Convicted Slayer Surrenders After Bus Station Call
Billy Privette, 26, a convicted wife slayer and escape risk, turned himself in at Halifax bus station after telephoning police. He faces new charges for escaping Caledonia Prison Farm on February 6 and was previously jailed for the slaying of his third wife Frances Wingfield.
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N.C
Billy Privette
Privette
Virginia
North Carolina
Halifax
W. F. Bailey
Caledonia
Richmond
Washington
Mecklenburg County
Frances White Wingfield
Jonly
Katherine Rose Privette
Prospective Jurors Report in Swan Quarter Condemnation Action
Sixty Pasquotank County prospective jurors report in Hyde County for a condemnation suit. The case seeks 12 acres for a proposed high school consolidating Engelhard and Swan Quarter, with 3 acres already owned. title to the full tract must be cleared before construction can start. The consolidation dispute has lasted two years.
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N.C
Pasquotank County
Hyde Couna
Eugene and Carroll
Brothers
Newport News
Lake
Mattamuskeet
Engelhard
lSacre
Greensboro Man Killed In Wreck Near Blowing Rock
Schuyler Floyd, 30, of Greensboro, died after a mountainside plunge from U S 321 near Blowing Rock. Driver William Lee Scott, 17, and his mother Mrs Jane Lee Scott were hospitalized after the crash. Scott said to have looked away to pet a dog when the accident occurred. charge filed.
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N.C
Burlington
Schuyler Floyd
Greensboro
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Blowing Rock Hospital
U.S. 321
William Lee Scott
Jane Lee Scott
C. F. Kennerly
Scott
Kennerly
Reynolds Tobacco Executive Dies in Winston-Salem
Madison Eugene Mot, longtime R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. executive and secretary for 25 years, died. He retired in 1940. Survived by his widow two daughters and a son M. E. Motsinger Jr. of Roaring Gap. Funeral arrangements were incomplete.
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Winston-Salem
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co
Madison
Eugene Mot
Reynolds
M. E. Motsinger Jr
Roaring Gap
Art museum set to preview Valentiner tribute
In Raleigh AP report the State Art Museum will display more than 100 paintings and sculptures starting April 7 to honor the late Dr. William R. Valentiner the museum's first director. State officials legislators and members of the State Art Society will attend a pre view event for guests and others.
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State Art Museum
William R. Valentiner
The
State Art Society
Presidents linked to offices and fields since 1900
The article lists paths to the presidency including four governors, two senators, two cabinet officers, and two college presidents since 1900. It notes Roosevelt, Wilson, Coolidge, and FDR as governors from New York New Jersey and Massachusetts as presidents, Harding Truman Taft Hoover Eisenhower as other routes, and mentions a Long Island perfume tied to dollar bills and various health and urban topics with scattered, unrelated lines.
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Teddy Roosevelt
New York
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Harry S. Truman
Missouri
William H. Taft
Herbert Hoover
Commerce
Coolidge
Princeton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbia
Unwritten Constitution Shapes Britain’s Legislature
The English Constitution rests on tradition despite its unwritten nature. It blends democracy with a birthright House of Lords, once a king’s council of lords and bishops, now sharing power with the Commons. The Lords can’t vote money bills but can delay other laws for two years, though this occurs rarely.
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House of Lords
House of Commons
Country Editor Test of Mechanical Skill
A country editor notes a simple test of mechanical ability by swapping new batteries in a flashlight and ensuring it still works, highlighting practical know how.
Griffin To Take Over 30th Division
Brig. Gen. Edward F. Griffin of Louisburg will succeed Maj. Gen. Claude T. Bowers as commander of North Carolina's 30th Infantry National Guard Division effective Wednesday. Gov. Hodges announced the retirement and related assignments of other generals in the guard.
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Raleigh
Edward F. Griffin
Louisburg
Claude T. Bowers
Warrenton
North Carolina
30Th Infantry National Guard
Hodges
Bowers
Griffin
Civil Defense
National Guard
Weston H. Willis
North Carolina National Guard
30Th
Old Hickory
Viruses Tied to Leukemia Cells in Study Findings
Dr. Beard of Duke and Dr. Cohen of Penn describe viruses found in both human and chicken leukemia cells. They explain viral invasion alters cellular energy, triggering rapid white cell growth. The research points to potential cancer therapies and vaccines.
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John Barbour
Associated Press
Excelsior Springs
Duke University
University of Pennsylvania
Joseph W. Beard
Duke
Seymour Cohen
Pennsylvania
American Cancer Society
Dr. Beard
U.S
Cohen
Inner Secret of Health Condensed Book Offer
An advertisement for a condensed book on health by a preventive medicine doctor asserts illness is tied to will and emotions. It promotes Reader's Digest April issue and highlights patient stories about conscious living to improve health.
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April Reader’s Digest
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