Court Alters Rulings in Civil Appeals and Disbars
Opinion list shows Mears versus Board of Education Buncombe affirmed while Brittain disbarred upon appeal. Covington versus Dr James reversed. Loans and Insurance vs Parmele affirmed. Parker affirmed. Graham versus Floye reversed. State versus Alston granted new trial. Silvertown Stores vs Caesar reversed. Patterson vs Southern Railway affirmed. One undecided civil case carried to fall term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heriot Harrison
Ostices Stacy
J. W. Winborne
Mears
Mecklenburg
Covington
Dr. James
Richmond
Loan and Insurance Company Plal
Parmele
New Hanover
H. R. Parker
Guilford
Graham
Floye
Robeson
State
Alston
Durham
Silvertown
Caesar Et al
Forsyth
Patterson
Southern Railway Company Et al
Alamance
Swinson Delivers Tent Revival Sermon on Homes in High Point
Evangelist Rev. James B. Swinson urged listeners at a South Main Street tent revival to "set your house in order" addressing drunkard, gambling, and crooked homes in High Point. He urged reaching sinners for Christ and training children in the way they should go.
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James B. Swinson
South Main Street
High Point
Mr. Swinson
Christ
Jesus
Evangelist
Innocence Plead by Alleged Spies in New York
Four indicted on espionage charges pleaded innocent in federal court. They were held on 25 000 bail each as bench warrants were issued for fourteen others, many believed to be in the army or connected to German officers including Johanna Hofmann Guenther Guest Ruh Erich Glaser and Otto H Voss among others at Mitchel Field aviation post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vincent L. Liebell
Pee
Johanna Hofmann
Europa
Guenther
Ruh
Erich Glaser
Mitchel Field
Otto H. Voss
Roper Prophesies Business Upswing This Summer
Secretary Roper stated in Washington that business statistics point to a summer or fall upturn. He noted clearing economic anxieties, urged premier leaders to act, and referenced plans for plant expansion. He cited rising farm crops and ample credit as indicators of growth.
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Washington
Roper
Ress
Milk theft suspect clue found in childlike note
Detectives in Kenosha Wisconsin pursue a milk theft case after a milk wagon driver found an empty bottle with a childish note requesting chocolate milk reading we like that better. The note suggests a possible clue from a young thief in the residential area.
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Kenosha
Wis
Oldest Man Alive Seeks Lively Memoir Of Napoleon Era
Sheik Rafal Rabai, living in Cairo, recalls being 12 in 1786 when Frederick the Great died. He claims to have seen Napoleon in Egypt near the pyramids late in the 19th century and vividly remembers Napoleon's victory over the Mame. At 164 he remains healthy with a full set of teeth.
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Sheik Rafal Rabai
Cairo
Frederick the Great
Prussia
Napoleon
Egypt
Pyramids
Guards Patrol Mansion Of 5 And 10 Heiress
London guarded the mansion of Countess Barbara Hutton Haughts Reventlow after reports of a kidnapping threat against her two year old son Count Lance Haugwitz Reventlow. Guards and locked gates surrounded the property as Scotland Yard checked ports for suspects and a nurse wheeled the child through the grounds.
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London
Barbara Hutton Haughts-Reventlow
United States
Lance Haugwitz-Reventlow
Scotland Yard
Woolworth
Lance
Britain
Viscount Nuffield
Regent’s Park
India
Denmark
France
Alexis Mdivani
Reno
Spain
North Carolina Bankers foresee prosperity during shipboard convention
I M Bailey of Raleigh predicted unprecedented prosperity and security for banking in a speech aboard the S S Reliance during the North Carolina Bankers Association 42nd annual convention. The group, leaving New York, will tour Havana with the ship docking in Norfolk Sunday and New York Monday as the Reliance continues its voyage.
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S&s
New York
Bailey
North Carolina
General Assembly
Frank P. Spruill
Rocky Mount
J. N. Coburn
Whiteville
Agricultural Committee
Havana
Reliance
Norfolk
Engine heat cutoff mat for rubber floor cover
A fiber mat placed under the gray rubber floor covering helps keep engine heat out of the car. The mat acts as insulation, reducing heat transfer and protecting interior components.
Heiress Faces Security Fear Escorted by Detectives Abroad
An heiress and her husband, then newlyweds, chose to live in Europe fearing American kidnappers. She explained she was afraid of kidnappers and tired of guards, while in Copenhagen the husband called it a relief to escape constant escort by detectives in the United States.
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Europe
Copenhagen
United States
Roan Baptist Convention Plans Roanoke Mt Vernon Visit
The Sunday School and B Y P U convention of the Roan Baptist Association will convene at Mt Vernon Baptist Church from Tuesday June 28 to Friday July 1. It will bring a large number of young people and workers to the city.
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Roan Baptist Association
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Answer Filed in $142 000 Action Over Cemetery Commissions
Floral Garden Cemetery Company files an answer in municipal court denying that C. H. Daniels sold 9 lots or placed 100 options. The firm says 10 percent of earnings are set aside for perpetual care, debt reduced to 2850 dollars, and claims Daniels quit his job breaching the contract. The suit seeks 142000 dollars for alleged commissions on 3600 lots at 100 dollars each with 37 1 2 percent due.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Floral Garden Cemetery Company
C. H. Daniels
Daniels
Daniela
Morgan
Johnston County Voters Seen Staying Democratic in November
Raleigh dispatch notes Democratic fears of a GOP swing in Johnston County over the primary conduct. Past results show Johnston leaned Democratic since 1936, with 1936 Governor votes 9,554 for Hoey and 5,535 for Grissom, and GOP gains in earlier years not persisting recently.
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Raleigh
Johnston
G.O.P
Clyde R. Hoey
William Grissom
Isaac M. Meekins
A. W. McLean
H. F. Seawell
Triump
C. Max Gardner
Ehringhaus
Pitt Sheriff Whitehurst Accepts Ouster Decision
The Pitt County sheriff resigns as Democratic nominee for November, ending a dispute that cost voters and taxpayers. County commissioners faced ouster pressure, and the affair left many involved as losers, though a path to a fresh start may emerge for Pitt. Baptist churches in western North Carolina sponsor a Missionary and Sunday Convention at St. Paul Holiness Church on Pearson Street starting Thursday at 10 AM with church leaders and delegates.
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Pitt
Whitehurst
St. Paul Holiness
St. Paul Holiness Church
Pearson Street
Eugene Tanner to Sing at St Stephen Friday Night
Eugene Tanner, a rising vocalist in Winston-Salem, will perform at St Stephen A M E Zion Church Friday evening June 24 at 8 15 oclock. The invitation invites all to attend the program.
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Eugene Tanner
T. Stephen
Winston-Salem
St. Stephen A. M
Zion Church
John Irving Passes Suddenly in Sedgefield
John Irving, longtime trusted employee of Mrs. J. H. Adams of Sedgefield, died suddenly this morning at 10 o clock after a brief illness. Born in Bennetsville, D C, he leaves several relatives in that area. Funeral plans were not finalized and will be announced later this afternoon.
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John Irving
J. H. Adams
Sedgefield
Mr. Irving
Bennettsville
D. C
Doubles on Trump Length Alone May Turn Out Costly
Doubles based only on opponent trump length often fail to deter declarer. The article notes that even with a length advantage in the opponents trump suit, the declarer can win top cards and finish the play, making such penalty doubles risky and potentially costly.
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Trump
Bridge Hands and Trump Endplay in Southern New York Tourney
In a Southern New York State Tournament in Binghamton, Mrs. Flaherty of Binghamton beat a superior trump position by careful play, foiling East and West’s plans. Her anticipated form at Eagle Bay Adirondack Championships July 8 to 10 is highlighted as a likely contestant. West opened with bidding and Fast expected trump tricks, but a sequence of ruffs, clubs, diamonds, and end plays allowed North’s precise defense to secure the win despite East and West taking two clubs and one trump trick.
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Trump
East
North
Flaherty
Binghamton
N. Y
New York
Hinghamton
Eagle Bay
West
Fast
Deaclarer
Declarer
Thirty Seven Dead in Mil waukee Olympian Train Crash
Miles City Montana June 22 Officials counted 7 known dead as the Milwaukee Road Olympian crash near Custer Creek neared its end. Workers recovered three more bodies from a submerged car after entry attempts, with Don Hanscom among the identified victims. In total 81 bodies were recovered and the coroner attributed the derailment to flood waters.
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Miles City
Mont
Custer Creek
Dean Hanscom
Dollar Line Steamship Official
New York
Don
Yellowstone
Chicago
Tacoma
Wash
Georgia Supreme Court sustains local option liquor act
Atlanta June 22 The Georgia Supreme Court today upheld the state local option liquor act. The court dismissed all prohibitionist objections and ruled the act lies within the governor s call summoning the extraordinary session of the General Assembly last November.
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Atlanta
Georgia Supreme Court
General Assembly
Last Pithole Resident Removed After Oil Boom Ghost Town Declines
In Titusville Pennsylvania Charles Birchell 86 was taken to a hospital with 20 gashes from his pet dog after Pithole once home to 18000 oil workers lost its last resident. The town's final building a church was razed two years ago.
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Associated Press
Titusville
Pithole
Pennsylvania
Charles Birchell
Knox Heads to Atlanta for PWA talks
City Manager BH. M. Knox left for Atlanta to confer with regional PWA officers. He plans to meet Keith Kelsey chief engineer of Murray and Flood New York firm and expects to return to High Point Thursday.
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Knox
Atlanta
BH. M. Knox
PWA
Keith Kelsey
Murray and Flood, Inc
New York
Georgia City
High Point
Now It Can Be Told Lincolnville Poston Explains Late Meeting
In Lincolnville Indiana on November 19 1901 relatives arriving by train at 1015 PM were not met by R W Poston. A remodeled former post office building yielded a late postcard from relatives advising arrival time. The message arrived about 47 years after the event.
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Lincolnville
Ind
R. W. Poston
Poston
Run-off Granted To J. B Coats In Johnston County
Raleigh June 22 Attorney General Harry McMullan ruled that a recount in Johnston County Democratic primary votes entitles J. B. Coats to call for a run-off with R. T. Fulghum. The recount showed Wallace 6022, Fulghum 4295, Coats 4097, Hobbs 3010.
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Raleigh
Harry McMullan
Johnston County
J. B. Coats
State House of Representatives
R. T. Fulghum
Johnston Board of Elections
Lawrence Wallace
Fulghum
State Board .of Elections
Wallace
McMullan
Coats
E. G. Hobbs
Marriage and film codes cited in old censorship note
A historical text outlines prohibitions on how marriages, tenement life, and crime scenes may be depicted in films. It bans ministerial-only weddings by judges or peace officers, avoids graphic tenement dirt, censors phrases like here we go again, and restricts explicit violence and nudity in depictions.
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Tobo
Crooken
Ontario Censorship Moves Across Screen Content
The Hays office blocked lines in Mr Champ and Pour's a Crowd for implying sexual advances. Columbia scrapped Burke in a planned title after a memo citing English connotations. Theresa Helburn replied questioning Burke's peerage as alternative.
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Ontario
Mr. Champ
Columbia
Burke
Hays Office
Theresa Helburn
Theatre Guild
England
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Parol Flynn
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Lady xX
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Swinson
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Invisible Menace
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Karloff
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Sydney,Nova Scotia
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Allan Smith
Alfred Smith
Albert Smith
Alexa Smith
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Rube Mills
Mineola
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I. M. Bailey
Biltmore Wee Country Club
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N. C
Marta Barnett
Miami
Fla
Colored News
Baptist Young People In Convention
Cemetery Company Answers
Capital Shorts
Henry Averill
Baptist Churches’ of
Western North Carolina
McKenney
William £. McKenney
American Contract Bridge League
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la Pass
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J. B Coats
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Snow
Trever Poole
Carolinas
Billy Joe Paiton
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Sedge Field
Ansel Snow
Jack Hill
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