Train Crash Fatal To Two In Iowa Investigated
A riderless freight locomotive on the Great Western line near Harlan Iowa crashed into a Minneapolis bound passenger train killing engineer Henry Miller and fireman A D Sellers both from Clarion Iowa and injuring about 20 others. John Anderson of Council Bluffs piloted the freight and was burned as steam escaped. Investigators from federal state and railroad bodies opened inquiries into the fatal collision.
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Harlan
Henry Miller
A. D. Sellers
Clarion, Jr
Tennant
John Anderson
Council Bluffs
Omaha
Ed Sharp
Sharp
Anderson
Mundelein and Dougherty Impart Absolution at Masses
In St Peter’s Vatican City Cardinal Mundelein of Chicago and Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia gave absolution at the last of nine funeral masses for Pope Pius XI. The cardinals, meeting this weekend, have eight days to decide before conclave begins February 28. Cardinal Schuster of Milan celebrated the requiem.
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Vatican City
George Cardinal
Mundelein
Chicago
Denis Cardinal Dougherty
Philadelphia
Pius XI
St. Peter's
Cardinal Schuster
Milan
Yarrow Plants Reach From Gee Level To Timberline
A concise note states that the yarrow plant rises from gee level up to timberline, indicating its wide altitude tolerance and persistence across alpine zones.
North Carolina Weather Outlook and Coastal Wind Shifts
Partly cloudy and colder with possible coastal showers tonight and Tuesday. In the mountains mist turning to snow flurries tonight. From Hatteras to Jacksonville strong winds shift from southwest to north, overcast weather with scattered showers. Sandy Hook to Hatteras west and northwest winds, rain tonight, partly cloudy Tuesday.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Ladies Plan Monarch Club Entertainment in June Visit
The Ladies Auxiliary met with the High Point Monarch club at the Sheraton hotel to discuss hosting the National Monarch convention June 11 to 13. Committees were named to arrange details including a Ladies Night with a floor show music solos duets speeches prices and favors. Presidents of four North Carolina Monarch clubs Winston-Salem Asheb or Greensboro and Durham and their wives will attend.
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High Point Monarch Club
Sheraton Hotel
Roy C. Culler
Z. Jones
Sheraton
North Carolina
Greensboro Woman Sues Local Man For Divorce
Greensboro Cora E. Regan files suit in Superior Court for divorce from J. Elmer Regan of High Point and custody of their daughter. They married December 24 1928 separated September 28 1936 with a deed of separation filed February 3 1937.
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Greensboro
Cora E. Regan
Clerk of Superior Court
J. Elmer Regan
High Point
Horse Buried as Honors at Lake View Cemetery
Bob the horse owned by the local undertaker was interred in Lake View Cemetery in Sanford Florida for 28 years of service pulling the hearse. The grave features a sculptured headstone honoring the animal's long work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Lake View
Sanford
Fla
Franco Outlines New Government Officers
Reports detail a proposed eight member Nationalist cabinet with Navy led by Admiral Baratch, Justice by Count de Rodezno or Carlist representative, Finance a Gil Robles follower, former War minister, Interior a civilian appointee aided by Colonel Angria, and other departments pared to under secretaries in Burgos.
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muiral’Baratch
Count de Rodezno
Jose Maria Gil Robles
Popular Agrarians
Angria
Public Order
Burgos
German envoy vows goodwill mission to United States
Berlin February 20 Capt Fritz Wiedemann announced before leaving to become German consul general in San Francisco that he carries orders from Chancellor Hitler to promote goodwill between Germany and the United States. He told 50 Carl Schurz society luncheon guests that his aim is to be a bearer of goodwill and believes such an attitude can lead to success in the long run.
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Berlin
Fritz Wiedemann
San Francisco
Hitler
Germany
United States
Carl Schurz _society
Knight Herd Receives National Recognition at Guernsey Club
Peterborough New Hampshire February 20 Two cows in Clarence O Knight’s Guilford College herd qualified for the Advanced Register of the American Guernsey Cattle Club. Knight’s Nancy 438257 produced 5789.8 pounds of milk and 292.8 pounds of butter fat in 324 days. Knight’s Rebecca 438254 yielded 8490.1 pounds of milk and 411.7 pounds of butter fat in 865 days.
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Peterborough
N. H
Clarence O. Knight
Guilford College
American Guerney Cattle Club
Karl B. Musser
Knight
Nancy
Guernsey
Knight's
Rebecca
No food for Yankees epitaph in Wake churchyard
Coroner Roy M. Banks records a humorous epitaph found on a Wake County tombstone. It claims a devoted Christian mother whipped Sherman’s men with scalping water during a dinner pot moment while cooking ham bone for soldier boys.
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Raleigh
Roy M. Banks
Wake County
Sherman
Chicago milk market report shows price categories
Chicago market data lists butter at 759 392, steady. creamery specials at 93 score 25 percent to 26 percent. extras 92 at 26 percent. extra firsts 90 91 at 26 25 percent. firsts 88 89 at 24 25 percent. seconds 84 87 4 4 percent. standards 90 at 25 14 4. Eggs total 11 526. graded extra firsts, cars and local 17. firsts local 16 percent. cars 16 4 percent. current receipts 15 percent.
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Chicago
Monkey climbs pole puzzle with inch by inch moves
An organ grinder's monkey climbs a 1-foot pole to reach window pennies. Each arm movement gains 12 inches but slips back 6 inches. How many moves to reach the top and total distance traveled if there were no slips.
State budget fight shifts to taxes amid wage hour debate
A Raleigh sub committee seeks to balance the next biennium budget with tax receipts, favoring tax increases over further cuts. A liquor tax rise from seven to ten percent in 27 wet counties is considered, with a proposed alcohol control bill to allow mail order sales and warehouses in 73 counties. Tomorrow, hearings on wage hour bills begin, with proposals ranging from 25 to 40 cent hourly pay and weekly hours caps, backed by state labor groups and the Federation of Labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Appropriations and
Budget Commission
Finance
State Board of Alcoholic Beverage Control
House
Committee On
State Federation of Labor
State Department of Labor
Whiskey Poisoning Fatal To Couple
The Greensboro coroner's jury ruled alcoholic poisoning caused the deaths of Ernest Dorton, 35, an unemployed textile worker, and his wife Mary Querry Dorton. Thomas H. Ralander, a Charlotte salesman, was held without charges as federal investigators probe the case. Dorton was found dead in a hotel room and Mrs. Dorton died hours later at a hospital after falling ill.
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Greensboro
Ernest
Dock) Dorton
Mary Querry Dorton
J. F. Ratledge
Federal Alcoholic Tax Unit
Thomas H. Ralander
Charlotte
Ratledge
Ralander
Dortons
Dorton
Kannapolis
Concord
William E. Freeman
Raleigh
No Need For More Court Districts
Governor Hoey said there is no need to create new Superior court districts though a 1937 commission recommended increasing districts from 21 to 24 27. He will present the commission report headed by D E Henderson of Charlotte as information to the legislature tonight. The report says special judges are a makeshift but notes their service is valuable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Hoey
D. E. Henderson
Charlotte
Judicial District Commission
General Assembly
Mr Tull Improving After Greensboro Auto Crash
W Herman Tull, badly injured in an automobile accident in Greensboro five weeks ago, remains in Piedmont Memorial Hospital but is improving and likely to be able to go home in about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Tull
W. Herman Tull
Greensboro
Piedmont Memorial Hospital
Mecklenburg Declaration Session Plans and Labor Talks
The text notes seven years with maximum hours of 44 weekly in year one, 42 in year two, and 40 thereafter. It adds that the legislature will meet in Charlotte on Wednesday for a one day session commemorating the Mecklenburg declaration of independence, while the Senate will move to Wilmington on Saturday for a session.
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Charlotte
Mecklenburg
Death of Miss Mariah Black in Thomasville
Miss Mariah Black died after a long illness and funeral services were held at Emmanuel Church in Thomasville. Rev. W. C. Lyerly and Squire J. W. Bowers officiated. pallbearers included John Kennedy and Allen Bowers. She was born near Thomasville in 1847 and is buried in Emmanuel Cemetery.
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Mariah Black
Enterprise Bureau
Commerce Street
Thomasville
Emmanuel Church
W. C. Lyerly
Squire J. W. Bowers
Jesus
John Kennedy
Allen Bowers
A.S. Everhart
T. E. Bowers
Ray Bowers
B. E. Hedrick
Miss Black
Davidson County
John and
Betsey Myers Black
Emmanuel Cemetery
Funeral services held for Mrs. A. M. Woodward
Mrs. A. M. Woodward, 54, died in a Southport hospital of pneumonia that developed while she was treated for a gunshot wound. She was taken to the hospital Thursday.
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O. M. Woodward Shallotte
A. M. Woodward
Southport
Funeral for Mrs Mary Jane Maness McKaskill
Mrs Mary Jane Maness McKaskill Maness 70 died Saturday in Spero section. Funeral at 2 30 PM from Neighbors Grove Church Balfour with six children surviving including Mrs Claude Hicks Mrs Malone Grant D C Dan Maness and Mrs Carl Bean Mrs Howard Shaw of Charlotte and others.
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Mary Jane McKaskill
Asheboro
Neighbors Grove Church
Balfour Section
Mary Jane McKaskill Maness
Claude L. Hicks
Spero
Maness
High A. Maness
Hicks
Malone Grant
Bennettsville
Britain seeks approval of arms budget in tense European scene
The government asks Parliament to authorize a defense borrowing rise from 400 to 800 million pounds as it outlines a peacetime rearmament program amid European friction over Spain and differences with Italy and France. Debates anticipated on defense costs and possible expeditionary aid to France.
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Viscount Gort
Imperial General Staff
Britain
Chamberlain
Baron Chatfield
Roger Backhouse
Lord Chatfield
Omega
Spain
Mediterranean
House of Commons
John Simon
France
Burgos
Pietro Badoglio
Libya
French Somaliland
Tunisia
Fireflies Fuel China Drug Making Industry
In China catching fireflies has become an industry supplying insects used in the manufacture of traditional medicines and drugs, with labor and regional collection hubs supporting the trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Guilford County Considers $50000 Short Term Notes
Guilford County Commissioners approve issuance of 50000 in short term notes to cover an 80000 debt due March 1. Chairman George L. Stansbery will seek Local Government Commission approval. The board also voiced support for teachers in salary increases and retirement plans, sending copies to state legislators.
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Greensboro
Board of
Guilford County Cmissioners
George L. Stansb
Bal
R. Causey
Oe J. W. Bu
Gibsonville
Guilford County
Parent-Tea Council
Treasure
State Council
G Ford
Unique temperance lesson shown by Spring Hill church class
The Spring Hill Methodist young men's class staged a live temperance lesson. Ten cars escorted a former wealthy man to townspeople, who gathered as they viewed his lost property. At a country farm he pleaded that whiskey and bad company caused his downfall and urged clean living.
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Spring Hill Methodist Church
A C Beeson Grocery Co Granted State Charter
A C Beeson Grocery Co of High Point receives a state charter. Hickory Ball Club Inc also chartered to promote football and baseball and other sports with J C Miller R M Shores and E P Rhyne as incorporators. Other firms also secured charters.
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Raleigh
Hickory Ball Club, Inc
Hickory
Thad Eyre
J. C. Miller
R. M. Shores
E. P. Rhyne
A. CC
Beeson Grocery Company, Inc
High Point
A. C. Beeson
Mabel Beeson
Ben L. Herman
Raleigh seeks Confederate memorial park by seizure of veterans home
Raleigh city commissioners said they petitioned the Wake legislative delegation to enact a law allowing the city to acquire the former state Confederate veterans home property. The plan is to convert the site into a Confederate memorial park.
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Raleigh
Wake
Church Institute Set for Duke June 5 10
The North Carolina Church Institute returns to Duke University in Durham from June 5 through June 10. The event runs concurrently with the North Carolina pastor's school and is sponsored by the major church denominations.
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Church Institute
Durham
North Carolina Church Institute
Duke University
North Carolina
Tri-State Medical Association Opens in Charleston
The 41st annual meeting of the Tri-State Medical Association bringing together physicians from the Carolinas and Virginia opens in Charleston with paper readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Tri-State Medical Association
Carolinas
Virginia
Mammoth Tooth Identified From Local Creek Find
Director J Harry Davis of the state museum identifies a found object in a creek canal near Beaufort as a tooth of a prehistoric mammoth. The giant elephant like creature roamed North America and Siberia about a million years ago.
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Beaufort
J. Harry Davis
The
State Museum
Here
North America
Siberia
NFLA to Meet Kinston Annual Meeting February
The local National Farm Loan Association unit will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday. The organization backs loans totaling 367000 dollars and serves Duplin Lenoir Craven and Pamlico counties with L O Moseley of Lenoir County as head.
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NFLA
Kinston
National Farm Loan Association
Duplin
Lenoir
Craven
Pamlico
L. O. Moseley
Lenoir County
Association to push new highway route from Wilson to Norfolk
Fayetteville February 20. Persons interested in forming an association to push for a new highway route from number 301 at Wilson to Tarboro Murfreesboro and Norfolk Virginia have been called to meet here Thursday by C A Johnson of Tarboro president and J M Overton of Portsmouth Virginia secretary.
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Fayetteville
Wilson
Tarboro
Murfreesboro
Norfolk
C. A. Johnson
J. M. Overton
Portsmouth
New Evidence Spurs Debate on U S Defense and Warplane Sales
Senator Nye backs using Military Affairs Committee to judge U S plane production for foreign sales and national needs. The French order 100 light bombers from Douglas prompts debate over administration not neutral in arming allied nations. Senate weighs $376 million army expansion amid foreign policy tensions and Roosevelt Caribbean cruise timing.
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United States
Nye
R-Nd
Douglas Aircraft
Austin
Logan
Senate Military Committee
Roosevelt
Florida
Caribbean
Europe
House
Senate
Hindus at Duke to Hear Maurice Hindus Lecture
Maurice Hindus, noted author and commentator on European affairs, will lecture at Duke University on February 20 at Woman’s College. The topic is Chekoslovakia Her Glory and Her G.
Rural Church Meeting at Duke University June 5 10
The North Carolina Church Institute will be held at Duke University from June 5 to 10, featuring the North Carolina pastors school.
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Rural Church
Durham
North Carolina Church Institute
Duke University
North Adlina Pastors
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