Look at Him Now The Chapman Capture Defines Outlaw Era
Greensboro News recounts the pursuit and capture of Gerald Chapman, once the country’s most notorious criminal. The piece portrays his 13-year crime spree from bank robberies to jewelry heists, his multiple prison terms, escapes, and eventual confinement, framing his arrest as the world’s judgment on a feared outlaw.
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Greensboro
Chapan
Gerald Chapman
Chapman
James Boys
Atlanta
New York
Community Notes From Blue Ridge District
Local column reports Myra Matney's death, hospital updates for Ralph Story after appendicitis, and several family visits. Mentions of travels to Johnson City Tennessee, Mt. Vernon settlement updates, and Galax trade progress. Several Storie family movements and visits to friends appear throughout.
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J. C. Miller
M. A. Story
Sampson
S. A. Greene
Harriet Greene
Mt. Vernon
Ralph Story
Banner Elk
Spencer Story
York
S. C
W. S. Triplett
Annie Greene
Rhodhiss
John Matney
John Davis
Mr. Matney
Messrs Boyce
Ray Holder
Statesville
J. C. Story
Johnson City
Tenn
Hampton
Charlie Storie
Mount Vernon
J. H. Underwood
Aho
Spencer Hampton
C. C. Storie
Future Human Evolution Predicted By Harvard Professor
Harvard paleontology expert E B Raymond forecasts 40 000 to 75 000 years of evolution where humans lose teeth and toes and hair becomes widespread. He says civilization erases old functions like climbing aids and teeth and toes become redundant as skull and brain size grow.
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Boston
E. B. Raymond
Harvard University
Raymond
Army training reaches 250000 men in summer program
More than 250000 men received intensive military training under War Department supervision last summer. Training spanned fifteen days to three months, largely in National Guard camps. In 29 civilian camps, 33983 attended for thirty days, with 53000 applications and 44000 deemed qualified, leaving about 10000 turned away. The Defense Guy test highlighted unit training benefits for the organized reserve corps.
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Washington
War Department
National Guard
Organized Reserve Corps
Defense Guy
New Chamber Discovered in the Endless Caverns
A new chamber surpassing prior discoveries has been found in the Endless Caverns at Newmarket Virginia. Geologists report a narrow entrance and a 60 foot descent by rope. the chamber features notable plant and animal life and spectacular rock formations unseen in older sections.
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Newmarket
Hermit of the Warm Springs Lived in Pool Cave
In Salt Lake City Utah police found K N Jensen sixty sleeping naked in a four foot deep pool of warm sulphur water inside a cave north of the city. He used a wooden pillow to keep his head afloat and said he spent months there to escape cold weather. He was believed penniless at first but later found to have a private income.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Warm Springs
K. N. Jensen
Jensen
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J. C. Storie
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D. J. Cottrell
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Watauga Building & Loan Association
Watauga County
United States
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Building & Loan Associations
Secretary OF Commerce
Hoover
Abe Lincoln
Eigth
Watauga Building and Loan Association
Building & Loan
W. H. Gragg
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