Temporary bridge to replace Main street crossing begins
Crate of piles arrives to support a temporary bridge at the Main street railway crossing. A 5000 pound steam hammer will drive 40 foot piles over two to three weeks. Traffic will be detoured to Wrenn street until the temporary bridge is finished, then construction of the permanent bridge proceeds in two sections.
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Main Street Railway Crossing
A. H. Guion and Company
Wrenn Street Crossing
Main Street
Senator Joe Robinson Tribute Follows Capitol Death
Police in grey escorted mourners through the green Capitol to the senate chamber where Robinson gave his final speech in support of reform. Visitors queued for admission as relatives kept vigil at the sea apartment prior to the heart failure death.
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Senate
Robin
Capitol
Police Probe Hit and Run Case Involving A N Weisner
Police continued to investigate a hit and run after A N Weisner of 132 West Lexington Avenue was found unconscious on Lexington Avenue near his home Sunday night. He regained consciousness at Burrus Memorial Hospital and reported being struck by an automobile. He showed a brain concussion and internal injuries without visible fractures, but is improving steadily.
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A. N. Weisner
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Weisner
Lexington Avenue
Senate OKs $1 Million for Grasshopper Fight
Washington July 16 The Senate passed and sent to the White House a bill appropriating 1 million dollars to combat grasshoppers in ten western states.
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Washington
Senate
White House
Labor Disturbance Cases Not Pressed
Lumberton July 16. Docket clears cases from recorder's court as presses are waived for 23 men facing misdemeanors such as trespassing malicious property damage affray and disorderly conduct. Judgment stayed in two public nuisance cases on condition of good behavior for one year.
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Lumberton
Recorder’s Court
Nol
Senate honors fallen senator with flower-ornamented casket
Wednesday morning services paid tribute as the casket and resident's dais rose with flowers sent by the senate and friends of the dead senator. The ceremony reflected the respect of colleagues and mourners gathered in the chamber.
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Senate
Court adjourns after brief docket of minor offenses
Municipal court closed early after hearing fewer than a dozen cases. Roy Brady of Hamilton was sentenced 15 months suspended on condition to pay four dollars weekly to the city welfare. Cases include G E Brewer reckless driving, W G Gantt prohibition law, W O Kent reckless driving, Sam Wilson assault, William Stedman prohibition law, Norman and Denny Smith robbery dismissed, James Galloway prohibition law, Rosa Fausnet assault with six months on roads suspended for three years.
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Roy Brady
Hamilton
City Welfare Department
G. E. Brewer
Tryor Street
W. G. Gantt
Gordy Street
Park Street
Truce Fractures as Senate Voters Shift On Reform Bill
Freshmen senators debated the court reform amid White House pressure as Brown reverses to non-committal and Maloney opposes. Opponents claim votes to recommit, giving them a slim edge to block the bill while the President keeps open a compromise path and urges Congress to act this session.
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Brown
Michigan
White House
Robinson
Maloney
Dconn
Barkley
Congress of the United States
Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
Southwest bad men sought in kidnapping
Yale student Markham reported three fugitives from the Texas prison farm at Huntsville abducted him, then released him after eight hours and 15 minutes as the men dodged a pursuing posse. One of the fugitives, Traxler, was identified along with a second man named Chas Chapman while a third called Fred was also present. Four of the nine escapees have been recaptured. one killed and a guard wounded.
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Young Markham
Markham
Yale
Oklahoma City
Texas
Hunsville
Traxler
Chas. Chapman
Chapman
Fred
Fred Tindal
Jasper
Tex
Surgeon testifies on strike riot deaths in Memorial Day case
Surgeons’ testimony links head wounds to police action in the Memorial Day steel strike riot that left ten dead. Jeremiah Ingersoll, organizer for the Steel Workers Organizing Committee, said police fired at close range as strikers retreated, targeting an individual marcher rather than firing in the air.
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Thurlow Lewis
United Mine Workers
Jeremiah Ingersoll
Amherst College
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Ingersoll
Chicago
Republic Steel Corporation
Youth Drowns In Lake At Local Club
A lake drowning at a local club ends with the death of a High Point youth. Lifesaving efforts by Jack Abels and police, aided by doctors and a fire unit, fail. the boy who was under water 10 to 15 minutes is pronounced dead at 1 30. Surviving are his parents and seven brothers and sisters. Funeral plans not yet set. A note adds a bureau potato hybrid development.
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Glascoe
Jack Abels
Abels
High Point High School
W. E. Kiger
Police and Fire Department
W. F. Bailey
Parks and Juvenile
Éall
Jack Abele
J. W. McMahon
Bureau of Investigation
Police Department
Kiger
Paul Charping
Country Club
L. F. Honeycutt
Claude Canady
W. G. Wilson
Honeycutt
Whitley
High Point
Numa E
Minnie Rock Hill
Thelma
Mary
Ellen Hill
Dallas
Numa
Two Hanged Men Executed By State For Murder
Prisoner Steele 24 native of Gaston County was executed at 8 40 pm after a preexecution ritual. Jones 21 accompanied Steele then died at 9 41 pm after gas was released. Both denied personal participation in the taxi murder though confessed to involvement.
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Polk
Steele
Gaston County
Coleman
Jones
Warden Honeycutt
Thomas Clifford Fowler
Charlotte
Fowler
K. P. Battle
Teagie Overpaid 1933 Taxes by 8160 Dollars
The Board of Tax Appeals ruled Walter C. Teagie head of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey overpaid his 1933 income taxes by 8160 dollars.
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Tragle
Washington
Board of Tax Appeals
Walter C. Teagie
Standard Oil Company of
New Jersey
Public figures react to tragedy in mourning period
Senator Wheeler criticizes a letter attributed to the President amid a national crisis. He questions the timing and political use of tragedy, urging restraint by Roosevelt and warning of poor counsel during a period of mourning.
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Senate
Wheeler
D-Mont
Fees
Roosevelt
King Undergoes Operation at Burrus Memorial Hospital
G. W. King was a patient at Burrus Memorial hospital after an operation performed Thursday night.
Rat Poison Sale At City Hall In Afternoon
City Hall will hold a sale of rat poison tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 4 o'clock. The event invites residents to purchase poison at the municipal building.
Return to City After Death in Farmville
Mr and Mrs James B Lovelace and Mrs J W Lovelace return from Farm after death of J W Lovelace. They will accompany Mrs Lovelace back to Farmville tomorrow and Mrs James B Lovelace will stay several days with her mother in law.
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City
James B. Lovelace
Trade At Home Campaign Launched By High Point Clerks
High Point clerks of retail merchants adopted a resolution to promote a trade at home campaign praising stores that joined the shorter hours program. They plan to urge recalcitrant merchants to cooperate and present the case to civic groups for support.
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High Point
Elwood Hotel
Fewer Than 20,000 WPA Recipients in North Carolina
Raleigh July 16. J. D. Spinks said 920 people will be cut from WPA relief rolls this week, reducing recipients to 19,800. This follows an average of 30,206 over the last two years, with a peak of 36,000.
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Raleigh
J. D. Spinks
Bids to Open for Elkin Post Office Tuesday
Elkin on July 16 reports bids on a new post office will be opened Tuesday. The notice specifies construction bids and the city as the location of the project.
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Elkin
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