Veterans Cash In Bonus Bonds At Local Post Office
World War veterans lined up at the High Point Post Office to cash bonus certificates. By noon $143,600 had been turned in with $100,000 yesterday and $43,500 last night. Bonds are sent to Asheville for checks, with 36 hours turnaround. Veterans plan spending on homes, furniture, clothing, and paying debts as checks arrive Friday.
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High Point
S. C. Clark
Asheville
Clark
Greensboro
Weather outlook for North and South Carolina
North Carolina sees slightly warmer conditions tonight with partly cloudy skies on Thursday and possible scattered showers in the mountains and far north. South Carolina remains generally fair tonight with clouds in the north Thursday and clearing in the afternoon.
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North Carolina
South Carolina
Street Railway Trackage Dispute Moves to Court
Judge Teague ordered Duke Power and the High Point Thomasville and Denton Railroad to appear in municipal court Monday afternoon to show cause why an injunction against street railway usage should not be granted. City officials seek to halt use while a final hearing is set amid long running concerns over West Russell street condition.
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Duke Power Company
H. P. T. & D. Railroad
Ormarinas
Lewis E. Teague
High Point
Thomasville
Denton
Russell Street
Grover H. Jones
James B. Lovelace
Arthur Kirkman
C. F. Tomlinson
Tomlinson
F. Logan Porter
Judge Teague
Power Company
Railroad
West Russell Street
Congress hopes to end Saturday after Fletcher death
Washington June 17 Congress aims to adjourn by Saturday night after the death of Senator Duncan A. Fletcher. Leaders push to finish the tax and relief bills, with the House prepared to act on deficiency appropriation of 1.425 billion dollars. Recesses due to Fletcher’s death may slow final action on the Guffey substitute and ship subsidy measures.
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Washington
Senate
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
Congress
House
Robinson
Chamber
Capitol
Bankhead
Fletcher
Man Rides Bull to Texas Centennial Arrival
Roy Franklin of Amherst rode a Jersey bull named Toe 600 miles to Dallas Texas. He left home 47 days ago and planned to reach the Texas centennial by evening as he neared the outskirts of Dallas.
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Dallas
Tex
Roy Franklin
Amherst
Flogging Victims Stay Home After Arkansas Incident
The Rev Claude Williams from Little Rock and Willie Sue Blagden of Memphis said six men flogged them near Earle Arkansas during a probe into a suspected killing tied to a cotton workers strike. They will not file formal complaints now as lawyers confer, with sheriff saying he has little to go on.
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Memphis
Tenn
Claude Williams
Little Rock
Ark
Earle
Willie Sue Blagden
Williams
Miss Blagden
Southern Tenant Farmers’ Union
Arkansas
Howard Carlin
Crittenden County
Gasoline Tax Protested By AAA In Louisiana
Motor club representatives at an American Automobile Association conference in Lake Charles protested a Louisiana bill to levy a 2 cent gasoline tax to fund a social security program. The resolution called the plan vicious discrimination against automobile owners.
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Lake Lare
Motor Club
American Automobile Association
Louisiana
Child Hillery Tucker Killed by Automobile
In Winston Salem on June 17 a six year old named Hillery Tucker died after being struck by an automobile. Police investigations are pending as the community mourns.
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Winston-Salem
Hillery Tucker
Efforts Made To Separate Two South China Provinces
Hong Kong report states the central government offered promises of political compromise and financial reward to divide Kwangtung and Kwangsi. Chiang Kai-shek aims to win Kwantung support and split southern ranks in a move to isolate anti-Nanking forces amid broader tensions with Japan.
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South China Provinces
Hong Kong
Nanking
Kwangtung
Kwangsi
South China
Chiang Kai-Shek
Battle Over Two-Thirds Rule Splits Solid South
Atlanta June 17 A party split emerged over proposals to abrogate the Democratic two thirds nomination rule as delegates and leaders from the solid South weighed the issue. Texas and Arkansas oppose abrogation while Virginia and Florida leaders show support for keeping the rule. Louisiana North Carolina and Mississippi offered cautious or undetermined positions.
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Atlanta
Solid South
Tor
Philadelphia
Bennett Champ Clark
Missouri
Clark
Champ Clark
Woodrow Wilson
Claude Sapp
Columbia
South Carolina
Cormac Cochran
Tennessee Democratic Executive Committee
Bibb Graves
Alabama
Marion Allen
Georgia
Sam Battles
Oklahoma
Louisiana
North Carolina
Mississippi
Dunkelberger Sets Tourney Pace In Southern Amateur
Bobby Dunkelberger of High Point North Carolina posted a strong 152 total to secure a spot in the championship division of the Southern Amateur after pacing the field in the final round. Henry Castillo of Panama City Florida shot a 69 the only sub par round of the day at Memphis Country Club. Dunkelberger opened with 113 for 27 holes and finished with 39 on the back nine.
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Memphis
Tenn
Panama City
Fla
Henry Castillo
Memphis Country Club
Bobby Dunkelberger
High Point
N. C
Dunkelberger
Buying Stride Slowed Amid Light Profit-Taking
New York June 17 Industrial specialties on rails held a buying stride at the open with several issues languishing under light profit-taking. The list showed potential moves though the pace slowed as gains were realized. Bonds remained firm while commodities and foreign currencies were mixed.
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New York
Firemen Navigate Bee Swarm In Fire Station
In Rock Island on June 17 the No 4 station firefighters faced a bee invasion when a queen bee entered the sleeping quarters. The crew evacuated as a swarm took over the station, prompting a humorous yet tricky pest control incident.
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Rock Island
No. 4 Station
Public Debt Of United States At Record Peak
The U S gross public debt rose to a record 34 381 855 807 dollars after a June 15 treasury turnover. New borrowing reached 1 106 000 000 dollars with 1 025 000 000 of securities to retire maturing obligations and 850 bonds issued for the soldier bonus of about 1 600 000 000 dollars.
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Washington
the Treasury
Henry Walthall Taken By Death
Hollywood veteran Henry B. Walthall died in a sanitarium at Monrovia California at age 55 He was the star of Birth of a Nation and later revived stage work after the talkies His widow Mary Charleston Walthall and daughter Mary Patricia survive He was a Shelby City Alabama native and began screen work in 1910 under D W Griffiths direction
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Alabama
Hollywood
Calif
Henry B. Walthall
Shelby City
Ala
Pasteur Sanitarium
Monrovia
Henry Miller
D. W. Griffith
Walthall
Mary Charleston Walthall
Mary Patricia
Attempted Prison Break At Virginia Penitentiary
Virginia State Penitentiary officials launched a probe into an abortive escape by eight long term convicts. Guard Powhatan Bass was killed and guard Robert Reams and convict Oscar Fields were injured as the group seized a prison truck during recreation hour and tried to breach the yard gate.
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Richmond
Virginia State Penitentiary
Powhatan D. Bass
C. H. Smith
Pententiary Yard
Bass
Robert G. Reams
Oscar Fields
Penitentiary Yard
Bones found beside highway near Lexington Tenn
Sheriff J P Chalk investigated a grisly discovery along a highway near Lexington Tennessee. A brown paper bag contained a skull and several toes and fingers, indicating possible mutilation and a death about ten days prior.
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Lexington
Tenn
J. P. Chalk
Here
Chalk
Three Men Found Bodies on Reef Near Nassau
Reports from anagua island in the Bahamas say three white men were found dead beside a small vessel wrecked on a reef. The wreck may be the Siripat, an English boat reported stolen from Grimsby six weeks ago by a party seeking buried gold.
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Nassau
N. P
Nagua Island
Bahamas
Grimsby
England
Florida Senator Fletcher Dies Suddenly in Washington
Florida's Duncan U. Fletcher, a 77 year old senator since 1909 and chairman of the banking and currency committee, died suddenly at his Washington home. He was a leading Democrat with a term due to end in 1939, sharing long service with Senator Borah and Senator Smith.
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Duncan U. Fletcher
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Washington
Florida
Senate
Fletcher
Banking and Currency
Borah
Idaho
Smith
South Carolina
Fletcher Fifteenth to Die This Session
The death of Senator Duncan A. Fletcher was announced as the fifteenth congress member to die since the start of the seventy fourth session. Dr George Calver, the capital physician, attributed rising death rates to high tension and the demanding routine of congressional life.
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Washington
George Calver
Capital
Duncan A. Fletcher
Congress
Park Trammell Dies After Service in May
The veteran senator Park Trammell died May 8 after a service since 1917. He awoke feeling well this morning but grew ill before 10 a.m. and died at 10:30 a.m. EST from coronary thrombosis. Only the physician and a maid were present. Mrs. Fletcher and daughter Nell Smith-Gordon were in the apartment. The senate planned to adjourn near the noon sitting out of respect.
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Park Trammell
Fletcher
Nell Smith-Gordon
Senate
Two Overcome By Alaska Heat Wave
In Fairbanks Alaska on June 17 residents battled a fierce heat wave. Seward reported an unofficial 108 degrees the territory’s highest reading. Two people were overcome in Seward while foresters fought a forest fire threatening Homer about 100 miles away.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Sewards Ice Box
Seward
Homer
Tropical Storm Gains New Vigor
The tropical storm sweeping Florida floods moved northeastward gaining strength. It was centered northeast of Bermuda after hitting 44 mile per hour winds on Bermuda, as it pursued a new course across the North Atlantic.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Florida
North Atlantic
Bermuda
Dead Negro Found Alive In Arkansas
Governor Futrell said Sheriff Howard Carlin reported Frank Weems a 40 year old sharecropper, presumed dead after a union dispute, is alive. He said the claim of a fatal beating and a mock funeral organized by H L Mitchell and allies was propaganda.
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Little Rock
Ark
Futrell
Howard Carlin
Crittenden County
Frank Weems
Southern
Tenant Farmer Union
Carlin
Weems
H. L. Mitchell
Southern Tenant Farmers Union
Curlin
Mayor Voisine says life threatened by Black Legion
Detroit June 17 Mayor William Voisine of Ecorse said he has been shadowed and threatened with a pistol at his belt. He spoke after appearing in Recorder's court where three men accused of plotting to kill him last autumn were to be examined. Voisine and his armed guards reported the hooded warning by telephone on June 6.
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Detroit
William W. Volsine
Ecorse
Black Legion
Voisine
Recorder's Court
Arthur F. Kingsley
Highland Park
Hoey Attacks McDonald In North Carolina Primary
Clyde Hoey denounces Ralph McDonald and his tax program saying promises have collapsed and his liquor stance did a complete somersault in the governor race. McDonald trails Hoey by over 4,000 votes with a July 4 runoff looming.
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Raleigh
Clyde Hoey
Ralph McDonald
McDonald
Hoey
Barbers to Host Winston-Salem Papal Convention
The Tate Association of Master Barbers plans a papal convention in Winston-Salem, with dates proposed for September. The event aims to unite barbers under a shared charter and discuss professional standards.
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Winston-Salem
Tate Association of Master Barbers
French Government Faces Additional Complications
Paris reports rising leftist calls for action against 700000 armed rightists ready to march on Paris. Croix De Feu leadership sparks political tension as Senate debates wage currency devaluation. Prime Minister Blum defends labor reforms amid criticism and a pointed comparison to Roosevelt’s U S policy.
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Paris
Croix de Feu
Fiery Cross
Popular Front
de la Rocque
Leon Blum
Senate
Roosevelt
United States
Davis Balks at Farm Plank in Republican Platform
Chester Davis criticizes the party farm plank alleging it would throttle international trade. He warns that restricting agricultural imports and using government bargaining to dispose of surpluses mimic European nationalism and harm US exports.
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Memphis
Tenn
Chester Davis
United States
South
Chamber of Comm
Davis
America
Selec
Progressives Plan Conference After Democratic Conventions
Washington June 17 Senator La Follette Progressive said a conference of Progressives would be called shortly after the national conventions to consider action in the coming 1936 campaign. The statement did not name any third party.
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Washington
la Follette Prog
Vention
Ingu
Conference of Progressi
Miss Beulah Goode Die After Tongue Bite At Georgetown
In Georgetown on June 17 Miss Beulah Goode died after biting her tongue while chewing. The incident left her unable to speak for several days before death.
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Georgetown
Authorities To Exhume Body In Probe Of Deaths
Health authorities prepare to exhume Fred Halgad 60 of Ludlow as part of a probe into fifty deaths linked by a trial justice to speculation in insurance. At Escopee district court Judge J Kirby ordered a reopening inquest into Jacob Znoj 40 and Bob Halgas, first believed hit and run victim, who died of a heart attack. The district attorney and trial justice want a thorough investigation beyond these cases and over the past 15 years.
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Springfield
Mass
Fred Halgad
Ludlow
Escopee
J Kirby
Jacob Znoj
Bob Halgas
Znoj
Thomas F
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York Tee
Antonio
Francisco Ee
Earle, Ark
AAA
Kwantung
Chiang
Kwangéi
China
Yangtse River
Henry Walthall
Solon
U. S
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