Harvey Cripps Named Director of Southern Pines Little Theatre
Harvey Cripps of New York and Asheboro takes the helm of the Little Theatre at Southern Pines. He brings ten years in theater to direct the first production and to guide visiting artists, writers, and vacationists in this cultural venture.
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Harvey Cripps
Asheboro
Little Theatre
Southern Pines
Southern Pines Group
N. C
Edgar T. Chapman
Ruthers Burt
Burt
North Carolina
Southern Es
E Baker
Harvey Hipps
New York
Ashero
Mr. Cripps
Broadway
Y Goldstein
Dounsaney
Greater New York
Cripps
Sandhills
Little Theater
Aguardia Granted No Powers Yet Proposes Compromise
In a tense exchange, Aguardia contests budget moves as Governor reads proposed changes. LaGuardia dismisses politics claims and vows to study the governor’s letter while awaiting a clarified stance. He stresses not reconciling with the governor’s earlier statements and asks for a re read to better understand the material powers discussion.
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Ted
Ladia
Father
Ing
Minor
Underhill Returned to Prison in Oklahoma Bid
Wilbur Underhill the outlaw was moved from Shawnee hospital to McAlester State Prison around 1931 after federal and state officers raided his hideout. The transfer aimed to fulfill his life sentence for the Okmulgee clerk killing while he faced a federal indictment over the Frank Nash case. Dozens of calls questioned his condition as he recovered from a 13-bullet assault.
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Mcalester
Okla
Wilbur Underhill
Sam Brown
Washington
United States Bureau of Investigation
Warden Brown
Underhill
Oklahoma
Okmulgee
Frank Nash
Nash
Kansas City Union Station
Shawnee
Eva Mae Nichols
City Hospital
England to talk league changes under arms pact
Britain signals openness to arms pact adjustments with France and Germany as part of European peace efforts. Foreign Secretary notes leaders see danger if war returns and emphasizes credible disarmament and League prospects despite doubts. Arthur Henderson warns despair over the League could lead to armed anarchy and unilateral force.
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England
France
Germany
Europe
London
Arthur Henderson
Change of mind quoted on city finances and powers request
LaGuardia argues against a precedent of financial ruin from prior administrations while Fusion backers, led by George A. Harvey, push to grant the mayor the powers he requests.
Negro Held For Extortion Plot In Greensboro
Clifton Lorenzo Harris, a young Black man from Dunbar street, is held in Guilford county jail for federal trial in Greensboro on sending a threatening letter to the North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. in Durham demanding 500 dollars. Probable cause set by United States Commissioner W S Lyon with bond set at 3000 dollars.
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Greensboro
Clifton Lorenzo Harris
Guilford County
United States
W.S. Lyon
Harris
Dunbar Street
North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Company
Durham
W. T. Jennings
H. W. Brannock
Joseph T. Allen
W. C. Bradley
William P. Fryar
D. M. Jordan
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Reopen Inquest In Girl Death In North Wilkesboro
Leota Childress 18 was found dead at the Tilley foster home and authorities plan to exhume her body for an autopsy to determine whether the bullet wound was self-inflicted. A warrant had named Andrew Smoot for murder, but the case remains under investigation as weather delays postpone the reopening of the grave.
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North Wilkesboro
Leota Childress
Warwick Tilley
John R. Jones
Andrew Smoot
Schoolfield
Benham Church
Smoot
W. B. Somers
Leota
Somers
Tilley
Davidson To Meet General Grapplers
Davidson college grapplers open a six match season with trips to Washington and Lee on Jan 12 and VMI on Jan 13. Coach Unger will name starters soon. Other dates include VPI Feb 3 Duke Feb 10 UNC Feb 16 and NC State Feb 24 at Davidson.
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Davidson
Davidson College
Lexington
Washington and Lee
Wildcat
Doc” Unger
Vv. M. I
Blacksburg
Duke University
North Carolina
N. C. State
Talmadge Loses His GWA Status
Washington reports Harry Hopkins, Civil Works and Relief Administrator, separated Georgia Governor Talmadge from all authority and association with the Civil Works and Relief Administration in the South. Hopkins dissolved the Talmadge appointed board and will direct the work from Washington with Miss Gay Shepperson as Georgia representative. Talmadge called the charges headlines and yapping, while Hopkins accused him of seeking a living wage for photo opportunities. A telegram threat to withdraw CW from Georgia followed, provoking widespread protests from Georgia officials and citizens.
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Harry Hopkins
Civil Works and Relief
Talmadge
Georgia
Civil Works and Relief Administration
Civil Works and Relief Board
Miss Gay Shepperson
Hopkins
Ronald Ransom
Georgia Civil Works and Relief Board
Congress
County Commission
Ransom
Mrs. Clara Hedgecock Laid To Rest At Deep River
Funeral services for Mrs. Clara Weston Hedgecock wife of H V Hedgecock were held at Deep River Friends church on Saturday at 3 PM conducted by Rev Joseph Peele and Elder Moses Williard. The choir sang Asleep In Jesus The Old Rugged Cross and Face To Face with pallbearers S R Clinard H L Embler B H Crouch Ray Craven C L Embler and Ivey Montsinger. Interment followed in the church cemetery.
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Clara Weston Hedgecock
H. V. Hedgecock
H. V. Weston
Deep River Friends Church
Joseph Peele
Moses Williard
Primitive Baptist Church
Jesus
Rugged Cross
S. R. Clinard
H. L. Embler
B. H. Crouch
Ray Craven
C. L. Embler
Ivey Montsinger
Crowley Acquitted in Janitor Slaying Case
Crowley a Baptist minister is acquitted by a circuit court jury in Piggott Arkansas on charges related to the fatal shooting of J W MacMurdo janitor at the Jonesboro Baptist tabernacle. The verdict followed a self defense claim after MacMurdo allegedly fired at Crowley during a church dispute.
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Jonesboro
Crowley
Chancery Court
Tabernacle
Denver Dudley
Bailie Resigns as Morgenthau Seeks Gold Transfer
Thomas asserts half measures fail to satisfy. He argues halving gold content would yield only half the reserve system’s gold to the treasury. He favors turning all gold to the government but says legislation is needed. Treasury officials concede court ruling may be required due to gold backing for Federal Reserve notes.
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Thomas
Treasury
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Reserve
Slave-maker ants abduct other ants to raise as servants
The slave-maker ant captures the young of other ant species and raises them as servants, a parasitic behavior that supports its colony.
Two Mysterious Deaths Probed in Detroit
In Detroit on January 6 authorities investigated two deaths. A 16 year old boy named Charles Bertle was found bound and dead in his home, while a 33 year old woman identified as Mrs Virginia Gibson was found killed and discarded on a highway. Police noted no signs of a struggle in Bertle’s room. The coroner questioned how the boy could have strangled himself.
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Detroit
Charles Bertle
Virginia Gibson
Bertle
E. J. Knobloch
Home Loans Only For Distressed Homeowners
Salisbury report quotes Alan O'Neal, state branch manager for the Home Owners' Loan Corp, stating aid will not be granted where a loan is sought for cheaper refinancing rather than genuine distress. He says foreclosure cases in real distress, not manufactured by nonpayment, will still be pursued with cooperative bond swaps to save homes.
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Salisbury
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Alan
O'Neal
Mr. O'Neal
Loan Corporation
Indians First Cultivated Dent Flint Sugar Corn and Popcorn
The text notes that dent, flint, sugar corn and pop corn were first cultivated by Indigenous peoples in this country. It emphasizes early agriculture and native grain varieties without additional context.
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Dent
Flint
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