Hoey advances highway commission appointments plans
Governor Clyde R. Hoey said he began narrowing seventy plus applicants for the State Highway and Public Works Commission and will announce his final choices next week. He postponed all appointments until after April 15 and declined to hear more delegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Clyde R. Hoey
State Highway and Public Works Commission
New State Liquor Board
Hoey
Capus M. Waynick
Reorganized Commission
Waynick
George W. Coan, Jr
Commis
Buncombe
Charlotte
Thomas W. Bird
American Legion
Jim Hardison
Middle Piedmont
Sigmon
Caldwell County
Allen
Piedmont
R. L. Harris
Roxboro
George Bason
Yanceyville
Caswell County
Guilford
Durham Counties
N. Collin Barnes
Murfreesboro
Hertford County
J. H. Clark
Bladen County
Clyde Council
Clark
Pender County
New Hanover
Duplin
Sampson
Onslow
Jones
Robert Grady Johnson
Burgow
Fragmented World News Bits From A Distant Era
A scrambled item notes governors appointing districts, Glenda Farrell on furlough for a Coronation, and social scenes with Frances Waverly. It mentions Fe Chaliapin and P Herbert as figures in England, plus a Broadway revival and an assortment of trivia on Germany routes and dental plates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenda Farrell
Frances Waverly
Lyons
England
Fe Chaliapin
Rubasso
P. Herbert
Wynyard
Hollywood
Ann Harding
Shaw
Candi Lee Ephraim
Erican
Strand
Fair Tax League To Meet Tonight
Thomasville report on a public meeting of the Fair Tax League set for 7 30 this evening in the Recorder's court room to discuss the upcoming city election. The note invites interested attendees and adds two historical facts: James Wilson founded America’s first globe map factory in Bradford Vermont in 1813 and the Wright brothers patented the first successful flying machine on May 22 1906.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomasville
Fair Tax League
Recorder’s Court Room
America
James Wilson
Bradford
The
Wright Brothers
London Rialto Readings Mirror Broadway In London
A New Yorker notes London's mix of American and native talent in film and theatre. He observes American stars dominate cabaret and stage work, discusses labor law limits, and names venues like the Palladium and Victoria Palace, with figures such as Sophie Tucker, W. C. Fields, Noel Coward, and Abel in the social orbit around Piccadilly and the Ivy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Bing Crosby
Deanna Durbin
Paul Muni
Burgess Meredith
Francine Larrimore
Palladium
Victoria Palace
Sophie Tucker
Cookie Bowers
Three Little Words
Patricia Bowman
Ilomay
Bailey and Sims
Fred Sanborn
Lonon
Hollywood
Dave Burns
Thames
Stanley Lupino
Leslie Henson
Bobby Howes
W. C. Fields
Earls Chaplin
de Marcos
Manhattan
Times Square
Sardi’s
Strand
Abel
Noel Coward
Lillian Braithwaite
Sidney Carroll
Isabel Jeans
Lord Douglas
Jeanne de Casalis
Val Gielgud
John Gielgud
Hamlet
Basil Dean
Nicholas Hannen
Violet Loraine
Ralph's
New York
Cafe Anglais
London’s tourist fare and iconic spots highlighted
The piece notes top town eateries Cheshire Cheese and Simpson’s and famed free shows at Priory Court and Buckingham Palace gates. It mentions tourists encountering Gilbert and Sullivan pastiches and a Hollywood influx into London with references to the Savoy Grill as a setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Jonson
Dickens
Simpson
World’s Shrine
Priory Court
Buckingham Palace
London
Temple Court
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Lenoir
James A. Hardison
Wadesboro
Ross M. Sigman
Salisbury
Caldwell
Highway Commission
Commission
Frank W. Miller
Waynesville
Julien Wood
Edenton
W. C. Woodard
Rocky Mount
Asheville
J. H. Yelton
Hendersonville
Walter Mauney
Murphy
Frank S. Hill
Yelton
Mauney
Buncombe County
E. C. (Deacon) Green
J. G. Stkeleather
A. Hall Johnston
Superior
P. A. McElroy
Germany
United States
Maternity Association
Little Blessed
Sandman
Tiagare x
Bainty
Soar
Ead
Mort
Boris
Stor
STAG
Ilasol
Vincent
Rexall Orderness
Cray
Jonteel
Symphony Lawn
Lonteel
Jomnteel
Victoria
Cascara
Castor
Mangum Ave
Rialto
Broadway
Paul Gerritts
Earl Carroll
Vanities
Soho
Kettner’s
Florence
Greenwich Village
New York Paramount
Savoy Grill
Bos
C.penney Company
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