Broadway's Most Stable Season Opens With a Flamboyant Host
George Ross profiles Major Francis A. C. Forbes Leith FRSC BARC, a versatile figure who mixes espionage era tales with bar life. The ex soldier and Persian affairs expert has worked as a Waldorf-Astoria wine steward, culinary adviser, and rug expert while claiming ties to King Philip of Portugal and Lawrence of Arabia.
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New York
Asis
Ajor Francis A. C. Forbes
Pon
Kinghilip
Portugal
Dunsterville
Kipling
Stalky
Lawrence of Arabia
Chicago
Waldorf-Astoria
Christopher Morley
Sadar Akram
Persia
State Department
Bar
America
Mountain Music promises funnest year with grand music
Packed with roars and laughter, Mountain Music is a grand comedy filled with music. Included in the cast is Rafe Davis, ex-Oklahoma cotton chopper who is rapidly becoming one of America’s favorite comedians.
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Rafe Davis
Oklahoma Cotton Chopper
America
Girl Admits Having Second Husband To Aid Fired Ensign
Beulah Kathleen Woolard states she married a Georgia Tech senior in 1984 to help Charles A. Nash Jr. regain Navy status after Nash was expelled for marrying while at Annapolis. She says she later married Nash in 1985 at South Mills North Carolina and plans divorce, revealing the prior marriage to explain legitimacy concerns.
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Ensign
Baltimore
Beulah Kathleen Woolard
Navy
Georgia Tech
Glenville
Oren Anderson
Tech
Charles A
Chuck” Nash, Jr
Chuck
Naval
South Mills
N. C
Naval Academy
Annapolis
Academy
Adams charges violation act in hosiery labor dispute
Hary J. Adams district manager of the Federation of Hosiery Workers said the Wagner Act violation charges were filed with the labor relations board against Nebel Knitting Mills in Charlotte. He reported Nebel employs about 350 workers and has interfered with organizing efforts and tried to intimidate workers seeking union membership.
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Charlotte
Hary J. Adams
High Point
Virginia- Carolinas
Federation of Hosiery Workers
The
Nations Labor Relations Board
Nebel Knitting Mille
Adams
Committee For Industrial Organization
Nebel Mills
Nebel
Rhododendron Festival Ends With Carnival Ball
Asheville closes its tenth Rhododendron Festival tonight with a carnival program and a ball honoring 14 state sponsors. A mutt fog parade occurred this morning as Frank Parker and Miss Elvira Bryson were crowned festival king and queen at last night’s coronation.
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Asheville
Frank Parker
Elvira Bryson
Firms Granted Bus Franchises
The state utilities commission granted bus franchises to Atlantic Greyhound lines for Mocksville to Salisbury via Cooleemee and to Queen City Coach for Shelby to Salisbury via Cherryville Lincolnton and Mooresville. O Woodie received a line from West Jefferson to Salisbury via Jefferson, Sparta, Roaring Gap, Elkin, Booneville, Yadkinville and Mocksville. Petitions for Salisbury to Shelby on U S highway 150 and Salisbury to Mooresville were refused.
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State Ubilities Commission
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
Mockeville
Salisbury
Cooleemee
Queen City Coach Company
Shelby
Cherryville
Lincolnton
Mooresville
O. Woodie
West Jefferson
Jfferson
Sparta
Roaring Gap
Elkin
Booneville
Yadkinville
Mocksville
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Atlantic Greyhound
North Carolina Coal Merchants Hold Convention
The North Carolina Retail Coal Merchants ended their annual convention in Durham with a golf tournament and a sight seeing tour. New officers named were W. S. Burrus of Raleigh president J A Vinson of Goldsboro vice president and Miss Bertha Cates of Burlington treasurer.
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Durham
North Carolina
W. S. Burrus
Raleigh
J. A. Vinson
Goldsboro
Bertha Cates
Burlington
Evasive Antelope The Giant African Bongo
The bongo, Africa s largest antelope, is famed for its fleet, handsome form and jungle habitat. Hunters have trapped only two live specimens. a dozen were killed for museums. Its spiral horns appear on both sexes and camouflaged stripes help it blend in bamboo forests.
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Africa
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NEA Service, Inc
Community Notes and Social Gatherings in Deep River
The Deep River Friends held their monthly church meeting with a small attendance as yearly reports were read. Clarence Farington was surprised with a birthday party Saturday night hosted by local youth with a pink and white decorated dining room and a large cake. Several local residents visited or hosted guests from nearby towns including High Point Archdale Jamestown Raleigh Guilford College and King. Colon Jordan son of Mr and Mrs Hubert Jordan remains convalescent after a fall and polio illness.
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of Friends
Clarence Farington
Clara Ward
Reidsville
Letty Jordan
Faye Yates
High Point
Eva Thornton
M. C. Henley
Raleigh
Walter Grantham
Guilford College
Jimmie Hayes
Shirley Ann
John Slate
King, N. C
W. F. Wheeler
Colon
Hubert Jordan
Reprieves Granted for Three Awaiting Death Row
RALEIGH June 18 Three men sentenced to die today were reprieved for 30 days as death row at the state prison is being renovated. The men are Reed Coffey an Ayer county white man and George Exum a Wayne county Negro both convicted of murder, and William Jackson a Forsyth county Negro convicted of criminal assault.
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Raleigh
State's Prison
Reed Coffey
Ayer County
George Exum
Wayne County
William Jackson
Forsyth County
Kellogg’s All-Bran Promised Relief for Constipation
A Pennsylvanian resident claims forty years of constipation improved after using Kellogg’s All-Bran. The ad urges daily two tablespoonful servings with meals, citing high fiber and water absorption to ease waste buildup and support digestion, promising safe use and vitamins.
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I. H. Rendle
F. D
Lancaster
Penna
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