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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 05, 1932
Page
5
In Miami Florida on Christmas Eve Robert Lanier was convicted of robbing 14 year old newsboy Rogers Fox of 38 cents. Judge E C Collins imposed life imprisonment stating society must protect itself from such crimes. The article notes Lanier threatened to kill the boy with an ice pick.
William Nasser, 22, described as a modern Paul Revere on a motorcycle, was fined $5 and costs by Judge John P. McCoy after riding about and warning that police were to raid liquor operations. He reportedly shouted the warning to alert locals.
A worn dollar bill received at Durant National Bank bears two lines about a life spent on wine women and song. The inscription reads The last of a $100,000 fortune spent on wine, women and song. The discovery raises questions about a forgotten tale and its owner.
John M Holzworth, Manhattan attorney and National Committee for Alaska Bears chairman, shot and killed a 1200 pound grizzly after losing his way during a blizzard in Alaska. He skinned the bear for warmth and had it stuffed for the American Museum of Natural History. He aims to create permanent sanctuaries for Alaska bears.
Boston University mid year exams yield oddities with a joke about an optimist eye doctor and Dreiser as a presidential candidate. Frederick Maryland reports Raymond J. North briefly freed from jail after a hitchhiking ride ends with the sheriff. Washington notes $300000 in unclaimed German American World War damage awards needing claimants by March 10, 1932.
In Fort Worth Texas Wesley Hanna a 16 year old who helps his mother support eight siblings was accidentally shot in the leg while hunting near Breckenside. Doctors say only expert treatment in Fort Worth can save the leg and his schoolmates raised funds to send him for care.
A package at the Evansville post office drew officials’ attention when ominous sounds came from a chicken hawk inside a cage. Scratching noises led workers to suspect a bomb, but authorities found only a live bird.
Mrs. C. M. Anthony found a tombstone on her porch with the inscription Jim Yoda in memory of your wife and sons, a vandal’s act from a cemetery theft. Local police investigate the incident as a possible hate or prank crime.
The Duchess dUzès is recorded as the first woman to receive a driver's license in France, marking a historic milestone in automotive and gender history.
A Finnish scientist reportedly increased yields of garden vegetables fruits and grain by 51 percent using electric currents in the soil. Terminal electrodes were buried in the ground to carry the current.
A bold notice proclaims a promise to deliver any order of one dollar or more. The terse message emphasizes flexible service and quick fulfillment.
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