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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1931
Page
4
In a crowded district race, Tul High School officials weigh new policies as parents and students prepare for the upcoming election year. Local groups urge reforms while school board meetings spark community debate.
The Bet Business Association begins a membership drive led by Lynch, with local committees under Board of Trustees. It funds interstate and national advertising to educate the public on South Carolina products and to attract new industries and investments to the state.
Court notice in Anderson County South Carolina directs all creditors of Carolina Georgia Service Company to prove claims by July 15 1931 or be barred from funds handled by receivers of Atlantic Public Service Associates Inc. Special Referee H E Bailey presiding. Also a promotional notice urges business owners to join the Better Business Association with $5 dues and previews an upcoming South Carolinian publication.
Sealed bids for the purchase of 100000 dollars in past indebtedness serial bonds of Aiken County will be received by the county commissioners in Aiken South Carolina up to 10 oclock A M on May 25 1931. Bonds dated June 1 1931 in 1000 denominations bear 4.75 percent interest payable semi annually and mature 1941 with 10000 dollars due each June 1 from 1932 to 1941. Bids must include a 2000 dollar certified check and bids may be rejected. The bonds are tax exempt and full faith of Aiken County pledged.
The Mother Church Board announces a new Christian Science Publishing House in Back Bay Boston to serve The Christian Science Monitor Journal Sentinel and other literature. The $3 million all stone Italian Renaissance building will span about 58 000 square feet with nine stories on the Massachusetts Avenue end and three to four stories on the opposite side, designed to blend with The Mother Church.
A fragment from a Brooklyn note mentions Pegey Perkins Billy Bruno Jr both aged four from Brooklyn New York and describes them as no “megan marksmen” in a column urging Marines to sharpen their caucels and marksmanship.
The first ship to shore wireless broadcast will occur next Wednesday evening May 20 at 7 45 p m Eastern Daylight Time from the S S Leviathan United States Lines home bound ship a thousand miles from Sandy Hook. Robert L Ripley voice will be sent to New York and aired over nine radio stations from Maine to Georgia marking a historic broadcast.
Renowned cartoonist Robert Ripley signs as Rip for a Standard Oil of New Jersey sponsored radio program to debut May 20 in a mid ocean broadcast from the Leviathan. He will deliver wonders found on his world tour and then settle in New York with weekly Wednesday and Friday shows continuing from Fifth Avenue studios.
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