Ad Valorem Taxes Lead in Support Public Education
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh reports from State School Facts that county ad valorem taxes supplied 54.6 cents of every dollar for 1928-29 current school expenses, totaling $15,021,890.11, with local district taxes second at 22.1 cents and state funds 13.4 cents. The report notes federal and foundation support and that over 75 percent of spending goes to instruction.
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General Education Board
Jeanes Foundation
Rosenwald Fund
Slater Fund
Inetruc
School Budget Allocation By Function
The report breaks down expenditures by function: 6.2 cents of every dollar for school operations, 8.2 for auxiliary agencies including transportation, 4.8 for general control, 3.6 for maintenance of plant, and 1.3 for fixed charges.
La Poma Town Wrecked by Argentina Quake
In Salta province, La Poma was reported destroyed by an early morning earthquake. A relief expedition was organized from Salta, and panic spread among residents. Reports state many inhabitants were killed in the small Andean town near Salta.
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Salta
Argentina
la Poma
Andes
Radiator Paint Tests Show Lead Paint Advantage
Tests indicate heating radiators heat more efficiently with lead paints than with flake metal paints. The finding highlights coatings as a factor in thermal efficiency and energy use.
Local residents begin Florida tours during holidays
Mrs Alta Chamelin leaves this morning for a two week tour of Florida. W W Dickerson and Mrs M B Cheney also depart for Florida. Mrs W W Dickerson of the Winston Salem Southbound railroad is away for two weeks. The office will be closed until her return. Burton Wagger visits his mother Mrs Sarah Wagreger for the holidays while a student at Tennessee Military Institute.
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Alta Chamelin
Florida
W. W. Dickerson
Winston-Salem
Burton Wagger
Sarah Wagreger
Tennessee Military Institute
Naples Observes Christmas With 800 Tons of Eels
Naples receives eight hundred tons of eels from Bastia Corsica for Christmas Eve dinners. Ten waterflow fish-carrying vesels transport the stock while Neapolitans prepare capitone zuppa di pesce and fritto di pesce. The Duke of Accadia built ponds for eels and Vico Fontana Dei Serpi street recalls his eel history.
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Naples
Italy
Bastia
Corsica
Accadia
Bella
Vico Fontana Dei Serpi
Bandit Killing in New Haven Payroll Heist
Bandit shot and killed Joseph Ordazzo 50 gate tender at Allingtown branch American Mills. Paymaster Chris A. Kern Jr. was critically wounded as a masked robber escaped with the payroll about 5000 dollars.
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New Haven
Conn
Joseph Ordazzo
Allingtown
American Mills Company
Chris A. Kern, Jr
Horrox Dies Father of Harold Horrox of Peekskill
News of Alfred F E Horrox of Philadelphia death was received this morning. He was the father of Harold C Horrox formerly of this city now in Peekskill New York. Modern weighing scales that measure weight of any number of the same article are used in England.
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A. Be, Horrox
Alfred FE
Horrox
Philadelphia
Mr. Horrox
Harold C. Horrox
Peekskill
N. Y
England
Price Declines of Bond Issues Mark Dull Year
The bond market in 1930 showed a gloomy year with bonds largely neglected aside from the very best issues. Banks bought U.S. government obligations in large volumes due to cheap money, while late in the year liquidations reduced holdings to preserve liquidity. New bond issues totaled nearly 6% billions as stock issue volume fell.
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New York
United States
Two Cage Games At Y Christmas Day
Two annual Christmas Day basketball games will feature the Y M C A athletic card tomorrow morning with the employed boys meeting the Enterprise carriers in the first tilt at 9:30 o clock. Immediately following the Whites will meet at a 110 pound team.
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Enterprise
Hoover to Sing Christmas Carols for Grandchildren
President Hoover plans a grand White House Christmas Eve party for grandchildren and aides children with a huge tree, presents, music, and a candle filled parade. The event may mirror last year when a fire halted the celebration. Attendees include the presidents secretaries sons and other White House staff families.
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Washington
Hoovers
White House
George
Fred
Charles Akerson
John Marshal Newton
French Strother, Jr
Susan Boone
Russell Train, Jr
Mrs. Hoover
Mission House
Christmas Story pageant staged by Wesley Memorial youths
Last night at 730 the Epworth League youths of Wesley Memorial church presented a pantomime titled The Christmas Story in the main auditorium assisted by the church choir. The outdoor setting featured decorated stage and choir loft, with costumes and chimes enhancing the rendition based on Luke chapter two. Proceeds from the service benefited the Children’s Home in Winston-Salem, with a good turnout and numerous church members in attendance.
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Wesley Memorial Church
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Epworth League
Tarpeghiont
L. F. Tuttle
Winston-Salem
Mary
Mae Kirkman
Joseph
Irving Smith
Angel
Mae Hayes
Reader
William Fraley
Edgar Allen
William Phillips
Chase Idol
Alma Virginia McCain
Virginia Fraley
Louise Kearns
Rebecca Kearns
Dorothy Kirkman
Julia Hayes
Feral Green
Berta Lindsay Carraway
Elizabeth Gurley
Doris Allen
Verona Yazell
Gloria Packard
Amy Lou Holmes
Katherine Kearns
D. Clark Johnson
Francis Sizemore
Miss Beasie Pope
B. C. Harmon
New Picture Of Earth's Creation
London December 24 Sir Jam Jeans, eminent physicist, gives his new book a startling view of Earth's origin about two billion years ago A wandering second star drifted near the sun and raised tides that formed a massive protrusion on the sun s surface Pieces broke off and evolved into planets including Earth
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London
Jam Jeans
New York Cotton Opens Steady as Markets React to Fed Rate
Cotton opened steady in New York with a 1 to 5 point advance on light offerings and some local buy orders. New January rose to 9.69 and May to 10.24 as buying emerged from a firmer stock market and a lower Federal Reserve rate, while Geneva trading slowed due to holidays. Liverpool remained closed through the holiday period.
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New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Potatoes Prices mixed as shipments move in Chicago market
U S Department of Agriculture reports potatoes 48 per track 202 total shipments 467 with firmer stock on most varieties. Wisconsin round whites sacked per cwt 1.40 to 1.60 while Idaho russets No 1 1.80 to 1.90 and 1-25 1.85. Colorado McClures branded 1.90 to 2.00.
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Chicago
U. 8 Dept. of Agr
U. 8
Wisconsin
McClures
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