Sige loft Made Chairman Of Chy Beautiful
Mrs G E Sige loft was named chairman of the city beautiful campaign at a Commercial club meeting. Rev T A Sykes elected vice chairman and Mrs A E Taplin treasurer. F J Sizemore named secretary as the new organization outlined plans to photograph gardens and engage overlooked areas for improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Sechrest
Jesse Harris
W. L. Jackson
C. E. Sheloff
Jos. D. Cox
GC. Clark
Clarence A. Smith
Dan Schroder
J. W. Clinard
D. H. Parsons
R. L. Brinson
Carter Dalton
H. N. Phillips
W. B. Hall
E. W. Holton
G. O. P Doomed by Temperance Debate Continued
The Pennsylvania lawmaker argues prohibition harms liberties and stagnates progress. He cites jail growth and rising federal prison costs tied to drug laws, opposing a system that sends thousands before federal courts weekly. He urges readiness to otherwise reform.
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Law Enforcement Commission
Pennsylvanian
Beck
Pennsylvania
Liberties and Liberty Statue Debate Sparks Outcry
A provocative essay argues that personal liberty requires tearing down the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor, claiming the monument embodies a brazen lie while championing individual self-rule. The piece frames the statue as a symbol of false liberty and calls for radical reevaluation.
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New York Harbor
Roads Blocked By Mountain Slides Near Erwin
Two highways from Erwin to Asheville were blocked six miles south of town by a mountain slide covering 75 feet of road. The slide, near Earnestville, followed warm weather melting heavy snows and will require blasting to clear. Traffic from Johnson City to Asheville is rerouted via Elizabethton Spruce Pine and Burnsville.
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Erwin
Tenn
Here
Asheville
N. C
Earnestville
Marshall
Burnsville
Johnson City
Elizabethton
Spruce Pine
Big Highway Letting Set For February 18
Raleigh officials announced the state highway commission will let contracts on February 18 for over 275 miles of road. Every highway district will be represented in awards and more than 240 miles of the proposed roads will be hard roads including sand and asphalt highways.
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Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Lindbergh Plans Night Flight From Glider Camp
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh will resume glider tests at Teha Chapi Mountains camp California and may attempt a brief night flight to use darker hours for the world glider record bid with Hawley Bowlus. He previously stayed aloft 21 minutes 10 seconds before landing due to wind conditions.
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Lindbergh
Tehachapi Mountains
Cal
Charles A. Lindbergh
Hawley Bowlus
Germany
Bowlus
Lebee Lake
South Carolina Proposes Sugar Tax and Personal Levies
Columbia reports the revenue committee's plan to tax sugar at one cent per pound and raise cigarette taxes by one or two cents per pack. The poll tax on men rises to two dollars, while the women's poll tax is not added.
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Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Revenue Committee
Way and Means
Ortiz Rubio Hopes To Begin Work Soon
President Ortiz Rubio says he hopes to resume duties soon after being wounded on Wednesday. General Mora confirms the wound is healing and notes the president, his wife also lightly hurt, appreciates the public sympathy.
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Ortiz Rubio
Mexico City
Augustin Mora
Filipino Resorts Guarded After Attack in Portland
Filipino resort areas in Portland received special police protection after an attack on Vincente Catoda a Filipino. Catoda told officers eight white men in a car with California plates halted him and assaulted him. he was treated at the police emergency hospital overnight.
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Portland
Ore
Vincente Catoda
Catoda
California
Souvenir Spoons Return As Quaint Home Trinkets
If you remember souvenir spoons from trips, dust them off and shine them up They are in vogue again with older and quainter styles preferred. Shellacing paper makes bathroom tissue durable. apply clear shellac, let dry, then expose to steam with hot water.
1929 U S Exports and Imports by Major Regions
The report shows 1929 U S exports $504 276 826 up from $489 303 211 in 1928 with Great Britain exporting $847 979 856 and Japan $431 872 664 in imports. Major regions listed include North America South America and Europe with France Germany and Great Britain highlighted.
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England
United Kingdom
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Japan
Cie
Futons
Acces
South America
Germany
Esevcansor Ge Ak
PNA
Cay Nice
Boi Oes
Pete Rer
France
Cooperation Urged By Gardner For Southern Conference
Governor Max Gardner urged cooperation of 12 southeastern states for the southern industrial conference to be held March 10 to 12 in Little Rock Arkansas. The conference is sponsored by the southern division of the American Mining Congress and could boost regional industrial development with strong support. Gardner will send a NC representative from conservation and development plus business delegates to attend.
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Raleigh
Little Rock
Ark
Max Gardner
North Carolina
American Mining Congress
United States
Gardner
State Department of Conservation and Development
Wurzbach Favored for Texas House Seat
A House elections committee reported unanimously in favor of seating Harry M. Wurzbach Republican for the 14th Texas district now held by Augustus McCloskey Democrat. If adopted, McCloskey’s pay ends and Wurzbach’s term begins with full pay.
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Elections Committee
McCloskey
Washington
House Elections Committee
Harry M. Wurzbach
Augustus McCloskey
Texas
Wurzbach
Sears
House
Congress
Tennessee Rail Magnate Horace Smith Dies in Nashville
Horace Franklin Smith senior vice president of the Nashville Chattanooga and St. Louis railway and a noted Southern sports figure died at his Nashville home. Death followed bronchitis complications after an illness of about ten days. Survivors include his widow Mrs. Jane Davis Smith and two children Addis R. Smith of Louisville and Mrs. Edward Davant of Nashville. He was born in Chautauqua County New York in 18 and was brother to the late Milton H. Smith former president of the Louisville and Nashville.
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Nashville, Tenn
Horace Franklin Smith
Nasville, Chattanooga and
St. Lo
Southern Sports
Southern Golf Association
Smith
Jane Davis Smi
Edward Davant
Nashville
Addis R. Smith
Louisville
Louisville and Nville
Mr. Smith
Chagua County
New York
M Ton H. Smith
Louisville and Nashville
Buy a Bag of Peanuts Movement Starts in Edenton
Albemarle Daily News reports a local drive to buy a bag of peanuts, noting a citizen named W. M. Wikins purchased two bags totaling about 81 pounds for roughly six dollars, a fraction of peanut prices in glassine bags, with potential to spread across the state.
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Edenton
Albemarle
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G. E. Sigeloft
CHY Beautiful
Orpheum
Henry Prather
Mrs. Edsel Ford
Edsel Ford
Grosse Point
Detroit
Ford
Henry Ford
Fort. Republican
New Jersey
Rialto
Magnesia
Lucky Tiger
Simmons
Commercial Bank
Free Motor Delivery
DeWitt
H. S. Wamipoles
B.C
Gauzets
Dewitts
Kelloggs
Hellingsworth
Penstar
Lindy
Opera
Carmen
Louise Caselotti
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
U. S
South Pole
Mexico
Queen Elizabeth
Ene
Alice Calhoun
Leroy Mason
Arthur Hoerly
Vitaphone
American Theatre News
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr
Marie Prevost
Jeanette Lot
Tennessee
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