Virginia convict labor studied for North Carolina roads
State Highway Engineer John D. Waldrop will study Virginia’s convict labor method for road work to adapt a similar plan in North Carolina. He will visit Rich mond and Virginia then confer in Washington with federal authorities on highway aid implications. A NC committee including R A Coughton D A McGirt John Sprunt Hill and James L McNair was tasked to draft practical use of prison labor on state highways following Gov. O Max Gardner’s request.
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Raleigh
Virginia
John D. Waldrop
Waldrop
Richand
Richmond
Washington
Federation
R., A. Coughton
D. A. McGirt
John Sprunt Hill
James L. McNair
O. Max Gardner
Suffragette Comment on Suffrage Progress at Mount Holyoke
Mount Holyoke college stated in response to the league's query that granting suffrage to women has not brought the millennium but is a definite step toward better government. The remark was part of the broader suffrage discussion continuing on Thursday.
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Mount Holyoke College
League
New York
Meadow Brook
Long Island
Richard George
Humphrey Guinness
Aidan Roark
Charles Tremayne
C. Roark
Lewis Lacey
America
Fight on Obscene Plays Sparks National Debate
The article quotes officials and citizens on the impact of women's suffrage. Newton PD notes unsettled questions as Baker, former war secretary, says experience under the nineteenth amendment is insufficient to judge women’s overall use of voting rights. He praises women’s self education efforts as admirable and recognizes a major political-right issue settled.
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Newton PD. Baker
Chicago police chief tied to bribe in Lingle case
State's attorney named Freeman as admitting the signature on a letter while recalling the loan request. Freeman said he needed funds after a judgment against him and sought money from a Chicago big man who introduced him to Zuta who provided the loan. He later offered Zuta $175 but was rejected with a remark about waiting to "get it all together."
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Sistant
Jake Lingle
Tribune
Freeman
Evanston
Rathbun
Chicago
Zuta
Craig
Jack
Pal
Hyde Appointed National Drought Committee Chair
President names Secretary Hyde to coordinate federal and state drought relief efforts. The committee includes Leggs, Bestor, Governor Young, Payne, Aishton, Mills, and Rob inson, with headquarters in the Agriculture Department. Governors in Illinois and Virginia report active state committees as drought conditions remain severe in about 394 counties. Rain has slowed spread outside acute areas but crop destruction continues, with heavy relief needed this winter.
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Hyde
National Drought Committee
Leggs
Federal Farm Board
Bestor
Federal Farm Loan Board
Young
Federal Reserve’ Board
Payne
The
Red Cross
Aishton
American Railway Association
Treasury Mills
Henry M. Robinson
First National Bank of Los Angeles
Robinson
National Drought Relief Committee
Department of Agriculture
Illinois
Virginia
Harry Flood Byrd
Frederick W. Scott
A. C. Needles
R. H. Angell
John R. Hutcheson
Railways praised for prompt action in distress period
Sections note high appreciation for railways prompt and constructive action amid reduced incomes and low mood. The public interest center on maintaining railway strength and financial stability to cooperate in national difficulty. Red Cross directs county agencies to prepare for distress coverage until state organs finish organizing.
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Red Cross
Gardner Orders Probe After Tarboro Lynching
Governor O Max Gardner announced a far reaching probe into the Tarboro lynching to prosecute those responsible. He condemned mob violence, recalled nine years without lynching in North Carolina, and urged Sheriff Bardin to use state backing to arrest the guilty, while noting the mob wore masks and stole license plates from cars.
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Moore
Watson
Gardner
Asheville
O. Max Gardner
Tarboro
Times
Hendersonville
Biltmore Forest Country Club
North Carolina
Bardin
Local society notes and visits in High Point area
Mrs. Raymond Rike is a patient at High Point hospital after an operation and remains restricted from visitors. Welch Memorial church Junior class met at Luther R. Medlin's home on Smith street, with Vee Sechrest presiding and a doubles horseshoe tournament crowning Aubert and William Smith. Members enjoyed watermelons. Louise Salsbury returned from Kinston. Miss Rubenette Hazzard of Williamsburg, Va. visits Mrs J E Amos. Prof R T Teague and daughter Beatrice Teague visit J S Teague on Montlieu avenue.
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Rike
Raymond Rike
High Point Hospital
Welch Memorial M. P. Church
Luther R. Medlin
Smith Street
Vee Sechrest
Aubert
William Smith
Alson
Edward Hoover
Ralph Eldridge
Raymond Hodges
Howard Vincannon
Mackie Jarvis
George Kerr
R. T. Teague
Avery County
Beatrice Teague
J. S. Teague
Montlieu Avenue
Scholz Calls Convention to Form New Reichstag Party
Dr. Ernest Scholz, head of the German People's Party, invites leaders of Social Democratic Conservative and Young German factions to a convention to form a new Reichstag faction. The previous Reichstag was dissolved by President von Hindenburg.
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Ernest Scholz
German People’s Party
von Hindenburg
Juniors United American Mechanics Seek 1931 State Session
Goldsboro and High Point bid to host the 1931 annual session of the Junior Order United American Mechanics as Greensboro hosts the 40th annual gathering. About 500 delegates are expected with bids to entertain next year’s convention, plus a historic home degree to be conferred by Lexington orphanage children.
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Greensboro
Goldsboro
High Point
United American Mechanics
State Council
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Frank Graham
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Elizabeth City
Max Gardner
Charles E. Brewer
Raleigh
Meredith College
North Carolina
Lexington
Florida aims to join aviation boom tailwinds now
Tampa, Florida lies in the path of U S air travel toward South America and residents push for rapid aviation development. Governor Carlton notes earlier adoption would have spurred domestic manufacturing already thriving in western states.
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Tampa
Florida
United States
South America
Carlton
State Till Shows Strong Balance
Enterprise Bureau reports North Carolina treasury holds a cash balance of 9,083,262.95 dollars as of July 31. The general fund contains 1,806,252 dollars and highway and other special funds total 7,277,010.95 dollars.
State finances show July receipts and fund balances detailed
The auditor and treasurer release shows July cash balance of 1 046 390 42 with receipts of 1 995 064 24 totaling 2 951 454 66. Warrant disbursements 1 115 202 56 reduce the general fund to 1 806 252. Highway and other funds start at 1 068 216 943 05 with July receipts 3 5549 044 56 and expenditures 6 490 976 46 leaving 7 277 010 95. Free cash 6 792 729 81. obligated 484 281 14 for various interests and redemptions. Total state indebtedness 178 164 600, with bonds outstanding 170 814 600 and notes 7 350 009. Funding includes general fund notes and bonds, world war veterans bonds, highway bonds, Chowan river and school building bonds.
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Budget ‘Bureau
Cape Fear River
Chowan River
By Decomposing Natural Gas To Produce Diverse Products
Decomposing natural gas at high temperatures and recombining its constituents yields products including artificial rubber aesthetics and motor fuel dyes and explosives.
Passengers Fight Fire, Pilot Lands Flaming Plane
Bernard Rawson, 22, a Bay City pilot, safely landed a burning cabin monoplane from 38 000 feet after passengers Cleo Slagle Florence Davis George Commons and Bousfield Ward used fire extinguishers. The crash followed a gasoline explosion after touching down near Pontiac Michigan. all aboard escaped with minor injuries.
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Pontiac
Mich
Bernard Rawson
Bay City
Rawson
Aircraft Corporation
Cleveland
Cleo Slagle
Mies Florence Davis
Slagle
Miss Davis
George Commons
Bousfield Ward
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