Idle Prisoners Are a Problem Now
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh Dec 16 The special sub committee meets but two members were absent. Final recommendations to Governor Gardner and the 1931 General Assembly are expected within ten days. The main issue is providing profitable work for about 800 idle prisoners at state expense. The committee favors expanding prison industry, adding farms, a creamery, cheese factory, cannery and perhaps a flour mill. Aimed at compulsory prison labor in highway construction, with laws requiring use of prison labor in contracts and set costs.
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Gardner
General Assembly
Highway Commission
T 9
Gardrem
Speeral
Untold theft hits 815000 at Davenport store
In Kinston an unidentified thief allegedly seized 815000 from the W. H. Davenport department store after police kept details secret for several days. In Asheville Judge Cameron McRae orders indictments for those spreading derogatory rumors about ranks amid bank rumor closures. In Hickory a tire blowout endangers a vehicle carrying Jessie and R. T. Jackson.
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Kinston
Atte
W. H. Davenport
Asheville
Western Carolina
Cameron
McRae
A Mountain of Christ Mass Gifts Sees Bakelite Boom
A vast hill of Bakelite material foreshadows millions of pounds being moulded into Christmas articles. The display includes radio equipment lamps electrical accessories and tree candle sockets. Also shown is J Reuben Clark newly appointed U S Ambassador to Mexico presenting credentials to President Ortiz Rubio in Mexico City succeeding Dwight W Morton now a U S Senator.
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Christ
J. Reuben Clark
U. S
Mexico
Ortiz Rubio
Mexico City
Mr. Clark
Dwight W. Morton
New Jersey
My Tree Incident Leaves One Hurt Seriously
A brief note reports a tree-related incident where a person suffered serious injuries. Authorities are assessing the scene and any potential hazards. Further details on the location and exact circumstances were not provided.
Man Knifing Suspect Arrested in Winston-Salem
Winston-Salem reported Robert F. Tague, 23, charged with knifing Marvin Adams, 25, and he was arrested locally.
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Winston-Salem
Robert F. Tague
Marvin Adams
Berlin Hotel Turns Button into Door Lock Invention
In a Berlin hotel a new door mechanism uses a button to lock or unlock room doors. The invention, building on the door hel concept, aims to simplify access and improve security for guests.
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Berlin
Synthetic Camphor Holds Possibilities For South
An expanded inquiry squad and possible prosecutions over grain market irregularities were urged by the agriculture department. A study on turpentine to produce synthetic camphor for shatterproof auto glass could spur a southern industry, with hoped for growth in the synthetic camphor sector.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
House
Department
D. W. T. Duvel
Grain Futures Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Chicago
W. W. Skinner
South
Continent
Weather Bureau
Bureau
Congress
Henry G. Knight
Chemistry and Soils Bureau
Bandits Take $50,000 From Pittsburgh Bank
Robbers held thirty employees at gunpoint as they plundered the Manchester Savings Bank and Trust Company in Pittsburgh. The raid follows two prior bank robberies in the district within ten days, including the Perry State Bank and a Verona suburb cash heist.
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Pittsburgh
Manchester Savings Bank and Trust Company
Perry State Bank
Verona
Blizzard Snowbound Maritime Provinces Halt Shipping
A 12 hour blizzard swept the Maritime Provinces and Newfoundland, halting telegraph and train service, isolating Cape Breton, sinking two schooners, and stopping rural mail delivery. Four seamen are missing off Newfoundland and fishermen Allan King and Bernard Taylor were rescued at sea.
New Year to Bring Textile Industry to Sounder Position
New York December 16 The textile industry starts the new year in a sounder position than since postwar deflation began Douglas G Fools editor of Textile World said today He estimated 1929 level activity about 20 percent higher but noted that the earlier downturn helped balance production with demand and that a stable employment outlook and broader markets are possible in the coming year.
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New York
Douglas G. Fools
Textile World
Uniil
Lawyer Urges Work Ethic Before UNC Law Students
John M. Robinson of Charlotte told UNC law students that most young lawyers refuse to work. In Fayetteville, 40 year old grave digger Cleveland Grady died when someone else dug his grave yesterday.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
John M. Robinson
Charlotte
University of North Carolina Law
Fayetteville, N. C
Cleveland Grady
Temporary Span to Replace Cape Fear Bridge near Lillington
The state highway commission orders immediate construction of a temporary span to replace the 150 foot Cape Fear river bridge near Lillington after a collapse Sunday. Traffic detours are in place on Highway No. 21 as engineers investigate the failure and patrols assist in directing motorists. Neill Rose of Lillington, son of Charles Ross, was in the car on the span when it fell. another vehicle also entered the breach but injuries were not serious.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Cape Fear River
Lillington
Erwin
Dunn
Neill Rose
Charles Ross
Highway Commission
Ross
Thomas Jones
Bedlington Woman Never Went Outside After Zeppelin Raid
Miss Mary Boyle of Bedlington England died at 74 after a World War One Zeppelin raid desensitizing her to leave home. She fearfully avoided going outdoors since the bombing near her home during the first raid.
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Mary Boyle
Bedlington
England
Baltic seal trade name for seal-dyed rabbit
Baltic seal refers to a misused trade name for seal dyed rabbit or the South American aquatic rodent known as capybara.
Evening clothes in classroom steal thunder at NC State
A tuxedo worn to class disrupted Professor R. W. Green's economics lecture at North Carolina State College. Guy Byrd of La Grange appeared in full dress, drawing more attention than the lecture, as students across the campus wear lumberjack boots, spats and varied attire.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Guy Byrd
la Grange
R. W. Green
State College
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