Gardner May Seek State Department of Justice
Raleigh dispatch reports the Brookings survey will urge expanding the attorney general's powers to act as a state department of justice. The AG would investigate and prosecute without local cooperation, covering funds violations, corrupt practices, and local prohibition breaches, with emphasis on county and city fiscal control and enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gardner
State Department of Justice
J. C. Baskervill
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Brookings Institute
General Assembly
A. Max 2Araner
Secretary of State
Buncombe County
Anti-Smith Campaign Committee
Hopeful push for AG prosecution powers in 1931
The piece argues local officials may resist expanded Attorney General authority to prosecute. It cites political ties in localities and predicts strong opposition from elected officers, though statewide sentiment favors reform with Governor Gardner and Attorney General Brummill backing it for the 1931 general assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Gardner
Brummill
England women athletes set uniform sleeves and shorts rule
The Women's Amateur Association in London decided that women athletes must wear vests with sleeves of at least one inch and shorts reaching halfway down the thighs. Presiding officer Lady Decies said the decree aims to improve tidiness and uniformity among competitors.
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England
London
Decies
Theater Restricts Profanity Amid Audience Outcry
Theater official rejects profanity in performances citing audience behavior. Responding remarks dispute the ban claims while noting the policy aims to maintain decorum during shows and to avoid tickets being revoked for violators.
Davidson County appoints 51 assessors for four year term
Lexington December 16 three assessors for each township in Davidson county totaling fifty one men were named by the board of county commissioners to value real estate for four years. A meeting with tax supervisor J L Gordon instructed the assessors as work begins early next year.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Board of County Commissioners
J. L. Gordon
Abbotts Creek
Harvey Teague
CC. G. Green
J. W. Hine
Arcadia
W. F. Raper
H. R. Perryman
C. M. Zimmerman
Alleghany
R. MM. Stokes
N. E. Loftin
M. A. Burkhead
Boone
W. H. Lomax
James I. Beall
W.W. E. Wilson
Cotton Grove
D. L. Crowell
J. R. Raper
G. F. Swink
Conrad Hill
Remur Regan
Lee Crottus
Oscar Hughes
Emmons
J. D. Wright
C. H. Surratt
A. V. Daniel
Hampton
J. L. Nelson
W. K. Davis
Joe Evans
Healing Springs
W. O. Workman
M. W. Tysinger
Grover Hedrick
Thomasville
Charles Phillips
Mead Hite
Belvin Stone
Tyro
Walter Craver
Will Fritts
C. F. Koonts
Yadkin College
Arthur Hartley
L. E. Phillips
Albert Owen
Oil wells in the United States Reach 300000
The American Petroleum Institute reports the current total of oil wells in the United States at 300000, reflecting the nation’s extensive extraction infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
American Petroleum Institute
United States
Notice of 1931 Land Sale in High Point Guilford County
Trustees will sell at public auction in Greensboro at 2 o clock pm on January 8 1931 the property known as 842 Forest Avenue High Point North Carolina described as starting on the east line of Forest Avenue 182 feet southerly from Lexington Avenue and running 50 feet and 1888 feet in two directions with a final back to the start subject to prior deeds of trust unpaid taxes and street assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Eflemos
Lula Eflemos
O. E. Mendenhall Company
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
Court House
Greensboro
High Point
Forest Avenue
Lexington Avenue
Strickland
City of High Point
County of Guilford
O. FE. Mendenhall CO
R. T. Pickens
Atty High Point, N
Penologists discuss prison labor and farm seed production
Penologists from 13 states gathered in Raleigh for the eastern southern conference on state institutional labor. They sought methods to employ prisoners with minimal impact on free labor and planned talks with organized labor. A key visit toured the North Carolina prison farm in Halifax and its Caledonia seed production system.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Halifax County
Caledonia
New Jersey
Florida
Maryland
New York
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Kentucky
Georgia
Bank Wins China Guns Case Against National Provincial Bank
Justice Avery of London dismissed William R. Herend's suit alleging the National Provincial Bank refused to accept ammunition and rifles ordered for China. Herend, from Newry Ireland, claimed to act as the bank's agent to obtain military equipment for a customer abroad, a claim the bank denied.
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William R. Herend
The
National Provincial Bank, Ltd
China
Justice Avery
London
Herend
Newry
Ireland
Bride of Movie Czar Weds former postmaster general
Mrs Jessie Herron Stutesman becomes wife of Will Hays former postmaster general and head of the moving picture industry. The marriage occurred in Bethesda Maryland and the couple left for a western honeymoon. Stutesman's prior husband was James F Statesman a former U S Minister to Bolivia. Her father was a Crawfordsville Indiana bank president until his death three years ago.
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Will H. Hays
Moving Picture
Jessie Herron Stutesman
Hays
Bethesda
West
Congress Actions Reported In Brief
Senate debates Jones maternity bill. Interstate commerce panel to vote on Frank R. McNinch nomination to the power commission. Indian affairs panel continues hearings on Indian conditions. House receives the annual agriculture department supply bill. Immigration committee nears end of study on immigration suspension bills. Public lands panel studies proposed Everglades national park.
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Senate
Jones
Interstate Commerce Committee
Frank R. McNinch
The
Power Commission
Indian Affairs Committee
House
Agriculture Department
Immigration Committee
Public Lands Committee
Everglades National Park
Graham Plan for Southeastern Co-Ops Receives Farm Board Attention
North Carolina agriculture commissioner William A. Graham proposes south wide cooperation to market fruit and vegetables. W G Meal of the Farm Board met Graham in Raleigh with Dean J M Schaub of N C State College to discuss regional market representation and potential Farm Board financial aid if approved.
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Rayleigh
William A. Graham
North Carolina
Federal Farm Board
W. G. Meal
Farm Board
Raleigh
Graham
Dean JI. QO. Schaub
N. C. State College
Charters Granted in State Offices
Certificates of incorporation filed show Your Laundry Incorporated of Statesville to run a general laundry with $10,000 authorized and $1,000 subscribed stock by W. H. Dunaway and Carl N. Dunklee. Commercial Insurance and Investment Co of High Point to work in real estate and investments with $100,000 authorized and $400 subscribed by local principals. Tibbett Farms Incorporated of Asheville to operate a general real estate business with $50,000 authorized and $300 subscribed by Fred T. Allen and others. Reidsville Cemetery Company Incorporated plans burial services with $50,000 authorized and $12,000 subscribed by local and Virginia-based principals.
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Raleigh
James A. Hartness
Statesville
W. H. Dunaway
Carl N. Dunklee
Hickory
Commercial Insurance and Investment Company of
High Point
Roy C. Welborn
L. H. Cherry, Jr
E. Ll. Mitchell
D. C. MacRae
Tibbett Farms, Incorporated
Asheville
Fred T. Allen
Hugh L. Scott
H. W. Dysart
Reidsville Cemetery Company, Incorporated
Reidsville
F. B. Kemp
C. B. Strickler
J. R. Doodwin, Jr
Salem
J. B. Heard
Danville
Duke Quarterly In Four Appearances
Duke announces Ecological Monographs, the fourth Duke university press quarterly. The new journal, official to the Ecological Society of America, will publish lengthy biology papers and join South Atlantic Quarterly and American Historical Review in monthly Duke releases. Dr. A B Pearce of Duke is managing editor.
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Durham
Duke University Press
South Atlantic Quarterly
Ecological Society of America
Ecology
Sheriff Leonard makes first still raid near Midway
Sheriff J A Leonard and Deputies Jesse Green Ira Hunt raided a Midway township site east of Highway 66 northeast of Midway school. They found a fifty gallon still with a baser metal vessel and destroyed the liquor operation. The scene yielded Coca Cola barrels five barrels oil drums cans and a tub. The worm was not found.
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Lexington
J. A. Leonard
Jesse Green
Ira Hunt
Midway Township
Highway 66
Midway School
Notaries Public Commissioned by Governor Gardner
Raleigh Dec 16 Notaries public commissioned by Gov. O Max Gardner listed by name and location including E W McGhee Franklinton E S Morgan Asheville Eugene L Oliver Charlotte M R Wall Selma Miss S Jeanette Kilpatrick Kinston H Y F Massengill Sharpsburg D O Blevins Spruce Pine Miss Meade Fraley Salisbury D W Morton Beaufort Lewis S Thorp Rocky Mount L E Walston Macclesfield W W Whitley Fremont Charles Metcalf Asheville Mrs Carrie D Morris Windsor Miss Inez McLaurin Charlotte Miss Irene Rhyne Charlotte S C Noxon Charlotte.
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Raleigh
O. Max Gardner
E. W. McGhee
Franklinton
E. S. Morgan
Asheville
Eugene L. Oliver
Charlotte
M. R. Wall
Selma
S. Jeanette Kilpatrick
Kinston
H. YF. Massengill
Sharpsburg
D. O. Blevins
Spruce Pine
Meade Fraley
Salisbury
D. W. Morton
Beaufort
Lewis S. Thorp
Rocky Mount
L. E. Walston
Macclesfield
W. W. Whitley
Fremont
Charles Metcalf
Carrie D. Morris
Windsor
Inez McLaurin
Irene Rhyne
S. C. Noxon
Peach Raisers Hear Horticulturist at Carolina Institute
Dr. J. R. Magness head of the U S Department of Agriculture will speak at the two day Carolina Peach Institute in Raleigh starting December 17. His talk covers how peach maturity affects shipping and storage quality. A second conference follows December 18 at Richard Lovering orchard near Jackson Springs.
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Raleigh
J. R. Magness
United States Department of Agriculture
Carolina Peach Institute
West End
Richard Lovering
Jackson Springs
Panels of sugar cane fibre cut noise by sixty percent
Report notes that panels crafted from sugar cane fibre reduce room noise by about 60 percent, offering a low cost acoustic solution. The finding suggests potential applications in offices, studios, and educational spaces seeking sound dampening.
Sale of license tags moves fast in High Point
High Point citizens bought 204 new state automobile license plates on opening day of the 1931 sale at the Carolina Motor club office in Willowbrook and Commerce streets. Fourteen tags were for trucks, the rest for cars, with steady business expected as buyers urged to avoid year end rush.
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High Point
George Lowe
Willowbrook
Commerce
Carolina Motor Club
Dillard Ragan
Lost 1853 Tasmanian stamp sketch found in waste basket
A long-lost original sketch for Tasmania's first London-printed stamps, missing since 1853, was unearthed recently in a waste-paper basket during a clearance of old correspondence at the British Inland Revenue office.
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Tasmania
British Inland Revenue Office
Trust sale of 200 Barker Street High Point NC authorized
Robert W Halstead and wife Carrie execute a trust and, after default, trustees John D Brown and D C MacRae announce a public auction at Greensboro court house door at 2 PM January 17 1931 for property in High Point described as Lot 1 Block E W G Bradshaw Addition 200 Barker Street Guilford NC. Sale subject to deed of trust to Raleigh Banking Trust Company and Metropolitan Life Insurance Company for 3000 dollars.
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Robert W. Halstead
Carrie Halstead
John D. Brown
D. ©. MacRae
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
North Carolina
Court House
Greensboro
High Point
Barker Street
Bradshaw Street
Radshaw Street
T. F. Wrenn
J. R. Ward
W. G. Bradshaw
Raleigh Banking & Trust Company
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
John D. Brown && D. C. M'Craa
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