Seven Negro Men Facing Electrocution in Virginia
Martinsville, Va May 3 Seven African American men were convicted of raping a white resident and face the electric chair. Jury verdicts against James Luther Hairston 19 and John Clabon Taylor 20 completed eleven days of court actions begun April 18 after venue motions were denied. The defendants named include Joe Henry Hampton 20 Frank Hairston Jr 19 Booker T Millner 20 Howard Lee Hairston 19 and Francis Desales Grayson 37. Prosecutors said confessions were signed. defense claims were coerced. Mrs Ruby Stroud Floyd has been hospitalized and received care since the incident January 8. Sentence to be announced by Judge Kennon C Whittle.
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Martinsville
James Luther Hairston
John Clabon Taylor
Hairston
Taylor
Kennon C. Whittle
Ruby Stroud Floyd
East Martins Ville
Floyd
Danville and Western Railway
James Hairston
Joe Henry Hampton
Frank Hairston, Jr
Booker T. Millner
Howard Lee Hair‘ston
Francis Desales
Grayson
Ers
Duke Universe Hospital
Whittle
Local residents visit and recoveries reported in High Point
Miss Lillian Croft of Atlanta arrives to visit Mr and Mrs Iles McMurray at Bridges Street. The Short family travels to Lynchburg Va for funeral services. Mrs Landrum, Annie Slack and Bill Hackney make rounds in area. Coast Guard member Herbert Harris on 20 day leave with parents on Pershing Street. W L Dawkins recovering after operation at Baptist Hospital. Dennis Young and Jack Lee hospital visits and recoveries noted.
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Lillian Croft
Atlanta
Iles McMurray
Bridges Street
Miss Croft
Mrs. McMurray
H. T. Short
Ishall Short
Louise Short
Ruby Kana
Lynchburg, Va
Providence
Herbert Leon Harris
W. L
Bill) Dawkins
Baptist Hospital
Msboro
Dennis Young
Gordon
Memorial Hospital
Sixteen New Historical Markers Planned for North Carolina
Raleigh May 2 Inscriptions for sixteen new historical markers approved and sent to the foundry for casting. The program is a joint effort by the Department of Archives and History the Department of Conservation and Development and the Highway and Public Works Commission. Readings prepared by a UNC Duke Wake Forest State College and Davidson College committee. Markers cover figures such as Hugh Williamson John F Tompkins Asa Gray and Locke Craig with locations across Edenton Bath Wilmington Canton and other counties. They should be erected in summer.
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Raleigh
Christopher Crittenden
State Department of Archives and History
North Carolina
Department of Archives and History
Department of Conservation and Development
Highway and Public Works Commission
William S. Powell
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Wake Forest College
State College
Davidson College
Hugh Williamson
Congress
Home
S. E
Edenton
Chowan County
John F. Tompkins
Farmer's Journal
Bath
Beaufort County
de Bretigny
Martinique
Guilford
Craven County
Mary Baker Glover Eddy
Christian Science Church
Hanover House
Wilmington
New Hanover County
Thos. O. Larkin
U. S
Monterey
Cal
California
United States
Wallace
Duplin County
Blount
Jacob Blount
Grifton
Pitt County
Asa Gray
Harvard
ilIn Jefferson
Ashe County
Avery County
Bakersville
Mitchell
Kellogg's All-Bran Promised Laxative Benefit
A reader advises taking Kellogg's All-Bran daily to relieve constipation and claims it helped after irregular bowels. The letter urges daily bran, water, and returns the money if not satisfied.
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Kellogg's
Race Car Driver Byron Horne Critically Injured at Indy
Byron Horne a 26 year old Pennsylvania driver was critically injured when his Grancor V 8 special crashed into a retaining wall at the Indianapolis speedway during a 100 mile event He reportedly was near death at Methodist Hospital The crash occurred with two laps remaining as he attempted to pass an AAC drivers test traveling about 115 mph the car veered low into the southwest turn then smashed the wall head on
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Indianapolis
Byron Horne
Pennsylvania
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Methodist Hospital
American Automobile Association
Tarboro Man Brinson Chosen Rotary District Governor
Zeb Brinson of Tarboro is elected governor of Rotary International's 189th district at the Eastern North Carolina Rotarians annual convention in Nags Head. The event, attended by over 400 delegates, concluded yesterday. Brinson succeeds Sherwood L. Roberson of Robersonville.
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Nags Head
N. C
Tarboro
Zeb Brinson
Rotary International
Brinson
Sherwood L. Roberson
Robersonville
North Carolina
Ocracoke Whale Boiling Oil To Be Extracted Today
On Ocracoke Beach a 28 foot female whale stranded after a southwest gale and low tide. Huge iron pots boil as workers extract oil, expected to yield about 50 gallons from the mammal stranded since Saturday.
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Ocracoke
N. C
Ocracoke Beach
Markers Placed In Cherokee Macon And Clay Counties
King George I commemorations note Enscriptions placed along land settled in 1733. It marks one of the 13 original states with markers in Cherokee, Macon and Clay counties highlighting early colonial lines.
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George I
North Carolina-Georgia
Cherokee
Macon
Clay Counties
Family Supper at Wesley Memorial Planned for National Family Week
In observance of National Family Week Wesley Memorial Methodist church hosts a family supper and song fest tomorrow at 6 30 pm. Church families bring picnic style dishes and the meal is followed by a song fest directed by Bob McKenzie a student at High Point College. These family night suppers have become popular at Wesley Memorial.
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Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Bob McKenzie
High Point College
Wesley Memorial
Morris Gordy vows pledged in wedding announcement
Mr and Mrs Charles Gordy of High Point announce the marriage of their daughter Ruth to Cleveland Morris of Guilford College The Gordys who were married Tuesday April 19 are now making their home at after the ceremony confirming the couple’s union and residence plans
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Charles Gordy
High Point
Ruth
Cleveland Morris
Guilford College
Gordy
Louis Braille and the Braille Alphabet
Louis Braille who adapted the Braille system for the blind became blind himself at age three according to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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Louis Braille
Encyclopedia
Britannica
Lehigh Univesity Adopts Pension Plan for Staff
Bethlehem Pa insLehigh University adopts a pension plan for non academic employees. Eligible staff will receive an annual pension equal to one and a half times the average salary of the last five years multiplied by years of employment.
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Bethlehem
INS
Lehigh University
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Oakood Court Drive
Landrum
Charlotte
Annie Slack
Boulevard Unit
Spital
Bill Hackney Rewch
Ashington
Ple
Archdale
J. A. Bevill
Connellsile, Pa
Joel Robbins
Player Drive
Jack Lee
Phillips Street
High Point Memorial
Tryon County
William Tryon
Lincoln
Rutherford Counties
Cherryville
Gaston County
Morning Star‘Church
Canton
Haywood County
Locke Craig
Asheville
Buncombe County
America
Tennessee
State Line
Madison County
Georgia
Colony of
Coca Cola Company
Main
Nathan Hunt
Enterprise
Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance Co
Columbus
Ohio
Select Risk Company
Automatic
Henry
York
South Main Street
Morris-Gordy
DR. Marshall
Ginsburg
N. Main St
Ocketbooks
Bloom Furniture Co. Retail
Washington
Jou Ae
Lincol
P&s
Tal N. Main ST
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