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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1936
Page
12
Uncle Ray explains how a solar eclipse used to frighten people but now is a predictable astronomical event. He describes the moon’s distance, sun’s immense heat, and the scale of the sun by imagining hollowing it and placing the earth inside. He notes a computed solar volume of 34,400,165,910,000,000 cubic miles and teases upcoming sunlight on the planets.
In Wilson county a woman identified as Sadie Haynes was bound over to the September term of superior court without bail for the fatal arson fire that killed her half brother Howard Godwin as he slept early yesterday. The hearing before Magistrate A. J. Hines was held in Wilson with Nicle Sherrod noted in the proceedings.
Summarizing the 1866 to 1914 reign of King Charles of Romania, a German prince who modernized Bucharest and expanded infrastructure while taxing peasants and quelling uprisings. His late neutrality stance amid rising war tensions preceded his death in 1914, with debate over suicide. The piece notes stamped portraits issued by Romania.
A state witness said Mrs. Haynes and Godwin argued Monday night. She testified Mrs. Haynes poured contents from a can on the house and struck a match, causing the fire. Officers found an empty kerosene can nearby.
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