Corporation Commission Members Face Indictment Question
In Raleigh on November 1931, Buncombe County grand jury urged indictments for all three corporation commission members and former Chief Bank Examiner John Mitchell over the Central Bank and Trust collapse in Asheville. Legal experts diverge on where indictments would be proper, with Wake County or Buncombe County cited as possible venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Baskervill Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
General Assembly
Corporation Commission
Buncombe County Grand Jury
John Mitchell
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Asheville
Central Bank
Commission
Banking Department
Buncombe County
Mitchell
Grand Jury
Wake County
W. T. Lee
Raleigh
Waynesville
George P. Pell
Stanley Winbourne
Comptroller of the Currency
Washington, D. C
Buncombe
Paper Says Jobless Could Work and Eat Too
A Raleigh dispatch reports the Duplin Journal of War Conservationist Harrelson suggests unemployed men sleeping in jail could work and eat by tightening belts. The editor tested the idea and found it insufficient as winter bites Eastern counties with scarce food, while fighters might rely on roast opossum, coon, deer, bear, and quail to stay warm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Duplin Journal of
Warsaw
Harrelson
Duplin
Onur
North Carolina Clothiers Oppose Special Session
Directors of the North Carolina Association of Clothiers and Furnishers in Winston-Salem voted to urge Governor Gardner not to call a special session of the general assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
N. C
North Carolina Association of Clothiers and Furnishers
Gardner
General Assembly
North Carolina proposes 4200 miles for federal highway aid
North Carolina has submitted a map to the federal government showing 4200 miles of highway for which it seeks federal aid funds. Two additional counties plan to cooperate with the state in forest fire control following extensive eastern fires. more counties are considering similar action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
State County
State Department of Conservation and Development
Three Teens Arrested in Charlotte Skylight Burglary Attempt
Three youths, Lee Holloway 20 of Shreveport Louisiana Cal Deane 20 of Kentucky and Lew O Reilly 18 of Massachusetts were arrested early today in Charlotte as they tried to enter a dry cleaning establishment through skylights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Lee Holloway
Shreveport
Cal Deane
Kentucky
Lew O’relley
Massachusetts
Move On Special Session In Marion NC Declared Unwise
McDowell County commissioners told the governor they consider calling a special session of the legislature now unwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion, N. C
McDowell County
Reconciliation Delay Marks Turnage Case
Judge P D Croom reserves judgment in the Turnage case over wife hair pulling until December to seek reconciliation. Frank Thompson, 25, outlawed as the driver in a fatal hit and run that killed Hi C Williams, placed under a $1000 bond. Coroner's inquest into Thomas H Trainum’s fatal burning in Mount Airy continued to Sunday for further investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
N. C
P. D. Croom
C. H. Turnage
Wilmington
Frank Thompson
C. Williams
Mount Airy
Thomas H. Trainum
New Braille Book Review to Debut in 1932
The American Braille Press and Henry F. Homes fund sponsor Braille Book Review a monthly magazine for the blind. Lucille A. Goldthwaite edits the 64 page sample issue, distributed free with a small registration fee worldwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
American Braille Press
Henry F. Homes
Shipwrecked Crusoes Thrive After Six Months on Cocos Isle
Elmer J. Palliser Paul Stadwick and Gordon Brawner return from six months maroon on Cocos Island aboard the U S Sacramento weighing more than when they left. They grew fat from cocoanuts and wild hog though suffered anemia and low blood pressure from a sparse diet and scarce meat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept Amafietae
Lonely
Isle of
Cocos
The
Crusoes
Belmer J. Palliser
San Diego
Paul Stadwick
Huron
8. C
Gordon Brawner
Springfield
U. S
Sacramento
Palliser
Stadwick
Brawner
Pacific
Stachwick
Woman robbed after leaving corset at home in Havana
In modern Havana, Senora Augustina Perol stored savings in a corset era fashion, but thieves removed the whale bone from her corset and stole $1,000 yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Senora Algustina Perol
Druggists Find New Way To Stop Headaches
Two North Carolina druggists develop a combination pain reliever branded B C available 10c and 25c. The formula promises quick relief for headaches and numerous pains within three minutes with no moodiness or after effects. It targets women at special times and is sold in drug stores and soda fountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Caroline
Devel
Also Mentioned on This Page
Carolina News Briefs
Central Bank and Trust Company
Lee
Lilyan Tashman
Kay Francis
Joel McCrea
Eugene Pallette
Paramount
Sears Nation
Sears
Heatmaster
Saber
Wales
Heatmaster Iron
Heatmaster Electric Iron
Mazda
Pennsylvania
N. Main St
High Point, N. C
Kenmore
Genuine Eastern Arms
Dupont
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