Southern governors urge ICC on rail rates parity
Alabama Governor Bibb Graves leads southern states in a hearing on alleged discriminatory rail tariffs. The case, joined by Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina and Tennessee, claims southern rates exceed northern equivalents by up to 38 percent. New England governors oppose the move viewing it as an unfair industrial advantage.
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Birmingham
Ala
Interstate Commerce Commission
New England
Bibb Graves
Alabama
New York Central Railroad Co
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Southern
I.C.C
William E. Lee
Ohio
Potomac
Graves
Kernersville to Publish First High School Yearbook
Kernersville high school will issue its first annual titled The Retrospect under senior class direction. The book will cover administration, classes, athletics, clubs, autographs and ads with portraits of each class and athletic teams. Officers include Mary Lou Stafford editor in chief and Kathleen Barrow associate editor. Roger Linville, a UNC law student, made the scholastic honor roll.
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Kernersville
Mary Lou Stafford
Kathleen Barrow
Pauline Vance
Evelyn Huff
P. L. Korner
Irene Allen
Betty Lou Williams
John R. Flynt
R. F. Smith
Railway Express drivers win no accident cards in High Point
Three of the five Railway Express drivers in High Point received no accident cards under the Safety Record system started in 1935. T. M. Morton and H. W. Sharpe earned three year records, H. W. Bliszard two years. White cards go to one year, green to two, blue to three, red to five with signatures by top executives.
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Railway Express
High Point
Snider
T. M. Morton
H. W. Sharpe
H. W. Bliszard
The Balanced State Slogan and Cherokee reminiscences
The piece critiques the idea of putting The Balanced State on license tags and recounts a trip up to the Cherokee reservation in Swain County to visit William and David Blythe. It reflects on state pride ideas, railroad changes, and personal family recollections, noting the Blythes and tribal council members and the evolving transport landscape.
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North Carolina
William
David Blythe
Trinity
Swain County
Jarrett Blythe
Blythe
David
Tribal Council
Christopher Columbus
Noted Paradoxes in American Town Names
A historical remark observes that many towns in North and South Carolina and Virginia share names and similar populations. The author reflects on whether passenger services are profitable and muses about returning the country to Indigenous peoples.
Davidson Prepares For Founders Day Festivities
Davidson alumni across states gather as the college plans Founders Day on campus Tuesday. Governor Clyde R. Hoey will speak at 10 15 a.m. A baseball game pits Lenoir Rhyne against Davidson and hundreds of Queens Chicora college girls visit as special guests.
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Davidson
Clyde R. Hoey
Lenoir-Rhyne
Queens- Chicora College
North Carolina Academy of Science to Meet at NCS May 6 7
About 250 scientists are expected to gather at North Carolina State College on May 6 and 7 for the annual sessions of the North Carolina Academy of Science.
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College Station
Raleigh
North Carolina State College
North Carolina Academy of Science
Population totals show city name matches across states
The article lists many city names repeated in different states with population counts for Beaufort Clinton Greenville Marion Ridgeway Rocky Mount Smithfield Williamston Columbia and Virginia variants. It notes cross state name duplicates and varying population magnitudes, including Columbia South Carolina at 61 581 versus Columbia North Carolina at 864 and Columbia Virginia at 154.
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Beaufort
N. C
South Carolina
Clinton
Greenville
Marion
Ridgeway
Rocky Mount Mounts
Virginia
Smithfield
Ham Town
Williamston
S. C
Columbia
LSU Awards Law Doctorate to Henry A Wallace
Louisiana State University at dedication exercises conferred a doctor of laws degree on Secretary of Agriculture Henry A Wallace.
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Wallace
Baton Rouge, la
Louisiana State University
Henry A. Walace
German Bee Farms Sell Poison as Rheumatic Cure
In Germany bee farms raise insects for their venom, which is extracted and sold as a cure for rheumatism. The practice highlights the use of bee venom in traditional therapies and raises questions about efficacy and safety.
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Germany
Lincoln coed marriage question echoed in campus talk
Lincoln Neb. A Daily Nebraskan staff member quoted coeds asking why women attend college with the common reply that they aim to marry. The item notes poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow born January 27, 1807.
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Lincoln
Neb
Henry Wadsworth Son
Juary
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Roger W. Linville
J. P. Linville
Kerneraville
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Pe O ©Ok B. of
Nell Battle Lewis
The
News and Observer
Goiter
Mecklenburg County
Lancaster County
Johnson
Leachs
Cravens
Aberdeen
Asheboro
Norfolk Southern Railroad
Utilities Commission
Pages
Pinehurst
New York
Belene
Jlarilee
C. B. Ridge
Shiloh
North Davidson
Welch Memorial Methodist Protestant Church
I. B. Ridge
J. D. Williams
North
Andrews
Enlil
New Home Furnishings
Flarillee’s
Harllee
Eet
Fashion and Comfort
Harllee’s
Coats
Parllee
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