Red Cross Uses Charts To Find Cash Of Dead Recluse
A Red Cross led treasure hunt on the north Arkansas farm of R. F. Leigh yielded about $6,000 in gold and currency from hiding places in the recluse's home and rock walls. Leigh had died December 29 and left directions to the Red Cross in a letter. Two youths confessed to killing Leigh to force him to reveal the stash. Neighbors guarded the home as authorities followed the instructions to retrieve boxes of money and coins hidden in rocks and a rock house.
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Little Rock
Ark
American Red Cross
North Arkansas
R. F. Leigh
Leich
Tbe Leigh
Leigh
Red Cross
Washington
Iris
Jesse Hardester
Aaron Moody
Elton Reeves
Reeves
L. M. Mitchell
St. Louis
Arkansas
December Cigaret Output Shows Slight Increase
Decembers cigaret production rose 0.3 percent from 1931 to 7.32 billion dollars while full year 1932 output fell 8.7 percent to 103.59 billion. Axton-Fisher To o reported earnings more than doubling to 1.42 million, aided by 10-cent packages. Liggett and Myers earned 23.08 million in 1932 versus 23.12 million in 1931, and R J Reynolds posted 33.67 million against 36.40 million.
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Claude A. Jagger
AP Financial
New York
Wall Street
Internal Revenue Bureau
Axton-Fisher
O Company
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Funeral Service For Mrs Adams Near Asheville
Funeral services for Mrs Ida Adams who died Monday night at her home in Buncombe County were held yesterday at 2 PM at Avery Creek Baptist church. A prior home service featured three duet numbers and hymns. The body rested at Yow's Funeral Home before burial in the family plot at Avery Creek church cemetery.
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Ida Adams
Thissell Street
Avery Creek
Asheville
Buncombe County
Geo. T. Tunstall
Green Street Baptist Church
Mieses Ethel Samuels
Marie Payne
Jesus
Yow
Avery Creek Church
M. W. Edwards
Western Maryland College Head Here To Buy Furniture
Dr. A N Ward president of Western Maryland College visits Westminster dining hall noting cramped facilities from rising enrollment and plans to buy furniture in High Point. He says he would spend a million dollars on new equipment to improve student surroundings as colleges nationwide push quality furnishings.
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A. N. Ward
Western Maryland College
Westminster
Maryland
Ward
High Point
Tomlinson
High Point Point
Trinity M E Church Supper To Benefit Church
Trinity M E Church will sponsor an oyster supper Friday night from 6 o clock. Oysters will be served in any style by the Philathea class. The event supports church funds and activities.
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Trinity M. BE
Philathea
Firefighters Quell Home Blaze on Howell Street
Firemen extinguished flames that broke out about 6:30 am in the home of T. R. Ballard at 316 Howell Street. Damage was practically negligible as companies 1, 2 and 4 responded after the alarm from box 122. the fire likely started from a chimney spark.
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T. R. Ballard
Howell Street
H D Scarboro Dies Suddenly at 80 in Asheboro
Asheboro, Jan 26 H D Scarboro 80 prominent citizen died suddenly at his daughter Mrs Coffin home where he had been living since fall He had worked in Randolph county mills and later in Worthville mercantile business He was twice married and survived by two children sister and brother Funeral services Friday at 2 pm from Mrs Coffin home with Rev Truesdale and Rev Smith officiating.
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Asheboro
H. D. Scarboro
W. A. Coffin
Mr. Scarboro
Montgomery County
Mt. Gilead
Rutherford College
Randolph County
Rancheman
John H. Ferree
Robert Dicks
Worthville
J. F E. Walker
J. J. Scarboro
Sherman
Texas
Portrait Presented Honoring Late North Carolina Treasurer
A portrait of Nathan O Berry of Goldsboro once North Carolina treasurer was presented to the state at Raleigh ceremonies. Kenneth Royall delivered the gift for the O Berry family and Josephus Daniels accepted it for the state. Daniels praised O Berry as a patriotic public servant and Gardner credited him with state credit. Daniels called him a typical North Carolinian embodying Tar Heel spirit.
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Raleigh
Nathan O’berry
Goldsboro
North Carolina
House of Representatives
Kenneth Royall
O’berry
Josephus Daniels
News and Observer
Max Gardner
Gardner
Daniels
Commonwealth
Two Referees For S. C. Meet Named
Richmond official George Proctor and Baltimore official Paul Menton were named as the first two referees for the Southern Conference basketball tournament in Raleigh next month. Virginia coach Gus Tebell announced the selections and said a third official would come from North Carolina, with Footsie Knight and K. C. Gerard as possible choices.
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Richmond
George
Proctor
Paul Menton
Baltimore
Raleigh
Gus Tebell
University of Virginia
Tebell
Electrical Prize Awarded to Frank M Starr in New York
Frank M Starr aged 28 received the Alfred Noble prize at the American Institute of Electrical Engineers winter meeting in New York for his paper titled Equivalent Circuited 11.
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Frank M. Starr
Alfred Noble
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
New York
Hhis
Elks Club Sets Weekly Business Session
The Elks club will hold its weekly business session tonight at the Home on West Broad Street.
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Elas
Elks Club
West Broad Street
Atlantic Building and Loan shows strong year 1932 results
E C Cridlebaugh reports at the annual meeting that the Atlantic Building and Loan Association remains stable and liquid with assets mostly in cash and secured mortgages. Real estate holdings are limited to three parcels valued under 2500 dollars. Officers and directors are reelected for the coming year.
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Atlantic Building and Loan Association
E. C. Cridiebauch
South Main Street
J. P. Rawley
L. R. Terry
Will E B. Snow
E. C. Cridlebaugh
R. B. Terry
C. L. Ames
Roy Armstrong
J. Allen Austin
Motorists Urged to Observe Stop Signs at Intersections
Chief W G Friddie announced enforcement of a local ordinance requiring motorists to stop before entering public highways and through streets. The move aims to reduce accidents, especially involving school children, with glow stop signs at intersections and painted stop markings along approaches.
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W. G. Friddie
Friddle
Friddie
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