Pair held in theft of safe near Lexington
Two Raleigh men Sid Cobb and Chris Kanetches are held on charges of breaking and entering larceny and receiving in connection with a safe theft at a service station on highway 29 north of Lexington. A rear car fender and a missing left rear fender tied to a Raleigh license car led to the seizure of the vehicle and two men. The cafe at the filling station contained about $100 in cash and papers. Cobb allegedly spent days at the Everhart home prior to the robbery.
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Lexington
Raleigh
Sid Cobb
Chris Kanetches
Raymond Bowers
Tom Kimel
A. A. Everhart
Bowers
Everhart
Sholen
Cobb
Farmers Attend Farm Bureau Meets Across Coastal Region
RALEIGH April 20. About 1200 to 1500 truck farmers joined farm bureau meetings from Elizabeth City to Wilmington last week and today. Executive secretary F. Arnold planned a Washington trip to discuss a national conference of truck farmer representatives and would meet Edward A. O Neal president of the National Farm Bureau. He also planned similar truck grower meetings for the Virginia and Maryland eastern shore areas later this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
RE. F. Arnold
Farm Bureau
Elizabeth City
Wilmington
Arnold
Washington
Edward A. O'Neal
National Farm Bureau
Virginia
Maryland
Court Order Halts Slot Machine War in Carolina
Gastonia April 20 Sheriff Clyde Robinson and Police Chief J C Elliott were served restraining orders preventing confiscation or interference with slot machines. The Carolina Novelty Company obtained a temporary injunction from Judge Sam Erwin in Lexington. a hearing to determine permanency is set before Judge W F Harding in Charlotte May 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gastonia
Clyde Robinson
J. C. Elliott
Carolina Novelty Company
Sam Erwin
Lexington
W. F. Harding
Charlotte
Bids Sought For More School Buses
Raleigh April 20 The Division of Purchase and Contract invites bids for 400 school bus chassis and bodies due April 29 Also to be bought are stenographers notebooks window sash cards garden hose corrugated metal pipe miscellaneous steel reinforcing steel lubr icants and creosoted lumber
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Raleigh
Division of Purchase and Contract
Record Primary Vote Expected in Wilmington Mayors Race
Wilmington voters went to the polls to choose a mayor and two commissioners with a record primary vote forecast. Incumbent Walter H. Blair faces Representative Thomas E. Cooper for the mayoralty, while James E. B. Wade opposes four rivals for public works commissioner and Finance Commissioner W. Louis Fisher is unopposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Walter H. Blair
Thomas E. Cooper
James EB. L. Wade
W. Louis Fisher
Hershey Workers Vote Today Over Union Choice
Hershey Pennsylvania April 20 workers of the Hershey Chocolate corporation prepare to vote on bargaining agency between United Chocolate Workers of America and Loyal Workers club. NLRB will supervise about 2300 ballots cast Friday with all employees employed April 1 eligible. Both sides campaign through mass meetings and informal gatherings.
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Hershey
Hershey Chocolate Corporation
United Chocolate Workers of America
Loyal Workers Club
National Labor Relations Board
Morris Watson Returns to Job at Associated Press
New York officials say Morris Watson, recently reinstated, returned to his post yesterday after a Supreme Court ruling upheld the Wagner Act. He had been discharged amid claims of insufficient ability, with supporters pointing to his activity in the American Guild.
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New York
Morris Watson
Associated Press
Press Association
Jateon
Supreme Court
Goodwill Flyers Set for Wednesday Morning Display
Captain T Seymour Jessup leads six Goodwill Flyers arriving from New York City for a show at Horace Ragan field on the High Point Ashboro highway. Accompanied by Bill Diehl and Tommy Baker, the group presents stunt flying and parachute jumps aboard two five passenger planes with Wright whirlwind motors, sponsored by the American Society for the Promotion of Aviation.
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T. Seymour Jessup
New York City
Goodwill
Horace Ragan
High Point
Asheboro
Jessup
Bill Diehl
Tommy Baker
American Society For the Promotion of Aviation
Lindbergh
Chamberlain
Diehl
America
Horned Horses of Africa
Strange grunting barks from the veldt mark the nervous horned animals known as guus by Transvaal Boers. These cud-chewers act wild when disturbed, prancing and hopping while emitting barking sounds. They roam central to southern Africa, identified by broad muzzles, long bristles on tails, upright manes, and curved horns. The piece notes their fleetness on dry plains and thin bushland, with two in wild mood shown on a stamp.
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South Africa
Guus
Transvaal
Africa
NEA Service Inc
More Funds Needed To Fight Diseases
Washington April 20 records of a house appropriations subcommittee show an Agriculture Department official estimated an additional twenty thousand dollars could be profitably spent examining the phony peach and Mosaic diseases. Dr E C Aughter, assistant chief of the plant industry bureau, testified it would be very desirable to extend studies beyond this year’s appropriation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Appropriations
Agriculture Department
E. C. Aughter
Plant Industry Bureau
Funds Asked For Screwworm Fight
Washington April 20. The agriculture department warns a mild winter may boost screwworm infection in the southeast. Lee A. Strong, chief of entomology, asks Congress for 75 000 to 100 000 dollars to fund continued bureau efforts against the pest. This year's appropriation stood at 460 000 dollars.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Lee A. Strong
Bureau of Entomology and
Debaters Arrive for Aycock Memorial Cup Contest
The vanguard of 252 debaters from 63 high schools reached Chapel Hill for the 25th annual North Carolina High School Debating Union event, opening tomorrow for the Aycock Memorial cup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
North Carolina High School Debating Union
Mosquito menace being removed near natural lakes
ELIZABETHTOWN April 20 A project manager said clearing dense undergrowth and filling water holes around the natural lakes has almost eliminated the malaria type of mosquito and made the area attractive and accessible for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabethtown
Lewis Dorsett
Jones and Singletary Lakes
Institute completes 25 000 word 1937 laws summary
Chapel Hill April 20 The Institute of Government finished a 25 000 word summary of the new laws enacted by the 1937 general assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Institute of Government
General Assembly
Ant diversity note highlights 3000 plus species worldwide
The record notes that there are more than 3000 described ant species globally. It emphasizes the vast diversity across ecosystems and underscores ongoing taxonomic work to identify and characterize new species in different regions.
Definite production control may be part of farm program
Washington reports that the administration seeks definite and positive production control as part of a broad farm program. Secretary Wallace and H R Tolley testified to a House subcommittee on the agriculture department appropriations, detailing a five point plan to raise farm income and parity with industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wallace
H. R. Tolley
House
Agriculture Department
Tolley
Child Resents Being Left Out Of Parents World
OLIVE ROBERTS BARTON warns that children feel neglected when parents’ social life takes precedence over them. Even with moments at home, heavy emphasis on outside worlds can drive insecurity and damaging behavior as children seek escape or rebellion.
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Olive Roberts Barton
Daddy
John
Mary
Mayr
Mother
Dad
Molly Jones
Bob Smith
NEA Service, Inc
Umstead Seeks Change In Act On Tobacco Grading
Washington April 20 A House appropriations committee hearing on the 1938 agriculture department supply bill disclosed that Mastin G White agriculture department solicitor has said grading could be voluntary under the 1935 inspection act Rep William B Umstead of Durham N C suggested voluntary grading regardless of court decisions The department could extend the act to farmers on a voluntary basis under a 250 000 tobacco grading provision and Kitchen the assistant chief of the agriculture economics bureau said he would consult White
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Agriculture Department
Mastin G. White
North
South Carolina
William B. Umstead
Durham
N. C
C. W. Kitchen
Agriculture Economics Bureau
Kitchen
Appropriations Committee
White
Expect First Lady To Attend Festival
Penderlea homesteads North Carolina expect Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt to visit the Resettlement project and the annual strawberry festival at Wallace on May 15. Residents rehearse an historical pageant in her honor as Mayor Aubrey Harrell says the invitation is tentatively accepted.
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Penderlea
N. C
Pender County
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wallace
Roosevelt
Aubrey Harrell
Marker to Jonathan Worth Erected in Randolph
Asheboro report states a historical marker for Jonathan Worth former state governor and notable Asheboro citizen will be erected in Randolph county on Thursday April 22 at 10 o'clock on the old courthouse site L H Wilson division supervisor of signs confirms plans
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Asheboro
Jonathan Worth
Randolph County
L. H. Wilson
Vermeer's Lady Writing Sells for Six Dollar Value
A Vermeer painting titled Lady Writing once sold for the equivalent of 6 dollars while another of his works recently fetched 200000 dollars at auction, illustrating the artist's enduring high value.
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Vermeer
Lobbyist Fees Are Reported in Raleigh April 20
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co reported to secretary of state Thad Eure that it spent 2027.02 for legislative counsel. Payments included 1500 to Broughton and Yarborough in Raleigh and 500 to Tillett, Tillett and Kennedy in Charlotte with related expenses. Other entities listed fees and expenses for their lobbying work, including Cutlar Moore of Lumberton and the North Carolina Dry Cleaners Association, among others, with totals varying up to 1481.71 in expenses and 687.84 in costs.
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Raleigh
The
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Thad Eure
Broughton and
W. B. Womble
Champion Paper and Fibre Company
R. D. Coleman
Legislative Board of the
Locomotive Firemen and Engineers
BE. Baumberger
Asheville
Chiropraetors Association
C. H. Peters
Norfolk Southern Railroad
J. N. White
Farm Credit Administration
JL. M. Bailey
Ernest Graham
Harry D. Reed
Columbia
8. C
Shrimp Eye Stalks and Arctic Snow Colors
Some shrimps have eyes on long stalks while Arctic snow often appears red or green due to microscopic plants living in it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
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Flapper
T. M. Reg. U
Pat
BY Sylvia
Chuck
Umstead
Norway
Willis van Devanter
U. S. Supreme Court
Sarah Kimball
High Point Enterprise
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