Plan to organize rural affairs statewide moves forward
The Agricultural Extension Service of State College works on a model community and county plan to consolidate live-at-home farming efforts and promote balanced farming. Dr C Horace Hamilton leads design with district agents and extension assistants as Dean I O Schaub notes growing farm and home agent demands. Rural women’s clubs and county federations already show strong local organization and project leadership.
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Enterprise Burealage
Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Agricultural Extension Service of
State College
Virginia
Missouri
C. Horace Hamilton
Boards of Agriculture
Grange
State Wide Primary Law Faces Legislative Scrutiny
North Carolina legislators show limited chances for a broad change to the short ballot. A repeal of the state wide primary is likely to be pursued while opposition to the short ballot persists. debates center on conventions versus primaries and the influence of figures like Bowie and Morrison.
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W. W. Neal
McDowell
Neal
Bowie of
Ashe
Bowie
Cameron Morrison
Morrison
Bob Reynolds
Constitutional Commission
Locke Craig
General Assembly
Murder Trial Set for Langley and Johnston
In Asheville Buncombe county Superior court a jury was to be selected this afternoon for Gus Langley and Wilcey Johnston charged with the murder of Lonnie G. Russell during a filling station holdup. Judge P A McElroy ordered a 100 man venue and transport for seven defense witnesses from Wilmington. The defendants claimed an alibi.
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Asheville
Gus Langley
Wilcey Johnston
Lonnie G. Russell
Buncombe County Superior Court
P. A. McElroy
Lawrence Brown
Wilmington
M. C., Benton
Helen Eller
Nancy Weber
Louise Williams
Marion Williams
John Lawhorn
Langley
Johnston
Johnny R. Hinson Jr. Laid To Final Rest
Funeral services for Johnny Raymond Hinson Jr. were held at 2 30 p m yesterday from his parents home on West Green Street with Rev George T Tunstall officiating. A trio sang Asleep in Jesus and Gathering Buds. Interment followed in Oakwood cemetery with pallbearers R R McMahan O Wiley Kirkman J M Davis and C M Johnson. Flowers arranged by Mrs R R McMahan Paul Byerly and H R Wilson.
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Johnny Raymond Hinson
Fant
J. R. Hinson
West Green Street
George T. Tunstall
Green Street Baptist Church
Ora
Myrtle Omer
Afrgie Wood
Oakwood Cemetery
R. R. McMahan
O. Wiley Kirkman
J. M. Davis
C. M. Johnson
Flowers
Paul Byerly
H. R. Wilson
North Carolina Faculty Take Another 15 Percent Pay Cut
At Chapel Hill the University of North Carolina faculty faces further salary reductions to meet a 30 percent budget cut. The latest 15 percent reduction, effective December 1 to July 1, compounds prior cuts totaling 40 percent since 1931. A $5,000 annual salary beginning 1931 now drops to $3,060 for the current college year.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Frank P. Graham
Budget Commission
Graham
Flasher of LIFE Flasher of LIFE By Associated Press
Milwacker Wisconsin reports fewer children brought into juvenile court as Christmas nears. officials note a decline in juvenile cases ahead of next Sunday’s Christmas.
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Milwacker
Wis
Santa Claus
Plot Teased for Cambridge Musical Comedy at Dunster House
R G Noyes head tutor at Dunster House drills students in a musical comedy and withholds the plot arguing it would spoil the reveal for actors and audience alike. The secrecy fuels curiosity about the Cambridge production.
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Cambridge
Mass
R. G. Noyes
Tuter
Dunster House
Fire at Central City house saved by quick action
The Central City Ladies Aid Society meeting at Mrs Charlies Matthies home was interrupted by a blaze. Five women carried out a piano and saved the remaining furniture, though a dresser was lost.
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Fire Ladies Central City
Wneb
Central City Ladies Aid Society
Charlies Matthies
Grant’s cigar explodes during college reunion tribute
Chicago report recounts Horace Norton’s grandson lighting the founder’s museum cigar at the Willie Point alumni reunion. The ritual honored founder Winstead Norton and Ulysses S. Grant, but the cigar suddenly exploded on its second puff, ending the ceremony in surprise.
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Chicago
Ulysses S. Grant
Horace Norton
Nrton
Willie Point
Winstead Norton
Loop Hotel
Norton
Dairyman Pays Personal Property Tax in Pennies
Sheldon dairyman Good deposited an 81% pound bundle of pennies at the Rawson county courthouse claiming it as his personal property tax payment. Officials counted the coins, noting he had been minting coppers for three years.
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Sheldon
N. CC
Good
Sheldon Dairyman
Rawson County
Such Calumny Akkr on-Wilson Kugler Charged Reading
Akkr on-Wilson Kugler, 19, of Atlanta, listened carefully to the reading of a charge of highway robbery.
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Akkron
Wilson Kugler
Atlanta
North Carolina Salemry Payroll Outlook Improved
Budget bureau reports suggest clerks and department heads will receive salaries on time with no delay. December cash flow remains tight due to bond maturities, but automobile license sales and income tax collections help replenish the treasury. Governor Gardner claims no further salary cuts and full payments expected through January 1, with teachers paid and maturities met.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Budget Bureau
North Carolina
Commonwealth
Gardner
No True Bill In Slay Case In Robeson County
A Robeson County grand jury declined to indict Clarence French a Wilmington traveling salesman in the death of Will Hayes a local farmer struck by an auto near Lumberton in December The ruling ends the case against French based on the present evidence and charges.
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Lumberton
Clarence French
Wilmington
Will Hayes
Not Guilty Plea After Robbery Confession Trial
In court Kugler pleads not guilty to the robbery charge claiming he only had 400 dollars though prosecutors allege larger sums were involved. Judge orders sentencing next week.
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Kugler
Refunding Plan for Liberty Bonds Said Possible
Washington reports that financial experts foresee a near term refunding of billions in treasury securities after Secretary Mills testified to the House Ways and Means Committee that such an operation is desirable. They also suggest converting some short term obligations into long term bonds to reduce the heavy short term debt burden.
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Washington
Treasury
Mills
House
Ways and Means
Mille
Cize
Liquor Transport Arrests Linked to Buford Clifton
Buford Clifton arrested at White Plain by police who say he was transporting 46 gallons of liquor. The charge stems from a liquor transportation incident investigated by local authorities.
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Mountairy
Buford Clifton
White Plaine
Vance County Schools Close for Holidays Across Henderson
All Vance county schools halted for Christmas break as heavy weekend snow blocks highways preventing bus service. district suspends classes due to travel hazards and closures.
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Vance
Henderson
Vance County
Nitti Fatally Wounded in Chicago Shootout
Frank Nitti known as the enforcer for the Capone syndicate lay in Bridewell hospital after a downtown gun battle that left more than twenty dead or wounded. Police recovered a chewed paper, coded messages, and bills tied to large wheat and oats orders as investigators probe successors to the organization. Policeman Harry Lang, wounded in the arm, remains under guard while Nitti’s condition hangs on his stamina.
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Washington
Marlin Kemmerer
Allentown
Melvin Maas
Wisconsin
Kemmerer
Gallinger Hospital
Maas
al Capone
Atlanta
Nitti
Capone
Anton
Northwestern University
Lang
Natti
Leas Must Quit Or Forfeit After Supreme Court Refusal
Asheville reports Luke Lea and Luke Lea Jr face January 2 1933 or forfeit bonds totaling 50000 after the Supreme Court refused to review their bank conspiracy conviction. The elder Lea, a former Tennessee senator and WWI officer, faces six to ten years. the son one to three years or fines of 25000. Davis, bank president, serves four to six years. The high court previously declined intervention twice.
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Asheville
Luke Lea
Tennessee
Luke Lea, Jr
W. Nettles
U. S&. Supreme Court
North Carolina
France
Wallace B. Davis
Central Bank and Trust Company
Davis
Supreme Court
Lea
Buncombe County
Bible Theft Brings A Year And A Day Of Liberty
In Birmingham Alabama Henry Rogers pleaded guilty to grand larceny for stealing a Bible valued at unspecified amount. An assistant solicitor recommended a sentence of one year and one day in prison.
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Birmingham
Ala
Henry Rogers
Rogers
Price Everett Watkins Dies After Auto Crash
Everett Watkins, 15, died in a Virginia hospital from a fractured skull suffered in an auto accident near his home. Funeral plans await family guidance as authorities investigate the crash.
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All Tr
Southern Railway System
H. D. Saunders
White House
Johnny R. Hinson, Jr
N.C
Flasher of
Congress
U. S
High Point Fee & Coal Co
Mrs
Sara Wagger
Wagger’s Ladies’ Shop
Frank Nitti
Bridewell Hospital
N. C. Court
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