George Bancroft Hollywood Heavy Dies in Hospital
George Bancroft veteran film actor and Navy veteran dies in a Santa Monica hospital at 74 after a three week illness. He appeared in The Pony Express Underworld The Wolf of Wall Street Mr Deeds Goes to Town Submarine Patrol and Whistling in Dixie. Survived by widow Octavia Brooke a daughter and two grandchildren. Funeral services planned with interment at Woodlawn Mausoleum.
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Calif
George Bancroft
Hollywood
Heavies
Bancroft
Navy
Baltimore
Manila Bay
Oregon
China Coast
Annapolis
Broadway
Philadelphia
Puttalo
N.Y
Edna Brothers
Octavia Brooke
Miss Brothers
Las Vegas
Georgette King
Pacific Palisaes Calif
David John Donovan
First Presbyterian Church
Woodlawn Mausoleum
No Definite Price Trend In Leaf Sales
The Federal State Market News Service reports no clear price trend in yesterday’s flue-cured tobacco markets as a two day recess set for Oct 11 12. Receipts under the government loan program have risen, dampening market conditions while drying plants lag behind. Tuesday’s totals show mixed regional gains and declines with overall lower averages.
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Associated Press
Federal State Market News Service
Fred S. Royster
Henderson
N.C
Bright Belt Warehouse Assn
Two Guards Fired Over Monday Prison Camp Escape
North Carolina State Prisons Director W F Bailey dismissed Judson Pittman and Stephen McIntyre for negligence after three long term convicts escaped Monday night by sawing bars. Pittman worked since 1953 and McIntyre since 1951 as guards in Pender County Prison Camp. Bailey called lack of corridor security prima facie neglect. Grover Cleveland note appears unrelated.
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Raleigh
W. F. Bailey
Pender County
Judson W. Pittman
Stephen C. MclIntyre
Bailey
Waiter Charged With Attempted Incident At Raleigh Hotel
James Faison Jr., a 25 year old Black waiter at the Sir Walter Hotel, faces Superior Court trial on a charge of attempted incident after a guest, Georgia Fling, 28, of Birmingham Alabama, alleged he posed as a bellhop, entered her room, propositioned her, and pushed her before fleeing when resisted.
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Sir Walter Hotel
James Faison Jr
Georgia Fling
Birmingham
Ala
Miss Fling
Faison
Clinton Braces For Mass Funeral In Familial Tragedy
In Clinton North Carolina a community gathers for the mass funeral of Rufus A King 35 and his six children aged two and a half to ten killed in a rage. Neighbors described the quiet farmer as temperamental but respected and the motive cited by coroner Coleman Carter was spite and hatred toward his wife and her brothers.
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Clinton
N.C
Rufus A. King
King
Sampson County
Coleman Carter
Carter
Mrs. King
Patton Buried in Third Army Cemetery in Luxemburg
General George S. Patton is interred at a Third Army cemetery in Luxemburg. The funeral honors reflect his leadership in World War II and his enduring legacy in European operations.
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George S. Patton
Third Army
Luxemburg
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