Pittsburgh Panthers Shut Out Duke 10 to 0 at Duke Stadium
Pittsburgh capitalized on two Duke fumbles to defeat Duke 10 to 0 at Duke Stadium. The Panthers outrushed Duke 237 to 60 as Pitt’s line stymied All-American Honey O’Keefe and limited Duke’s offense.
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Chakales
Enterprise
Duke Stadium
Durham
Panthers of
Pittsburgh
Blue Devils
Duke
le Devil
Wall
Brunansky
Woodyscomb
Herb Hudgins
Iron and Steel
Pitts
Marshall Goldberg
Goldberg
Blue Devil
Honey Ikney
Pitt
Schmidt
Hack
Souchak
Souk
Panthers
Ikney
Jovich
Tons Relieved as Fog Departs in London
London records three days of deadly fog with heavy gloom lifting. Traffic, ferries, and rail services return to normal as ships, planes, and road travel resume but several accidents and injuries are reported amid lingering hazards.
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Ondon
London
England
Thames
Mongolia
Milar
Sroydon
Nottingham
County farmer confesses to wife poisoning then recants
ALEIGH Nov 27. Numa F Turner today read John Roberts 64 former county farmer who said he confessed Thursday to poisoning his wife 25 years ago and then rejected the statement. Frank Yarborough county official examined Roberts and said he appeared recovering from the effects of a drinking spree. Roberts and his third wife lived near here for several years.
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Aleigh
Iff
Numa F. Turner
Reed John Roberts
R. Frank Yarborough
Fician
Roberts
Donaldson Dies After Stroke in Lisbury Hospital
A M Donaldson, aged 65, died this afternoon at a Lisbury hospital after suffering a stroke earlier in the day.
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Donaldson
Lisbury
A. M. Donaldson
Hartle to plead unwritten law
Winston Salem police released 63 year old grocer Hartle on 30000 bond after he shot Walter Lee Smith 54 barber and choir director in a Baptist church home. Hartle claimed a love triangle and said he returned to find Smith and Mrs Hartle in the house with doors locked.
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Winston-Salem
John A. Hartle
Walter Lee Smith
R. N. Carroll
Smith
Hartle
Carroll
Roosevelt sails to Miami for fishing vacation
President Roosevelt, after a final review with congressional leaders, departs by special train for a fishing trip to Miami. He will board the yacht Potomac Monday morning, while Mrs. James Roosevelt and Miss Marguerite le Hand accompany part of the journey and plan to join at Palm Beach.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Doughton
House
Ways and Means Committee
Democratie
Barkley
Senate
Congress
Miami
Pla
Potomac
James Roosevelt
Marguerite le Hand
Palm Beach
Fordham And Pitt Keep Pace With Alabama As Army Tops Navy
The Rose Bowl race stays open as Pitt defeats Duke 20-7 and Fordham outplays NYU 65,000 attend. Army tops Navy 6-0 in the service game while Alabama remains a Rose Bowl contender.
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Fordham
Pitt
Alabama
Army
Navy
California
Pasadena
Philadelphia
Duke
Blue Devils
Durham
New York University
Blood transfusion by war hero aids gravely ill man
Windsor Ontario reports Ernest Vansickle, a World War I aviator, donated blood to 28 year old Weston Fletcher of Grand Blanc Michigan in hopes of saving him from a streptococcus viridans infection. Fletcher’s mother appealed for aid and doctors say several days will determine the outcome.
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Windsor
Ont
Weston Fletcher
Grand Blanc
Mich
Ernest Vansickle
France
Brantford
Fletcher
Vansickle
H. A. Simpkins
Trio of Negroes Die in Wreck Near Weldon
Three negro youths were killed and two others injured in a three vehicle collision between Weldon and Garysburg. The dead are Lee Branch 18 of Garysburg Jerome Lane 20 of Garysburg and an unidentified boy. Two white men in a truck were uninjured. Details are incomplete.
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Weldon
N. C
Here
Garysburg
Lee Branch
Jerome Lane
Moving Mountain May Slide Again After Thousand Ton Los Angeles Bluff
Geologists warn another major slide is imminent from the Elysian Park bluff after a thousand ton movement damaged Riverside Drive and the Dayton Avenue bridge. Dr. Buwalda of Caltech says the worst is yet to come as rains approach. Repair costs are pegged at about 200000 dollars if another slide swallows the bridge.
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Los Angeles
Elysian Park
Riverside Drive
Dayton Avenue
Los Angeles River
John P. Buwalda
California Institute of Technology
Thomas Clements
University of Southern California
Clements
Glendale
Burbank
San Fernando
Figueroa Street
Incubator Baby Weighs More After Birth Tragedy
Martha Helms, born five minutes after her mother Mrs. Robert B. Helms died, gained half an ounce and now weighs three pounds nine and a half ounces. Premature by a month and a half, she had weighed three pounds twelve ounces at birth, then lost some weight. Physicians said the Caesarean delivery during the mother’s death from an acute cardiac condition offers a good chance of survival.
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Charlotte
Martha Helms
Robert B. Helms
Philadelphia
Martha
North Carolinians Shine at Grain and Hay Show
James A. Patterson of Salisbury NC took two second places at the 19th international grain and hay show in Chicago becoming the first NC winner. North Carolina growers swept the close for prolific corn varieties with Lawrence Nevis of Bessemer City C D Patterson of Salisbury and Fred Lovelace Jr of Bessemer City taking the top three spots.
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Chicago
James A. Patterson
Salisbury
N. C
North Carolina
Lawrence Nevis
Bessemer City
D. Patterson
Fred Lovelace, Jr
Mysterious Body Seen In Car Escapes Hitchhiker Deterrent
A Phoenix motorist, Mrs. M. P. Blank of Los Angeles, told highway patrol a passing figure in her car appeared to be Colonel Pottersby a silent dummy used to scare off hitchhikers.
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Colonel Pottersby
Phoenix
Ariz
M. P. Blank
Los Angeles
Labels To Signify Grade Of Gasoline Sold In N C
Retail gas pumps in North Carolina will begin displaying colored labels to indicate fuel grade about December 15. The law defines three grades premium regular and motor and inspectors may condemn mislabeling and prosecute responsible parties.
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N. C
Raleigh
North Carolina
Mediation talk opens as Brotherhood and Greyhound meet
Representatives of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Greyhound Bus Co. meet with federal conciliator John L. Conner after the Thanksgiving strike call. Nine bus lines sue the Brotherhood for 6.3 million dollars, alleging the strike diverted traffic to railroads amid new violence in 16 states. Police, troopers, and sheriffs escort a damaged Syracuse bound bus near Canandaigua New York and a bus bound for Indianapolis from St. Louis was stoned near Trenton Illinois.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Greyhound Bus Company
John L. Conner
Ivan Bowen
R. Harvey
Brotherhood
Syracuse
Canandaigua
N. Y
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Trenton
Ill
Illinois
Cox Transferred From Raleigh to Goldsboro Jail
Leslie Cox a Black man accused of killing State Highway Patrolman I T Moore was moved from Raleigh to Goldsboro after federal authorities released him to Wayne County Sheriff Paul Garrison. Cox, in plaster casts from a Virginia jump escape, faces trial date set by his physical condition. Sheriff Garrison filed a habeas corpus writ for custody with U S Marshal Ford Worthy.
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Raleigh
Leslie Cox
I. T. Moore
Goldsboro
Paul Garrison
Wayne County
Virginia
Garrison
Cox
U.S. Marshall Ford Worthy
New York
Southern unskilled wages fall below 40 cents an hour
The Labor Department said 48.4 percent of Southern unskilled workers earned under 40 cents hourly, vs 8.5 percent in the North. The annual Bureau of Hourly Rates for unskilled labor shows a 61.2 cent national average across 20 industries, with regional norms of 65.3 cents in the North and 38.9 cents in the South, amid debate over the wage and hour bill.
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Washington
Labor Department
South
North
Bureau of Labor Statistics
House Rules Committee
Bureau of
North Carolina mills cut work rolls well below normal
North Carolina mills report unusually large lay offs this month, with Major A L Fletcher warning that unemployment claims may swamp the state commission by year end. Part time workers may qualify for partial benefits, and the commission plans to mail forms in mid December for employers to report lay off timing and worker details.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
A. L. Fletcher
Fletcher
Compensation Commission
Charles G. Powell
Leaders pledge to keep farm bill costs within budget
President Roosevelt urged Congress to cap the new farm program at 500 million dollars annually. Senate Democratic leader Barkley backed the target saying the cost should stay within the appropriation or be offset by new revenues if needed. Barkley anticipated action in the January session with both houses moving on farm legislation.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senator Barkley
Bakley
Treasury
Barkley
Japan Advances Deeper Into China Threatening Nanking
Reports from Shanghai describe Japanese forces pushing into Anhui and Chekiang provinces with Wuhu Kwangteh and Hangchow targeted as they tighten control of Shanghai communications and customs. British and American officials warned Tokyo over maritime services while Tokyo seeks cooperation from Chinese technicians to keep radio and telegraphy functional.
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Japan
China
Wuhu
Kwangteh
Anhwei
Nanking
Hangchow
Chekiang Province
Shang
Britain
Great Britain
Hull
Washington
Joseph C. Grew
London
France
Fire destroys Faye Cross home in North Asheboro
While Bill Cross attended his brother's trial in Fayetteville, Faye Cross's North Asheboro house burned Saturday morning around 11. Neighbors saved a sewing machine and some furniture as flames consumed the dwelling outside the city limits with no water nearby. Firefighters arrived too late due to mistaken alarms. no insurance is reported. Mrs Cross and children were sheltered by neighbors.
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Asheboro
Bill Cross
Fayetteville
Faye Cross
North
George Hasty
Arthur Hasty
C. Rush
Mayflower Cup to be awarded at North Carolina gathering
The Mayflower cup for 1937 will be presented during the 37th annual State Literary and Historical association meeting in Raleigh on December 2 and 8. Burnham Standish Colburn of Biltmore will present the award, and Dr. Dumas Malone of Harvard University Press will speak at the joint society and association session.
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Raleigh
State Literary and Historical Association
C. C. Crittenden
Burnham Standish Colburn
Biltmore
Society of Mayflower Descendants
North Carolina
Dumas Malone
Harvard University Press
Society
Association
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N. C. Mills
U.S
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