Trio Freed of Robbery Charge in Oregon
Eli Cagle Jr and Marshall Earn both of Salisbury North Carolina and Stanley Borden of Olympia Washington were acquitted by a circuit court jury of robbery without a weapon. They were accused of taking 31 dollars from Dallas Texas jewelry salesman Reed D Rice the night of the Oregon Normal football game last October 30. The state said Rice turned over his purse. the defense argued he did so voluntarily. Rice did not testify.
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Medford
Ore
Eli Cagle, Jr
Marshall Earn
Salisbury
N. c
Stanley Borden
Olmpia
Wash
D. Rice
Dallas
Texas
Oregon Normal
Rice
Used Car Market Stays Strong Says Local Dealer
Rex Ehlers, local automobile dealer, reports January used car volume similar to last year and sees improving conditions for both new and used car sales. He notes he is not overloaded with trades and expects a rising used car market into spring and summer. He adds the industry chatter of a used car jam is not harming his position.
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Rex Ehlers
Ehlers
Straw Fire Destroys Mills Home Straw Supply
Approximately twelve hundred bales of straw stored in a large shed at the Mills Home Baptist Orphanage were totally destroyed by a fire on Wednesday afternoon in Thomasville.
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Thomasville
Mills Home Baptist Orphanage
Doan's Pills Offer Kidney Pain Relief
The text promotes Doan's Pills as a remedy for kidney pain and related symptoms. It claims kidneys remove waste through about five miles of tubules and suggests the pills help flush waste from the blood, relieving aches, energy loss, and nighttime urination.
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Doan
Trainman Killed In Taeger WV Coal Train Wreck
Norfolk and Western officials report a coal train derailed near Taeger West Virginia early today. Engineer Dick Boyd of Honaker Virginia, about 44, was killed and two other crew members injured when a rock loosened by rains rolled onto the track.
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Bluefield
W. Va
Norfolk and Western Railroad
Taeger
Dick” Boyd
Honaker
Charlotte Tables Blue Law Fight
Charlotte city council voted to table the Sunday blue law debate pending a legislative referendum request. The council previously split on the issue, and the 1937 legislature had refused to approve a referendum bill, effectively stalling action for months.
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Charlotte
Cy Young Long Career at the Mound
The article notes Cy Young enjoyed a longer life as a big league pitcher than any other moundsman, spending 22 years at the hurling game.
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Cy Young
Inferno Destroys 1200 Bales at Orphanage Field
Fire with no walls on either side started in a field near a shed as dry grass burned. Officials say wind shifted suddenly and the blaze grew rapidly. the Thomasville fire department arrived too late. Loss reportedly covered by insurance.
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Thomasville
Unemployment Checks Distributed by North Carolina Service
One hundred twenty five unemployment benefit checks totaling 632 dollars and 41 cents were in the North Carolina State Employment Service office for distribution to eligible claimants as announced by claims interviewer J A Denton Jr. The local claims numbers are listed with the checks.
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North Carolina State Employment Service
J. A. Denton, Jr
Revenue passengers carried by U S railroads in 1935 and 1920
American Class 1 railroads carried 445 million 872 thousand 300 revenue passengers in 1935, compared with 1 billion 234 million 862 thousand 48 in 1920, the peak year for passenger traffic.
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New South Wales
Australia
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