Morgan Mansion Damaged By Soviets to Extent of $25,000
Glen Cove New York March 18 UPI Owners of the J P Morgan estate plan to tear down the 57 room mansion after Soviet tenants left and damaged the house to about 25000. The lease was to expire Sept 30 and the tenants surrendered after a 7500 settlement.
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Glen Cove
N. Y
J. P. Morgan Estate
J. J. Kramer
Morgan Island Estates, Inc
Kramer
J. P. Mor
Long Island North Shore
Fisher Resigns Post Wife Appointed to Replace Him
Louis J. Fisher resigns as secretary of the Guilford County board of elections after about 16 years. His wife, Mrs. Ethel McMullan Fisher, is named to succeed him by Col. W. T. Joyner. Fisher cites duties as municipal court solicitor and private practice. The Greensbor o meeting considers High Point board appointment and potential re election of the current slate: Ben L. Herman L. H. Baker and Ralph Slate.
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Louis J. Fisher
Municipal Court
County Board of Elections
Ethel McMullan Fisher
Fisher
State Board of Elections
Col. W. T. Joyner
State Board
Guilford County
Pracce
Greensboro
High Point Municipal Board of Elections
Ben L. Herman
L. H. Baker
Ralph Slate
Food versus housing in Paris during the Reign of Terror
During the French Reign of Terror mutton chops served as currency in Paris while mansions were valued at about 12 dollars in gold. The note contrasts living costs with property worth in the revolutionary period.
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Paris
Wife of Bartenders Union President Is Shot to Death
CHICAGO March 18 Crowley James 44 president of the Chicago Bartenders union was shot and seriously wounded and his wife Elizabeth 44 killed when gunmen fired shotgun blasts into their automobile in front of their south side home. Crowley was wounded in the arm and taken to a hospital. Police said assassins hid nearby and fired as the couple returned home. The car was riddled with pellets. Crowley became president in 1940 after factional disputes accused of gangsterism and he had served as secretary treasurer.
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Chicago
James Crowley
Chicago Bartenders Union
South Side
Crowley
Elizabeth
Union
Revenue Bureau Sees Record Tax Return Inflow
Greensboros revenue office reports heavier than ever tax returns as deadline looms. Charles H. Robertson notes influx before midnight Saturday. today’s accepts postmarked returns.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
U. S. Internal Revenue Bureau
Charles H. Robertson
Spare the Rod Theories Blame Juvenile Delinquency
Washington notes Rep. Gross of Pennsylvania argues spare the rod theories fuel juvenile delinquency. He, a farmer with eight children of his own, testified the home is the sole answer and urged harsh punishment at school and at home to curb delinquency.
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Washington
Gross
R-Pa
York County
State Projects Get Federal Aid
The federal works agency approved $11,000 in advances for four North Carolina construction projects. Raleigh sewer facilities $1,550 with total cost $55,550. Raleigh water facilities $2,220 with total cost $76,230. Comfort school addition $3,450 with total cost $120,000. Trenton new school $4,700 with total cost $163,000.
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Washington
Federal Works Agency
North Carolina
Raleigh
Comfort
Trenton
Brooks Memorial choir plans recital in Fairview Street school
The Brooks Memorial choir presents its second annual musical at Fairview St school Monday night March 31 at 8 p.m. The group has preached gospel for four years in High Point and other cities, earned third place at Greensboro music festival two years ago and first place last year under Mrs. H. C. Cole.
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Fairview St
High Point
Greensboro
H. C. Cole
Ministers Wives Alliance
Verdie Asheworth
Elizabeth St
L. M. Mayfield
Z. Simmons
Alliance
Red Cross
Needle Craft Club
W. F. Eliott
E. Washington St
Greensboro Y
Elizabeth Jordan
Greensboro Ywca
Brooks Memorial Church
WIC
First Baptist Church
Ruby Cloud
Kivett Drive
Brooks Memorial
A. R. Howard
Board of Temperance
The
Methodist Church
Brooks Memorial Methodist Church
Shiloh
Shiloh Baptist Church
Pearl Brooker
Vail
Mars Hill
Silas Bey
Maggie Walker
Wade St
Joseph Williams
Winston- Salem
Bus Station Property To Be Auctioned In Pickett Estate Plan
The bus station property on North Wrenn Street will be auctioned April 2 by the Pickett estate after city council granted permission for a large sale sign. Bus station manager B. J. Miller said plans for a new station are not complete and multiple sites are under review, as Carolina Coach previously planned a replacement to the long inadequate facility.
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North Wrenn Street
Pickett
B. J. Miller
Carolina Coach Company
Small Bird's Nest Sparks Chimney Fire
A small fire yesterday at Mrs. W. A. residence on Edgedale Drive started when a bird's nest ignited in a tall chimney. Firefighters found the wooden nest burning at the chimney top, apparently lit by sparks from a fire below, with flames confined to the chimney crown.
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Edgedale Drive
Gastonia Youth Receives Elks Scholarship Award
Hendersonville NC March 18 President B A Whitmire of the North Carolina Elks Association announces a $300 scholarship to Gastonia high school senior Robert Payne for a year of college tuition. Presentation at the state Elks convention in Charlotte June 5 6. Also named as candidates for lodge awards totaling 000, Whitmire said.
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Hendersonville
B. A. Whitmire
North Carolina Elks Association
Robert Payne
Gastonia
Payne
Elks
Charlotte
A. J. Heilson
Edneyville
Henderson County
Whitmire
Children pull teeth at school in informal tooth-fair event
In a Scarritt school fourth grade class Glenn Hosman announced he had pulled a tooth. Following an arithmetic test Dorothy Rodina Dora Lee Vance and James Benton pulled teeth. At recess Dora Lee and James pulled more teeth. By day’s end three additional children lost teeth. The note also mentions the invention of the first automatic glass blowing machine in 1903.
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Kansas City
Glenn Hosman
Scarritt School
Dorothy Rodina
Dora Lee Vance
James Benton
Dora Lee
James
Word Puzzle Answer Key Mystery Across and Down Clues
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Amazon Estuary
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