Hornets Pitch No Hit Contest in Piedmont League
Charlotte Hornets pitcher Joe Bokina threw a seven inning no hit no run game to defeat Rocky Mount 6 to 0 in the second game of a doubleheader. Earlier Charlotte won 9 to 5 as Asheville fell 11 to 1 to Durham, while Richmond beat Portsmouth 7 to 6 after a late rally.
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Joe Bokina
Rocky Mount
Piedmont
Richmond
Charlotte Hornéts
Hornets
Bokina
Charlotte
Asheville
Norfolk Tars
Winston-Salem Twins
Durham
Winston-Salem
Norfolk
Portsmouth
Argentine Beats American Soccer Outfit 9 to 1
Ten thousand fans saw Argentina’s under twenty-one team toy with the Highlanders of Trenton in a 9 to 1 victory. The Pan-American Games track events opened with the United States seeking a quick comeback in the 60 meter dash and 200 meter sprint preliminaries as soccer and track shared the second night program.
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United States
Canada
Perrin Walker
Ben Johnson
Ray Dean
Jack Werhauser
Bento Assis
Bruxit
Jesse Owens
South America
Highlanders
Trenton
N. J
Three Cents Valuable To Two Californians
Oakland police report John Swanson, 23, resisted a holdup last night. The bandit struck him with a pistol and tried to take his bank roll containing three cents. Swanson punched the robber in the nose, kept the coins, and went home.
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Oakland
Calif
John Swanson
Swanson
Amery
Coast Guard awards Cape Hatteras building contract
The U S coast guard awarded construction of a dwelling and other buildings at Cape Hatteras to the Little Building Company of Charlotte on a low bid of 44,000 dollars.
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Coast Guard
Mantec
U.S. Coast Guard
Cape Hatteras
Little Building Company of
Charlotte
Hollywood Stars Flock to New York on Furloughs
Hollywood players on break in Manhattan mingle with crowds and seek anonymity. Luise Rainer, Myrna Loy, Sylvia Sidney, Gail Patrick, Mae West, Martha Raye, Greta Garbo, Paul Muni, Cary Grant, Miriam Hopkins, Fredric March, Marion Davies, Janet Gaynor, and Marlene Dietrich are noted for specific NYC outings and habits from Stork Club visits to Cafe Royal and public mob scenes.
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New York
Paul Harrison
Hollywood
Luise Rainer
Manhattan
Myrna Loy
Sylvia Sidney
Gail Patrick
Sherman Billingsley
Mae West
Mae
Martha Rayé
West 62Nd Street
Louis Prima
Greta Garbo
St. Moritz
Garbo
Ball Park
Wesley Ruggles
Claudette Colbert
Paul Muni
Second Avenue
Cafe Royal
Muni Weisenfreund
Cary Grant
Miriam Hopkins
Sutton Place
Fredric March
Marion Davies
Broadway
Janet Gaynor
Marlene Dietrich
Escaped Convict Caught in Asheboro
James Quick escaped from a prison camp in Chesterfield District of D C. He was arrested by Asheboro police yesterday afternoon and released today to South Carolina authorities. Quick had been in Asheboro since last Sunday and was employed as a truck driver. He surrendered without violence.
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Asheboro
James Quick
Chesterfield
D. C
Dewey Bulla
A. L. Moore
South Carolina
Quick
Oklahoma Girls Plan First Party At Training School
Thirty-eight state training school honor girls excitedly look forward to their debut in society tonight the institutions first party at which men will be present. The Oklahoma City fire department band will play for dancing.
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Tecumseh
Okla
State
Oklahoma City Fire Department
Five Negroes Held After Prison Guard Dies
In Kinston on July 16 five African American suspects were jailed after prison guard Thomas Hudson, age 24, died in a car collision. Sheriff Dan Russell said the group admitted being in the car that struck the guard. the vehicle was driven by a boy named Dove.
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Kinston
Lenoir County
Thomas Hudson
Dan Russell
Onslow
Jacksonville
Dove
North Carolina Tobacco Exposition and Festival Planned
Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace and Governor Hoey invited to speak at the first annual North Carolina Tobacco Exposition and Festival to be held August 19 to 29 in Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Henry A. Wallace
Hoey
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Hornet
Associated Press
South Main
Averica
Hertford
Cow
Beeatiae de Luxe
Potiag Motor Dlvisson
Tors Saies General Porces
West Cap
Johnson Pontiac Co., Inc
Wrenn Street
E. D. Hightower
Cedartown
Cherokee Country Club
Dallas
Tex
Argentina
Lia
Kellogg’s
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Oklahoma
Ann Page
A&p
Grand Central Station
New York City
Betty Witcoff
The
Simplicity Pattern Co., Inc
AGP Markets
Pee Gee
Comerners
RED
Jug
Ball Mason
Pullman
Wheaties
Welch's
Carolina
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