Buncombe grand jury to press probe into court corruption
Asheville October 24 The Buncombe grand jury adjourned for the weekend and prepared for a broader inquiry next week. Forty three witnesses have testified with 34 more subpoenaed, while five earlier witnesses were ordered back. Judge A M Stack urged full examination of all who may know of wrongdoing in county courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Buncombe Grand Jury
Buncombe
Grand Jury
Ely
A. M. Stack
Monroe
Coursey
George Floyd Rogers
Trinity Episcopal Church
John Mitchell
State Bank
State Corporation Commission
Taylor Bledsoe
Mornes Wamboldt
Asheville Cael Association
Names of local businesses and residents listed for directory
A long OCR fragment lists numerous individuals and firms with partial names and addresses, appearing as a community directory or sponsor roll. The item enumerates many persons such as Muse Pat Brown W F and Mrs. J. W. edrick, plus businesses including Edwards Business College Sunshine Laundry Etird's Dept. Store and Triangle Hosiery Mill, implying a civic or commercial listing.
Cooperation Sought for Boy Policemen at Schools
Sergeant A P Samuels urged public help in directing traffic near schools using older boys. J H Lashley of the Carolina Motor Club will visit to train the youths in handling their new safety duties for children and drivers. Public cooperation is essential for success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Samuels
Samuels
J. H. Lashley
Carolina Motor Club
Mr. Samuels
Piedmont Millers 10 Hold Meeting at O Henry Hotel
Flour millers and allied industry members will meet November 13 at the O Henry Hotel Greensboro NC for the Piedmont Millers Association annual Greensboro gathering. Attendees expected from PA DC VA NC SC GA TN KY MD. Edwin C Fockler predicts record turnout. Topics include package differentials cost factors feed prices distribution cooperative groups and the impact of low priced wheat. Luncheon and entertainments follow under Piedmont Allied Association. Representatives from Commerce Farmers Grain Corp and other allied bodies invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allied Industries
O. Henry
Greensboro
North Carolina
Piedmont Millers’ Association
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Georgia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Maryland
Edwin C. Fockler
Dunlop Mills
Richmond
Piedmont
Piedmont Allied Association
G. Womble
International Salt Co
United States Department of Commerce
Farmers’ National Grain Corporation
Coates Plans Statewide Law Enforcement Training Initiative
Prof Coates outlines a program to train police, prosecutors, and judges across the state. Meetings will discuss common enforcement problems, evidence gathering, search and seizure, warrants, crime detection, and interagency cooperation with trials, pardons, and parole. Local officials pledge support to build a comprehensive effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coates
High Point
Prof
Airplane Crash In Canada Fatal To Two
In Peterborough Ontario a cabin plane crash at the airport killed Flight Lieutenant Mason Apps and Serg. John Hand. A pilot and student flier were fatally injured while three other student aviators were hurt as the craft struck trees after a landing attempt. The wreckage and sequence described show the plane flipping, diving, and nose burial on impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterboro
Ont
Mason Apps
John Hand
Hamilton
Apps
Birth of a Daughter for Mr and Mrs L F Feree
Mr and Mrs L F Feree of 903 East Green Street announce the birth of a daughter named Mary Ellen on Thursday October 22. The notice lists numerous individuals and local entities connected to or recognizing the occasion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. F. Feree
East Green Street
Mary Ellen
The Church Is Right In Her Purposes And Ministry
The Sunday Meditation argues the church endures opposition due to divine origin, right purposes, right ministry, and right teaching. It cites lifting up Jesus, promoting liberty and brotherhood, and guiding society toward justice and service, asserting the church remains vital and influential today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Jesus Christ
Church of God
Heaven
Nazareth
Capernaum
Bethany
Christ
Grover Cleveland
God
Edginton
Millikan
Financial summary shows large unsettled city accounts and deficits
The report lists assets totaling 16 684 755 41 with 13 037 721 not available against debt leaving 8 213 016 to be funded by future taxes. Liabilities include notes payable 650 000 and bonds outstanding 8 279 000 with substantial bookkeeping surplus noted by auditors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Fund
Capital
To Hold Last Rites For Mrs Ivey Today
Funeral services for Mrs Eva May Ivey of 241 Park Street will be held at Sechrest Funeral Home at 3 p m conducted by Rev George T Tunstall pastor of Green Street Baptist Church The body will be sent to Flowery Branch Georgia tonight for further services and interment there Monday Mrs Ivey died yesterday morning after illness of several months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva May Ivey
Park Street
J. F. Ivey
Sechrest Funeral
George T. Tunstall
Green Street Baptist Church
Flowery Branch
Ivey
Green Wave Rolls Over Georgia Tech
Tulane defeated Georgia Tech 33 to 0 in New Orleans as Don Zimmerman starred in a combined passing and running attack. The Green Wave controlled the game with sustained offense and stifling defense, keeping Tech off the scoreboard throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Tech
New Orleans
Tulane
Don Zimmerman
Tech
College grid scores show mixed results across states
At Moorhead Minn Aberdeen Northern Normal 0 Moorhead Teachers 0. At Indiana Pa Teachers 0 Indiana Teachers 0. At Lewiston Idaho Lewiston Normal 19 Eastern Oregon Normal 0. At Reno Fresno Teachers 13 Nevada 31. At LeMars Iowa Columbia Dubuque 8 Western Union 6. At Anniston Ala Birmingham Southern 40 Jacksonville State Teachers 0.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moorhead
Minn
Aberdeen Northern Normal
Indiana
Lewiston
Idaho
Snake strike range limits revealed by extensive tests
Numerous tests indicate that no snake ever strikes a greater distance than about three fourths of its length, suggesting the strike reach is consistent across species. This finding sheds light on predation strategies and defensive behavior in serpents.
Educational leaders address state school system crisis at Reynolds High
A general session at Reynolds High School featured Dr. Henry C. Morrison of the University of Chicago on economic dividends of a state school system, Dr. Edgar W. Knight on North Carolina's educational crisis, and other educators from Duke, Randolph Macon, and Peabody. The Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel notes Sanford Martin's full address on the press and education's dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds High School
Henry C. Morrison
University of Chicago
Edgar W. Knight
University of North Carolina
North Carolina
John H. Cook
North Carolina College For Women
North Carolina Education Association
Howard Jensen
Duke University
Santford Martin
Winston-Salem Journal-Sentinel
Maycie Southall
Peabody Teachers College
John W. Carr, Jr
A. Munroe Stowe
Randolph Macon Woman's College
J. P. Wynne
Farmville Teacher's College
Virginia
A. M. Proctor
J.S. Malott
U. S. Bureau of Education
Convention Deliberations Highlight English Teachers Group
The gathering organized into 18 groups featured Mrs. Dan R. Schroder and Miss Mary Penny as chairmen. Henry Grady Owens led a discussion on English instruction in North Carolina, while Miss Grace Henderson spoke on aids for classics teachers. T Wingate Andrews addressed librarians about education's dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan R. Schroder
Mary Penny
Henry Grady Owens
North Carolina
Grace Henderson
Association of Latin Teachers
Shhow
T. Wingate Andrews
Association of
Misees Meek Beard
Mary White
M. L. Patrick
L. R. Johnston
Robert FE. Lee
Robert E. Lee
High Point
Salem College
Association
Capone Seized By Guards After Attack on Photographer
Al Capone shouted threats to a newspaper photographer saying he would knock your block off before guards rushed him to a cell. Judge Wilkerson ordered Capone sent to Leavenworth to start serving his sentence but later stayed the transfer holding him in the county jail until Monday to allow time for a writ of superseders with the circuit court of appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucket
Wilkerson
Capone
Leavenworth
Circuit Court of Appeals
Miss Baker Returns From State Merchants Meeting
Mrs Grace Baker secretary of the High Point Merchants Association returns from Durham where she attended the statewide meeting of merchant association secretaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Baker
High Point Merchants’ Association
Durham
Merchant Association
Honor Roll Race On Junior High Students
A total of 113 sixth and seventh graders earned the honor roll for the first school month as listed by the Junior High School office. Names include Dorothy Johnson, Sarah Hart, Georgia Hodges, Frances Mann, Charlotte Stephens, Raymond York, J. C. Whitt, Bob Wilson, James Harris, Grady Kennedy, Ernestine Higgs, Ruth Brown, Julia Edwards, Pauline Douglas, Margaret Dickson, Helen Crowder, Mary Allen Clinard, Ernestine Bulla, Irene Bryant, Evelyn Atkins, Billie Bennett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Jarrell
Mary Munyon
Mary Grace Lyon
Ivey Paylor
Mary Elizabeth Tipton
Mary Clegg
Claude A. Smith
Lucille Brown
Helen Butler
Alberta Davis
W. Campbell
Frances Harmon
Margaret Chatfield
Elizabeth Morrison
Gene Culberson
Leone Perry
Laura Beth Gaylor
Johnnie Player
Katherine Grantham
Laura C. Ray
J. J. Hamlin
Frances Hubbard
Evelyn Seward
Mary I. Quinn
R. R. Smith
Hattie H. Williams
Jessie Wicker
Daisy Lee York
D. P. Whitley
Marie Wilhelm
Georigana Byrd
Emma Blair
Esther Bivens
Betty Bloom
Winfred Body
Blanche Burgeass
Clara Worth Bryson
Mary Colson
Elizabeth Cowan
Marguerette Clark
Eva P. Craig
Lois Dalrymple
Sara W. Edwards
James Ellington
Mayme Ellis
Loraine Ellison
Lilly Fogleman
Walworth McMillan
Eartha Mitchell
Elizabeth Monroe
W. E. Mitchell
Annie Bell Noel
Myrta Root
Sophia Richards
Rosaline Roscoe
J. R. Sadler
Almena Sloan
Kathleen Spain
Nan Vaughan
Birdie Walker
Blanche Wagner
Mary Washburn
Mildred Wissinger
Effie Cox
R. F. J. Johnson
John A. Walker
Martha Deaton
Robert Morrow
Vivian Elliott
K. C., Denny
Beatrice George
L. W. Glenn
Misa Esther Colston
G. H. Jones
E. A. Lockwood
Bryant Electric Co
Herman Abels
J. E. Marsh
A. M. Rankin, Jr
J. W. Slate
A. Sherrod
Robert B. Garland
D .W. Hoskins
Rosalie Shields
Myrtle
Mary Bulla
McEwen Lumber Co
Co. L. Smith
R. T. Amos
C. H. Nabors
V. A. J. Idol
J. R. Adams
K. C. Denny
C. Kirkman
H. A. Millis
H. Hutchens
W. F. Pleming
J. F. Huffman
R. H. Shaw, Jr
Charless McAnally
G. H. Kearns
McCanless Stores
S. H. Tomlinson
R. K. Stewart
L. 8
BE. Mae Kirkman
A. BR. Conrad
A. T. Moffitt
B. Hoskins
W. G. Friddie
G. B. Wimberly
E. Battay
I Ri Pe Ead
Deyen
B. M. Ridge
W. L. Dawkins
Nees Vincannon
Dorothy Johnson
Clarine Ferguson
Sarah Hart
Pearlie Hester
Georgia Hodges
Frances Mann
Charlotte Stephens
Sarah Taylor
Daphne Pugh
Mildred Hutchens
Eileen Thomas
Jimmie Clark
Mildred Free
Reginald Hinshaw
Frederica Morris
Margaret Louise Paul
Laurie Snyder
Bob Wilson
James Harris
Grady Kennedy
Jessie Frasier
Annie Meredith
Selina Smith
Betty Lou Jackson
Jane Austin
Marie Koonce
Rachael Yarborough
Lola Bray
Alice Lee Charles
Ernestine Higgs
Martha Bulla
Alvin Walker
Bruce Carraway
Robert Dunkleberger
Anne Chappell
Alice Chandler
Esther Ray Wilson
Maxine Brackett
Effie Reid
Paulette Kennedy
Margaret Hinshaw
Margaret Boyles
Catherine Ellison
Elizabeth Deaton
Pearl Loflin
Pearl Thompson
Marga Tull
Jessie Lee Royal
Ernest Robinson
Horace Clinard
Juanita Kinney
Dorothy Ingerld
Lillian Trivette
Eleanor Amos
Ruth Brown
Ruby Chilton
Mildred Marsh
Betty Sechrest
Katherine Strother
Louverta Taylor
Katherine Wrenn
Harris Covington
Vernon von Dreh
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Fannie L. Pickett
H. Hallenbeck
Frank Wineskie
Erskine
Lizzie Gooch
B. T. Harrison
Rufus
F. E. Whitescarver
W. S. O'Neal
B. F. Samuel L. Davis
C. Bagner
Ralto Farlow
H. L
Paul W. Casey
Celesteen
J. G. Greene
L. HoltePherson
Nat Walker
C. Sharpe
Sunshine Laundry
Man H. Smith
R. Taylor
Stuart Saunders
L. J. Ingram
Chas. Fann
Emmett A. Sumner
C. Hill
Chas. Lee
W. R. McCain
HB. E. White
Essie Dale Hunter
Maggie Hester
EB. T. Howard
Annabelle King
J. C. Moore
Ben B. Lyon
Marvin Farlow
Virginia Clinard
W. L. Hargelt
Ella Dallas
Genevieve Moore
F. M. Pickett
Paul M. Smith
EB. J. McFarland
W. C. Idol
Robert
Piedmont Millers
Tage 3
Canada
S. Dowdy
J. B. Hall
Allen Hussey
Frank Shields
J. R. Davis
H. E. Wade
G. T. Ball
J. W. McMahan
J. L. Minitt
C. C. Stoker
Sam Crowson
K. F. Birlington
L. L. Broadway
J. H. Hubbard
W.F. Richardson
M. T. Dowdy
Lucile Johnston
Zimmerman Bros
Dr. Staley
N. L
the Enterprise
Amazon
Equator
Main Street
Thomas Que Harrison
Washington
Central Friends Church
Harrison
Brotherhood of the Church
al Capone
Miss Baker
Merchants
LTS
R. E. Rauson
Aime
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