Secretive Fenwick family tale unfolds dinner time tensions
Anne Cecily and Mary Frances Fenwick hide romances and schemes as Cecily brings home a new suitor Barry McKeers while Mary Frances anticipates a stock actor Earl de Armount. Philip, Letty, and Grand witness shifting loyalties amid family dynamics and a looming picnic dispute.
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Anne
Cecily
Mary Frances Fenwick
Mary-Frances
Phil
Ann
Letty King
Emery
Letty
Mike
Philip
M. Sachs
M. Sacht
Dufferance
Grand
Rosalie
Cissy
State boards weigh bids for new textbooks in arithmetic
The State Board of Education will open bids today for math, drawing and writing textbooks costing between 2 to 5 million dollars for next year and similar amounts for following years. Hearings have shown general harmony, but recent rumblings hint at pressure for pricier texts. The board aims to save money for families while maintaining openness, yet may withhold bids from public view to keep bids confidential.
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Textbook Commission
State Board of Education
Supreme Court
State Textbook Commission
Board of Education
Billionaire Bo nifacio claims vast fortune amid public bids on school books
A 74 year old in Union City New Jersey along with five relatives asserts ownership of 75 million pounds sterling handed to London from an Indian Bank transfer a century ago. State leaders urge transparency in bidding for new school books noting possible public savings and lower arithmetic costs though initial losses to discard current texts are projected.
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Stefano Bonifacio
Union City
N. J
Francesco Claudio Bonnet
Madagascar
London
Indian Bank of Calcutta
Health officer warns against whooping cough in children
Raleigh dispatch notes rising whooping cough cases through December 19 with 168 new infections that week plus increases in measles, diphtheria, and scarlet fever. Dr. J M Parrott urges careful cold prevention, early medical advice, and vaccination where possible to avoid pneumonia risk.
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Bureau of Epidemiology
Parrot
Parrott
Carolina News Briefs and Local Incidents
Multiple brief items from Raleigh and surrounding areas report two deaths from an automobile crash near here involving William Dement 22 of Kinston and James Rideout of Morehead City. A holiday dinner and time off are planned for state highway prison inmates. Akers of Pulaski Virginia and W W Craig of Bryson City are held for investigation after being found in an Ohio car. Mack Lambeth and son-in-law I B Burleson were killed or seriously burned by contact with fallen high voltage lines near Albemarle.
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Raleigh
William Dement
Kinston
James Rideout
Morehead City
Mountairy
M. T. Akers
Pulaski
Tennessee
W. W. Craig
Bryson City
Lancaster
Mack Lambeth
I. B. Burleson
Here
Burress Ludlum Cleared in Slaying Probe
A coroner's jury absolved Burriss Ludlum of blame in the slaying of John Jackson an escaped convict. Evidence showed Ludlum fired after being shot at twice and that Jackson sought him out to start trouble.
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Bladenboro
Burriss Ludlum
John Jackson
Ludlum
Jackson
Acquitted Of Shooting In Self Defense In Lumberton
McKinley Jones an Indian man was acquitted after a coroner's verdict found he shot in self defense when Ellie Hugh Barton another Indian was killed near Lumberton Sunday night.
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Lumberton
McKinley Jones
Ellie Hugh Barton
Here
Davidson College Closes For Two-Week Christmas Holiday
Davidson College closed today for a two week Christmas holiday affecting classes and campus operations.
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Davidson
Davidson College
Petition Refused for Free Mail Delivery in Spencer
The Washington post office department refused a petition from Spencer citizens seeking free mail delivery. The action ends local effort to obtain no charge mail service through the federal agency.
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Post Office Department
Washington
Spencer Citizens
France Fears For Trade In 1932 Outlook
Paris reports France as the last major power to feel the global downturn with 1932 prospects clouded by British tariffs harming exports and unemployment. Depreciated pounds may keep wealthy Britons from the Riviera and other tourist trade is expected to recover. Dole figures reach 72,000, though government says this is under a third of those jobless, estimated around 250,000.
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France
Paris
Britain
Riviera
Dole
1932 Prospect of Further Belt Tightening
The 1932 outlook shows only the chance of further belt tightening as austerity measures deepen. Officials warn economic strain may intensify while policy remains aimed at restoring balance.
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Fenwick
United States
State Board
High Point
Christian Iati
A. T. Allen
Superintendent of Public Instruction
James A. Hartness
North Carolina Public
Carolina News Briefs
Philco Radio
Philco
Lowboy
Hendrix Music & Furniture Store
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Southern Railway System
H Point
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High Point, N. C
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