Maniac kills tramp near Columbia South Carolina
Police found an aged itinerant beaten to death on a highway near Columbia. A young man from Darlington Washington Metrople was arrested and described as a raving maniac claiming love killed him. Evidence included blood spatters and a lengthy struggle. Efforts to identify the victim failed.
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Columbia
Here
E State
Howell Tyson
T. Alex Heise
Washington Metrople
Darlington
Evience
Heise
Metrople
Thomasville High School holds baccalaureate service
Rev. Lee F. Tuttle of Main Street Methodist preached to Thomasville High seniors in the school auditorium. He urged graduates to follow a spiritual path, avoid shortcuts, and meet God’s demands, calling graduation a stepping stone to greater life amid a troubled world.
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Thomasville
Lee F. Tuttle
Main Street
Tomasville High School
Tuttle
J. A. Imer
Heidelbergangelical and Reformed Church
J. N.auss
Omasville
Omasville High School Glee Ub
Eugenia Booth
Direcor Music
KE. Parker
Hauss
W. H. Kean
High Hool
John Ang
Raleigh
Eyes on Italian Navy Could Use Norwegian Lesson
The piece argues the Allied Mediterranean fleet move aims to halt a wider war and protect Balkans and Near East. It analyzes Italian plans to strike the Suez, Dodecanese, and Pantelleria, weighing Allied sea power against Italy and Germany with emphasis on air power and possible Norwegian lessons.
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Thomas M. Johnson
NEA
Mediterranean
Balkans
Near East
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Geece
Turkey
Russia
Germany
Italy
Greece
France
Britain
Tunis
Algeria
Morocco
Spain
Dodecanese Islands
Suez Canal
Iraq
Alexandria
Egypt
Pantelleria
Mussolini
Europe
Dodecanese
Norway
Mediterranean Sea
Rome
Vandenberg Talks Recovery Plan for Prosperity
In this interview Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg outlines a program to revive the economy by changing the national atmosphere toward business. He calls for reform of federal agencies, restraint on spending, and tax and tariff policy to restore investment and job creation.
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John T. Flynn
NEA Service
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Vandenberg
White House
Congress
CCC Boy Drowned Four Injured in Forest Truck Crash
A Civilian Conservation Corps truck carrying 25 boys rolled off a mountain road near Fresno into Kings River. Dale Briggs 18 of Fresno, driver, is presumed drowned. Five injured include Joseph Sudikwicz 21 Russia concussions, John Walden 23 North Carolina arm injuries, Albert Saffell 21 Taft California, Gilbert Moore 22 Oklahoma with broken arms. The crash occurred after a civilian auto forced the vehicle off the road during return to camp three trucks were involved.
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Fresno
Calif
Enrorce
Forest Service
Kings River
Walter J. Brown
Trimer Springs
Dale Briggs
J. Jennings Defehr
Briggs
A. E. Dedicke
CCC
Joseph Sudikwicz
Russia
John Walden
North Carolina
Albert Saffell
Taft
Gilbert Moore
Oklahoma
Dedicke
Divorced Actress Weds Third Time in Kentucky Derby Bond
Arline Judge, a film actress who recently won a reported 100000 in divorce settlements, married James McKinney Bryant an executive for a Fifth Avenue hotel in New York City. Bryant said the ceremony occurred somewhere in Kentucky between 6 pm Saturday and 3 am Sunday and praised the bride as his best Derby pick.
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Louisville
Arline Judge
Daniel R. Topping
New York
James McKinney Bryant
Fifth Avenue
Pierre
New York City
Navy
Johnny Weismuller
Tarzan
Manhattan
Bryant
Kentucky
Building and Loan Assns North Carolina meeting at Blowing Rock
The 1940 annual gathering of Building and Loan Associations of North Carolina will be held in Blowing Rock on June 18. Dr Julian Miller editor of the Charlotte Observer will deliver the banquet address on Capitalism and Capitalists and Jonathan Daniels editor of the Raleigh News and Observer will speak at the quarter century service program on Community Builders.
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Blowing Rock
The
Building and Loan Associations of
North Carolina
Julian Miller
Charlotte Observer
Jonathan Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Miller
Hoey compromise stirs NC political chatter and whispers
Raleigh reports reveal a cryptic note predicting Maxwell strong in the section and Pete Murphy carrying Robeson and Bladen. The piece prompts questions about motives and a split over Secretary of State ambitions. Commentators dispute talk of drafting FDR as Folger radios an unclear remark.
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Maxwell
Pete Murphy
Robeson and
Bladen
Thad Eure
Hoey
North Carolina For Roosevelt
FDR
John Folger
Legion men name 1944 gubernatorial candidates
American Legion members claim broad state campaign reach and expect most 1944 gubernatorial contenders to be represented. They cite Sandy Graham of Hillsboro Gregg Cherry of Gastonia and Judge Wilson Warlick of Hickory as likely nominees, all active Legionnaires.
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American Legion
Sandy Graham
Hillsboro
Gregg Cherry
Gastonia
Wilson Warlick
Hickory
Western North Carolina to Host 23 Girls Camps This Summer
Raleigh learns from the Asheville Chamber of Commerce guide Summer Camps for Boys and Girls that 23 camps for girls will operate in western North Carolina this summer, five coed camps, and 19 boys camps. Fifteen girl camps join the Southern Section of the American Camping Association. nine boys camps are ASA-listed.
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Raleigh
Asheville
Unsigned Letters Spark Curiosity in Gubernatorial Campaign
A female campaign manager drafted personal letters to numerous ladies, basing appeal on identity and acquaintances but failed to sign them. The unsigned notes likely left readers guessing who authored them as 1936 straw polls diverged from expectations, affecting Ralph McDonald's support.
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Charity
Ralph McDonald
Florida hosts eighth regional school music festival in West Palm Beach
Bands glee clubs orchestras and soloists from six southeastern states converge in West Palm Beach May 9 to 11 for the regional festival. Florida groups join entrants from District of Columbia Maryland Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia with participants from Charlotte Winston-Salem and other towns named in the competition.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Southeastern
Florida
District of Columbia
Maryland
West Virginia
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
Charlotte
N. C
Lenoir
Wadesboro
Lancaster
Kings Mountain
Greensboro
Berence High
Winston-Salem
Graham
Albemarle
Asheville
High Point
Reynolds High School
Temperance drama to be staged at Thomasville church
All Methodist churches in Thomasville cooperate to present the temperance drama Prisoner at the Bar at the Community Methodist Church Monday night May 13. Prominent city figures participate with lead roles by George Y. Hammond and another principal actor.
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Thomasville
Community Methodist Church
George Y. Hammond
Strategic Lineup of Naval Might in Mediterranean
Hollywood California and Hayward H Johnson of Portland Oregon figure in a temperance themed stage drama sponsored by the National Methodist Temperance Board. The cast includes Judge T Austin Finch Hayward H Johnson defense attorney R L Pope star witness Mrs A H Ragan fingerprint expert Sergeant E R Richardson and a long list of court figures and actors. George Young Hammond of Hollywood authored the piece and plays the prisoner. He previously served as a Des Moines special prosecutor in Iowa.
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Hollywood
Calif
Hayward H. Johnson
Portland
Ore
T. Austin Finch
R. L. Pope
A. H. Ragan
E. R. Richardson
Lucille Cagle
C. R. Reid
National Methodist Temperance Board
United States
George Young Hammond
Temperance Board
Iowa
Des Moines
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