California border blockade against unemployed visitors
Los Angeles police under Chief James E. Davis block all highways and rail entrances from Oregon Nevada and Arizona. Officers take those with no definite purpose into technical custody finger print records sent to state and federal authorities. Davis portrays action as a move to curb unemployment and crime while officials call it an overreach by Los Angeles into state authorities.
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Los Angeles
James E. Davis
Foreign Legion
California
Oregon
Nevada
Arizona
Davis
Thomas Scotland
Jess Hession
Border Counties
Department of Justice
Washington
North Carolina saves money using local coal in new burners
The North Carolina Budget Bureau reports the state is cutting costs by using Wakefield coal from Moore County in pulverized coal burners at the Sanitarium and planning similar installations at Goldsboro and other state institutions. The Sanford Wakefield mine now ships about 21 tons daily, with six tons slack used in burners, offering cheaper fuel than distant sources.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
Sanitarium
R. M. Rothgeb
Budget Bureau
Wakefield Coaline
Moore County
Sanford
West Virginia
Rothgeb
State Hospital For the
Goldsen Days
Wakefield
Goldsboro
Glorifying Yourself Glorifying Yourself
Alicia Hart advises readers to plan spring clothes and beauty with attention to fit and complexion. She cautions about hip size skin tone and wrist proportions before selecting outfits and accessories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alicia Hartner
Better Crop Seed convention and home fashion tips
Announcement urges attendance at the North Carolina Crop Improvement Association convention with exhibits at the junior high school on February 12 and 13. It stresses buying pure bred seed, using reliable seed houses, and checking seed catalogs, plus notes about tools, fertilizers, and pest control. Also includes fashion advice on dress and personal care for Easter shopping.
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North Carolina Crop Improvement Association
C. R. Hook
P. O
High Point
North Carolina Sunday School Convention Set for Winston-Salem
A thousand delegates from across the state will attend the North Carolina Sunday School convention in Winston-Salem February 17 to 19. Centenary Methodist church hosts with Rev. Shuford Peeler announcing speakers from Dr. Oscar F. Blackwelder to Dr. Lawrence Little. Free lodging and meals offered to early registrants. a pageant "The World at Prayer and the Gateway to Goodwill" will headline the program.
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Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Centenary Methodist Church
South
Shuford Peeler
Salisbury
North Carolina Sunday School Association
Oscar F. Blackwelder
Washington, D. C
H. Augustine Smith
Boston University
Harry C. Munroe
International Council of Religious Education
Chicago
William F. McDowell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Charles B. Schaeffer
Board of Home Missions, Reformed Church
Philadelphia
Lawrence Little
Western Maryland College
Peeler
Winston- Salem
Chamber of Commerce
Palm Attains Record Length Among Plants
The rattan palm grows longer than any other plant with slender stems under an inch thick and sometimes exceeding 600 feet in length.
Bilious Spells Endorse Black-Draught Laxative
Mr. T. & Austin of McAdenville New Jersey shares long use of Black-Draught to ease biliousness and constipation. He keeps a box on his mantel and takes 1% doses to prevent dullness and headach, praising it as a quick, purely vegetable, economical laxative sold in 20 cent 28 dose packages.
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Mr. T. &. Austin
McAdenville
N. J
Counter action planned in Italy amid oil embargo threat
The Italian government said its forces in Southern Ethiopia advanced in the Webbe Gestro valley as Mussolini's regime backed a council plan for counter action if sanctions tighten. London and Geneva rumors cited debates on expanding defenses and a possible oil embargo to pressure Italy.
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Ethiopia
Mussolini
Grand Council
Italy
League of Nations
London
Great Britain
George Lansbury
East Africa
League
Il Duce
Popolo D'Italia
United States
State Forfeits Its Match With Devils
Raleigh February 5 state college forfeited its boxing matches with Duke in Raleigh Friday night as only three boxers Johnson Contain Hudson and Penland could enter the ring this week. Freshman fights also were forfeited due to lack of entrants.
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Raleigh
State College
Duke
Johnson
Co Tain Hudson
Penland
Flawless emeralds valued above diamonds in gems market
Emeralds remain the rarest and most prized stones with flawless stones fetching higher prices than diamonds in collectors and jewelry markets. The contrasting appeal of color, clarity, and rarity sustains emeralds' premium status across traders.
Prunes Highlighted in Desserts Salads and Soups
Mary E. Dague describes prune varieties from California Washington and Oregon noting size grades pits and sugar needs. The piece includes a prune bavarian cream custard sauce and a hearty vegetable soup to create nourishing winter meals.
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Mary E. Daguenea
California
Washington
Oregon
Tomorrow's Menus Include Varied Breakfast and Dinners
The schedule lists a breakfast of chilled tomato juice cereal cream boiled liver sausage cornbread milk coffee. Luncheon features baked macaroni and cheese hearts of celery canned strawberries milk tea. Dinner offers vegetable soup Parkerhouse rolls prune bavarian cream milk coffee.
First American Vehicle Passes on the Right in Historic Meeting
The Conestoga wagon of pioneer days became the first American vehicle to pass on the right when meeting another vehicle. Travelers later followed this practice and it became a general custom.
The Cotton Spinner Defends Itself With Sticky Threads
A curious sea creature spins sticky fibers to entangle its foes as a defensive strategy plied by the animal.
How To Quickly Check A Cold
After every undue exposure and at the first sign of a cold take STANBACK. The medicine claims to nip colds before they start and quickly ease pain and discomfort. It also reduces fever and soothes sore throat when dissolved in water. The product is described as sealed in cellophane neon and always fresh and pure.
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Stanback
Burlington woman who paints in rags plans self portrait in oils
Joy Kime Benton, the Burlington based painter known as the painter in rags, plans a self portrait in oils after finishing current wood block engravings. She rose to fame with rag art described as having vibration and atmosphere, exhibited in New York and Chicago and admired by first lady Eleanor Roosevelt.
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Burlington
Hendersonville
Rags
Joy Kime Benton
N. C
New York
Southern Highlanders, Inc
Century of Progress
Chicago
Miller aims for state auditor on Democratic ticket
Charles W. Miller of Asheville 25-year-old directory publisher is officially listed as a Democratic candidate for state auditor in the June primaries. He paid the filing fee late and distributed campaign cards while visiting Baxter Durham to discuss votes, signaling a platform opposing sales tax and seeking lower government costs.
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Raleigh
Charles W. Miller
Asheville
Thad Eure
Miller
Baxter Durham
Durham
Willard Dowell
State Merchants Association
Dowell
Ernest H. Miller
Biltmore College
Asheville Law School
Investigation Closes At State University Cheating Ring
Chapel Hill Feb 6 The University of North Carolina student council formally ended a campus cheating racket inquiry that led to suspensions of 48 students from a pool of 101. Papers show exam questions were obtained in advance from the mimeographing department and sold to pupils. Twenty two students were acquitted while 31 others withdrew from school.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
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Wachovia Bank
Federal Home Loan Bank
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