North Carolina Population Rises 23.68 Percent in 1930 Census
North Carolina's 1930 census shows a state population of 3,165,146, up 606,023 from 1920. Piedmont leads gains with Guilford County atop totals at 132, 89, while Mecklenburg and Forsyth follow, reflecting strong industrial and agricultural expansion across the state.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Associated Press
Piedmont
Robeson
Cleveland i
Cleveland
Guilford
Mecklenburg
Forsyth
Buncombe
Gaston
Durham
Wake
Creveland
Rowan
Heat Wave Kills Over 100 Across Midwest. Missouri Hardest Hit
Midwest heat wave, the worst in a decade, is breaking up with scattered showers. Missouri reported 52 deaths, Iowa 32, Nebraska 15, Minnesota over a dozen, and South Dakota five as temperatures fell from 100s to 80s. Chicago saw the hottest July 12 since 1914.
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Chicago
Middle West
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Lake
Lake Michigan
Nebraska
Missouri
Iowa
South Dakota
Father Admits Mercy Killing in Walton New York
Andrew L. Beers 77 is jailed on a first degree murder charge after admitting a mercy killing of his mentally blighted daughter Frances 24. He said he killed her to end her suffering and prevent future harm. He plans to be committed to an insane asylum.
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Beers
Third Major Triumph Of Year Comes After Battle
Defending champion finishes with a score of 287 two strokes ahead of Mac Donald Smith. Horton Smith is third with the second lowest total in the history of the American Open tourney after a 68 in the third round.
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Mac
Donald Smith
Unexpected Fight in Frenchs Case Continues in Court
In Lexington on July 12 the Recorders court heard evidence in the case of C. L. French Greensboro traveling man charged after his overturned car killed a pedestrian on highway ten. Judge Newton postponed ruling to Monday night after arguments on probable cause and negligence.
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Enterprise
Davidson Bureau
Lambeth Bldg
Thomasville
Lexington
Recorders Court
C. L. French
Greensboro
Highway Ten
A. J. Newton
P. V. Critcher
French
Newton
Genevieve Miller
Attornes
Six Die in Trio of Crashes At Night Air Show
At Valley Stream New York a huge 18 passenger plane crashed into a grandstand during a balloon busting contest killing two spectators aged 80 and injuring others. Pilot Alfred Watts and mechanic George McConnell were arrested on manslaughter charges as the aircraft dove from about 1500 feet. Two other crashes occurred in Illinois and New Jersey killing two pilots and a passenger in each incident.
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Valley Stream
N. Y
Curtis-Wright
Bell
Holt
Hyman Kanterman
Brooklyn
Alfred Watts
George McConnell
Watts
Nassau County
Edwin Noonan
Philadelphia
Hirsh
Noonan
Patcofield
Norristown
Hoover Camp Struck by Drought Smoke Near Orange
Hoover Camp in Virginia endures drought as pine forests burn and streams dwindle. Fires threaten timber country with a major blaze about ten miles from the President's camp near Luray. Hundreds fight the fire while trout streams run low and flower beds suffer under dry conditions.
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Orange
Virginia Mountains
Luray
Two Youths Drowned In The James River
Tucker Kitchen and Leslie Stinson both Buckingham county youths drowned while swimming in the James River at Norwood Virginia shortly after noon today. Searching parties initially failed to locate the bodies.
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Warminster
Tucker Kitchen
Leslie Stinson
Buckingham County
Virginia
James River
Norwood
Heat Wave Grips Carolinas With Record Temperatures
The Associated Press reports a seven day heat wave across North and South Carolina with highs such as Charlotte 102 Hickory 103 Salisbury 101 and Wilmington 97 while Raleigh 84 Greensboro 93 and Durham 96 show cooler readings. The heat claimed five lives indirectly as western areas were warned of possible showers.
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Associated Press
Carolinas
North Carolina
Charlotte
Hickory
Salisbury
Gastonia
Raleigh
Greensboro
Mercury
Durham
Wilmington
South Carolina
Mrs. John Ellington First Patient in New Memorial Hospital
Mrs. John Ellington of High Point was the first patient to enter the new Memorial hospital in Thomasville on Tuesday. Since then nine patients were admitted as four additional operations were completed yesterday and today. Dr. R. K. Farrington performed the first abdominal operation. Staff praised the equipment and smooth hospital operation.
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Enterprise Davidson Bureau
Lambeth Bldg
Thomasville
Memorial Hospital
High Point
John Ellington
R. K. Farrington
Missing Girl Found At Waynesboro
Mary Frances McClenny, a Richmond society girl who vanished last Tuesday, was located with Harry Dickinson a Richmond garage man in Waynesboro. A Times Dispatch correspondent reported they were on a porch and planned to return to Richmond by car.
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Richmond
Times Dispatch
Mary Frances McClenny
Richmond Society
Harry Dickinson
Waynesboro
Lexington Democrats Meet At County Township Convention
About 300 Lexington Democrats gathered at the courthouse for a township convention to select delegates to the county convention. Delegates were instructed to back nominees including Major J. A. Leonard for sheriff and E. C. Byerly for clerk of court, with a split decision for register of deeds among four candidates. Dr. R. V. Yokely of Thomasville was favored for county coroner. three township nominations were made for judge of the recorder's court Turner S. Wall for prosecuting attorney and H. A. Miller for constable.
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Lexington
Court House
Thomasville
J. A. Leonard
E. C. Byerly
Rebels plan Peiping independence as northern lords seize aim
Shanghai dispatch reports 60 northern China war lords including Yen Hsi-Shan and Feng Yu-Hsiang planning an independent Peiping government. They denounce Chiang Kai-Shek's Nanking regime claiming inefficiency and banditry, while Nationalists say rebels are crushed and casualties mount along Shantung and the Yangtze valley.
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Shanghai
China
Peiping
Chiang Kai-Shek
Nanking
Shantung
Henan
Yen Hsi-Shan
Feng Yu-Hsiang
Sach
Yenchow
Yangtse Valley
Virginia Guards Ordered To Fight Forest Fires
Governor Pollard ordered out Virginia National Guard units to battle raging forest fires in southwestern Virginia. Flames endanger more than twenty dwellings near Blacksburg as volunteers and guardsmen struggle. Dean Williams reports over a thousand acres burned on Brush Mountain three miles from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute.
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Blacksburg
John Garland Pollard
National Guards
West Virginia
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
J. E. Williams
Brush Mountain
Capone Freed On Perjury Charge In Miami
Al Capone is acquitted on a perjury charge in Dade County Court by directed verdict. Judge E C Collins sentences time for remaining two perjury trials next week. Capone’s supporters cheer as bailiffs restrain celebrations.
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Miami
Fla
Scarface al Capone
Dade County
E. C. Collins
Chicago
Collins
George McCaskill
Capone
S. D. McCreary
Miami Public Safety
McCreary
Girl Denies She Will Wed English in Murder Trial
Kenansville July 12. The first week of Stephen English’s murder trial closed with Bertie Brinson, 19, testifying she was not engaged to wed him. She said she kept company with English before his marriage, rode with him once after, and declined any marriage plans. Court adjourned to Monday with 60 witnesses still to testify.
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Kenansville
Stephen English
Bertie Brinson
Miss Brinson
English
Peter Carter
Carter
Powers
One Man Dead In Alleged Brawl Near Salisbury
William Klottz, 19, was ordered held without bail after a coroner's jury found he killed Louis Propst, 20, at a filling station near Salisbury. Both men had been drinking. the shooting happened while they sat in an automobile in front of the station.
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Salisbury
William Klottz
Louis Propst
Klottz
Propst
Speed Claims Get Speeding Charges
In Raleigh on July 12 the Wake county grand jury returned presentments against two drivers for speeding after ads claimed speeds of 67.5 mph and 74.03 mph for a Richmond to Raleigh trip. Both ads sparked charges for breaking the 45 mph limit.
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Raleigh
Richmond
Wake County Grand Jury
Prison Officials Deny Otto Wood Tryst Rumors Outside Bars
Raleigh July 12 Prison officials deny taxi driver charges that Otto Wood met a Raleigh woman outside the prison walls during his escape period. Haywood Coppedge said the woman Vera Ellis was driven to a trysting place behind the prison but Wood stayed under watch. Warden Honeycutt dismissed other gossip about trysts and noted a supposed High Point Woman remains unverified.
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Otto
Raleigh
Otto Wood
State Prison
Haywood Coppedge
Capt. Saunders
Joe Lowe
Vera Ellis
Coppedge
Asheville
H. H. Honeycutt
High Point
Honeycutt
Bobby Jones clinches US Open title with birdie at final hole
Bobby Jones staged a brilliant finish at Interlachen to win his fourth major of the year, birdieing the 18th for a 3 as 10,000 spectators watched. His four rounds 71 73 68 75 gave him 287 total, closing the door on challengers and pursuing a potential clean sweep with the upcoming US Amateur in Philadelphia.
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Interlachen Club
Minneapolis
Minn
Bobby Jones
United States
Bobby
Philadelphia
Jones
Sixty Drowned in Trolley Plunge in Buenos Aires
In Buenos Aires a trolley car plunged from a half raised cantilever bridge into the Riacho river during fog. About sixty people died, including five women, with fifty three bodies recovered by noon. Four passengers escaped. a new motorman died. Authorities launched an investigation.
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Buenos Aires
Riacho River
Riacho
Avellanda
Argentina
Novarro Sizzles in In Gay Madrid at Broadhurst
Ramon Novarro, famed for Ben Hur and Devil May Care, stars in the all talking romance In Gay Madrid at the Broadhurst on Monday and Tuesday. The Enterprise lists names in its classifieds offering tickets to readers whose names appear. Call for your free Broadhurst ticket when your name shows up.
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Ramon Novarro
Broadhurst
Madrid
Devil May Care
Enterprise
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Will R. Wood
Indiana
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Ohio
J. Matt Clinton
Kentucky
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
Daniel E. Pomeroy
New Jersey
James Francis Burke
Pennsylvania
Earl S. Kinsley
Vermont
Ness
Horton Smith
New York
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Atlantic City
Hoover Camp
New Thomasville Hospital
Waynesboro, Va
Davidson
Major Leonard
Virginia National Guards
Alan Gould
Novarro
Gay
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