Industrial Survey Urged In Report
Charlotte April 15 The North Carolina Conference for Social Service committee on Industry urges a 55 hour work week for industry and a survey of women and children workers. It recommends a state labor department and amendments to existing statutes to limit weekly hours, restrict underage labor, and phase out night work for women by 1933.
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Social Service Industrial Committee
State Labor Department
Charlotte
North Carolina
Committee On Industry
North Carolina Conference For Social Service
State Department
Spring Is Here at Broadhurst Theater
Bernice Claire stars in Spring Is Here at the Broadhurst Theatre with Wednesday and Thursday performances. The article also covers a conference advocating a statewide survey of working conditions for women and children, and proposes a coordinating department with enforceable labor laws and appointed committees to present recommendations to the governor and legislature.
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Bernice Claire
Comediennes
Broadhurst Theater
Sparks Circus to Perform Two Shows in Winston Salem
Sparks Circus on its 40th annual tour will stage two exhibitions at 2 pm and 8 pm on Wednesday April 23 in Winston Salem. The show features the Original Nelson Family and a lineup of famed acts and performers drawing circus enthusiasts from the region.
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Winston-Salem
United States
Canada
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Risley
Guice
Holland
Walters
Van and Schenck Star in They Learned About Women at Paramount
Van and Schenck temporarily rename Burke and Glen for their first MGM talkie They Learned About Women at the Paramount theater. Bessie Love leads opposite the pair with a strong supporting cast including Doran Rubin Dugan Gribbon Nugent and Bushman Jr. Jack Conway and Sam Wood direct. Good lighting is noted for faster eye perception and higher factory output.
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Burke and
Glennon
Paramount Tomor
Metro- Goldwyn-Mayer
Bessie Love
Cavy Doran
Benny Rubin
Tommy Dugan
Eddie Gribbon
J. C. Nugent
Francis X. Bushman
Jack Conway
Sam Wood
Communism Labeled an Issue by North Carolina Leader
Kemp P Battle, Rocky Mount attorney and NC conference on social service committee chair, urges remedying conditions that spark communism in North Carolina. He cites strikes and violence as warnings, argues workers’ rights exist but communism cannot be reconciled with the state, and calls for nonviolent defense and reforms. He criticizes textile conditions, urges wage gains, and supports gradual curtailment of night work for women with a first step by 1933.
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Kemp P. Battle
Rocky Mount
Charlotte
North Carolina
Committee On Industry
North Carolina Conference For Social Service
Gastonia
Battle
Bour
Tennis Schedule For Duke Is Announced
Duke officials reveal the 1950 tennis slate for the Blue Devils with matches in Durham Chapel Hill Washington and Lee Lexington Richmond and Charlottesville. Highlights include dates against Alabama Davidson North Carolina Maryland Georgetown and Hampden Sydney with several tentative games.
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Virginia
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Washington and Lee
Lexington
Carolina
Hampton-Sidney
One Room Schools Decreasing Fast
North Carolina now has 1 887 one room schools including 835 for white children and 1 052 for colored children. Georgia leads southern states in eliminating such schools with 3 915 since 1917 18, and Kentucky remains high with 6 256 one room schools.
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Kansas
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North Carolina
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Mica Producers In State Pleased At Tariff Prospects
North Carolina mica producers, led by State Geologist H. J. Bryson, welcome tariff plans as a revival trigger. D. T. Vance of Plumtree notes renewed mine openings and new properties in prospect of federal actions. A Philadelphia firm reportedly plans $100,000 in development for a Jackson county mica property as feldspar markets improve this spring.
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Bryson
Jackson County
Philadelphia
Druggist Unveils Quick Headache Relief Blend
A North Carolina druggist creates a combination of ingredients that act together to relieve any headache including neuralgic, sciatic, or rheumatic pain. It calms nerves and leaves you buoyant with no after effects and is sold as “B-C” at stores and soda fountains for 10c or 25c ready in three minutes.
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North Carolina
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