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Newspaper
Forest City Courier
Location
Forest City, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1931
Page
5
State Senate approves a six month school term with an emergency fund cut to 150000 and a 10 percent teachers salary cap. Conferees push for 16500000 current expenses while universities receive 721000 annually, amid broad cuts to departments and extended term funding.
Explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins plans an undersea expedition to the North Pole aboard the submarine Nautilus equipped with electric refrigerator sunlamps and standard modern comforts for a crew of twenty. The General Electric Company supplies appliances to keep food safe and provide light during long polar darkness.
The state budget cuts exclude North Carolina State College and NC College for Women receive 380000 and 376000 over two years while other teachers colleges face smaller appropriations. A new senatorial redistricting plan shifts representation westward, gaining House approval 83 to 33. final passage by the Senate expected. A racing bill permitting horse racing and pari mutuel betting passes the House and heads to the Senate, with a Marion track planned under Jockey Club of America supervision and tax revenue anticipated for McDowell County.
An old property ad-like note advertises 666 liquid or tablet medicine claiming headache or neuralgia relief in 30 minutes, cold reduction the first day, and malaria cure in three days, plus a 66 salve for baby’s cold.
Raleigh May 25 backed by Governor Gardner and the Council on Unemployment and Relief, a new Live at Home slogan urges preserving food through canning, drying and pickling as farm prices fall. The drive, led by the Governor’s Council and State College Extension, runs statewide with demonstrations from May 25 to July 31, targeting every county township and stressing community education and cooperation.
Farmers Hardware Co markets best grade potato bug dusting powders and cotton hoes priced at 65 cents. Farm supplies announced for local agricultural needs and garden care.
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