Maddening Mandate of Money Forces a Young Couple Apart
Norma Kent and Mark Travers marry under pressure from a wealthy family. Mark struggles after leaving his father’s firm, borrowing from friend Hollis Stone, and seeking honest work in Marlboro. Norma urges him to find a job while she offers support, and Chris Saunders suggests selling advertising. Norma helps map a budget toward a modest future as Mark lands a job with Brad Hart.
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Norma Kent
Mark Travers
PF. M. Travers
Mark
Orma
Millonaire
Marlboro
Metropolis
Christine Saunders
Norma
Bradley Hart
Chris
Bob Farrell
Blue Springs
Hollis Stone
Stone
Mark Wires
Natalie Price
Natalia
Chris Saunders
Ting
Bud Jamieson
Brad
Brad Hart
Hart
Motion Picture House
Duke University Opens Fall Session With Enrollment Rise
Durham reports over 800 freshmen registered for Duke University for the coming session, with about 600 men and 200 women among new undergraduates. Total enrollment projected near 2,600, a ten percent rise, as professional schools and liberal arts programs expand. Classwork begins Monday following a week of exams and registration.
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Durham
Duke University
Duke
Prisoner seeks overtime pay after 23 days served
Erskine Lawson completed 23 days of a 20 day sentence for drunkenness and asks for pay for three days overtime. Mayor J L Owens said he would see what could be done.
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Columbia, S. C
Erskine Lawson
JL. B. Owens
Carolina News Briefs roundup across North Carolina
CHARLOTTE reports say Cleve land county cotton will be wrapped in cotton this year. GASTONIA W Y Abresch is installed as commander of the local American Legion post. CHARLOTTE injuries to Mrs William S S Haines from a hit and run car near Belmont prove fatal. STANFIELD Clyde Jenkins, 26, killed when his auto hits a wagon on Morgan Bridge road. CHARLOTTE the 12th annual convention of the Carolinas Circulation Managers association set for October 1920. RALEIGH George P Pell Corporation Commissioner knocked unconscious by a auto then recovers with bruises. BENSON salt for nearly 78000 against bank directors compromised for 1500. ROCKY MOUNT Don Bullock flies J D Winstead s plane for first time but does not land. WINSTON-SALEM 5 Clay Williams of R J Reynolds Tobacco cites 10 percent of NC general fund last year came from his company taxes.
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Mark
Darling
Norma
Marlboro
Winston-Salem
Clay Williams
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Civitans
North Carolina
Slaying of Salisbury Man Leads to Two Arrests in Charlotte
Two jailed suspects from Salisbury were held in Mecklenburg County Jail after confessing involvement in the slaying of Frank Stewart, a Salisbury filling station operator. J. W. Ballard alias Bus Jackson implicated a companion, claiming $18 was taken in the robbery. Willie Thompson, a Salisbury Negro, is held as an accessory, while another suspect was released.
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Charlotte
Frank Stewart
Salisbury
Mecklenburg County
Miller
Rowan County
Rankin
J. W. Ballard
Bus Jackson
McGinnis
Stewart
Ballard
Willie Thompson
Arthur Holton
Irma
8. C
Young Pastor Killed in Practice Football Game
In Aliceville Alabama Reverend J S McFall pastor of the First Presbyterian Church died after a practice football game. Playing on an impromptu local team against the high school squad he suffered a fractured skull and died shortly after. He was to be married soon to Miss Bessie Summerville. He had moved to Aliceville two years ago from Gastonia North Carolina. The body was to be sent to Gastonia for burial.
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Aliceville
Ala
J. S. McFall
First Presbyterian Church
Bessie Summerville
Gastonia
N. C
Janitor Sam Lee Shifts From Outside To Inside
Charlotte readers are told of Sam Lee, a janitor moved from city hall to police headquarters. He delighted in the view from outside looking in until the Associated Charities complained clothing was missing. Now he works inside looking out.
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Charlotte
Sam Lee
City Hall
Associated Charities
Confederate Vet Dies in Charleston at 84
John H. Reeves, 84, a Civil War lieutenant at 17 and the oldest insurance man in South Carolina, died suddenly last night in Charleston on September 11.
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Charleston
S. C
John H. Reeves
South Carolina
Thien
Hoover to join wife at Rapidan camp today
President Hoover has stayed in bachelor quarters at the White House for a week and is scheduled to leave today to join Mrs. Hoover at Rapidan camp. The move follows weeks of public and private arrangements as the first family plans residence and related activities at the Virginia site.
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Washington
Hoover
White House
Allotment for school finances completed statewide
The state board of equalization confirms funds for school operations and fuel costs are fully allotted and will not be reopened. It warns against wasteful spending, notes wide variance in fuel use, and says heating engineers may be employed to optimize coal use and janitorial efficiency.
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State Board of Equalization
LeRoy Martin
Board of Equalization
Martin
Iity
State Budget Bureau
R. M. Rothgib
State College Engineering
Budget Bureau
Mebane
Storm Warning Details From Weather Bureau Advisory
The weather bureau issued an advisory stating the tropical disturbance near Santo Domingo moved westward toward Haiti and near Navassa Island with diminished intensity and no strong winds. Another disturbance over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico appears to have moved inland near Tuxpam, Mexico.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
City of Santo Domingo
Haiti
Navassa Island
Gulf of Mexico
Tuxpam
Mexico
Nautilus Rammed Pier While Docking In Spitzbergen Port
Longyear City Spitzbergen Sept 12. Sir Hubert Wilk’s polar submarine Nautilus, departing last night for Tromsoe, rammed a pier as she neared to take on water but sustained no damage.
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Longyear City
Spitzbergen
Wilkins’ Polar
Tromsoe
Maxwell Platform Hopes Spark Raleigh Preview
Raleigh reporters focus on Commissioner A J Maxwell as he prepares to publish his platform for governor. Observers note potential overlap with Ehringhaus views on balanced budgets economy and sales tax while seeking distinct lines between Maxwell and rival camps in the Democratic primary.
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Sir Walter Hotel
J. Co. Bas
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Maxwell
Ehringhaus
R. T. Fountain
Dennis G. Brummitt
Fountain
Brummitt
Gardner
Morrison
Weather: South Atlantic States Expect Showers Midweek
Mostly fair conditions are forecast for the South Atlantic states with showers Wednesday or Thursday. Temperatures will run above normal, then cools later in the week north of Florida.
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South Atlantic
Florida
Sewerage Improvements Bids Sought by High Point City
City of High Point North Carolina invites sealed bids for sewerage work including 128 tons of 12 inch bell and spigot cast iron pipe 6700 linear feet of 12 inch pipe two pumps and exterior reconstruction of Henry Perry Pumping Station Bids due September 30 1931 at 11 A M in City Hall.
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City of
High Point
N. C
Henry Perry
North Carolina
C. S. Grayson, M. D
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