State School for Blind Shines in Raleigh Education
A Raleigh school for the blind showcases exemplary training from kindergarten to high school. Students master Braille, crafts, and trades while pursuing rigorous academics and independent living, under Superintendent G. E. Lineberry. The program seeks equal opportunity and stronger state support.
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G. E. Lineberry
South
Raleigh
Sam Cathy
Asheville
Clayton Alexander
Catawba College
Norris Campaign Slush Fund Allegations Stir Congress
A Nye committee hearing heard testimony that a $40 000 account opened forRobert H Lucas aided Norris opponent Nutt and that $18 000 remained. Dr John Dewey announced a third party push and support for Norris bill to abolish the electoral college. Edward Costigan warned of power trusts opposing Norris as the debate over the Nebraska senator continued.
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Capitol
Nye
Nutt
Wade H. Cooper
Commercial National Bank
Campaign Funds Committee
Robert H. Lucas
National Committee
Lucas
Norris
New York
John Dewey
League of Independent Political Action
George W. Norris
Nebraska
United States
Dewey
Columbia University
League
Republican Party
America
Montana
Washington
South Dakota
Idaho
Iowa
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Texas
Denver
Colo
Edward P. Costigan
Senator Norris
Nebras
Advertising Agency Spends Over Fifty Million in 1939
Lord & Thomas and Logan advertising agents reported to L Ames Brown that their American and foreign clients used more than 50 million dollars in 1939 for newspaper magazine outdoor and radio advertising. He said the figure surpassed 1929 and that over half the total went to daily newspapers as the base for sales promotion.
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New York
Lord & Thomas and
Logan
L. Ames Brown
Mr. Brown
Norris Tribute Highlights Jeffersonian Nebraska Democrats
The piece notes Senator Norris in a Woodrow Wilson memorial banquet context. Costigan praises Norris public service reviving government of the people by the people for the people. It contrasts Norris as Jeffersonian Democrat of Nebraska with rival Republicans opposing him.
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Senator Norris
Costigan
Norris
Nebraska
Reorganization Hope for Caldwell Company Chief Says
Nashville Tenn December 27 Rogers Caldwell head of Caldwell and company announces hope to reorganize the firm with all affiliated branches and vows no creditor will suffer It is the main hope of my life to bring it back The plan may change as the situation unfolds Caldwell cites the world wide low mood and declines in security values as the cause of the failure noting survival of earlier panics but a 1930 downturn proved insurmountable
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Nashville
Tenn
Rogers Caldwell
Caldwell and Company
Pupils Affected By Cold Classrooms Findings
A report by the industrial health research board shows that when classroom air is too cold, children lose manual dexterity. In unheated open-air schools during cold weather, pupil efficiency drops to about half compared with well warmed schools.
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London
Industrial Health Research Board
Aeronautical Engineering Surges at New York University
Proof of aviation’s rising popularity is seen in NYU enrollment. Aeronautical engineering now attracts three times as many students as civil engineering, the next largest course at the engineering school. Over five years the aeronautical division’s enrollment has grown 700 percent.
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New York
New York University
New Embassy Building to Rise on Place de la Concorde
The American embassy will occupy a new headquarters on Place de la Concorde in Paris. Construction cost is about 1.6 million dollars. The building will house all American offices in Paris including the consulate and offices of the treasury commerce department and military and naval attaches.
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Paris
Treasury
Commerce Department
Boxer Steps Toward Ring With Cautionary Coach
The Drawback Handler reassures the boxer with a pep talk while the skeptical fighter doubts the plan, insisting he cannot trust his own honesty. The exchange hints at pressure before a title bout and the risk of overconfidence.
Missing four mast schooner Purnell C. White reported again
Baltimore dispatch reports the four masted schooner Purnell C. White missing after leaving Virginia Capes bound for Georgetown with 900 tons of cement. Ownership firm C. C. Paul and Company suspects a ramming sunk. Crew of nine previously rescued in 1924 and again in 1926 after storm damage and sail loss.
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Baltimore
Purnell C. White
C. C._Paul and Company
Georgetown
S&s. C
Chesapeake Bay
Virginia Capes
Hope
Parnell C. White
West Indies
Coast Guard
Morehead City
N. C
Florida
Plummer Fires J Edward Gibson In Asheville Shakeup
In Asheville on December 27 J Edward Gibson was discharged as city secretary treasurer by Harry W Plummer after he refused to resign The move followed demands from the women’s citizens league and cited notes signed with Mayor Gallatin Roberts for the Central Bank and Trust Company prior to its closure Gibson defended his record and denied wrongdoing Mayor Plummer said the dismissal serves the city’s best interests
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Asheville
J. Edward Gibson
Harry W. Plummer
Mr. Gibson
Gallatin Roberts
Central Bank and Trust Company
Women’s Citizens’ League
Gibson
Plummer
Bush Says Worst of Low Mood Is Past
New York December 27 Irving T Bush president Bush Terminal Co and director Bush House Ltd London says the business low mood has likely bottomed and a final spasm in securities is ending. He expects a period of stagnation followed by recovery with depressions seldom lasting longer than two and a half years.
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New York
Irving T. Bush
Bush
Bush Terminal Co
Bush House, Ltd
London
Associated Press
Arkansas Farmers In Critical Condition
Arkansas crops suffer the most critical agricultural year in state history. Federal and state crop designee Charles S Bouton reports the 1930 crop value at 91.5 million, down from 210.9 million in 1929, amid shrinking prices and quantities.
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Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
Charles S Bouton
United States Department of Agriculture
Dodd Will Coach At Georgia Tech
Bob Dodd, former all southern quarterback at the University of Tennessee, signs to be backfield coach at Georgia Tech. He will begin duties at spring practice in 1931 as an assistant to W A Alexander on a year round basis. Contract length and salary not disclosed.
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Atlanta
Bobby Dodd
University of Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Bandits Take $5,000 in Olney Bank Holdup
Four robbers held up the Rising Sun branch of the Olney Bank and Trust Company in northeast Philadelphia and escaped with $5,000. Authorities were investigating the early afternoon crime.
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Philadelphia
Rising Sun
Olney Bank and Trust Company
Alabaster Mine in Italy Tied to Etruscan Roots
An alabaster mine in Italy has been mined continually since its opening by the Etruscans over two millennia ago, illustrating a long history of mineral extraction in the region.
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Italy
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J. Marshall Parham
Chapel Hill
State School For Blind
Aleigh
Africa
Berigg
North Carolina
Charlotte
Caldwell Company
Boxer
Sam
Frisco
Angelo J. Rossi
San Francisco
Board of Supervisors
James Rolph, Jr
California
Dodd
Mr. and
Mrs. Newlywed
Wilton
Velvet
Axminster
Kester Furniture Company
South Main Street
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