State Museum seeks specimens of giant meteor
Raleigh May 29 Officials of the state museum here are eager to obtain specimens of a giant meteor believed to have exploded and fallen in fragments near Greensboro Leaksville Winston Salem High Point or Salisbury about May 3 this year. Curators Brimley and Davis urge North Carolina collectors to send meteorites for examination.
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Raleigh
State Museum
Greensboro
Leaksville
Winston-Salem
High Point
Salisbury
Harry Davis
H. H. Brimley
Ashe County
Rich Mountain
Jackson County
Hendersonville
Presbyterians approve $3.1 million budget for 1938-39
The Southern Presbyterian General Assembly in Charlottesville authorized a budget of expenditures totaling 3,100,000 dollars for the 1938 39 year. The plan includes a 100,000 dollar increase over the current year and apportions funds to 17 synods including Virginia 488 544 and North Carolina 548 928 among others.
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Charlottesville
Southern Presbyterian General Assembly
Alabama
Appalachian
Arkansas
Florida
Georgie
North Carolina
Oklahoma
Snedecor Memorial
South Carolina
Tennessee
Kentucky
Louisiana
Mississippi
Missouri
Texas
Virginia
West Virginia
Urges More Research Money In Agriculture
Dean W. Coffey of the University of Minnesota argues that U.S. industry spends 200 million dollars yearly on research while agriculture spends only 40 million, about half the needed amount, urging increased funding.
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Minneapolis
United States
Dean W. ©. Coffey
University of Minnesota
Duke Commencement Schedule At Duke University
Duke University plans a week of commencement events starting Sunday night with the baccalaureate address by Rev. Homer J. Councilor of Calvary Baptist church. Dr. Ray Lyman Wilbur of Stanford will give the commencement address next Wednesday. Rev. Robert Russell Wicks of Princeton will preach the sermon Tuesday night.
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Durham
Duke University
Homer J. Councilor
Calvary Baptist Church
Ray Lyman Wilbur
Leland Stanford University
Robert Russell Wicks
Princeton University Chapel
Scarboro Ordered Capone Arrest In Miami Hearing
Testimony says Capone was arrested May 8 on orders of Chief Detective Scarboro, not Mayor McCreary, and that he went voluntarily to police headquarters. Detectives Howard and Wilkerson testified they waited in a car for hours before the arrest and knew no crime by Capone.
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Miami
Fla
Scarface al” Capone
L. QO. Scarboro
Public Safety
S. D. McCreary
Capone
McCreary
H. G. Howard
G.S. Wilkerson
C. H. Reeder
John Knight
Scarboro
Vincent C. Giblin
J. F. Gordon
Gordon
Stolen Gems From Palm Beach Hotel Identify Loot In New York Raid
Eleven of 19 jewels worth 300000 seized by police were identified as gems stolen from the Ambassador hotel Palm Beach Florida February 26. The owners Mr and Mrs L W Herman of New York identified the gems from their Florida hotel apartment. Police work continues on other jewels valued at 1300000 believed to be loot from twelve robberies and burglaries.
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New York
Ambassador Hotel
Palm Beach
Fla
L. W. Herman
Florida
Lafayette kin tour Monticello and Ashlawn 106 years later
A visitors’ party from New York led by Marquis Jacques de Dampierre and descendants of Lafayette toured Monticello and Ashlawn. They visited Jefferson’s grave and were welcomed by Rose Gouverneur Hoes and Ashlawn owners Jay and Mrs Johns.
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Charlottesville
Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
General Lafayette
New York
Marquis Jacques de Dampierre
L Lafayette
Comte de Dampierre
Theodore Fred Kuper
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Henry Allen Johnson
Foundation
Jacob Greneberg
City Schools of
Ashlawn
James Monroe
Lafayette
America
Rose Gouvernouer Hoes
Washington
Monroe
Jay Johns
Alleged Quack Doctor on Trial in Chicago
Chicago police investigate John Galandak a former pickle packer turned self described practical psychologist accused of practicing medicine without a license after his $35 000 home and office were bombed. Neighbors describe his patients as numerous and wealthy while his wife recounts rapid wealth and a shift from poverty to a high earning practice over seven years. Police suggest the bombing may have been by a disappointed patient or spouse.
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Chicago
John Galandak
State Department of Registration and Education
Susay Galandak
Galandak
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