Bodies 75 American soldiers return from Russia honored in NYC ceremony
Seventy five American soldiers returned to New York City from Russia for a solemn ceremony aboard the President Roosevelt. The caskets were received with veterans officials and clergy present as Taps sounded and flags flew at half mast. Forty five other details followed with a shift to Detroit and Pennsylvania for interment in a veterans’ mausoleum.
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Mountain City
Russia
New York City
Roosevelt
Mitchell Field
Hoboken Pier
Wallace Hayes
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rutland
Mass
Walsh
Hoboken
Rabbi Stitz
New York
Archangel
Pennsylvania
Washington
Detroit
Hall Square
White Chapel
Valle Crucis News Highlights Thanksgiving Visits
Mr William Mast a State College student spent Thanksgiving with his parents Mr and Mrs W W Mast Mr and Mrs H C Develle and daughter from Charlotte visited the home of Mr C D Taylor. On Saturday night at the Valle
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William Mast
State College
W. W. Mast
H. C. Develle
Charlotte
C. D. Taylor
The
Valle
Crucis School talk on South America and the Panama Canal
Mr Develle gave an interesting talk about his trip to South America and the Panama Canal. The Annual Roll Call Supper of the Episcopal Church was held in Valle Crucis School dining room on Thanksgiving evening at 630. Quite a few answered to their names.
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Johnson County
Mountain City
Will O. Gordon
J. C. Muse
Missances Moorman
Kingsport High School
East Tennessee
Irwin
Bristol
Crucis School
Develle
South America
Panama Canal
Epiicopal
Valle Crucis
Gilbert Taylor
Carolina
Methodist Church
The
Missionary Society
Finley Mast
L. F. Kent
Gastonia
D. F. Mast
Leona Mast
Tom Taylor
Townsend-Brotherton Wedding At Lees-McRae Institute
Miss Della Brotherton and Finley Townsend wed Saturday in the Virginia Building lobby at Lees-McRae Institute Banner Elk. The Rev J A Yount officiated. Townsend helped design and supervise construction of the new building. The couple will reside in Banner Elk after a motor departure.
Lessen Driving Hazards Through Advanced Car Design
The article notes mechanical progress in autos reduces accidents and damage. Innovations like four wheel brakes steel bodies non shatterable glass and simplified transmissions are common. A newer ball bearing spring shack le claims to reduce dangerous side sway and uncontrollable skids while drifting remains a race practice.
Murray Heirs Win Inheritance For Bible Deportment
In Los Angeles John Quincy Murray, a retired grocer, left his property to his three grandchildren with strict Bible based rules. Executors report the heirs have adhered to the teachings so closely that all three are entitled to their inheritances.
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Los Angeles
Calif
John Quincy Murray
Charlie Chaplin
Murray
Church announcements from Advent to Lutheran gatherings
Local notices list church schedules across denominations. Advent Christian led by Rev S E Gragg, Boone Baptist with Rev P A Hix, and Methodist under Dr O J Chandler announce Sunday school at 9 45 a m and morning services. other churches provide regular preaching times and midweek meetings.
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Advent Christian
S. E. Gragg
Boone Baptist
P. A. Hix
J. T. C. Wright
Epworth League
St. Marks
Bailey’s Camp
Lynthea Moretz
Grace—Boone
George L. Sawyer
Holy Community
Clark’s Creek
Cicero Townsend
Simmons Follows Warren in Senate Body Ranking
The death of Senator Warren of Wyoming elevates Senator Simmons of North Carolina to the senior Democratic ranks in the Senate. Simmons, with long service and past roles on finance and commerce, approaches 38 years in the Senate on March 4, 1930, as he nears his fifth term begun in 1925.
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Washington
Warren
Wyoming
Senate
Simmons
North Carolina
Internal Revenue
Cleveland
Democratic National Committee
Finance
Commerce
Internal Revenue Taxation
Senator Simmons Honored In North Carolina Farewell Tribute
Frank W. Lewis writes in the Winston-Salem Journal praising Senator Simmons for lifelong public service Born January 12 1854 he studied at Wake Forest and Trinity College became a lawyer in 1875 and built a career shaping tariff and tax legislation. He is described as a dominant figure in tariff reform and a respected patriot across parties.
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North Carolina
Simmons
Wake Forest College
Trinity College
Vivid Snake Revives in Taxidermy Shop Scare
A twenty foot boa constrictor, frozen after from a private zoo on Cheyenne Mountain, reanimated when workers began skinning it in a Colorado Springs taxidermy shop. The incident followed the snake being sent there for mounting after a near zero temperature at the zoo.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Cheyenne Mountain
Owens Machine Shop Promises Quick Auto Upgrades
An ad proclaims Owens Machine Shop ready to handle upholstery tops flywheels and bed work. It claims five dollar credit for old flywheels and promises in place truck bed service with 35 years in business.
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Oliver G. Nedde
Whitehall
N. Y
Toll Gate Hill Mountain
Toyland
Boone
Watauga County
Spainhour’s, Inc
Boone, North Carolina
Hanes
Blue Ridge
Harris Brothers
Banner Elk
J. A. Yount
Is Ony
Frank W. Lewis
Winston-Salem Journal
R. M. Owens
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