George Renominated as Georgia Senator Amid Roosevelt Opposition
United States Senator Walter F. George won renomination by a wide margin in Georgia despite President Roosevelt's opposition. unofficial returns show George with 141,922 votes and 246 county unit votes, far ahead of Eugene Talworth and Lawrence S. Camp. George pledged no bitterness and promised to support legislation benefiting Georgia and the nation.
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Atlanta
United States
Walter F. George
Se Ieale
Georgia
Eugene Talwor
Lawrence S&. Camp
George
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Democratic Party
Carter Glass
Walter
J. H. Bankhead
Shake
M. E. Tydings
Maryland
Roosevelt
Coun
Pat Harrison
Forgery Case Tangles City Court As Clerk Testifies
Clarence Malpass a grocery clerk testified in municipal court that Lottie Mae Coleman aged 20 was linked to forged checks. He identified she cashed a check with a forged judges signature and witnesses tied her to other forged names. She was bound over to Guilford county Superior Court on six forgery counts and burglary charges with $1090 bond.
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Clarence Malpass
Lottie Mae Coleman
Tate Street
Lewis E. Teague
Malpass
Coleman
W. J. Me Focally
J. A. Myatt Serevant
J. W. McMahon
Bureau of Identification and Investigation
Negreas
Guilford County Superior Court
L. W. Flythe
Double Parking Leads to Police Action in Columbus
Motor cycle Patrolman Lloyd West found two automobiles bumper to bumper blocking the street. Each driver claimed the other had tried to park first after ten minutes of contention. Veet arrested both drivers for double parking.
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Columbus
Lloyd West
Veet
Brand New Field Hosts Open-Season For Local Grid Team
Davidsonville area grid squad plays season opener on a fresh athletic field as Conemaugh Township's first high school building nears completion. classes delayed until October 3.
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Pigskin Oddity
Davidsonville
Conemaugh Township
Airliner Crash Turns Out To Be Model Plane
Bozeman residents reported a large twin motored airliner crash near town but investigators found no wreckage. Herrell Renn later explained the mystery stating the airliner was actually one of his model planes that ran out of gas while flying a few hundred feet above the town.
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Bozeman
Mont
Herrell Renn
Remarkable 25 Cent Vote Wins Lamb Senate Nomination
Hoquiam resident Frank H. Lamb spent a quarter to hire election workers who secured the Democratic nomination for state senator. His grandson wore a sign reading Vote For My Grand, while in Menominee a milkman Joe King spotted a fur coated figure at a street corner, mistaking a bear for winter.
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Hoquiam
Wash
Frank H. Lamb
Menominee, Mich
Joseph King
King
Governor Rivers Wins Alabama Primary
Final results show Governor E. D. Rivers with 161 349 popular votes and 282 unit votes, Hugh Howell 135 646 and 126, John J. Mangham 20 101 and 2, and Robert F. Wood 2 003 with no unit votes. Strong party lines and a decisive victory marked the statewide fight.
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Sissippi
E. D. Rivers
Hugh Howell
John J. Mangham
Robert F. Wood
Britain backs neutral states over League punitive actions
Geneva report says Britain agrees no automatic obligation for League members to impose economic or military sanctions if a covenant breach occurs. Lord De La Warr states action to be considered case by case, aligning with Denmark Belgium and other neutrals. Delegates applaud as neutrals gain flexibility amid Czech crisis.
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Geneva
Britain
League
Denmark
Belgium
Farr de la Warr
Privy
Assembly
London
United Kingdom
de la Warr
de le Warr
Prohibition Violations Dominate Municipal Court Docket
Several prohibition law violations were heard before Judge Lewis E. Teague along with other offenses. Arthur Gregory and Brower of 1309 Bradshaw Street received suspended sentences and fines for possession of two gallons of liquor. Wesley Corbett of Meredith Street got a suspended road sentence and costs. Additional cases include drunkenness assaults and trespass with varying costs fines and suspensions.
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Lewis E. Teague
Arthur Gregory
T. &. Brower
Bradshaw Street
Gregory
Brower
Wesley Corbett
Meredith Street
Nmquor
Buck Smith
City
Thelma Jackson
Dorris Street
Rainey Tuttle
Mangum Avenue
Annie Gray
East High Street
Henry Warner
West Lexington
Baxter Willey
L. J. Hill
C. B. Mitchell
Haley Voncannon
Bruce Voneannon
G. W Bennett
Botanists Question Polars of Poplar and Willow Growth
Botanists struggle to explain why poplar branches bend upward while willow branches grow downward. The discrepancy in branch orientation remains a puzzling natural phenomenon prompting further study.
Letter to the Editor urges defeat of September bond vote in High Point
John H. Kalte writes to oppose a proposed city bond issue arguing it will burden High Point with debt and political maneuvering. He cites fragile municipal finances, recalls past projects, and urges residents to register and vote no on September 27, pledging a $1000 hospital gift if funds are kept nonpolitical and aid the poor.
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Pickett
North Carolina
Flagler
Sheraton
Southern Exposition
H. P. T. & D. Railroad
Harmony
Mr. Flagler
High Point
Ford. Ecker
John H. Kalte
Interstate Commerce Board Schedules NC Hearings October
The Interstate Commerce Commission orders two hearings in North Carolina in October. On October 3 at Winston-Salem Examiner Robert R Hendon will review Atlantic Greyhound Corp for rights to buy E O Woodie Transportation Co of North Wilkesboro. On October 4 in Raleigh a joint board will hear Greensboro Fayetteville Bus Line Inc for merging rights into Queen City Coach Co of Charlotte. The common housefly lives about 62 days.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Winston-Salem
N C
Robert R Hendon
Atlantic Greyhound Corporation
E. O. Woodie Transportation Company
North Wilkesboro
N. C
Raleigh
Greensboro Fayetteville Bus Line
Inec
Asheboro
Queen City Coach Company
Charlotte
Lions Club Dinner Featuring Local Musicians
The High Point Lions Club dinner meeting at the Elwood hotel featured a quartet of Cary l Davis N A Davis J P Tray man and A J Koonce singing My Anchor Holds and Carry Me Back to Old Virginia. Olivia Ends played solo xylophone numbers and accompanied Cary vis at the piano. About 100 attendees heard J B Fink preside while E M Greeson Frank Welch and W D Lewis of High Point attended.
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High Point Lions Club
Elwood Hotel
Caryl Davis
N. A. Davis
J. P. Trayman
A. J. Koonce
Old Virginia
Misa Olivia Ends
St. Mary's
Mother Nature
Caryvis
Mr. Koonce
E. M. Greeson
Frank Welch
W. D. Lewis
High Point
J. B. Fink
J. W. Smith Qualifies as Estate Executor
J Wesley Smith of High Point today qualified as executor of the estate of Elsie Johnston Smith who died September 1. The estate stands at about 3 500 dollars in real estate and 3 216 dollars in personal property. Heirs include Nell Johnston Toms of Wilmington and Mary Elizabeth Toms and George B Johnston of High Point.
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Greensboro
J. Wesley Smith
High Point
Elsie Johnston Smith
Nell Johnston Toms
Wilmington
Mary Elizabeth Toms
George B. Johnston
Eleventh Hour Commution Saves Forsyth Negro Life
Governor Hoey commuted Melvin Petree from death to life imprisonment after new evidence supported his unwritten law defense. Petree, convicted in Forsyth County for slaying another Black man, was spared following his father’s plea and a petition from 78 of the 80-year-old man’s white friends.
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Raleigh
Melvin Petree
Hoey
Petree
Forsyth County
de Ense
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