Governor grants parole appeal in Wake bank robbery case
Ehringhaus grants parole to Graham convicted of a Wake County bank robbery. The governor expresses belief that Murphy is innocent and urges reevaluation. Court testimony tied Murphy’s crime to Lee and Spivey, while other co defendants face death row in a related slaying case.
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Ehringhaus
Graham
Apex
Young Manner
Ind
Murphy
Alamance
Ment of Justice
Lee
Ett
Dewey Spivey
Wade Cooke
E Brothers
Spivey
Irphy
Wil Bickett
Tred
Robbers Hold Up Filling Station Near Nash County
Three men robbed a filling station, taking 35 dollars and fleeing. One suspect, Vick Nash County youth, was later connected to a murder case and held on bond as police investigation continued.
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Vick
Nash County
Victim Identified as Miss Hunt in Amnesia Case
A pity girl listed at the bureau since Monday as an amnesia victim was identified by a friend as Miss Hunt, 19, of this city.
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Ington
Miss Hunt
Allimine Garlic Parsley Tablets Promoted for Pressure
Advertisement urges readers to visit the company on North Main Street to purchase ALLIMINE tablets for blood pressure relief. Claims describe tasteless tablets and a two week treatment with reportedly reliable results, mentioning Chicago as a concern.
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North Main St
Chicago
Rev G W Buckrham Dies Longtime Emmanuel Pastor
Rev G W Buckrham pastor of Emmanuel Baptist church died at 214 Price Street after months of illness. Born in Goldsboro he led Mt Vernon Baptist in High Point before founding Emmanuel Baptist in 1921 and building its 1924 church. He served as High Point Ministerial Union vice president and was a Mason and Odu Fellow. Funeral Saturday at 2 pm with eulogy by Rev F R Mason. interment in Goldsboro. survived by brother Edward Buckrham and sister Mrs Susie Pryor.
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G. W. Buckrham
Emmanuel Baptist Church
Price Street
North Carolina
Goldsboro
High Point
Mt. Vernon Baptist Church
Bucktham
Price and
Leonard Street
Buckrham
High Point Ministerial Union
Odu
F. R. Mason
First Baptist Church
Edward Buckrham
Susie Pryor
Kinston
William Penn and Church Street Play Tie at Finch Field
In the season finale William Penn and Church Street School Thomasville battled to a 12 12 tie at Finch Field. Gilbert Wylie grabbed a 55 yard interception return for a touchdown and German Reese added the first score with two other standouts Hood Beatty and Wylie shining.
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William Penn High School
Church Street School
Thomasville
Finchfield
Tigers
Gilbert Wylie
German Reese
Hood Beatty
Ida Holmes Hosts Progressive Circle of St Stephens Church
Mrs. Ida Holmes entertains the Progressive Circle of St Stephens A M B Zion at Beatrice Leach home 1009 Hoover Street Monday afternoon. Daisy Brown presides over the last business meeting of the year and gifts are presented to the president for two years of service. Members present include Beatrice Leach Sarah Peggen Lula Dixon Caria Elly Cora Alexander Marie Simpson and Lillie McComb.
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Ida Holmes
St. Stephens A. M. B. Zion
Beatrice Leach
Hoover Street
Daisy Brown
Sarah Peggen
Lula Dixon
Caria Elly
Cora Alexander
Marie Simpson
Lillie McComb
Mrs Williams Hosts Tsungani Bridge Club Night
Mrs Williams entertained members of the Tsungani bridge club and Modernistic club at her Willowbrook home on November 13 1936. After a business meeting guests joined for bridge etiquette talk and a luncheon with Thanksgiving themed place cards and tables. Six bridge progressions were played. Mrs J I Hall won the Modernistic prize and Miss Marie Carter received consolation.
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Williams
E. Rhyne Williams
Tsungani Bridge Club
Willowbrook Street
J. I. Hall
Marie Carter
Teachers Forum To Meet Wednesday Evening
The High Point Teachers Forum will meet at William Penn High School Wednesday at 7:30. The discussion centers on the professional relationship between principal and teachers.
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High Point
William Penn High School
Bernard Mason to Play Recital at St Mark Church Monday
Bernard Mason the outstanding young violinist will be presented in a recital at St Mark M B church Monday evening at 8 oclock by the High Point Professional Mens club. Mason is an instructor in the department of music.
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Bernard Mason
St. Mark
St. Mark M. B
High Point Professional Men’s Club
Mason
Department of Music
Calotabs Advertised as Cold Remedy
Calotabs are pitched as a thorough purification for colds. The ad claims Calotabs purge the intestines of mucus and toxins and promote kidney cleansing to remove cold poisons from the blood. A family package costs twenty five cents and a trial package ten cents.
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Neys
Ady
Violin Prodigy Mason Headlines Free High Point Recital
Passes at A. and T. college and Oberlin College Conservatory graduate Mason is described as an exceptional young violinist. His recital, a civic project of the High Point Professional Men's Club, offers free admission and appeals to the public to attend.
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A. and T. College
Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
Mason
High Point Professional Men's Club
Carolinas Meet To Discuss Prices In December
The south's carded yarn manufacturers will gather in Charlotte during the first week of December to discuss ways to improve the price situation.
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Charlotte
South
Widow wins consent judgment for $10,000 in bus collision
The estate of Harry E. Nissen, fatally injured in a bus auto collision four years ago, was awarded $10,000 by a consent judgment against the Atlantic Greyhound Lines in superior court in Winston-Salem.
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Winston-Salem
Harry E. Nissen
Atlantic Greyhound Lines
Woman Sentenced for Theft in Winston-Salem
Isa bel Cranfill of Winston-Salem received a one to three year sentence after being convicted of stealing 145 dollars from M. G. Ray a farmer who had just sold his tobacco.
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Winston-Salem
Isabel Cranfill
M. G. Ray
Causeway Undermined at Manteo Now Cross at Your Risk
Sand foundations under the Nags Head causeway were undermined prompting highway patrol to warn drivers to cross the span at their own risk.
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Manteo
Nags Head
Rural Power Poles Rising Fast Across North Carolina
The State Rural Electrification authority reports new power poles are being erected at roughly one every five minutes on each working day since July 1, 1935, as rural electrification expands across the state.
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Raleigh
State Rural Electrification Authority
North Carolina
Coroner's jury orders Hawkins held on death crash
A coroner's jury ordered James O. Hawkins, 20, of Greenville, S.C., held under $3,500 bond in connection with the death of B. E. Green, 54, of Buena Vista, in an automobile accident.
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Asheville
James O. Hawkins
Greenville
8. C
B. E. Green
Buena Vista
Tarboro Man Killed When Struck by Car
John L. Mewborn, 64, of Tarboro, was killed instantly Monday night after being struck by a vehicle. Sheriff's officers said the accident was unavoidable.
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Tarboro
John L. Mewborn
Driving A Car With Skill Requires Patience And Courtesy
A motorist who scolds other drivers urges a self check on driving faults. He notes lane errors, wide turns, failed signals, and slow downtown moves. The wife asks if all others are wrong and he is perfect, suggesting drivers benefit from self evaluation and calm, safe behavior on the road.
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John
Bank At Banners Elk Is Robbed
Robbers entered the Ban ners Elk bank through a window last night and used an acetylene torch to break into the vault and safe, escaping with an undetermined amount. DoJ agents in Charlotte and fingerprint experts from Elizabethtown, Tenn., were summoned as the robbery was found at opening time Tuesday. Cashier J M Shoemaker began an immediate loss check. president Dr W C Tate said insurance would cover the loss. The bank had a daylight holdup two years ago attributed to the Bailey gang, whose last principal member Reese Bailey was captured in Ohio last week.
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Banners Elk
Banners Elk Bank
Department of Justice
Charlotte
Elizabethtown
Tenn
J. M. Shoemaker
W. C. Tate
Bailey
Reese Bailey
Ohio
Two Are Saved As Boat Sinks Off Coast of Virginia
The Princess Anne Coast Guard station reported receiving a message from the steamer Gulf Coast about the rescue of two men from a sinking fishing boat. The two men were named William Neher and Warren Brown. The Palancia out of New York, number 80498, was abandoned about 45 miles southeast of Charleston, S.C.
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Norfolk
Princess Anne
Guilford Man Killed in Fort Bragg Motorcycle Crash
Private Grady D. May 24 from Brown Summit Guilford county died at Fort Bragg Post Hospital from injuries in a motorcycle wreck near Smith Field last Saturday. May an air mechanic first class in the second balloon squad said he was forced against a guard rail by a woman driving an automobile on the wrong side of the highway. His companion Private S. W. Rankin suffered a leg injury. An investigation was started.
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Fayetteville
Grady D. May
Brown Summit
Guilford County
Fort Bragg
Smithfield
May
8. W. Rankin
Pellagra Study 10 to Be Discussed at Tarboro Meeting
Newport News announces the Seaboard Medical Association of Virginia and North Carolina will hold its forty first annual meeting in Tarboro on December 13. Duke University faculty results on pellagra will be discussed by Dr. J M Ruffin with other speakers including Dr. Clarence Porter Jones and Dr. R A Vonderleber.
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Newport News
Duke University
J. M. Ruffin
Duke
Seaboard Medical Association of Virginia
North Carolina
Tarboro
N. C
Clarence Porter Jones
Association
R. A. Vonderleber
United States
Charles W. Mayo
Rochester
Minn
Vonderleber
Ruffin
Mayo
J. P.hennessey
New York
London Restaurant Showcases World’s First Sheet Copper Ballroom Floor
A London dining venue unveils a historic feature a sheet copper ballroom floor claimed as the world’s first of its kind. The design aims to blend elegance with durability, attracting patrons and media attention to the unique venue.
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London
Petrie Noted Physician Dies In Murphy At 60
Dr. Robert W. Petrie age 60 prominent eye ear nose throat specialist died of a heart attack in Murphy. He owned the Petrie hospital here.
Duncan Dies After Fireplace Burn Incident
C. M. Duncan 63 of Siler City route 1 died at Duke hospital at 1 30 this morning from burns suffered when he fell into a fireplace at his home yesterday. The accident occurred at his residence in Durham yesterday.
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Durham
C. M. Duncan
Siler City
Route 1
Duke Hospital
Former Mooresville Mayor Johnston Dies at 63
Cyrus Robert Johnston former mayor and secretary treasurer of Mooresville Cotton Mills died Monday night in Mooresville aged 63. He had served as mayor and led local business efforts in the cotton industry.
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Co. R. Johnston
Mooresville
Cyrus Robert Johnston
War Department backs Florida sea level canal project
The War Department announced a special board of army engineers found the Florida ship canal justified in the public interest. A public hearing is set for December 16 before the Board of Engineers for Rivers and Harbors. The report cites a sea level canal with 33 feet depth and 250 feet width at an estimated cost of 157.585 million dollars plus 5.4 million already spent.
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Washington
War Department
Specila Board of Army Engineers
Florida Ship Canal
Department
Board of Engineers For
Mrs H L McLaurine Dies at 81 in Linville Tenn Funeral
The body of Mrs H L McLaurine 81 died Tuesday night at her son W M McLaurine secretary of the American Cotton Manufacturers association home. She was sent yesterday to Linville Tennessee for funeral and burial services.
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H. Lk. McLaurine Charlotte
H. L. McLaurine
W. M. MecLaurine
American Cotton Manufacturers Association
Linville
Tenn
Death of Miss Eunice Hughes Near Asheboro
Miss Eunice Hughes 17 died after a brief illness at her parents home five miles west of Asheboro. She is survived by her parents, a sister Mrs Bertha Rose, and three brothers Alber Paul and Sanford Hughes. Funeral services were held at Sawyersville Holiness church near Sophia with burial in the church cemetery.
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Eunice Hughes
Asheboro
Miss Eunice Hughes
W. L. Hughes
Bertha Rose
Alber
Paul
Sanford Hughes
Sophia
Sawyersville Holiness Church
Church Cemetery
Unemployed Check Proposed by FDR Plan
President Roosevelt revealed a self registration method to count the unemployed and announced a large committee of farm leaders editors and others to study and report by February 1 on improving farm tenancy issues. Secretary Wallace leads the committee.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
UT Law student surpasses Huey Long with 186 hour speech
A Texas law student wagered he could beat Huey Long’s 16 hour filibuster and then spoke for 186 hours and 10 minutes on astronomy religion politics economics his life history and more. The note ends with a prompt asking about weather.
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Austin
Tex
W A. Mann
University of Texas
Huey P. Long
Reelection Cost Roosevelt 670 Dollars Report
President Roosevelt disclosed post election campaign spending totaling 670 dollars. Details show a 150 dollar contribution to Hyde Park town committee, 10 dollars extra postage, and earlier records noting 10 dollars postage and 500 dollars to Duchess County Democratic committee. He reported no contributions.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Duchess County
New York
Democratic Committee
Nobel Committee Members Resign from Oslo Board
Foreign Minister Halvdan Koht and former Norwegian prime minister Johan L. Mowinckel resigned from the Nobel Committee. The panel reportedly selected Carl von Ossietzky for the 1936 Nobel Peace Prize as Berlin announced his release from a hospital after custody in a concentration camp since February 1933. Both resignations were said not to protest the choice.
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Oslo
Norway
Halvdan Koht
Johan L. Mowinckel
Nobel Committee
Carl von Ossietsky
Berlin
von Ossietzky
Kohlet
Dr. Mowinckel
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R. Bland
Usic Co., Inc
Ain and
Washington Sts
William Penn
Carolina News
J. L. Mewborn
Oufear Driming
Safety Council
Guilford
al Prominence
John Shelton Horsley, Jr
Richmond
Howard A. Patterson
Giland
J. Buren Sidbury
Wilmington
A. R. Shands, Jr
Durham, N. C
Techrest
Ship Canal
FDR
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