SILES BOUND OVER IN ROBBERY CASES
Joseph Giles charged with participating in several robberies was bound over to Guilford Superior Court with bond set at 750 dollars each in two cases after probable cause by Judge Teague. Several co defendants confessed to parts in the robberies and other defendants faced various charges including drunkenness and prohibition violations with fines and costs imposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Giles
Guilford Superior Court
Lewis T. Teague
Josh Payne
John Ellis
Giles
John Wingfield
Payne
John Daniels
Gaston Johnson
A. E. Futrelle
W. G. Slack
E. E. Bryant
E. Z. Fowler
J. €. Welch
Walter Hester
J. B. Phillips
J. B. Deaton
A. J. Huffman
J. L. Fagan
Leonard Caldwell
FE. B. Barnes
Odie Ingram
E. E. Craughn
Lonnie Holley
Jesse Cloetrane
William Smith
Irene Brockwell
Paul Marris
John Mason
William Reavis
T. J. Johnson
L. C. Loflin
Viola Jackson
Melvin Hudson
C. KE. Wallace
Wv. H. Mize
R. S. Collins
S L Davis Clinging To Life As Death Looms
Samuel L. Davis Sr prominent furniture maker and financier suffered a paralysis stroke at the Sheraton Hotel Barber Shop. By afternoon he lay in a coma with left side paralyzed as physicians warned his death could come within hours at High Point hospital and at his plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel IL. Davis
Sheraton Hotel
High Point Hospital
Meels
Mr. Davis
Southern Furniture Exposition
Davis
Southern Furniture Market Opens With 100 Buyers At High Point Show
The Southern Furniture Market opened its two week run in the ten story exposition building with more than 100 buyers from far and near. Exhibits show low priced period reproductions and a shift toward upholstered furniture as High Point firms push value driven designs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams-Norris Company
Tomlinson
Alma and Myrtle Desk Company
High Point
Chicago
New York
North Carolina
Virginia
Continental
High Point Furniture Company
Giant Furniture Company
Marsh
Funeral Service For Local Youth In Chapel Hill
A local youth of this city died in a wreck and his body was taken to Chapel Hill Funeral Home then to his home under two brothers custody. Surviving are his parents a sister Mrs Edwin R Lyon four brothers Dr George T Wood intern at Mayo Clinic Carl Elliott Sherrill Wood and Frank Wood all of this city. Services today at 5 pm from the home with Dr W A Lambeth and Rev L F Tuttle officiating. Burial in Oakwood Memorial Park. He would have been a junior at the university and was a Theta Chi member. Dr Frank Graham may attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Edwin R. Lyon
George T. Wood
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Carl Wood
Elliott Sherrill Wood
Frank Wood
W. A. Lambeth
Durham
Wesley Memorial Church
L. F. Tuttle
Wesley Memorial
Frank Graham
Rats Thieving Ended By Jaws of Steel Trap
K F Goolsby of 708 Grimes street kept steel traps after rats about his home grew large and destructive. A 16 inch long rat weighed a pound caught by a leg. he killed it with a blow. A separate report notes a 14 inch black rat weighing three quarters of a pound. The pests reportedly killed 40 to 50 of his chickens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. F. Goolsby
Grimes Street
Mr. Goolsby
Robber Fails To Break Open Safe Of Local Doctors
Detectives collected fingerprints after an amateur thief failed to open Dr. J. G. Groome and P. B. Davis’s office safe on the Hart Drug Company floor. The intruder escaped with two pairs of trousers from N. H. Silver and Co. on the same level, as Groome suspects narcotics were the motive. Discovery of the attempted burglary was made when the office was opened this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Groome
P. B. Davis
Hart Drug Company
Dr. Groome
N. H. Silver and Co
Groome
Burns Fatal To 11 Year Old Negro Youth
Robert Kearns an 11 year old Negro boy died after contact with a live wire near his route five home. He was burned severely and died at a local hospital after treatment at High Point hospital. He was the son of Mrs. Anna Kearns who lived west of the city. The funeral conducted from the First Methodist church in Trinity by Rev W L Scarborough is set for tomorrow at 3 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Kearns
Robert
Theodore
Duke Power Company
High Point
Anna Kearns
First Methodist Church
Trinity
W. L. Scarborough
Brooks Memorial M. E
British Isles boast over five thousand motion picture houses
The report notes more than 5,000 cinemas across the British Isles, with England contributing nearly 4,000 venues. This shows cinema density and regional distribution during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Isles
England
Urban population rise in Iowa 1930 surpasses 1920
Urban population of Iowa grew 11.9 percent from 1920 to 1930 while rural population declined 2.4 percent. The data reflects shifting demographics across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Lawyers To Meet Tomorrow To Fix Court Calendar
High Point attorneys are asked to note a bar meeting in courtroom No 1 of the county courthouse at 10 am Tuesday to fix the calendar for the one week term of civil court opening August 10 with Judge Wilson Warlick presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
High Point
County Court House
Wilson Warlick
Stomach Trouble For C. M. Hauser In Blowing Rock
Charles M. Hauser vice president of the Commercial National Bank suffered stomach trouble at Blowing Rock North Carolina. Dr J T Burrus said he shows improvement and may return home in a few days. He had been vacationing ten days with E W Freeze who has since returned. Railroads carried an average of 10.6 tons of freight per person in the United States last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Hauser
Commercial National Bank
Blowing Rock
N. C
J. T. Burrus
United States
Officers Recover Car Stolen From Trinity Resident
John Andrews of Trinity had his Buick missing after returning from a Greensboro theater. Detectives found the mud stained car on Glenwood avenue and towed it to police headquarters. Herb Andrews identified the vehicle and arranged for John to retrieve it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Andrews
Trinity
Greensboro
Andrews
Mr. Andrew
Glenwood Avenue
Gate City
Mr. Andrews
Herb Andrews
John
Five bongos arrive at Field Museum from Central Africa
The Field museum in Chicago has received five bongos rare handsome antelopes from Central Africa. They weigh between 400 and 600 pounds each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Museum
Chicago
Central Africa
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Faso
Ian A.ar
High Point Enterprise
Piedmont Center of Industry
TRIAR
Siles
Teague
S. L. Davis
Douglas Wood
Chapel Hill-Durham
Worth Douglas Wood
206 Boulevard
G. H. Edwards
Henderson
Young Wood
University of North Carolina
High Point College
Franklin Harris Wood
Edwards
Nathan
Durnham
Sandhills
Baltimore
E. A. Abernethy
University Infirmary
D. M. Fullerton
Wood
Chapel Hill Infirmary
Thomasville Chair Co
Parner Mare Lvenitt A
Ga Corporat Eee
O’connor
Hamilton Florist
English St
Bales and Service Wilson Motor Company
West Broad
E. Washington and
Wrenn
DR. F. C. Sharp
Bank Building
J. E. Black
Cable Street
C. M. Hauser
Ency
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Idol
Vice-Pres
Treas
H, Ellis
United States Depository For Postal Savings Funds
Homer
Homer Furnace
Clinard Electric Company
North Main Street
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