Kidnap Attempt Against Asheville Businessman
In Asheville on July 2 two men attempted to kidnap Robert Lee Ellis, a local businessman. Ellis wrestled the pistol away, escaping after a struggle that left him with a broken nose and injuries. A suspect was picked up in Biltmore Forest and driven toward Asheville before Ellis fled. a second man shouted from a following car. Police traced two suspects to Grovemont but lost them as the search resumed.
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Asheville
Robert Lee Ellis
Sweeten Creek
Ellis
Biltmore Forest
Strannger
Oo. K
Grovemont
Deep love affair blamed for Wake Forest student failure
A Wake Forest College freshman cited a "deep love affair" with a refined young lady as the reason for failing to pass his work. College officials, after review, decided he may re-enter next fall. The student’s name was not disclosed.
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Associated Peres
Wake Forest College
Wake Forest
Vision of Sir Launfal sung by Gilman Alexander Chorus
A large Asheboro audience enjoyed The Vision of Sir Launfal cantata by the Gilman Alexander Male Chorus of Greensboro at the First Methodist church. Director H Grady Miller led the choir with soloists Dewey Farrell Edward Kane and Fred Phipps, supported by Audrey Bruton on piano and Gilbert Powell on organ.
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Asheboro
Sir Launfal
Gilman Alexander
Greensboro
First Methodist Church
H. Grady Miller
Dewey Farrell
Edward Kane
Fred M. Phipps
Audrey Bruton
Gilbert Powell
Suit Aims $10,000 Over Firemen Seniority Rights
In Richmond Va three Atlantic Coast Line Railroad firemen Eugene V. Bruce Harrison Bruce and Jesse Coper sue for $10,000 arguing the railroad violated seniority rules. They formerly ran Richmond to Rocky Mount N C earning about $200 monthly and claim seniority guarantees were ignored. The plaintiffs allege breached wage and seniority agreements and seek damages.
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Richmc
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Law and Equity
Eugene V. Bruce
Harrison Bruce
Jesse Coper
Richmond
Rocky Mount
N. C
Successor to Shaw University Boss Heads for Election
Indications point to a white successor being elected at a board meeting in New York to lead Shaw University in Raleigh after Dr. Joseph Peacock’s resignation. The selection of a president by the American Baptist Home Mission Society is expected to occur July 17.
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Raleigh
Joseph Peacock
Shaw University
American Baptist Home Mission Society
New York
Raleigh Negro College
Driver of Death Car Is Released
Robert Phillips of MacAdenville was freed after a recorder's court jury found insufficient evidence for conviction in the manslaughter case tied to Miss Lucy Harrell's death from a collision with Brice Caraway of Marshville at a street intersection in Mount Holly on Monday night.
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Mount Holly
Robert Phillips
MacAdenville
Lucy Harrell
Recorder's Court
Phillips
Brice Caraway
Marshville
Dies of Injuries From Motorcycle Car Crash
Rocky Mount North Carolina July 2 esse L Thomas 24 of the naval air station Norfolk Virginia died here today from injuries received in an automobile motorcycle collision here Sunday night Thomas was knocked from the motorcycle by a car driven by an unidentified man who sustained a fractured skull
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Esse L. Thomas
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Thomas
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