Auto Registrations Rise Statewide in Midyear Totals
North Carolina reports June 15 registration gains with 262,214 autos and 57,143 trucks, up from three months prior. Guilford leads in autos with 18,875 and trucks with 2,875, followed by Mecklenburg and Forsyth. Halifax County shows 3,100 autos and 685 trucks, with year-over-year and quarterly comparisons noted.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
L. P. Harris
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Guilford
Mecklenburg
Forsyth
Buncombe
Wake
Halifax County
Harris
Honors Mrs Wilson at Bridge Party
Mrs A L Clark honored Mrs T O Wilson with a bridge party on Thursday. Lowers decor and tallies organized play. Mrs J H Vriess high score earned a flower vase while the guest received bath powder. A sweet course followed for the listed guests.
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A. L. Clark
T. O. Wilson
J. H. Vries
T. C. Wilson
Will Taylor
Chicago man denies intoxication charge in court
Terrace Freeman of Chicago denied the intoxication charge in court and declared he could drink 44 pints of ale without getting drunk.
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Terrace Freeman
Chicago
Twin Sisters sue for divorce in Oakland
Twin sisters Mrs Mildred Sheeley and Mrs Josephine Sheeley filed divorce suits in Oakland California after marrying twin brothers.
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Mildred Sheeley
Josephine Sheeley
Oakland
Calif
Picnic at Slagles Honors Thomas Wrenn at Lake
Murrell Hudson hosted a Thursday night picnic at Slagles Lake in honor of Thomas Wrenn. Attendees included Miss Gladys Merritt Ercelle Ha Dorothy Rice Helen Padgett Eugenia Rook Edith Wright Margaret Blankership Mel Clarence Coburn Marvin Mark and Thomas Wrenn.
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Murrell Hudson
Thomas Wrenn
Slagles Lake
Gladys Merritt
Ercelle Ha
Dorothy Rice
Helen Padgett
Eugenia Rook
Edith Wright
Margaret Blankership
Mel Clarence Coburn
Marvin Mark
Miss Ruth White Visits Hazel Cobb in Powellsville
Miss Ruth White of Powellsville spent several days in the home of Miss Hazel Cobb, sharing time and hospitality during her visit.
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Ruth White
Powellsville
Hazel Cobb
Kidnapping at Triangle filling station robs owner of $50
Weldon July 16. The Triangle filling station on Highway 305 was robbed of $50 at 1 am. Night attendant Edward Britt was forced into a car by three white men who fled seven miles south of Garysburg, releasing him in a wooded area. He identified one suspect.
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Britt
Garysburg
The
Proprieto
Betty La Grand’s Parachute Leap at National Air Races
Betty La Grand finally got her chance at the National Air Races making a parachute jump. She landed safely after the chute opened and later smoked to steady nerves. Britt, released from the woods, walked seven miles back and reported unknown men in a 1931 Chevrolet coach fleeing toward the Virginia line.
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Betty la Grand
Betty
Britt
Virginia Line
Memoriam to Robert P Smallwood Died July 3 1932
Widow Mrs Lillian Smallwood and her baby mourn the loss of Robert P Smallwood who died July 3 1932. The verse laments the year of separation and hopes for reunion on the eternal shore.
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Robert P. Smallwood
Lillian Smallwood
Card of Thanks for Floral Sympathy After Bereavement
The Brewer family thanks friends and neighbors for courtesy and sympathy after the passing of our wife and mother. J. R. Brewer and daughter Pauline acknowledge the beautiful floral offerings.
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J. R. Brewer
Pauline
Burglars Take Safe From Filling Station Near Jail
Burglars stole a safe from a Frankfort Indiana filling station located 75 feet from the city jail and hauled it into the countryside.
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Frankfort
Ind
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Mrs. Wilson
Peter
Peter Christ
Jean Strengs
Paterson
N. J
Slagles
Weldon Station
Edward Britt
Earth
Chevrolet
Fisher
A&m Peices F. C. B. Flint
Mioh
M.A. C
General Motors
ET Motor CO
Detroit, Mich
Tri-City Motor Company
DIAL
Roanoke Rapids, N. C
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