Financial Bank Failures Shock Western North Carolina
The Central Bank and Trust Company of Asheville failed to open and five Western North Carolina banks closed, including First Bank and Trust Hendersonville and American Bank and Trust Hendersonville. Liquidity fears prompted the move as real estate collapse and heavy withdrawals drained reserves.
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Central Bank and Trust Company
Asheville
N. C
North Carolina
Biltmore-Oteen Bank
Oteen Veterans Hospital
First Bank and Trust Company
Hendersonville
American Bank and Trust Company
Citizens National Bank
Bank of Lowell
John Mitchell
State Bank
Board of Directors
Wallace R. Davis
C. W. Brown
eHendersonville
Bank of Biltmore-Orecen
Biltmore
Oteen
Caston County
Lowell Bank
Lowell Yarn Mills
Raleigh
State Bank Examiner
American Bank and Trust Co
Henderson
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Florida
Daring Sea Rescue Sparks Crime Solved in Charlotte
In Charlotte authorities say a shooting death of 14 year old John Springs Myers was solved with the arrest of three Black suspects. Tom Carson 26f Thomas James 16 and Gary Feemster 17 confessed to the assault and burglary of two men. Investigators recovered the rifle and pistol used and linked a third weapon to further robberies.
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Charlotte
John Springs Myers
Tom Carson
Thomas James
Gary Feemster
Myers
E. G. Cochrane
Young Myers
O. Max Gardner
Frank Littlejohn
Harry Joyner
Carson
Feemester
James
Feemster
Furniture prospects reported brighter in industry
J G Shelton of Statesville told the Southern furniture manufacturers association in Greensboro that current conditions are fairly good with prospects for slow improvement. He warned proposed higher freight rates could hurt the industry and push manufacturers toward trucking. J T Rivan of High Point, secretary of the association, said the rates recommended to the ICC are prohibitive.
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Greensboro
N. C
J. G. Shelton
Statesville
Southern [Furniture Manufacturers’ Association
Shelton
J.T. Rivan
Hight Point
Intercate Commerce Commission
Night Prowler Blamed For Wilson Farm Robbery Outrage
Mary Lee Williamson, 19, was dragged from her bed near Cross Roads township and choked into unconsciousness by an unidentified man believed to be the nocturnal prowler terrorizing the area. She survived. other reports say she was attacked while a Craig Barnsley incident drew police to the case with no clues yet.
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Biri
Kinchen Williamson
Cross Roads
Lucama
Williamson
Child's Skull Fractured After Nurse Falls at Home
A nurse twisted an ankle and fell down basement steps injuring her patient Allen Bascom Helt Jr whose skull was fractured. The nurse sustained minor bruises and scratches. The father works for United Bank and Trust.
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Greensboro
N. C
Allen Bascom Helt, Jr
The
United Bank and Trust Company
Begum Shah Nawaz Voices Indian Federation Vision at Round Table
London A grand Indian voice spoke at the round table conference as Begum Shah Nawaz urged a future Indian government formed along federation lines. Dressed in pale blue, she addressed over 200 delegates from Indian potentates radicals and British statesmen, receiving warm applause and praise from Ramsay MacDonald and the Maharajah of Patiala.
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London
Round Table
Begum Shah Nawaz
Begum
Saint James’s Palace
Mosler
India
Whcle
Ramsay McDonald
Maharajah of
Patiala
Chamber of Indian Princes
Wilson Returned To Anderson For Kidnapping Charge
Willie Wilson of Grover North Carolina was arrested in Rock Hill on a kidnapping charge involving Esther Fureron an Anderson College student. He was taken to Anderson by county officers for processing.
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Rock Hill
Willie Wilson
Grover
N. C
Esther Fureron
Anderson College
Anderson
Wilkes Legislator Will Ride Mule To General Assembly
Hugh A. Cramer, elected from Wilkes county, plans to ride a mule to Raleigh for the new General Assembly. He will begin days before convening, covering about 1738 miles to reach the capital.
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Wilkes
General Assembly
North Wilkesboro
N.C
Hugh A. Cramer
Wilkes County
Cramer
Raleigh
Chicago Hints at Abandoning Four Year College Model
The University of Chicago plans a major reorganization under President Robert Maynard Hutchins aiming to abandon the traditional four year college and the undergraduate and graduate schools. The university will consist of five divisions: arts, humanities, social sciences, biological and physical sciences, and the college, with professional schools retained.
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Chicago
University of Chicago
Robert Maynard Hutchins
University
Women’s Christian Temperance Union ends convention with slogan
The 56th annual W C T U convention in Houston picks Observance and Enforcement Not repeal as the new slogan and renews a pledge to back dry political candidates. Senator Morris Shepherd warns parties against pro alcohol positions, urging prohibition unity. The group plans over 20 regional conferences to spread its message.
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Houston
Tex
Women's” Christian Temperance Union
Ella A. Boole
Ciries
Morris Shepherd
Texas
Tri-State Tobacco Checks To Be Sent Out By Christmas
M L Corey, receiver for the Tobacco Growers Cooperative, said members in three states will receive checks before Christmas for their equity in a $500,000 distribution. The disbursement hinges on former association attorneys not appealing a fee denial to a higher court. The fee ruling was issued by Judge Isaac M Meekins in Raleigh US District Court yesterday.
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Richmond
M. L. Corey
Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative Association
United States District Court At
Raleigh
Isaac M. Meekins
Conference Backs Prohibition Support in Methodist Assembly
The North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church South pledges cooperation with prohibition advocates. The temperance report praises prohibition, laments Sabbath desecration, and urges better mill worker conditions. Bishop Mouzon warns the 18th Amendment faces danger. Dr. Henry Louis Smith urges active opposition to repeal.
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Henderson
North Carolina
The
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Temperance and Social Service Committee
Mouzon
Henry Louis Smith
Greensboro
Washington and Lee University
Christian Church
America
Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder Dies in Greensboro
Mrs. Elizabeth Snyder wife of Lt Col O F Snyder military science instructor at Oak Ridge Institute died in Greensboro today. She came from Philadelphia in 1926 and burial will be in Arlington cemetery.
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Greensboro
Elizabeth Snyder
O. F. Snyder
Oak Ridge Institute
Philadelphia
Arlington Cemetery
Jewelry valued at 120,000 stolen from U D C delegates
Three delegates to the United Daughters of the Confederacy General Convention report jewelry valued at 12,000 stolen from their Asheville hotel rooms. Mrs W Herbert Wiley and Mrs J I Lewis of Greenwich Connecticut and Mrs J A Medlin of Jacksonville report losses about 10,000 for Wiley and Lewis.
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Asheville
United Daughters of the Confederacy
W. Herbert Wiley
J. 1. Lewis
Greenwich
Equalizing Board Seeks Additional Million For Budgets
Raleigh figures show the state board of equalization likely to ask $7.5 million annually for 1931-33, with minor changes for the veterans loan fund and the Department of Public Instruction detailing budget requests for Vocational Education Rural libraries Industrial rehabilitation and Teacher training. The highway commission hearing was postponed.
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Raleigh
Advisory Budget Commission
Highway Commission
State Board of Equalization
Veterans Loan Fund
Department of Public Instruction
Two Killed When Winston Hunter Fires Into Reeds
In Blounts Creek near Washington North Carolina on November 20 AP says Slade Robertson 25 and Herman Mills 20 were killed instantly while Herman Mills's 14 year old brother was wounded when H F Perryman a Winston Salem lumberman fired into a clump of reeds during a deer hunt Perryman surrendered to sheriffs officers and an inquest was ordered by Coroner Fk T Paul.
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London
Atlantic
Nelson Steam Navigation Company
Highland Hope
Farilhoes Islands
Portugal
Pasengers
Buenos Aires
Peniche
Manuel Perez
T. J. Jones
Washington, N.C
Slade Robertson
Herman Mills
Blunts Creek
Guy Mills
Herman
H. EF. Perryman
Winston-Salem
Blouts Creek
Perryman
Fk. T. Paul
Blounts Creek
Roberson
Mills Brothers
Perryvman
Gardner Declares Clemency Off Limits for Bank Law Violators
Gov. O Max Gardner states the state will not intervene in court sentences for violations of banking laws and fiduciary breaches except if new evidence emerges or prisoner health is severely endangered. He notes such prisoners can appeal but will face existing sentences barring new conditions.
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Raleigh
N. C
Max Gardner
United Daughters Elect Officers at Asheville Convention
The United Daughters of the Confederacy re elected nine general officers and named three new officers at the Asheville national convention. New officers are Mrs. Charles B. Faris Missouri second vice president general Mrs. George Dismukes Chickasha Okla treasurer general and Miss Alice Baxter Atlanta honorary president general. Existing officers include Mrs. Bashinsky Troy Ala president general and others continuing in their two year terms.
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Asheville
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Charles B. Faris
Missouri
George Dismukes
Chickasha
Okla
Alice Baxter
Atlanta
A. M. Bashinsky
Troy
Ala
A. C. Ford
Clifton Forge
John M. Wilcox
Houston
Texas
W. E. Massey
Hot Springs
Ark
F. L. Exell
Leesburg
Fla
Marion Salley
Orangeburg
S. C
A. S. Porter
Lakewood
John W. Goodwin
Philo
Two Women Die After Bus Hits Them Near Roxboro
Two women from the Jalong mill village near Roxboro were killed today when a bus struck them while they walked along a highway. The driver, Matthew Williams, a Rexboro man hired by Collins and Aidman, was identified as the operator.
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Roxboro
Roanboro
N.C
Jalong
Mill Village
Here
B. ‘. Roberson
Moorefield
Matthew Williams
Rexboro
Collins and
Aidman
Thornley Receives Life Sentence for Senator Murder
W L Sporty Thornley confessed silaver of State Senator E J Dennis was found guilty of murder with mercy recommended by a jury in Orangeburg South Carolina. The verdict mandated life imprisonment.
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Orangeburg
S. C
W. L
Thornley
Silaver
E. J. Dennis
Harold Lloyd's Feet First Opens at Broadhurst
Harold Lloyd's new feature Feet First opens a three day run at the Broadhurst Theatre. It is hailed as the year's finest comedy and promises lively laughs. Look to the classified columns for your name and a ticket. visit the Enterprise office to claim it.
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Harold Lloyd
Broadhurst Theater
the Broadhurst
Enterprise Office
Doctor Cauble Found Dead in Salisbury Hotel Room
Dr. W. H. Cauble of Kannapolis was found dead in his bed in a Salisbury hotel room. Coroner C. E. Brown ruled heart trouble as the cause. Cauble had practiced medicine in Kannapolis for 12 years.
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Salisbury
W. H. Canble
Kannapolis
C. E. Brown
Cauble
30 Years For Murder in North Carolina Case
Fayetteville authorities report Herbert Burns pleaded guilty to second degree murder of John Hays. Judge Ry Ay Numa sentenced Burns to 30 years in state prison.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Herbert Burns
John Hays
Ay Numa
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