Davis Wife Seeks Pardon for Bank Convict Davis
Mrs. Wallace B. Davis publicly seeks a gubernatorial pardon for her husband the former president of Central Bank and Trust Company after his 1930 bank failures. He has served 29 months of multi year sentences for publishing a false bank condition report and conspiring to defraud the bank. Davis, once a Asheville civic leader, transferred to a farm camp for health reasons as Luke Lea and Lea Jr. face prison terms and fines in related cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Wallace B. Davis
Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Luke Lea
Davie
Central Prison
Raleich
Leas
Lea
Central Methodist Church
North Carolina
Phringhaus
Luke Lea, Jr
United States
Tennessee
EB. P. Charlet
Nashville
Security National Bank Declares Dividend in Greensboro Meeting
The Board of Directors of Security National Bank held a special meeting in Greensboro at noon to receive six month reports and declare a cash dividend of 132 758.89 to Preferred stockholders payable August 1 1934. 1800 shares of Preferred stock will be retired at $10 each with a pro rata stock dividend on Common Stock payable August 2 1934. The bank will publish its June 30 1934 statement in Sunday newspapers on July 8 1934.
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The
Security National Bank
Greensboro
Calhoun
North Carolina
Christian Science Lesson Sermon Highlights Biblical Texts
The Sunday lesson-sermon in Christian Science churches featured II Peter 2 1 2 as the golden text and cited I Corinthians 1 4 7 10 praising unity and shared judgment. It also quoted Mary Baker Eddy on science and scripture and described Christianity awakening sinners reclaiming the afflicted and healing the lame and deaf.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus Christ
Christ
Mary Baker Eddy
June Sets Record for High Point Library Circulation
The High Point Public Library posted a record June with 13 202 volumes borrowed for home reading, including 6 184 juvenile and 7 108 adult books. 343 new readers joined, 75 cards renewed, and five story hours averaged 40 children. A North Carolina Library Commission display of juvenile books drew attention as 102 juvenile and 172 adult titles were added this month.
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High Point
North Carolina Library Commission
G. F. Worts
Marbacka
Selma Lagerlof
T. Bulfinch
St. Bulfinch
Nijinsky
R. Nijinsky
C. C
Mawson
Charlies Dickens
P. W. Ivey
Wash Young
Lewis Browne
Frances Perkins
Englebrecht
J. T. Faris
Sir Arthur Newsholme
J. B. Waite
Ireland
Donn Byrne
J. W. Deuel
Jonathan
Clough
Rocky Mountains
G. F. Ruxton
D. Powell
Louis Golding
E. C. R. Lorac
J. B. Ewing
CC. H. Moehlman
Louis Untermeyer
Martha McKenna
C. F. Wells
H. Basso
Louis Bromfield
Kaye Smith
Mary Austin
Alexander
First to Disown Christlike Works in Jesus Saying
A reflective phrase questions who will reject the virtue of good works as taught by Jesus. It cites the teaching that a person is recognized by their fruit and explores the implications for moral conduct and spiritual integrity.
Naked Newlyweds Ordered Into Court By Divinity Student
Chicago July 3. A divinity student had the Wallaces brought to court on charges of indecent and obscene exhibition. Mary Belle Spencer backed warrants for John Patterson, a client she described as high minded. Patterson attended the nude wedding as a cameraman on Century of Progress grounds. The couple seek a speedy trial before heading to an Indiana Nudist colony for their honeymoon.
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Chicago
Samuel Wallaces, Jr
Mary Belle Spencer
Sally Rand
John Patterson
Patterson
Wallaces
Century of Progress
Indiana
Duke Endowment Protests PWA Power Plant Aid
Duke Power Co asks the federal power board to revoke a 2.767 million dollar PWA allotment for a Saluda river hydroelectric project in South Carolina. Duke officials cite cost overruns and claim most power would go to James Self’s Greenwood textile operation at below production cost. Several Duke endowment beneficiaries and textile advocates accompany the protest in Washington.
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Duke Endowment
PWA
S. C. River
Washington
Duke Power Co
Federal Power Board of Review
Greenwood County
D. C
Saluda River
Duke Foundation
Duke Power Company
James Self
Greenwood
James McLarod
Oxford
N. C
F. ©. Bates
Roper Hospital
Charleston
Duke
James B. Duke
Power and Tobacco
G. G. Allen
New York
N. A. Cocke
Charlotte
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Funds Expected By Last of Week For Relief Budget
Miss Eugelia Smart, relief administrator, said welfare officials expect federal funds to finance the local relief budget for the current month by week’s end. The Raleigh allotment is unknown, with past two months at 256000 dollars. FERA projects, including the recreation center at Jamestown municipal lake, continue as funds are awaited. Blood travel claim for an 80 year old mentioned.
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Eugelia Smart
Raleigh
Miss Smart
FERA
Jamestown
Scientist’s Theory on Ocean Currents Cites Earth’s Core Circulation
A scientist proposed that fourteen major ocean currents including the Gulf Stream arise from water circulating through the earth’s center via countless fissures from the ocean floor. The idea links surface currents to deep-seated geological pathways, suggesting a global subterranean circulation system.
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Earth
Steaks HAT a steak flavor buys value and quality
A shopper extols thick juicy butter grilled steaks and rare tenderness. They praise higher quality meats and groceries as worth paying extra for real flavor and note prices are reasonable today for finer grades and abundance in every line.
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Security Bank
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Llell
Ritters Lake
Divinity
Board of Review
Harry T. Hunt
W. R. Perkins
Roosevelt
Mr. Self
Crilison
E Hospitality
Union Bus Depot
Illinois Central Station
Crillon
Michigan Blvd
13Th St
Samuel Cole
Skinner
AME
Quality League of America
Belks-Stevens CO
Gate City Motor CO
Chrysler—Plymouth
Auburn
Sears, Roebuck & CO
Pointer Motor CO
BUICK
Pontiac
Rose Furniture CO
Ceavans Quality Shop
Lindale Dairy Corp
Gooch-Thomas, Inc
Elliott S. Wood, Inc
Princess Cafe
Quality League of America Inc
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