush Winfrey
Oak Ridge
Greensboro
Paul A. Young
Winfrey
Young
L. A. Fields
Troy
Clyde Short
Finley Pelter
Hudson
N. C
Peddle Broyhill
Lenoir
J. Collie Edwards
Albemarle
James Seigler
Union
8. C
William Matthews
James M. Edrington
Winnsboro
C. Edrington
F. W. Wafford
Roanoke Rapids
Percy Whitaker
James C. Vaughn
Greenwood
Willie Adams Morris
Willie Morris
Morris
Will Davis
Greenville
Richard F. Porter
Southern Railway
Porter
F. E. Patton
Swannanoa
Columbus Beach
Morganton
Timken Lanier
H. FE. Lanier
Rocky Mount
Orangeburg
Joe Land
Tarboro
Henry William
John Horn
Freedom of the Press Series Launch
A five article series explains the meaning of press freedom for readers. Willis Thornton reports how muzzling the press harms liberty abroad and how a free untrammeled press benefits Americans.
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Willis Thornton
NEA Service
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