Progress in North Carolina Health Statewide under Parrott
State Health Officer Dr J M Parrott reports the North Carolina Board of Health completed a major reorganization, expanded services, and reduced costs. The year saw fewer pellagra and diphtheria deaths, more child welfare efforts, and broader county health programs with local funding efforts.
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J. M. Parrott
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina State Board of Health
General Assembly
State Board of Health
Bureau of Vital Statistics
Epidemiology
North Carolina Tuberculosia Association
Lively Lions Club meeting showcases New Year celebration
The Lions Club gathered at Elwood Hotel for a New Year’s Eve program highlighted by the Three Little Negro Boys group home talent. Guests included Bert Owens and Lon Russell of Greensboro. L. W. Conant performed a Harry Lauder impersonation. Dr W. T. Tice staged a visible kitchen operation using canned goods. Buddie Welch delivered a rousing call for 1932.
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Lions’ Club
Elwood Hotel
L. W. Conant
Harry Lauder
W. T. Tice
Elwood
Buddie” Welch
Lion Bert Owens
Lion Lon Russell
Greensboro
Lions’ International
Glittering Rose Tournament Parade Opens in Pasadena
The 43rd Pasadena tournament of roses parade, with seven divisions and 300 units, was set to pass a two mile route in Pasadena today. Workers finished 65 floral floats, many echoing the Olympic games, as massed flags of 57 nations carried by American Legion posts led the procession.
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Pasadena
Calif
Michigan grandmother crochets bonnet for Mussolini’s grandson
Three Oaks, Mich. Mrs. Joseph Lee, a 751 year old woman, crocheted a baby bonnet for the grandson of Italian Fascist premier Mussolini and received a letter of thanks from the premier.
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Three Oaks
Mich
Joseph Lee
Mussolini
No Ice, 53-Year Promise Back in Bay Visit
Ashland Wisconsin residents sail across the ice free Chequamegon Bay to honor a New Year promise from 1878. Mayor Knight leads a 20-member party aboard the yacht Nitchevo, fulfilling the vow to visit Bayfield when the bay was ice free once more.
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Ashland
Wis
Bayfield
Chequamegon Bay
Dpd
Knight
Nitchevo
Tragic Suicide At Arkansas U After New Year Party
Roland Benjamin Schaefer, 25, a Milwaukee born English and German instructor at the University of Arkansas, killed himself early today after a New Year revelry where a young woman he had escorted left with another man. He left a note and a will directing the return of an engagement ring to the jeweler.
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Fayetteville
Ark
Roland Benjamin Schaefer
Milwaukee
University of Arkansas
Henry Walker
Roy Williams
Schafer
Bridge
Schaefer
Deaths Rise to Four in Ohio Plane Crash
Springfield Ohio Jan 1—The wreck of the Cleveland Cincinnati passenger plane now has four deaths. W D Wieback of Cincinnati a salesman died of injuries, bringing the toll from three dead when pulled from the smashed craft near Springfield. The pilot Lewis L Bowen of Louisville was credited with the crash dynamics and remained critically injured. The dead include A L Wenner Cincinnati engineer Louis E Stone 34 Cincinnati personal director Embry Riddle division American Airways and A C Mayer Jr 38 Henisville merchandising manager GE refrigeration division Cleveland.
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Springfield
Ohio
A. L. Wenner
Cincinnati
Louis E. Stone
Embry-Riddle
American Airways
A. C. Mayer, I Jr
Henisville
General Electric Company
Cleveland
Cavern New Year Fire Crumbles, Three Dead in Ohio
In Waterloo Ohio on New Year’s Eve a cave fire used for a card game and turkey roast caused earth and rock to crumble. Three men died Samuel Cooper 63 Amos Woolum 36 Paris Cooper 55 and two brothers Amos Woolums sons Roy 24 and John 21 were injured. George Woolum escaped to raise the alarm.
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Waterloo
Samuel Cooper
Amos Woolum
Paris Cooper
Roy
John Woolum
Amos
George Woolum
Held In Jail As Inquest Probes Fatal Shot Near Garner
Arthur Long, 23, is in the county jail awaiting an inquest into the fatal shooting of Ina Kelly, 18, near Garner. She stood in her brother in law's doorway when Long said I believe I will shoot you. A shot hit her forehead. Long claimed he did not believe the gun was loaded.
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Raleigh
Arthur Long
Garner
Misa Ina Kelly
Long
Noted Scientist Native Tar Heel
Dr. G. M. Murphy of Columbia University explains in a letter to Professor J. H. Mourane of High Point College his isolation of a hydrogen isotope. A Wilmington native, Murphy studied at UNC, Penn, and Yale where he earned a 1929 PhD in chemistry.
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G. M. Murphy
Columbia University
J. H. Mourane
High Point College
Dr. Murphy
Wilmington
N. C
University of North Carolina
University of Pennsylvania
Yale
World's Champion Playgoer Sees 2600 Plays in 13 Years
William J. Callahan claims to be the world’s champion playgoer after thirteen years and 121,680 theater visits. He visits all Rialto theaters daily, gathers backstage gossip from porters and doormen, and helps his employer predict show longevity to trim program print runs. He never watches full shows unless they are hits and prefers a quiet movie day off.
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New York
Jan
William J. Callahan
Rialto
Callahan
Broadway
ABC
Callaham
Mary Blank
Sally Doe
McCallahan
New Year Reunion Ends in Tragedy in Virginia Crash
In Gate City Virginia Clyde Stair 27 died from injuries after a car driven by his brother George Stair to avoid a pedestrian struck a telephone pole. Their companion Rudolph Kiena 46 of Staten Island New York was hospitalized with possible skull fracture and cuts. George suffered only minor cuts.
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Kingsport
Tenn
New York
Clyde Stair
George
Rudolph Kiena
Staten Island
N. Y
Marsh Hospital
Gate City
Stolen Goods Quietly Taken From Stuckey Store
Thieves broke into J H Stuckey store in Goldsboro during the night and carried off several hundred dollars worth of merchandise. No arrests reported at this time.
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Big Bob
Goldsboro
N. C
J.H. Stuckey
Efird Opens New Store in Rockingham Tomorrow
A new Efird department store in Rockingham North Carolina will open tomorrow adding retail space to the Efird chain and offering shoppers a full department store experience in the town.
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Efird
Rockingham
N. C
Fire destroys barn killing twenty four cows at Sedgefield
A blaze of undetermined origin consumed a barn at Sedgefield dairy near Greensboro resulting in the deaths of twenty four cows. No human injuries are reported and firefighters battled the flames difficultly to prevent spread.
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Greensboro
M. C
Sedgefield Airy
Notice of Mortgage Sale in Guilford County
Notice is given of a mortgage sale by George Royals and wife to Pael Ward and I Ward recorded in Guilford County North Carolina Book 574 page 325. The property consists of two tracts in Point Township Guilford County with described boundaries. Sale to be held January 30 1933 at 1 o'clock P M at a public auction for cash. Dec 23 1931. Leman and Mary I Ward. Serene Atty. 1:19-16-23.
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George Royals
M Pael Ward
I. Ward
Guilford County
Thourday
Pointownahalp
North Carolina
Ghana Avenue
Weter Edwards
Walter Edwards
Highland Avenue
Geo. Greenwood’s Corner
W. C.york’s Corner
Ae Leman
Mary I. Ward
Serene
So Cal Crushes Georgia 60 to 0 in West Dominance
Southern California routed Georgia 60 to 0 in a display of offensive power unseen among western teams since 1926. The blowout showcased USC's scoring surge to set a remarkable standard for regionals.
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Southern California
Georgia
Memorial Service at Wesley Memorial Plans Appeal at Wesley Memorial
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church schedules a Sunday memorial service led by Rev. G. Ray Jordan to honor members who died in the past year. The service titled Our Relationship to the Blessed Dead will feature choir music and an anthem Souls of the Righteous. Died: Mrs. T. A. Hancock Mrs. F. J. Fulton Mrs. J. M. Matthews Mrs. Douglas Wood Mr. Samuel L. Davis Sr. Mrs. J. D. Gallagher Miss Elma Phibbs Mrs. J. F. Ross W. R. Burrage Charles F. Long.
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Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
G. Ray Jordan
Wesley Memorial
Foster
T. A. Hancock
F. J. Fulton
J. M. Matthews
Douglas Wood
Samuel L. Davis, Sr
J. D. Gallagher
Elma Phibbs
J. F. Ross
W. R. Burrage
Charles F. Long
Bowman Funeral Held at Trinity for John F Bowman
Funeral services for John F. Bowman 70 who died at home on route four High Point after a brief illness were held at Trinity Baptist Church with Rev Richard L West officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers W C Johnson John Bowman Robert Lloyd Fred Bowman Gaither Caudle and Early Bowman.
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John F. Bowman
Route Four
High Point
Trinity Baptist Church
Richard L. West
W. C. Johnson
John Bowman
Robert Lloyd
Fred Bowman
Gaither Caudle
Early Bowman
Mother Nature's Strange Pranks in High Point
Apples from 920 Gurley street tree delivered to The Enterprise with New Year wishes from E. W. Jennings. He says the tree bears more fruit despite unseasonable weather and his basement is well stocked with the apples.
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High Point
Enterprise
E. W. Jennings
Gurley Street
Jennings
Edgar D Coggins Dies at 43 in Thomasville
Edgar D Coggins aged 43 died at his Polk street home on December 30 at 11 30 p m after a short illness of abscess of the lung He is survived by his wife five children a brother Howard Coggins of Thomasville and a sister Mrs Cook of lower Davidson County Funeral services were held Thursday at Alleghany Methodist Protestant church lower Davidson County with Rev R L West officiating Interment followed in the church cemetery
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Thomasville
Edgar D Coggins
Polk Street
Howard Coggins
Cook
Lower
Davidson County
Alleghany Methodist Protestant Church
R. L. West
Southside Baptist Church
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Congress
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