Husband confesses to strangling wife and burying body
Roger Cunningham admitted he killed his wife Eudora Cunningham on March 6 and directed searchers to her body buried in a partly filled sewer after a dramatic 19 day silence. Officials said he sketched a map and confession during questioning before a habeas corpus hearing.
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Francis BE. Barden
Oklahoma City
Eudora Cunningham
Roger Cunningham
Bea
Cunningham
George Goft
Er. W. Brown
Foster High School
Eudora
Lewis R. Morris
Morris
Thomasville High Wallops Wilkesboro in 35–9 win
Thomasville High School Bulldogs routed Wilkesboro 35 to 9 in a Class B title bid show of power at home. Key hitters included Counts with three extra base hits and multiple teammates contributing. Wilkesboro’s Steelman and Story led with two hits each. Bulldogs next host Fairgrove then Jamestown and Mocksville in upcoming games at the high school field.
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Homasville
Ors
Thomasville
Wilkesboro
Kounts
Cole
Bulldogs
Steelman
Story
Folo Thomasville
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Thothanville
Fairgrove
Jamestown
Mocksville
Chicago Produce Prices and December Airline Passenger Totals
Butter prices steady at 1 054 827 yards with bids unsettled and storage packs holding. Domestic airlines report 9 921 passengers in December 1938 versus 103 507 in November 1938, reflecting shifting travel by month.
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Chicago
Weather update for North Carolina coastal to western regions
Partly cloudy and warmer in northwest areas tonight and Sunday. Showers are expected in the west and southwest mountains with cooler conditions there. Winds from Hatteras to Jacksonville will be moderate, becoming fresh in the north. Sandy Hook to Hatteras sees shifting winds, mainly west and southwest, with overcast and Sunday showers afternoon or night.
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North Carolina
Hatteras
Jacksonville
Sandy Hook
Yankees Hit Five Home Runs In Spring Drills
The World Champions have drilled five home runs in the last two days in St. Petersburg Florida. Joe DiMaggio, who had never hit a homer in spring training before, has collected three of them.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
New York Yankees
Joe DiMaggio
Pie Traynor Names Joe Bowman In San Francisco Start
Pirates manager Pie Traynor benches his top starters as he plans to start Joe Bowman against San Francisco. The Pirates broke camp at San Bernardino yesterday and are set to head east on March 30.
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Bowman
San Francisco
Pie Traynor
Joe Bowman
Pirates
San Bernardino
Moses Out With Injury for Athletics Game
Moses Wally regular outfielder for the Philadelphia Athletics will miss today’s game against the Jersey City Internationals with a leg injury suffered Friday.
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Moses
Lake Charles
Wally Moses
Philadelphia Athletics
Jersey City Internationals
Quarantined Senators Shield Cecil Travis From Illness
Washington owner Clark Griffith ordered the Senators to keep away from his ailing shortstop Cecil Travis as influenza fears spread. The team quarantined Travis to prevent contagion and protect the lineup.
Red Birds face Yankees in St. Petersburg opener
St. Petersburg. The St. Louis Cardinals resume the city series with the New York Yankees as manager Rey Blades plans to give Paul Dean and Joe Medwick 1939 debuts. Their performances may indicate if they regain top form.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
St. Louis Cardinal
Red Birds
New York Yankees
Rey Blades
Paul Dean
Joe Medwick
Phillies Open Grapefruit Season Against Tulsa Oilers
Still seeking their first victory in the Grapefruit league the Philadelphia Phillies challenged the Tulsa Oilers of the Texas league today in McAllen Texas.
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Mcallen
Tex
Philadelphia Phillies
Tulsa Oilers
Indians and Giants Renew Exhibition Feud in New Orleans
Six year old series resumes in New Orleans as the Cleveland Indians and the New York Giants clash in their annual touring matchup. Since 1934 they have met 70 times with the Indians leading 34 to 33 and three draws.
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New Orleans
Cleveland Indians
New York Giants
Indians
Giants
Chicago Series Pitching Sets Up Bruins and White Sox
In a Chicago city series resumption the Cubs Ed Garnett nearly locks a roster spot by blanking Pittsburgh to two hits in four innings while Bill Dietrich of the White Sox limits Los Angeles to four hits in five innings.
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Chicago
Angeles
Cubs
White Sox
Ed Garnett
Bruins
Pittsburgh
Bill Dietrich
Sox
Los Angeles
Browns holdouts in California noted in citrus circuit
The Browns' section mentions eight players from Ben Benito and nearby areas as holdouts with Sig Gryska and Johnny Bernardino among those who have heated up the scene in California, while Don Heffner and Ralph Kresa are left out.
Ukrainian peasant spirit and nationalism shaping Ukraine's future
The article profiles the Ukrainian peasant as an individualist rooted in private landholding, family equality, and skilled craft. It notes cooperative farming, cultural traditions, and the enduring dream of a united Ukraine, while outlining nationalist efforts in Romania, Poland, and Soviet Russia to preserve identity and prepare for possible conflict.
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Ukraine
Russia
Poland
Rumania
Old Double Play Corner Like a Couple of Floodlights
A compact line compares a baseball field feature to floodlights, implying a bright, decisive action at a corner play. The metaphor suggests vivid imagery of baseball defense and lighting.
Tigers Renegotiate Rookies as Camp Opens in Lakeland
Detro it Tigers prepare for camp in Lakeland Florida with General Manager Jack Zeller due to meet manager Del Baker. Recruits face decisions on minor league assignments as shipping tags are issued.
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Lakeland
Fla
Detroit Tigers
Jack Zeller
del Baker
Grissom Shines as Reds Pitcher Surges Back
Lakeland report says Reds manager Bill McKechnie praises Lee Grissom for a striking revival in form. The southpaw looks sharper and faster each outing, lifting expectations that the famed Gris som has returned to his top level.
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Lakeland
Fla
Bill McKeehnie
Cincinnati Reds
Lee Grissom
Bagby and Wade Get Chance Against Bears in Sarasota
Sarasota notes that Joe Cronin has given Jim Bagby Jr and Lefty Jake Wade a chance to prove themselves today against the Newark Bears in a spring exhibition matchup at Sarasota.
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Bagby
Wade
B Squad in Action in New Orleans
In New Orleans the Indians send a B squad led by Bruce Campbell to face Nashville as the main Indians unit battles the Giants at the home base in the city.
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Monroe
Cleveland Indians
New York Giants
New Orleans
Bruce Campbell
Nashville
Reiser Out With Injury Cramp Ends Batting Streak
Brooklyn rookie Hal Reiser left the game with a charley horse in his leg after singling in the second inning to keep his 1 000 batting average intact. The Dodgers were to meet the Boston Bees next.
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Reiser
Bradenton
Fla
Hal Reiser
Brooklyn Dodgers
Charly Horse
Dodgers
Boston Bees
Bohemia and Moravia Touted for Anti Semitic Laws
Prague March 25 The national assembly recommended anti Semitic laws patterned after Nazi Nuernberg regulations for Bohemia and Moravia. The move was considered tantamount to government acceptance by members who helped form it as the assembly moved to replace parliament with a 60 member committee.
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Prague
Bohemia and
Moravia
National Assembly
Highs and Hanes Tie In Six Inning Diamond Clash
The Black Bison and Hanes High played six innings in Winston-Salem before darkness ended the game tied 6-6. Overcash started for the Bison, Linthicum struggled, and Hussey closed strong as Winston-Salem pushed back with a late inning rally. Hedrick, Hayworth, and Hayworth crossed for the decisive early run as the Bison opened with a quick score and built a four-run second inning before the game halted.
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Bison
Hanes
Winston-Salem
West
Ricker
Clifton
Overcash
June Scott
Forrest Linthicum
Forest
Winston
Linthicum
Scott
Hussey
Jack
Salem Lads
Hedrick
Lewis Hayworth
Guilford County Realty Transfers Across Townships
Guilford County real estate transfers list several deeds: Floyd Graves, commissioner, transfers Tyron Street tract in High Point Township to Annie Allen. Greensboro city to W N Jennings Lake Daniel subdivision in Morehead Township. H M Chamblee and wife transfer Pine Oaks tract to Greensboro Motor Car Company. Oscar Leonard and wife transfer tract in Dr W L Jackson property plot in Jamestown Township to A R Leonard and wife.
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High Point Township
Floyd Graves
Annie Allen
Tyron Street
Morehead Township
Greensboro
W. N. Jennings
Lake Daniel
H M
Chamblee
Greensboro Motor Car Company
Pine Oaks
Jamestown
Oscar Leonard
A. R. Leonard
W. L. Jackson
High Point Man Joins U S Army Medical Corps
Arch Sherrod Morrow of High Point has accepted appointment as a first lieutenant in the U S Army medical reserve corps. The War Department announced the appointment in Washington on March 25.
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U. S. Army Medical Corps
Washington, Mareh
The
War Department
Arch Sherrod Morrow
High Point
U. S. Army Medical Reserve Corps
Batting Burst Fuels Rally Into Fifth Inning
In the fifth inning Moore, the left fielder, hit a three bagger and scored on a double hit by Johnston the shortstop. The rally lifted the offense as the team surged ahead.
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Moore
Johnston
Bax
Robert Benton Turner Sr. Dies at Greensboro Home
Robert Benton Turner Sr., a former Southern Railway agent in Reidsville Charlotte Buford Ga James town Mebane and Glen Raven, died at his Greensboro home yesterday. He retired from railroading in 1937.
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RE. B. Turner
Greensboro
Robert Benton Turner
Southern Railway
Reidsville
Charlotte
Buford
Jamestown
Mebane
Glen Raven
Mrs Ida Watson Dies in Greensboro at 74
Mrs Ida Taliaferro Watson, 74, widow of T B Watson and daughter of the late Judge David Taliaferro first Birmingham mayor, died at her Greensboro home yesterday. She was a descendant of General Taliaferro of Revolutionary War fame.
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Ida Watson
Greensboro
Ida Taliaferro Watson
T. B. Watson
David Taliaferro
Birmingham
Ala
General Taliaferro
Shuford longtime Hickory business leader dies
Walter J Watts Shuford 65 prominent Hickory businessman and civic figure died of a heart attack. Former state board of agriculture member and former president of Catawba Creamery, he led Boy Scout and Rotary groups and helped organize clubs in Marion Taylorsville. Funeral at his home tomorrow at 2:30 p m and burial in Hickory.
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Walter J. Shuford
Hickory
Walter J. (Watts) Shuford
Shuford
State Board of Agriculture
Catawba Creamery Company
South
Piedmont Council
Hickory Rotary Club
Marion
Taylorsville
James Monroe Garner 89 dies in Asheboro home
James Monroe Garner age 89 died at his daughter Mrs. J L Hinshaw home in Asheboro after weeks of illness. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at 11 at Bethel M P Church near Red Cross led by Rev W F Ashburn. He leaves daughters Mrs Hinshaw and Mrs Laula Cox, four sons J R of Greensboro J R of Venton Va R M and W A of Liberty, one sister Mrs Mary Jackson, and 87 grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Asheboro
James Monroe Garner
J. L. Hinshaw
Bethel M. P. Church
Red Cross
W. F. Ashburn
Hinshaw
Laula Cox
J. R
Greensboro
North Carolina School System Transports 275000 Pupils Daily
The state school system moves about 275 000 pupils to and from school each day, highlighting the scale of pupil transportation across North Carolina.
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North Carolina
Soviet Woman Heads International Airlines Department
Valentia Stepanova Grizolubova, 28, blond and married, is named chief of the international airlines department in Soviet Russia. With a decade in aviation and five international flying records, she has led an all female crew on a 8717 mile Moscow to Chukotsk Sea flight, endured a crash in a marsh, and served two years in the Supreme Soviet.
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Moscow
Russia
Soviet Russia
International Airlines Department
Valentina Stepanova Grizolubova
Valentia
Siberian Steppes
Chkotsk Sea
8. V. Grizo
Ubova
Kharkov
Ukraine
Wright Brother
Supreme Soviet
McDonald renounces all political ambitions
Dr. McDonald announces he will withdraw from political activity and will not seek any appointment from Governor Hoey. He insists endorsements are not for mercenary gain and praises Hoey as a fine governor while hoping to return to college teaching.
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McDonald
Hoey
Nye warns against changes in neutrality act
Senator Nye of North Dakota cautions administration supporters not to push material changes to the neutrality act. He says such amendments could aid dictators, and notes he plans to sponsor amendments that would limit presidential discretion. Nye claims moves aim to influence foreign thinking.
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Nye
Washington
R-Nd
Former Raleigh Man Killed in Automobile Accident
Robert Clyde Kennedy, formerly of Raleigh, was fatally injured when his car left the highway near a curve while en route from Norfolk to Raleigh. The funeral will be held at Sanford on Sunday. he leaves a widow and sister.
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Rocky Mount
Mar
Robert Clyde Kennedy
Raleigh
Norfolk
Sanford
Bank Robber Durand Ends Manhunt With Own Bullet
Durand, a fugitive on the Powell Flats, tried to rob the First National Bank of Powell taking over $2 000 to $8 000 in cash and forcing nine inside to the wall. After warnings and gunfire from townspeople he fled toward Sawtooth Mountain where a posse closed in.
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John Gawthrop
First National Bank of
Powell
Durand
Harry Moore
Cody
Powell Flats
W. W. Durand
Sawtooth Mountain
Bob Nelson
Nelson
Durant
Maurice Knutson
Killer To Die After 15 Execution Stays
BELLEFONTE Pa March 25 The electric chair in Rockview Penitentiary faced 27 year old Roy Lockard doomed five times but reprieved each time Governor Arthur H James announced yesterday no more delays and ordered the execution to go ahead Monday morning Lockard a former Altoona WPA worker was convicted in 1936 of the spike slaying of three year old Matthew Sonny Karmendi whose mother Margaret was Lockard s sweetheart Mrs Karmendi is serving a prison term
Norfolk and Western Income Rises in February
Norfolk and Western Railways reports February net income of 1,742,512 dollars, up 1,209.70 from February 1938, or 1.18 dollars per share. For the first two months this year earnings total 8,702,783 dollars, up 2,460,579 from a year ago, with 2.52 dollars per share earned versus 0.77 dollars.
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Philadelphia
Norfolk and Western Railway Company
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