Women Push Child Welfare and Labor Laws in NC
The North Carolina Women’s Legislative Council outlines a 1931 program prioritizing child welfare and labor laws. Proposals include limiting under 16 work hours, raising education requirements for teen workers, expanding hazardous-occupation protections, banning night shifts for minors, establishing a 55 hour work week for women, and state ownership of the Efland Industrial School for Negro girls.
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Efland
Legislative Council
State Board of Corities and Public Welfare
State Department of Education
Women’s and Children’s Bureau
Department of Labor and Printing
Mary A Kelly Receives $7000 Monthly From Nevil Will
George W Nevil a retired Philadelphia leather manufacturer left an estate over 3 million dollars to Mary A Kelly 31 niece of the late house keeper The will provides a monthly income of 87000 for Miss Kelly The article notes a broad discussion of highway beautification election reform and state welfare programs and the formation of committees to study these matters for the 1933 General Assembly
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Mary A. Kelly
George W. Nevil
Philadelphia
Miss Kelly
Atlantic City
N. J
The
Highway Commission
General Assembly
John Jay Birth and Early Career Highlights
John Jay was born December 12 1745 in New York City. He studied at Columbia College and became a leading jurist and diplomat. He served as chief justice of New York and held key roles in the Continental Congress and U S diplomacy, shaping early American foreign policy.
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John Jay
New York City
Columbia College
Jay
Continental Congress
Great Britain
New York
Congress
United States
Spain
Paris
Franklin
Long Wait Test Debtor Demands Money
An office boy returns with a bill and refuses to leave until payment is made. The boss bans his return, while the debtor jokes whether the boy would be recognized in a beard, from Tit-Bits.
A and P Sales Fall Five Percent in November
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co reports November sales of 79,820,446 dollars, down 4.65 percent from last year. Eleven month sales total 980,949,625 dollars, up 4.89 percent from 1929, with November tonnage at 399,742 tons, 4.89 percent higher, and year to date tonnage up 10.52 percent. Average weekly sales for November were 19,955,112 dollars, slightly below 1929, while weekly tonnage averaged 95,277 tons, up 4,659 tons from November last year.
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New York
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co
France Displays Treasures In Castles To Honor History
France shifts to placing national treasures in historic surroundings rather than museums. Priceless fifteenth century furniture and tapestries move from museums to restored chateaux such as Axay le Rideau. Loches fortress castle work uncovers a secret passage beneath the town.
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France
Castiles
Axay-le-Rideau
Loches
Demonstration Sheep Flocks Planned Across Kentucky This Winter
Demonstration flocks are to be established in several sections of Kentucky this winter to showcase modern sheep husbandry and breeding practices under cooperative arrangements with local farmers and agricultural officials.
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Kentucky
Couple Rewed After 28 Years Divorced
John W. Meisner 79 and his former wife Anna Meisner 62 were remarried in Cleveland Ohio after a long separation. They first wed in 1892, divorced in 1902, each remarried, and later reunited when they learned Anna's second marriage had ended.
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John W. Meisner
Anna Meisner
Cleveland
Ohio
Meisner
Mystery Man Basil Zaharoff Visits England
Sir Basil Zaharoff 89, famed as the mystery man with many secrets, visited England on one of his rare trips to Great Britain. He is regarded as possibly the richest man outside America, once owned Monte Carlo, and is noted for rare honors including the Grand Crosses of the Bath and the Legion d’Honneur.
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NEA
London
Basil Zaharoff
England
Great Britain
Zaharoff
America
Monte Carlo
Bath
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Council of North Carolina Women
Legislative Council of
North Carolina Women
Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Federation of Women’s Clubs
League of Women Voters
State Nurses’ Association
Women’s Auxiliary
Women’s Missionary Society of the N. C. Conference
M. E. Church, South
Young Women's Christian Association
Negro Club
Matton Drug
W. M. Tucker
Mgr
Worth Main Street
Victor
Victor Radio Electrola
Victor Radio Electroia
Supreme Instruments
Victor Records
Kester Furniture Company
Dio
Africa
Efird
Rim
Oxfords
Chambray
Uncle Sam
Big Yank
Soc
Oxford
Milton Goodman
Mayo
Efird’s Department Store
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