Bennett College Receives Two $100000 Gifts for Expansion
Greensboro April 12 Two gifts of 100000 each to Bennett College in New York donors Henry Pfeiffer of New York were announced by President Dr David D Jones at the dedication of the Henry Pfeiffer Science hall. One gift is unconditional and will fund dormitory expansion while the other requires matching funds and may finance a new administration building and library. Governor Hoey spoke at the exercises praising the college.
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Greensboro
Bennett College
Henry Pfeiffer
New York
David D. Jones
Pfeiffers
Jones
Hoey
Twin City Man Killed In Wreck
Winston-Salem April 12. Thomas Gray Livengood, 25, was killed when a car struck him and two companions Johnson Wall and Irvin Blakely while they walked along a road toward a filling station for gasoline. Raymond Smith, the driver of the other auto, was held pending investigation.
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Winston-Sal
Thomas Gray Livengood
Johnson Wall
Irvin Blakely
Here
Raymond Smith
Negroes Killed By Passing Car Near Conway
Roanoke Rapids April 12 W 8 Taylor and Allen Joyner Negroes died at a hospital here last night after being struck by a car while walking along the highway near Conway. Patrolman J O Long said Leroy Chandler of Raleigh drove the vehicle and stopped to help. Chandler quoted that the Negroes stepped into the path of the car.
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Roanoke Rapids
Taylor
Allen Joyner
Conway
J. O. Long
Leroy Chandler
Raleigh
Long
Chandler
Vitamin B deficiency linked to undiscovered beriberi in U S
Dr R R Williams reported at the American Chemical Society meeting that an unrecognized beriberi form caused by partial Vitamin B starvation is widespread in the United States. He cited experiments at Oxford and Chicago hospitals, noting that modern grain processing removes the hulls containing the vitamin and that diet variety helps prevent beriberi.
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Chapel Hill
United States
American Chemical Society
R. R. Williams
New York City
Oxford University
England
R. A. Peters
Chicago
Williams
F. B. Adamstone
University of Illinois
Carping Contagion That Spreads Through Speech
Olive Roberts Barton reflects on how spoken and written words shape character and family culture. She warns that constant negativity breeds hate, suspicion, and destruction, urging readers to observe and curb their own destructive language before it spreads.
Baker vows Saint Joseph vow fulfilled with 600 guest feast
In Rochester New York Christopher Biuso celebrated his wife’s recovery from a grave illness by hosting more than 600 attendees at a home dinner. He asked each guest to take food home so nothing was left.
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Rochester
N. Y
Christopher Biuso
Saint Joseph
Crow decides Meadowbrook golf match in Muskogee
Two foursomes played at Meadowbrook Club when a crow plucked B. E. Ellison's drive and carried it into a tree. The bird fled with the ball, leaving players unsure who won as club officials consulted the rules with no clear answer.
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Muskogeee
Okla
Meadowbrook Club
B. E. Ellisom
Ray J. Stemn
Brainy water wheel helps irrigation while fish avoid debris
Idaho Falls reports a modern invention by W. S. Meader to protect trout. A paddle wheel irrigation device rises with debris jams and uses vibrations to deter fish, keeping them upstream while debris moves through the ditch.
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Idaho
W. S. Meader
Meader
Fletcher Believes Strikes Unlikely In Tar Heel Mills
North Carolina textile mills show no immediate strike risk as CIO organizing efforts proceed. Commissioner A L Fletcher notes wage gains, the 40 hour week, and worker satisfaction reduce tensions, while CIO and manufacturers both avoid confrontation to prevent costly disruptions. Former Governor O Max substituting stabilizing views.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Committee On Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
Fletcher
South
CIO
Manufacturers
Washington
O. Max
North Carolina Textile Workers Seen As Stable
Commissioner Fletcher argues North Carolina workers are mainly native born Anglo-Saxon and highly educated, reducing the risk of strikes. He notes their stability and better sense, suggesting a textile walkout or sit-down is unlikely in the near term.
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aGroner
North Carolina
Fletcher
Gardner and Fletcher Push 40 Hour Week at World Textile Conference
Commissioner Fletcher cites former Governor Gardner urging a World-wide 40 hour week collective bargaining and abolition of child labor. Gardner aims to press U S and international textile makers toward fair wages and hours, with Murchison and Gardner becoming prominent international figures among 23 foreign delegations.
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Gardner
Fletcher
United States
NRA
North Carolina
Gardner Wade
Claudius T. Murchison
American Cotton Textile Institute
Boston Man Will Deliver Address At Palmer Memorial Institute
Dr. Samuel A. Eliot of Boston Massachusetts will deliver the principal address at the 35th anniversary celebration of Palmer Memorial Institute Sedalia on April 23. He is the son of the late Dr Charles William Eliot long time Harvard president.
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Greensboro
Samuel A. Eliot
Boston
Mass
Palmer Memorial Institute
Sedalia
Eliot
Charles William Eliot
Harvard University
Sin, Sickness Rejected in Christian Science Lesson
Sunday services across churches and societies of Christ Scient ist held a lesson sermon on Are Sin, Disease and De Real. The Golden Text cited Jeremiah 31 11 and Psalms 103 2 4. The lesson drew from Science and Health Key to the Scriptures by Baker Eddy, stressing primal cause and the denial of sin sickness and death as true in Science.
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Christ
Scient
Jacob
Baker Eddy
Man Kills Wife and Tries Suicide in Washington Home
Frost Jarvis a 40 year old WPA worker was shot in the head and died. Police say Jarvis shot his wife in their home and attempted to kill himself. Hospital attendants reported he had little chance to recover. No motive has been established. Police officer William Austin Jarvis is mentioned in connection with the incident.
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Washington
WN. C
Frost Jarvis
WPA
William Austin Jarvis
Jarvis
Greensbo ro Man Is New Chairma
PINEHURST April 12 Russell P Hall of Greens is the new chairman of the Carolina group of the Invest Bankers of America He was elected at a meet here after the national organs had ended its annual can tion R C Kirchofer of Rals was elected vice chairman R M Gray Jr of Chairs secretary Named to the executive e mittee were F G Gullick Charlotte Lloyd Cannady of leigh and S B Green of lotte
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Pinehurst
Russell P. Hall
Greens
Carolina
Invest Bankers of America
Yyester
R. C. Kirchofer
Rals
R. M. Gray, Jr
F. G. Gullick Charlotte
Lloyd Cannady
Leigh
S. B. Green
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