Cermak Buried Beside Wife After Massive Chicago Funeral
Chicago Mayor Anton J Cermak who rose from coal pits to lead the city and died after an assassin's bullet was buried in Bohemian national cemetery. Police estimated 50 000 mourners and hundreds of thousands lined the 12 mile procession route. Services at Chicago Stadium featured leaders from multiple faiths before interment beside his wife Mary in a family vault.
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Chicago
Anton Joseph Cermak
Bohemian National Cemetery
Roosevelt
Miami
Fla
Chicago Stadium
Cermak
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry Horner
Ilinois
John Thompson
First Methodist Church
Daniel Frawley
St. Jerome’s
Mary
Blowing Rock Route 1 Busy Weekend Notes
Saturday activities span Mr. Frank Holder visiting Mr. Oliver Greene family to hauling kraut by Hugh and Spencer Hampton. Several trips to Boone and South trips noted, church revivals continue at Skyland Church, and locals born, building projects, and minor accidents reported.
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Frank Holder
Oliver Greene
Fred Young
Len Greene
Carson Tate
Boone
Skyland
Roy Holder
Bob Triplett
Doris Walser
Daisy Teague
Bert Greene
Florida
Georgia Underwood
Messrs
Cline Underwood
Elmer Miller
Mathey
Laurel Fork
A. L. Triplett
Charlie Coleman
T. M. Story
Hal Shore
Blowing Roc
al Norris
John Lentz
Rodney Greene
Deep Gap
North Wilkesboro
Airplane Flea-Defeating Dog Flight Report
Ranchman and pilot Emery Davis describes a new method of “defleaing” dogs using flight. He says when Wag the dog reaches high altitude fleas surface for air, look around, and hop out of the plane.
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San Angelo
Texas
Emery Davis
Divorce suit claims wife nagged husband to lose 30 pounds
Chicago attorney files for divorce for Richard C. Peterson alleging excessive nagging by his wife during six months of marriage caused him to shed 30 pounds.
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Chicago
Richard C. Peterson
Peterson
Mrs Emma Brown Dies at Creston at 74
Mrs Emma Brown 74 died at her Creston home Monday after a general breakdown from heart weakness. Funeral services were held from the home Tuesday morning by Rev J H Brendall Jr of Boone with interment in a nearby cemetery. Survived by husband and six children, including Rev O L Brown of Winston Salem and C W Brown of Creston.
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O. L. Brown
Lillie Belle Hardin
Boone
Emma Brown
Creston
J. H. Brendall Jr
Winston- Salem
C. W. Brown
B. F. Brown
Taft
Calif
Mae Brown
Ethel Johnson
Tufts Sees Bank Crisis as Benefit to Nation and Students
Edgar H. Tufts president of Lees-McRae College told Lees-McRae students at chapel that the bank panic will yield lasting national gains and bolster a starter banking system. He urged farm families to harvest large crops this spring and described a plan for students to meet accounts and finish the semester.
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Edgar H. Tufts
Lees-McRae College
Tufts
Lees-McRae
Daniels Named Ambassador to Mexico by Roosevelt
Josephus Daniels of Raleigh publisher and former Navy Secretary selected as Ambassador to Mexico succeeding the late Dwight W. Morrow. The post carries a salary of 17000 dollars and Daniels will have thirty days after confirmation to study his duties.
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Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
Navy
Roosevelt
Mexico
Dwight W. Morrow
Daniels
Marion Mourns Grady Greer Buried After Denver Accident
Henry Grady Greer son of Mr and Mrs R T Greer of Marion Virginia died after a Denver Colorado automobile crash. He was moved from Fitzsimmons General Hospital to Marion where an at church service featured Thanatopsis and Crossing the Bar. The mayor of Marion is his father and the town honored him with a closed business district observance. He had long business ties to Watau ga.
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Henry Grady Greer
R. T. Greer
Marion
Denver
Colo
Greer
Fitzsimmons General Hospital
Bryant
Tennyson
Mr. Greer
Watauga
Assassin Zangara Sentenced to Death for Roosevelt Plot
Giuseppe Zangara, the would be assassin who killed Chicago Mayor Cormack and tried to kill President Roosevelt, was sentenced to death in the electric chair. The death warrant calls for execution during the week of 201 in days set by the prison superintendent.
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Guiseppe Zangara
Cormack
Chicago
Roosevelt
Foi Day
Caa
Priso
Siftings From Legislature Show Broad Bill Ratifications
A recap of legislative activity notes numerous measures ratified or amended, including a Public Utilities Commission reorganization, gasoline tax controls, and court docket relief. Other bills cover county consolidations, debt settlements for local units, World Court treaty endorsements, tax revaluations, and changes to education funding, road paving, and state agency consolidations. The report highlights joint resolutions, revenue tweaks, and administrative reforms altering salaries, bonds, and local government powers.
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Poration Commission
Public Utilities
Revenue
Maxwell
Ehringhaus
General Assembly
Congress
Swain
Jackson
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Commissioner of Revenue
Tobacco Boards of Trade
Department of Agriculture
State College
North Carolina
State Highway Commission
Hams Stolen From Governor Ehringhaus Storage
In Edenton North Carolina three suspects named Philip McRae John Jordan and James Harris were caught at night carrying bags of meat identified as 500 pounds of governor Ehringhaus s hams stored for a bank holiday. Police recovered cold meat and opened an investigation.
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Edenton
N. C
Ehringhaus
Philip McRae
John Jordan
James Harris
Poultry Growers Sell 37000 Pounds in February Cash Sales
In February Columbus County poultry growers sold surplus stock totaling 37 thousand pounds receiving cash at the car door.
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Columbus County
Henry Ford Rescues Detroit Banks With Capital Plan
Henry Ford and his son offered to supply all capital for two new banks to take over the battered Detroit banks. Ford warns he distrusts bankers yet vows to apply revolutionary banking ideas. He recounts a past encounter where he repaid a loan with a full check after a banker demanded control.
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Ford
Detroit
Henry Ford
Ford Autocrat and Hospital Builder Profile
A portrait of Henry Ford as an autocrat who forges new paths, buying out minority stockholders to fund lower prices and plant upgrades, and funding Detroit’s hospital as a nondoctor run, expert advised venture. It warns of banking system faults and calls for a banking overhaul by the new administration.
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White House
James Roosevelt
James Delano Roosevelt
John Rooseedson
Curtis Dall
Grady Greer
Fitzsimmons Hospital
Dean’s
Atlantic Grayhound
Statesville
Charlotte
Greensboro
Durham
All Points Southeast
Elizabethton
Johnson City
Knoxville
Bristol
Abingdon
Bluefield
Points North
Bayer Aspirin
Joday A
Mr. Ford
Detroit Hospital
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