Bailey Dry Stand Is Again Attacked
In Raleigh on April 16, Mrs. Charlotte Story Perkinson assistant state manager for Senator Simmons leads a statement denying Josiah Bailey’s pro prohibition stance. She argues Bailey never favored prohibition and ties him to efforts to overturn the Eighteenth Amendment. She cites Raskob and anti prohibition funds as part of the criticism.
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Simmons
Josephus Daniels
Democratic Party
Mr. Bailey
John J. Raskob
National Democratic Executive Committee
Association Against the Prohibition Amendment
Congress
Mrs. Perkinson
Bailey
Democratic Executive Committee
Prohibition clash over Bailey Simmons and local option
Mrs. Perkinson accuses Bailey of starting with temperance but breaking ranks to favor local option. The piece cites Bailey’s resignation from the Anti-Saloon League, Simmons’ anti Smith stance, and argues North Carolina will stay dry with women’s votes backing prohibition.
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North Carolina
Simmons
Mr. Bailey
New Hanover G. O. P. Split and Nominate Two Entire Tickets
New Hanover county Republicans split in Wilmington on April 16, naming two county chairmen and two separate sets of committeemen and delegates. Conservatives chose H. Edmund Rodgers to continue as chairman, while progressives, with a large majority, named Robert C. Ruark. The rift stems from a dispute over the local postmastership.
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Wilmington
New Hanover County
H. Edmund Rodgers
Robert C. Ruark
Auto Sales Slump Deepens State Revenue Decline
Raleigh reports March new car sales dropped to 3 697 including trucks, about half of March 1929. First quarter totals fell to 19 074 from 20 247 last year, with 10 000 fewer cars operating in the state, reducing license and gasoline tax revenues.
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Silver
Essex
Ford
Pontiac
Corrections from the Errorgram on the World Map
The Errorgram notes Magellan, not Vasco da Gama, first circumnavigated the globe. It claims hemisphere names are reversed and Australia is missing from the map. It points out a mismatched boy's tie pattern and identifies the scrambled word CRAVAT.
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Magellan
Vasco da Gama
Australia
Dairying For 80 Years At University of California
The University of California has offered a dairying course for 30 years covering market milk ice cream butter cheese manufacture and dairy bacteriology.
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University of California
College Heads Seek To Unify RO.TC. Work
In Raleigh on April 28 college presidents and reps gather at North Carolina State College to discuss unification and efficiency of the reserve officers training corps in the fourth corps area. Members include Alabama Polytechnic Institute Clemson College Emory Georgia Tech LSU Mississippi A and M South Carolina Citadel UGA UT Vanderbilt and Wofford.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Fourth Corps
E. C. Brooks
State College
Clemson College
S. C
Association
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Clemson Agricultural College
Davidson College
Emory University
Georgia School of Technology
Louisiana State University
Mississippi A. and M. College
North Georgia Agricultural College
Presbyterian College of South Carolina
the Citadel
University of Georgia
University of Tennessee
Vanderbilt School of Medicine
Wofford College
Medical Treatments In Jamaica Ginger Paralysis Sought
Boston April 16 A surge in paralysis cases linked to Jamaica ginger prompted medical teams to pursue treatments. Over the weekend twenty or more victims were reported, with 16 taken to Worcester hospitals 13 to Newburyport nine to Lawrence and three to Westford for partial limb paralysis.
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Boston
Worcester
Newburyport
Lawrence
Westford
Census Enumerator Ends Life in Louisville
In Louisville Kentucky on April 16 Charles W Lovell a census enumerator shot himself near his wife’s grave at Cave Hill Cemetery ending his life after completing census work. He was 69 years old and faced unemployment after finishing his district duties.
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Louisville
Charles W. Lovell
Cave Hill
Wonderful News For Fits Sufferers
New remedy stops most stubborn epilepsy cases and helps thousands. If you have fits, write Renesol Laboratories, 509 Fifth Avenue, New York City, Dept. 1395, for a free booklet.
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New York
N. Y
New Remedy
Renesol Laboratories
Fifth Avenue
New York City
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New Hanover G. O. P
Yim Ele Rele Dipierces
Golden Medical Discovery
Clinard Electric Company
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John Melo
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