Mrs Mary Jones dies after illness in High Point
Mrs Mary Jones 53 died at home 903 East Commerce this morning at 12 25 following an illness of ten days with pneumonia. Born in Sampson County she came to High Point in 1930. Survived by five daughters Thelma Hughes Flora Jones T L Yelverton S C Ellis and W J McClen a son W B Jones 12 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral Thursday at Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial in family ground in Sampson County.
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Mary Jones
East Commerce
Yelock
Sampson Coun
Felix
Mary Leon King
B. Jones
Hope
Dunn
High Point
Sampson County
Thelma Hughes
Flora Jones
High 1
T. L. Yelverton
Deboro
C. Ellis
W. J. McClen
Clinton
W. B
L. King
G. W. Felix King
King
Carr, N. C
B. King
Mary , King
O. L. Ruth
Pilgrimy Holiness Church
City jail suit denies prisoner injuries claim
Curtis sues the city for 5000 alleging injuries after a fellow prisoner attacked him in the city jail on November 18 1933. City answers deny confinement on the concrete floor and say they cannot confirm claims about another prisoner in the cell or prior searches.
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Curtis
Grover Jones
Armstrong
Long Distance Calls Limited To Three Minutes
Telegraph and telephone lines were stretched as a fast moving rush of calls left the local exchange hours behind. Western Union wires to Greensboro were busy while the Pos. planned to restore direct wire service via Greensboro and used messenger service. Thomasville relied on messenger service. Enterprise restored normal wire service and AP report was available.
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Western Union
Greensboro
Momenly
Thomasville
Messervice
Enterprise
Associated Press
Greensboro Bank Placed Under State Liquidation Orders
The North Carolina Industrial Bank of Greensboro was seized by the State bank department for liquidation. Commissioner Gur ney P. Hood says by Sunday all banks under restrictions must finalize reorganization or liquidate, with about twenty banks affected and the full list to be announced.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina Industrial Bank of
Greensboro
State Bank Department
Gurney P. Hood
State Bank
Asheboro Woman R E Betts Dies After Illness
Mrs R E Betts 55 of Asheboro dies after brief illness in local hospital. Survived by husband eight children Charlie Walter James Clarence Betts Mrs L McPherson of Lexington and Ruth Betts. funeral Sunday time to be announced. Daughter of Jonathan Steed Miss Mattie Steed is noted in the obituary.
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Asheboro
Mar
R. BE. Betts
Mattie Steed
Jonathan Steed
Charlie
Walter
James
Clarence Betts
L. McPherson
Lexington
Arriett
Margaret
Ruthie Betts
Glenn Hughes Bound Over in Hudson Case
Asheboro reports Glenn Hughes bound over to Randolph Superior Court on a first degree murder charge after a magistrate hearing before L. C. Phillips. He is charged with shooting W. C. Hudson the night of February 14. Two witnesses testified Hudson died hours after the shooting and Hughes allegedly admitted the act.
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Asheboro
Mar
Glen Hughes
Rudolph Superior Court
L. C. Phillips
W. C. Hudson
Hudson
Hughes
Wall Street in Worrying Mood
Financial markets showed intermittent chills as the day began with sluggish trading and a selling wave. Classes of stocks were high priced by earnings, wheat and cotton paused, bonds mixed, and foreign exchange steady while optimism rose over a Toledo automotive strike truce with wage gains and union recognition.
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New York
Mar
Wall Street
Toledo
Careys’ Father Critical With Pneumonia At Charleston Home
Thomas F. Carey of Charleston is critically ill with pneumonia at his daughter's home on West College Drive where he has visited for weeks. Another daughter, Mrs. Clarence Lunz, also of Charleston, is at the bedside.
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Thomas F. Carey
Charleston
Horace G. Ilderton
West College Drive
Clarence Lunz
Moravian Pastor Accepts Indianapolis Call
Bishop J K Pfohl announced that Rev Donald Conrad, pastor of Greensboro First Moravian Church since 1929, will accept a call to the First Moravian Church in Indianapolis Ind and will begin his new assignment April 1.
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Winston-Salem
J. K. Pfohi
Southern Moravian Church
Donald Conrad
Greensboro
Indianapolis
Ind
Family Seeks Husband Who Drove Off With Children
Gastonia March 1 Mrs Vance Lawrence seeks help locating her husband who left their home Monday with their three children Fred 15 Edith 13 and Alma 11 no trace of the man or the youngsters has been found to date.
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Gastonia
Mar
Vance Lawrence
Fred
Edith
Alma
Funeral services for Gordon Austin held after body found
Lenoir reports the frozen body of Gordon Austin 651 a farmer found yesterday in an out building near his home. Funeral services are today. he leaves a widow and seven children. The item also notes annual soap usage in the United States at over 3,000,000,000 pounds.
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Lenoir
Mar
Gordon Austin
United States
Abduction Confession Reported By Chicago Police
A Chicago police station report states Phillips alias Free Mayo admitted to attempting an abduction. Police say he named an aide in Davenport Iowa during questioning. Authorities compare the case to a plan involving a wealthy publisher and a hotel hold for forty thousand dollars.
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Thwartec
Caries
Phillips
Free Mayo
Chicago
P Adier
Davenport
Ima Ior
Rotary’s Growth Traced by Sykes in Local Talk
Rev Tom A Sykes addressed the Rotary club detailing 29 years of Rotary history and its expansion beyond a luncheon club. He noted the movement’s second wind and its broad reach among diplomats politicians and varied professions. The first act of service cited was buying a horse for an orphanage in Chicago. Guest George Richardson of Farina IL attended.
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Rotary
Tom A. Sykes
Rotary Club
Tony
Chicago
George Richardson
Farina
Ill
Mecklenburg approves eight gymnasiums with CWA aid
Charlotte plans eight school gymnasiums in Mecklenburg county costing about 64 000 dollars with Civil Works Administration funds. School officials report the project has been approved and funds secured.
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Charlotte
Mar
Mecklenburg County
CWA
Doumergue Gets Tariff Powers in French Budget
Paris March 1 The French parliament approved the 1934 budget with a nine million franc surplus and granted Premier Doumergue dictatorial powers to enforce economies and to negotiate tariffs. The chamber vote was 458 to 132 and the senate 284 to 15.
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Paris
France
Gaston Doumergue
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Doumergue
Dern Attacks Plans To Expand Army Aviation
Secretary Dern denounced two bills aimed at expanding U S Army aviation, calling them "beyond any sane estimate" and "one-sided" as he attacked a House committee proposal to add thousands of new planes, signaling a rift with lawmakers and warning the air force buildout could imply militarism or imminent war.
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Washington
Mar
Dern
War Department
House Military Affairs Committee
McSwain
Army
Premier frees hands to press Stavisky banking scandal
The premier today urged a full investigation into the Stavisky banking scandal after a municipal pawnshop failure in Bayonne led to $40,000,000 in investor losses. The move aims to quell unrest in and out of parliament and address urgent foreign policy issues.
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Stavisky
Bayonne
Veterans aid bills stalled as House prerogative delays action
Washington reports House leaders blocked early reconsideration of a 62 million dollar agriculture department appropriation affecting veterans payments. Senate filibusters targeted naval construction and Philippine independence discussions. NRA board urged a ban on company unions and a permanent labor board while Weirton Steel case moved to justice for action. The administration planned further business measures as President pushed ahead.
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Washington
Mar
House
Senate
Rainey
Agriculture Department
King
Utah
Wagner
NRA National Labor Board
Labor Board
Weirton Steel Company
Weirton
W. Va
Department of Justice
NRA
Oak Hill School To Open Tomorrow After Power Restored
All city schools operated today except Oak Hill where pupils were sent home due to no current. Superintendent T W Andrews said workmen are restoring connections and Oak Hill will be opened tomorrow. The furnace will be fired tonight for comfort. William Penn High, closed yesterday for power, operated today.
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Oak Hill
T. W. Andrews
William Penn
Death of Evelyn Smith 9-Year-Old in influenza outbreak
Evelyn Smith nine died at her parents home at 8 15 this morning after influenza complications. A Ray Street School fourth grader she was born June 9 1924 to D Waring Smith and Mary Harvey Smith. Survived by parents a brother and four grandparents with funeral plans unsettled.
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Evelyn Smith
D. Waring Smith
Evelyn
Ray Street School
D. Waring
Mary Harvey Smith
D. Waring Smith, Jr
Clarence A. Smith
B. 7
Harvey
Financial advisers weigh in on proposed intermediate banks
The article notes that officials would hear from financial advisers regarding the plan for intermediate industrial banks to provide capital loans.
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