Sharon Nicholson Hosts Fourth Birthday Party
Sharon Marie Nicholson celebrated her fourth birthday with a Saturday afternoon party at her Fairfield Road home. Friends enjoyed games followed by ice cream cake and candy served by Pegsy At kine Wanda Bolton and Alice Clay Nicholson to Joanne Mitchell Jane Hoke Hilda Rose Mitchell Jean Montgomery Betty Brown Nicholson Dolores Ceell Dorothy Greenway Carlene Hill Cullen Cecil Junior Greenway Dick Nicholson Edwin Atkins Bobby Cecil Jack Bolton Johnnie Hill Georf Nicholson and Jean Sykes.
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Sharon Marie Nicholson
Small
George Nicholson
Fairfield Road
Pegsy Atkine
Wanda Bolton
Alice Clay Nicholson
Joanne Mitchell
Jane Hoke
Hilda Rose Mitchell
Jean Montgomery
Betty Brown Nicholson
Dolores Ceell
Dorothy Greenway
Carlene Hill
Cullen Cecil
Junior
Purvis Targeted Dillinger Pursuer and Lawman of South Carolina
Former South Carolina lawyer and 1930s FBI official Melvin Purvis, famed for hunting John Dillinger, led the Chicago office from 1932. Reports say Purvis doubted tips on Dillinger and defended his pursuit as officers from the Justice Department carried out the raid.
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Purvis
South Carolina
University of South Carolina
Bureau of Investigation
Texas
Carolinas
Birmingham
Ala
Chicago
Dillinger
Department of Justice
Dillinger to be buried beside his mother in Indianapolis
The Dillinger family, citing a perceived harsh sentence after an attempted robbery, plans to bury John Dillinger beside his mother at Crown Hill Cemetery in Indianapolis. The timing hinges on the body’s release in Chicago and includes the father’s reflection on Dillinger as a peace loving man misjudged by society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
von Dillinger
Dillinger
Weekend Visits and Homecomings Around High Point
A collage of local social notes detailing residents spending weekends at the lake and nearby towns, visits by Lucille and Sarah Ann Parrish to Mrs. H. H. Fouts, Mrs. J. H. Mackenfuss’s return home from Guilford General Hospital, Ruth McGuire visiting Mrs. Eliott Wood, Herman and Mrs. Smith’s Virginia Beach trip, May Richardson’s Asheboro return, Lemmons family trip to Randleman, W. W. Dickerson’s Myrtle Beach return, Brinsons at Driftwood Cottage, Otis Sain and companions in Salisbury plus Kannapolis calls, and Misses Haynes Smith Chappelear visiting Millie Goodnight.
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Lucille
Sarah Ann Parrish
Charlotte
H. H. Fouts
East
Lexington Avenue
Miss May Richardson
Asheboro
Vivian Rogers
Chestnut Street
Otis Sain
Pauline Haynes
Glen Smith
Eva Chappelear
Salisbury
Phillip Miller
Haynes. Smith and
Chappelear
Millie Goodnight
Kannapolis
Church Social and Mission Society Meetings and Picnic Planned
A series of church activities is announced including the Senior Mission Society meeting at 8 pm with leader Ralph H. Vance discussing The Best Book I Ever Read. The Church of God Woman’s Missionary Society met at Mrs Har ley Dunn’s home, planned an ice cream fundraiser for missions, and dismissed with prayers. The Green Street Baptist Weekday Workers class will hold a picnic at six. Welch Memorial Senior Endeavor visited Bandy Ridge prison camp for a service led by Odell Brown with Robert Smith speaking on The Call of the Unexperienced.
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M. P. Society
Senior
Christian Endeavor Society
Ralph H. Vance
Church OF God Society
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Church of God
Harley Dunn
Pershing Street
Dunn
Rufus Dunn
Media Comer
Missionary Fund
George Moore
Ernest Comer
East Russell Street
Green Street
Green Street Baptist Church
Welch Memorial Church
Bandy Ridge
Odell Brown
Howard van Cannon
Roscoe Briley
Robert Smith
Ruth Wood
Chief Soil Erosion Specialist Visits Deep River Project
Glenn L. Fuller, chief soil erosion specialist of the United States interior department, visited the Soil Erosion Service offices in High Point on Saturday and Sunday. He conducted an inspection of the Deep River watershed and praised the erosion control progress in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenn L. Fuller
United States Department of the Interior
Soil Erosion Service
High Point
Mr. Fuller
Charlotte Youth Dies By Own Action In YMCA Room
In Charlotte on July 328 a young man committed suicide in a YMCA room. Friends and relatives offered no reason for the act, leaving investigators to search for explanations.
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Charlotte
Dillinger death shocks Indiana town as father recalls son
At his Mooresville farmhouse the elder Dillinger describes Johnny as a kind man, defends him against murder claims, and handles funeral arrangements with police presence and public attention lingering in the wake of the bandit's death. The family stays in the background while locals react in wakeful dawn light.
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Dillinger
Mooresville
Johnny
Hancock
Hubert
Indianapolis
Recital Tonight by Merritt Aesthetic Dancing Class
Mrs. L. and Merritt present a recital at William Penn Auditorium with original interpretations including Joyce Kilmer's Trees by Morgan and Sara. Special features promised in the show.
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William Penn
Mrs. Merritt
L. &. Merritt
William Penn Auditorium
Joyce Kilmer
Seein Morgan
Sara
Card of Thanks for Fred King Bereavement
Mr and Mrs M D Grey of 1224 Pearson street express gratitude to all who aided their family during the death of their son Fred King.
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M. D. Grey
Pearson Street
Fred King
Rev Weatherspoon to Begin Sermon Series at St Stephen
Rev W F Weatherspoon, pastor of Trinity A M E Zion in Greensboro, will start a series of sermons at St Stephen Metropolitan A M E Zion tonight. The services will run daily through the week.
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W. F. Weatherspoon
St. Stephen
Trinity A
Pioneer Tennis Club To Begin Night Tennis
The Pioneer Tennis Club wires its court at E Washington and Fourth to host night tennis matches this week. Schedule includes inter-club and inter-city games aimed at drawing more spectators. Miss Frances Spencer leads as president and Prof. O. B. Davis as manager.
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Pioneer Tennis Club
E. Washington
Fourth Streets
Frances Spencer
O. EB. Davis
Dillinger Shot and Died After Theatre Confrontation
John Dillinger, 32, was shot fatally by federal agents after attending a film at the Biograph theatre. Police described a coordinated takedown led by Purvis and other federal operatives, with Dillinger dying en route to Alexian Brothers Hospital. Police recovered $7.80 and a photo of Evelyn Frechette from his clothing.
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Etta Nataisky
Theresa Paulus
Dillinger
Barly
Alexian Brothers Hospital
A_ sirgeon
Purvis
Evelyn Frechette
Cummings
Washington
Timent of Justice
North Side
Biograph Theatre
Manhattan
America
Blackie Gallagher
New York
Madison Square Garden
Tim O'Neal
Mast
Chicago
Indiana
John Hamilton
William O'Malley
Dillinger Gang Terrorized Midwest in Lawless Rampage
The Dillinger mob roamed the Midwest from Sept 1933 to mid 1934, freeing John Dillinger and robbing banks for about 560000 in loot. Key figures included Harry Pierpont Russell Clark Charles Makley and others. Police from Chicago to Crown Point pursued them after deadly encounters, with many arrests convictions and a series of gun battles and escapes across Indiana Ohio Illinois Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan.
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Lima
John Hamilton
Dillinger
Harry Pierpont
Russell Clark
Charles Makley
Larber
W. T. Shanley
Chicago
Hamilton
Sam Ginsburg
Lewis Kazewits
Charlies Tilden
Bellwood
Handsome Jack Klutas
Ind
William O'Malley
Tucson
Aris
Makley
Clark
Pierpont
Crown Point
Ohio
Pierpont and Makley
Lillian Hol
Collier's Writer Visits High Point on Soil Erosion Report
Owen P. White of Collier's Weekly toured High Point with local soil erosion staff to observe the new soil erosion service work in the Deep River watershed. He noted rising national interest in preventing topsoil loss and praised government efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owen E. White
Collier's Weekly
High Point
White
United States Department of the Interior
United States
Mr. White
Desperate Texas Trio Escapes Prison Firefight Endangers Guard
Herbert Alvin Stanley joined a bank robbery gang in a daring escape from a Texas prison. Guards were fired upon as the trio Thompson Palmer and Hamilton fled in two cars after a ladder escape. Hamilton is condemned to death for bank robbery, Palmer for killing Major Crowson, and Thompson for bank robbery.
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Herbert Alvin Stanley
Burdeaux
McConnell
Frasier
Hamilton
Frazier
H. E. George
Walker
Thompson
Palmer
George
Johnson
Stanley
Crowson
Robert C. McDonald Dies in Reidsville at 78
Robert C. McDonald, 78, died suddenly of a heart ailment in Reidsville today. The body was taken to Piedmont, D C., for burial.
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Reidsville
Robert C. McDonald
Piedmont
D. C
Missing Episcopal Bishop Sought in Glacier Park
Right Rev William F Faber 74 presiding bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Montana disappeared Friday afternoon during a park outing in Glacier National Park Montana. Sixty eight CCC members park force and road crews searched the Medicine Lakes area through Sunday night with no trace found.
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Glacier Park
Mont
Freday
William F. Faber
Mountana
Rocky Mountains
Two Medicine Lakes
CCC
Park Force
Faber
Helena
Acci
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N. Main
Alice Ward
Irene Cagle
Virginia Burchette
A. Collier
White Lake
J. H. Mackenfuss
Guilford General Hospital
Centennial Avenue
Ruth McGuire
Norton
Virginia
Herman Smith
Virginia Beach
R. A. Lemmons
Randleman
R. L. Brinson
Myrtle Beach
Driftwood Cottage
Deep
Thomas B. Smith
Meon
John
Purvie
John Dillinger
Dillinger’s Crime
Mich
Eugene Green
St. Paul
W. C. Baum
C. C. Boiseneau
Des
Sheriff's
Merchants National Bank
South Bend
Harold Wagner
Harry Copeland
Beth Green
Opal Ng
Jean Compton
Patricia Cherrington
Clayton E. May
Minneapolis
North Main
Dixie Brand
Gal
Owen P. White
Collier’s
Trio Desperadoes
Biltmore
Beauty Shoppe
Biltmore Hotel
Eugene Machine
Miss Meadows
Paulette Sanity
North Main Street
Washington’ Choice
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Gov't Buildings
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Rolfe
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Madrid
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