Re-Dressed Bill Likely to Pass Utilities Reform
Raleigh Feb 20 The restructuring committee's bill to abolish the corporation commission and create a utilities commissioner moves toward final passage after multiple reversals. The substitute drops two Supreme Court judges, adding two associate commissioners. The first commissioner would be appointed by Governor Ehringhaus, with Senate approval, then elected later. Salary for the chief is 4500 dollars. associates receive 23 dollars daily, not exceeding 1800 yearly.
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Raleigh
Reorganization Committee
Corporation Commission
Utilities
Senate
Reorganisation Committee
Senate Judiciary No
Ehringhaus
Mie Safary
Barter Plan Urged To Fight Low Mood In North Carolina
State board of charities and public welfare promotes barter exchanges to ease economic hardship. Farmers with surplus hay or produce could trade for services or goods to help the unemployed and support community welfare during times of low mood.
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Ralbiga
North Carolina
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
W. T. Best
State Board of Welfare and Charities
Navy Develops New Paint to Repel Barnacles on Ships
The Navy Department introduces an improved anti fouling paint designed to keep barnacles and other sea pests from ship hulls, potentially reducing maintenance and increasing efficiency at sea.
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Navy Department
President-Elect Roosevelts Guarded Home Inposed by Police Lines
President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt returns to New York under extraordinary security after five shots were fired at him in Miami. Thousands line the streets as a police and secret service cordon seals off East 65th Street, while Roosevelt maintains routine and monitors Miami hospital reports on five victims.
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Francis M. Stephenson
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
America
Miami
East 65Th Street
Giuseppe Zangara
Joe Gill
Southland
Secret Service
Elliott
Masonic Hall
Progress In Stream Survey Of North Carolina Rivers
CHAPEL HILL February 20 Excellent progress is reported in a state stream survey to determine industrial utility of waters. Dr A W White UNC Chapel Hill leads the project with cooperation from the state department of conservation and development. The study covers Tar Neuse Cat Fear Haw Deep and Yadkin rivers with plans to extend west of the Blue Ridge if continued.
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Chapel Hill
A. W. White
Chemical Engineering
University of North Carolina School of Engineering
University At Chapel Hill
State Department of Conservation and Development
North Carolina
White
F. Chrisco
J. W. Harrelson
Charlies B. Ray
Department of Conservation and Development
Blue Ridge
Roosevelt
Moore Seeks Public Opinion On Real Estate Tenant Law
Raleigh February 20 Representative J Tracy Moore of Guilford county calls for public expressions on Paragraph 234 NC Code of 1931 under a bill at request of Greensboro Real Estate Board. The clause regulates tenant notice to landlords on vacancy and keys delivery, with penalties up to fifty dollars fine or thirty days in jail.
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Raleigh
J. Tracy Moore
Guilford County
Real Estate Board of
Greensboro
J. Y
State Capitol
AIG Haul Detroit Hijacking Ends With Empty Sugar Load
Two armed men leaped onto a truck running board carrying 48 000 pounds of sugar. They forced drivers Ernest Gibbs and William Brozek to stop and evacuate, then loaded them into a car and held them for five hours before releasing them. No sugar was found.
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Detroit
Ernest Gibbs
William Brozek
Gibbs
Brozek
Forcing Bids in Contract Bridge Explain Tips and Dilemmas
The article discusses forcing bids in one over one bridge systems, noting examples like a jump to three hearts and the implications of forcing bids. It argues players should pause to consider if a bid seeks information or conveys it, using a hand from a national amateur event to illustrate how even strong bids can mislead and when a response like three hearts may be better than four hearts.
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South
North
Bridge bidding fragment shows constructive one over one system
In South, the dealer opened one heart and Weet passed. The North and South pair were using a constructive one over one bidding system.
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South
Weet
Fraternal Men Held On Prohibition Conspiracy Charge
Louise Goodman former U S commissioner and A M Stone steward of Wilmington Fraternal Order of Eagles were ordered held for trial in federal district court on conspiring to violate national prohibition laws. Agents found 35 gallons of liquor and 20 gallons of beer in lodge rooms. Stone admitted ownership. commissioner U S Perert Husham refused to free Goodman or alter charges. Hearing had been held Thursday. decision delayed at defense request.
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Wilmington
Louise Goodman
U. S
A. M. Stone
Stewart
Aerie
Order of Eagles
Goodman
Stone
Perert Husham
Discipline Shown by Foster Home Orphans in Fire
In Philadelphia at the Foster Home for Hebrew Orphans a fire broke out in the tower during dinner. Instead of panicking the 200 children continued eating as four older boys rushed upstairs to fight the blaze until firefighters arrived. After finishing their meals the children were led out to watch the firemen combat the flames.
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Philadelphia
Rattlesnake Meat Trend Draws UNC Botanist to Florida Plant
In Chapel Hill a rumor of rattlesnake meat as a new delicacy spreads from Dr. W. C. Coker to The Chapel Hill Weekly. Louis Graves recounts a Florida operation producing rattlesnake food and adornments, alongside rattlesnake oil and lamp shades, tied to an 1764 letter from Henry Laurens noting a humorous dinner.
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Chapel Hilal
W. C. Coker
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Florida
Louis Graves
Floridian Products Corporation
Educational Protest Pamphlets Off Press
Five thousand copies of a pamphlet titled Shall We Balance the Budget at the Expense of Our Children were printed by the North Carolina division of the American Association of University Women and the Altrusa clubs of North Carolina. The leaflets, protesting further state budget cuts to education, were announced by Mrs. Ernestine C. Milner of Guilford College, chairing the writing committee, and will be distributed from 11 branches to all across North Carolina.
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Guilford College
Fec
North Carolina
American Association of University Women
Altrusa Clubs of
Ernestine C. Milner
Association of University Women
Altrusa
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