Hoey names seven on Raleigh office space commission
Gov Hoey announced a seven man commission to study need for extra state office space in Raleigh. The group will report to the governor within 15 days and includes B R Blackwelder C W Spruill Walter Siler Charles M Johnson A S Brower Frank L Dunlap and Willis Smith.
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Gove Rnor Hoey
General Assembly
B R. Blackwelder
Hickory
Senate Committee On
Represtative
C. W. Spruill
Windr
House Comittee
Walter Siler
Siler City
Astate
Charles M. Johnson
A. S. Brower
Durmn
State Iision
Purchase and Contract
Frank L. Dunlap
Willis Smith
House of Representatives
Hoey
Mystery of missing diamond tied to local heir claim
The Enterprise reports a High Point mystery of a long lost diamond. Rocky Mount student William Avera Jr claims rightful ownership and says he can provide proof after reading about the ring’s discovery. Efforts to contact Robert Williams continue with no confirmed location of the band.
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Enterprise
High Point
Bradshawe Place
Minnie Edds
William Avera, Jr
Rocky Mount
Robert Williams
Orkman
Bradshaw
Young Avera
Mr. Williams
Lawmakers consider Fenner Ward bill over power disputes
The Fenner Ward bill introduced in the North Carolina House by W E Fenner and D L Ward aims to require utilities and municipalities to obtain Utilities Commission certificates to define service territories. Duke Power opposes, fearing city exemptions and potential court appeals could delay the hydro electric project. City officials seek to shield local plans while awaiting hearings before Judge H Hoyle Sink.
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State Senate
Duke Power Company
Fenner-Ward
State House
W. E. Fenner
Nash
D. L. Ward
Craven
Robert R. Rouse
Lenoir
C. C. Abernathy
Abernathy
Fenner
Ward
J. L. Horne, Jr
Rocky Mount
State Rural Electrification Authority
Utilities Commission
Duke
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E. M. Knox
Jones
Clothing and Food Sent to Flood Area by Scout Troops
Community aid continues as Scouts from numerous troops mobilize to transport clothing and food to flood victims. The list includes Troops 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 16, 19, 20, 238 and associated church groups and institutions aiding in the relief effort.
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Wesley Memorial Church
First Evangelical and Reformed Church
First Baptist Church
Green Street Baptist
St. Mary's Episcopal
Ward Street Methodist
A. M. E. Zion
M. P. Children’s Home
Allen Jay School
Rain Brings Flood Threat Across Southern California
A heavy rainstorm melts mountain snow and raises flood risk in Southern California. The Southern Pacific reports a slide blocking its line near Guadalupe, with bus transfers for passengers. Water covers Santa Fe tracks between Los Angeles and San Diego as trains run slow. A 200 foot section of track at Port MacArthur San Pedro is washed out.
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Los Angeles
California
Southern Pacific
Guadalupe
Santa Fe
San Diego
Port MacArthur
San Pedro
First American Ship to Complete Round World Passenger Run
The steamship President Harrison became the first American vessel to make a round the world passenger trip, sailing from San Francisco in 1824.
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President Harrison
Sa Francisco
Income Tax Boost May Be Made To Balance Budget
The Raleigh reports the revenue and appropriations bills still lag by at least 1.363 million, with conservative estimates showing a shortfall up to 2.5 million. It details expected income from the 1935 revenue bill, highway diversions, intangibles tax, liquor sales, and losses from sales tax exemptions, plus the impact on public schools and state departments.
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J. ©. Baskerwill
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Rayleigh
House
Finance Committee
Advisory Budget Commission
General Assembly
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Snow Drifts Stranding Motorists Across Midwest
Subzero conditions kept plow crews busy as snow drifts marooned scores of travelers. A missing woman was found dead near her North Dakota farm, while 160 students and faculty from Litchfield, Minnesota spent the night in a country schoolhouse after a basketball trip. Dozens more were stranded near Colman, South Dakota, and routes to Gettysburg, South Dakota, suffered service interruptions. The piece also notes the Daily Illini’s rise to daily status and outlines revised 1935 state revenue projections, with committees facing a remaining funding gap.
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ST. Paul
North Dakota
Henry Anderson
Litchfield
Minn
Colman
Gettysburg
Ehringhaus Home Looted By Robbers
Raleigh police search for a burglar who broke into former Governor J C B Ehringhaus home and stole two sets of flat silver a silver service and a diamond brooch pin. Entry gained by prying a front window and believed to be a one man job.
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Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Bruce Poole
Ehringhaus
Edenton
Poole
Willis Family Funeral Services Planned For Tucker Willis
Funeral services for Tucker Willis, 79, will be held this afternoon at 2 from 629 Colonial Drive. Hipps, pastor of Main Street Church, will officiate. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Tucker Willis
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Colonial Drive
Hipps
Main BE
Omorial Park Cemetery
St Isaacs Seen From Gulf Of Leningrad On Clear Days
On clear days the St Isaacs Cathedral in Leningrad is visible twenty miles away from the Gulf, marking a distant landmark.
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Ca St. Isaacs
Leningrad
Gulf of
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