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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1939
Page
3
A 17 month probe finds political control by Mayor S Davis Wilson over the Philadelphia police allowing vice and gambling to flourish. The jury indicts Wilson for misbehavior in office and failure to suppress gambling and notes 43 people indicted overall.
Nebraska fights between state power districts and private utilities move to curb district control The six year battle centers on 2 000 000 acre Platte River reservoir and 1 000 mile transmission plans with districts financed by PWA debt The struggle pits Senator Norris and Washington officials against private power interests and their bid for stronger regulation and taxation of district assets.
Transfers listed include Starmount Company to C. H. Way nick and wife on Homewood avenue and to J. E. Mitchell and wife on Starmount drive. Edwards Baxter to George W. Lynch on Pinecroft road. Sikes to B. F. Whitlock on Hillcrest subdivision. Hendricks to Burnsides on South Bes semer subdivision. Boyles to Paris on Asheboro street. Smith to Green son on Brightwood road. Hoyle to Tickle on lands adjoining G. P. Poe.
Gap Virginia March 3 private miss Eliza Darnell 25 has been missing ten days merchant R H Darnell offers 500 reward for her return. Sheriff R F Giles doubts she will be found alive and suspects she has been slain and hidden in nearby hills. No ransom demand has been made a sign of kidnapping is discounted by the sheriff.
A leading aircraft company delivered more than 1.8 million dollars worth of transport and military aircraft during September 1938 to the United States, foreign governments, and airlines.
Joseph L. Cockerham, 50, prominent North Carolina attorney, died Wednesday night in Mt. Alto Hospital after an operation for a ruptured appendix. He will be transported to Surry County for funeral services likely Saturday or Sunday. Survived by mother Mrs T N Woodruff, brother J E Cockerham, and sister Mrs C D Haynes.
Major Robert M. Cowan announces a Sunday morning 10 o clock screening of the film Crown of Thorns at the Salvation Army citadel for the Sunday school group and attendees with a second public showing that night. The film depicts the life of Christ and is praised as surpassing The King of Kings.
Lewistown Pa March 8 A youth police say beat a two year old girl Marian Wolf unconscious since Monday and once burned her with a hot stove lid Barrick 22 a brickyard worker jailed on assault and battery charges Helen Wolf the mother held as material witness Barrick said he was jealous because he was not the father.
The 13 ton Frobis airliner is claimed to be Europe’s fastest passenger plane. It reportedly cruises above 200 miles per hour with a 29 passenger load, signaling a leap in airline speed and efficiency.
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