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Ripley’s Believe It or Not contest invites The Enterprise readers in North Central South America and nearby areas to submit astonishing true facts for daily local prizes and 14 national grand prizes judged by Robert L Ripley. Entrants may mail proofs, compete for top prizes, and win by public journal judgment with fourteen grand awards to choose from.
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Robert L. Ripley
Ripley
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Central
South America
U. S&s
High Point
N. C
Grace Line
New York
United Airlines
Pennsylvania Hotel
San Francisco
Miami
Fla
Everglades Hotel
Eastern Airlines
Sun Valley Lodge
Sun Valley
Idaho
Warner Movie Studios
Warner Bros
Hollywood
California
American Airlines
Beverly Hills
Bermuda
Purness Line
Pan-American Airways
Belmont Manor
Philco
United States
Reynolds Slams Jonas as Hoover Material in NC Campaign
Senator Robert R. Reynolds opening his North Carolina Senate race accuses Charles A. Jonas of Hoover ties while praising Governor Clyde R. Hoey and President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He cites Roosevelts reforms, national defense work, and wages and hours act amid a packed Tub auditorium setting with Congressman J. Walter Lambeth introducing him.
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Thomasville
Charles A. Jonas
Herbert Hoover
Robert R. Reynolds
Clyde R. Hoey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
North Carolina
United States Senate
Reynolds
J. Walter Lambeth
Senator Reynolds
Senate
Lambeth
United States
Davidson County
W. O. Burgin
Congress
U. S
Burgin
Roosevelt
C. C. Camps
South
Jonas
Hoover
Washington
Charles Jonas
Contests Open to Public with Prize Selection Rules
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Believe It Or Not, Inc
Strike Leaves Wilmington Oil fleet idle for union recognition
Sixty truck drivers for Southern Oil Transport Company halted operations in Wilmington awaiting union recognition formed earlier. R. L. Brinson of High Point, company president, arrived to face demands for recognition, seniority, and guaranteed pay. Salaries cited range from 135 to 180 dollars monthly as hundreds of gallons of gasoline await distribution.
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Wilmington
Southern Oil Transport Company
Martin Street
R. L. Brinson
High Point
Brinson
Dance Club Organizing Effort Under Way in Thomasville
Paul Hassler, acting temporary chairman, calls citizens to a 7 PM meeting at the city hall courtroom to form a permanent Thomasville dance club and establish its organization.
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Thomasville
Paul Hassler
Youth Excels in Russian Checkers Tourney
In Russia a youth led checker tourney in Bley belug showed players with an average age of 24. The event highlighted rising talent and regional competition among young masters.
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Russia
Bley Belug
Chamberlain seeks House approval for Anglo Italian pact
Prime Minister Chamberlain urged the House to debate and approve the Rome Anglo Italian agreement as Britain eyes rearmament and foreign policy. He defended trade with Germany and rejected peacetime conscription, stressing no plan for continental scale army buildup while promising to uphold key Mediterranean interests.
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Munich
Germany
Europe
Sir John
Britain
Chamberlain
Rome
Mediterranean
Africa
Near East
Spain
Italy
Ethiopia
Trains Crash at Crossing Near Charlotte No One Hurt
Two trains collided at a railroad crossing in Charlotte last night. A Winston-Salem bound Southern passenger train struck an incoming Seaboard freight train, pushing into it after the freight had crossed with 14 cars already on the tracks. Three box cars derailed and the passenger engine was damaged.
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Charlotte
Winston-Salem
Southern
Seaboard
Robbins Resignation Accepted as Police Investigator Not Replaced
Thomasville city officials announced that Sergeant L. H. Robbins, head of the police bureau of investigation since September 1, has resigned effective today. The city council approved the resignation yesterday afternoon. No successor named and no further statements were issued by City Manager R. M. Cooksey or Police Chief F. C. Smith.
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Thomasville
R. M. Cooksey
L. H. Robbins
Bureau of Investigation
F. C. Smith
Robbins
Local Civitan tribute honors Judge Lewis E Teague
A Civitan resolution adopted at High Point honors Lewis E Teague who died at forty. The tribute commends his eleven years as Municipal court judge and his leadership in church and community service. It lauds his integrity, generosity, and dedication to youth and civic betterment.
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Lewis E. Teague
Civitan Club of
High Point
Heavenly Kingdom
Palestine Arabs Strike Against British Rule
Palestine Arabs began a three day general strike against travel restrictions by British authorities. Reports said work and traffic stopped in Nazareth, Tiberias, Nablus, Jenin, Tulkarm and Jerusalem while Haifa shops and factories closed though Jewish and British staff kept some services. The British battleship Warspite arrived in Haifa from Cyprus.
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Haifa
Palestine
Holy Land
Nazareth
Tiberias
Nablus
Jenin
Tulkarm
Jerusalem
Dudley Pound
Cyprus
Probation in N C Tops State Clemency Effort
A state report shows 631 persons placed on probation by 74 judges statewide during an extended clemency program. Of the 1140 probationers, 91 were employed prior to sentencing and 307 secured jobs after probation. Data cover race, age, sex, marital status, education, and prior records.
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Bation
Oral County Court
Dian
College Ates
Buick Plant Begins Biggest Manufacturing Program
Detroit, Nov 1. General Motors division announced the start of what it calls the biggest manufacturing program in the history of the company. Production schedules call for nearly 56 000 units in November and December as part of the unprecedented plan. About 90 000 steel pieces were purchased in September and October. Harlow H. Curtice, president and general manager, said employment rose to more than 14 000, with many men returning to time work since the 1938 downturn.
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Detroit
General Motorstation
Historie
Harlow H. Curtice
B Curtice
Tigress Raub Attack Uses Sledge Hammer
A tigress named Malaya attacked a band of men in Raub using a sledge hammer before being captured later by coolies.
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Malaya
Coolies
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