Tar Heels Owe Less Than U S Average Debt
Raleigh April 17 The Tar Heel resident John Doe owes 34 dollars less public debt than Richard Roe or Carrie Coe. The piece compares per capita federal state and local debts for the United States North Carolina and Raleigh, noting city and county additions raise per capita shares above state and national averages.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
John Doe
Tar Heel
Richard Roe
Carrie ‘Coe
United States
Doe
Mr. Roe
Miss Coe
Tarcelia
North Carolina
North Caroline
Wood Home Run Smashes Windshield in Textile Institute Hit
Ty Wood cleared a home run for the Textile Institute in Spartanburg on April 17 but the celebration was dampened as the ball shattered Pa Wood’s new car windshield.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Ty Wood
Textile Institute
Wood
Pa Wood
Sanatorium Plans Approved For Wilson Unit
Directors of the North Carolina Sanatoria approved construction of a new 600000 dollars unit at Wilson. Bids will be sought in two or three weeks. Walter W. Hook of Charlotte is architect.
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Wilson Sanatorium
North Carolina Sanatoria
Wilson
Walter W. Hook
Charlotte
Re-elected Asheville City Councilmen Maintain Post
Seven incumbent Asheville city councilmen were re-elected yesterday without opposition, confirming their seats for another term. The vote occurred April 17 as part of local elections.
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Asheville
Chief Saunooke Faces Black Secret In Regional Wrestling Card
Promoter McMahon touts Chief Saunooke a top grappler from the Cherokee Nation as he meets Black Secret in semis at the local arena. Osage fighter Joan Blevens headlines against Ella Joseph in the main event, with two local boxers opening at 8 30 p m. Windy Lockwood leads Duke in the Chapel Hill dual with North Carolina.
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Sergeant McMahon
Mhat
Saunooke
High Street
Black Secret
Joan Blevens
Tulsa
Ella Joseph
Nashville
Tenn
Chief Saunooke
DUKE
Wendell
Ruby Keeler Returns to Film After Hiatus in Betty Co Ed
Hollywood April 17 Ruby Keeler back before the cameras in Columbia’s Betty Co Ed with Ozzie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard. She and director Louis DaPron oversee new post recording style while adjusting to modern musical trends. Keeler cites golf, pool, and family life in Encino as counterbalance to studio work.
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Lucie Neville
NEA
Hollywood
Ruby Keeler
Mother Carey
Broadway
al Jolson
Columbia
Betty
Miss Keeler
Ozzie Nelson
Harriet Hilliard
Lambeth Technological College
Metro
Keeler
Louis DaPron
Fred Astaire
Paul Draper
Astaire
Dick Powell
Encino
Bing
Horseshoe Throwers Meet at Local Y Tomorrow Night
A meeting of YMCA horse show teams will be held at the Y tomorrow at 7 PM to plan the season. Interested individuals are urged to attend as local leagues will be formed and the North Carolina State Tournament plans discussed.
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North Carolina
Movie magnate Schenck guilty on tax count
New York April 17. Multi millionaire Joseph M. Schenck was convicted of income tax evasion for 1935 and 1936 by a federal court jury after ten hours of deliberation. He faces up to ten years imprisonment and a $20,000 fine. Co defendant Joseph M. Moskowitz was convicted on the 1936 charge and acquitted on the other counts.
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New York
Joseph MM. Schenck
Joseph Moskowitz
Schenck
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
No Censorship: Roosevelt Affirms Free Press Policy
President Roosevelt told editors there will be no government control of news unless vital military information is involved. In a letter read to the American Society of Newspaper Editors, he said free speech remains in undisputed possession of the press, magazines, motion pictures, and radio.
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Washington
Roosevelt
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Toni Wallace
Snapshot Guild Night Shows Rapid Photo Advances
The article extols rapid modern photography from high speed films to fast lenses enabling daytime or night snapshots. It notes easy at home shots with 1/25 second exposures, f/3.5 lenses, and 1000 watt bulbs, and highlights how cameras let beginners and experts capture sports, theatre crowds, and children with minimal equipment. The van Guilder
United Service Organizations funds plan to aid defense workers
The campaign seeks 10 765 000 in 1841 to finance 335 service clubs near camps naval stations and defense centers across the United States and overseas. Agencies include the Jewish Welfare Board Catholic Charities Salvation Army YMCA and YWCA with headquarters in New York City guiding clubs staffed by agency members and offering religious services social events and reading rooms to bring home life stability to defense workers.
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United Service Organizations For National Defense, Inc
U.S.Q
United States
John M. Schiff
Army and Navy
Jewish Welfare Board
Francois P. Matthews
National Catholic Companey Service
Walter Ovine
Salvation Army
U.s.co
Record on NC governor race and poultry census facts
The note recalls that North Carolina had seven Democratic gubernatorial candidates in 1940, breaking the prior four candidate limit. It also cites a Census estimate that U S farms raise enough chickens to provide five per person, implying less than one chicken per family every five weeks.
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North Carolina
U.S
Three Negroes jailed after Thomasville melee wounds man
In Thomasville last night in the Nivo section a man and three women were involved in a violent altercation. Paul Berry lies in hospital with a shoulder wound while Bill Skeen Mabel Daniel and Nora Berry are held in the city jail on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. Skeen allegedly shot Berry in the shoulder and Daniel attacked him with an axe. Nora Berry struck him with a shoe. Berry reportedly fired a shotgun at Skeen but missed.
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Enterprise
Thomasville
City Memorial Hospital
Paul Berry
Bill Skeen
Mabel Daniel
Nora Berry
Paul
Skeen
Berry
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