Bystander Foils Bank Robbery in North Carolina
In Efland North Carolina two bandits attempt a bank robbery. S Carl Forrest fires from across the road, mortally wounding Bruce Carpenter who fled with money. An accomplice escapes as the town hails Forrest as a hero. Carpenter is identified in Durham.
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S. Carl Forrest
Bruce Carpenter
Durham
North Carolina State Hospital
Carpenter
George Shambley
Efland
Mooresville
Duke Student Killed in Car Crash Near Durham
Harold Curry a Duke University sophomore died when the car he rode in overturned after leaving Chapel Hill following the North Carolina Georgia Tech game. Driver Burroughs G. White Jr. of New York state, living in Southern Pines, faces manslaughter charges with a $1000 bond. Hugh Curry another Duke student survived with minor injuries. The brothers are from Point Pleasant West Virginia. their father serves on a river steamer.
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Durham
N. C
Harold Curry
Duke University
Curry
Georgia Tech
Chapel Hill
Burroughs G. White, Jr
New York State
Southern Pines
Hugh Curry
Duke
White
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Ehringhaus Urges Full Democratic Ticket in Orange County
J C B Ehringhaus of Elizabeth City appealed for support of the entire Democratic ticket in the general election at a high school auditorium in Chapel Hill. He condemned the Republican party for prohibition enforcement hypocrisy lack of leadership and the tariff law driving US industry abroad while calling for unity beyond past differences.
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Chapel Hill
Navy
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Abeth City
Orange County
Republican Party
Ehringhaus
United States
Four Sing Sing inmates escape attempt ends in deaths and capture
Four prisoners tried to flee Sing Sing prison in Ossining New York with guards and police surrounding the 23 acre yard. One prisoner was killed another wounded a third overpowered by tear gas and the fourth surrendered after a lengthy chase. They had locked five guards in a storage room but Bourdon unlocked the door to raise the alarm.
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Champlin Refining Company
Ossining
N. Y
Sing Sing
Iidge Bourdon
Bourdon
Vargas to Take Office Monday and Dissolve Congress
Brazil’s Getulio Vargas announced he would become provisional president on Monday November 3. He will dissolve Congress and govern with discretionary powers after talks with Captain Juarez Tavora and the military Junta. Rebel troops arrive from Minas Gerais Sao Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul as banks plan to reopen Monday.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Getulio Vargas
Brazil
Congress
Juarez Tavora
Rio
Minas Geraes
Sao Paulo
Rio Grande Do Sul
Banco Do Brasil
J K Norfleet Dies Aged 60 Noted Winston Salem Figure
J K Norfleet, longtime Winston Salem businessman and state tax commissioner, died suddenly at his home aged 60. Born in Caswell County, he led the Lipfert Scales firm before its Reynolds purchase and served in public roles from highway commissioner to state educational and tax boards. Funeral likely Monday. His wife Nannie Norfleet died five hours later at their home.
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Winston-Salem
J. K. Norfleet
North Carolina
Royal Arch Masons
Nannie Norfleet
The
Check and Double Check the Want Ads for Your Name
The Enterprise will list reader names on the classified page starting today. If your name appears you may pick up a complimentary Broadhurst theater ticket at the Enterprise office within three days. Ticket good for Amos n Andy in Check and Double Check, opening Monday for a four day engagement.
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Enterprise
Broadhurst Theater
Amos ‘N’ Andy
Do-X Set for Amsterdam Start on World Flight to U S
Germany’s Do-X giant airliner rests in its hangar in Altena, Switzerland, ready to depart at 8 o clock tomorrow for Amsterdam. Commander Christiansen plans to fly west along the Rhine, with stops at Amsterdam and other ports before Lisbon and the New York leg, weather permitting.
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Altenahelm
Switzerland
Germany
America
Amsterdam
Lake Constance
Christiansen
Rhine
Holland
Southampton
Havre
Corunna
Lisbon
New York
Balm for Aches of Unemployment
Washington reports new balms for unemployment proposed to the President's Emergency Committee. Chairman Arthur Woods urges prudent purchasing and cites Proctor and Gamble’s plan to keep 10,000 workers employed year round. War and interior departments announce multi million projects and Hoover Dam bids to create jobs.
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Washington
Arthur Woods
Proctor and Gamble
Cincinnati
War Department
Interior Department
Hoover Dam
Colorado River
Telegraph Offices to Be Taken Over by Western Union
Elizabeth City and Edenton telegraph offices, owned by a local telephone company, will be taken over December 1 by Western Union Telegraph Company for direct operation under a long term lease.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
Edenton
Western Union Telegraph Company
Raleigh Prepares for Political Finale On Eve of Election
North Carolina braces for a late campaign finish with Gov. Gardner and U. S. Senate hopeful George M. Pritchard making final radio appeals from WPTF. Democratic opponent Josian W. Bailey plans his Greensboro address as other speakers hit Winston-Salem Fayetteville and Farmville. Gardner to speak 7 30 to 8 30 p m Pritchard 7 30 to 7 50 p m.
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Raleigh
George H. Moses
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Democratic National Committee
John J. Rascob
Rascob
Democratic Party
Jouett Shouse
Capital
O. Max Gardner
George M. Pritchard
United States Senate
Pritchard
Josian W. Bailey
Greensboro
Josephus Daniels
Winston-Salem
Cameron Morrison
Fayetteville
J. C. B. Enninghaus
Farmville
Gardner
WPTF
Mayor Thompson Recovers From Appendectomy
Chicago mayor William Hale Thompson woke from surgery to remove his appendix and, though sleepy, was in jovial mood. Doctors said he was reacting well and he planned to address a political meeting against Ruth Hanna McCormick, with a cabinet member reading his speech as reporters were barred from the room.
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Chicago
William Hale Thompson
Ruth Hanna McCormick
United States Senate
Milton M. Portis
Dr. Portis
Robert M. Perbohner
Perbohner
Chicago Tribune
Thompson
William Nelson Pelouze
Samuel A. Ettelhon
Political Oratory At Charlotte Ends Mecklenburg County
Former Governor Cameron Morrison spoke for the democrats to about 2,000 voters in a Charlotte auditorium. Dr George C C Butte, assistant to the U S attorney general, for the republicans, delivered a broadcast address over station WBT. The oratorical preliminaries to the election closed tonight in Mecklenburg county.
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Charlotte
N. Y
Cameron Morrison
George CC. Butte
U. S
Mecklenburg County
Highway 10 Reopened Near Greensboro After Widening
Greensboro news reports state that a ten mile section of North Carolina Highway 10 from Guilford county east of Greensboro to near Whitsett was reopened today after improvements. The road has been widened to 30 feet enhancing the Main Street link.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Guilford County
Whitsett
New Bulgarian Queen Captures Hearts of Adopted Countrymen
Sofia reports Bulgaria's new queen, Lunva, endears herself to the nation during a major national celebration. She stood with King Boris as 200,000 schoolchildren cheered, handed flowers, and praised her gentle, regal demeanor.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Loanna
Boris
Lunva
Italy
Vatican
Pritchard Critics Democrats in Gate City Address
Asheville Republican U S Senate candidate George M. Pritchard spoke to about 700 in Greensboro criticizing Democratic leaders including Raskob and Tammany Hall. He argued for prohibition as a key issue and urged voters to oppose anticipated candidates Smith or Roosevelt selling a repeal platform while calling for tariffs to shield American workers. He blasted North Carolina tax costs as shown by Maxwell.
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Greensboro
George M. Pritchard
Asheville
United States
North Carolina
Hoover
Raskob
Tammany Hall
Smith
Roosevelt
National Democratic Party
Pritchard
Maxwell
Negro lashes thief in Wilmington shop crime
John Carroll a Black man admitted stealing two neckties valued at 3.50 from a Wilmington store. He was sentenced to ten lashes in Newcastle county workhouse and two years in prison. Carroll had eleven prior convictions for similar offences.
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Wilmington
Del
John Carroll
Newcastle County
Carroll
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