Believe It Or Not Girl Dances At Charity Show
Mary Layne, 16, renowned for acrobatic dance and upside down feats, headlines the Paramount midnight charity show in Waco Texas. Ripley himself witnessed her walking and running upside down, with other acts including Ray Sliker, Jeane Oxford, Speedy Texas, and a screening of Girls About Town.
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Mary Layne
United States
Ripley
Paramount
Waco
Texas
G. P. Layne
Mary
Ray Sliker
W8b
Jeane Oxford
Speedy Texas
Kay Francis
Lilyan Tashman
Loans Listed by Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Washington December 22 The Reconstruction Finance Corporation reported it lent seventy thousand dollars to the High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association and eleven thousand to the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company of Durham in November. Total November loans to North Carolina banks and trust companies include Badin Bank of Badin ten thousand Canton Champion Bank and Trust Co thirty thousand Conover Citizens Bank nineteen sixty? no sixty separate nine thousand seven hundred sixty Elizabeth City Savings Bank Trust Co four five hundred Mount Gilead Bank of Mount Gilead six thousand Newland Avery County Bank two thousand Pinehurst Bank of Pinehurst ten thousand Southport Peoples United Bank three thousand Stony Point Bank of Stony Point five thousand.
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Washington
Reconstruction Finance Ooration
High Point
N. C
Perpetual Building and Loan Association
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company
Durham
North Carolina
Badin — Bank of Badin
Canton
Champion Bank and Trust Co
Conover — Citizens Bank
Elizabeth City — Savings Bank — Trust Co
Goldsboro
Wayne National Bank of Goldsboro
Greensboro
North Carolina Bank and Trust Co
Bank and Trust Co
Trust Co
Kinston —— Partners and Merchants Bank
Mount Gilead
Bank of Mount Gilead
Newland
Avery County
Pinehurst
Southport — Peoples United Bank
Stony Point — Bank of
Stony Point
Trio Killed in Wreck of Erie Passenger Train
An Erie Railroad westbound passenger train crashed two miles south of Lima Ohio after jumping a signal, killing engineer Charles Scott and fireman Karl Swihart of Huntington Indiana and tower operator Charles Aldrich of Lima. About 30 passengers aboard, with several injured, nine cars and the engine toppled. two cars burned.
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Lima
Erie Railroad
Here
New York
Chicago
Charles Scott
Karl Swihart
Huntington
Ind
Charles Aldrich
Increased Yield of Corn With Aid Vetch
Winds or, Dec. 22. A. W. Cobb of Windsor in Bertie county increases corn yield by over 25 bushels per acre by turning under vetch and side dressing with 125 pounds of ammonium sulfate. The top yield reached 37.86 bushels per acre versus 12 without vetch or fertilizer. A similar test with crimson clover on N. J. Miller’s Merry Hill farm raised yield by 7.46 bushels per acre.
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Windsor
A. W. Cobb
Bertie County
N. J. Miller
Merry Hill
Influenza Cases Rise in Gaston County
Gaston county reports about 500 influenza cases as stated by County Health Officer R. E. Rhyne. He notes the spread remains active across the area and urges vigilance.
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Gastonia
R. E. Rhyne
Gaston County
Certificate of Dissolution for Pickett & McDonald Inc
J A Hartness Secretary of State certifies that Pickett and McDonald Inc dissolved after stockholders consent on December 21 1932. Principal office 792 N Main St High Point Guilford NC. agent J F P McDonald in charge. record filed in Raleigh per law.
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High Point
Guilford
State of North Carolina
J. FP. Mc- Donald
Cortions
I. J. A. Hartness
State of
North Carolina
J. A. Hartness
Insull Hearing Set For Tuesday In Extradition Case
In Athens on December 22, Vice President Alexander Georgacopoulos set hearings for next Tuesday in the extradition proceedings against Samuel Insull. Public Attorney Riganacos and Insull’s lawyers requested time to study the dossier and prepare the defense as court members reviewed Greek translated documents.
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Athens
Greece
Samuel Insull
Alexander Georgacopoulos
Court of Appeals
Riganacos
Jap Manchu Line to Link Dairen Mukden and Wiju Route
Japan plans an airline in Manchuria named Manchukuo with South Manchuria Sumitomo involvement. The two routes will run from Dairen to Mukden and from Wiju Korea through Mukden Changchun Harbin and Tsitsihar.
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Jap-Manchu Line
TOKIO
Japan
Manchuria
Manchukuo
South Manchuria
Sumittomo Company
Dairen
Mukden
Wiju
Korea
Changchun
Harbin
Tsitsihar
Waits Motherhood and Death Doomed to Die for Murder
Mrs. Beatrice Ferguson Snipes sits in a Columbia prison awaiting execution set for April 7 amid efforts to halt the death sentence. She is accused of fatally striking Elliot Harris a policeman during a confrontation after Harris struck her husband during a car search.
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Beatrice Ferguson Snipes
Columbia, D. C
Elliot Harris
Harris
Free Coffee for Snow Shovelers Proves Popular All Night
Archie Batalas of the Carolina Lunch Stand on Washington Street served hot coffee to snow shovelers throughout Tuesday night. A friend noted the generosity and some hungry workers received free sandwiches as they cleared streets in the cold.
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Archie Batalas
Carolina
Washington Street
Batalas
Asheboro Observes Monday as Holiday
Asheboro will observe Monday December 26 as a holiday with banks stores and businesses closed. Most hosiery mills furniture factories and other enterprises will close Thursday or Friday and reopen Tuesday or Wednesday next week. Churches will observe Christmas with sermons and music Sunday.
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Asheboro
Merchants’ Association
Supreme Court Composition: Nine Justices Sit on Bench
The Supreme Court of the United States is made up of nine justices who decide major constitutional and federal law cases. They include the chief justice and eight associate justices who hear arguments, interpret statutes, and rule on significant legal disputes affecting the nation.
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The
Supreme Court of the United
Legion Ball Set At Sheraton Hotel In High Point
The Andrew Jackson Post 87 American Legion invites groups to attend the New Year’s Ball at the Sheraton Hotel on Monday January 2 from 9 30 p m to 2 a m Proceeds aid High Point relief efforts Skeets Snyder and his Nite Owls provide music after a Southern Vaudeville circuit tour Executive committee led by R P McKeithan Gurney H King and others plans events and committees The Ladies Auxiliary is operating and more details will follow
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G. F. Edwards
Andrew Jackson Post 87
American Legion
High Point
Legion
Sheraton Hotel
Skeets” Snyder
Nite Owls
G. F Edwards
D. C. Farlow
Geo. W. Hedrick
Charles W. Perry
O. Arthur Kirkman
R. K. Young
F. H. Shuford
Charles Kephart
Andrew Jackson Post
Death of Donnie Armentrout
Friends mourn the death of Donnie Paul Armentrout grandson of Mr and Mrs J W Armentrout at 1514 English street after an illness of pneumonia He was born October 14 1932 in High Point Funeral arrangements moved to Charlottesville Virginia for services and interment Keezelton cemetery tomorrow
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J. W. Armentrout
Donnie Paul Armentrout
English Street
Yow
Charlottesville
Keezelton
High Point
Camden Economy Plan Puts Mayor Back on His Feet
In Camden New Jersey Mayor Roy R Stewart regains footing as a $3500 city owned automobile is stored away. The move reflects a reinterpretation of footing the bill and stirs local talk.
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Camden
N. J
Roy R. Stewart
Rotarians Hear Father Murphy Christmas Talk
The High Point Rotary Club heard Father C. E. Murphy of St. Edward's Church recount the Christmas story of Joseph and Mary and the Bethlehem evening. Mr and Mrs Gurney Briggs along with Miss Dorothy Hoskins and John Peacock sang carols. Visitors included Louis Hammers of New York W S Coulter of Burlington W B Trickett of Central Falls N C guests of Carter Dalton John Gilbert guest of T V Rochelle and as Sizemore guest of the club.
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Rotary Club
High Point
C. E. Murphy
St. Edward’s Church
Joseph and
Mary
Bethlehem
Gurney Briggs
Dorothy Hoskins
John Peacock
Louis Hammer
New York
W. S. Coulter
Burlington
W. 8. Trickett
Central Falls
N. C
Carter Dalton
John Gilbert
T. V. Rochelle
As Sizemore
Elks Club to Hold Regular Meet Tonight
The Elks club announces a regular meeting at 7 30 tonight featuring an initiation ceremony. All members are urged to bring old clothes for donation to the welfare board.
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Elks Club
Welfare Board
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Local Building and Loan Association
Legion Ball
Donnie Armentrout
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Hoover
Ogden L. Mills
Treasury
Charles Curtis
Henry L. Stimson
Patrick J. Hurley
War
Roy D. Chapin
Commerce
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Interior
William D. Mitchell
Justice
Walter Brown
Charles F. Adams
Navy
Arthur Hyde
Agriculture
William N. Doak
Labor
Army of Veterans
Congress
Rank and File
Capitol
John Pace
Detroit
Pace
New Bonus Army
England
Margaret Lindsay Williams
St. Paul's Cathedral
Miss Williams
Father Murphy
Civic Club
TOYS
New Perfection Oil
R. C. A.-Victor
Simmons
Victor
Dixie
Rose Furniture Company
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