Guilford County Leads North Carolina Auto Count
Raleigh August 16 figures by Major Sprague Silver show 268 879 vehicles in 55 western counties and 144 092 in 45 eastern counties of North Carolina. Guilford County has 28 095 vehicles for a population of 132 989, the state’s largest total.
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Raleigh
Seaboard Railway
Major Sprague Silver
Guilford County
Mecklenburg County
Forsyth County
Buncombe County
Wake County
Gaston County
Cabarrus
Robeson County
Rowan County
Henderson County
Nash County
Edgecombe
Wayne County
Vance County
Pasquotank County
Silver
City officials back plan for statewide driver exams
Carolina city managers meeting in Greensboro voiced support for Mayor Yorks proposal. They expect to discuss it again September 5 while completing their state organization. Lawmakers may soon push a bill requiring state examinations for all automobile drivers before license issuance with broad city official backing.
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Carolina
Greensboro
York
Memorial Colonnade Honors Quaker Leaders in 1866 74
A bronze plaque commemorates a colonnade linking the Old meeting house to the new as a memorial to Francis T. King Joseph Moore Allen Jay and Baltimore Friends. Col W A Blair presented the gift and reminiscences were shared. The association listed members who died since last year and re elected officers including John J Blair president and Emma Blair secretary.
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Francis T. King
Baltimore
Zion
Isaiah
Col
W. A. Blair
Winston-Salem
John J. Blair
Association
Franklin S. Blair
Emily M Blair
Martha S. English
Fannie English
Florence Evers
Mary M. Hobbs
James Pagan
Oliver Wheeler
Clara J. Cox
Harlow Lindley
State of
Ohio
Earlham College
Lindley
Muddled Note on Revenue and Costs Cited by Jones
A garbled passage quotes Jones saying revenue collection costs consumed most of the funds, leaving little real revenue. The fragment then mentions “Two dave later several North” indicating missing context about subsequent events or locations.
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Dave
North
Visiting Program Continues With Local Leaders
Visiting conducted by local union president Luther Nedlin and Central Friends pastor Tom Alderman Sykes continues, according to officials.
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Luther Nedlin
Central Friends
Tom Alderman Sykes
Sermons At North Main Street Baptist Church Today
Regular services will be conducted at the North Main Street Baptist church. The pastor will preach on Rebuilding the Temple at the meeting and at night on The Young Man As a Church Member. This is the third sermon in the series on The Young Man.
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North Main Street Baptist Church
Morning Worship Service Program
Morning worship at 11 includes organ preludes and hymns. Doxology, invocation, Gloria, and an ushers interval precede solos by Mrs. Graham King. Sermon by T C Johnson, with Hymns 209 and 82 and a Beethoven offertory piece. Benediction concludes.
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Dvorak
Gaul
Evening Worship Program and Hymn List
The service begins with an 8:00 evening worship including an organ prelude A Night Song by Harris and Love Divine by Zundel. Congregation anthem For This The Love of God by Gabriel follows scripture reading and Hymn No. 15 Jesus Is All The World To Me by Thompson. Offertory The Boy by Marks precedes a sermon by T. C. Johnson, the shepherd.
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Harris
Durham man owns four legged chicken in local tale
Walter Hancock of Durham is noted for owning a chicken with four legs. In Ayden Horace Branch wins a tri city tree sitting contest and may claim a $100 prize.
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Durham
N. C
Walter Hancock
Ayden
Horace Branch
Tri-City
Diamond Match Delays Wedding in Pitt County
In Kinston North Carolina E. E. Edwards register of deeds and magistrate W. B. Morrell left a baseball game when a Pitt County couple sought to wed. Edwards had just hit a ball a mile, underscoring which diamond mattered to the players and officiants.
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Kinston
N. C
E. E. Edwards
Register of Deeds
W. B. Morrill
Pitt County
Guv'nor Goes Liter y in Washington Republican Note
Raleigh report notes Mr. Gardner in a United States daily article urges better business management in spending public funds.
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Raleigh, N. C
Gardner
United States Daily
Washington Republican
Ebony Hue woman hits rival with brick in domestic dispute
In Asheville a woman named Ruth Tinch of Ebony Hue struck Carry Jones with a brick during a quarrel involving her husband Fred Tinch. She later told the judge that she intended to hit him again but followed through later.
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Asheville
N. C
Clara Bow
The
Northwest Mounted
Ruth Tinch
Ebony Hue
Carry Jones
Fred Tinch
England To Australia Airline Hits Cost Snag
Canberra reports Australia cannot afford the cost of a regular England to Australia air line subsidy and the scheme is postponed indefinitely. Preparations remain to extend the England India service to Singapore and Australia with tri motor planes carrying passengers and mails. Prime Minister Sculling states Australia cannot cover its share of the 3,000,000 dollar subsidy.
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Canberra
Australia
England
Singapore
Sculling
Planes Demand Higher Flight Over Berlin City
Berlin residents call for raising the city airspace limit from 200 meters after growing plane crashes and forced landings. Officials debate safer glide paths and enforcement to reduce risks to the population.
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Berlin
How To Care For By Dr. C. S. Grayson
Dr Grayson discusses infant health in North Carolina focusing on mortality causes diarrheal diseases dysentery and prevention. He emphasizes sanitation clean milk drinking water outdoor activity breast feeding and proper feeding schedules to reduce deaths among children under two. He cites data from High Point and North Carolina and urges public health measures.
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North Carolina
State Board of Health
High Point
Russell Conwell
Coolidge
Australian Planes Link Wyndham and Adelaide 3500 Miles apart
Western Airways says it operates the longest single country service. Weekly two way flights connect Wyndham in northwest Western Australia with Adelaide covering 3500 miles. The route crosses largely untraveled country.
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Perth
Australia
Western Airways Limited
Pioneer Australian Aviation Company
Wyndham
Western Australia
Adelaide
Louisiana Bumper Honey Crop Not Hit By Drought
Louisiana reports a bumper honey crop unaffected by drought. Bee specialist E C Davis urges farmers to set up honey stations on highways and brand honey as made from Louisiana wild flowers if source is unknown.
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Baton Rouge
Louisiana
E. C. Davis
The
State University
That Stopped Him After Dinner Speaker Tit Bits Quip
A brief item notes a humorous exchange at a dinner talk with the line Did you ever stop to think and the weary listener prompting the quip. The note captures a light moment in a social setting.
Charges Refuted by King Over Hoover Policy Debate
Washington Aug 16. Senator King Utah refutes Robert H. Lucas charge that Democrats oppose every Hoover effort to restore business and employment. King says Democrats sought national welfare and prosperity while criticizing misleading statements and tariff measures amid wartime policy and economic concerns.
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Washington
Robert H. Lucas
Democratic Party
Hoover
King
Utah
Lucas
Republican National Committee
Democratic National Committee
Executive Department
Cuban Highway to Open October 10 in Havana
The second section of Cuba’s La Carretera Central, a $100 million central highway, will be dedicated October 10. Dr. Carlos Miguel de Cespedes, Director of Public Works, announced that about 500 miles of the road linking Pinar Del Rio to Oriente province will be completed, spanning roughly 800 miles.
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Havana
Cuba
Carlos Miguel de Cespedes
Pinar del Rio
Oriente
Mooney Birth Announces Daughter Rose Marie
Mr and Mrs Claude Mooney announce the birth of a daughter Rose Marie on August 13. Mrs Mooney before marriage was Rose Stancil.
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Claude Mooney
Rose Marie
Mrs Mooney
Rose Stancil
New Use Seen For Cherry Pits
Washington chemists say oil from cherry kernels could serve as salad oil and in cosmetics. About 40 million pounds of pits are produced annually, offering a large possible supply for new products.
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Washington
Hoover discusses aviation problems at mountain lodge
President Hoover conferred with four government aviation officials and Col Charles Lindbergh at Orange Virginia to explore reviving commercial air travel. They examined civil aeronautics policy, air mail expansion, defense roles for planes, and ways to streamline government programs without slowing progress.
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Orange
Hoover
Mountain Lodge
Charles A. Lindbergh
Washington
United States
European farmers face heavy losses across crops
England Italy Germany and France expect below normal yields in wheat rye oats and barley due to droughts and storms. Russia and Romania may export surplus cereals while Soviet Russia reports peanuts thriving and plans a large harvest. England forecasts a smaller wheat crop but higher prices amid favorable sunshine value.
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London
Europe
America
British Isles
Russia
Rumania
England
France
Italy
Germany
Australia
United States
Ministry of Agriculture
Franco German studio to produce bilingual talking pictures
A large Franco-German producing concern will make talking pictures in both French and German on a reciprocal basis.
Democrats Seen Favorable to Take Senate in November
Senator Tydings of Maryland predicts an even chance for Democrats to gain control of the Senate by winning 10 Republican seats. He outlines states where Democrats expect to unseat Republicans including Colorado Massachusetts Rhode Island Kentucky West Virginia Wyoming and more. He notes Democrats face hard fights in New Jersey and Pennsylvania but remain active across 35 contests.
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Washington
Senate
Tydings
Maryland
Democratic Campaign Committee
Farm Labor
Ydings
Steck
Iowa
Edwin A. Halsey
Colorado
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Kentucky
West Virginia
Wyoming
South Dakota
Delaware
New Hampshire
Illinois
Ohio
Oregon
Borah
Idaho
Copzens
Michigan
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Dwight Morrow
Davis
Gastonia Hosts 70th Greek Archodon Picnic and Convention
Gastonia North Carolina will host the seventh annual Adelphous Archoviten Ai Karae gathering beginning tomorrow. About 1,000 Greek natives and naturalized citizens attend a three day event at Karyae park, with D Plastroplas Archbishop Damaskinos Gus Bakides Peter Kervilas and Rev Stamos among expected notables. The convention will mark the 100th anniversary of Greece's independence from Turkey.
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Gastonia
N. C
Greece
Adelphous Archoviten
Ai Karae
Brotherhood of Archivitens
Archova
Grecian
Sparta
Karyae Park
D. Plastroplas
The
Hellenic Bank
New York City
Archbishop Damaskinos
Corinth
Constantinople
Gus Bakides
Chicago
Greek Brotherhood
Peter T. Kervilas
San Francisco
Rev. P. Stamos
Charleston
S. C
Lewis Reasserts His Wet Stand In Democratic Platform
Chicago August 16. Democratic Senate nominee James Hamilton Lewis reiterates opposition to Ruth Hanna McCormick on prohibition and places reform planks in the party platform. He calls for state home rule on sumptuary laws and opposes government intrusion into private life.
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Chicago
James Hamilton Lewis
United States
Ruth Hanna McCormick
Lewie
Window Cleaning Revealed as New York’s Most Hazardous Job
A survey shows window cleaning remains the deadliest occupation in New York. The study highlights high fatality and injury rates among workers in skyscraper maintenance.
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New York
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