William W. Mitchell Taken By Death In High Point
William W. Mitchell died at his home 600 Thissell street after months of ill health. Born February 6 1861 in Stokes county he was married twice first to Emma Jane Johnson who died in 1902 and then to De Belle Dodson. He leaves eight sons two daughters a step daughter and two brothers. Short services will be held at the usual location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William W. Mitchell
Thissell Street
Monay
Stokes County
Adam and
Minerva Mitchell
Emma Jane Johnson
Mra. de Belle Dodson
L. F
Daydéen
BH. G
Wes Eee R. C
W. W. Mitchell
Walnut Cove
Mra
Ora Irene Howard
Polktown
N. C
Annie Myrtle Mitchell
G. B. Flynn
Winston-Salem
R. W
H. E B. Mitchell
Philomathian club meets at Hillcrest drive home
The Philomathian club meets Friday at 3 30 p m with Mrs George A Matton at her Hillcrest drive home. Haworth, Mrs Roland Holton, Mrs Lawrence Matton, Mrs Kenneth Geddie and Mrs Roy Spearman attend. Mrs Carter Dalton and Mrs W J Fraley were guests.
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Philomathean Club
George A. Matton
Hillcrest Drive
Illness and Recoveries Reported in Local Hospitals
Friends of Miss Dezree Younts regret to learn she is quite ill at Burrus Memorial hospital. Miss Opal Robertson is recovering after an operation yesterday at Guilford General hospital. Mr and Mrs Albert Coats of Chapel Hill were visitors here yesterday.
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Dezree Younts
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Mra
Albert Coats
Chapel Hill
Pentagon Buccan eer Dance at Sedgefield Manor Tonight
The Pentagon club and Buccaneer club of Greensboro sponsor a joint dance at Sedgefield Manor from 9:30 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. with Charlie Morris orchestra. Dance leaders include Ed Rankin with Mildred Crowder and George Armfield with Sara Tomlinson among others. many local sponsors and chaperones listed.
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Sedgefield Manor
Pentagon Club
Buccaneer Club
Greensboro
Charlie Morris
Ed Rankin
Mildred Crowder
George Armfield
Sara Tomlinson
N. L. Smith
Alma Virginia McCain
Kelman Gomo
Jacequeline McMullan
Curtis Newton
Edith Crowder
Arthur Marsh
Caroline Dalton
Leonard Koonce
Lois Chidester
Collier Ellis
Virginia Fraley
Buccaneer
Speight L. Bird
Frank York
W. L. W. Yent, Jr
Harry Donnell, Jr
E D. Landreth, Jr
Clarence F. Woodward, Jr
People Registered at Community Exchange Today
The Community Exchange at 237 North Wrenn Street lists several registrations. Notices include requests for domestic help and household work with room, board, and small pay, plus a 19 year old white boy seeking any storefront work.
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Community Exchange
Wrenn Street
Funeral schedule spans two churches in Stokes county
The service begins Saturday at 10 o clock led by Rev G T Tunstall of Green Street Baptist. Additional services follow at Wilson's church in Stokes county conducted by Elder J W Tuttle of the Primitive Baptist church. Interment planned at Mitchell's family cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. T. Tunstall
Green Street Baptist Church
Wilson’s Church
Stokes County
J. W. Tuttle
The
Primitive Baptist Church
Mitchell's Family
Cells of Cellophane Cloak Paramount Chorus
More than 30,000 yards of cellophane draped the Girls in Cellophane in Paramount’s International House at the Paramount theater. The 18 miles of film costumes required daily replacements for each actress, creating light reflections and crackling sound issues for cameramen and sound recordists. Actors could not smoke between scenes.
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International House
Paramount
Paramount Theater
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
W. C. Fields
Rudy Vallee
Stuart Erwin
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Sam Maritza
Col. Stoopnagie
Budd
Cab Calloway
Baby Rose Marie
Morgan Probe Sees Sudden Recess Amid Counsel Protest
Testimony recounts large stock sales by J P Morgan partners in 1930 with 20 partners paying $48,000 in income tax. Whitney testifies purchases spanned three weeks ending November 11, while reporters press questions about possible tax links. The committee pauses as counsel protests.
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Continental Oil
Hall
P. R. Mallory Co
Shamrock Oil and Gascon
Street Einen - Investment Corporation
Philadelphia
Simms Petroleum
Pecora
Morgan Partners
J. P. Morgan and Company
Poly
Whitney
Morgan
Bankers Pool Seen In Market Action At Hearing
Whitney testifies that he and others bought 1 146 609 shares costing 137 752 705 dollars and sold in 1930 for 1 238 820 060 dollars. He says profits were shared by participants and that the group expected a loss, with a prior book loss of 40 million dollars. He objects to the term pool used by Pecora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecora
Richard
New York Stock Exchange
Senator Couzens
Michigan
Whitney
Couzens
Anaconda Mining Corporation
Bankers’ Pool
J. P. Morgan
Many Women Left In County Jails To Serve Terms
In Raleigh the State Highway Commission now takes 30 day prisoners, sending men to state highway camps while women remain in county jails. Brown of the State Board of Charities reports 255 women in 34 counties and six county prisons last month, implying about 500 statewide women serving sentences.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
General Assembly
R. Eugene Brown
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Brown
Racial Split in County Jail Population Report
The Welfare Department notes 255 women in jails, 108 white and 147 colored, while 593 men are in 40 county jails and prisons. Most male inmates are detained awaiting trial or appeals, as those sentenced over 30 days are sent to highway prison camps.
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Welfare Department
Harrison outlines tax plan to fund industrial program
Harrison argues the capital stock tax repealed in 1924 should return to tax corporations' net worth. He says the plan would curb unemployment, spur industry, and remove need for a general sales tax. He envisions keeping existing excise taxes and expanding private bank contributions to fund public construction. He asserts revenue would be conservative.
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Harrison
Reed
House
Ten Percent Pay Increase Announced for 360 Workers
J N Bryant lumberman and Wilmington baseball club president announced a ten percent wage increase effective June 56 for 360 workers in logging and lumber camps. The proclamation was made here by Bryant.
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Wilmington
J. N. Bryant
Presiant
Wilmington Baseball Club
Sam Nance taken suddenly at his home
Sam Fountain Nance, 54, of 215 Wall Alley, died suddenly at 11 15 AM after four years with organic heart disease. He was born January 25 1879 in Rockingham County, a carpenter residing in the city 21 years. Survived by widow Mary Belle Martin Nance, four sons Frank Odis Henry Johnnie, four daughters Jettie Linthicum Minnie Byrd Mary Marie, father Addison Nance of Burlington, three brothers Jim Ashley Archie, three sisters Belle Chapman Maggie Harris Mattie Burgess. Funeral Sunday 2 30 PM at Pilgrim Holiness church with Rev O L Ruth and Rev Sidney Miller. Oakwood cemetery burial.
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Sam Fountain Nance
Wall Alley
Rockingham County
Addison
Mary Coble Nance
Mary Belle Martin
Frank
Odis
Henry
Johnnie
Jettie Linthicum
Minnie Byrd
Mary
Marie Nance
City
Addison Nance
Burlington
Jim
Ashley
Archie Nance
Danville
Belle Chapman
Maggie Harris
Mattie Burgess
Oakland
Calif
Pilgrim Holiness Church
O. L. Ruth
Sidney Miller
Oakwood Cemetery
Bennettsville Man Held for Diamond Ring Theft
Charles Graham of Bennettsville South Carolina was arrested in Charlotte charged with stealing two diamond rings from a pawn shop showcase and with carrying a concealed weapon.
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Charlotte
Charles Graham
Bennettsville
S. C
Two Hartnett Men Now On Death Row
Johnny Lee, a Harnett county Negro, was sentenced to be electrocuted on July 7 for the murder of Jacob Hill, a Clinton barber. Asa Herring, also a Harnett Negro, received a life term for hiring Lee to kill Hill, and both men were on death row at the state prison in Raleigh. Lee testified to firing the fatal shot and said Herring offered him $200 for the crime.
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Raleigh
Johnny Lee
Harnett County
Jacob Hill
Asa Herring
Lee
Hill
State
Lillington
Clinton
Herring
Harnett
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Garden Street
Jack Darrell
C. R. Styles
Kearns Street
G. W. Brown
Gordon Street
Gamma Zeta Club
Ney Evans
Otteray Drive
Carter Dalton
Rodney Snow
Horace
ML Mitchell
Moffitt’s
Pentagon
High Point
W. J. Fraley
C. H. Bilis
M. L. Patrick
J. L. Bird
C. T. Woodward
C. C. Elder
Hi. S. Donnell
EB. D. Landreth
Charles L. Weill
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Ben Ginsberg
J. B. Payne
S. A. Helms
William M. Jones
Paul Keller
J. M. Bishop
Edith
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Gladys ,Parera
Sam Frange
Wilson
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Wadhewee Poe Au
Wiliam Graber
University of Southern California
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High Point People
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