Kerner's Folly Landmark Of Continentally Styled Mansion
The Kerner mansion built in 1880 in Kernersville is scheduled for a tour by North Carolina travel executives on October 16 before moving to Winston-Salem. The 22 room residence features rooms on different levels, trap doors, a Witches' Corner and Cupid's Corner, lavish furnishings, frescoes, and portraits by Caesar Milech.
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Kerner
Governor's Hospitality Committee
North Carolina
Kernersville
J. Gilmer Kerner
Winston-Salem
Korner
Caesar Milech
Royal Art Academy
Germany
Justices Left Open Route for Further Black Eligibility Challenges
Legal experts say the Supreme Court left a path for new attacks on Justice Hugo L. Black’s seat after ruling that Albert Levitt and Patrick Henry Kelly lacked standing. Observers note possible future challenges by interested litigants. The decision accompanies reviews of 72 cases, including labor board hearings and prepaid redemption interest questions. The Queen Mary also features three seven-foot whistles on its funnels.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
Albert Levitt
Virgin Islands
Patrick Henry Kelly
Boston
Levitt
Kelly
Black
Senate
Hughes
National Labor Relations Board
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Ltd
Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company
Treasury
Liberty
U S Tars Face Grim Ocean War Play
A Shanghai war front dispatch reports U S sailors aboard the transport Gold Star play a crude deck game counting floating bodies of Chinese, Japanese soldiers and civilians as they pass the ship. The account quotes Machinist's Mate John Ll. Smith writing home that shore leave is forbidden and the sight is terrible.
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Baltimore
United States
Shanghai
John Ll. Smith
Gold Star
Chas. A. Smith
Loyalist government to move capital from Valencia to Barcelona
Spanish government sources say most important ministries will relocate from Valencia to Barcelona, with the defense ministry already slated for transfer to tighten control near war supplies. The Valencia seat was chosen after Madrid fell under siege as Franco forces pressed toward Teruel and Catalonia.
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Valencia
Barcelona
Defense Ministry
Catalonia
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Perpignan
Teruel
France
Moose Problem Grows on Isle Royale After Ice Bridge
In 1912 an ice bridge between Minnesota and Isle Royale allowed moose to reach the island. Now the moose population is so large that their presence on Isle Royale has become a problem for the ecosystem and resources.
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Minnesota
Isle Royale
Lake Superior
Evangelistic Campaign Ends at Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Church
Jamestown reports the two week revival led by Evangelist Godsey of Asheville concludes with many conversions and additions to the Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church. Pastor Rev D C Stone notes strong turnout and announces Guilford charge conference at Hickory Grove on October 23 with delegate election. Rev Stone also cites ongoing revival work at Thomasville’s Second Wesleyan Methodist Church.
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Jamestown
Hickory Chapel Wesleyan Methodist Church
Evangelist Godsey
Asheville
D. C. Stone
Guilford
Methodist Protestant
Hickory Grove
C. B. Way
Asheboro
Hickory Chapel
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Second Wesleyan Methodist Church
Thomasville
Methodist Unification Move Faces Local Opposition
Laymen of the upper South Carolina conference report about 80 percent of South Carolina Methodists likely oppose unification of the southern and northern branches. Twenty-three laymen urge leaders to drop the unification plan and to assess member sentiment through presiding elders and pastors.
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Saluda, &. C
Upper South Carolina
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
South Carolina
NC Farm Bureau pushes compulsory crop control in Washington hearing
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation plans to urge Senate Agriculture Committee members to back compulsory control of crop surpluses and a special session of Congress. Federation officials led by J. E. Winslow and E. F. Arnold seek parity prices via federal loans and the ever normal granary, covering peanuts cotton tobacco and potatoes. The group vows to cooperate with other agencies while keeping core principles.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Ellison D
Smith
Senate Agriculture Committee
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
Congress
E. F. Arnod
Federation
J. E. Winslow
Greenville
Arnold
Mr. Arnold
Davidson County Reports Fiscal Year Profit and Surplus
Lexington reports from W. M. Russ and Co. auditors that Davidson County ended the fiscal year July 30 within general fund appropriations and posted a $708.82 surplus. Revenues exceeded expenditures by $4,574.42, with small overruns in some departments offset by surpluses in others under the county budget system. Principal gains included over $2,000 for outside poor relief and over $1,800 for county aid other than poor.
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Lexington
W. M. Russ and Co
Board of County Commissioners
General Fund
Queen Mary Whistles Cause No Passenger Disturbance
The giant whistles of the Queen Mary English liner reach about five miles but are pitched low enough not to distress passengers, according to reports.
New York Roundup of Legion Pranks and Stage News
George Ross reports on a spree by American Legionnaires across Manhattan with geese, a horse, a Model T stunts, a trumpet serenade and an underwear sighting. The piece notes the craze faded, a new game called Shoot the Bartender emerges, and features theater gossip about Oliver Saylor, Morris Gest, Mitzi Green, and Helen Morgan returning to Broadway.
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George Ross
New York
Broadway
Times
Legionnaire
McAlpin
Manhattan
42Nd St
Patrick O'Shaughnessy Frank
Times Square
Picture Palace
Legion
Oliver Saylor
Morris Gest
William Anthony McGuire
Galil-Gall
Versailles
Europe
Greensboro Man Sues For 10000 Damages In Auto Collision
F F Marbut of Anniston Alabama, a furniture salesman, sues E T and W N Motor Transportation and Clarence Weisgerber of Johnson City Tennessee for 10000 in Guilford Superior Court. He alleges a July collision on the Burlington road near Greensboro caused permanent injuries after avoiding a wet pavement skid and a men at work sign.
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F. F. Marbut
Sues Trucking Company
Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Anniston
Ala
E. T. and
W. N
Show Boat Diva Charms New Yorker Audience
A veteran performer has endeared herself to New Yorkers with love dirges in Show Boat and audiences resist new material when she is present.
Governor Earle Paves Way for End of Strike in Pa Mine
Governor George H. Earle flew to Panther Creek valley to mediate a sit-down strike at Lehigh Navigation Coaldale mine. He secured a deal offering same pay on the eighth level as the seventh and set negotiations between J. R. Warriner and Hugh W. Brown to address working conditions. Columbus Day celebrations accompanied the miners’ return to surface after a week underground.
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Lansford
Columbus
Panther Creek
Lehigh Navigation Coal Company
Coaldale
Eidowners
George H. Earle
Harrisburg
J. R. Warriner
Coal Company
Hugh W. Brown
District United Mine Workers
Earle
Warriner
Brows
Largest stopwatch used at Singapore Turf Club races
The world's largest stopwatch times races at the Singapore Turf Club. The starting gate starts the watch as the first horse passes the post and an illuminated beam stops it to record the time.
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Singapore
Maine University’s Modern Unicorn Creation Sparks Study
The University of Maine reports a calf horn bud transplant procedure resulting in two horns fusing into a single capike on the animal’s forehead. The project aims to explore horn growth patterns and genetic implications for livestock science.
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University of Maine
Court Asked for $10,000 Judgment in Negligence Case
Malbout seeks a judgment of ten thousand dollars against the defendants alleging negligence proximate cause of the mishap. The filing presents the request in a civil action seeking monetary relief.
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Loyals
Jamestown News
Mrs. W. A. Matthews
High Point
Archdale
Methodist
Biltmore House
America
Department of Conservation and Development
Prideful Tar Heels
Davidson County
Torchy Morgan
Sita
Helen Morgan
London
Helep
China
Pennsylvania
Panther Creek Valley
Eckerd’s
Mann's
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