Barbara and Joan Tug at a Barbecue Party Plot
In a tale set around a Memphis social crowd, Bob Walton, son of a wealthy textile family, clashes with Barbara Courtney over Joan Waring. Barbara manipulates a party to test Joan, while Joan faces social pressures and awkward romance amid tense rivalries. The scene shifts to a barbecue and a bridge game revealing Joan’s inexperience and Barbara’s scheming. Outside, reports note Germany’s wartime loot and destruction, listing aircraft, submarines, torpedo boats, rifles, and machine guns.
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Bob Walton
Millonaire
Joan Waring
Memphis
Bob
Joan
Warings
Jerry Forrester
Barbara Courtney
New York
Barbara
Carol Sheeridan
Jim
Kay
Don Trent
Jim Warfield
Germany
Byrd Flagship Sails From Boston for Antarctic Voyage
Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd’s flagship Jacob Ruppert departed Boston harbor at 7:15 AM for the first leg to Antarctic seas. Skipper William Verleger walked the bridge as lines came free. fueling to Bayonne planned before reaching Norfolk by Sunday night. Byrd also said the Bear of Oakland would join at Norfolk after a towing dispute in Wilmington was resolved.
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Boston
Richard E. Byrd
Jacob Ruppert
Boston Harbor
New York
William Verleger
New Cannan
Admiral Byrd
Bayonne
N. J
Norfolk
Bear
Oakland
Wilmington
Ruppert
Byrd
Davidson Court In Session Week
Davidson Superior court opens a one week term in Lexington with Judge Frank Hill presiding. The civil docket includes a caveat to the will of the late John H. Feezer of Cotton Grove township alleging undue influence and lack of testamentary capacity. Attorneys span Phillips and Bower Spruill Olive Don A. Walser for caveators and McCrary De Lapp Paul Stoner for propounders, with P. V. Bonepe for the executor.
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Lexington
Davidson Superior Court
Frank 8. Hill
Murphy
John H. Feezer
Cotton Grove Township
Southmont Road
Phillips and Bower
Spruill
Olive
Don A. Walser
McCrary
de Lapp
Paul G. Stoner
P. V. Bonepe
Angered Husband Cuts All Grape Vines in Lumberton
In Lumberton on October 11 S. E. Davis admitted breaking the law to Sheriff Kornegay after a quarrel over his wife selling grapes. He angrily cut all the roots of the grape vines, with the sheriff seeing the root cutting as the only crime in evidence.
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Lumberton
S. E. Davis
P. S. Kornegay
Kornegay
Davis
Movie Couple Get Marriage License But Do Not Hookup
Hollywood report says Lupe Velez and Johnny Weissmuller obtained a Las Vegas marriage license but declare no ceremony has occurred. They may wed later, with no plans set, after Weissmuller's recent divorce decree and denial of immediate remarriage.
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Hollywood
Las Vegas
Nevada
Lupe Velez
Johnny Weissmuller
Miss Velez
Weissmuller
Johnny
Dorothy Keeler
Yuma, Ariz
Gretna Green
Bobbie Arnat
Atress
Farm agency asks peanut buyers to raise prices
Washington reports the farm administration urged peanut buyers and shellers to raise prices for this year’s crop. No. 1 Spanish peanuts would move to 60 dollars a ton from 40, boosting Georgia, Alabama and Florida grower income by about 4 million dollars. North Carolina and Virginia would see a 55 dollar per ton price for No. 1 runners and similar increases for other grades.
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Washington
Farm Administration
Georgia
Alabama
Florida
North Carolina
Virginia
Howard to Address Days of Lexington
Clinton N. Howard of Washington DC, chair of the national united committee for law enforcement, will speak at a mass meeting in Lexington at First Baptist Church Thursday night at 7 30 as part of United Duty Forces campaign to defeat repeal of the 18th amendment. Known as the little giant of the platform, Howard was once chair of the world peace commission and an early advocate of a world court and disarmament.
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Lexington
Clinton N. Howard
Washington
D. C
National United Committee For Law Enforcement
First Baptist Church
Howard
Davidson County
United Dty
Lyceum
Capudine Capucline Headache Remedy Ad T
An advertisement touts Capudine Capucline as a dissolving liquid headache remedy offering immediate relief for headaches neuralgia rheumatic pain and colds. It claims quick absorption and prompts prompt action with 10c 30c and 60c options.
Litigation ends on trust fund dispute in Bohannon case
Winston-Salem news reports a settled trust fund controversy tied to F. M. Bohannon. Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance pays 500000. Receiver Fred B. Hutchins will transfer assets valued at about 100000 to J. C. Trotman as guardian for four Bohannon children. Trotman and Mrs. Maude Bohannon Trotman faced suits. bond firm covenants include no further action against the couple. Trotman also agrees to relinquish claims against American Trust Company and other local entities linked to dissipation by attorney W. T. Shore, who faces embezzlement indictments.
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Winston-Salem
F. M. Bohannon
J. C. Trotman
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
Massachusetts
Fred
Hutchins
Trotman
Maude Bohannon Trotman
Insurance Company
Bohannon Estate
American Trust Company
Merchants and Farmers National Bank
Morehead City Approves Bonds for Port Terminal
Morehead City voters authorize 425000 in bonds for a port terminal project to be held as collateral for a loan with a 10 cent tax rate if needed. Total 1199 votes of 1216 registered cast in the special election. Mayor H S Gibbes says completion now assured.
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Morehead City
Public Works Administration
H. S. Gibbes
Seven Prisoners Escape From Camps Across North Carolina
State prison officials report seven convicts escaped in a single day, four from a road camp in Alexander county. The four were Elbert Collins Winston-Salem Verge Rusty Taylorsville John Towel Mooresville and John Sprinkle North Wilkesboro. Other escapes occurred in Durham Fayetteville and Greene county with names unavailable.
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Raleigh
Alexander County
Alexander
Elbert Collins
Winston-Salem
Verge Rusty
Taylorsville
John Towel
Mooresville
John Sprinkle
North Wilkesboro
Durham
Fayetteville
Greene County
Governor's Day At State Fair At North Carolina
Raleigh October 11 Governor Ehringhaus and American Legion members visited the state fair as part of Governor's Day. The fair drew crowds for horse racing and exhibit judging which had opened the day before designated as farmers homecoming day.
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Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
American Legion
Hydrogen's Odorless, Tasteless, Colorless Nature Highlighted
A scientific note explains that pure hydrogen lacks smell taste or color, making detection by human senses impossible without indicators. It emphasizes safety implications in handling, storage, and leak awareness in industrial and laboratory contexts.
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