Woodcock Seeks Textbook Revisions On Alcohol Effects
Washington April 18 Prohibition Director Woodcock announced a monograph by the prohibition bureau urging textbook revisions to reflect new scientific findings on alcohol effects. The report notes state and federal laws on hygiene and temperance teaching and cites lab results on alcohol content in beef and wine. Woodcock also floated the idea of leaving his post for a federal judgeship and began a northwest inspection trip.
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Washington
Prohibition Bureau
Prohibition
Woodcock
States enact temperance day laws for school hygiene courses
The monograph notes that public funded schools must offer hygiene courses for set periods focusing on alcohol effects. It cites state laws in Alabama Georgia Kentucky Maine Missouri Nevada North Carolina North Dakota South Dakota Ohio Oklahoma and Tennessee requiring a designated temperance day annually.
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Alabama
Georgia
Kentucky
Maine
Missouri
Nevada
North Carolina
North Dakota
South Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Revenue Bill Conferees Named As Session Near End
The group of eleven lawmakers from both chambers, led by Senator Dunlap and including Folger Hinsdale Clark and Rep. Spence MacLean Hood Allen Connor Cherry Harris, will craft a revenue bill to pass both houses. Approval requires three of four senators and four of seven representatives. either house may reject the report, delaying adjournment.
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Department of Labor
Gardner
Surry
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Hinsdal
Wake
Hinsdale
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Edgecombe
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Moore
MacLean of
Beaufort
Hood
Wayne
Allen
Granville
Connor
Wilson
House Racome Committee
Cherry
Gaston
Harris
Person
General Assembly
Logtown mission ends in massacre during jungle patrol
Captain Pelery and six guards with W L Lester and others set out for Logtown by narrow gauge motor cars. Bandits hid along tracks and opened fire killing the captain and mortally wounding Selser. National guard retreats as villages are raided and Americans urged off plantations. Four men named among the slain. 55 refugees reach San Diego after earthquake event.
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Pelery
Marines
W. L. Lester
Jackson
Miss
Fruit Company
Logtown
Selser
National Guard
Fruit
Davis
John Brynan
William Brond
Hubert Wilson
San Diego
Cal
Anaigua
Tansport
Speculation on Roosevelt for President Faces Party Split
The article notes talk of Roosevelt for president clubs while Hoover remains unchallenged within the GOP. In the Democratic camp Maryland backs Governor Ritchie, with McAdoo and Robinson among southern leaders pushing economic issues and anti prohibition sentiment. Alfred E. Smith may be nominated again as a repeal supporter. John W. Davis predicts an opponent to the national dry law next year.
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Hoover
Robinson
Arkansas
Raskob
Alfred E. Smith
Roosevelt
John W. Davis
Asheboro Club Meetings Highlight Local Social Scene
The Friday Afternoon Club met at Mrs. O L Presnell’s Salisbury Street home with several guests. Book reviews by Mesdames Kemp Alexander and Harriette Hammer Walker were followed by a humorous story read by Mrs. Joe Lewallen.
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Asheboro
O. L. Presnell
Salisbury Street
Mesdames Kemp Alexander
Harriette Hammer Walker
Joe Lewallen
Randolph Book Club Holds Friday Meeting at Worth Street
Mrs T H Redding hosted Randolph Book club on Worth Street Friday afternoon. The program featured a Yosemite National Park reading by Mrs J C Redding and a Will Rogers short story read by Mrs D B McCrary. Current events touched on gardens and cherry trees in Winston Salem.
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T. H. Redding
Randolph Book Club
Worth Street
Yosemite National Park
J. C. Redding
Will Rogers
D. B. McCrary
Winston- Salem
Pritchard to Defend Davis in Asheville Banking Case
In Asheville on April 18, George M. Pritchard, former congressman, joins defense for Wallace B. Davis, ex president of Central Bank and Trust Company, in state and federal banking law violation indictments. Nearly a score of local lawyers prepare for a six week superior court term starting April 27 with trials involving officers and directors of multiple banks.
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Central Bank and Trust Company
Asheville
Wallace B. Davis
Grand Jury
George M. Pritchard
Pritchard
Robert R. Williams
A. Hall Johnston
John B. Anderson
Russell C. Davis
Thomas J. Harkins
Zeb F. Curtis
Eugene C. Ward
Newton M. Anderson
D. P. MelLendon
Durham
Gardner
Charles A. Jonas
Thomas A. McCoy
Frank Patton
Morganton
Johnson, Smathers and Rollins
State Bank
H and van Winkle
American National
Superior Court
Biltmore- Oreen Bank
American National Bank
Bank of Black Mountain
North Carolina
Guilford Groups Hold Semiannual Reception at Guilford College
At Guilford College on April 18 the Zatasian literary society hosted the Henry Clay society for a semiannual reception. Kenneth Whitsett of Charlotte entertained with blackboard sketches about local events. Refreshments were served and both societies joined in the post program reception at the men’s center.
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Guilford College
Zatasian Literary Society
Henry Clay Society
Kenneth Whitsett
Charlotte
Men’s Center
Louise Melville
Edna Wafford
Laura Conrad
Mary Reynolds
Mary Pittman
Sinclair Williams
Grace Ransdale
Dust and soot fall in Glasgow exceeds London rate
The annual fall of dust and soot in Glasgow is estimated at 820 tons per square mile, compared with 248 tons per square mile in London, highlighting a significantly heavier air pollution burden in Glasgow.
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Glasgow
London
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