Charlotte Plans Forcing Railroad Crossing Reduction
City commissioners move to require Southern Railway to lower tracks at Trade Street station. Ordinance would route traffic on Trade Third and Fifth streets over overhead bridges while widening Third Street and opening Fourth Street across the tracks. Officials cite a $50,000 train shed project and survey results as context for the push.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Observer
Southern Railway
Trade Street
Claud A. Cochran
Fifth Streets
Fourth Street
Third Street
Graham Street
Cedar Street
Cochran
High Southern
Trada Street
Four Black men found guilty of gambling at city court
At municipal court Judge Don C. McRae convicted Julius Brown Eugene Young John Boyd and Walter Wooten on gambling charges after a raid on a Hoover street flat at 2 30 am. Officers reported money and a deck of cards thrown from the rear window as the arrests were made.
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Don C. McRae
Hoover Flat
Hoover Street
Julius Brown
Eugene Young
John Boyd
Walter Wooten
Dutch Reuther Traded to Yankees Amid World Series Hopes
Dutch Reuther, once a mysterious non-starter in the last world series, has been traded to the Yankees. He will likely get a chance to be knocked out of a world series in the fall.
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Dutch Reuther
Yankees
Chicago Poultry Market Report Sept 2
Chicago poultry market report shows alive birds steady with receipts by carload. Fowls bring 28, turkeys 34, roosters 18, ducks 24 26, geese 18.
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Chicago
Chicago Butter Prices and Egg Receipts Report
Butter market lists 8805 tubs receipts with creamery extras 4144 and 40 percent, extra firsts 3914 40 percent, firsts 837 38 1/2 percent, seconds 33 56. Eggs unchanged with 7865 cases received.
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Chicago
Metal market roundup yields mixed spot, futures data
In New York on Sept 2, electrolytic zinc and tin show limited moves with tin at 65 75 and 64 25 for futures. Lead steady, iron unchanged, antimony at 1600. East St Louis spot and futures settle at 740 to 745, while tin and other metals display only modest shifts.
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New York
East St. Louis
Potatoes receipts show strong demand and mixed prices
U S shipments reach 602 cars with active demand as market remains strong. Wisconsin sacked round whites sell 225 to 265 cents, bulk 220 to 245. Minnesota sacked round whites 185 to 230, Ohio sacked 220 to 230 based on quality and condition.
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Chicago
U. S
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Cotton futures open steady as December slips on liquidation
The New York cotton market opened steady gaining 1 to 8 points on covering, with December softening to 1775 after starting at 1781. Futures closed mixed with small gains and losses across October to May contracts, while opening quotes were listed for Oct 1774, Dec 1779, Jan 1787, Mar 1812, and May 1830. No tropical storm development update occurred for the West Indies.
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New York
West Indies
Cotton market opens easy on lower cables in New Orleans
The cotton market in New Orleans opened easy as prices slipped 8 to 4 points on weaker cables. Early gains in October to 1775, December 1774, and January 1769 faded after trade buying weakened amid an impending holiday and sparse weather news.
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New Orleans
West Indies
Historic Stock Prices Snapshot from an Early Market Page
A fragmented OCR list shows numerous company names with percentage figures, including Am. Car and Fdy, Am. Locomotive, Bethlehem Steel, General Electric, Union Pacific, and Woolworth, among others. The entry reads like a market summary listing ticker-like entities and their percentage values.
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Muraticen Cor
Soderro
Baldwin Loco
Amd
OBIO
Bethlehem
California
Cerro de Paseo
Chesapeake and Ohio
St. P
Northwestern
Pac
Ouresier
Ciessa Cies
E’s
Colorado
Consolidated Gas
Crucibie Steel
Davidson Chemical
Detes Bros
A. Os Dies
du Pont de Nem
Erie Railroad
Famous
Fish Rubber Foundation Co
Freeport-Texas General Asphalt
General Electric
New General Motors
Gulf States Steel
Houston Oil
Eee
Coeur
Hudson Motors Ieee
Illinois Central
Int
Combustion
Harvester
Ceeceveloan
Toro Eee Eae
Inter
Tel
Kansas City Souther
Kennecott Cop
Kresge (S.S.) Co
Lago Oil
Lehigh Valley
Louisville and Nash
Mack Truck
Marland Oil Wheeee Dee
Seeeeone
Mid-Continent Pet
Mc., Kan
Tex
Missouri Pac
Weesecese
Montgomery Ward
New York Central Cseve
Conse
Norfolk
We Nor
American Storm
Ceee
Northern Pacific
Ese
Pecttic Gil
Rae O Wese
Packard Motor Car
Pan. Am
Seaboard Air Line
Sears Roebuck Sinclair Con
Southern Dairies
Southern Pacific
Southern Ry
Standard Oil
Cal
N. J
Studebaker
Geetee Studebaker
Texas Co
Kvivane
Texas Gulf
Texas and Pacific
Union Pacific
United Drug
Wees
U. S. Ind
Willing Workers Postpone Meeting After Revival
Officials of the Willing Workers announce the class meeting is postponed until after the revival. The regular business session scheduled for tomorrow is deferred, with exact time and place to be announced after the revival.
Coroner Denies Releasing Wood from Bond in Vickers Case
Coroner L M Waring said he never released Rev George Wood deputy sheriff of Lenoir County and was still holding him on a 3000 bond for assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill, further complicating the Vickers shooting case as Solicitor Evans swore out a new warrant. Wood returned to Raleigh from Kinston and offered to post additional bond if bail is raised. Justice of the Peace Boy Banks sent the papers to Sheriff Worthington.
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Raleigh
L. M. Waring
George Wood
Lenoir County
Vickers
W. F. Evans
Wood
Kinston
Waring
Justice of the Peace
Boy Banks
Banks
Worthington
George Ross Pou
Library officer arrives to run High Point public library
Marianne Martin of Norfolk Virginia arrives to lead the High Point library. A Norfolk public library graduate and Carnegie school alumna, she will arrange books and order new titles. Lucile Pickens will assist as librarian. The library sits on the municipal building's third floor.
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Marianne Martin
Norfolk
High Point Public Library
Martin
Norfolk Public Library
Carnegie Library School
Atlanta
Sweet Briar College
Lucile Pickens
High Point
Motor Club Tests 2860 Automobiles in High Point
The Carolina Motor Club branch reports 2 869 vehicles tested since last week with over 3 500 expected by week’s end. About two thirds meet state requirements and testing may close Friday due to Saturday congestion. The free service invites all car owners to participate.
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Carolina Motor Club
The
Motor Club
Tuberculosis Clinic Advocate Calls for Universal Checks
Dr Spruill asserts adult TB is rare and emphasizes childhood vigilance. He urges a county children’s hospital and universal school screenings for signs of TB and under nourishment. Since the sanatorium opened 30 months ago about 300 patients were admitted with 85 to 90 percent discharged cured or arrested. hospital staff stress no partiality and equal treatment for all inmates.
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Spruill
T. A. Sykes
H. B. Hiatt
Judge opposes boxing law as crime risks rise
In Asheville Judge A M Stack argues poor rockas breed crime and that a bid to legalize boxing will be raised in the next North Carolina general assembly. He urges Buncombe County residents to direct representatives to oppose the measure. In Spray Mrs B Frank Mebane awaits Queen Romania’s reply to a visit invitation. Henderson notes best Vance county fair in years with optimism. Asheville sees cotton textile chief W Lunsford Long praise finished goods quality over raw cotton. Lenoir reports A A Dixon bitten by a venomous snake. hospital care proceeding after first aid.
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Asheville
A. M. Stack
North Carolina
General Assembly
Buncombe County
Lenoir
A. A. Dixon
Raleigh
Don
Dempsey Tunney Betting Surge On Wall Street
A New York stock firm records bets totaling 11000 against 5000 that Jack Dempsey will beat Gene Tunney. The wager shows the highest odds reported so far with 2 to 1 in favor of Dempsey, while there is substantial Tunney money as well.
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New York
Dempsey
Wall Street
Channel Swim Objections Stir Over Tug Assistance
The English protested that two accompanying tugs helped Ger trude in her channel swim. It is early to guess what objections they will raise against Mrs Corson’s success.
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Gertrude
Corson
Funeral for Mrs Martha D Lanier Held at Tom's Creek Baptist
Mrs Martha D Lanier died at 1113 Adams Street. Funeral at Tom's Creek Baptist Church Davidson County conducted by Elders Samuel MacMillan and Neece Davis of High Point. Burial in church cemetery. Pallbearers and flowerbearers listed among family and friends.
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Martha D. Lanier
Adams Street
Tom’s Creek Baptist Church
Davidson County
Samuel MacMillan
Neece Davis
High Point
J. R. Purcelle
Co. W. Hoover
W. B. Chandler
F. D. Conally
Town Talk: Western Union Won't Give Time After September 1
Officials announce no time service after September 1 due to heavy daily calls. Weather records show a second 990 degree drop followed by a rise to 92 at 2 pm. Yesterday's high 88 and low 66. Two building permits issued by A B Horney for one story four room houses on Sherrod Street, permits to C C Barnhart.
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Western Union
A. B. Horney
C. C. Barnhart
Sherrod Street
The Big Three in football and modern rule limits
The piece argues that the Big Three in football has become a sentimental tradition and that under new rules it is nearly impossible to translate that sentiment into a full field touchdown.
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Ay Inve
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Eeee
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Poll
Norfolk, Va
J. P. Jones
Nat Walker
Hart Drug Co
B. Frank Mebane
Marie
Queen of
Romania
United States
Mebane
Henderson
Vance County
W. Lunsford Long
Hold Sthon
M.D. Cant
Tom’s Creek Church
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