Walter LaRoque Dies Suddenly in Raleigh
Walter LaRoque of Kinston, longtime chair of the State Prison Board, died of a heart attack in Raleigh after a weekend of public duties and golf. Reports name E B Bridges or J Wilbur Bunn as potential successors, with discussion on residency for the chair.
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Sir Walter
Raleigh
Walter LaRoque
Kinston
State Prison Board of Directors
LaRoque
State Prison Board
A. W. McLean
O. Max Gardner
Mr. LaRoque
E. B. Bridges
Charlotte
Gardner
J. Wilbur Bunn
City Memorial Hospital Dedicated in Thomasville
About 1 000 people attended the dedication of Thomasville City Memorial Hospital. T A Finch lauded donors including J B Duke and T J Finch, with officials noting the Duke Foundation gift of 50 000 dollars. The three story building houses extensive wards, operating suites, X ray, labs, and convalescing porches. Total cost estimated at 105 000 to 106 000 dollars with furnishings funded by donors and memorials.
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Duke Foundation
T. J. Finch
Enterprise Davidson Bureau
Lambeth Bldg
Thomasville
City Memorial Hospital
T. A. Finch
T. F. Kirk
Main Street Methodist Church
J. B. Duke
Fred Gray
C. C. Hartman
James Lambeth
Finch
C. H. Phillips
W. S. Rankin
Phillips
Memorial Hospital
M. L. Kesler
Mills
R. G. Jennings
Board of Trustees
Zuta forfeits bond amid Moran gang fears
Chicago report says Jack Zuta dodged police and forfeited a $400 bond to avoid exposing himself after a failed ambush linked to the Jake Lingle murder. Authorities note repeated Moran gang violence and await Frankie Foster’s return from Los Angeles as a possible Lingle killer.
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Chicago
Jack Ztta
Bugs” Moran
Jake Lingle
Zuta
Lingle
Frankie Foster
Los Angeles
Foster
Sweetheart Night at the Paramount with Lyon and Daniels
Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels star in Alias French Gertie at the Paramount. Wednesday night hosts Sweethearts Night offering free admission to the first twenty couples who bring a snapshot of themselves. Photos will be shown on a display card at the theater.
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Ben Lyon
Bebe Daniels
Paramount Theater
Paramount
High Point
Bailey To Fish In Davidson Township Solidly For Him
SPECIAL TO THE ENTERPRISE Lexington July 5 J W Bailey Raleigh lawyer and Democratic U S Senate nominee writes the editor he plans to visit Davidson county and fish for bass on Flat Swamp an arm of High Rock Lake in Healing Springs township to recognize the sixty four Democrats who voted solidly for him in the June state primary.
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Lexington
J. W. Bailey
Raleigh
Democratic Party
United States
Davidson County
Flat Swamp
High Rock Lake
Healing Springs
Bailes
Senate fights over treaty and ratification pace
Senator Swanson of Virginia urged ratification in a 12 000 word address while Senator Borah pressed for a vote within days. President Hoover at his Virginia camp discussed the London naval treaty with aides and considered leadership moves amid a looming Republican chairman vacancy.
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Senator Swanson
Virginia
Foreign Relations Committee
Borah
Johnson
Senate
Claudius H. Huston
Republican National Committee
Fess
Huston
McNary
Watson
Indiana
Walcott
Connecticut
Chairman Huston Delays Meeting On Party Control
Huston spoke by long distance with Chairman Huston and issued a notice postponing the executive committee meeting from Monday to Thursday to consider his future control over party machinery. The president plans to leave for the White House to attend Congress opening and will not extend his stay as earlier planned.
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Huston
White House
Congress
Meredith urges hands on study at Guilford summer session
Guilford College summer school professor Dr. C O Meredith told students at the weekly chapel to test ideas by doing rather than assuming difficulty. He urged focusing on one subject to master it. Special music by a sextet, with Virginia Saunders at the piano.
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Guilford College
C. O. Meredith
Lord Jesus
Jewell Conrad
Katie Stuckey
Margaret Hunt
Louise Melville
Grace Ransdale
Rachel Beasley
Virginia Saunders
Widow Identifies Man Found in Columbia Canal
The drowned body of a white man, found Friday morning in the Columbia Canal, was identified by his widow as William Emory Brock, 37, formerly of Augusta, Ga. The circumstances of how the body reached the canal remain unknown. Mrs. Gladys Martin Brock of Raleigh, N. C., confirmed the identification after viewing the body.
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Columbia
Columbia Canal
William Emory Brock
Augusta Ga
W. T. Martin
Brock
Gladys Martin Brock
Raleigh, N. C
Gretna Greens Lose Out Under Mississippi Law
Mississippi's Gretna Greens tied to nearby state marriage laws will be restricted under a new five day license rule. Hernando Biloxi and Pascagoula serve key Mobile trade centers. The law requires parental notice for men under 21 or women under 18 and a protest window before license approval.
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Jackson, Miss
Mississippi
Gretna Greens
Hernando
Memphis
Biloxi
Pascagoula
Mobile
Imprisoned in Excessive Shirts Says Wife in Vaudeville
In a witty exchange from Passing Show humor, Mr Pewee laments being given oversized shirts while his wife scolds him for marrying a shrimp. The punchline rests on the clerk’s oblivious mistake and marital banter about size and status.
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MR. Pewee
Rotten at Figures Do You Think Mathematics Are Hard
Jocular exchange on math and study ends with a pun about miscalculations. The cartoonish quip features a character noting a strict regimen while a doctor prescribes meal times. The humor pivots on arithmetic wordplay.
Mother and Harold at the shop in a brief exchange
A scene from the Passing Show shows a mother asking her son Harold what to say after the boy is handed a chocolate bar by a friendly grocer. Harold replies that he has two brothers at home.
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Harold
Chinese Bandits Kill U S Marine in China Clash
In_Yochow_Hunan China on July 4_U S Navy gunboat Guam came under heavy fire from bandits. Seaman Samuel Elkins of Brooklyn, New York, was killed by a rifle bullet amid the engagement. British gunboats were reportedly attacked. two sailors wounded. The Guam fired 26 rounds of three inch and 1200 rounds of machine gun fire to silence the attackers. No foreigners reportedly seen in Yachow.
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Washington
China
State Department
Navy Department
Samuel Elkins
Brooklyn
N. Y
United States
Guam
Yochow
Hunan
Ericands
Shanghai
Adams
Charles B. McVay
Asiatic Fleet
Yachow
Guilford Professor J Franklin Davis Turns Eighty
Guilford College celebrates Professor J Franklin Davis aging eighty born 1850 in Deep River area He taught Greek and Biblical literature since 1888 and remains active on the faculty A longtime Friend and peace committee leader his early education was in the monthly meeting school under Dr Nereus Mendenhall.
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Guilford College
J. Franklin Davis
New Garden
Davis
New Garden Friends Meeting
Yearly Meeting of Friends of North Carolina
Professor Davis
Henry and
Annie Henley Davis
Friends of
North Carolina
Deep River
Monthly Meeting
Nereus Mendenhall
Bailey To Call On Charlotte Chiefs
Josiah W. Bailey democratic senatorial nominee will visit Charlotte within a week to confer with party leaders. He will not speak here and plans to proceed to western points after the stop in Charlotte.
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Bailey
Charlotte Chiefs
Charlotte
Josiah W. Bailey
W. J. Brawley
Brawley
Mrs Ida Sykes Dies After Car Crash Near Timmoneville
In Florence South Carolina on July 5 Mrs Ida Sykes 54 wife of Dr G L Sykes of Salemburg North Carolina died at a hospital from injuries after an automobile crash near Timmoneville. Their son Lambert 20 who drove the car was uninjured. The couple was en route to Atlanta when the car left the road and struck stumps demolishing the vehicle.
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Florence
S. C
Ida Sykes
G. L. Sykes
Salemburg
N. C
Timmoneville
Sykes
Lambert Sykes
Will Fly To Speak To N. C. Postmasters
Charlotte assistant postmaster W W B Bradford will fly to Albemarle on Monday to address the North Carolina state branch of the national league of district postmasters. Representative Charles A Jones of Lincolnton will be principal speaker at a banquet Monday night with Dan W Hill of Asheville serving as toastmaster.
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Charlotte
W.W. B. Bradford
Albemarle
Stanly
North Carolina
National League of District
Charles A. Jones
Lincolnton
Dan W. Hill
Asheville
Aunty's Tight The Bride Nickel Spoons Question
The Bride and Groom joke about Aunt Emily gifting nickel spoons at a wedding. The Bride admits she cannot tell nickel from real silver, noting Aunt Emily’s gift as a witty family moment.
Spanish American War Vets Gather for Greensboro Encampment
North Carolinians who served in 1898 will march on Greensboro for the United Spanish War Veterans state encampment Sunday through Tuesday. About 800 members from 27 camps and 22 auxiliaries are expected. Captain Henry W. Edmonds and staff arrive Sunday to finalize arrangements, with Commander H. C. Snyder of the Percy Gray camp hosting.
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Greensboro
McKinley
Spain
United Spanish War Veterans
Henry W. Edmonds
U. S. Army
H. C. Snyder
Percy Gray
Edmondson
Contractors Meet In Isle of Palms July 17 18
Carolinas branch of the Associated General Contractors of America will hold talks on taxes convict and day labor at Isle of Palms S C on July 17 and 18 announced by W P Loftis secretary of the association.
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Charlotte
Carolinas
Associated General Contractors of America
Isle of Palms
S. C
W. P. Loftis
New Broadway to Host Show Boat Premiere and Black Crows Film
Universal paid Edna Ferber sixty five thousand dollars for Show Boat rights and produced a million dollar talking film starring Laura La Plante Joseph Schildkraut and Itis Harlan opening at the New Broadway theatre Tuesday for a two day run. Harry Pollard directed this romantic tale set on Mississippi and Ohio riverin floating theatres. Moran and Mack struggle with color balance in their first talking picture Why Bring That Up at the New Broadway theatre Thursday and Friday.
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Universal
Edna Ferber
Paramount Studios
Gropher
New Broadway Theatre
Poor Fellow Longing for Money and Chance in Paris
A brief dialogue from Pele Mele in Paris shows Jones and his wife debating money and opportunity. The wife laments needing to ask for funds, while Jones responds with a wish for the chance to provide without prompting. The exchange captures a moment of financial tension and potential generosity.
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Jones
Paris
Pennsylvania Game Commission develops new wildlife film material
Representatives of the Pennsylvania Game Commission are working on new motion picture material about wild animals in the state, aiming to document species and habitats for public education and conservation awareness.
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Pennsylvania Game Commission
Wild Animal Line
Teethina Brings Quick Relief for Colicky Babies
A column promoting Teethina as a safe gentle remedy for infant colic and related stomach upset. It claims fast relief, cleansing of the bowels without griping, and cites Dr. Moffett’s Baby Book plus a free sample from J. Moffett Co in Columbus Georgia.
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Dr. Moffett
J. Moffett Co
Columbus
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