Graft Inquiry Nears End in Asheville Courts
Asheville N C Oct 2 Witnesses close to 90 subpoenaed before Buncombe County grand jury near end of inquiry into alleged court and jury corruption. Probes include school building frauds and conspiracies by officials tied to the defunct Central Bank and Trust Co with more than 7 million dollars in public funds. Judges and juries accused of being bought and sold as hearings cite former grand jury foreman John McGraw and solicitors Nettles and Wells as blocking indictments.
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Asheville
N. C
Buncombeunty Granty
Central Bank and Trust
Central Bank
A. M. Stack
Wicks Wamboldt
John McGraw
Grand Jury
Zeb V. Nettles
R. M. Wells
Soviets Aim to Reform Mail Addressing System
In Moscow Soviet authorities propose a new post office method placing the addressee's name last and the city first to speed sorting and delivery. Current letters spread across the Soviet Union with forms like Moscow, Mart Palashevsky Pereulok, 15, Apartmen Comrade Goan Mikhailov.
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Moscow
Russia
Soviet Union
Mart Palashevsky Pereulok
Goan Mikhailov
Italy Swamped With Austrian Swallows
Venice residents report Austria’s mercy unloading weakened swallows into airplanes bound for Italy. The swallows arrive in large numbers as similar shipments spread across central Europe, and locals describe the motorized flights as a distinct menace.
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Venice
Austria
Italy
Europe
Red Cross Marks 50 Years Of Service This Year
Observance of the golden anniversary highlights the American Red Cross fifty years of humanity aid and relief. Citizens are urged to participate and support the society’s ongoing mission.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross Calls Senior Members to Enroll Again
The Red Cross reports enrolling over four million senior members last year and announces a new Roll Call campaign. The notice invites readers to participate and enroll.
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American Red Cross
Workmen's Compensation Act Cuts Accidents In North Carolina
North Carolina reports show the Workmen's Compensation Act reduced industrial accidents by 4,959 in the second year of operation from July 1 1930 to June 30 1931. Total accidents across all types reached 30 788 with deaths at 81 and 657 permanent partial disabilities. The Industrial Commission attributes the drop to safety education and the law’s protections, citing the High Point 1929 Safety Conference and the upcoming Charlotte event.
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Enterprise Wee Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Industrial Commison
Matt H. Allen
J. Dewey Dorsett
T. A. Wilson
High Point
Charlotte
Industrial Commission
Superior Court
Three Enforced Robinson Crusoes Taken From Isolated Pacific Isle
Three Americans rescued after six months on Cocos Island, 550 miles southwest of Panama, arrive aboard the gunboat Sacramento. Paul Stadwick, Gordon Brawner, and J. Palliser endured jungle shelter, scarce food, and lack of tobacco, swimming to safety and reporting a note from the wrecked yawl West Wind. Their rescue followed a shipboard search by Julius Fleischman aboard the yacht Camargo.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Sacramento
Pacific
Cocos
Panama
Julius Fleischman
Cincinnati
South Seas
Yawl
West Wind
Camargo Company
Paul Stadwick
Huron
Gordon Brawner
Springfield
Ill
J. Palliser
San Diego
Calif
Palliser
Tar Heel Historettes: Indians Attempt England Trade
In early North Carolina, a group of Native Americans planned to trade pelts directly with England by sailing in canoes past English traders. The expedition failed after a storm, with some drowned and others captured as slaves by an English ship off nearby islands.
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North Carolina
England
Nall and Wold Brown Air Insurance Worries
Mrs Brown mocks the insurers asking about the state of mind while Mr Nall and Wold Brown describe anxious questioning by insurance agents. The exchange highlights the awkward inquiries and a tongue in cheek response.
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Nall and Wold Brown
Mrs. Brown
Titus
Quote fragment on debt and attire humor
A brief, clipped dialogue plays with payment and attire as a hat and suit are mockingly treated as owing. The line pivots on the proverb about paying for what one wears, highlighting satire and wordplay.
Five indicted on dual charges in mortgage case
Wilmington, Oct 28 Five people face arrest and trial in federal court for perjury and conspiracy to obstruct justice in obtaining a temporary receiver for Home Mortgage Company of Hickory last year. Plaintiffs and defendants include Mrs. Margaret M. Ramsey of Norfolk and her attorney Alton L. Jordan with others from Norfolk, South Mills and Davis and West.
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Wilmington
Hickory
Margaret M. Ramsey
Norfolk
Alton L. Jordan
W. Shepherd Drewery
R. Clarence Dozier
South Mills
N. C
Virginia
Bar Association
Andrew J. Davis
Davis and West
I. M. Meykins
U. S. District Court
Circuit Court of Appeals
Ramsey
Fraud case continued in Wake Superior Court
Ed Hugh Lee former city tax collector charged with embezzling thirty thousand dollars of public funds has been continued until the November term of Wake Superior Court. Mrs C W Graybear of Old Fort was elected president of the second district of the State Federation of Women's clubs at the annual meeting in Brevard.
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Raleigh
Ed Hugh Lee
Wake Superior Court
Women's Clubs
Hpad Brevard
C. W. Graybear
Old Fort
State Federation of Women's Clubs
Aeld for Accident Charlotte Man Bonds After Bike Crash
Aeld for accident case in Charlotte shows W H Wilkinson posting a bond under 3000 dollars after his car collided with 15 year old Lawrence Marley who was riding a bicycle. Hospital attaches report the boy in critical condition.
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Aeld
Charlotte
W. H. Wilkinson
Lawrence Marley
Children Return to School After Six Week Recess
More than 2,000 students resume classes in Cleveland county after six weeks away due to cotton picking. About 0,000 bales of cotton were collected during the period.
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Shelby
Cleveland County
Hartsville firm to merge Cedar Town plant with Hartsville Works
An announcement states United States Finishing Company will dismantle its Cedar Town Georgia plant and consolidate it with the Hartsville Print and Dye Works in Hartsville.
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United States Finishing Company
Cedartown, Ga
Hartsville Print and Dye Works
Fatally Wounded Brother Shot by Younger Sibling
Luther Burleson, 28, died from wounds suffered Saturday after being accidentally shot in the back of the head by his younger brother while they rode on a load of hay.
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Albemarle
Luther Burleson
Shelby Physician William Mitchell Dies at 64
Funeral services held this afternoon for Dr William F Mitchell a Shelby physician for 32 years who died at his home from heart trouble resignation is not stated but he served the community long with medical practice in Shelby.
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Shelby
William F. Mitchell
Construction to Start on State Prison Camps in Three Counties
W. W. Neal of the state highway commission announces immediate construction will begin on prison camps in Cleveland Haywood and Catawba counties. The announcement highlights rapid development of highway related penal facilities in these regions.
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Marion
W. W. Neal
State Highway Commission
Cleveland
Haywood
Catawba
Epidemic Closes Perquimans County Schools
All county schools in Perquimans county have been closed for one week to prevent a potential outbreak of scarlet fever and diphtheria.
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Hertford
Perquimans County
Bond Set After Fatal Fight in Lumberton
Ed Bass and Ellie Parnell are released on bond after detention in the death of George Parnell father of Ellie. Bass faces murder charges with a $5,000 bond.
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Lumberton
Ed Bass
Ellie Parnell
Parnell
George
Bass
Pilots’ Fitness Tails Plane Crash Risk Study
Washington reports that airmen must be 100 percent physically fit as a medical section study finds pilots with minor defects suffer 40 percent more accidents than physically normal flyers, highlighting safety implications for aviation regulation.
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Washington
Aeronautics Branch
Department of Commerce
Samoa as the Sole American Possession South of Equator
A brief note states that Samoa stands as the only American possession located south of the equator, highlighting its unique geographic status among U S territories.
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Samoa
Southern lumber and paper grow in national spotlight
The Chamber of Commerce highlights 1929 1930 Census figures showing Southern mills produced 17.5 billion feet of the 36.9 billion total lumber output. The South led in soft woods and hardwoods, with 46 percent of lumber to domestic trade going north of the Ohio and 54 percent staying in the South. The report notes expansion in kraft paper, newsprint, and pulp in the region, with major plants in Louisiana, Arkansas, Florida and Mississippi.
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Census Bureau
United States
South
Alabama
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Texas
Southern Pine Association
New Orleans
Ohio River
North Carolina
Charles H. Herty
Panama City
Fla
Southern Kraft Corp
International Paper Co
Camden
Ark
Bastrop
Moss Point
Miss
Virginia
South Atlantic
American Airlines Passenger Hops Increase Says Commerce
Washington reports the U S department of commerce notes rising average flight distances on American Airlines since January 1930. In the past eighteen months the carrier carried 260,600 passengers for an average hop of 265 miles.
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Washington
American Air Lines
U. S. Department of Commerce
Coldest Point Located in Northeastern Siberia Town
Scientists identify a northeastern Siberia town about 1490 miles from the North Pole as the coldest point on Earth based on recent measurements and historical records. The finding pins extreme low temperatures to a specific locale rather than a regional area.
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Siberia
North Pole
Light Unseen Auctions Hold Out Adventure
Chicago readers learn of weekly auctions selling unclaimed trunks and baggage. Bidders chase thrill and mystery, often guessing contents before bidding. A legend cites a trunk with $100,000 in stocks and bonds found by a clothes merchant, with a supreme court ruling allowing the winner to keep the fortune.
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Chicago
Oliver
Supreme Court
Fleet of Airplanes Supported MacDonald Campaign
Rameau Mac Donald maintained a fleet of 12 airplanes for his campaign. Based at Heston air park, the planes were kept ready day and night to fly to any region with speakers and literature. Six aircraft carried printed matter while the remaining units carried key speakers.
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London
Rameau MacDonald
Heston Air Park
Spare a penny for a blind man remark trivia
A quoted exchange recalls a blind man asking for a copper after a passerby comments on his blindness. The friend notes the blind man’s line and the implied proof of blindness, ending with a wry observation about the situation.
Latest Picture Of Mrs Wilson Captured
A newly released photograph shows Mrs. Wilson in a candid moment, highlighting her attire and surroundings. The image reflects ongoing public interest in the figure and provides a fresh view for readers.
Hallowe'en party marks Philathea class gathering at Deep River
Deep River notes report a large crowd at the Philathea class meeting hosted by Mr and Mrs Dewey Ridge followed by a Halloween party Rev Herman Parker from Belvidere held meetings at Springfield church and at Deep River church last Friday night Mrs Ida L Wood went to Climax for her sister’s illness Mr and Mrs Darnell move near Statesville to Gattia Foster’s old place Mrs R L Barum visited High Point with sister Mrs Will Lyndon J Perry Jones family from Salisbury visited Sunny Mary V White attended her son’s Greensboro birthday dinner Mrs Walter Gossett is critically ill funeral for Mrs J B Copple attracted a large crowd with extensive floral tributes
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Dewey Ridge
Herman Parker
Belvidere
Springfield Church
Parker
Deap River Church
Mary V. White
Greensboro
Deep River Church
J. B. Copple
Auto Thefts Rise Across State Warns Police Chief
Enterprise Bureau in Raleigh reports a sharp rise in auto thefts as thieves target sidelined cars. L S Harris, chief of the automobile license and theft bureau, cites four cars stolen last week, eleven Monday and ten Tuesday, and predicts continued increases into January. He urges owners to lock cars and avoid leaving keys in sight, noting thieves target residential districts and even curbside vehicles for brief moments. He warns drivers to beware hitchhikers during autumn travel as cars have been stolen when left unattended at stations.
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Harris
North Carolina 4 H Club to Broadcast National Day
Raleigh NC 4 H club members will take part in a national achievement day program on November 7 broadcasting from WPTF Raleigh at 12 30 PM.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
WPTF
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Deep River News
Mrs. Darnell
Statesville
Gattia Foster
Ida L. Wood
R. L. Barum
Will Lyndon
J. Perry Jones
Salisbury
Sunny
Walter Gossett
N Dyke
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Winston-Salem
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