Sentiment favors passage of Smoky Mountains park bill soon
Raleigh dispatch reports rising support for a 2 million dollar Smoky Mountains national park bill as a public hearing before the joint appropriations committee draws a large Asheville chamber turnout. Advocates say opposition from Champion Fibre strengthens pro park sentiment, with leaders from the Asheville Times and state officials urging quick action before timber lands erode and delays threaten the acquisition.
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Champion Fibre Company
Canton
Asheville
General Assembly
North Carolina
Plato Fbbs
Buncombe County
Senate
House
Harry Nettle
Buncombe
Mark Squires
Caldwell
State Park Commission
Don Elias
Park Commission
Squires
Buncombe Juvenile Court Gets Expansion and New Facilities
Raleigh reports Judge Carl B. Hyatt notes 56 children placed in private and boarding schools through Buncombe juvenile court with support from civic groups. A new courthouse wing will house the enlarged court, detention facilities, and education services with trained teachers and spaces for courts and offices.
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Hyatt
Buncombe
Asheville
Buncombe County
Buncombe Court
County Board of Health
Youngest Grandmother Debate Sparks Family Photo Question
The article notes Beulah Graham at 20 is identified as the grandmother in a California family, with her daughter Jessie Widner aged 14 a mother. It then quotes Judge Hyatt on juvenile court reform and the need for proper facilities and jurisdiction to prevent delinquency.
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Sirs
Beulah Graham
Jessie Widner
Presno
Calif
Thei
Oakland
Buncombe County
Asheville
Judge Hyatt
Superior Court
General Assembly
Henderson man charged after alleged drunken attack
Henderson Algin Hinleur is accused of drunkenly slashing Willis Clap ton, a mill worker, in a serious assault case reported in local crime notes.
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Henderson
Algin Hinleur
Willis Clapton
Local YMCA Basketeers to Meet Proximity Quintet
High Point YMCA cagers clash with Proximity on the local association floor tomorrow night at 8 15 oclock. The orange and black team led by Pennington Cofer and Roser aims to boost their state tourney standing against a fast Proximity squad noted for swift passing and sharp shooting.
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High Point Y. M. C. A
Greensboro
Pennington
Cofer
Roser
Toeedals
Daniels
Covington
Proximity
High Point
Dearing Abandons Lisbon Legation as Gunfire Hits Mission
Uni states Minister Dearing leaves the Lisbon legation after a rift with revolutionary forces, with machine gun bullets striking the building. The steamer President Harding resumes voyage to New York after repairing an oil tank leak that emptied fuel and left the ship cold and unlit until towed into Halifax. Ice jams cause floods and threaten railway bridges, risking severance of communications across Newfoundland.
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Uni
Dearing
Lisbon
Portugal
State Department
Legation
President Harding
New York
Vesse
Halifax
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Blereford
Pecos River
Texas
Hudspeth
Anthony Liszka
Elizabeth
Cleveland
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Antoinette
Orient
Assaye
Southampton
Shanghai
Green Howards Infantry Regiment
Arkansas
White River
Des Arc
Mear de Vall
Hickory
Aneile Dan
New Bern
Roy Bowlin
Alton Bowlin
Rocky Mount
James J. Davis
Secretary of
Labor
Statesville
John R. Reetor
Bushey Graham
Charley Rosenberg
Rosenberg
New Foundland
Island
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