Rotary Club Supports City Parks and Playgrounds
The High Point Rotary Club backed the new Parks and Playgrounds Commission, raising 100 for a wading pool at one of five parks under construction. Speakers urged expanded play facilities and outreach to at risk youths, with praise for Salvation Army, Y M C A, and local leaders guiding the effort.
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Parks and Playgrounds Commission
High Point Rotary Club
Toary
H. B. Hiatt
Dr. Hiatt
R .R. Ra
John T. Burrus
J. E. Millis
F. Logan Porter
Porter
The
American Legion
Underhill Avenue
John C. Abels
Capus Warnick
T. Wingate Andrews
Horace Haworth
J. E. Marsh
C. A. York
Berlin doctor shows inside lung motion picture device
Dr. Werner Siebert of Berlin demonstrated a device that records motion inside the lungs. The apparatus captures each movement clearly, offering a new view of pulmonary activity.
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Werner Siebert
Berlin
$60 000 Shortage In Bond Is Laid To Newly Wed Clerk
Norman E. Bernhardt, 24, a former bond clerk at the Marine Trust Company, is being sought by detectives after a $60,000 shortage was found in his accounts. A sealed indictment reportedly returned by a grand jury and his February discharge for unexplained stock market transactions are noted.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Norman E. Bernhardt
The
Marine Trust Company
Bernhardt
Daniel J. Kenefick, Jr
Spanish Monarch in Slight Collision at Hyde Park Corner
King Alfonso of Spain was involved in a minor car collision while being driven to lunch with King George and Queen Mary at Buckingham Palace. At Hyde Park Corner his car bumped another vehicle driven by a woman. a bumper was damaged and the glass partition was smashed. He and a companion were unhurt and continued after a brief delay.
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London
Alfonso
Spain
Buckingham Palace
George
Queen Mary
Hyde Park Corner
Quake Demolishes Thirteen Buildings in Ahuacha pan
An earthquake struck Ahuachapan El Salvador today tearing down thirteen buildings. The tremor followed a series of temblors felt across the region over the past several days.
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San Salvador
Republic of Salvador
Ahuachapan
el Salvador
Carolina Briefs on Rail Buses and Deputy Case
In Pencer North Carolina representatives of rafts in the Southern Railway shops backed bills to regulate buses competing with rail freight. In Helby Hugh Brittain was held under a 1500 dollar bond after a hearing for allegedly driving his car into Deputy Sheriff Sanford Pruett, causing a fatal injury.
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Pencer
N. C
Southern Railway
Helby, M
Hugh Brittain
Sanford Pruett
Health official to speak on Robeson pellagra Friday
Dr. Charles Laughinghouse state health officer will speak Friday night on the pellagra situation in Robeson county.
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Umberton
N. C
Charles Laughinghouse
Robeson County
Fire damages Liberty theater and nearby stores in Ramerton
A fire in the Liberty theater projection room in Ramerton North Carolina spread to three nearby stores and caused an estimated $15000 in damage. Fire crews battled the blaze with no report of injuries.
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Ramerton
N.C
Liberty Theater
Sanford woman jailed for abandoning infant in Sheboro
In Sheboro North Carolina Hannah McGlendon 19 of Sanford is in jail charged with abandoning a three weeks old baby in the town.
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Sheboro
N. C
Hannah McGlendon
Sanford
Flour samples sent for chemical analysis in Henderson case
SKIN North Carolina AP reports flour samples believed to contain two poisonous substances sickened Henderson Bledsoe's family and killed his nephew Marvin Edmonds. The items were sent to Raleigh for chemical analysis to determine the toxin involved and any link to the illnesses and death.
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N. C
Henderson’ Bledsoe
Marvin Edmonds
Raleigh
Clarence Crawford Kills Girl in North Carolina Shootout
Clarence Crawford, a Black man, fired at his wife but fatally shot 10-year-old Essie Thompson in Jairmont North Carolina. He fled toward Mullins South Carolina and remained at large.
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Jairmont
N. C
Clarence Crawford
Essie Thompson
Mullins
S. C
Norfolk Golfers Face Uncertain Winnings From Cardiff Bet
Norfolk, July 17. Local supporters of Bobby Jones note that American golf fans have not collected wagers from a Cardiff Pari-Mutuel Company since the British Open. Circles sent two years ago caused fear of loss again as funds sent to England remain unpaid. British consul J Guthrie and Scotland Yard handled inquiries but no payouts followed.
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Norfolk
Bobby Jones
Cardiff
England
J Guthrie
Scotland Yard
Dr L L Wilson to Locate in City
Dr L L Wilson a long time staff member at Detroit Children’s Hospital arrives in High Point with wife and young daughter to set up medical practice. A North Carolina native he attended Davidson College UNC and Tulane Medical School and served five years in the U S Navy after graduation.
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L. L. Wilson
Children’s Hospital
Detroit
High Point
North Carolina
Death by own action blamed in Charleston
John Catherwood 55 and past commander of South Carolina department of the Spanish American War Veterans was found shot in a parked automobile on a street corner in Charleston. Police said a revolver was in his hand and coroner Dr. Deveaux ruled the death self-inflicted after he died of a heart wound. Catherwood had long been active in veterans circles and worked for the Atlantic Coast Line Railway for 17 years until resigning recently.
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Charleston
S. C
John €. Catherwood
South Carolina
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Gandhi Satyagraha Negotiations Reported In Simla
Simla July 17 Viceroy Irwin agrees to allow Sir Tej Sapru and M Jayakar to visit Mahatma Gandhi and two other nationalist leaders in jail to urge a return to peace in the civil disobedience campaign They will also meet Motilal Nehru and Jawaharlal Nehru as co leaders in the independence movement.
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Simla
India
Irwin
Sir Tej Sapru
M. Jayakar
Mahatma Gandhi
Tej Sapru
Jayakar
Mahatma
Motigal Nehru
Jawaharal Nehru
Gandhi
First assignments and air address mark busy lives
In Buffalo Allen Hoover forgoes vacation to prove himself at Bayonne plant by returning to work in two weeks wearing overalls and pushing a wheelbarrow. In New York Colonel Lindbergh will address the world by air on August 8 at 3 25 p m EST with a repeat at 9 p m on WABC to discuss International Aviation. In Asbury Park two women at a bridge championship were disqualified after proposing to use every system at once with bids like Vanderbilt and Whitehead.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Allen Hoover
Bayonne
N. J
New York
Lindbergh
Europe
Australia
WABC
Asbury Park, WN. J
Vanderbilt
Whitehead
First oil derrick retired as relic of early days
In Los Angeles a derrick that pumped 100 million dollars worth of oil for Edward L. Doheny over 37 years has been pensioned and moved to a modern plant to serve as a relic of California’s first oil era. In New York the Crucis chase the metropolitan open golf title as Henry Al and Floyd pros and Dick the schoolboy strive to bring the title to the family after a three day journey beginning today.
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Los Angeles
Edward L. Doheny
New York
Crucis
Henry
Floyd
Rexford Memorial Tablet Unveiled at Wisconsin Church
In Shiocton Wisconsin a memorial tablet honoring Eben E Rexford author of Silver Threads Among the Gold was dedicated. The granite boulder sits on the lawn of the Congregational church he attended.
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Shiocton
Wis
Eben E. Rexford
Congregational
Mystery Noise Elicits Unlikely Piper In New York Basement
Police answered a distress call from a basement in the West Forties where a caller shouted murder. Detectives found Francis X. Hennessy, an AI professor and Scotch Highland piper, whose presence explained the odd sounds as a prank by neighbors seeking relief from bagpipe practice.
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New York
West Forties
Francis X. Hennessy
Hanford inmate swamped with job offers after traffic incident
Hanford California John Sorder jailed for 30 days receives many congratulatory letters offering him employment directing traffic after he spanked a woman motorist he blamed for a collision.
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Hanford
Calif
John Sorder
Styles for the full figure in New York campaign
Mme Helene Volka of the New York Federation of Women’s Clubs says middle aged women are on strike, adopting passive resistance to fashion that favors slim figures. She notes Grecian lines and long, narrow silhouettes exclude fuller figures.
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New York
Mme
Helene Volka
New York Federation of Women’s Clubs
Deaths in North Carolina Farmers Named
Obituaries list G Ashby Milley 79 a retired farmer in Alnsbury Libe Jesse B Morris 68 farmer in Liberty and D D Daughtridge 55 brother of late E L Daughtridge ex lieutenant governor of North Carolina in Rocky Mount AP report.
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Alnsbury
N. C
G. Ashby Milley
Iberty
Jesse B. Morris
Farmer
Ocky Mount
D. D. Daughtridge
E. L. Daughtridge
North Carolina
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John O’beirne
Salvation Army
Edgar Hartley
W. F. Bailey
Bunn W. Hackney, Jr
Boy Scouts
Wagger
Wagger Jewelry Company
North Main Street
Pany
Carolina News Briefs
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Pennsylvania Railroad
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S. Main
Official Bureau Weather Report
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Mobile
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San Antonio
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Wilmington
Duan
Red Bell Shoe Store
Paramount Theatre
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