Mrs Bayard Wootten Observes 70th Birthday in North Carolina
Chapel Hill photographer Mrs Bayard Wootten celebrated her 70th birthday. A New Bern native, she became North Carolina’s first female photographer to fly in an airplane in 1908 and has captured stormy seas, Cape Hatteras storms, and coastal and mountain scenes. Her work includes books such as Old Homes and Gardens of North Carolina and Highland Annals.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Bayard Wooten
Wooten
En Bern
Ford Dargen
University of North Carolina
New Bern
Erst
Carolina
Citrus Industry Suffers Record Crop and Low Prices
McAllen Texas reports the citrus industry faces a record crop yet the market gluts and prices collapse. Growers receive as little as a half cent per pound for oranges and fruit, with grapefruit prices at ten dollars a ton to growers. The nation ships 120 million boxes of grapefruit, 20 percent above last year, while officials warn relief is unlikely soon.
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Mcallen
Texas
Florida
French Premier May Slice Strength of Armed Forces
Paris reports Premier Leon Blum aims to cut France's military strength in his economy drive. Despite boasting as a world power, the armed force of about 650000 personnel could drop behind Yugoslavia’s 800000, with lines and defenses described as obsolete.
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Paris
France
Leon Blum
Oslo
Bordeaux
Yugoslavia
Russia
Yugoslav
Europe
Music Corp In Big Suit Over Exclusive Band Contracts
Larry Finley, San Diego ballroom operator, sued Music Corporation of America in federal court for 3.1 million dollars alleging exclusive contracts for name bands favored a competitor. Defendants include MCA president Jules Stein and agents R. E. Bishop and Lawrence Barnett. A 1945 jury award of 57 thousand was set aside for lack of evidence.
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Los Angeles
Larry Finley
San Diego
Music Corporation of America
MCA
Jules Stein
R.E. Bishop
Lawrence Barnett
Finley
Paul J. McCormick
Attorney Awarded 42 706 Fee in Chaplin Case
The superior court rules attorney Joseph Scott should receive 42 706 for representing Joan Berry in the suit to declare Charlie Chaplin the father of her child. Judge Clare L. Kincaid set 28 000 for Scott and 8 an hour for associate A H Risseardian as ad litem for the child Carol.
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Los Angeles
Superior Court
Joseph Scott
Joan Berry
Charlie Chaplin
Scott
Chaplin
Clare L. Kincaid
A. H. Risseardian
Fair Gets Money For Raleigh State Fair Grounds
The federal works agency advanced 52 150 toward new buildings and equipment at the Raleigh North Carolina state fair grounds. The grant funds a 1 425 755 construction program overseen by the state board of agriculture. Crickets are caged for song in some regions. cricket fighting is noted as a Chinese sport.
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Washington
Federal Works Agency
Raleigh, N. C
State Board of Agriculture
Encylophaedia Brittanica
China
Vet Projects Are Held Up in Four Western States
Lang don W. Post, regional director of the federal public housing authority, orders suspension of all veterans' temporary housing projects in Arizona Nevada Utah and California effective December 27. The curtailment aims to concentrate materials equipment and funds on finishing the maximum number of units nearest completion affecting 9 537 units in 148 localities and includes fifteen colleges.
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San Francisco
Langdon W. Post
Federal Public Housing Authority
Arizona
Nevada
Utah
California
FPHA
Reds Out Forces in Moscow Demobilizations Seen
Indications of large force reductions by Soviet Russia appear as demobilized soldiers return daily from the west. Many say they came from Germany and are seen at Moscow railroad stations de training here or passing through on troop trains.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
West
Germany
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Bayard Wootten
Teeter's Beauty Shop
Genema
Blue Bird Cab CO
Shanghai
Nanking
Reds
State Commissioner OF Public Safety
Lynn Bomar
Tobe Haynes
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Nashville
N. W. Powers
Haynes
Toledo
Ohio
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