Greater High Point Fashion and Beauty Extravaganza Delights
A large audience packed the Broadhurst theater for two shows of the Greater High Point Fashion and Beauty Extravaganza. Miss Beatrice Knapp of Tarkersburg West Virginia, Miss Fashion of West Virginia, performed a graceful solo and local entrants competed for the Miss Fashion Queen of High Point title.
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Broadhurst Theater
West Virginia
High Point
Beatrice Knapp
Tarkersburg
Dean Wicks takes Princeton chaplain role at university
Mount Holyoke former chaplain Dean Wicks has moved to Princeton as dean of the university chapel and will deliver a commencement sermon at Duke on Tuesday June 3 as part of Duke's 78th finals.
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Mount Holyoke College
Dean Wicks
Princeton University
Duke University
Duke
Benny Rubin Shines in Sunny Skies at American Theater
Benny Rubin stars in Sunny Skies at the American theater, a lively college-set musical comedy about youth and campus spirit. Rubin, a vaudeville alumnus, plays Benny Krantz, delivering rapid dialect humor as the story unfolds around Stantech University.
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American Theater
Tiffany’s
Benny Rubin
Stantech University
Mr. Rubin
Benny Krantz
Liquor Planted In Roses Turns Troubles For John Odum
New Bern North Carolina police found 19 half gallon jars of liquor hidden in a rose garden owned by John Odum a Black man. Odum is jailed awaiting trial after the hiding spot yielded trouble rather than fruit in a sensational local crime notice.
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New Bern
N. C
John Odum
John
Covering Up Passport Hair Controversy at Travel Show
Officials claim a passport described the traveler as bald while the traveler insists the hair is real. The incident unfolds at a traveling show with satirical commentary on appearances.
Hallelujah film praised yet critiqued for pacing and realism
A Paramount theater review praises Hallelujah for fine singing and Negro music with strong acting and photography but finds the film slow, occasionally burlesque, and short of fully realizing its central idea. The piece also covers related church and prohibition politics and prior campaign finance questions.
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Paramount Theater
North Carolina Equalization Board Discusses 1936-37 Allocations
Gov. O Max Gardner and the equalization board examined the 19 counties hit by cash crop reductions and debated the law’s emergency provisions. The board plans a full week session to set 1936 31 allocations from the equalization fund as authorities anticipate ongoing regional need.
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North Carolina
Equalization Board
O. Max Gardner
Equalization Fund
Second Contingent of Mothers Starts Battleground Tour
In Paris on May 27 the second contingent of gold star mothers begins a bus tour to visit cemeteries where their sons lie. They travel at a relaxed pace with frequent stops and plan first cemetery visits tomorrow. The first contingent remains in Paris recovering before sailing home Thursday.
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Paris
Battlefront
Gold Star
Pickett Policy on Contributions Cited Incomplete Line
A partial excerpt outlines Pickett’s rule on accepting church or individual gifts only when designated for an approved project. The fragment notes that no contributions have ever been fully specified for approved use, leaving the policy incomplete.
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World Service Commission
Board of Managers
Board of Temperance
General Conference
Court Acts To Reduce Court Congestion And Extend Prohibitions
A report outlines measures to define a misdemeanor under prohibition laws and to punish certain bootlegging acts. The plan seeks relief from court congestion by appointing 17 additional federal judges. The Supreme Court ruled that a purchaser of bootleg liquor is not liable unless illegal transport or possession is involved.
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Wickersham
Law Enforcement Commission
Graham
House
Supreme Court
Congress
Reds Acquire Pat Crawford in Giants Trade
Cincinnati Reds president Sidney Weil announced a trade sending Pete Donohue and Ethan Allen to the New York Giants for Pat Crawford a versatile outfielder and pinch hitter. The move follows another Reds Giants deal earlier in the week sending Hughie Critz for Larry Benton.
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Cincinnati
Sidney Weil
Cincinnati Reds
Pete Donohue
Ethan Allen
New York Giants
Pat” Crawford
Reds
Giants
Hughie Critz
New York
Larry Benton
Pat Crawford Traded to Reds From Giants in 1929 Deal
Pat Crawford was traded to the Cincinnati Reds for Pete Donohue and Ethan Allen today. He joined the Giants at the 1929 season start from the Toledo club of the American Association after breaking in with Greenville South Atlantic Association. Crawford, a Davidson College graduate, also studies coaching and physical education at the International YMCA College in Springfield during the off season.
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New York
Pat Crawford
Cincinnati Reds
Pete Donohue
Ethan Allen
Giants
Toledo
American Association
Greenville
8. C
Davidson College
N. C
Crawford
International Y. M. Cc. A. College
Springfield
Mass
Royal Court Sees 600 Debutantes at Buckingham Palace
Six hundred debutantes and matrons are summoned to Buckingham Palace for a third court evening. King George is ill and will not attend. Eight American women are among the presentees. Debutantes and mothers plan to depart around 5 30 p m and assemble with their cars on the Mall before the procession begins.
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London
Buckingham Palace
Britain
George
Palace
Royal Guard
Six Thousand Homeless As Red River Flood Spurs Aid Plea
Six thousand people are homeless in Louisiana as floodwaters inundate 195000 acres across Red River and its tributaries in Red River and Natchitoches parishes. Representative James B. Aswell seeks emergency relief with a $14000 food fund and 40000 acre crop replanting plan.
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Coushatta
Red River
Natchitoches Parishes
James B. Aswell
Washington
The
Red Cross
Natchitoches Parish
Red
Powhatan
Bayou Pierre
Grand Ecore
Natchitoches
Paris
Bull Bayou
Crichton
Westdale
Abington
Grand Bayou
Gahagan
Shreveport
Hoover signs seven federal prison reform bills
President Hoover announced he signed seven bills to expand the federal prison system. The package aims to build two federal prisons, two reformatories, and several jails at about seven million dollars, with locations near Erie Pennsylvania and west of the Mississippi. It also creates new parole and training provisions and assigns health and probation roles, though one bill on probation officers was deemed defective and sent back to Congress.
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Ronald B. Woodyard
Enterprise
Woodyard
W. E. Davis
Washington
Hoover
United States
Erie
Mississippi River
Tion
Public Health Service
Congress
Towns Rockwell Gold Hill Exchange Population Ranks
Charlotte May 27 report shows Rockwell with 696 residents and Gold Hill with 112, marking a near population swap. Gold Hill declined from 514 in 1920 to 112 in 1930 while Rockwell rose from 249 in 1910 to 696 in 1930, illustrating dramatic growth.
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Charlotte
Rowan County
Rockwell
Gold Hill
Seventh District
Pershing Draft Sought for U.S. Senate in Nebraska
Ex-servicemen in Nebraska launch a drive to draft General John J. Pershing for the U S Senate. A. A. Misegadis says petitions will be circulated today and Pershing’s name filed once 1,000 signatures are gathered.
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Lincoln
Neb
John J. Pershing
United States
Nebraska
A. A. Misegadis
Pershing
Dry Senator Might Vote Wet
Senator Jones, sponsor of the strict five and ten Volstead law, said he would vote for prohibition modification if Washington state approves in a referendum. He stated he believes in the dry law and noted the convention's recommendation as representing a small section of the people.
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Washington
Jones
Demands for Heflin divorce rejected by court
A 1000 word petition to divorce J Thomas Heflin from Miss Democracy was rejected for recording in Jefferson county chancery court. Judge William M Walker called the filing witty yet undignified and noted Heflin abandoned the couple, bringing an ungainly elephant into their home. The petition did not mention his U S Senate role.
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Birmingham
Ala
Jefferson County Chancery Court
J. Thomas Heflin
A. Berkowitz
William M. Walker
Heflin
North Carolina College Commencements Highlight 200 Graduates
In Charlotte on May 27 about 200 graduates from four state colleges received diplomas. Queens College awarded 35 women, with Clyde R Hoey delivering the literary address. Elon College honored 57 seniors and Greensboro College conferred diplomas to 59 women at its 82nd commencement.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Queens College
Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
McAlister Carson
Elon College
W. D. Hooper
Southern Association of Colleges
Board of
Greensboro College
Francis P. Gaines
Wake Forest College
American Golfers Defeat French By Impressive Margin
At Saint Germain en Laye on May 27 American women golfers led by Glenna Collett defeated France 10 1 2 to 41 2 in a match of three foursomes seven singles and one half. Captains Collett and Simone Thion de La Chaume each won key foursomes and singles in a closely contested contest.
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ST. Germain-En-Laye
France
Glenna Collett
Simone Thion de la Chaume
Mies Collett
Mile
Thion de la Chaume
Mme. A. M. Vagliano
Miss Collett
Bernice Wall
Sixty Die in Burmese Rioting at Rangoon Dock Strike
Rioting between Burmese coolies and Hindus in Rangoon leaves sixty dead after two days of clashes near the waterfront. Police fire on mobs as military units guard city entrances. streets are deserted and feeding the terror-stricken population becomes a crisis.
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Rangoon
India
Missouri Professor Ousted Over Insubordination
Dr. Max F. Meyer, psychology professor at the University of Missouri, was permanently removed from the faculty by the board of curators for insubordination. He was granted a one year research appointment at the Central Institute for the Deaf in St. Louis. The sex questionnaire controversy, prepared by Prof Harmon Q De Graff's sociology class, prompted De Graff's dismissal.
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Columbia
Max F. Meyer
University of Missouri
Storm-Center
Central Institute For the Deaf
St. Louis
Harmon Q O. de Graff
de Graff
Meyer
French Davis Cup team wins doubles title in Paris final
At Auteuil on May 27, the French pair Henri Cochet and Jacques Brugnon defeated Australians Harry Hopman and Jim Willard in straight sets 6-3 9-7 6-3 to win the national doubles championship.
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Auteuil
France
Henri Cochet
Jacques Brugnon
Harry Hopman
Jim Willard
Ring joins Hart's Pharmacy staff in city
W A Ring formerly of Ring Drug in the city has affiliated with Hart's Pharmacy and will serve his friends there.
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W. A. Ring
The
Ring Drug Company
Hart’s Pharmacy
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