Old Farm Tied to Washington Duke Founding Philanthropy
Aug 16 Durham uses rediscovered farm of Taylor Duke near Bahama to spotlight Washington Duke founder of the philanthropic Southern family whose total benefactions approach 90 million. Story recalls Duke’s Civil War era youth on the Little River farm, its rugged soil, late life visits, and the site’s view of Duke University chapel spire.
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Durham
Washington Duke
Bahama
Duke
Taylor Duke
Orange County
Little River
North Carolina
Duke University
Washington
Washington Duke Birthplace Preserved in Stone and Memory
A long drive down a shaded slope leads to the old Duke home site near Hillsboro where Washington Duke began life. The kitchen survives in fair repair while the living quarters vanished, and records show Taylor Duke’s 1825 personal property list as a vivid window into a self sustaining 19th century farm.
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Duke
Hillsboro
Taylor Duke
Washington Duke
Old Hebron Church
Ceme
Tery
Orange
W. J. Duke
C. Hopkins
James Gooch
William Duke
R. N. Blaylock
Durham
Benjamin N. Duke
James B. Duke
Brodie
Made in Carolina drive endorsed by state leaders
The Made in Carolina campaign to start in North Carolina in September has won universal endorsement from manufacturers, business leaders, and public officials. Officials released letters from A B Blalock, B B Jeffress, Walter C Taylor, R C Trosper, Fred L Weede, Will D Briggs, F J Sizemore, and F F Sizemore detailing support for promoting North Carolina made products and local cooperation.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Conservation and Development
Department
A. B. Blalock
North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Bb. B. Jeffress
Greensboro Daily News and Record
Walter C. Taylor
Southern Textile Association
R. C. Trosper
Greensboro Merchants Association
Fred L. Weede
Asheville
D. Briggs
North Carolina Cotton Manufacturers Association
F. J. Sizemore
High Point
Fashions Hit Irish Farmers in Northern Ireland Mood
In a Northern House of Commons speech, Sir Edward Archdale, the Minister of Agriculture, warned that women's fashion in Great Britain pushing thinness reduces potato consumption, depressing Irish farmers. Representative Collins tied this to flax and linen trade woes from silk replacements, while Nixon blamed Eve as Adam’s partner for the charges.
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Northern Ireland
Edward Archdale
House of Commons
Great Britain
Collins
Nixon
Adam
Eve
New Ship Electric Marvel From Canada and Japan
The Hiner Em press of Japan introduces an electric marvel with wireless telegraphy a wireless direction finder submarine signalling gear a gyro scope compass an electric phonograph repeater an electric motion picture setup and electric stoves notables in British and Japanese ship tech unveilments.
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Japan
Chicago to Build 30 Story Hospital
Announced plans reveal a 30 story hospital to be erected in Chicago. The project aims to expand medical facilities and serve the city with modern inpatient and outpatient services.
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Chicago
Ex Kaiser Wilhelm Wins Proxy Marksmanship Prize
In Silesia at Saabor, former Kaiser receives the chief prize for marksmanship through a proxy. Max Sauermann, a banker and senior sharpshooter, was sent to shoot for the Kaiser as patron absent, tallying a banker's dozen bull’s-eyes to earn the title "Kink of the Saabor sharpshooters."
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Saabor
Silesia
Kaiser Wilhelm
Silesian
Hermine
Max Sauermann
Sharpshooters’ Guild
Saabor Sharpshooters
Germany Faces September 14 Election Amid Nazi Rise
German republic awaits a stormy Reichstag vote as Adolf Hitler and the National Socialists gain ground. Unemployment fuels extremist support while Bruening’s coalition struggles to pass tax laws, and Saxony Thuringia show early success for the party.
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Germany
German Republic
Social Democratic Party
Dr. Bruening
Bruening
Hindenburg
Republic
Adolf Hitler
Bavaria
Mecklenburg
Thuringia
Radio Program Listings Across Networks Sunday August 17
Radio schedule data lists WEAF WABC and CBS chain programs with varied hours including Mystery House, Our Government, Half Hour Concert, In Time of Roses, Champions Orchestra, Seth Parker, and multiple church and concert broadcasts across cities and networks. Includes WJZ WBAL WGN KDKA and many others with detailed hour by hour slots and special guests.
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WEAF
New York
NBC
WEEL
WJAR
WTAG
WCSH
WGY
WIOD
WSM
Wsalawgr
WCAE
KYW
WFJC
WRVA
WHAS
WIJAX
WSB
WFLA
Mystery House
WEE
WGR
WEJIC
WWJ
WSAIL
Major Bowes
WTIC
WEEI
WRC
WFI
WTAM
WSAI
WGN
Champions Orchestra
Seth Parker
WJAX
WPTF
Wey
CKGW
Sam Herman
Xylophonist
Russian Cathedral Choir
WFIC
WJZ
NBC Chain
Lew White
WIR
KDKA
WBZ
RHAM
WBAL
Harbor Lights
WBZ Wral
WJR
WHAM
WRZ
Josef Koestner
WLW
WIAX
WCKY
Wfefla
WBRZ
WAAM
Wj's
South Sea Islanders
Rise of Hitler Stirs German Political Scene
The text notes Hitler gains support in the Reichstag by captivating young university radicals and dissatisfied voters, appealing to tax gripes, opposition to the Young Plan reparations, and unemployment fears. It highlights his promise as a lure to these groups.
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Hitler
Tion
Reichstag
Germany
Stork Delivers Son to Picture Comic Skeets Gallagher
Skeets Gallagher, vaudeville and stage star turned film comedian, and his wife Pauline Mason welcomed a seven pound son Sunday night at Lebanon Cedars Hospital in Los Angeles. Mother and baby are reported well. The couple wed about a year ago and have not chosen a name yet.
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Skeets Gallagher
Pictures
Lebanon Cedars Hospital
Los Angeles
Gallagher
Pauline Mason
Paramount
Gallaghers
Irish Milling Declines as Erin Buys Foreign Flour
The Irish milling trade has suffered a serious decline and the Free State now depends mainly on imported flour. Seven years ago there were 42 flour mills. eleven closed, two decayed and not rebuilt. Twenty nine mills remain. two of the largest have recently been purchased by an English company.
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Dublin
Free State
Paris Cafe Lists Ice Water As a Yankee Delicacy
A Paris cafe advertisement in an English newspaper translates at discretion to all you want. The menu includes new laid eggs boiled vegetables cheese ripe fruit and ice water, offered at the most reasonable prices.
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Paris Cafe
Paris
Scientist Captures Blue Egg Hens and Varied Wildlife
Clarence Elliott a scientist reports capturing blue egg laying hens in South America alongside deer two feet high giant frogs birds resembling turkeys with wing spurs and wild dogs all taken to the London Zoo moving unusual wildlife to a research and display collection.
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South America
Clarence Elliott
London Zoo
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Washington Duke Birthplace
Duke Family of Philanthropists
MADE
Carolina
Atlanta
Empare
Jarrett Stationery CO
N. Wrenn
Seashore
South
Wrightsville Beach
John S. Divine
Seashore Hotel
N.C
Wrightville Beach
Kaiser
National Socialist
Ivol
Reich
Milton Bronner
NEA Service
London
America
Saxony
National Socialist Party
The
Associated Press
WABC
CBS
Fur Trappers Orchestra
WNAC
WCAU
Trotter
WEAN
WLBZ
WMAL
WHP
WIJAS
WLBW
WHEC
WKBW
WADC
WHK
WKRC
WAIU
WKBN
WSPD
WWNC
WDBN
WGST
WBRC
WDOD
WPG
WBT -String Symphony
WJAS
WERC
WIC
WDB1
WBT
Round Towners
WHRAN
WCAC
WTAR
WDBIJ
World's Business
WFAN
WDBJI
Jesse Crawford
WHEHC
WAI
WDBJ
WBT ‘Theater of Air
WHAN
WCAD
WIAS
WFBL
WMAK
WDEL
CFRB
Ckac WA
WHRK
Wekerc
WRRC
WLAC
Mayhew Lake’s
Alen Wean
WEKBN
WERRC
Samovar
WERN
Wcau World
Clear Channel
Atlantic City
Orean
Orch
Wbal Balimore
WIZ Gr
Soprange
WIZ
Biltmoreans
Hartford
Merry Madcaps
Newark
Trottier
Red Lacquer & Jade
Cincinnati
Vox Humana
WJIR
Detroit
Playhouse
Moonbeams
Philadelphia
Pioneers
Pittsburgh—Sa
Wdiz
Rochester
WGY Schenectady
Springfield
Melody
WARC
First Baptist Church
McConnell
Caquriers
WIZ & Weaf
Charlotte
Louisville
Nashville
Richmond
St Mark
Fipiscopal Church
McLaughlin-Buick
Oshawa
Ontario
BUICK
Buick Performance
Buick Motor Company
Flint, Michigan
General Motors Corporation
Coiner Willowbrook and
Commerce Streets
GEO. W. Lowe, Inc
High Point—Lenington
Waen Better Automobiles
Stork
Erin
S. E. Maddox
Carbon Hill
Ala
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