Probe Continues Into Death Of Albert Elmore Taxicab Driver
Authorities investigate the death of Albert Elmore whose knife wounds were found on his body in a sandbank behind Swamp township seven miles from Lumberton. Elmore was last seen in Lumberton Monday. his abandoned cab found Tuesday on a street of St. Pauls. A coroner's jury was empaneled as D W Biggs said the inquiry would proceed.
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Albert Elmore
Swamp Township
Lumberton
St. Paul's
D. W. Biggs
Biggs
Indian Marriage Custom: Younger Sister as Second Wife
In India it is a common practice that when the first wife falls ill with an incurable disease her younger sister is taken as a wife. The custom reflects arranged or polygamous practices once sanctioned by tradition and community norms.
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India
Gospel Singing Meet Sunday In Greensboro
The County-Wide Gospel Singing convention will be held Sunday at the Bessemer school in Greensboro beginning at 2 p.m. Several groups from across the region are listed including New Hope quartet Twilight trio Lovins trio Walkertown quartet and many others. A large delegation of singers and listeners is expected as this is the last convention of the year.
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Bessemer School
Greensboro
New Hope
Twilight
Lovins
Winston-Salem
Walkertown
Davis
Kernersville
Jarrett
Thomasville
Melody Girls Troi
Gospel
Randleman
Central Carolina
West Bend
Asheboro
Little Hill
High Point
Gaffney
Worthville
Tar Heel
Riddle
Burlington
Victory
Rector Retires After 29 Years At One Church
Charlotte on November 15 reports the Rev. Robert B. Owens will retire December 31 after 29 years as rector of the Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter. He has 53 years in ministry, all in the North Carolina diocese, with prior posts in Rowan County Salisbury Rocky Mount and Battlero.
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Charlotte
Episcopal Church of the Holy Comforter
Robert B. Owens
North Carolina
Rowan
Salisbury
Comic Rocky Mount
Battle- Ro
Motor Club To Assemble Monday In Charlotte
About 150 members of the Carolina Motor club are expected at the meeting in Charlotte next Monday. Coleman W. Roberts will preside as president and T. E. Pickard Jr. will serve as general chairman. The note adds Giotto as the first great Florentine painter.
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Charlotte
The
Carolina Motor Club
Coleman W. Roberts
T. E. Pickard, Jr
Banyan tree planted by General Grant gone in Nagasaki
A Nagasaki columnist reports that the Grant banyan tree and its memorial tablet were destroyed during World War II. Investigators traced the disappearance to postwar air raid shelter debris removal, noting no trace remains of the banyan or stone marker.
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Nagasaki
Grant
Japan
Sym
Ulysses Impson Grant
White House
Suwa Park
Wook
Riverside Drive
Pearl Harbor
Glenn Babb
Associated Press
Banyan
Park
Adjoi Temple
Siba Park
Toyko
Mobile bakery units push 15 moves into Germany
Mobile bakery units in the German advance made 15 relocations to keep pace with American forces pushing deeper into German territory.
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Germany
Elephants in Asian theater and vast Allied trucking miles
The GI learned to use elephants in the China-Burma-India area with native skill. The 476th Quartermaster Group logged 9,000,000 miles in Europe. Gunpowder was introduced in warfare in the early part of the Mth century.
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China-Burma-India
476Th Quartermaster Group
Europe
Bankers To Hold Statewide Student Speaking Contest
The North Carolina Bankers Association will sponsor a state wide high school speaking contest next year on soil conservation practices. Local banks in sections of the state will provide sponsorship under plans approved by the association's executive committee in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Bankers Association
Gas Association Opens Annual Meeting in Raleigh
The Mid-Southern Gas association opened its annual meeting in Raleigh with J. S. Rider of Sumter South Carolina presiding Delegates heard H Carl Wolf managing director of the American Gas Association and W J Grover of Toledo Ohio industrial marketing director as principal speakers at the opening session.
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Raleigh
Mid-Southern Gas Association
J. S. Rider
Sumter
S. C
H. Carl Wolf
New York City
American Gas Association
W. J.grover
Toledo
Ohio
Health Officer Appointed for Cabarrus County
Dr. Frank L. Wilson of Salisbury is named health officer for Cabarrus county succeeding Dr. M. B. Bethel who resigned last week to take a similar post in Charlotte.
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Concord
Frank L. Wilson
Salisbury
Cabarrus County
M. B. Bethel
Charlotte
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Enterprise
Nelson
Florist
Francis B. Nelson
N. Main St. Hone
Aleeer's
Washington High
Ladbah Teh
Motor Club
Giotto
Nat Walker
Walgreen
Space Ae Eee Beat Mausoleum
Guilford Memorial Park
Joseph P. Smith
Elliott Floral Company
R. Glenn Callicutt
Wachovia Bank
West High Street
Main St
J. 3. Warren
Warren
Six Seams Radio Ree Experience
Foon Pi Westinghouse Pelectric
Histones
N. Main ST
Ober
Bankers
Gas Association
Beanie Blades
Fire King
Sears
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Teamblers
N. Main Street
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