Certificates Given 1018 Farm Women at North Carolina Event
Eighteen North Carolina farm women received certificates for completing summer home making courses at State College during the farmer's convention in Raleigh. Dr. John H. Wright delivered diplomas and the commencement address as part of a program drawing about 3,000 attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmen Alexander
Huntersville
Mecklenburg County
Annie Brantley
Spring Hope
Nash County
Charles F. Cates
Mebane
Alamance County
Rebecca L. Charles
Mecksville
Davie County
R. K. Davenport
Willow Springs
Wake County
Smithfield
Johnston County
W. C. Matthews
Littleton
Halifax County
W. C. Poll
Elmwood
Iredell County
D. H. Torreysob
Whitsett
Guilford County
J. I. Wagoner
Greensboro
L. H. Lassiter
Potecast
Northampton County
S. Walker
Reidsville
Rockingham County
Rhode Island Man Invents Treadmill to Study Foot Movement
A Rhode Island inventor develops a treadmill apparatus at age 12 to analyze how feet move when walking and to correct defects. The device aims to improve gait and balance through mechanical study and adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhode Island
Glamis Beacons Ready to Signal Royal Birth
Glamis Scotland Aug 1 tenants gather fuel to light a beacon signaling a royal birth. Faggots heap on Hunters Hill ready for the beacon tradition. Two telephone lines link Glamis to Buckingham Palace so the king and queen stay in touch with the castle.
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Glamis
Scotland
Glamis Castle
Duchess of York
Higa
Hunters Hill
Buckingham Palace
London
Merger between Youngstown Sheet and Tube and Bethlehem Steel extended
The consummation of the Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company and Bethlehem Steel merger has been extended to August 29. The case, in Mahoning county court, is in its twenty first day with Eaton interests seeking to block the deal. The suit focuses on Bethlehem's bonus system and a $12 000 000 goodwill asset claim as grounds to challenge the merger terms.
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Youngstown, CO
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Mahoning County
Bethlehem
Eugene G. Gracé
Youngstown Company
Eaton At
Shanghai beggars strike for three meals a day
In Shanghai beggars, long used to two free meals daily, organized and rioted for three meals a day. Police quelled the disturbance and the group remains limited to the two meals provided, with property damage noted during the riot.
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Shanghai
Balsa Wood Noted As Very Light Material
The text states that balsa is the lightest wood, weighing about seven pounds per square foot and roughly half the weight of cork.
Edison scholarship exam probes ethics with desert rescue dilemma
West Orange, N J Aug 1 49 boys from every state and DC faced tough questions in science and a moral puzzle about a desert expedition. Only three of seven could be saved from a group including a 60 year old scientist his social wife a 6 year old son the fiancee of the leader and a friend with two guides. Most considered women and children first but some doubted the wife and favored the fiancé and friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Orange
N. J
Thomas A. Edison
Edison College
District of Columbia
Sumner Burgwyn Fined for Attacking Lawyer
WINTON N C August 1 W H 8 Burgwyn candidate for lieutenant governor in 1928 was fined 25 by Judge E H Cranmer who held him in contempt of court for attacking Solicitor Hunt Parker Burgwyn an attorney seized the solicitor by the throat when a remark offended his honor the two men shook hands after the incident
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Winton
N. C
W. H
Burgwyn
E. H. Cranmer
Hunt Parker
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State College
Department of Com
NEA
York
Pennsylvania
Ralph Moody
S. K
Maxwell House Coffee
White House Coffee
R.cor
Washington
WRENN
Torneys Charge
Bethlehem Assete
Sheet
Beggars
Sumner Burgwyn
Belk-Stevens Company
C. K. Eagles
Men’s Union
LIC
Rees
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