Bannister Investigates Murder After Mysterious Ride
On a stormy November evening Bannister offers a lift to a pretty woman. Next morning Tracy King is found dead in her Tremont apartment. Bannister, aided by editor Paxton, searches for an unknown blond linked to King’s last meeting.
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Bannister
Tracy King
Orchestra
Ed King
Nister
France
Paxton
the Tremont
Post
Juliet France
Minster
Hidh Eg
Kennebec
King
Rey
Melvina Hollister
Ter
King's
Ban
Ride
Link
Story continues with Bannister’s ongoing investigation
Bannister reviews a vintage wedding photo and a cryptic note as he pieces together Tracy King’s life. He plans to brief Captain McNeal, while the Tremont murder case headlines press pages. A late dinner with Gainey sets up more questions about Carlotta Scurlach and missing Blond.
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Bannister
Tracy King
Captain McNeal
J. Randolph Gainey
Scurlach
Carlotta
Waverly Ave
Evening Post
Gainey
Aderholt Case Reopened As Extradition Question Arises
Charlotte report states Solicitor John G. Carpenter is examining whether Soviet recognition could aid extradition of six men who fled to Russia after jumping appeal bonds in the C. F. Aderholt murder case. Names include Fred Erwin Beal and five co-defendants, with Beal still in Russia. The 1929 trial convicted several agitators for ambushing Police Chief Aderholt. six were acquitted.
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Charlotte
John G. Carpenter
North Carolina
Russia
C. F. Aderholt
Fred Erwin Beal
Loray
Manville-Jencks Company
K. Y
Red) Hendricks
New York
Raleigh
Aderholt
Gastonia
M. W. Barnhill
Hendricks
Clarence Miller
George Carter
William Duke
Joseph Harrison
W. M. McGinnis
Louis McLoughlin
Beal
Mexico
Southern Republic
Third International
Stamp With Lee Balked By Post Office Load
The United Daughters of the Confederacy face a delay in obtaining a stamp featuring General Robert E. Lee. The Post Office Department is overloaded with pending special stamp requests and has not received the petition for the proposed Lee issue.
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Washington
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Robert KE. Lee
Post Office
C. B. Eilenberger
Daughters of the Confederacy
Atomic weight concept in chemistry described
The passage defines atomic weight as the relative mass of an element compared with a hydrogen atom. It explains how this comparison yields the element’s standard atomic weight used in chemical calculations.
Warns Against Ill Advised Liquor Control
New York witnesses warn against liquor control laws and the influence of professional drys. Henry Ward Beer of the Federal Bar Association urges renewed action to prevent laws writing the public enemy. He cites Roosevelt Smith Farley Rabin Curran and others and says hearings benefit consumers manufacturers and allied trades.
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New York
Henry Ward Beer
Federal Bar Association
Beer
Roosevelt
Alfred KE. Smith
James A. Farley
Mrs. Rabin
Henry Curran
Benjamin Miller
Whittier's Unmarried Life and Estate Valued at 125000
The record notes poet John Greenleaf Whittier cited money woes as a reason related to bachelorhood. It states he left an estate valued at $125,000 upon his death.
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John Greenleaf Whittier
Legion To Hold Andrew Jackson Post Meeting Tonight
The Andrew Jackson Post No. 87 of the American Legion will meet at 8 o clock this evening in the hall on North Wrenn Street. Important business will be discussed and committees for the coming year announced. All members are urged to attend.
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Andrew Jackson Post No. 87
American Legion
North Wrenn Street
Sets House Afire To Kill Bed Bugs
Charlotte reports Mrs. Mattie Worley set her house ablaze on November 21 to kill bed bugs after trying prayers and other remedies without success. firefighters contained the fire. no injuries were noted.
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Charlotte
Mattie Worley
Woman jailed after mattress fire under home
A woman set a mattress on fire under her home. Free men responding to a call found the blaze with Mrs. Worley calmly watching. The fire was extinguished and the woman was jailed.
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Swann Studio
Mel Hollister
Miss Holli
Kate
Evening Post Office
Cunningham
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Tremont
Carlotta Scurlach
Denise Lang
Urlach
Mecklenburg County
International Labor Defense and
National Texile Workers Union
Hollywood
Jacqueline Wells
Alice
Lee
Drys
Legion
Vicks VapoRub
VICKS
Chesterfield
Liccar
Myzas Tosacco Co
Holsom
Sim
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