Funeral Held for Randolph Doctor Dr Tate
RAMSEUR May 27 Funeral service for Dr Tate was held yesterday at 3 pm in the local Methodist church with interment in the church cemetery. A Randolph County coroner and health official, he died Monday after a long illness at his daughter's home. He served the county since training in Baltimore and led civic and religious activities. He married Mary Ida Campbell. survivors include daughter Mrs C A Graham and Mrs John M Foust and son Dr Tate Jr.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ramseur
Tate
Dr Tate
Dr. Tate
Pender County
Randolph
Baltimore
County Board of Health
Mary Ida Campbell
C. A. Graham
Graham
John M. Foust
Mt. Vernon Springs
Tate, Jr
Rameseur
15 Cent Supplement Fails To Win School Support
Oak Hill Brentwood and Johnson Street schools did not secure a majority for the 15 cent supplement though many registered voters supported it. Junior high received 634 of 817 votes, Bay Street 451 of 653, Elm Street 4056 of 665. The tax would raise 40 to 60 thousand dollars for next year for school board improvements, with a ninth month likely and funds left for other community projects.
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Oak Hill
Brentwood
Johnson Street
Bay Street
Elm Street
City to seek school funding via special election after pay raise talk
Officials note teachers face a higher ninth month salary and potential annual earnings rise. Maximum teaching pay now tops 720 dollars with state aid and non recurring budget items. City lacks authority to spend on administration without a people vote and awaits official canvass Thursday at 11.00 in the council chamber with registrars present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Conference debates church law and education reforms
Delegates weigh applying church law amid ongoing equities as Dr. Gideon J. Humphries moves to deem it inadvisable. The assembly approves reorganization plans adding two executive secretaries to missions and Christian education, with elections and court speeches marking the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. Sexsmith
Gideon J. Humphries
H Point College
Board of Missions
Board of Christian Education
F. L. Gibbs
North Carolina
Pittsburgh
Frank W. Stephenson
Department of Educational Institutions
George W. Haddaway
Baltimore
Betty Brittingham
Government Spends $800 Million On Machine Guns 1917 18
The government allocated eight hundred million dollars for machine guns during the 1917 to 1918 period. This large procurement highlights wartime military buildup and support for U S armed forces amid the early innovations of modern warfare.
CCC Worker Believed Heir To $2,000 Estate
Edward Ensign Barber a 28 year old CCC enrollee at a North Carolina camp near this city awaits word from Chicago about a possible $2,000 estate. A Chicago firm sought him as heir after locating him in Monroe area. An officer delivered a letter to Barber at the High Point CCC camp and he replied that night to WwW. C. Cox & company before returning to work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Ensign Barber
CCC
Chicago
Barber
North Carolina
Monroe
High Point
Barr
Www. C. Cox & Company
Open House to Welcome Alumnae at Women’s College
Greensboro May 27 The new alumnae house at the Women's College of the University of North Carolina built over the past year at a cost of about 140000 will be informally opened Saturday afternoon May 20 from 2 to 4 30 for alumnae commencement guests and visitors for the 44th commencement activities. A large reception committee and numerous Greensboro volunteers will greet guests and lead tours through the nearly complete house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Women's College of the University of North
Homewood
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
C. F. Tomlinson
High Point
Annie M. Cherry
Enfield
Chas. W. Perry
J. F. Spruill
Lexington
J. J. Foust
Laura H. Colt
Clara B. Byrd
J. R Bennett
Rocky Mount
Gertrude Carraway
New Bern
Ruth Clinard
Charlotte
R. O. Everett
Durham
T. R. Everett
Seaboard
Charles Finch
Thomasville
Gurney P. Hood
Raleigh
Joseph W. Johnson
Winston-Salem
Gordon H. May
Danville
B. C. Parker
Albemarle
Hattie Parrott
Mary Poteat
C. A. Street
E. S. Wall
M. J. Wrenn
Velma Beam
Corinne Cannady
Ruth Fitzgerald
H. A. Helms
J. A. Kelger
Pair Scheduled To Die Friday
Two men Marvin Batten of Johnston county and Henry Grier of Forsyth county Negro are due to be executed at the state's prison Friday for killing women unless Governor Ebringhaus intervenes. Batten was sentenced to death by gas for killing Lyda Daughtry and had a reprieve for psychiatric examination. clemency chances were described as slight. Grier was condemned for slaying Annie Giles, a Negro, and to be electrocuted as the crime preceded the gas law’s July 1 date. he had several reprieves with no action indicated.
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Raleigh
Marvin Batten
Johnston County
Henry Grier
Forsyth County
State
Ebringhaus
Hatten
Lyda Daughtry
Grier
Annie Giles
Probe Underway In Death of The Selma Plant Workers
Virginia Chemical company continued its investigation into an accident at its Selma plant that killed three men and injured five others. The dead were Charles Dunham, 36, Alfred Cooper, 64, and Julius Austin, all of Selma. The injured include G. W. Missell of Charleston, S. C., in critical condition at Rex hospital, Raleigh, and Lem Terry, Ernest Taylor, Jack Curtis, and Godley Stokes of Selma, hospitalised in Johnston county. The incident reportedly occurred during vat cleaning and involved inhalation of acid fumes.
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Selma
May Eee Cata
Virginia Line Chemical Company
Charlies Dunham
Alfred Cooper
Julius Austin
G. W. Missell
Charleston
Rex Hospital
Raleigh
Lem Terry
Ernest Taylor
Jack Curtis
Godley Stokes
Johnston County Hospital
Carraway Campaigns Through District With Tour Dates
Bruce H. Carraway, Democratic congressional hopeful, will speak tonight at Hillsboro courthouse and tomorrow in Durham, Friday in Mebane, and Saturday in Burlington. He plans further appearances early next week.
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Bruce H. Carraway
United States Congress
Hillsboro
Court House
Durham
Mebane
Burlington
Resettlement Heads In Three Day Meet
In Winston-Salem 60 officials from the Northwestern Rural Resettlement Administration district gathered for a three day conference. They will discuss aid recipients, decide how to assist families, and plan supervision.
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Winston-Salem
Intr
Resea
Randolph Man Is Bitten By Rattler
Virgil Hill of east Asheboro was treated for a rattlesnake bite at a local clinic after being bitten on his left hand while working in the country. Doctors administered snake bite serum as swelling worsened after home remedies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheboro
Virgil Hill
East
J. W. Hunter
Hill
Candidate Spends Night In Mortuary
Belmont May 27 William F Scholl of Charlotte spent the night in a mortuary while campaigning in the tenth district. He says he is out of money and cites the hot campaign climate for “ban al pushers.”
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Belmont
William F. Scholl
Charlotte
Vane
Scholl
Drunk lineman knocked out by janitor at Meade school incident
In Meade Kansas a intoxicated oil line worker clashed with a junior high student and was knocked out by a well aimed uppercut. Three hours later the city council named Professor Carmichael assistant city marshal.
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Meade, Kan
Professor Carmichael
Used Car Bet Ends With Quick Theft at Lot
W L Boullt a Kansas City auto salesman was showing used cars to three Negro men when a dispute over the year model led to a heated exchange. One man grabbed a $20 bet offer and the group rushed away with the money before Boullt could react.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
W. L. Boullt
Boullt
Nervous Man Robs Columbus Drugstore for 25 Dollars
A shaken youth entered a Columbus drugstore and asked for nerve tablets. After the clerk, J. C. McElroy, fetched them, the man drew a pistol, took $25, and fled, while McElroy threw the pills after him, admitting later he needed them.
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Columbus
J. C. McElroy
McElroy
Negro given ten months for stealing shirts in Greensboro
David Miller, a Black man, originally sentenced to six months, added four months himself after a conviction for stealing three shirts from a Greensboro store. Judge E B Rives totalled the sentence to ten months as Miller whistled in surprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
David Miller
E. EB. Rives
Miller
British Golf Meet Is Domestic Affair
The British amateur golf championship narrowed to British players as the last two American survivors Bassett of Rye New York and Douglas Grant now living in England were eliminated. Bassett was scratched for missing his tee time and Grant fell 6 6 to P W La Risdon in a third round encounter.
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ST. Andrews
Scotland
Theodore Bassett
Rye
N. Y
Douglas Grant
England
Bassett
Grant
P. W. la Risdon
Official Atlanta Jinx Still Works
ATLANTA May 27 A longtime superstition about the Southern Association baseball Crackers remains unbroken as O T Smith, a local printer, is urged to become full time manager to end Atlanta’s losing streak. Despite the Crackers winning 31 of 39 games this season and setting league records Smith has attended three games and watched them lose all three, reinforcing the jinx.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
O. T. Smith
Smith
Good With Pistol Is Putrid In Golf
Miami police display a mix of golf talent with Earl Christiansen winning the annual police tournament at 146 four over par. P. H. Baldwin posted 386 strokes, averaging nearly 11 per hole, while Baldwin is noted as a skilled pistol team marksman.
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Miami
Fla
Earl Christiansen
P. H. Baldwin
Baldwin
Milk Bottle Thieves Sought in Durham
Durham police seek two men who collect empty milk bottles and sell them to independent milk dealers. The suspects were seen taking bottles from porches and alleys during the past week as part of an ongoing investigation.
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Durham
W H Cobb Dies in Apex At Age of Senior Agent
W H Cobb, a commercial agent for the Atlantic Coast Line railroad stationed in Fayetteville, died suddenly in Apex last night. He was a longtime railroad official and prominent local figure. The death follows his service as a senior agent and representative for the line in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apex
W H. Cobb
Fayetteville
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
G N Fulcher Dies of Lockjaw in Morehead City
G N Fulcher aged 11 of Morehead City died from tetanus after a splinter punctured his foot several days earlier. The boy succumbed at his home on May 27 amid local concern over the injury and its fatal outcome.
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G. N. Fulcher
Morehead City
G . N. Fulcher
Andrew Grubb 70 dies at Lexington residence
Andrew Grubb aged 70 of Lexington route two died May 25 at 5 PM at his home. Survived by widow, stepsons Ed Brown Matthew Martin of home, Dobie and Charles Hunt of Lexington route two, two daughters Miss Ida Grubb and Mrs Charles Hunt, four brothers Levi David Daniel and Henry Grubb of Thomasville route two, Frances Grubb of Thomasville route two. Funeral services scheduled for afternoon at Clarksburg near A where interment will follow.
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Thomasville
Andrew Grubb
Lexington
Brown
Matthew
Martin
Dobie
Charles
High Point
Ida Grubb
Charles Hunt
Levi
David
Daniel
Henry
Frances Grubb
Clarksburg
Army Recruits Targeted for Canal Zone Service
Army recruiting headquarters for the Carolinas orders 124 men to enlist for Canal Zone service in Charlotte.
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ARMY
Charlotte
The
Carolinas
Canal Zone
Child dies in traffic with caregiver held on bond
Charlotte May 27 Billy Thames three years old was killed by an automobile driven by Mrs T L Lewis who was placed under $1 000 bond pending an inquest.
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Charlotte
Billy Thames
T. L. Lewis
New Anti Aircraft Gun Passes Altitude Test
An Army and Navy testing a new anti air craft gun fires shells to thirty thousand feet. The recoil system is so delicate that a glass of water can be placed on the barrel without spilling during operation.
Recovery On Stock Exchange Gains After Volatile Start
The New York stock market opened with profit taking but quickly recovered and moved upward. Strong business news offset anxiety over Washington tax policy as trading picked up. Steel, merchandising, farm implement and chemical shares led, while utilities and rails were barely firmer. Cotton futures held firm despite the broker's failure, with grains bonds and currencies in a narrow range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
New York Cotton Exchange
Senate Approves Large Relief Fund Under Roosevelt Plan
Washington May 27 the senate appropriations committee approved a relief appropriation of 1 425 billion dollars to be turned over to President Roosevelt with authority for PWA to use an additional 300 million dollars for heavy construction projects and programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Roosevelt
PWA
High Point Man Escapes Pris
Raleigh May 27 Whitley assistant director of state penal division announced the escape of a state prisoner and three others. Mance Walker 28 from Point walked away from a county prison camp serving a three year term for breaking and entering. Clyde Wright 22 of Greensboro at large since 1935 was serving years for breaking and entering. Robert Beardem 23 of Ford Conn escaped a three year sentence for housebreaking. Lindsay 17 Negro of Winston-Salem escaped a Randolph county camp and was recaptured.
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Raleigh
Whitley
State Penal Division
State
Mance Walker
Point
Sen County
Hey
Clyde Wright
Gro
Greensboro
Robert Beardem
Ford, Conn
Mac
Lindsay
Winston-Salem
Randolph County
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