Zeppo Marx Robbed at Home Amid Repeated Heists
Zeppo Marx reports a jewelry raid at his Los Angeles home during which a platinum ring, bracelet, clasps, and a diamond pin were stolen. The break in echoes a prior five month old loss of $37,500. Allan Miller, guest, was bound as the robbers fled, and police suspect an existing burglary ring targeting film stars.
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Los Angeles
Zeppo Marx
Marx
Zeppo
Mrs. Marx
Marxs
Allan Miller
New York
Helen Costello
Mae West
Betty Compson
Ford's Black-Draught Brings Quick Relief for Gas Pain
Mr. W. R. Williams of Owens Cross Roads Alabama reports using Ford’s Black-Draught after meals for gas stomach pain and headache with immediate relief. He keeps it at home and has used it for over forty years, noting especially its benefits for constipation.
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W. R. Williams
Owens Cross Roads
Ala
Thedford
Ford
Brewery Plans Rapid Erection in Charlotte
June 2 reports rapid development for a new $500,000 brewery in Charlotte. Southern Breweries Inc. buys a four acre tract and aims to start operation within seven months. Franklin G. King of Bethlehem Pa is president and plans are to let contracts soon with King arriving to supervise building. W B Love of Burlington will relocate to oversee operations.
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Charlotte
Southern Breweries, Inc
Franklin G. King
Bethlehem
King
W. B. Love
Burlington
Reynolds Tobacco Files Lobbyist Expense Figures
Reynolds Tobacco Company reports lobbying costs for the 1933 North Carolina legislature. Clay Williams of Winston-Salem received 241.51 dollars in expenses. items include 16.51 for hotel and transport, 175 for report service, and 50 for telephone calls. Other listed lobbyists include O. L. Henry, Francis J. Heazel, Paul R. Raper, and Emily J. Jones among various firms and organizations.
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Raleigh
Clay Williams
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem
Stacey W. Wade
Williams
Shipman Service Agency
Annie E. Cooper
Jones Fuller
Durham
Liggett and Myers Tobacco Company
Mortgage Service Corporation
R. Pearson Upchurch
J. Y. Jordan, Jr
Asheville
Carolina Motor Elub
North Carolina Chiropractors Association
J. Henri Brown
Kidnapping of Cincinnati Baby Stumps Police
Cincinnati police baffled by the abduction of Pansy Sneed a five week old girl from poor parents Mr and Mrs John Sneed who recently moved from Georgia. A nurse impersonator visited the home left a tip and a phony letter claiming hospital care, but no such nursery or doctor exists and investigators chase clues.
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Cincinnati
Ransey Sneed
John Sneed
Hiawassee
Georgia
Emmett D. Kirgan
Ohio River
Pansy
Sneed
Springdale Nursery
Mac Everett
MacEverett
Brewery Expansion Plans Include Charlotte Workers
David Thomas, running three Pennsylvania breweries, will be a major stockholder in a new plant. Coy Langford, Charlotte real estate man, says the facility will hire 100 Charlotte workers plus 15 to 20 seasoned brewmasters relocating from elsewhere. Equipment has been bought and will be installed upon building completion.
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David Thomas
Pennsylvania
Coy Langford
Charlotte
High Point Fire Department Receives State Certificates
Seven High Point firefighters earned North Carolina Firemen's Association certificates for completing all Fire College classes lectures and demonstrations. Assistant Chief Canady also received a four year diploma. Recipients include Womack Bodenheimer Shoemaker Fulton Sikes and Wagner with several earning Advanced Drill School certificates.
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High Point Fire Department
North Carolina Firemen's Association
Fire College
Grayson
Sherwood Brockwell
C. A. Bodenheimer
M. B
Aerial
Paul Fulton
W. M. Sikes
W. B. Wagner
Messrs. Womack
Bodenheimer
Fulton
Gikes
Wagner
A. B. Horney
L. F. Hunneycutt
E.L. Ritchie
Commercial Pool Reopens After Three-Year Closure
The Commercial pool at 206 South Main Street reopens Saturday morning for the summer season after remodeling and cleaning. It will be disinfected daily as an added feature.
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Commercial Club
South Main Street
Four Die in Altona Riots as ringleaders sentenced
Four ringleaders of the bloody Nasi Communist riots in Altona on July 17 were sentenced to death with six others to hard labor ranging from three and a half to ten years. Twelve people were killed and 50 injured when 6,000 National Socialists and Communists clashed, the worst riot of the weekend in Germany.
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Altona
Germany
Commun Jate
Doctor Barker Addresses Guilford Medical Society Dinner
Dr. Lewellyn F. Barker of Johns Hopkins university, emeritus professor, spoke at a Guilford County Medical Society dinner at the O. Henry hotel in Greensboro. He discussed numerous diseases and modern treatments, urged weight control to prevent heart and kidney trouble, and outlined a diet of about 880 calories daily with fish chicken meats and vegetables.
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Lewellyn F. Barker
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Guilford County Medical Society
O. Henry
Greensboro
Barker
Cecil and Johnson Elected Delegates To Lions Meeting
President H A Cecil and A J Koonce were chosen as delegates to the state Lions convention in Asheville on June 15 and 16 at a dinner meeting in the Elwood hotel private dining room. Bob Talbert and George Johnson were named alternates. The club agreed to join the civic amateur baseball league and to place a float in the V F W parade next Monday.
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H. A. Cecil
A. J. Koonce
Lions Clubs
Asheville
Lions Club
Elwood Hotel
Bob Talbert
George Johnson
Civic Amateur Baseball League
A. P. Samuels
Washington
Camp Uhwharrie
High Point High School Class Holds Annual Picnic
The graduating class from High Point High School held its annual senior picnic yesterday. The group traveled to Crystal Lake near Winston-Salem after leaving the school between one and two in the afternoon. They spent the afternoon swimming dancing and boating before a large picnic lunch was served. They returned to High Point shortly after seven o'clock.
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High Point High School
Crystal Lake
Winston-Salem
High Point
Stage Marriage to Feature Show at Paramount Theater
A midnight show at the Paramount theater includes a stage wedding for Hazel Yates and Raymond Hicks to be held at 12:01 a.m. The Veterans of Foreign Wars will gift $20 plus presents. Members of VFW Auxiliary ex servicemen are asked to assemble at 2 p.m. Sunday for a parade to the Memorial service at 2:30 p.m. at the theater, with the American Legion Drum and Bugle corps also joining.
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Paramount Theater
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hazel Yates
Willowbrook Street
Raymond Hicks
Asheboro Street
Vv. F. W
V. F. W. and Auxiliary
Chamber of Commerce
American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Organize Net Team Sechrest Funeral Home Tennis Group
Sechrest Funeral Home plans to form a men s tennis team to compete in an upcoming tourney. A meeting is set for Saturday afternoon at 2 80 o clock at the home to discuss the lineup. Those unable to attend should contact Ed Johnson or Joe Buchanan by Saturday night.
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Sechrest Funeral Home
Ed Johnson
Joe Buchanan
Plants Grow But Minerals Only Grow Not
A concise contrast notes that animals and plants exhibit growth and life while minerals do not grow in activity, highlighting basic differences in living versus nonliving substances.
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Arsenio Ortiz
Machado
Westinghouse
Aluminum
Cut-Rate Furniture Co
East Green
Canady
The
North Carolina Firemen’s Association
Cecil and
Johnson
Lions
Almanthe
Thoma Harnay
Trae
Th . Petes
Cleve
National Market Co
North Main
Frank
Havana
Ade
Dodgen
Twine
Veal
Selecto
Eveready
Eckerd’s
Carduss
Sal Hepatica
Black Draught
Petrolagar
Alophen
Thermos
Edna Wallace Heers
Val
Bic
Woodbury Soap
Fitch
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