Atlanta Police Hold Pattillo In Auto Theft Case
W Pattillo, sought by Atlanta police since December 3 on auto theft charges, was reported in custody in Guilford County after a Wilmington recovery. Two women, Earle Hughes and a man, were arrested and later bound over to Guilford court. The case included a request to dismiss or postpone after new information emerged, with authorities seeking extradition to Atlanta.
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W. Pattillo
al- Ga Lios
Roy Hedge
Asheville
Earle Hughes
Guilrernor Court
H. L. Ko
Atlanta
Pattillo
Flood Disaster Relief Efforts Rise as Donations Pour In
Local relief drive reports total contributions exceed 10 thousand dollars with more gifts expected from shoppers and workers. The Red Cross and radio stations note ongoing donations and list small contributions from individuals, bringing the current tally to 10 110 76.
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Red Cross
Henry's California Tour Delights Visitor’s Eye
CK FROM TRIP N HENRY IS CALIFORNIA. Henry returned after six weeks in California, touring Southern regions. He praised the scenery and weather variety from San Francisco to Diego and Catalina, noting widespread frosts killed about 60 percent of the fruit crop. He plans to return at the start of next season.
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Henry
California
San Franan Diego
Rorate
Fire alarms answer two blazes including car fire
Fire crews were called to extinguish two blazes late last night. At 6:26 p.m. a fire started in a home on 1204 Drive, Williams, a Black resident, with hero at the scene. A second alarm followed at 8:39 p.m. for a car fire on South Main belonging to Ann Slack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hero
R Williams
Ann Slack
South Main
Dozen Ostrich Eggs Prepare Feasts for Twelve Diners
A dozen ostrich eggs are planned to feed twelve people in a festival menu. Guests will share large portions as chefs showcase giant eggs and culinary techniques.
Seek To Stop Cabin Racket Pickens Bill Regulate Tourist Cabins
The Guilford delegation and Guilford county commissioners approved a bill by Rep Rupert Pickens to regulate and license tourist cabins in Guilford County. It would levy a nominal license fee and allow revocation for illegitimate rentals. They also discussed meat inspection in county stores and dog damage funding, plus requests for vocational training aid.
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Raleigh
Guilford
General Assembly
Guilford County Board of Commissioners
Rupert T. Pickens
High Point
Guilford Health Department
Whiteman denies attack but admits intimacy says police
Odie Dudley 85 of Mebane admitted intimacy with Miss Minnie Howard 19 of 306 Burton Street but maintained he did not assault her. Chief W G Friddle said Dudley is jailed without bond after being arrested on the allegation of attacking the woman at her family home. Dudley, married with four children, had previously denied knowing anyone in High Point or visiting the home.
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Odie Dudley
Mebane
Minnie Howard
Burton Street
W. G. Friddle
Dudley
Thomasville
High Point
Friddle
Howard
Missing A. B. Lockhart Reported by Police
Police sought the assistance of the department to locate 18 year old A. B. Lockhart of 1404 Tryon Street who left home around 11 p m last night and has not been seen since. He is five feet six inches tall, weighs 135 pounds, and wore a dark hat, dark suit, and a brown checked overcoat when last seen. Information should be communicated to police.
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A. B. Lockhart
Tryon Street
Lockhart
Hand car crash injures three at Trinity depot
Three African American railway workers riding a hand car were seriously injured when it hit an open switch below the freight depot at Trinity. Elvin Matthews suffered a broken leg and bruises, Marvin Spencer and Mose Hayes had leg injuries. All three were from Trinity route one and taken to Burrus Memorial hospital by Yow's ambulance.
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Southern Railway
Trinity
Elvin Matthews
Marvin Spencer
Mose Hayes
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Yow
Arguments Start In Robbery Case
In Lumberton on February 4, arguments began in the robbery trial of three Indians, Lewis Brooks Jimmy Lowry and Lonnie Oxendine. The state alleges they assaulted a Negro family several times, unearthed a buried money box under the kitchen floor and divided the coins and currency while the victims were restrained.
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Lumberton
Lewis Brooks
Jimmy Lowry
Lonnie Oxendine
Construction permits show rise in town projects
Logan Chitwood received a permit to build a brick modern white room residence and garage on Edgedale drive for 8500 dollars, with J. 4 H. Mackenfuss as contractor. Fire Chief E. K. Ingram issued a list of permits for construction and repair through today noon including a parking garage on Wice street and several new residences and reroofing jobs across the city.
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Logan Chitwood
Edgedale Drive
Palatka Street
H. Mackenfuss
E. K. Ingram
Paul Fuller
Wice Street
Mangum Avenue
Manning Street
Myrna
Frances Beaman
Hoover Street
Price
Alta Streets
J. H. Reece
Almina Street
Whittier Street
Ridgecrest Drive
J. W. Kivett
English Street
J. W. Carr
Phillips Street
West Point Avenue
H. C. Kaplan
Queens Street
BE. A. Benoint
Southeastern Express
High Street
South Main
Willowbrook Streets
Ed Steele
Hobson Street
Milton Sliver
South Main Street
H. D Sears
North Hamilton Street
Ingram Furniture Company
Willowbrook Street
St. Matthews M. E. Church
Leonard Street
J. B. Vaughn
Bay Street
Disease cases rise with January rain in city
City health data show 46 reportable diseases in January, up from 25 in December and 22 a year ago. Chicken pox influenza and whooping cough drive the increase with whooping cough rising to six and influenza to nine. diphtheria up four to eight. Captain Huff reported 298 inspections and 33 miles of watershed covered.
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Plano Keys
John Huff
Huff
Mrs J W Wright Claimed By Death
Mrs J W Wright died at 7:30 in her daughter’s home in Chapel Hill. Survived by daughters Mrs Morris, Mrs Cap Watts, Mrs Stella Bowman and Mrs A A Haney plus Mrs Ernest Dalrymple and a granddaughter Miss Helen Wright. Also sisters Mrs John Voorhees and Mrs Will Bowman. Funeral Friday at 11 in Chapel Hill with burial at Oakwood Cemetery about 2 that afternoon.
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J. W. Wright
B. F. Morris
Chapel Hill
Morris
Cap Watts
Stella Bowman
Hillsboro
A. A. Haney
Ernest Dalrymple
High Point
Helen Wright
John Voorhees
Gibsonville
Will Bowman
Oakwood Cemetery
Mass Meeting in Goldsboro Backs Tobacco Bill Safeguards
A mass meeting of farmers in Goldsboro on February 4 urged full safeguards for small farmers in the tobacco compact bill pending in the legislature. Harry B. Caldwell, state Grange lecturer, discussed the bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
Harry B. Caldwell
State Grange Lectarer
Doctors to Meet Tonight in Gate City
High Point doctors and nurses from Guilford County gather in Greensboro for an extensive venereal disease education campaign sponsored by the Guilford County Medical society. The event at the King Cotton hotel begins with a 6 30 p m banquet and features Dr. R A Vonderlehr and a film by Dr. R W Leiby with state health officials expected.
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High Point
Greensboro
Guilford County Medical Society
King Cotton Hotel
K. B. Geddie
C. C. Hudson
R. A. Vonderlehr
United States Public Health Service
R. W. Leiby
Raleigh
State Board of Health
C. V. Reynolds
J. C. Knox
New High Set in Shipments of Hose 1936
The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers reports 1936 total hosiery shipments at 122,700,366 dozen pairs, a 10.3 percent rise from 111,268,099 in 1935 and a new industry high. Major branches boosted totals, woolen goods near 1935 levels, and December 1936 shipments rose 2 percent from November led by women's seamless silk, children's goods, and anklets.
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National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Bulletin of the
Shamrock Grown Widely in United States
Shamrock is cultivated extensively across the United States and is not confined to Ireland. The plant appears throughout American gardens and landscapes, reflecting its broad cultivation beyond Irish origins.
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United States
Collectable Bank Assets Now Estimated at Over One Million
Quarterly statement for Commercial National Bank as of December 31 1936 shows uncollected assets totaling 3 599 754 77 but receiver John D Biggs values collectable at 1 014 428 35. Bank suspended January 18 1932 with assets 9 619 506 37 and 4 682 791 22 already collected. Receiver total from all sources 8 316 148 16 including RFC loan 3 349 000, with 3 114 100 repaid. Dividends totaling 60 percent or 1 676 402 75 paid to unsecured creditors and depositors.
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Commercial National Bank
John D. Biggs
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
RFC
Synod Session Concludes In North Carolina
The 32nd semi annual meeting of the Eastern Conference of the United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina closed at Friedens Lutheran church in Gibsonville. Rev. F L Conrad Rev H G Fisher Dr W C Jeffcoat Rev C R Ritchie Rev H A Schroder and Rev D L Offman led reports. Rev C R Pless and R L Conrad headed pre meeting discussions. A large attendance of ministers and lay members marked the session as highly successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibsonville
United Evangelical Lutheran Synod of North Carolina
Friedens Lutheran Church
F. L. Conrad
High Point
H. G. Fisher
W. C. Jeffcoat
C. R
Civil Service Bill Expected in North Carolina House
Unofficial sources say the Civil Service bill for Raleigh may be introduced in the lower house by Monday and possibly before weekend adjournment. Representative Rupert T. Pickens of High Point is expected to present the measure for readings, with minor constitutional questions to be ironed out without involving the attorney general.
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General Assembly
Raleigh
Rupert T. Pickens
High Point
A. A. F. Sewell
Citizens urged to prepare clothes and food for flood relief
Scout Executive Br. W. Hackney Jr. asks all able citizens to donate clothing and canned food for flood relief. Boy Scouts will canvas city homes Saturday at 8:30 a.m. collecting items to load on a freight car bound for Louisville Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br. W. Hackney, Jr
Louisville
Rambling Reporter Heads Good Fellows Supper Program
Adjutant R. M. Cowan of the Salvation Army and S. Eb Holt are on the program for the Good Fellows club supper tonight at 6 30 in the lobby of the Y M C A.
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R. M. Cowan
Salvation Army
S. EB. Holt
Good Fellows Club
Correction of Flood Relief Fund Donation Caption
A source error misidentified the donor as the colored Young Men's Advertising club. The correct attribution is the Col d Young Men's Advancement club for the flood relief fund donation.
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Colored Young Men's Advertising Club
Cold Young Men's Advancement Club
Tyson Held on Robbery Charge Following High Point Holdup
Atlas Tyson a 25 year old man was held on $750 bond by police on robbery charges connected to the December holdup of Henry Alford in High Point. Alford reported losing $6.75 on December 15 1936 and officers had been seeking Tyson since mid December.
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Atlas Tyson
Fairview Street
Henry Alford
High Point
Alford
Tyson
Wreck Injures George Brigman in Weldon Automobile Crash
Roanoke Rapids Feb 4 George Brigman sustained a broken jaw and knee injuries in an automobile accident at Weldon.
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Roanoke Rapids
George Brigman
Weldon
Scouts Form Troop No 13 Organizes Under Church
Organization of Scout Troop No. 13 of the Boy Scouts of America announced by Scout executive B W Hackney Jr under Emmanuel Lutheran Church. R L Conrad named chair of the troop committee with J R Graham C M Meadow Ray E Daniels and G E Klanderman. 8 L McFarland named scoutmaster with W B Thornburn as assistant. The troop roster includes Roy A Agner Jr David F Conrad Jr Flatrous L Conrad Jr John J Davis Jr Richard J Dorsett and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts of America
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
B. W. Hackney, Jr
R. L. Conrad
J. R. Graham
C. M. Meadow
Ray E. Deniels
G. E. Klanderman
L. McFarland
W. B. Thornburn
Roy A. Agner, Jr
Robert L. Conrad
Flatrous L. Conrad
David F. Conrad
John J. Davis
Richard J. Dorsett
George Harbinson
Robert Jordan
John A. McFarland
John E. Preston, Jr
Herbert L. Spears, Jr
John L. Grant
Eugene F. Proffitt, Jr
Jolley Dies at 73 Local Leader in Rutherford County
Willis A. Jolley 73 longtime Rutherford County commissioner and High Shoals township political leader died at his Caroleen home after a week long illness. Funeral services set for 2:30 p m tomorrow at Oak Grove Methodist Church.
Wolf terror in central France devours 93, mangles 30
In central France between 1760 and 1765 a single wolf killed 93 people and mangled 30 more. The beast weighed 165 pounds and caused widespread fear among local communities.
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France
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