Elimination Of Unfit Automobiles Is Urged
Raleigh reports to radio audience that dilapidated junk cars with faulty steering pose highway dangers. W C Spruill of the state motor vehicle bureau urges a public demand to phase out unsafe vehicles and incompetent drivers, noting Pennsylvania Connecticut and Massachusetts have laws to regulate cars and enforce safety.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
W. C. Spruill
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Spruill
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Big Scale Duck Raising Starts In Eastern Carolina
The first large scale captive rearing venture of wild ducks in North Carolina, undertaken by Joseph P. Knapp of Currituck County, has proven successful according to reports to the department of conservation and development. This year the department has
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Joseph P. Knapp
Currituck County
Department of Conservation and Development
Deaths Across North Carolina Reported
DEATHS UNTERSVILLE AP W Eldridge Osborne 69 farmer. ALANDER AP James Thomas Early 80. LINTON AP Rev J W Bell 82 Baptist minister 59 years. AKE FOREST AP Mrs John Francis Lanneau 83 widow of Wake Forest professor. INSTON SALEM AP Mrs Alice Elizabeth Parnell 60 Forsyth county resident died of poisoning after briar scratch.
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Ake Forest
N. C
John Francis Lanneau
Wake Forest
Inston-Salem
N.C
Alice Elizabeth Parnell
Forsyth County
Duck hatch at Mackeys Island yields 3556 birds for Knapp
At Mr. Knapp's Mackeys Island hatchery the duck hatch reached 3556 birds, about 55 percent of eggs set. He plans to carry on next year and reserve 300 for stock while releasing the rest for hunting use. Losses by end of July were reported at 8.4 percent.
Honeymoon Bride of General Calles Seen in Private Ceremony
On honeymoon with Mexico's iron general Plutarco Calles, the new Mrs Calles, formerly Leonor Llorente, wed at a private civil ceremony on Calles' farm near Mexico City. Only relatives and four close friends attended. no religious service or photos were allowed. The bride had been a festival singer on occasion. Calles' first wife had died years ago.
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Plutarco Calles
Mexico
General Calles
Mexico City
Calles
Leonor Lliorente
Father and Son Run Still To Keep Out Mischief
B Martin, jailed on liquor law charges in Kelso Washington says his 14 year old son tended a still to keep him out of mischief. He cites too many temptations for youths as the reason for involving the boy. The sheriff reports the confession as part of the case.
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Son
Kelso
Wash
B. Martin
B. Dill
Martin
Wells Cleared in Death of Snow Hill Boy
Floyd Wells of Greene county is held blameless in the death of six year old Ray Thorne of Snow Hill who was fatally injured by Wells' automobile.
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Ilson
N. C
Floyd Wells
Greene County
Ray Thorne
Snow Hill
Wells
Reward offered for return of Cox in Greenwood case
Greenwood South Carolina authorities offer 100 reward for the return to Greenwood County of C. B. Cox an alleged safe breaker said to be held in Cleveland Tennessee Cox is described as a veggman in the report and case details note the missing man and the suspect location.
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Reenwood
Greenwood County
C. B. Cox
Veggman
Cleveland
Tenn
Graham to serve as executive counsel to Governor Gardner
A. H. R Graham of Hillsboro, speaker of the 1929 House, will act as executive counsel to Governor Gardner from September 4 to November 4. O. M. Mull, chairman of the state Democratic Executive Committee, will oversee the fall campaign during this period. In Asheville, the body of a 55 year old man found dead near Biltmore yesterday remains unidentified.
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Sheville
N. C
Biltmore
Railroad moves remove trains 113 and 114 Columbia to Charlotte
The South Carolina railway commission granted Southern Railway permission to remove trains 113 and 114 operating between Columbia and Charlotte. In Charlotte, AP reports a storm put radio station WBT off the air briefly. Paschal Williams, 28, drowned while bathing at a lake north of Statesville. Representative Charles A. Jonas told the Stroup family reunion that machine age problems cannot be solved by politicians or Congress.
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Tatesville
N. C
Paschal Williams
Statesville
Astonia
Charles A. Jonas
Stroup
Congress
Coins Keep Time at Big Ben Clock
Coins on a pendulum tray adjust Big Ben losing or gaining time by adding or removing a half penny. A coin is placed on the tray to speed the pendulum when slow, and removed when fast, nudging the clock toward correct time.
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London
Aquatic Shoes Steal Show at Virginia Beach
Comely Margaret Delahunt walks on water in new “toe boats” at Virginia Beach. The buoyant shoes supposedly won’t sink though a splashy stumble over a fish could test the bathing suit.
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Margaret Delahunt
Virginia Beach
Pritchard Seen as Victor by 75,000 in Senate Race
Asheville Republican nominee George M. Pritchard was forecast to win by about 75 000 votes as Democratic rival Josiah W. Bailey faced a larger predicted margin. Analysts noted cross party voter shifts and continued Democratic unity but projections favored Pritchard’s lead in North Carolina’s general election.
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Asheville
Aug
I(p
Friends
George M. Pritchard
U. S. Senate
Josiah W. Bailey
Raleigh
O. L. Fitzgerald
North Carolina
Fitzgerald
Pritchard
U. S
F. M. Simmons
Representative Pritchard
Mr. Bailey
Constable Catches Liquor Bottles During Raid
Lancaster scene recounts Constable Bauer aiding in a liquor raid when Harry Weit threw three liquor bottles airborne. Bauer leaped and caught two bottles, preserving evidence for the arrest.
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Lancaster
Bauer
Harry Weit
Weit
Michael Happy Boy Again And Romania Likes Him
In Bucharest King Carol changes his son Michael back to a childlike role. The 5 year old heir apparent wears knickerbockers and a slouch cap, replacing stiff robes. Citizens cheer the revival of a carefree boy as he claps to music rather than reviewing troops.
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Michael Happy Boy
Rumania
Bucharest
Michael
Carol
Romania
Statue Unveiled Honoring Marshal Joffre at Chantilly
A marble statue of Marshal Joffre, famed savior of France, was unveiled at Chantilly in a ceremony attended by the 79 year old hero himself.
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Paris
Marshal Joffre
Chantilly
France
Three Mile Swims Chowan River Record At Chamber’s Ferry
Edenton August 8 William Sutton a Cowpens Neck poultry farm operator swam across the Chowan River at Chamber’s Ferry a distance of three miles in one hour and thirty minutes. A group of friends followed by boat reported he showed no exhaustion after reaching the opposite shore. He then played in the water before going ashore. Other Chowan swimmers plan to try to surpass the mark.
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Edenton
Willam Sutton
Cowpens Neck
Chowan River
Chamber’s Ferry
Sutton
Chowan County
German school opened in Schleswig for farm training
The German government has established a school in Schleswig Holstein to train city boys for farm work.
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Schleswig
Holstein
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