No Big Fight Looming For Dem Convention This Year
Raleigh dispatch reports the North Carolina Democratic Executive Committee will meet between March 1 and 10 to set dates and venues for precinct county and state conventions. Charlotte is favored as the 1932 convention host with Roosevelt seen as the leading candidate, despite Smith’s recent bid.
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Dem
Will
Roosevelt
Garner
Baker
Executive Committee
Charlotte
Chicago
Alfred E. Smith
Cordell Hull
North Carolina
Hull
Smith
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Belie
John N. Garner
Texs
D. Baker
Administratrix Notice for I R Black Estate in Guilford NC
Mrs Bessie Black administratrix of I R Black deceased notifies all claimants to present claims by January 15 1933 at 411 White Oak Ave High Point NC. All debts to the estate should be paid promptly. Filed January 15 1932.
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I. R. Black
Guilford County
North Carolina
White Oak &J
High Point
N. C
Bessie Black
Labor President Denies Dropping From State Race
R. R. Lawrence president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor denies withdrawing from the Democratic race for commissioner of labor. In a Charlotte call he says he has not announced candidacy and has not decided, though he believes he would win if he runs. He rejects reports of opposition from organized labor.
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Bureau
Walter Hote
Raleigh
Commissioner of Labor
R. R. Lawrence
State Federation of Labor
Charlotte
Lawrence
Organized Labor
North Carolina
American Federation of Labor
Ten Year Plan extends study to all phases of state farming
The Ten Year Plan Corporation aims to broaden its agricultural rehabilitation program beyond livestock to every farming phase in North Carolina. Under George Watts Hill, the committee studies external factors like tariffs and foreign programs and internal factors such as tenancy, marketing, rainfall, and soil depletion to boost state wealth and farmer support.
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Taylor
Corporation of Necessity
Committee On Agricultural Rehabilitation
George Watts Hill
Dur
North Carolina
Local labor commissioner race narrows to Fletcher, Mitchell talks
Lawrence notes ongoing interest in the labor commissioner post though only A. L. Fletcher, deputy commissioner of insurance, has officially announced. There is speculation that Clarence Mitchell of Raleigh may run, but no formal declaration has been made.
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Lawrence
Labor
A. L. Fletcher
Insurance
Clarence Mitchell
Raleigh
Mitchell
Unemployed Floater Lodging Plans Fail at Church
In Waterbury Connecticut a plan to house unemployed floaters in St John’s church failed as the men chose instead to spend the night in individual banks at the police station.
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Waterbury, Conn
St. John’s Church
Sassafras Tree Near Lebanon Reaches 45 Feet Tall
A sassafras tree near Lebanon Missouri stands about 45 feet tall with a base circumference of 15 feet, marking a notable tree measurement in the area.
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Lebanon
Field Museum Sets New Attendance Mark
Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History reports a 1931 attendance of 1,115,463, up 13.6 percent from 1930’s 1,332,799. Director Stephen C. Simms noted over 700,000 children were reached through public school extension programs and foundation lectures.
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Chicago
Field Museum of Natural History
Stephen C. Simms
Norman Waite Harris
James Nelson
Anna Louise Raymond
Simms
Fainting Goats Linked to Epilepsy Theory in Alabama
Alabama veterinarians advance a theory that fainting goats or stiff legs fall due to a form of epilepsy rather than fear. The goats topple when startled then recover, with R. J. Goode of Gastonburg noting his herd’s reactions. The breed likely originated in Marshall County Tennessee and spread south, with Arkansas and Alabama investigators observing cases at Alabama Polytechnic Institute.
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Montgomery
Feb
Alabama
R. J. Goode
Gastonburg
State Board of A
Marshall County
Tenn
Alabama Polytechnic Institute
Forest essay contest opens with statewide participation
North Carolina state forester J S Holmes reports mailings sent to over half of the states 100 counties for the forestry essay contest. More than 1 000 school children expected to participate with about 700 signed up. the essay topic is The Forest in Relation to Hunting and Fishing. Prizes total 25 for the state with 10 for first place and 5 for second, plus four 2 50 local awards, allowing one person to win multiple prizes.
New London Police Height and Age Rules Set
London reports a new order raising the metropolian police minimum height to five feet ten inches and increasing the age limit from twenty to twenty five, replacing the former five feet nine inches and age twenty to twenty seven.
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Bobby
London
Jones Nears Two Score Samuel Pond Jones Trade
Veteran right handed pitcher Jones who will be 40 in July is nearing a potential two score milestone. Traded by the Washington Senators to the Chicago White Sox he joined the American League in 1915.
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Jones
Samuel Pond
Sam
Washington Senators
Chicago White Sox
First Honolulu to U S private call linked Tryon NC
Frank Moore made the first private telephone call from Honolulu to the United States speaking with his brother John in Tryon North Carolina.
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Honolulu
United States
Tryon
N. C
Frank Moore
John
Combination Marmalade and Menu Items Highlight Local Recipe Page
SISTER MARY S KITCHEN presents fruit marmalade recipes using oranges grapefruits and lemons with steps to sterilize jars and cure. A later section lists breakfast lunch and dinner dishes including marmalade on toast and a veal casserole with side dishes.
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Washington
Washington as a meticulous tobacco planter and planter leader
A portrait of George Washington as a practical, rich Virginia planter who practiced crop rotation, supported workers, and hosted social events at Mount Vernon. It notes his economic stance on slavery, love of tea on the veranda, and early military duties in 1753 with Governor Dinwiddie’s expedition and a near fatal raft accident on the Allegheny.
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Washington
Virginia
Mt. Vernon
Dinwiddie
Ohio Valley
Ohio
Marmalade Making From Oranges Or Kum Quats
Instructions describe preparing orange or kumquat marmalade. Peel and slice fruit, boil fruit with water, add sugar, cook until jellying, then cover with paraffin when cold. Kumquats offered as an alternative, with same process and ratios.
Buffalo gnats appear in multiple Nemetopt delta counties
Gnat activity increases across several counties in the delta region with earlier appearances noted this year. Local officials warn residents to take precautions against insect bites as populations rise.
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Delta
Foreclosure and land sale notices across North Carolina counties
Notices announce public auctions and foreclosures in Greensboro and High Point. Distinct cases involve a March 7 1932 sale of a tract in High Point under a trust dated 1929 and a February 1932 foreclosure sale in Guilford County of the Arthur J. Wilson property, with trustees, attorneys and plat references.
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Baith ‘Chambers
V. A. J. Tao
Greensboro
Guilford County
Cerolina
Spanos
United States
North Carolina
Oanford County
Ray Street
Lindsay Street
Orig
J. Nampbell
Platt of
Bain Lands
West Street
High Point
A. Jd. Idol
Dred Peacock
Ter of
Jane
Guilford Coun
Johnson Street
Dayton Street
King’s
L. Ritchie
L. EB. Ritchie
T. J. Hutchens
Ritchie
Office of the Register of Deeds
Orth Carolina
J. Allen Austin
Austin & Turner
Attys
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