Daniels Declines as Pitt Delegation Pleads Governor Candidacy
A Pitt County delegation urged Josephus Daniels to run for North Carolina governor in 1932. Daniels said he would weigh the duty involved amid waning support for a sales tax. The piece contrasts a prior August turnout with current sentiment and notes related state tax debates and national tax plans.
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Balbion
Pitt County
Josephus Daniels
Daniels
Commonwealth
General Assembly
Pitt
North Carolina
A. J. Maxwell
Hinsdale
Hoover
Mellon
Washington
Congress
Asheboro Youth Killed in Motorcycle Crash
Lloyd Keever 20 of near Asheboro died from a fractured skull after a motorcycle crash on highway 60 near Broadway. Vernon Moore, operator of the machine, survived with injuries. Keever was a senior at Asheboro High School active in sports and church work. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 11 a.m. at Asheboro Baptist Church.
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Encapree
Asheboro
Lloyd Keever
I. Keever
Broadway
Sanford
Keever
Lee County
Vernon Moore
Moore
Asheboro High School
Herman Stevens
Diverse Puzzle Clues Across The Board
A dense list of crossword style clues spans horizontal and vertical entries. It includes terms for anatomy, botany, geography, weather, animals, and abstract concepts with numerous short definitions and a few partial phrases.
Mrs Annie K Shankle Dies in Local Hospital
Annie Kate Shankle 23 died after a brief illness at a local hospital. Born in Georgia May 8 1908 she was daughter of J D and Lela Parks and widow of 8 W Shankle. Survived by parents six brothers and two sisters all of Concord Georgia and one sister in this city. Funeral at Lebanon M P Church Sunday at 1 30 with Rev Clay Madison. Interment Oakwood Cemetery. She resided at 1516 Johnson Street.
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Georgia
J. D
Lela Scott Parks
W. Shankle
J. D. Parks
Maynard
Wyatt
Wilbert
Marvin
Harold
Allen Parks
Luneta Parks
Concord
Julia Lewis
Lebanon M. P
Clay Madison
Oakwood Cemetery
Shankle
South Main Street
M. E
Johnson Street
Made In North Carolina program highlights 1931
Raleigh reports a year long push to boost appreciation of state industrial opportunities and goods. The Made-In-North Carolina project aimed to familiarize residents with local products and future expansion potential as overall manufacturing growth slowed in 1931.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Oforce and Industry
Department of Conservation and Development
Made In North Carolina Week Drives State Industry Expansion
The program aims to create new demand for industrial products and widen manufacturing supply across markets. North Carolina made goods are showcased during Made-In-North-Carolina Week, with efforts to boost food processing and garment making as promising growth sectors for the coming year.
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North Carolina
North-Carolina
Police seize still and beer during holidays arrest near Greensboro
Greensboro police disrupted a still operation during Christmas holidays, destroying over 600 gallons of beer. The raid followed reports of illicit activity near the city. Cotton ginnings in Henderson show a gain with 5,317 bales ginned by December 13, ahead of last year’s 3,995. In Warsaw, authorities say no trace has been found of the negro alleged to have assaulted Mrs. Lillie Jenkins and her 14-year-old son Major Lee.
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Greensboro
Eugene Wilson
Here
Henderson
Vance County
Warsaw
Lillie Jenkins
Major Lee
Cuba braces for 1932 amid unrest and sugar crisis
Cuba enters the new year with ongoing political tension and a fragile sugar economy. President Machado retains power with Liberal support as opposition leaders remain confined. The Chadbourne sugar plan faces mixed reception, while banks and public pay delays worsen daily life. The outlook hinges on a rebound in sugar prices to calm political strains.
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Havana
Machado
Liberal Party
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House of Representatives
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Liberal
Island
Chadbourne
New York
Thomas L. Chadbourne
Simaller
Army
Navy
State College reports no drinking cases in first term docket
State College authorities in Raleigh say a three month first term has zero drinking cases on the student government docket. This official statement frames a decline in campus drinking as proven by absence of entries for disciplinary actions.
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State
Raleigh
State College
Asheville man charged with killing his son in quarrel
William Davis of Candler was jailed on a charge of cutting his son Elijah to death on Thursday morning after a quarrel.
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Asheville
William Davis
Candler
Elijah
Greensboro Youth Killed by Train Near Grandmother’s Home
Eddie White a 22 year old Greensboro man visiting his grandmother was fatally struck by a train on the Southern Railway yesterday. He died at the scene and the incident is being investigated by local authorities.
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Greensboro
Eddie White
Wero
Southern Railway
Fiction Writer Dies Veteran New York journalist Charles Somerville
Charles Somerville, 58, a longtime New York newspaper man who later wrote detective fiction, died yesterday in New York. He previously worked on an Asheville newspaper.
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New York
Charles Somerville
Asheville
James A Wright dies at 63 in High Point home
James A Wright aged 63 died suddenly Friday morning at 6 at his home 608 South Hamilton Street High Point after a few hours illness He was born August 6 1868 in Randolph County son of Silas and Mitchell Peacock Wright Married to Rocie Spencer who survives Also surviving son C B Wright two daughters Mrs J W Harrison Miss Novia Wright one brother P A Wright five grandchildren and one great grandchild The body to Sechrest Funeral Home then to daughter 519 South Hamilton for burial at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist church Sunday at 2 PM Interment in church cemetery.
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Hamilton Street
Randolph County
Silas
Mitchell Peacock Wright
Rociie Spencer
C. B. Wright
J. W. Harrison
Novia Wright
High Point
P. A. Wright
Seagrove
Sechrest
South
Primitive Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
Tom Mooney Denies Hope for Pardon on Christmas Eve
SAN QUENTIN CALIFORNIA December 26 Tom Mooney, maintaining his innocence, said he has abandoned hope for a pardon from Governor James Rolph Jr On the eve of his 16th Christmas behind San Quentin walls the state’s most famous prisoner spoke to reporters through guards.
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San Quentin Prison
Cal
James Rolph, Jr
California
San Quentin Walls
Roy Wagner Laid To His Last Rest
Funeral services for Roy Wagner were held at Bethesda M. P. church in Lexington with Rev. F. L. Conrad and others officiating. Pallbearers and flowerbearers named. burial in Bethesda cemetery after a large countywide gathering.
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Bethseda M. P
Lexington
F. L. Conrad
Emanuel Lutheran Church
J. C. Leonard
D. C. Loy
C. M. Nifong
Elmer Essick
Clarence Sink
Polly Snider
John Miller
George Antonakos
Mr. Hutchinson
Mary Lillian Perryman
Susie Wagner
Virginia Wagner
Frances Wagner
Blanch Wagner
M., Wagner
Joseph Sink
Lindy Perryman
Bethesda Cemetery
Gurney Briggs Showing Improvement After Fall
Officials at High Point Hospital report Gurney Briggs, injured in a horse fall last Sunday, has regained consciousness and is resting more comfortably this afternoon.
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Gurney Briggs
High Point Hospital
Briggs
Mooney Doubts Clemency as He Faces Prolonged Prison Term
In a Christmas interview Tom Mooney asserts clemency denial hinges on political powers. He says Governor Rolph and aides won t need months to study evidence and argues the frameup collapsed when Oxmanse and McDonald admitted they didn t see him at the bombing scene. He refuses parole, calling it another form of imprisonment, and says he will continue to toil peeling potatoes in the prison vegetable room.
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New York
Francisco
Olph
Sullivan
Tom Mooney
America
Dreyfus
Rolph
Oxmanse
McDonald
Children Share Christmas Gifts at Asheboro School
Asheboro schoolchildren gathered in the auditorium to sing carols and donate gifts for needy families. Superintendent R J Hilker prompted the drive, yielding abundant vegetables canned goods toys clothing and other items to be distributed by welfare officer T F Bulla.
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Asheboro
R. J. Hilker
T. F. Bulla
First Methodist
Farm incomes in 1930 fall to 4.67 billion dollars
United States farmers posted net income of 4.669 billion dollars in 1930 down from 6.751 billion in 1929 as reported by Secretary of Agriculture Arthur M. Hyde. The drop highlights the severe economic slump in farming during the early Depression era.
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United States
Arthur M. Hyde
Card of Thanks for Delilah Jarvis
A brief card thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of Mrs. Delilah Jarvis. The family expresses appreciation for the floral offerings and support.
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