Postpone Decision On Prison Farm Purchase
The North Carolina Enterprise Bureau reports the final decision on purchasing another prison farm has been postponed to February 25. The prison board lacked a quorum yesterday and will meet again to consider tract selection, with Craven county as the favored area for an 8,000 acre farm to ease overcrowding and fund dairy and canning operations.
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George Ross Pou
Polk
Caledonia
New York State
Colorado
Craven County
State Highway Commission
Gardner
Plana Asec
General Assembly
Sargon Pill Rid Rheumatic Pain and Restores Strength
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller of Asheville testifies that four bottles of Sargon revived her from a crippling rheumatic condition. She reports weight gain, reduced pain, improved digestion, resolved headaches, and no further fainting spells. She credits Sargon Soft Mass Pills for constipation relief and notes availability at Cecil's Drug Store and Mann Drug Co.
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Sargon
Elizabeth Miller
Hillside St
Asheville
Broadway Baptist Missionary Church
Cecil’s
Mann Drug Co
Statesville Bankers To Be Tried In April
Five Statesville men charged with violation of national banking laws in the 1928 failure of the Commercial National Bank of Statesville will be tried in United States District Court at Statesville during the Spring term beginning April 28. The defendants include directors Eugene Morrison N B Mills and executives E Grier Waugh S C Burgness and W Jack Hines. The case follows an investigation after the death by suicide of cashier D M Ausley and the bank’s insolvency with several hundred thousand dollars missing.
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Asheville
Statesville
Commercial National Bank of
United States District Court
Thomas J. Harkins
Eugene Morrison
N. B. Mills
E. Grier Waugh
S. C. Burgness
W. Jack Hines
D. M. Ausley
Lexington Merchants Meet Tonight With National Retail Credit Officer
Lexington merchants gather this evening in the March Hotel dining room for an address by Frank T. Caldwell field secretary of the National Retail Credit Association of St. Louis Missouri. The meeting signals active interest in credit practices and local business concerns. The event is organized for merchants and business leaders in Lexington.
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Lexington
March Hotel
Frank T. Caldwell
National Retail Credit Association
St. Louis
Test Farmers 10 Stick With Farms
Raleigh reports that state agriculture investigators found no intentional wrongdoing by R. E. Currin and F. E. Miller but criticized renting nearby farms for private gain. All such leases were cancelled and future farming beyond official duties is barred. The committee deemed Currin and Miller capable and diligent employees.
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Currin
Miller
Test Farm
Killebrew
Tynes Farm
Harmon-Cherry
State College students build a 20 foot primary glider
Aviation enthusiasts at State College are constructing a 20 foot wing span primary glider to learn gliding. Led by F A Geile the project aims for completion by March 17 for display on Engineer's Day parade floats, then to be tested by members of the Nautical Society. Gliders have no motors and are launched from hillsides by rubber ropes for flight.
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School of Engineering
Aeronautical Society
Glider Training Emphasizes Simple State College Design
At a naval parley, aviation enthusiasts describe a beginner glider built at State College. It mirrors airplane controls with a stick for wings and tail surfaces and a rudder controlled by the feet. Limited to 20 feet height and 600 feet travel, it serves as primary instruction to minimize injury in a crash.
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State College
Distance Glider Instruction Enables Higher Flight Altitude
A pilot who had trained on primary gliders was later allowed to learn a distance glider technique, which reaches greater altitudes and can cover several miles.
Davidson County Live-At-Home Programs Draw Interest
Lexington reports strong interest in Live-At-Home programs across Davidson County schools this week. Activities are held in most city and rural schools and have proven engaging so far.
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Lexington
Davidson County
T County
Corrections to Lincoln facts and Gettysburg misattribution
Correction note fixes Lincoln's election year to 1860 and birth year to 1809. It also corrects inaugural address spelling, clarifies Gettysburg opening line, and decodes a scrambled word SIMPLICITY.
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Lincoln
Gator Coach Seeks Tall Players For Florida Team
Gainesville Florida coach Brady Cowell favors tall prospects. Ira Baker a 6 foot 5 forward and center leads a squad with eight players over 6 feet among sixteen. D K Colson and Hurger Keen stand 6 foot 4% and 6 foot 4 respectively, and Cowell’s starting five average 6 foot 2 inches.
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Gainesville
Fila
Brady Cowell
Florida
Ira Baker
D. K. Colson
Hurger Keen
Cowell
Kan State coach studies basketball tipoff effect
Lawrence Kansas John Bunn of the University of Kansas coaching staff studies how much bearing the tipoff in basketball has on the game.
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Lawrence
Kas
John Bunn
University of Kansas
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