Benson Murder Case intrigues Vance and Pfyfe ties
Philo Vance questions Mrs. Pfyfe about the Benson murder and a forged $10,000 check. She reveals her anger at Alvin Benson over a jewel loan and a confession note, hinting at a hidden business dispute and Pfyfe’s risky involvement. Vance plans to obtain the check and confession for disposal with Major Benson's help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Benson
Vance
Benson
Pryfe
Andy
Alvin Benson
Pfyfe
Port Washington
New York
Vance Intervenes in Arrest Over Pfyfe Forgeries
Vance clears Miss St Clair from suspicion and stops Markham from arresting Leacock as Pfyfe’s statements bolster the case. It’s revealed Pfyfe forged Alvin Benson’s name on a check. Vance schedules a meeting for Markham with Paula Banning. Chapter XXXIX opens with her smirking stance.
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Philo Vance
John F.X. Markham
New York County
Alvin Benson
Wall Street
Anthony Benson
Anna Platz
Muriel
ST. Clair
Philip Leacock
Miss St. Clair
Leander Pfyfe
Paula Banning
Pfyfe
Elsie Hoffman
Benson and Benson
Bigsby
Ostrander
William H., Moriarty
George G. Stitt
Stitt and McCoy
Maurice Dinwiddie
Ernest Heath
Burke, Snitkin, Emery
Ben Hanlon
District Attorney's Office
Phelps, Tracy, Springer, Higginbotham
District Attorney’s Office
Carl Hagedorn
Doremus
Frank Swacker
Currie
Vance
S. S. van Dine
Markham
Leacock
Public Auction Seeks High Point Lot Under Deed of Trust
R F Jones trustee to Bettie Corbit will sell at public auction the Lot 1 on Leonard Street High Point Guilford County North Carolina at 2 30 p m November 15 1927. The tract fronts 50 feet on Leonard Street and measures 244 5 by 50 feet as described in G O Hayworth plot and previously conveyed 1920. Sale follows default on note secured by the deed recorded Book 445 page 243.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. E. Palmer
Lula Palmer
R. F. Jones
the of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
Bettie Corbit
High Point
High Point Township
Charlie Hoover
Major Hill
G. O. Hayworth
Office of the Register of Deeds
Leonard Street
Walter Pinnix
Annie Pinnix
Sharkshooting Thrives as Loch Fyne Sees Shark Invasion
Loch Fyne in Argyllshire, Scotland reports a surge of sharks in large numbers. Local anglers and sport shooters embrace this unusual opportunity, turning shark shooting into a popular pursuit amid the unexpected marine visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loch Fyne
Argyllshire
Scotland
Trust Deed Foreclosure Notice in High Point North Carolina
Bettie Corbit as guardian for Alberta Corbit defaults on two deeds of trust executed by Minto and Marie Dorsett to W C Jones Trustee. Sale of Lot 11, Block A, J N Campbell subdivision in Guilford County to recover sums, at 2:00 pm November 15 1927, on North Street east side parcel 50 by 126 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minto Dorsett
Marie Dorsett
W. C. Jones
Guilford County
North Carolina
W. C. Joness Prustee
the Register of Deeds
Bettie Corbit
Alberta Corbit
High Point
High Point Township
J. N. Campbell
C. L. Moon
Office of the Register of Deeds
Gwilford County
North Street
Hold Children Not In Compulsory Age
Raleigh reports Durham teacher Catherine Jones Pierce urging all hooks and crooks to keep youths in school past age fourteen. She argues 6,000,000 Americans aged 14 to 20 are out of school and advocates library cooperation to instill a love of reading early. Pierce stresses library access as a lifelong habit and calls for teacher librarian collaboration to mold future citizens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Catherine Jones Pierce
Durham
United States
College Press Members Turn To Business End
Members of the North Carolina Collegiate Press association gathered at State College for a semi annual meeting led by H. L. Hester Jr of Duke University. The 125 attendees planned business sessions lectures by state newspaper men tours of Raleigh and prescribed social events including banquets and a theatre party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina Collegiate Press Association
State College
H. L. Hester, Jr
Duke University
Union Round-Up Continues in Union County
About 25 federal and state officers moved from Spartanburg to Union to complete a liquor law roundup started a week ago. By 11 a.m. two men Vernon and Fletcher Smith had been arrested and brought for hearings. 55 were arrested last Saturday with 77 warrants issued overall, and today's actions aimed to serve the remaining 22 warrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spartanburg
D. C
Union
Vernon
Fletcher Smith
United States
Union County
Newcombe Dies at Bellevue Hospital
Charles M. Newcombe 64, vice president of the New York Stock Exchange, died at Bellevue Hospital after collapsing on a New York street earlier in the day. The death was due to a cerebral hemorrhage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcombe
New York
Charles M. Newcombe
New York Stock Exchange
Bellevue Hospital
Children asked to donate dolls for orphans this Thanksgiving
Superintendent T Wingate Andrews announced a National Thanksgiving Doll Offering to collect discarded dolls from city school children for orphans in local institutions on Thanksgiving Day. The Methodist Protestant Home in High Point NC will receive dolls locally, while New York’s committee coordinates nationwide efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Wingate Andrews
National Thanksgiving
United States
Erna McCready
New York University
New York City
Otto Hahn
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
J. Lester Lewine
Cultural Club of
New York
Ellanmarye Failor
U. S
Reba Talbot Swain
Clara Woolworth
Madeline Groggins
Dorothy Johnston
Lois Pierce Hughes
Margaret Hayden Rorke
Atlantic Coast Line Reports September Revenue Drop
The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad reports a decline in September 1927 railway operating revenues to 5,595,288 from 6,957,916 in 1926. Net railway operating income fell to 230,784 from 714,089. For the first nine months, 1927 revenues were 61,432,309 and net income 8,710,200, down from 73,786,860 and 15,087,984 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
Cotton industry aims to curb prices amid steady demand
New York Oct 20 AP reports production remains high in the cotton sector with attempts at curtailment to stabilize prices and prevent unfilled orders. Firms study statistics from the textile institute as prices ease then firm after new ginning data.
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New York
United
Cotton Textile Institute
Chambray, Cheviot
Plaid Mills
Global iron and steel market losses mount to 2.5 billion
Over the last 12 months the regulation of iron and steel industries worldwide is estimated to have caused losses totaling 2.5 billion dollars. The impact spans multiple regions and sectors, reflecting tighter governance and compliance costs across producers.
Rail Junctions Under Discussion in New York Conference
In New York representatives of trunk line railroads meet for a conference on consolidation problems. Leonor F. Loree attends for the first time at this type of gathering since 1924, joined by Patrick Crowley W Atterbury John Bennet and Daniel Willard among others. The shift in Pennsylvania railroad opposition to Loree’s fifth trunk line proposal is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Leonor F. Loree
Patrick E. Crowley
New York Central
W. W. Atterbury
Pennsylvania Railroad
John J. Bennet
Composer of Hymns Dies in Tampa Florida
John B. Kimbrough 88 a Confederate veteran and hymn writer for Methodist churches worldwide died in Tampa Fla He left a law practice to join the Civil War rising to captain and later devoted his life to church work writing many hymns Born in Phoenix Georgia his passing marked a long career in sacred music
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
John B. Kimbrough
Phoenix
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van Dine
Ecomessian
L. ¢. Smith
L. A. Smith
L. C. Smith & Corona Typewriters
Asheboro Printing Company
Asheboro, N
Greensboro, N. C
Aunt Betty
Jones Bros. Bakery
Ice
Jimmy
Jimmy Walker
Cooldge
City Hall
College Press
Atlantic Coast Line
Tampa, Fla
Norris
Hallowe’en
Cecil’s Drug Store
LIN Crosley-Kolster Stromberg Carlson
Clinard Electric CO
Auditorum
Winston-Salem
Real Beauty
Magic
Sigmund Romberg
Chichester
Nruggists
Hiatt Tire Co
West High St
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