North Carolina Political Lines Firming For 1938 Contests
Raleigh dispatch notes 1937 highlights include Clyde Hoey as governor, Hancock seeking Reynolds Senate seat, and multiple House and judicial races forming. Rumors persist on candidates like Cough ton Morrison Shuping Strain and others as the off year closes with social security and public works expanding state jobs.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
United States Senate
Clyde Roark Hoey
Frank Wills Hancock, Jr
Oxford
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
A. A. Johnson
Buncombe
Hancock
Robert L. Coughton
Laurel Springs
Cameron Morrison
Reynolds
R. Gregg Cherry
Gaston
C. L. Shuping
Greensboro
David L. Strain
Durham
Senate
Shuping
Troy T. Barnes
Wilson
General Assembly
John H. Kerr
A. D
Lon) Folger
Mt. Airy
Marshall Ruffees
Winston-Salem
Folger
Charles L. Abernethy, Jr
New Bern
Graham A. Barden
Winborne
N. A. Sinclair
Thomas A. McNeill
J. B. Spilman
Unemployment Compensation Commission
W. B. Murphy
Snow Hill
Arch T. Allen
Young Democrats
Hoey
Highway and Public Works Commission
North Carolina executes twelve in year with twenty two on death row
Raleigh news reports that twelve men were executed in 1937 at the state prison, with 22 others on death row. Governor Hoey states race was not a factor, noting 3 white and 7 Negro executions among the 10 commutations, and detailing timing, wardens, and the first-principal doctor.
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N C
Hoey
Raleigh
N. C
State’s Prison
State
State’s
H. H. Honeycutt
H. H. Wilson
Felda Hightower
Christian Science Sunday Lesson Refers To Waters And Truth
Christian Science lesson sermons on Sunday December 26 1937 feature Isaiah 56 1 Golden Text urging all to come to waters and buy without money Romans 15 4 cited as learning through patience and hope Mary Baker Eddy quotation claims science and health relies on Bible authority and teachings of Jesus apostles as path to truth
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Christian Science
Mary Baker Eddy
Entertaining Rumor About Barrymore Trent’s Marriage
Barrymore Trent is reported missing after a rescue flight and a tabloid claim of engagement to Magda Shirley spreads. Miranda Trent confronts the story, denying the claim and vowing a proper wife will join the family.
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Barrymore
Barry
Miss Benton
Linda
Mrs. Trent
United Press
Trent
Magda Shirley
Silver Screen
Friends Bay
Barrymore Trent
United States Naval Air Force
Caribbean
Aurelius
Miss Shirley
Flyer
Captain Trent
California
Shirley
Ballyhoo
Miranda
Buzzy
Madga Shirley
Madga
Magda
Rita
Mary Adams Maverick
Maury Maverick
Texas
John S. Lambie, Jr
London
King George
Miss Maverick
Washington, D.C
Linda Delays a Choice as Mystery Threatens Christmas
In a tense scene Linda weighs revealing a hidden truth after Barry disappears and Judge Baldwin dies. Miranda watches with wary, calculating eyes while the bare balsam tree scent fills the parlor. The chapter ends with plans unsettled and a cliffhanger.
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Magda Shirley
Rita Blanchard
Barry
Judge Baldwin
England
Linda
Miranda
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NEA Service, Inc
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Capt
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Titania
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