Killer Cunniffe dies in Detroit pistol battle with three others
In Detroit a gunfight left James Killer Cunniffe dead along with a woman accomplice and suspect William Olsen. Officer Ernest Jones and a bystander injured. Olsen shot another officer before being killed. About $10,000 in currency scattered amid the corpses. Cunniffe linked to multiple crimes in New Jersey and New York.
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Detroit
James
Cunniffe
William Olsen
Ernest Jones
Ephraim Rancour
Olsen
Ernest Burns
Rancour
New Jersey
New York
Hill Veneer files suit to collect $10796 from Irvin Furniture
Hill Veneer Co of High Point sues Irvin Furniture Factories Inc and Carolina Piano Furniture Manufacturing Co for material supplied, claiming the Carolina Piano entity acted as agent. Invoices range from Oct 22, 1925 to Feb 2, 1926 totaling 10796.19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise Greensboro Bureau
Greensboro
Hill Veneer Company
High Point
Furniture City Company
Irvin Furniture Factories, Inc
Buncombe County
Carolina Piano Furniture Manufacturing Company
Carolina Piano Company
Governor McLean Invited to Honolulu Conference
Raleigh November 1 Governor McLean has received an invitation to attend a conference on education rehabitation reclamation and recreation at Honolulu Hawaii April 11-16 1927. The conference was called by President Coolidge in line with a joint congressional resolution.
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M’lean
Raleigh
INS
McLean
Honolulu
Hawaii
Coolidge
Congress
Market reports show light potato trading on steady day
Chicago market notes on Saturday and Sunday shipments, light sales, and nominal steady prices. Wisconsin round whites quoted 230 to 240, fancy shade higher, poor 250. Several large stocks and companies listed include Texas Gulf Sulphur, Southern Ry, Packard, Sears Roebuck, Westinghouse, Woolworth, Montgomery Ward, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wisconsin
Man
City Southern
Packard Motor Car
Rea, Foe
Ee Southern Ry
Bute
Awe Mannuara Ol Csh
Ormeol Ak Iil Vc
Texas Co
Texas Gulf
Texas & Pacific
United Drug
Aiogro So
Wabash
Illinois Central
Combustion Eng
Bcc Ccic
Louisville and Nash Mariane Oil Missouri Pac
American Radio Corp
St. L
San Fran
Sears Roebuck Porthern Pacific
Westinghous
Woolworth Hudson Motors
Emt
Harvester
Cccceees
Tel
Kennecott
Veene
Lago Oil
Lehigh Valley
Mack Truck
Mid-Continent
Kan
Tex
Montgomery Ward
New York Central
Butter and eggs market report from Chicago
Butter prices eased with 7,497 tubs received. Creamery extras and standard grades listed alongside various firsts and seconds. Eggs held steady with 4,538 cases received and prices shown for firsts and refrigerator categories.
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Chicago
Copper, tin steady to firm in New York trading
Copper remains quiet with spot and futures around 14 for electrolytic, tin at 6850 spot and 6550 futures, iron firmer with freighted numbers. lead eases to 810, zinc steady near 725 in East St. Louis, antimony at 1325.
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New York
Pennsylvania
Buffalo
Alabama
East St. Louis
Wheat Dips Under 1.40 As Corn Slips On Slow Demand
Chicago reports show wheat futures dropping below 1.40 a bushel for December delivery while corn prices hit season lows. Lack of speculative buying drives declines in both grains as oats remain steady and provisions show weakness.
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Chicago
Tobacco sales on Winston-Salem market reach October total
October sales on the Winston-Salem tobacco market total 15,511,124 pounds with an average price of 24.87 dollars. A year ago 8,871,022 pounds sold at 18.90 dollars. Week ended sales were 3,274,558 pounds at 27.88 dollars on average.
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Winston-Salem
Tobacco Board of Trade
Cotton Market Opens Higher on Liverpool Cables
The New York cotton market opened with gains of 3 to 7 points as Liverpool cables rose and demand for cotton goods in Manchester strengthened. Prices moved to 127.3 from earlier offers, with selling mostly hedging pressure, while a private report projected a crop of at least 17.5 million bales.
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New York
Liverpool
Manchester
Stock List Snapshot from The Market Report
A dense list of stocks and percentities from various companies and sectors including Amoco, Chesapeake and Ohio, Canadian Pacific, Chicago Mil and St. Pfd, Chrysler, General Electric, and General Motors among others. The fragmented OCR reads like a securities catalog with many percent figures and company names, indicating a financial market summary.
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Amgricogn Cab
Gar and Fay
Boooj Sciences Eis Tee
Eesecaee
Atchison
Leeth
Cerro de Pasco
Sovess
Chesapeake and Ohio
Atl
Coast Line
Bethlehem
Corpiotese Fog
St. P
Northwestern
Chrysler Corp
Sreese
Colorado
Gulf States Steel
Pema
Consolidated Gas
Crucinie
Davidson Chemical
moGms
Dtfs
Fiske
Foundation Co
Eo Oe
General Electric, New
Army Navy game looms as pivotal grid event
New York November 1 football critics predicted the eastern title would be settled when the Army Navy game in Chicago on November 27 pits Army after beating Yale and Navy after triumph over Michigan. Other results saw Columbia defeat Cornell, Illinois topple Pennsylvania, Missouri beat West Virginia, Lafayette downed Washington and Jefferson.
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New York
Chicago
Saiors
Michigan
Army
West Virginia Wesleyan
Georgetown
Yale
Franklin
Marshall
Ursinus
Notre Dame
Columbia
Cornell
Illinois
Pennsylvania
Missouri
West Virginia
LaFayette
Washington
Jefferson
Trio of Clubs Better Than Flag Winner
New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals face mixed predictions for 1927. Giants manager John McGraw doubts Alexander will repeat his world series form, saying it could hurt the Cardinals. Stanley Harris of Washington also places Cleveland Philadelphia and Washington ahead of the Yankees at season’s end.
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NBA
New York
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
John McGraw
Giants
St. Louis
Alexander
Stanley Harris
Washington
Yankees
Cleveland
Philadelphia
Harris
Disappeared star witness Jane Gibson in Hall-Mills murder case
Special Prosecutor Simpson said investigators reported Mrs Jane Gibson the pig raiser and state star witness in the Hall Mills murder trial has disappeared. She had told Inspector Underwood that threats were made against her and lives on a farm near New Brunswick.
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Jersey City
N. d
Simpson
Jane Gibson
Hall-Mills
Somerville
October Weather Summary for High Point
October at High Point records show mean high 75 F, mean low 51 F, and average 63 F. The hottest day hit 92 F on the third, while a 30 F frost occurred on the 28th. Precipitation totaled 1.97 inches, with 0.567 inches on the 24th. Fourteen clear, nine partly cloudy, eight cloudy days. max daily temp swing 36 F. Frost occurred on the 25th–28th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point
Roy Wagner files humiliation suit in Guilford County
Roy Wagner a waiter in High Point filed a $2,000 damage suit against V D Bush in Guilford County Superior Court alleging false arrest at a crowded cafe during noon hour. He states a March wreck involving a Ralph Wagner driven car led to the arrest after the defendant assumed Roy was responsible for damages to his car.
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Greensboro Enterprise Bureau
Greensboro
Roy Wagner
High Point
V. D. Bush
Mason W. Gant
Guilford County Superior Court
Ralph Wagner
Bush
Wagner
Sam Crowson
Progress of October Receivership for Tobacco Co operative
Report from Raleigh on October receipts totaling 525069.63 by the Tri State Tobacco Growers Cooperative Marketing association receivers. Majority applied to loans of the Baltimore federal intermediate credit bank. Receivers Poll Ward and Corey note October sales of 134514.59 and light demand as buyers focused on new crop financing. No new funds were borrowed for expenses beyond storage and handling charges. adequate funds remain to cover these charges.
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Raleigh
Tri- State Tobacco Growers’ Co-Operative Marketing Association
United States District Court
Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Baltimore
James H. Poll
Hallette S. Ward
Merton L. Corey
Dr. Knight to Speak at Greensboro Open Forum
Dr. Edward W. Knight of the University of North Carolina will address the Greensboro open forum at Guilford courthouse tomorrow night at 8. This is the second speech in a series organized under Mrs. Julius Cone. Knight, formerly Wake County schools superintendent, later chaired a Chapel Hill department and leads the State Teachers Association.
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Greensboro
Edward W. Knight
University of North Carolina
Dr. Knight
Wake County
Chapel Hill
State Teachers’ Association
Smurg
Dooley Fails To Fill Shoes Of Big Swede Oberlander
Dartmouth suffers losses at Yale and Harvard highlighting Oberlander's value as last season's star. Harvard Cornell and Chicago were defeated by Dartmouth largely due to his play. This year the team lacks Oberlander's precise forward passing though Lane and McPhail remain in the backfield. Dooley, though a strong passer, struggles with accuracy.
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Dartmouth
Oberlander
Yale
Harvard
Cornell
Chicago
Lane
McPhail
Dooley
Oregon Sues Insurance Firms Over Auto Seizures Losses
Oregon state officials failed in the Supreme Court to bar insurance companies from indemnifying motor firms for losses from confiscated autos. The case stemmed from seizures of vehicles found in violation of federal, state, or municipal laws.
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Washington
Oregon
Supreme Court
Woman fires pistol in Greensboro street scene
Louise Jackson, described as a negress, used an old Spanish pistol to fire five times at Joe Wiley near Clinton and East Market streets. Wiley defended himself with a brick as officers arrived and arrested Jackson on a charge of affray with a deadly weapon. Her trial is expected tomorrow morning.
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Enterprise
Greensboro Bureau
Greensboro
Louise Jackson
Clinton
East Market
Noel
Brandon
Jordan
Church
Jackson
Joe Wiley
Wiley
Governors to meet at Pinehurst for next convention
Governor McLean announced that the Governors convention will be invited to Pinehurst North Carolina for the next annual meeting. He said Governor Brewster of Maine called an executive committee meeting in Washington on November 19 to decide the meeting place, and he expects the conference to be held in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
INS
Pinehurst
N. C
McLean
Brewster
Maine
Washington
North Carolina
American destroyer guard at Ceiba in Honduras
A U S destroyer was ordered from Blue Fields to Ceiba to protect American lives and property. The Ceiba penitentiary inmates allied with revolutionists to seize the town, temporarily ousting federal forces, but control has since returned to the federal authorities.
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Washington
Blue Fields
Nik
Ceiba
Honduras
Red Cross plans mapped for 10th annual drive
High Point officials led by Dr. Owen Smith outline roll call to start around Armistice Day with a 544 member quota. The plan centers on personal invitations and broad public support to fund disaster relief and humanitarian services locally, nationally, and internationally.
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American Red Cross
Owen-Smith
High Point
Congress
Florida
United States
Red Cross
Public library donors listed with varied contributions
A partial donor roll shows many names and gifts to a library fund. Amounts range from small tokens like 1.00 and 2.00 to larger gifts such as 500.00, with numerous entries spelled in uneven OCR. The list reflects community support levels and uneven record quality.
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W. J. Armfield
M. J. Wremn
F. N. Tate
R. RB. Terry
S. H. Tomlinson
T. Vapor
J. We Milita
J. W. Clinard
W. G. Mungan
J. H. Adams
J. H. Bobbs
Seevisae Ee
C. Durland
Charles
Cees Booc
Beavans
Issers
T. S. McKenzie
Minnie Pollock
H. Norwood Bowne
R. C. Charles
Powell
Edgar Hartley
Bcs
R. B. Parker
Twen Smith
Demmey
Geo. R. Brown
Philomathean Book Club
Laura Dodomead
Lee Parks
Julius FE. Marsh
Priece
Essen
Henry A. White
T. Wingate Andrews
Garrett
Sessens. RO
W. Cc. Jones
H. L. Brockman
Clab
Coone
W. Brb
McEwen
I.a. Ssrr
Frederick Roy
Idoles
Aevesve
EB. Diffendals
O. B. Bonner
B. Baymont
O. A. Eopheluem
Ivvsesce
Shelton Woodworking Machinery Company
Milton Giver
John R. Peacock
H. Ih
Cooper
Students Strike Renewed At Johnston Smith University
In Charlotte on November 1 AP reports a renewed student revolt at Johnston Smith University to reinstate 76 freshmen suspended after a hazing incident. Sophomores and juniors walk out while a student committee presses for reinstatement and faculty chair Dr. McCrory weighs a response.
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Charlotte
Johnston
Smith University
H. L. McCrory
McCrory
Harry Johnson
Newport News
Senate majority hinges on sixteen key states in 1926 race
The battle to gain a Senate majority centers on sixteen states where Republicans hold most seats. States listed include Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, and Washington. Democrats hope to win nine of these, while Republicans expect these traditionally GOP states to stay in their column. Contests also feature in Indiana with charges of Klan influence. Massachusetts sees Prohibition as a major issue in Butler versus Walsh. Four current seats are up in the present Senate and several incumbents seek gubernatorial appointment approval.
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Senate
Arizona
Colorado
Idaho
Ilinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Maryland
Massachusetts
Missouri
Nevada
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Utah
Washington
Coolidge
Butler
David I. Walsh
Watson
Robinson
Iowa
Williams
David W. Stewart
Albert B. Cummins
Mother and six babies die in wreck of truck
Dayton Ohio dispatch reports a mother Rose Mary Capozzi 37 and six children William 45 Tony 4 Georgia and Joseph Jr Gracco 3 Bernard infant died from burns after a truck collided with an interurban car and another truck. Frightful crash left six injured, three maybe fatally, as Capozzi’s truck burst into flames after attempting to pass Sam Tripoli’s vehicle on a bridge.
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Dayton. O
Rose Mary Capozzi
William
Tony
Georgia and
Joseph, Jr
Gracco Allo
Bernard Allo
Frances Allo
Joseph Capozzi
Capozzi
Sam Tripoli
Rosa Vitrano
Tripoli
Vitrano
England Receives Baby Condor The World's Largest Bird
A baby condor measuring 10 feet from wing to wing has been brought to England. Naturalists note it is the world's largest bird and a noted flyer. It can fly at heights exceeding 20 000 feet on occasion.
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England
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Irwin Furniture Factories
T. G. Scott
Internal Medicine
Southern Railway System
Southern Railway
Baltimore
Graham
Chariottie
Golly
Jiggs
Jisi
Casey
By McManus
Great Britain
Solong Jiggs
Cema
Chicago Dair
Chicago Grain
Covington (Ky
Lorraine Zang
Gate City
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