Backstairs Murder at Berkeley Estate Unfolds Hidden Motives
In a Berkeley estate summer house a lady's maid Doris Matthews is murdered by a perfume flask blow. Detective Dundee confronts Seymour Crosby as new testimony links Crosby to Doris and Phyllis Berkeley, with Doris's sister in England and a web of relationships shaping the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Maxwell
Clorinda
Doris
England
Seymour Crosby
Dundee
Crosby
Phyllis Crosby
Prnegland
Phyllis
Scotland Yard
Captain Strawn
Mrs. Lambert
Mrs. Berkeley
Hunh’ Strawn
Doris Matthews
Kathy
Mr. Crosby
Strawn
Wickett
Mrs
The Berkeleys and a Final Confession in Courtroom
In a tense exchange Crosby defends his past marriage and deny implications of murder while Strawn questions a summer house meeting with Doris Matthews and a vanished valet. Dundee recalls a forgotten detail as the investigation tightens.
Word Puzzle Review and Crime Scene Teaser
A long OCR fragment mixes a geography crossword with a serialized mystery. The narrative follows detective Strawn and Crosby as they search a mansion for stolen jewels, uncovering missing items and tensions among guests, with a cliffhanger about a hidden safe and a shaken hostess.
Retired engineer Maj Gen Sibert plans farm life after peak career
Maj Gen William W. Sibert, noted engineer who built Mobile dock system and Gatun locks and dam, announces retirement next year to his Bowling Green farm. Native of Gadsden Ala, he also chaired the Boulder Dam Commission for the government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ger Willam WL. Sibert
Mobile
Ala
Gatun
Panama
Bowling Green
Sibert
Gadsden
Boulder Dam
Corrections Errorgram Entries
Montreal is down the St. Lawrence from Toronto. Pass ports are not required in going from Buffalo to Toronto. The apostrophe in couldn't should be after the n. The handle is up the bottom of the grip in the girl's hand at the extreme right. The scrambled word is UN FINISHED.
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Montreal
St. Lawrence
Toronto
Buffalo
South Africa Exports Ostrich Feathers Reach $15 Million
Exports of ostrich feathers from South Africa have totaled fifteen million dollars in a single year. The figure reflects strong demand and growing international interest in feathers used for fashion and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Africa
Sale of Land by Trustee in High Point Auction
Pursuant to a deed of trust for $1700 by Ernest Morgan and Mary Morgan, later assumed by J. Whitt Hedrick, the High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association trustee, the land lots 125 and 126 in Eastview Guilford county will be sold at public auction in front of High Point Municipal Building on Tuesday April 22, 1930 at 2:30 pm. Cash terms. This notice dated March 21, 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Morgan
Mary Morgan
J. Whitt Hedrick
W. A. J. Idol
High Point Perpetual Building and Loan Association
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
City of
High Point
North Carolina
Eastview
A. J. Idol
Peacock & Dalton
Attys
Emerald ring sparks party speculation at summer dance
Barbara asks to wear an emerald ring for an hour prompting envy and questions about ownership. Sue notices the glittering occasion as Barbara shows off the ring to guests while mystery lingers over who truly owns it. Barbara later forgets to return the ring, leaving the question unresolved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue
Barbara
Harry
Jack
Corrinne
Clifford
Dido
Cleopatra
Jack Thornton
Thornton
Harry Becker
Nearly 590 to graduate from Asheville Buncombe schools
Asheville and Buncombe county high schools and junior colleges will SEE about 590 students graduate this spring county superintendent announced.
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Asheville
Mar
Buncombe County
Charters Granted and Court Receiver Notice in North Carolina
New certificates of incorporation include Dixie Golf Courses Greensboro Thomas Cadillac LaSalle Gastonia Bowling Alleys and Morris Service. Goldsboro Chamber of Commerce non stock. Henry Motor Sale receivership notices issued by High Point Municipal Court with May 1930 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Secretary of State
Dixie Golf Courses, Incorporated
Greensboro
George C. Brown Ray Hon
C. A. Cooper
Thomas Cadillac-LaSalle, Inc
Charlotte
G. C. Thomas
Asheville
J. Henry Gaston
B. Bristol
Morganton
Gastonia Bowling Alleys, Inc
Gastonia
Rankin
E. E. Boyce
F. W. Morris
Morris Service, Inc
Winston-Salem
Thomas L. Morris
Alma Lee Morris
Henry Robertson Benbow
Goldsboro
Notice of Valuable Land Sale in Guilford County
Under a 1927 deed of trust W. G. Morgan and wife defaulted on indebtedness. Garland B. Daniel as Trustee will sell Lot 25 in Geo. F. Wilson Sub-division on Nero street at 10:00 AM April 4, 1930 for cash, subject to a first lien held by The Commercial National Bank of High Point for $2000.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vv. G. Morgan
V. G. Morgan
Register of Deeds
Guilford County
Geo. F. Wilson
Office of the Register of Deeds
N. C
Nero
Crawford) Street
Commercial National Bank of
High Point
Prudential Insurance Company of America
S. G. Anderson
Emm
Anderson
Union Trus Company
Maryland
North Carolina
Guilfor County
Greensboro
Thissell Stree
Thissell Street
Ragan Street
Ragan Steet
Ragan & Harmon
Union Trust Company of Maryland & Insurer Mortgage Bond Corp OF
D. C. MacRae
Executors' Notice in North Carolina Estate Case
Executors of the estate of Alice N. Snow in Quilford County North Carolina call all claimants to present their demands by March first 1931 or be barred. Debts owed should be paid promptly. Dated March 1 1930 W W E and R E Snow Executors of the estate of Alice N Snow deceased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice N. Snow
Quilford
North Carolina
High Point
W.W. E
R. E. Snow
Alic N. Snow
Peacock & Dalton, Attys
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