Bank of Stokes Fails to Open in Walnut Cove
The Bank of Stokes with offices in Walnut Cove Danbury Germanton and King failed to open today. Banking officials said the bank had capital of 60000 and liabilities around 1 million. I Taylor from the state banking department to oversee the closure arrived in Walnut Cove.
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Walnut Cove
Bank of Stokes
Danbury
Germanton and
King
State Corporation
Commis
Raleigh
State Banking Department
Bank of
Stokes County
I. Taylor
Charlotte Streets Deserted By City Fight Against Crime
Charlotte avoids a violent week end as one hold up, a grocery robbery attempt and three arrests mark a quieter night. Citizens, police and veterans urge stronger protection while a radio appeal seeks a reward for bandit capture after John Myers, 14, was shot in Myers Park and hospitalized.
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Chicago
Charlotte
J. M. Cox
R. Horace Moore
United Spanish War Veterans
John S. Myers
American Legion
Legion
Myers
Myers Park
W. H. Frazer
Queens- Chiccaro College
Dr. Frazer
Hero of Antinoe And Florida D asters Adds Another Rescue
The steamship America reached the Swedish vessel Ovidia after SOS calls as she sank in heavy weather about 300 miles south of Cape Race. Captain George Fried, famed for rescues aboard the Antinoe and the Florida, brought America alongside after a ten hour tow from the stricken ship. Mauretania Endicott also stood by while Ovidia listed and prepared to abandon ship.
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Associated Press
S. S. America
Mauretania
Ovidia
America
George Fried
Bero
Florida
Ovidie
Endicott
St. John’s
N. F
Cape Race
Boston
Elon College to Launch Million Dollar Endowment Drive
A 1,000,000 endowment campaign for Elon College will start early in 1931. S. C. Heindel, business manager, announced at the 105th annual Eastern North Carolina conference session at Catawba Springs church. Subscriptions will come from educational boards and foundations. Elon alumni will supply funds. Dr. J. E. Kirbye of Raleigh reported on church union progress and social service.
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Raleigh
N. C
Elon College
S. C. Heindel
Eastern North Carolina
Spruce In Great Smokies Termed Country's Finest
In Sevierville Tennessee witnesses in the state versus Champion Fibre case described spruce in the Great Smoky Mountains as the best in the country for tree size and density. Champion Fibre’s 39 000 acres are shown as valuable timber land. forester Kenneth M Clark of Bangor Maine presented a survey estimating about 611 121 cords of spruce and balsam on the tract.
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Sevierville
Tenn
Great Smoky Mountains
Champion Fibre Company
the Smoky Mountains Nationall Park
Tennessee
Kenneth M. Clark
Bangor
Fog Halts Woman's Flight To Havana
Australian aviatrix Mrs. J M Keith Miller aborted her plan for a Pittsburgh to Havana flight due to dense fog. She returned to the Pittsburgh Butler airport and said she would try again tomorrow if conditions improve.
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Pittsburgh
J. M. Keith Miller
Havana
Cuba
Pittsburgh-Butler
Were
Revolution Fears in Spain Subside
Fears of a Madrid unrest eased after authorities used shock troops and riot guns to deter mobs. The general strike spread from Madrid and Barcelona to Seville and Manresa, with Seville experiencing disorders while Barcelona showed partial calm. Reports from Granada Valencia Oviedo and other cities suggest disturbances were winding down.
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Madrid
Texas Rangers
Barcelona
Seville
Manresa
Granada
Valencia
Oviedo
Durham Youth Dies in Auto Wreck
Durham N C November 19 Thomas J Johns 21 son of E T Johns longtime Durham realtor died from internal injuries after his car plunged down an embankment yesterday.
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Durham
N. C
Thomas J. Johns
E. T. Johns
Insolvent Stock Exchange Member Suspended
The New York Stock Exchange announced the suspension of the firm Bauer Pogue Pond and Vidian for insolvency. The firm had offices in Albany New York Knoxville Tennessee and a principal office in New York City.
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New York
The
New York Stock Exchange Today
Bauer, Pogue, Pond and Vidian
Albany
WN Yy
Knoxville
Lovers die in double suicide near Ora mill
In North Carolina near Ora mill Shelby Mrs Eulalie Doster about 30 and Emmett Weaver about 30 married, shot themselves after a note said I love Mr Weaver and am going to die with him. Weaver died by self-inflicted gunshot after Doster reportedly shot herself. Their bodies were found in the woods by the mill.
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Shelby
Navy
Eulalie Doster
Emmett Weaver
Ora Mill
Weaver
Eulalie
Sid Greene
Lincoln County
Mr. Weaver
Mrs. Doster
Doctors Hope To Save Kids Despite Diphtheria Germs
In Medellin Colombia on November 19 medical authorities pursued treatment for thirty four children accidentally given diphtheria germs instead of anti toxin. Fifteen deaths were confirmed, down from sixteen, as Dr Antonio Pena from the National Laboratory of Hygiene arrived from Bogota to direct corrective efforts.
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Medellin
Columbia
Antonio Pena
National Laboratory of Hygiene
Bogota
Youths Held For Theft of Auto Load of Tobacco
Two 20 year old youths Dalmar Evans and Eddie Cobb are jailed in Rocky Mount North Carolina in connection with stealing a car loaded with tobacco from L F Collier of Smithfield Virginia The car was taken with the engine running while Collier checked warehouse space police found the vehicle stripped of tires and accessories and the tobacco gone
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Rocky Mount
N. C
Dalmar Evans
Eddie Cobb
L. F. Collier
Smithfield
Collier
Financial Trouble Blamed For Death By Own Action
Rutherfordton Nov 19 A note found with the body says I am owing 149 in the bank. Clif ford Dysart 37 a farmer hanged himself in his barn near Lattimore after financial troubles.
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Rutherfordton
Clifford Dysart
Lattimore
South Carolinians Inherit $4,000,000 Under Two Wills
In Wheeling West Virginia James L. Hawley estate documents name A Lewis B Hawley and John M Hawley of Blythewood South Carolina as beneficiaries to $4 million in each of two wills. Executors differ. Provisions are nearly identical. Since beneficiaries live out of state, 30 days must pass before probate.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Lewis B. Hawley
John M. Hawley
Blythewood
S. C
James L. Hawley
One Dead After Winston Self-Destruction Attempts
Three self inflicted harm attempts over three days left one man dead and two in critical condition at City hospital. George Hollis Tally, 33, died from a gunshot. J. A. Burrus, 47, slashed wrists and throat, may not recover. Mrs. Norman Flynn, 21, swallowed poison tablets. stomach pump used but prognosis uncertain.
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Winston-Salem
City
George Hollis Tally
J. A. Burrus
Asheville
Norman Flynn
Duke To Have $60,000 President's Mansion
Duke University in Durham plans a 14 room two story mansion for President William Preston Few. The permit was issued for a blue granite house estimated at 69 000 dollars. A similar home will be built for Dr. R L Flowers, the vice president and treasurer.
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Durham
N. C
William Preston Few
Duke University
Duke
University Corporation
General Strike Is Ordered In Seville
A general strike was ordered in Seville Spain on November 19 triggering clashes with police. Two people were wounded as strikers dragged out workers and caused disorder. The action appears in solidarity with earlier Madrid and Barcelona protests.
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Seville
Spain
Madrid
Barcelona
Ballot irregularity case ends in release at hearing
Luther Cates, 23, charged with marking irregularities on a ballot, was released at a preliminary hearing before Judge T. H. Williams in Burlington North Carolina. Cooper A. Hall reported the event from the scene.
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Burlington
N. C
Pi—Cooper A. Hall
Luther Cates
T. H. Williams
Marion mill worker faces murder trial in Davidson Superior Court
The impaneling of a jury for Thomas Marion in Lexington began at 2:30 PM and continued past 4 PM local time. A special venire of 75 plus regular jurors was drawn as about 50 High Point witnesses and police attended, with Marion in Lexington jail and represented by L B Williams and G A Johnson.
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Thomas Marion
High Point
Here
Davidson Superior Court
Lexington
Marion
L. B. Williams
G. A. Johnson
Phillips and Bowers
High Point Forms Employment Bureau At City Hall
City officials and chamber leaders held a joint session in the High Point council chamber to establish an employment bureau with a paid secretary. J Everett Marsh was named chairman, with Jos D Cox as vice chair and F J Sizemore as temporary secretary. Mayor C A York pledged to seek council funding if county funds are not used, and 223 unemployed are already registered across trades including furniture, textiles, carpentry, and laboring work.
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High Point
Chamber of Commerce
Council Chamber
City Hall
J. Everett Marsh
Jos. D. Cox
F. J. Sizemore
C .A. York
County Board of Commissioners
Compensation denied in murder case ruling
The North Carolina Supreme Court on November 19 upheld a lower court ruling denying workers’ compensation for the death of Thomasville night watchman Robert Boozer Harden. The shooting by Odell Bruton in August 1929 was deemed caused by personal ill will, not employment. Bruton is serving a second degree murder sentence.
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Raleigh
N. C
State Supreme Court
Amy Harden
Will Boozer Harden
Thomasville Furniture Company
Robert Boozer Harden
Thomasville
Odell Bruton
Justice Adams
Harden
Bruton
James F. Bell
Willie R. Reed
Wagah
Negro Jailed For Boiling Black Cat
Burlington New York November 19 the sheriff reports Sylvester Hester a negro is jailed at Graham after deputies found him watching a pot boil inside a stolen watch. He initially claimed cooking an opossum but confessed to boiling a black cat to obtain a supposed lucky bone to rid him of troubles. He may be sent to a feeble minded institute.
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Burlington
N. Y
Sylvester Hester
Graham
Hestia
L. A. Ireland
Hester
Confedacy Group Sees North South Bonds Grow
Asheville reports 700 members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy convened for a four day session. Mrs. L M Bashinsky urged preserving southern historical materials and called for a bibliography of southern source material to guard truth and memory.
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Asheville
N. C
United Daughters of the Confederacy
L. M. Bashinsky
Congress
Coolidge
South Dakota
Attorneys Denied $25,000 Fees in Tri-State Case
In Raleigh, a United States District Court order signed by Judge I. M. Meekins denied claims for $25,000 in fees by three receivership attorneys for the Tri-State Tobacco growers cooperative. The court allowed $5,900 to each of P. W. Glidewall, E. P. Bafard, and the late William M. Pergon, with additional compensation denied.
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Raleigh
N. C
Tri-State Tobacco Growers
United States District Court
I. M. Meekins
P. W. Glidewall
Reidsville
E. P. Bafard
Lawrencevilla Va
William M. Pergon
Baeleigh and
Louisang
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James M. Doran
American Bar Association
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Iba
Mauretanip
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Hero
Antinoe
Florida Diasters
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