Dunlap Appointment Approved in Raleigh
Frank L. Dunlap of Anson county is named chairman of the reorganized State Highway and Public Works Commission to succeed Capus M. Waynick, effective May 1, with Waynick to head the Director of Purchase and Contract post. Observers praise Dunlap for budget steadiness and caution that he will be as exacting as Waynick in highway spending, while Deyton is named assistant director of the budget.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Dunlap
Belef
Waynick
Hoey
Purchase
Highway Commission
George Ross Pou
Old State Prison
Josiah W. Bailey
Budget Bureau
Highway Department
Robert G. Deyton
Deyton
Henry Burke
Burke
Two Killed Sunday In Roadhouse Row
In Gate City Virginia a roadhouse shooting left two dead and another wounded. Coroner H K McConnell said Leo Smith 24 of Whitesburg Kentucky killed himself with an automatic pistol after fatally shooting his sister in law Ethel Hatton 18 and wounding his wife Clara 23.
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Gate City
H. K. McConnell
McConnell
Leo Smith
Whitesburg
Ethel Hatton
Clara
Suicide ruling in death of young man at home play house
Winston Salem authorities report George William Charles aged 20 died from a self-inflicted gunshot in a home play house. Coroner W N Dalton stated the death was a suicide.
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Winston-Salem
W. N. Dalton
George William Charles
Father of Daylight Saving Time Proud of His Baby
Pittsburgh industrialist and political leader Robert Garland recalls he developed the idea in the United States and helped win adoption of daylight saving time for World War I. He credits William Willett of England for proposing the concept and notes the hour is retrieved next fall.
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Daylight Saving Time
Pittsburgh
Bob” Garland
Robert Garland
Garland
Bob
William Willett
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Willett
England
United States Chamber of Commerce
Congress
Wilson
Bob Garland
New Preparation Seen As Thrombosis Preventive
Dr. C H Best, insulin co discoverer, reports a purified form of heparin with 600 to 700 times potency that may prevent blood clots. Already 100 humans treated, deemed too few to move beyond experimental stage. Thrombosis risks include coronary stroke and limb loss. heparin stops clot formation, offering preventive potential.
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Memphis
Tenn
C. H. Best
Best
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
Truck Farmer Reported to Find Pot of Gold
Herman S. Felker a truck farmer near Elloreek Iowa reportedly found a pot of gold and silver while plowing an Irish potato field neighbors say he won’t discuss details. L Brookhart Felker’s brother in law notes others claim a large sum but no witnesses confirm amounts or dates of the coins.
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Ellorek
8. C
Herman S. Felker
Felker
L. Brookhart
Brookhart
Chester
Tennessee
Soney
Rev Herman Smith to Lead Evening Service at First Church
Rev Herman Smith of Anderson Indiana will conduct a special service tonight at 7:45 at the First Church of God 1612 Asheboro Street. He travels in the interest of Anderson College and Theological Seminary and is known as a speaker and bass singer. Pastor Rev Karl Wella invites the public to attend.
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Herman Smith
Anderson
Indiana
First Church of God
Asheboro Street
Smith
Anderson College and Theological Seminary
RE. Karl Wella
Nye Urges Ballot Vote On War Decision At Duke
Senator Gerald Nye argues at Duke University that entering any war must be decided by a popular vote. He criticizes discretionary neutrality as insufficient and says war policy should be subject to congressional vote and direct citizen consent, warning about pressures from munitions and financial interests.
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Nye
Durham
Gerald P. Nye
N. D
Duke University
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
College Degrees to Be Conferred Via Radio and Phone
Presbyterian College will confer honorary doctor of laws degrees on three men at Clinton South Carolina Washington and Charleston using radio and telephone to connect the ceremonies. The plan enables simultaneous honors at the three distant sites.
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Clinton
8. C
Presbyterian College
Washington
Charleston
Davies to receive degree as Byrnes to be honored in ceremony
An ambassador to Russia and Senator Byrnes in South Carolina will attend a college ceremony in New York where Davies may be awarded a degree for service. A back injury from a Washington fall and a Charleston hospital stay for a broken leg from an auto accident are noted in the same report.
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Russia
Inington
Dwight E
New York
Charleston
James F. Byrnes
Southlina
Ambassador Davies
Washington
Joseph EB. Davies
Notice of Sale in Guilford County Superior Court
A commissioner will sell at public auction on April 10 1937 at 12:00 noon at the east door of the Greensboro court house the property of John Kidd Est heirs in Guilford County North Carolina. The parcel includes Lot No 72 Spring Valley Development No 1 and Lot 37 Hedgemont Staley Bros & Harmon Subdivision with descriptions on record in the Guilford County Register of Deeds.
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Superior Court of
Guilford
North Carolina
Gu County
John Kidd
Greensboro
N. C
High Point Ship
Guilford County
Kivett
Spring Valley
Register of Deeds
Winston Road
Hedgemont
Staley Bros. & Harmon
Register Deeds
L. J. Fisher
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Raleigh
New Highway Commission
Denhardt
Henry H. Denhardt
Verna Garr Taylor
New Castle
Roadhouse Row
Harper Sibley
William Green
A. F. of L
Raymond Ingersoll
Brooklyn
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Green
Superior Court
Margaret Kidd
Robert Kidd
Myrtle Kidd
George Kidd
Lula Kid
Ed Kidd
Kidd
Hauser
Nive Kidd Hauser
John
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