Defense claims no fraud in Tucker estate case
Raleigh September 17 The defense in the Durfey embezzlement trial argues no fraud occurred in investing Tucker estate securities. Judge Manning pressed the estate auditor J A Rennie to show there was no evidence Durfey hid assets or manipulated bonds while handling Tucker funds.
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Carey K. Durfey
Florence P. Tucker
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Durfey
J. A. Rennie
Tucker Estate
Tucker Funds
Collapse of Durfey and Marr Brokerage Ties to Estate Funds
The state probes Durfey partner in the firm collapse as Rennie testifies a $26,084.30 shortage appeared in the Tucker estate accounts. Duffey allegedly used estate money to buy securities sold to clients without delivery or credit to the estate.
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Durfey and Marr
Durfey
Rennie
Duffey
Tucker
Willis Defends Suit Over Returned Check for $3000
The plaintiff claims on August 25 the defendant T A Burns accepted a $3000 check as full settlement of a $3500 note from C T Willis which later bounced for insufficient funds. He seeks judgment of $8000 plus interest from that date in High Point municipal court.
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T. A. Burns
Giant Manufacturing Company
C. T. Willis
High Point Municipal Court
Threat on North Sea ships during autumn maneuvers
The article recounts a mutinous departure in the North Sea as crews ignored orders during autumn maneuvers. Officers weighed anchors while leaders warned of further disobedience. the Valiant stayed at anchor as sailors surged forward and cheers spread to other ships. A sailor denied Bolshevik influence in the protest.
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North Sea
Co Pilot Of Lost Plane Feared To Be Forced Down At Sea
The crew of a monoplane Esa led by Christian Johanssen, a veteran German aviator, disappeared after taking off from Portugal in a non stop attempt to reach New York. They were sighted by a liner off Cape Race as a widespread search began along the Atlantic coast. A quote about Russia and wartime hardship adds local wartime sentiment amid rationing and price cuts.
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Christian Johanssen
Esa
Atlantic
Portugal
New York
Cape Race
Cotton relief moves span states and Texas plan
A churn of activity across states pushes for cotton acreage cuts. Louisiana Governor Long delays proclamation while Georgia and North Carolina farmers press for immediate action. Oklahoma proposes one third cotton and two thirds wheat acreage, and Texas House debates Olsen bill limiting cotton to 25 percent of cultivated land.
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Louisiana
Long
Georgia
Richard B. Russell Jr
General Assembly
Smithfield
North Caroolina
O. Max Gardner
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Crnties
W. H. Murray
Texas
Olsen Bill Austin
Texas House of Representatives
Senate
de Olsen
New York Governor Roosevelt keynote at South Carolina highway opening
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt spoke by telephone to Cheraw celebrating the completion of U S highway number one linking 12 states. He urged unity, warned against changing fundamentals of government, and voiced hope of someday traveling Maine to Florida on the road. Mayor Rouse presided as Ibra Blackwood attended with John A. Park representing North Carolina’s Gardner.
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Cheraw
8. C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Ita
Albany
N. Y
Maine
Florida
United States
Roosevelt
R. Rouse
Ibra C. Blackwood
John A. Park
Raleigh
N. C
O. Max Gardner
North Carolina
Main Street Notes at High Point Fair Opens
On Main Street the High Point Community Fair opens at the Pickett Warehouse. Jocko the monkey eats peanuts and flings hulls as the writer recounts the scene and porch-warm morning in near century heat.
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Sweeney
High Point
Pickett Warehouse
Jocko
Conference Push Seen For Acreage Bills In Senate Stand
Lawmakers clash over acreage control measures as the senate maintains its prior action. An amendment allowing half of cultivated land to be planted in cotton was defeated by 63 votes.
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Senate
Greensboro Singers Open Fall Music Season Recital
Mrs. Camilla Tentera Molitoré soprano and Edward Molitore tenor with pianist Miss Audréy Bruton, all of Greensboro, appear for the Musical Arts club at the Country club Monday at 8 15 pm. Molitore heads Greensboro college voice department and both are well known in music circles. this recital inaugurates the fall season locally.
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Camilla Tentera Molitoré
Edward Molitore
Audréy Bruton
Greensboro
Musical Arts Club
Country Club
J. Gurney Briggs
Molitore
Greensboro College
10 Cents a Dance Banned in Cleveland Suburb
A small Cleveland suburb moves to ban public dance halls after a bidding dispute and regulation push. Officials cite concerns over public order and licensing requirements affecting local venues. Changes threaten local entertainers and patrons seeking dances in the area.
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Rocky Rivfr
Cleveland
G O P Senatorial Aspirant Visitor From Efland
William H. Jordan of Efland a Republican senatorial hopeful visited to promote his candidacy. He heads the North Carolina Citizen weekly and praised likely primary success and Hoover’s November prospects. His platform centers on the Golden Rule and he plans talks with GOP leaders across the state.
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William H. Jordan
Efland
United States Senate
Jordan
North Carolina
Attend Gardner Relief Meeting in Raleigh Tomorrow
Fred Tate a furniture maker and Mrs Mary Camp Sprinkle regional Red Cross director will attend the conference called by Governor Gardner in Raleigh at 11 o clock tomorrow to discuss unemployment relief for the state this winter. Eighteen of the state's leading industrial and welfare figures were invited to join what is billed as the first in a series of relief conferences for the destitute. Sprinkle previously served as assistant to R W Henninger, executive secretary of the governor's council on unemployment and relief. The governor's council is expected to operate again this winter with possible personnel changes.
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Fred Tate
Mary Camp Sprinkle
American Red Crosse
Gardner
Raleigh
Socall
Sprinkle
Red Cross
Iedmont
North Carolina
R. W. Henninger
Governor's Council
Miss S L Griffin Added to Eugene Permanent Shoppe
Miss Pearl Fulp proprietor of the Eugene Permanent Shoppe at 200 East Green Street announced securing Miss S L Griffin a graduate in beauty culture and expert in her line of work. Griffin previously worked in Charlotte and other large cities. Specials offered in an advertisement elsewhere in the paper. Fulp invites patrons to visit and try the new services.
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Pearl Fulp
Eugene
East Green Street
S. L. Griffin
Miss Griffin
Charlotte
Miss Fulp
Former pastor tried in murder of evangelist
Eyewitness account by Rev. George Rider’s widow opened the case against Rev. J. A. Brown, former pastor of Christian Union church at Halley’s Bluff, in Lamar Missouri. Rider was shot April 4 after visiting Brown who refused Easter sermon. Brown allegedly struck Rider, then shot him twice. State witnesses note Brown bore no visible marks.
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Brown
C. P. McCumber
N J Man Admits Killing Police Chief
Bernardsville New Jersey Prosecutor Clarks Cranmer announced Edward N Kettenring confessed to shooting Police Chief Charles B Cavanaugh. Kettenring, a neighbor of Cavanaugh, said he killed him after Cavanaugh gave his wife a traffic ticket. He was arrested two days ago, arraigned on first degree murder, and waived a hearing.
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Bernardsville
N. J
Clarks
Cranmer
Edward N. Kettenring
Charles B. Cavanaugh
Kettenring
Cavanaugh
Girl Grows Huge Peach In Mississippi Delta Yard
Clarksdale Mississippi report says Mary Louise Spence grew the largest peach of the year in the Mississippi Delta, weighing 1 and a half pounds with a five inch diameter, unveiled in her yard.
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Clarksdale
Mississippi Delta
Mary Louise Spence
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