Better Business Seen as Nation Recovers in 1931
Chamber of Commerce cites Manufacturers Record signs of improvement with Birmingham rail mills resuming operations January 4 and 1,000 jobs added. Lumber orders and shipments rise. Westinghouse receives a $1.76 million order securing Christmas pay for many workers. Celanese recalls 600 workers. Tex tile Inc. predicts upturn after year end. Yonkers carpet works expands with Westinghouse equipment purchase.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Birmingham Rail Mills
Rail Mills
National Lumber Manufacturers Association
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
G. Down
New York
New Subway
Upson Company
Lockport
N. Y
A. G. Myers
Textile, Inc
Gastonia
South
Celanese Corporation of America
Amccelle
Cumberland
Alexander Smith
Ben
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Yonkers
LeBlanc
State agencies face fixed budgets as 1932 begins
State departments and institutions start 1932 under a 70 percent allotment of prior appropriations. Budget officials blame low business activity and tax shortfalls for the deficit, insisting cuts are mandatory and aimed at preserving credit and avoiding tax increases in 1933.
Brothers in boxing match leave both unconscious
In Sheffield England two brothers Austin and Edgar Brown fought a sixth round contest that ended with both fighters unconscious on the ring floor after the referee stopped the match.
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Sheffield
Eng
Austin
Edgar Brown
Warren seeks MacLean school law in new constitution
Washington dispatches report Congressman Lindsey Warren, a member of the state constitutional commission, will push to include the MacLean school law in the new constitution and create a state board of education to replace the current equalization board.
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Raleigh
N. C
Washington Dispatches
Lindsey Warren
State Constitutional Commission
MacLean
State Board of Education
Equalization Board
Maxwell explains drop in revenue for state in 32
North Carolina Commissioner of Revenue Allen J. Maxwell explains that the 1931 revenue bill was projected to raise general fund income by about 4.5 million annually, but worsening farm prices and lower business activity have reduced gains. He notes December collections total an increase of 1.86 million for the first half of the year, predicts a smaller second half, and urges reduced spending and renewed public confidence for 1932.
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Budget Bureau
General Assembly
Gardner
Henry Burke
State Department
Laster
Budget Commission
Nore
Ralsigh
Ihs
Moths Inspire Architectural Decor Ideas
Syracuse University expert Dr. Frederick Lear says moths and butterflies offer lessons in color combinations and intricate patterns. A study of their designs could suggest new decoration ideas for architecture.
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Syracuse, N. Y
Frederick R. Lear
Syracuse University
Mood prompt lowers traffic fines in Battle Creek
In Battle Creek Michigan city officials cut all traffic fines by 50 percent citing a mood of concern and to ease penalties for violators. The reduction applies to existing fines and any new charges issued by the police and courts.
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Battle Creek, Mich
Death rate in North Carolina hits historic low in 1931
North Carolina recorded a 1931 death rate of 9.8 per 1 000 population, the state board of health reports as the lowest on record. Separately in Spartanburg a UNC orchestra member Fred Clarke of Syracuse was injured when a bus skidded overturning but ten others escaped harm. In Detroit Simon Reineke aged 101 watched his first film, a home movie of himself, after moving from Quincy Illinois two years earlier.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Uv. N. C
Hart Spartanburg
Fred Clarke
Syracuse
N. Y
University of North Carolina Orchestra
Orfl
Detroit
Simon Reineke
Quincy
New Year Welcomed From Pike's Peak by AdAmAn Club
Colorado Springs marked the new year with a midnight pyrotechnic display from Pike's Peak by 11 AdAmAn climbers. Rockets rose over 1,000 feet as red and green flares lit the summit and base towns. one member fell ill and remained at the half way house.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Rocky Mountain
Old Pike’s Peak
AdAmAn Club
Denver
Roald Amundsen
AdAmon Club
Lawrence Cockrell
Jerry Cooga
Colorado College
Sodax
Rotary Club hears Miss Cowles on Russia plan
Miss Fannie Porter Cowles of Agnes Scott college spoke to Lexington Rotary on the Russian five year industrial plan. She outlined items, progress, difficulties and prospects, noting loyalty hinges on domestic fulfillment and government performance.
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N Organization
Lexington
Lexington Rotary Club
Fannie Porter Cowles
Agnes Scott College
Wilmington Plan Becomes Model for Cities in Relief Work
The Wilmington Relief Association runs a county-wide effort to give work rather than charity, employing about 650 men by mid December and pledging 65 000 for November 1 1931 to April 1 1932. Jobs include public works and park improvements with pay of 1 50 for whites and 1 00 for colored workers.
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Raleigh
Wilmington Relef Association
Wilmington
New Hanover County
Louis T. Moore
Wilmington Relief Association
Wilmington Chamber of Commerce
Relief Association
Hidden Mesa to Be Searched by Archaeologists
In Northwestern Nebraska a hidden mesa will be excavated this summer by archaeologists. The site between Pawnee and Arikara districts is said to hold three Indian life layers. Remains believed to be from the old Caddo tribes date over 300 years.
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Scottsbluff
Néeb
Nebraska
Thomas L. Green
Tobacco prices weaken as year ends in Louisville
Burley tobacco prices ease slightly as the old year closes with markets holding near ten dollars per hundred. The report notes markets largely average around that level, reflecting a cautious but stable market outlook for burley at year end.
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Louisville, Ky
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