Annual North Carolina bank report shows mixed results in 1937
The state confirms a mixed banking picture with commercial banks at 336.9 million in reserves, down from 1936 highs, and savings deposits rising to 48.39 million. Industrial banks climbed to 17.29 million, while various deposits fell including checking, CDs and U S government deposits.
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Nnual Bank
Sir Walter Hotel
Leigh
Carolina
Gurney P. Hood
United States
Nurnbeld
Small Businessman Seeks Financier After Washington Talks
M A Moers of Cincinnati who helped form a permanent association of small business men at the Washington conference is reported to seek a backer. He is looking for the person who collected 76 dollars to finance the organization and 900 000 dollars from 1929 to 1930 while industrial bank resources rose until 1931 when a slight recession appeared.
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Cincinnati
M. A Moers
Washington
London Gas Meters Hold Hundreds of Shillings Each
In England a vast number of gas meters, 1 090 000 in Greater London alone, can store as many as 306 shillings each. They are checked and emptied every two months, reflecting high currency demand and consumer usage patterns in the capital.
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England
Greater London
Days of the week named from celestial bodies in Japan
The Japanese names for days of the week reflect celestial bodies and elements in pairs. Sunday relates to the sun and Monday to the moon, Tuesday to fire, Wednesday to water, Thursday to wood, Friday to metal, and Saturday to earth.
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Japan
Travel 4 000 000 Miles In 37 North Carolina Patrol
North Carolina highway patrolmen logged 4,209,287 miles in 1937 and 446,042 in January 1938, with 2,464 accidents last year leaving 332 killed and 1,771 injured. Patrol convictions reached 24,020 in 1937, and 1,927 arrests in January 1938.
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Enterprise Burau
Raleigh
North Carolina
Arthur Falk
Camera Club Speaker Discusses Photography At High Point Meeting
High Point camera club heard Charles R. Hook Sr address photography basics from exposure to lenses and lens systems. W P Biving won first in industrial prints with E D Everhart second. next meeting will feature still life prints.
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Charles R. Hook
High Point Camera Club
Hook
W. P
Bill) Biving
E. D. Everhart
Mr. Everhart
Noble T. Craigg
J. Leslie Andrews
Services Held For Mrs Lula Rich Durham
Funeral services for Mrs Lula Rich Durham 60 of Greensboro wife of E W Durham and mother of A A Durham were held Sunday at West Market Street Methodist Church Greensboro Interment followed at Pine Hall cemetery Burlington She is survived by her husband four sons two daughters five brothers and four sisters from Burlington Greensboro High Point and nearby cities
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Lula Rich Durham
Greensboro
E. W. Durham
A. A. Durham
West Market Street Methodist Church
Pine Hall
Burlington
Hollywood Story No Work Big Pay Ends Star Wally’s US Departure
Us Tay Wally, continental star, plans to leave America with most of the 32500 he was paid in Hollywood. A year ago Wally started at 500 a week, raised to 750 after six months and he hasn’t acted a single lick.
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Tay Wally
America
Hollywood
Wally
Roosevelt studies national superhighway plan for war needs
President Roosevelt opened a press conference by examining a national system of super highways to move troops and materials. He said he wants to see if the roads, partly funded by user charges, could pay for themselves and reduce heavy relief spending.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Yesterda
Community Singing Scheduled Near Liberty Next Sunday
Liberty, Feb 17. A community singing will be held Sunday February 20 at Smithwood Christian church four miles north of Liberty. It begins at 2 PM with choirs and duets performing sacred music under R N Smith's direction.
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Liberty
Smithwood Christian Church
R. N. Smith
The Queen Bee as an Efficient Egg Laying Entity
The queen bee serves primarily as an efficient egg laying machine. She cannot produce wax or carry pollen and cannot perform many tasks done by worker bees.
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Federal Deposit Insurance
N. C. Bank
Moers
Rose
Westinghouse
Rose Furniture Company
South Main Street
Kester Bros
Camera Club
W. P. Bivins
Lula R. Durham
Hollywood Story
FDR
Specill
George
Father George
Waldsee Muller
Americus Vespucius
Portugal
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