Great And Good Ruler Of Bikaner Celebrates Golden Jubilee
AP wires describe the Maharajah of Bikaner India marking his golden jubilee amid splendor and medieval opulence. The piece contrasts feudal rulers with modern changes, recalling lavish wealth and autocratic rule while praising the prince as beloved by his people.
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India
Dewitt MacKenzie
New York
Uch
Hindustan
Highness
Maharajah
Aner
Portrait of a Westernized Indian Prince at Bikaner
A visitor describes the ruler of Bikaner as regal and generous, owning immense wealth and jade treasures. The prince is educated, modern, and devout, with a devoted wife, a palace playground, and a progressive, beloved reign spanning generations.
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Christendom
Bikaner
Political Scientists Meet at UNC and Duke in tenth annual gathering
Directors and scholars from University of Virginia Mississippi State College for Women Louisiana State University University of Kentucky Tulane University and University of Chattanooga converge for the Southern Political Science Association meeting at Duke and UNC. The program opens Friday at 10 am with current trends in public administration led by noted professors.
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Durham
N. C
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Southern Political Science Association
Duke
James Hart
University of Virginia
D. W. Knepper
Mississippi State College For Women
C. 8. Heyneman
Louisiana State University
J. W. Manning
University of Kentucky
M. W. Holloway
Tulane University
Frank W. Prescott
University of Chattanooga
Presiding
Subway Victim Miss Messe Pinkston Dies In Fall
Miss Messe Pinkston a 34 year old dress designer who came to New York from Parrott Georgia ten years ago was fatally injured when she fell from a platform as a subway train arrived at New York station on October 30.
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New York
Messe Pinkston
Parrott, Ga
Barograph Evidence Details United Air Lines Crash
An unsworn witness testifies from the aircraft barograph card at a federal probe into the October 17 United Air Lines crash that killed 19. The card shows takeoff at 6 30 p m from Cheyenne and a climb to 10 000 feet, with the alarm of the radio transmitter and an eventual crash around 9 01 to 9 02 p m in the Uinta mountains.
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Salt Lake City
United Air Lines
Ford Studebaker
Bureau of Air Commerce
Howard F. Salisbury
Studebaker
Cheyenne
Wyo
Utah Uinta Mountains
Youth Freed Under Bond After Saying He Shot Big Brother
Fourteen year old Johnny Williams was freed on bond after a coroner s jury ruled the fatal shooting of his 19 year old brother Joseph justifiable homicide. The boy told the jury he shot his brother because he was always beating him. Solicitor W Bickett said he would present a murder indictment to the grand jury so the key could be sent to a reformatory.
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Johnny Williams
Joseph
W. ¥. Bickett
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John Montague
Elizabethtown
N. Y
R. B. Morris
Danville
Morris
Edgar Stripling
Virginia City
Stripling
Georgia State Penitentiary
Fourth annual Puke Symposium at Duke Medical Center
The fourth annual symposium at Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Hospital runs November 11 to 18. Ten distinguished out of state specialists in diseases of women and children will participate in the program.
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Durham
Duke University School of Medicine
Duke Hospital
White House Co-ordinator Critique Sparks Government Titles
A reader derides lofty government titles such as White House Co-ordinator and Divisional Expediter as mere camouflage. He recounts obstacles in securing PWA loans for the Archdale Trinity Sanitary District and reflects on rehabilitation, politics, liquor sales, and the puff of publicity around gubernatorial mentions.
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James Roosevelt
White House
PWA
Archdale Trinity Sanitary District
Chapel Hill
Washington
Bailey Hancock chat signals North Carolina campaign chatter
In Raleigh on October 30 Senator Josiah W. Bailey and Congressman Frank Hancock chatted in the Sir Walter Hotel lobby as reporters probed possible support. Bailey predicted broad voter shakedowns before the primary and praised Reynolds and Hancock for activity. Secretary Thad Eure and a photographer caused a moment with a flashlight bomb. Women luncheon guests drew attention with photos and Bailey quipped about a woman entering the Senate by widow succession.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Josiah W. Bailey
Fifth District
Frank Hancock
Sir Walter
North Carolina
Mr. Bailey
Bob Reynolds
Frank
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Hancock
Speedy U S Navy Plans Fast Death by Own Action Craft
Washington reports the United States Navy plans two experimental boats to reach up to 50 miles per hour. The craft would raid enemy vessels within a few hundred feet, discharge torpedoes, then dart away before returning fire. The concept mirrors earlier British and continental efforts from World War I.
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Washington
United States Navy
Charles Edison
Italy
Great Britain
Germany
Edison
Gawthrops Move to Cedrow Avenue Residence
J A Gawthrop manager of the High Point office of the North Carolina State Employment service and Mrs Gawthrop will establish their residence at 1200 Cedrow avenue on Tuesday. They have lived in Greensboro while the new home was prepared.
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North Carolina
J. A. Gawthrop
High Point
Two Capital Cases Set for Supreme Court Review Next Week
Two capital cases from the Fourth Judicial district will be argued before the Supreme Court next week. Appeals usually heard come from the Seventh district. Death row inmates are William Perry of Chatham County, a Black man convicted of murdering Mrs. W. T. Hamlet, and Milford Exum, the first white man in North Carolina condemned to die for killing a Black person.
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Supreme Court
Fourth Judicial District
Appelles
William Perry
Chatham County
W. T. Hamlet
Milford Exum
North Carolina
Forestry graduates at NC State excel in civil service exams
In 1937 graduates from the school of forestry at North Carolina State College set records with 80 percent passing the U S Forest Service civil service exams. Only three members of the entire class failed to pass.
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School of Forestry
North Carolina State College
United States Forest Service
Roman road Wat ling Street linked to Julius Caesar
What is now known as Wat ling street in London was a Roman road built by Julius Caesar during his occupation.
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Watling Street
London
Julius Caesar
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