Twelve Taken Over Weekend in North Carolina
Trains, fire and autos caused 12 deaths across North Carolina over the weekend. Eldridge Tadlock of Norfolk, Virginia was killed testing a car for the South Atlantic 100 mile race. A jail fire at Fair Bluff killed Dewey Strickland and Robert Dudley. An auto overturn near Lexington killed Woodrow Swink and seriously injured Louise Phillips. East Flat Rock crash killed Paul Frank and Mrs. John Cochrane and injured Betty Jean. A Durham train and ice truck collision claimed four lives. Mrs Zollie Edwards Carson of Raleigh died in a car crash near Elkin. Several others were injured and a 89-year-old man from Guilford College area was struck and killed.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Eldridge Tadlock
Norfolk
High Point Speedway
Fair Bluff
J. D. Sikes
Dewey Strickland
Robert Dudley
Lexington
Woodrow Swink
Louise Phillips
George
Joe Robertson
East Flat Rock
Hendersonville
Paul Frank
Louisville
John Cochrane
Betty Jean
Frank
Durham
Ralph Hunter
Robert Crenshaw
Booly Chavis
Zollie Edwards Carson
Raleigh
Elkin
Ira Osborne
Sparta
Delos Underwood
High Glenn Underwood
Jonesville
Carson
Osborne
State Revenue Department
James William Wrenn
Guilford College
Andy Kirk to play at Armory Wednesday
Andy Kirk and his Clouds of Joy with Mary Lou Williams on piano and Pha Terrell on vocals perform at the Armory on English Street Wednesday at 9:30 p.m. This is billed as the biggest name band yet to appear at a local colored dance.
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Andy Kirk
Armory
Clouds of Joy
Petite Mary Lou Williams
Pha Terrell
English Street
Selectees Predominantly 21–25 in War Draft Ages
Excerpts show Chiang Kai-shek pledging to halt Japan with aid and no expeditionary force. U.S. draft data reveal most inductees are 21 to 25, with only 11 percent 31 or older, prompting debate on lowering the top draft age and noting older draftees present challenges in high speed warfare.
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Chunghing
Chiang Kai- Shek
China
Japan
Mme. Chiang
United States
Nelson T. Johnson
Australia
Washington
Selective Service
Army
Congress
Lewis B. Hershey
War Department
Don’t Argue Over Lost Contracts In Bridge Play
McKenny on Bridge discusses correct play after a Florida trip encounter with St Petersburg players. He notes four thousand attendances and emphasizes avoiding disputes over bids, detailing how six hearts can be made by careful play and ruffing.
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Florida
Coral Gables
St. Petersburg
Declarer
West
North
South
East
Chicago May 12 Dairy Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago reports dairy and egg market receipts with prices across creamery grades and butter. Scores and ranges cover 93 to 88 for creamery butter, with receipts totaling 91 0768. Egg receipts total 18 487 with local grading indicating extra firsts and firsts, plus storage and packing extras.
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Chicago
Snake found under Huntington teacher's desk
Huntington Indiana tale reports secretary Fredith Langley telling high school teacher Jennie B Wilson about discovering a two foot poisonous water moccasin under a desk. A biology teacher netted the snake, illustrating the unexpected hazard in the school environment.
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Huntington
Ind
Fredith Langley
Jennie B. Wilson
Miss Wilson
Debt and Anticipation Warrants Tie City Finance
In debt and already spending next year's 9000 tax income, the city issues anticipation warrants. Businessmen sign a note to prevent the finance company from seizing the new fire truck.
German Troops Occupy Melos in Cyclades Group
Berlin May 12 reports said German troops have occupied Melos island, 75 miles north of Crete, part of Greece's Cyclades. The seizure reportedly surprised eight Englishmen and 200 Cretans found there and taken prisoner.
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Berlin
Melos Island
Cyclades
Crete
Melos
Greece
Japs Report Closing In On Chinese Troops
Shanghai May 12 Japanese military authorities said their forces were closing in on Chinese troops in Southwest Shansi after a battle that killed about 15 000 Chinese and left 8 000 captured. Fighting rages in torrential rain with battlefields turned to a quagmire.
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Shanghat
Shansi Province
Five Minute Air Raid Alarm In Bordeaux Occupied Port
In Bordeaux, France, a five minute air raid alert woke the occupied port early today from 1:15 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. No immediate report of bombs being dropped. The alert was noted by observers in Vichy.
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Vichy
France
Bordeaux
Wild West Reenactment Standoff Near Quemado
Louis C. Wilson a 65 year old blacksmith barricaded at his ranch house near Quemado New Mexico after a double slaying of J M Garrison 60 and his son Arthur 34 authorities surrounded the site. Wilson refused jail saying he would kill the first officer to enter the gate. His wife 60 also stayed inside as Assistant District Attorney James C Enloe arrived to report the coroner's jury finding. District Attorney C F E Waggonner said a preliminary hearing would not be attended while the siege continued and more men were being assembled.
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Socorro
N. M
Louis C. Wilson
Quemado
New Mexico
Wilson
James C. Enloe
J. M. Garrison
Arthur
C. F E. Waggonner
Clarkson to receive diploma after 15-year schooling break
Charles Clarkson, 32, quit school 15 years ago to work in a grocery store and later owned the business. He returned to school and next Friday will be awarded his high school diploma, reversing the usual order of education and work.
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Louisiana
Charles Clarkson
Clarkson
Dallas boy breaks arm demonstrating jump rope method
Vernon Lee Hall six year old in Dallas injured when he says girls were failing at jumping rope and he demonstrated the correct way by attempting a jump and breaking his arm.
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Dallas
Vernon Lee Hall
Missing New York couple hunt in Alleghenies
Experienced woodsmen and sportsmen pilots joined the search for Mr and Mrs Benjamin Brewster of New York after their cross country flight went overdue. Charles Foley of Roosevelt Field said about 70 planes including 20 Army aircraft from Wright Field were ordered to assist, with重点 focus between Bellefonte and Dubois in the rugged Allegheny region.
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Bellefonte
Aviation
Alleghenies
Benjamin Brewster
Charles Foley
Roosevelt Field
N. Y
Wright Field
Dayton
Here
Dubois, Pa
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Alpha Art Week
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Beacon Light
Beacon Light Choral Club
Hairlip Funeral Home
Trinity School
Trinity Colored School
J. L. Coletrane
Trinity
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William Penn High School P.T. A
Lora Stern
ST. Elmo
Robt. Ripley
TEMS
Celeve Monnot
H.M.S. Ripley
England
Lieut Conde
Agnes Pitonak
Togo
Kobe
Mrs . Brown
Edwardsville
King Peatewes Syndicate, Inc
Chas Tressler
Story City
Lowa
Bradford Mass
Reis
Kai-Shek
U.S
Los Angeles
University of California At Los Angeles
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Britain
Louis Knott Koontz
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WM. E. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
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Wild
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Black Sea
Turkey
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Mann's
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