Cigarette Bandits Case Faces Death Threats in Seaport
Wilmington police pursue new leads in the cigarette bandits case as threats of death target Det. Shelby Russ. Warren Moore, paroled after an eight year term for murder and manslaughter, is among six others arrested. Police recovered part of a large cigarette theft in the area.
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Wilmington
Shelby Russ
Wilmington Police Department
Warren Moore
Russ
Moore
William
Russell
Robert Rising
Williford Batts
Hampstead
North Carolina Fruit and Vegetable Market Report
North Carolina shipping points and wholesale market prices for lettuce strawberries potatoes cabbage apples sweet potatoes cucumbers peppers snap beans and tomatoes. Regional notes show demand strength for lettuce and strawberries and steady to slightly firmer prices across several states and product lines.
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North Carolina
U. S
Plant City
Fla
Presque Isle
Aroostook County
Green Mountains
Lower East Coast
Florida
Rochester
N. Y
Washington
New York
Cleveland
South Carolina
Louisiana
Nancy Halls
Pittsburgh
North
U.S
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Jersey
Tennessee
Maryland
Delaware
California
Gable unsure on wedding date amid divorce news
Clark Gable, amid a four minute Las Vegas divorce from Maria, hinted a marriage to Carole Lombard may come this weekend but gave no details. He plans to return to the Rhett Butler role with Vivien Leigh under new director Victor Fleming after studio changes.
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Clark Gable
Carole Lombard
Gable
Vivien Leigh
Rhett Butler
Miss Leigh
Scarlett O'Hara
Victor Fleming
George Cukor
Albemarle seeks Elizabeth City radio station
Attorneys for Albemarle Broadcasting of Elizabeth City claim local talent and program material exist to support a new station. The firm files proposed findings by March 17 for 1370 kilocycles at 250 watts day, 100 watts night, after a Feb 20 hearing before the FCC examiner. No protests or appearances were noted, partners include Aubrey G. McCabe and Trim W. Aydlett.
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Washington, March
Albemarle Broadcasting Company
Elizabeth City
N. C
North Carolina
Horace Lohens
E. D. Johnston
Washington
The
Communications Commission
Albemarle Company
Commission
Johnston
Aubrey G. McCabe
Wilson
Trim W. Aydlett
Eastern Broadcasting Company
Goldsboro
Births Continue To Exceed Deaths In February
Thomasville reports February saw 19 births and seven deaths, keeping the year’s birth to death ratio above 2 to 1. Among births seven were white males, ten white females, and two colored females. among deaths four were white males and three white females.
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Thomasville
FIJAG DANCES IN BARRY HOLLYWOOD STUDIO
Readable fragments describe a person named FIJAG dancing in a Barry Hollywood studio. The text notes daily walks to work and mentions Hazel eyes reddish blond hair and a height around four feet. Details are partial and unclear but imply a brief biographical item.
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Barry
Hollywood Studios
Dorothy Lovett Wins Contract After Rough NYC Test
Dorothy Lovett was discovered by an RKO talent scout testing models in New York. She crashed the test uninvited and won a contract. Since November 1938 she has appeared in eight pictures.
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Dorothy Lovett
RKO
New York
Tigers Defeat Panthers 28-26 in Local Gym
William Penn Tigers beat Dudley Panthers 28-26 at the local gym Tuesday evening. William Penn girls lost to Dudley 24-20 in the same matchup.
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Tigers
Panthers
William Penn Tigers
Dudley Panthers
William Penn Girls
Dudley
Evangelism Program Tonight at Wesley Memorial Church
The Evangelism Committee sponsors a program on evangelistic stewardship tonight at 7 30 at Wesley Memorial Church. Charles F. Carroll Jr will speak. All members of Evangelism groups and boards are urged to attend in the Intermediate Department room during Lent.
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Wesley Memorial Church
Charles F. Carroll, Jr
Fellowships of Evangelism
Spiritual Life Group
Missionary Circles
Boards of Stewards
Jim Barrett to Make Final Plea for Wage-Hour Measure
Raleigh march 8 public hearings on two wage and hour bills proceed with James F Jim Barrett leading the concluding argument. Barrett a former North Carolina Federation of Labor president and AFL publicity director for ten southern states has long backed labor rights and cites 1938 strike data to urge passage. He notes Governor Hoey and Cleveland county senator Clyde Hoey as allies and favors a appointive labor commissioner.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Joint
James F
Jim) Barrett
North Carolina Federation of Labor
Asheville
American Federaton of Labor
Senate
House
Edwin C. Gregory
Rowan
North Carolina Department of Labor
Edgar H. Bain
Wayne
Fed
Gregory
Bain
Federation of Labor
Jim Barrett
Labor
Department of Labor
State Federation of Labor
President Wilson
Samuel Gompers
Barrett
Legislative Committee
North Carolina
Hoey
Clyde Hoey
Building Permits Rise in Thomasville for February
The Enterprise Bureau reports twenty thousand dollars in building permits issued by the Thomasville city clerk in February, the highest monthly total since October 1988. Seven permits were granted: four for dwellings and three for businesses. Major permit went to Jacob Pliskin for an eight room brick veneer dwelling on Spring Street worth 10000 dollars. Other permits include John Sink three room frame house, 800 dollars. Chester Myers five room frame house, 2000 dollars. Cletus Reddick four room frame house, 1000 dollars. Chas Phillips brick store on West Main, 2000 dollars. Bodenheimer and Blue brick store on Fisher Ferry, 1700 dollars. J A Young brick store at Main and Cox, 2509 dollars.
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Commerce Street
Thomasville
Jacob Pliskin
Spring Street
John §. Sink
Griffith Street
Chester Myers
Colonial Drive
Cletus Reddick
Blain Street
Chas. F. Phillips
West Main Street
Bodenheimer and Blue
Fisher Ferry Street
J. A. Young
Main Street
Cox Street
Music Festival Set for May 10 in Goldsboro
The fourth annual spring music festival of the Eastern Carolina Symphonic Choral Association will be held in Goldsboro on May 10.
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Goldsboro
Eastern Carolina Symphonic Choral Association
Polly Amane Smith Celebrates First Birthday
A short birthday notice marks Polly Amane Smith turning one today. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Percy E. Smith of High Point Route Two.
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Polly Amane Smith
Percy E. Smith
High Point
Steamship Stal unloads 1200 tons of salt in Morehead City
The steamship Stal arriving from Tunisia discharged 1200 tons of salt at local terminals today. It marks the second sizable vessel to cargo here since the terminals began operating.
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Morehead City
Stal, Haing
Tunisia
Chinese Dollars Versus Japanese Yews To Be Vital Conflict in Orient War
Shanghai dispatch reports a pivotal fiscal clash in North China as the Chinese dollar and the Japanese backed federal reserve notes contend amid military action in Kangsu and Hupeh. Observers say the Friday circulation ban could decide Japan’s economic dominance and influence future market control.
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Shanghai
Japan
China
Federal Reserve
North China
United States
Britain
North China Federal Reserve Bank
Kangsu Province
Shanghai-Nanking
Slovak Quest for Independence Faces German Favor
Prague reports that Slovak groups see independence as unlikely while Germany resists new economic burdens. The Slovak cabinet led by Dr Joseph Tiso is split on secession as tensions rise between Bratislava and Prague amid autonomous moves in the eastern regions.
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Prague
Czecho - Slovakia
Slovakia
Czecho-Slovakia
Germany
Europe
Caraptho-Ukrainie
Joseph Tiso
Tiso
Slovak People's Party
Bratislava
Harris seeks re election as Albemarle mayor
Albemarle on March 8 reports that P M Harris announced his bid for another mayoral term in the municipal election set for April 5. He aims to continue leadership amid local issues and community concerns.
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Albemarle
P -M. J. Harris
Kasch proposes anti war union with Canada in Congress invite
Columbus Ohio March 8 Democrat Rep Gus Kasch asked the Ono legislature to memorialize Congress and President Roosevelt to invite Canada to withdraw from the British empire and join the United States and other North American republics in an anti war union.
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Gus Kasch
Ono
Congress
Roosevelt
Canada
British Empire
United States
North American
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