Thomasville Furniture closes 1931 year with steady operation
Thomasville Furniture company ends 1931 after a full year of operations with no salary cuts. President R. L. Lambeth of Greensboro and Thomasville, and C. J. Stone as superintendent, oversee the plant with Harry Leo Lambeth as vice president. The firm, oldest in Thomasville, reports breaking even and steady output.
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Thomasville
Thomasville Furniture Company
John R. Myers
R. L. Lambeth
Greensboro
C. J. Stone
Harry Leo Lambeth
Colonial Drive
Lambeth
King Gustav Sheep Sold to Latvian Breeders
Blooded Shropshire sheep from farms of King Gustav of Sweden were purchased by Latvian agricultural associations in Riga for breeding. About 60 animals were shipped for the purpose.
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Stockholm
Gustav of
Sweden
Riga
Detroit Bank Robber Uses Bomb Threats
DETROIT. Police pursue a bandit who threatens to detonate a bomb during robberies. The man carries a device and signs notes reading the bomber and demanding cash from victims.
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Detroit
Photography Advances to Natural Color Pictures
A new film process announced at the Agfadance lab enables photographs in natural colors without filters. It uses a tripack arrangement of three sensitized surfaces, each capturing a primary color, allowing color prints without a tripod under fair lighting, though it requires three times standard exposure.
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Binghamton
N. Y
Agfadance Lab
Flashes of Life and Other Oddities in Brief Snaps
A mixed batch of short items notes author William McFee on women and writing, a quip about marriage, and light oddities. Ottawa hints at North Pole quakes, while Indian Mounted Police records ancient emblems near the pole. Missouri Pollyanna Club warns members against mentioning depression.
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New York
William McFee
Ottawa
North Pole
Indian Mounted Police
Pole
Florence Ziegfeld previews 1932 American girl model
New York reports Florence Ziegfeld announces the 1932 model American girl will have more curves with less streamline design. The ideal will stand five feet six inches tall and weigh 118 pounds, described as the kind gentle men prefer.
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New York
Florence Ziegfeld
New York Village Fragments Show Tensions Over Change
Greenwich Village resident Sue Williams, a caricature artist, laments deterioration as she contrasts it with Sewanee’s supposed superiority and criticizes what she calls mediocre rich influence.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Sue Williams
Sewanee
Negro Freed of Manslaughter In Hamlet Hearing
In Hamlet Cleveland Haggins, driver of the automobile that killed Harry Miller, five, son of the police chief, was freed of manslaughter after a preliminary hearing. Wilmington reports Andrew H Lennon Jr, former Freeman postmaster, is bonded to answer embezzlement charges of 1100. Myers Park golf shop fire damages machinery. Dulin suspects arson. Statesville robber robs local businessman of 12 and makes him drive to city outskirts.
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Hamlet
N. C
Cleveland Haggins
Harry Miller
Wilmington
Andrew H. Lennon, Jr
Freeman
Charlotte
Myers Park Country Club
R. W. Dulin
Statesville
W. H. Allen
Death by own action in Revolution community
Ollie Gordon 19 of the Revolution community killed herself yesterday with a shotgun. Coroner Dr W W Harvey said an inquest was not necessary.
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Greensboro
Ollie Gordon
Revolution
W. W. Harvey
Final Rites Held In Lexington For Mrs Bessie Hunt
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Peebles Hunt wife of John C Hunt will be held at home on State Street at 11 in the morning with Rev J H Abernethy pastor of the First Methodist Church officiating Mrs Hunt was an active church member in Lexington until her death last night at her residence
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Lexington
Bessie Peebles Hunt
John C. Hunt
State Street
J. H. Abernethy
First Methodist Church
Obituary for Mrs. Hunt with Davie county ties
Mrs. Hunt dies and interment will be in the city cemetery. She leaves husband, one son Robert Nathaniel Hunt, two sisters Mrs. Clara Whitaker of High Point and Mrs. R N Hadley of Greensboro, a brother C D Peebles of Advance Davie county. She was daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. N A Peebles of Davie county near Yadkin College.
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Camels
R. N .Hadley
Gree Greensboro
C. D. Peebles
Advance
Davie County
Hollywood Sights and Sounds Through the Years
The article traces cinema shifts from hardboiled gangland films with stars like Robinson Beery Cagney and Harlow to the gentler lamblike screen era. It notes censorship fears and moral disapproval ending the gangster tone while Cinderella style romance with Janet Gaynor reclaims box office glory. It cites simple home spun drama as a preferred safe alternative.
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Edward G. Robinson
Wallace Beery
James Cagney
Spencer Tracy
Jean Harlow
Janet Gaynor
Anger Causes and Durations Among College Students
A scientist reports that college coeds become angry about four times weekly and men about six, with fits lasting from one minute to 48 hours. Causes include thwarted self assertion and slights. girls react to social slights while boys react to events and mishaps.
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New Orleans
American Association For the Advancement of Science
H. Meltzer
Washington University
St. Louis
Oregon State College
Columbia University
New York
Vo Mae
Elena
Oregon
Columbia
Film Stars and Trends Dominate 1931 Screen Cycle
The piece surveys film taste with hits like Skippy and The Champ delivering emotional punch beyond gangster violence. It notes a shift to macabre with Dracula Frankenstein and Dr Jekyll and Hyde foretelling more eerie successors while icons Garbo Shearer Chatterton Powell Dressler Will Rogers and Clark Gable drive popular appeal.
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Mary Ann
Skippy
Madelon Claudet
Helen Hayes
Garbo
Ma Shearer
Ruth Chatterton
William Powell
Marie Dressler
Will Rogers
Will
Clark Gable
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Herb J
Ole
Meads Cerial
Bob Eckerd
Jaygens
Parke-Davis
Johnson & Jo
Cardus Eckerd’s
Eckerd’s
Norwich
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AT .Eckerd
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Holiwood
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Hollywood
Joe College
Belk-Stevens Co
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