Oldest Southern Railway Conductor Remembered in Anecdotes
Captain Tom Murphy long served between Salisbury and Asheville with occasional runs to Knoxville. A ticket collector who valued fare, he once tested a traveling group’s vow not to pay, then verified a fare with a back-of-ticket calculation. Gus Bullock’s Lexington teaching tenure and Trinity School leadership are noted with praise for his steady work and family ties in Davidson.
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Tom Murphy
Southern Railway
Salisbury
Asheville
Knoxville
Arthur Frazier
Murphy
Train
Biltmore
Captain Murphy
Gus Bullock
Lexington
Trinity
Gus
Trinity Consolidated Schools
Davidson
Thete
Guullock
Mre. Bullock
Julian
Capital Short Shots
Raleigh reports a gardener firing a toy pistol to scare pigeons from seedly lawns on the capitol grounds. Postmaster Williamson urges Air Mail Week observance to boost out of state letters and Farley’s Post Office surplus. Governor Hoey weighs clemency for Nash County slayer Melville Coggins, with parole officials at a Philadelphia conference next week.
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Henry Averill Raleigh
Capitol Lawn
Dix Hill
Capitol
Raleigh
L. Williamson
James Aloysius Farley
Post Office
Melville Coggins
Nash County
Hoey
Coggins
Rural Electrification Authority to Meet in Raleigh
Dudley Bagley head of the Rural Electrification Authority announced a Raleigh meeting of the REA commission for next Wednesday at 11 in the morning. Bagley praised progress in North Carolina noting maps lag behind construction as new lines are built faster than they can be charted.
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State Rural Electrification Authority Commission
Raleigh
REA
Dudley Bagley
Bagley
North Corona
Historian laments lack of public interest in Roosevelt antiwar pledge
Dr. C. C. Crittenden of the North Carolina Historical Commission voiced surprise at the public's indifference to President Roosevelt's recent antiwar declaration. He called it the most important development of the decade, noting people discuss Black and the Klan, the World Series, and the Duke Tennessee game instead.
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C. C. Crittenden
North Carolina Historical Commission
Roosevelt
Woman amputates thumb while killing chicken in Asheboro
Mrs Tom Brown of Asheboro route one cut her thumb off just below the first joint while killing a chicken. A doctor treated the amputation and no serious effects are expected.
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Asheboro
Oct
Tom Brown
Route One
North Carolina Births Rise While Deaths Fall In Eight Months
North Carolina reports 52,978 births through August, up from 51,831 last year, while eight month deaths total 22,954, down from 24,207 in 1936. Infant mortality rises. maternal deaths fall to 301. Cancer deaths total 1,222 and tuberculosis declines to 1,209.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Bureau of Vital Statistics of the
Board of Health Today
County Split Over Location of Will Rogers' Old Home
OOLOGAH Okla Oct 9 A proposal to move the ranch house where Will Rogers lived as a boy split Rogers county wide open One faction wants to move the house to Claremore the county seat to be part of the 200000 Will Rogers memorial there Residents of two northwest townships where the ranch is located threaten to secede and join Nowata county.
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Oologah
Okla
Will Rogers
Rogers County
Claremore
Nowata County
Runs In The Family
Berkley California school notes Perry Schwartz UC end is cousin of Marchman Schwartz former All American at Notre Dame. The item emphasizes athletic lineage and family connection across major college programs.
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Berkley
Calif
Sch
Perry Schwartz
University of California
Marchman Schwartz
Notre Dame
Babson Sees Mixed National Business Decline Across Regions
Babs on report shows New England weak retail and construction dips, Atlantic Seaboard mixed with some gains, South strong but textile slowdowns. Midwest steadier with autos lifting demand, West spotty, Southwest booming with oil and tourism, Pacific Coast uneven with rail and retail softness. Overall activity down from last month though above last year.
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Babson
Berengaria
New York
New England
Atlantic Seaboard
Middle Atlantic
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Delaware
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Wall Street
Piedmont
South
Mid West
Mississippi
Ohio
Missouri
Nebraska
Kansas
Iowa
Dakotas
Minnesota
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Texas
Oklahoma
Rockies
Pueblo
Spokane
Pacific Coast
Northwest
Oregon
Washington
San Francisco
California
Canada
British Columbia
Dominion
Carlton Hughes Injured In Tryon Street Wreck
Carlton Hughes eight year old of 1402 Tryon street was taken to Burrus Memorial hospital for first aid after a wreck on Tryon street. Clifton Andrews sixteen of route 2 High Point was arrested for reckless driving in the same incident which occurred at 7 43 last night. Police say the child ran in front of the westbound car and the crash was apparently unavoidable.
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Carlton Hughes
Tryon Street
Burrus Memorial Hospital
Clifton Andrews
Route 2
High Point
Pessimistic market note urges calm and planning
A cautious forecast predicts a bottoming phase for the New York docks and advises investors to hold solid stocks. The message encourages continuing business plans and preparation for an upswing later this year or early next.
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New York
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George B. Craven
Edwin M. Gill
Hathaway Cross
Philadelphia
Ikely
N. C
Coats
Ieel
Aremas
Slim Sieek
Paris
Fharllee
Kayser
Carilee
Kaynee
Children's Dept
Deanna Durbin
Harllee’s
Flaiilee
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