Murder on the balcony at Averill home on Long Island
Linda Averill suspects her elderly cousin Amos Peabody was murdered after a balcony fall. With four houseguests in the building they stage a stay‑put ruse to uncover the killer while medical examiner Dr. Boyle is delayed. Linda and Tom work to keep everyone in while shedding light on the night’s events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Averill
Amos Peabody
Averills
Long Island
Linda
MR. Statlander
Tom Averill
Captain DE Vos
Marvin Pratt
Lian Shaughnessey
Rolte
Shaughnessey
Tom
Statlander
Fleur
Pratt
DeVos
Marvin
Binks
Stallander
Five Prisoners Granted Paroles by Governor Gardner
Governor Max Gardner announced paroling five prisoners and denying clemency to 43 applicants. Parolees include Charles Ryals serving manslaughter time since January 1931 and Olden Hamilton sentenced for assault with intent to kill. Also paroled were Zeno Gayhor, Clyde Bailey, and Roby Shook for various offenses with sentences ranging from 12 to 24 months.
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Raleigh
Max Gardner
Charlies Ryals
Harnett County
Ryals
Olden Hamilton
Union County
Donald Phillips
Zeno Gayhor
Edgecombe County
Clyde Bailey
Randolph County
Roby Shook
Avery
North Carolina Tax Payments to Federal Government Fall 12 Percent
Raleigh report shows North Carolina’s federal payments for the year ended June 30, 1932 at 231,138,981 dollars, down 12 percent from 262,849,306 in 1931. Miscellaneous taxes including tobacco excises led the total, with cigarette taxes near 196 million and income taxes split between corporations 9,915,569 and individuals 2,448,663.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
Bryan W. Sipe
Department of Conservati
T and Development
United States Treasury Department
Nevada
Kentucky
South Carolina
Mr. Sipe
Virginia
Sipe
Admonitions and Resolve End Next To Bedside Pause
She longs for sleep yet faces fear with resolve. She muses on handling the business angle with Bo and suggests they finish it tonight and go up together. The scene ends with a promise of continuation.
Green To Confer Roosevelt Today
ALBANY N Y Dec 20 President elect Roosevelt planned a meeting with William Green head of the American Federation of Labor as he neared the end of his governorship tenure. Green had been scheduled to visit Hyde Park yesterday but the conference was not completed before departure and was expected to occur today.
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Albany
N. Y
New York
Roosevelt
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Green
Hyde Park
Story of Due and Desire in a Quiet House
Grace and Nancy host Arnold Page after a chance meeting. Grace reflects on loneliness and past loves, contrasting Arnold with Jim. Nancy, facing divorce, reveals she once planned to pursue Arnold but now says only friendship remains as the late night quiet settles in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace
Nancy
Arnold Page
Gally
Arnold
Joe Dexter
Jimmy
Gibraltar
Mocha Coffee Described By Its Gray Green Beans
A historical note identifies Mocha coffee as originating from Arabia and describes its small gray beans with a tendency toward greenish hues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arabia
Next Nancy Becker's Reason
New York vitamin C claimed to slow aging says Prof Henry Sherman. He contends that eating tomatoes sauerkraut and other vitamin C rich foods helps people stay youthful longer than those who avoid them.
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New York
Henry C. Sherman
Property Sale Notice for 624 Arch Street High Point NC
Guilford County records reveal a 1932 deed notice for Lot 19 of J Elwood Cox property in High Point, bounded Arch Street to 50 by 241 feet, 506 rear, 234 north, plat by J R Reagan. The sale to be cash with trustee Dred Peacock attorney, dated November 29 1972.
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Office of the Register of Dents
Guilford North Carolina
Carolina
Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point Township
J. Elwood Cox
High Point
J. R. Reagan
Rednter of Deeds
Arch Street
N. C
Idol
Dred Peacock
Sale of Land by Trustee in Guilford County
Public auction to the highest bidder at the Greensboro court house door on December 30, 1932 at 2 PM for Lot No. 226 Emerywood Addition No. 4 plotted in Plot Book 7 Page 21. Property is known as 708 Hillcrest Drive High Point North Carolina.
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Samuel Lampell
Lillian Lampell
A. J. Idol
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
Publc
Greensboro
Guilfor
E County
Emerywood
Guliford County
Hillcrest Drive
High Point
N. C
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Tomt
Florrie
White Horse Inn
Mother
Linda Darling
Fileur
Beeson's
Rogers Silverware
Universal Vacuum Cleaners
Eveready and
Durham
Sister
Tricycles Pianos
America
Ericsson
Empire State Building
Babe Ruth
By Margery Hale
Nancy Becker
North Carolina Bank
Aso Trust Co
Carolinas
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