Public backs new parking ordinance in citywide enforcement
Citizens support a recently adopted parking ordinance while police enforce no parking zones from 1 am to 6 am on Main Wrenn Broad College English Washington Commerce Montlieu Lexing and related avenues. Hotel guests at the Sheraton are the only violators cited, often claiming ignorance of the rule. Signs have been placed and officers instructed to continue enforcement.
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W. G. Friddle
Main Street
Sheraton Hotel
Main
Wrenn
Russell
Howell
Broad, College
English
Washington
Comerce
Willowbrook
Hamilton
Montlieuw
Lexing Avenues
Governors delay liquor board appointment as delays mount
Raleigh April 30. Governor Clyde R Hoey will likely delay naming a liquor board member until May 4 or 5 due to an unexpected Supreme Court vacancy and clemency appeals for five condemned men The piece notes Murphy term expiration and a Greensboro map issue while recalling historic dry county debates and Rowan county dry candidates denying ties to liquor law positions.
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Henry Averill
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Clyde R. Hoey
Liquor Board
Thomas J. Murphy
Greensboro
Supreme Court
Rowan
County Commission
John Kerr Jr Seeks Seat Following Father’s Footsteps
John Kerr Jr is the unopposed candidate for the house from War ren county hoping training will help him follow his father, the congressman from the second district. This year Kerr Jr faces no opposition while his father battles a stiff challenge from Wilson Barnes.
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John Kerr, Jr
Warren County
Wilson
Barnes
Quiet Edgecombe County primary as no opposition
Edgecombe County faces a quiet primary day with no challengers to Cap Eagles for the House or Cousin Willie Clark for the Senate. Nash also has no opponent against incumbents Bill Fenner or Claude Abernethy in the House race.
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Edgecombe
Cap” Eagles
House
Willie’ Clark
Senate
Nash
Bill Fenner
Claude Abernethy
Johnson seeks House seat after earlier senate bid
L N Johnson of New Hanover, once a Pender representative, tries for the House this year after being badly beaten by Harriss, the senate finance chairman, in 1936.
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Harriss Newman
Senate
L. N. Johnson
New Hanover
Harriss
Johnson
Pender
Revival Services Set at Sandy Ridge Church May Start
Kernersville April 30 The annual revival series will begin at Sandy Ridge Methodist Protestant church with Rev C B Way as pastor. The first sermon will be by Rev R A Knuckles and Rev Fred Love will preach the rof services. Delegates to Winston-Salem district conference named include Mrs T R Wolfe Mrs R C Morris Miss Mary Linville H D Stafford George Fulp Phin yes. Delegates to the Western North Carolina conference to be held in Charlotte next November were elected.
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Kernersville
Sandy Ridge
North Carolina
J. Love
Winston-Salem
The
Methodist Church
Denton
T. R. Wolfe
R. C. Morris
V. V Vaughn
Mary Linville
Messrs
H. D. Stafford
George Fulp
Phineas
Official stamps depict foods from six nations
A list notes stamps issued by Liberia for pineapple, South Africa for orange tree, Kenador for cocoa bean, Dahomey for date palm, Liberia for pepper, Kedah for rice, and Mozambique for corn.
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Liberia
South Africa
Dahomey
Kedah
Mozambique
Annette Di onne stars in Little Jack Horner spoof
The review notes Annette Dionne stars as Little Jack Horner in a play parodying the tale with Cornelia Otis Skinner in a rival role. The reviewer questions dramatic logic and notes the Christmas timing and upcoming Little Miss Muffet.
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Annette Dionne
Little Jack Horner
Cornelia Otis Skinner
Annette
Miss Mufet
Love and Truth After Empress Reunion at New York
Joyce and Dick reunite aboard the Empress as a fake jewel clip plot unravels. Captain Boyer confirms the scam linked to Mrs. O Hara while Isobel Porter’s and the insurance angles are clarified. Dick brings proof and Joyce finds forgiveness as they face home and a note on Kingston wicker furniture.
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Sandy Hook
New York
Joyce
Ambraee
Paradise
Mrs. O'Hara
Miami
Customs
Dick Hamilton
O'Hara
Boyer
O. K
Fiest
Father
Molly O'Hara
Isobel Porter
Isobel
North Carolina Bank Assets Rise Sharply in 1938 Report
Bank assets in North Carolina grew overall with state commercial banks down by about 3.5 million while 43 national banks added over 5 million, lifting total commercial bank resources to 440.65 million from 439.05 million year earlier. Industrial banks also rose by nearly 2.5 million.
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Serprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
North Carolina
Gurney P. Hood
North Carolina Bank Resources Rise in 1937 Figures
Industrial banks in North Carolina totaled $17,656,661.89 with 33 banks and two branches, up from $15,474,157.85 on March 31, 1937. When combined with commercial banks, state banking assets reached $458,307,717.02. Deposits grew for individuals and firms by $4,861,782.66, while government deposits decreased by $7,647,361.84 and savings accounts rose by $2,450,284.22.
Ridge Presses New Deal as Key Issue in 6th District race
Greensboro candidate Major Edney Ridge touts 100 percent for Roosevelt and the New Deal as he challenges seven rivals for the U S House seat in North Carolina. Pre primary forecasts show Ridge not favored by professionals or business leaders, with Barker and Teague potential rivals in a second primary.
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Ridge
Raleigh
North Carolina
Roosevelt
Fdr
Edney Ridge
Greensboro
Major Ridge
Oscar Barker
Durham
Lewis Teague
High Point
Retiring Negro Red Cap Looks Back on Long Career
Chicago report highlights William Pryor Bell retiring after 27 years as a red cap at North Western station. Bell says he saved his tips, calls his career great, and plans to return to farming, his first love.
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Chicago
William Pryor Bell
North Western
Red Cap
Sculptor remakes pigeon statue into ghost figure
In New York the artist Juan De Creeft faced complaints about cruelty to a pigeon in his statue Mademoiselle Peace. He removed the live bird and replaced it with a tin bird, renaming the piece The Ghost of Mademoiselle Peace, as praised by the Society of Independent Artists.
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New York
Juan de Creeft
Mademoiselle Peace
Society of Idependent Artists
de Creeft
South Carolina Allows Bigger Trucks On Highways
Columbia South Carolina April 30 Forty thousand pound trucks 96 inches wide could legally traverse state highways today. A bill raising weight and width limits from 20000 pounds and zero inches was signed shortly before midnight by Governor Olin Johnston.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Olin Johnaton
Richards Plays Bold Bridge Trick to Make Contract
In a recent tournament Detroit player R. R. Richards executes a bold defense by ducking and ruffing to trap opponents. He sacrifices an extra trick to gain an overtrick as West misreads the suit, and dummy’s cards turn the tide with careful discard and a hidden club threat.
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Richards
West
East
Feast
South
Contract Problem Analysis in Five Clubs Play
South faces five clubs with East holding spade king heart ace and four diamonds to the jack. South can still make eleven tricks. solution appears in the next issue.
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South
East
Fifteen New Full Fashioned Mills Set for North Carolina
Raleigh reports fifteen new full fashioned hosiery knitting mills located in March or announced for North Carolina. The total equals half of all new mills in 1937. Raleigh Mills Co will take over old Carnleigh Mills, making upholstery materials, plushes, casket coverings.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
J. T. Anderson
Department of Conservation and Development
Anderon
Raleigh Mills Company
Carnleigh Mills
Wake County Register of Deeds
Caraleigh Mills
Coal dust milk campaign fights silicosis in Welsh mines
In Swansea Valley a new colliery opened as coal dust measures spread through the milk industry. Over 220 bottles of milk were drunk at the first day bar, milk consumption rising. The Wales Miners Federation pushes a milk campaign amid coalfield cases, with 50 percent increase reported in four years. The Research Council and Monary Diseases Board fund investigations.
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South W
I& Gellyceidrim
Swansea Valley
Swansea
Wales Miners Federation
Ing
Research Council
Monary Diseases Board
Petroleum Compounds Vary Across Different Oils
A note on crude oils describes petroleum as a complex mix of sulfur hydrogen and nitrogen. Individual compounds vary greatly in characteristics from one petroleum to another.
No Single Form With Crude Oil Found
A brief note reports that there is no singular method or form for handling crude oil this period. It highlights variability in refining approaches and regulatory considerations affecting production and distribution decisions.
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