Governor backs Smokies Park bill and Cape Fear Bridge project
Raleigh February 16 Governor McLean urged North Carolina support for a 2 million dollar park appropriation tied to the Great Smokies National Park plan while the Senate moved a park bond bill to third reading and the House approved the Cape Fear River Bridge measure. He cited conditions to safeguard state interests and outlined amendments limiting expenditure until federal commitment.
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Raleigh
Cape Fear River
Wilmington
General Assembly
Angus W. McLean
North Carolina
Great Smokies National Park
Senate
House
Cape Fear
House’ Judiciary Committee
Committee On Education
Washington
Interior Department
Work
Judge Edwards
Peay
Tennessee
Morton
Knoxville
Maloney
Park Association
Tennesese
Mark Sauires
Don Elias
L., R. Varser
B. S. Womble
United States
Smoky Mountain Park
Secretary of the Interior
North Car
Olina
Ebbs, Buncombe
Royal
Wayne
Dixie Joined with Britain by Telephone
Atlanta business leader Ben S Read of Southern Bell connected by long distance to Colonel H S Schreve of AT&T in London to inaugurate telephone service linking the American South with England Scotland and Wales The first call covered Georgia Kentucky North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Virginia West Virginia with Alabama Arkansas Florida Louisiana and Mississippi to follow via cotton exchange ties The time difference between Atlanta and London is six hours.
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Atlanta
British Isles
Ben S. Read
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
H. S. Schreve
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
London
England
Scotland
Wales
Georgia
Kentucky
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Louisiana
Mississippi
New Orleans
Nance
Harry Bryd
Mayor Bright
Eliz Scott
Eugie Fairfax
Sea
Lady Astor
Stewart
St. James Square
Oxford
Prince of Wales
H. L. Brown
New York
Hk. J. Padmore
Richmond
Bell
Cape Fear Bridge Bill Clears House On Second Reading
The North Carolina House passed the 1 250 000 Cape Fear Bridge bill for Wilmington on second reading without discussion and will vote on third reading tomorrow to determine senate referral. The vote was unanimous amid a busy session with 40 new bills introduced.
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Wilmington
State Capitol
Raleigh
House
Cape Fear
Carolina County
Senate
House Judiciary Committee
Smith
Rockingham
McLean
Fish Commission and Conservation Department
Martin
Washington
Pageant by Mothers for Child Welfare Day In High Point
The High Point Parent Teachers association will celebrate Child Welfare Day with a pageant The Gift Bearers by mothers from city associations The program starts at 8 pm and features costumes music from school faculties and an address by Mrs George Stevens A silver collection supports the national organization and lists participants from multiple schools and groups
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers
High Point
Parent-Teachers
Miss Bolt
George Stevens
Emma Blair
Roy Fowler
D. M. Lyerly
Charles Tysinger
Elm Street
Williamson Mills
Frank Dixon
E. E. Sensenbach
A. L. Caldwell
G. W. Clark
D. H. Parsons
Cooper
Bay Street
R. E. Ranson
F. R. Taylor
C. F. Tomlinson
Gurney Briggs
R. C. Hubbard
Stock Seized Is Sold In Postwar Transfer
A large block of Western Maryland railroad stock seized by alien property custody during World War I was sold to the Manhattan Bank Company of New York for other interests.
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Washington
Western Maryland Railroad
Manhattan Bank Company of New York
Fox leads to cave rescue for dog Rip in Woodruff
Rescuers in Woodruff South Carolina battled a rock fall to reach Rip the fox hound trapped 30 feet from the cave entrance. A fox that guided Rip into the cave was captured alive as workers sank a shaft and blasted rock, hoping to free the dog as inquiries and farm aid surged.
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Vandy Kelly
Woodruff
North Carolina Violence Records Two Deaths and Several Injuries
Over 36 hours in NC, two killed and nine injured in battles with officers and car crashes. Neal Oxendine shot in Lumberton raid. Mrs. L. B. Grimes dies in wreck near Tuxedo. Ralph Oxendine and Tom Bullock wounded in the same events. Lola Liles 16 attempts suicide. I G McCully critical after being struck by a car.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Neal Oxendine
Lumberton
L. B. Grimes
Skyland
Tuxedo
Ralph Oxendine
Tom Bullock
Grimes
Grover Harwell
Yadkinville
Harwell
I. G. McCully
Statesville
Taylor Smith
Lola Liles
Wilson
Storms Abated After Japanese Avalanche Toll Tops 168
TOKYO February 16 storms in Western Japan have abated. Officials report 168 deaths from the avalanche and related causes, 29 missing and 100 injured.
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Tokyo
Japan
City Rebuffs All Bids for Deep River Reservoir Site
City council rejected four bids for clearing and grubbing land for the Deep River water storage reservoir saying the bids were too high. Jamison Brothers 39500 Hardaway Construction 53750 J K Cecil 90000 C G Mackintosh 76750 given 30 days to submit new estimates or rebid after 30 days bids must be rereadvertised.
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Jamison Brothers
High Point
Hardaway Construction Company
Atlanta
J. K. Cecil
Lexington
C. G. Mackintosh
UseMieq
Deadly clash near Rowland leaves one dead
A gun battle four miles from Rowland during an officers raid on an Indian still left one man dead and two hospitalized. Neal Coxendine fired as Tom Bullock of Rowland was shot in the face shoulder and hand. Ralph Oxendine was wounded. Oxendine also fired two sixes from a shotgun and pistol.
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Neal Coxendine
Bullock
Oxendine
Ralph
Number Six
France and Italy Reject U S Naval Armament Plan
Washington reports France declines a five power conference on naval limits and Italy follows, jeopardizing prospects for a four power talks with the United States Japan and Great Britain. Kellogg remains hopeful Paris may aid in a final agreement through Geneva, while Rome and Tokyo delay formal replies.
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Rome
Italy
France
Coolidge
United States
Japan
Great Britain
League of Nations
Paris
Kellogg
Washington
Tokyo
Briand
Leagues of Nations
Geneva
Commission
League
Pacific Coast Storm Toll Tops Sixteen Dead
The great Pacific coast storm continues in southern and central California with 16 dead and 21 injured. A deadly avalanche at a mountain camp near Fresno killed 11, and a collapsed Puente Creek bridge trapped and killed travelers. Flooded rails, stranded commuters, and rescues across Los Angeles, San Diego, and the San Fernando Valley marked the turmoil.
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San Francisco
Pacific Coast
Mid-Ocean
United States Weather Bureau
California
Southern California Edison Company
Fresno
Puente Creek
Whittier
Union Pacific
Los Angeles
San Diego
San Fernando Valley
Edison Company
la Veda Hot Springs
Orange County
Taft
Rene Adoree
Mammoth Hot Springs
High Sierras
Devil's Gate Dam
Unfavorable report on new divorce bills at Raleigh
In Raleigh on February 16 the house received an unfavorable report on five marriage and divorce bills sponsored by a state ministers convention at High Point. The session began early to tackle the heavy public bill calendar.
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State Capitol
Raleigh
State Ministers Convention
High Point
Prince of Wales sparks fashion with midget cigarettes
The Prince of Wales approved a new puff between dances cigarette design. A half size cigarette case holding about ten smokes was created after his complaint that normal cigarettes were too strong for brief interludes at dances. He ordered a supply and others now use the midget cases at parties.
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London
Prince of Wales
De Pinedo Aims Atlantic Flight Start Tonight
Rome reports Commander Francesco De Pinedo plans to begin a transatlantic dash at 8 pm local time. He hopes to reach Port Natal Brazil in about 18 hours after departing Boloma Portugal Guiana, a 1 875 mile leg. Italy celebrates the swift progress of this four leg ascent.
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Rome
Francesco de Pinedo
Atlantic Ocean
Boloma
Portuguez Guina
Port Natal
Brazil
Italy
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C. A. Cox
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Henderson County
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Jack Scott
Scott
Demarest
Hazlewood Creek
Sul
Europe
Rockies
Weather Bureau
South
Nancy Astor
Saint James Square
Stewart Bryan
News- Leader
John Stewart Bryan
Richmond News Leader
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