License plates ready for sale at 42 offices statewide
Raleigh November 8 709000 automobile license plates for 1940 go on sale December 15 at 42 branch offices. 650000 cards to present license holders await mailing December 10 to ensure owners can obtain new plates promptly. Office locations include branch offices of Carolina Motor Club and central Raleigh office.
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Raleigh
Sprague Silver
State Department of Revenue
Silver
The
Carolina Motor Club
Raleigh Post Office
Revenue Building
Restore Church Built in 1734 From Mail Pouches
Two to five mail clerks have worked for weeks handling about 700 mail pouches loaded with cards, equivalent to two car loads, as part of a restoration effort on a church built in 1734.
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St. Thomas
Bath
North Carolina
Josephus Daniels
Navy
Raleigh
Defense rests in Gaston slaying case as officers vote for discharge
The state closed evidence without new witnesses and A L Bulwinkle announced the defense would offer no evidence and seek discharge for the prisoners except three. Grand jury was not called. Shope's remark about a juror was explained by funeral attendance. Deputy Wiggins testified under cross examination as the only witness today.
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Carpenter
A. L. Bulwinkle
Roy Carver
West
Gaston Grand Jury
Charlie Shope
Shope
Wiggins
Witness describes role in cases against defendants
The witness said he was active in building the cases and was questioned about expenses for “working up” the cases. He admitted knowing rewards were offered for information leading to conviction of the slayer but claimed his activity would have been the same without rewards.
Argument Over Torn Bill Ends in Fatal Shooting
In Reidsville a 29 year old tobacco factory mechanic Linden Campbell was fatally shot after an argument with Charley Proctor over a torn $1 bill Proctor allegedly refused as change Campbell telephoned police and surrendered Campbell had visited Proctor for whiskey before the fatal dispute An inquest is planned for today Sheriff T L Gardner said
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidsville
Linden Campbell
Charley Proctor
Campbell
T. L. Gardner
Rockingham County
Gardner
Proctor
Thrill Killer Clyde Thompson Seeks Death Penalty Again
In Eastland Texas Clyde Thompson the youth charged with killing Lucian and Leon Shook near Leray on September 7 1928 faces a second death penalty after a jury returned the verdict following his retrial. Witness Woodrow Davis 13 testified Thompson lured the pair to hike near their cabin then killed them with a pistol butt saying he killed the youths to see them kick. Davis and his brother Thomas were with Thompson. Thomas Davis is also convicted and appealing.
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Clyde Thompson
Eastland
Texas
Lucian Shook
Leon Shook
Leray
Thompson
Oklahoma
Woodrow Davis
Shooks
Thomas
Thomas Davis
Bng
Bank robbers die in Oklahoma gun battle
In Shawnee Oklahoma on November 8 an armed bank robber Owen Edwards died after a standoff with four officers. James Kiersey assistant police chief of Seminole was fatally wounded. Claude Tyler from the state bureau shot Edwards from a doorway. Edwards had threatened to shoot his way to avoid the death penalty.
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Shawnee
Okla
Oklahoma
Owen Edwards
Prague
Kendrick
Minco
Dei
Harjo Okla
Edwards
James A. Kiersey
Seminole
Kiersey
Claude Tyler
State Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Charles A. Cooke Dies Suddenly Former Legislator
Charles A. Cooke, 62, former Pasquotank County legislator and chairman of the board of trustees of the state normal school, died suddenly at his Elizabeth City home. He is survived by his widow and three daughters Mrs Edgar Joyner of Rocky Mount Mrs B L Stevens of Elizabeth City and Mrs J R Johnson of Norfolk three brothers and three sisters.
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Elizabeth City
Charles A. Cooke
Pasquotank County
The
State Normal School
Cooke
Edgar Joyner
Rocky Mount
B. L. Stevens
J. R. Johnson
Norfolk
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Alma Bennett
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Mary Pickford
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Wm. Collier, Jr
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