Yorktown’s Big Affair Rates Big Success
C M Waynick NC delegate calls Yorktown celebration a success despite the pageant. Massive naval flotilla and the frigate Constitution drew crowds while Lord Lafayette descendants and international guests attended. Military displays impressed. traffic was managed well. President Hoover received a fine civic and military reception. Weather and regional hospitality topped expectations. the Cornwallis surrender sesquicentennial is praised as a landmark national event.
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North Carolina
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Gloucester Point
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Petain
Lafayette
de Grasse
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Maryland
Virginia
Stevens
American Legion
Peninsula
George Washington
Hoover
Changes 10 come in two weeks may alter politics
Washington reports that two weeks hence voters in three states will elect governors and fill five House seats. A Democratic gain could shift the House to Democrats. New Jersey governor candidates and a Senate vacancy may affect the Senate balance. New York constitutional amendments, Roosevelt and Smith, loom large. Moore of New Jersey is floated as a potential presidential booster.
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House of Representatives
New Jersey
Morrow
Senate
Larson
Congress
New York State
Roosevelt
Smith
Moore
Trenton
Kentucky
Mississippi
New York
Man faces manslaughter charge in fatal Davidson crash
Winston-Salem dispatch reports Kenneth Newsome, 29, charged with manslaughter after a wreck in Davidson County that fatally injured Cosmos Abraham, 36, a local operator. Newsome also faces a prohibition violation after a small whiskey cache was found in the wrecked car. Eight others were injured. three were released from hospital. Ruth and Marie Davis testified Newsome was driving and tried to evade responsibility.
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Winston-Salem
Kenneth Newsome
Davidson County
Cosmos Abraham
Newsome
Abraham
A. L. Fesperman
Salisbury
L. A. Bowles
Robert
Ruth Davis
West Virginia
Ruth
Marie Davis
Worcester man in new jail cell charged with malicious mischief
Worcester Massachusetts Earles and Chapman faces a new charge after jail officials say he damaged a cell door. He had been confined for intoxication when he bent the bars so severely a locksmith freed him. The additional charge cites malicious mischief for damaging the jail.
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Worcester
Mass
Earles&. Chapman
Agreement Reached in Chicago Picture Theater Standoff
Chicago ends two month clash between union motion picture operators and 104 independents after Meyer Anton J. Cermak intervention. Agreement allows 27 smaller theaters to run with one union projectionist per booth, salaries cut 20 percent for all union workers, and return of union members to work. Non union theaters bombed during turmoil. NYC and other cities’ projectionists to be reassigned.
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Eastearly
Chicago
Cermak
Meyer Anton J. Cermak
New York
First Methodist church to reorganize boards tonight
This evening at the First Methodist church the retiring boards will convene to reorganize for the coming year. New members of boards trustees stewards and ushers are urged to attend. Tomorrow night a mid week praise service will be held at 7 30 with Rev R J Farmer in charge speaking on When One Is More Than One. Next Sunday features the Joash Chest Service with voluntary offerings at the altar led by white clad pew hostesses in a Round Up Day Loyalty Day effort to meet annual obligations.
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First Methodist Protestant
R. J. Farmer
Joash
Returned Missionaries To Speak At Central Friends Friday Night
Central Friends church invites all in the city to hear Mr and Mrs Gilbert Bowles, longtime missionaries in Japan, at 8 o clock Friday evening. The event is led by the church youths, with broad invitation to Friends meetings in Deep River and interested locals. Brotherhood anniversary is Sunday October 25 with Thomas Que Harrison of Washington DC as speaker at 11 am and 7 30 pm services.
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Central Friends Church
Gilbert Bowles
Two Negroes Sentenced to Electric Chair on Friday
Raleigh October 20 two prisoners J W Ballard alias Bus Jackson and Bernice Mathiews face execution by electric chair Friday at the state's prison unless Governor Gardner acts. Convicted in Rowan county for the murder of Frank Stewart the pair confessed. Ballard is from Salisbury Mathiews lists Thomason Georgia as home. Appeals were reportedly withdrawn. Other inmates Dudley Moore and Ernest Herring have stays pending supreme court decisions.
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Raleigh
J. W. Ballard
Bus Jackson
Bernice Mathiews
State
C. Max Gardner
Rowan County
Frank Stewart
Ballard
Salisbury
Mathiews
Thomason
Supreme Court
Dudley Moore
Davidson County
Ernest Herring
Sampson County
Mrs Sprinkle Named as Worker on Governor’s Council
Mrs Mary Camp Sprinkle of this city will be an official representative on Governor Gardner’s unemployment and relief council committee. Fourteen representatives from as many organizations were appointed by R W Henninger to organize counties statewide during October. A Raleigh session on October 23 and 24 will finalize plans for the campaign with meetings in room 512 of the revenue building and further coordinating outlines to follow.
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Mra
Mary Camp Sprinkle
Red Cross
Gardner
Council For Unemployment and Relief
R. W. Henninger
Raleigh
Governor’s Council For Unemployment and Relief
Henninger
Revenue Building
New South Wales Expects Wool Crop Value Rise in 1931
New South Wales projects its 1931 wool crop to be worth about 12 million dollars more than last year, signaling a strongier season for sheep farmers and the state's wool industry.
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New South Wales
Fashionable Gloves Add Color to Paris Street Style
Paris shoppers embrace bold two toned gloves with one white and one black or pairs in green and beige, creating striking contrasting looks. The trend draws attention on sidewalks as designers and boutiques showcase mixed color ensembles.
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Paris
Dr Nabers To Talk To Central Friends On Special Program
The Church Night group at Central Friends church will host Dr Charles Haddow Nabers pastor of First Presbyterian church of this city for a special program This marks his second appearance for the group Dan W Smith will sing with Miss Nancy Myatt as accompanist Attendance is invited and reservations are urged by Wednesday noon with Miss Anna Mendenhall A Junior group and the Margaret Fell Circle meet at 5 30 followed by the churchs regular monthly business meeting at 8 PM.
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Central Friends Church
Charles Haddow Nabers
First Presbyterian Church
Canon Nabers
Dan W. Smith
Nancy Myatt
Anna Mendenhall
Margaret Fell
High Point School Board Reviews Bids for Junior High Equipment
The High Point school board studies bids on library, lockers, cafeteria, home economics equipment and other items for the Junior high. Bids are already in for most items, with auditorium seats and lighting fixtures bids to follow. lighting bids due next Tuesday morning at 7:00.
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High Point School
Borg Nearly Obeys Court Order To Save Five-Story Building
In St Paul Minnesota T C Borg came within two feet of complying with a court order to vacate 26 feet of land bought by the city. As the deadline expired movers had removed the building from the plot except for two feet. The time was extended to finish the job.
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ST. Paul, Minn
T. C. Borg
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