State to let ten big contracts after bid opening
The division of purchase and contract will let ten large contracts after bids open Friday January 2. Bids cover textile materials for prison camps and state institutions, including 27 000 yards of unbleached sheeting and 28 000 yards of grey cloth for uniforms, plus shirts, overalls, pillow cases, and shrouds. Also 3 000 pairs of rubber boots for guards and 5 900 tons of coal.
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Janat
Brower
State Highway Commission
The
Highway Commission
Prison camps expand as 4281 inmates kept at road work
Enterprise Bureau reports 4281 prisoners in state camps with 2731 Negroes, 1530 whites, and 20 Indians all at work daily on roads. Mild weather reduced sickness and allowed more maintenance, with six new camps soon ready near Newton Catawba Fayetteville Warren ton Kenansville to ease congestion and boost labor. Existing camps near Wilson Rocky Mount Greenville and Robeson improve operations to sustain ongoing road projects.
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Scott
Newton
Catawba County
Siler City
Chatham County
Fayetteville
Cumberland County
Warrenton
Warren County
Jackson Northampton County
Kenansville
Duplin County
Wilson
Rocky Mount
Greenville
Robeson
John Mulholland the Magician and His Sleight of Hand
John Mulholland recalls his early career as a book agent and rising to vice president of the American Society of Magicians. He describes tricks such as disappearing water and a transforming check, and argues magic should entertain without deceit.
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Bates Raney
New York
John Mulholland
All Holland
Vice Presi
Dent
American Society of Magicians
Gard
Wake County Organizes County Wide Clothing Drive
Wake County and Raleigh groups launched a county wide clothing collection to aid unemployed and needy residents. Boy Scouts canvassed Raleigh households while donors in rural towns contributed surplus garments. Shoes totaled about a thousand pairs, with Salvation Army HQ coordinating sorting.
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J. C. Baskerwill
Raleigh
Wake County
Julius S. McInnes
Governor’s Council On
United Cooperating
Boy Scouts
Claud
State Highway Commission
News and Observer
Raleigh Times
Raleigh Woman's Club
Governor's aide era Fed by cigars two dozen a day
Major Robert E. Green is a prolific cigar smoker who admits he could smoke as many as twenty four cigars daily. He says his habit grew during service on the military staff of former Governor Eugene Foss, who reportedly disliked smoking and often passed cigars to Green.
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Capt. Black
Bischoff
Black
Marian
Boston
Robert E. Green
Eugene N. Foss
Foss
Green
New Guards Building Planned at Rocky Mount Camp
A new guard building is under construction at the Rocky Mount camp while the Pitt and Robeson county camps remain portable and will be retained.
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Rocky Mount Camp
Pitt
Robeson County
Rail Counsel 10 Joins Duke University Law School
Leslie Craven a prominent Chicago attorney who serves as counsel for the western railroads resigns to join Duke University school of law in Durham as professor of law in charge of public utilities taxation and administrative law He will lead research and establish a department for public utilities and taxation studies amid Duke’s legal aid clinic and legislative research efforts.
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Durham
Leslie Craven
Chicago
United States
School of Law
Duke University
Pierce Butler
Supreme Court
Craven
Duke School
Doe Rescued After Trans-Pacific Swim Off Oregon Coast
A yearling doe began a trans-Pacific swim and was rescued by men in a boat after over an hour in the cold Pacific waters near Seaside Oregon. A pack of dogs chased it into the sea but stayed ashore barking as the deer swam.
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Seaside
Ore
Pacific
Hoover may visit Oregon for Olympics trip invitation
SALEM Ore Jan 2 The president may visit Oregon on his West trip to attend the Olympic Games in Los Angeles An invitation to Salem was sent by acting governor Willard L Marks Hoover once worked as a messenger boy for a local firm in the state
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Salem
Ore
Hoover
Oregon
Los Angeles
Willard L. Marks
la Firm
Predatory Animals Taken by Nevada Hunters in November
In November 22 hunters worked 595 days and killed 213 predatory animals including 34 bobcats and 179 coyotes. Five badgers were also slain, according to E. R. Sans, head of predatory animal control in Nevada.
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Elko
E. R. Sans
Nevada
Rabbit Freezes Feet On Sheet Steel In Tennessee Town
Sweet Water Tennessee reports a rabbit ran onto a large sheet of steel and its feet froze to the surface. John Gibboney, manager of the local water plant, described the unusual incident and its quick halt.
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John Gibboney
State Forest Campsites Top 2500 Mark in Pennsylvania
Harrisburg report shows permanent camp sites in state forests leased by the Department of Forests and Waters exceed 2,500 with 300 new sites granted this year. Buildings erected by lessees on the grounds total about 2.5 million dollars in value.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters
Wild swans attract hunters to Cayuga Lake shore
A flock of wild white swans touched Cayuga Lake attracting sportmen from miles around. The birds, a near extinction species, stayed several days and a state game inspector was sent to protect them as they sometimes approached the shore.
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Aurora
N. Y
Cayuga Lake
Old deed to family house found in Brockton
Lorenzo D. Bates, 84, owns the original copy of a deed made 170 years ago to his grandfather John Bates by Job Otis of Scituate. The Colonial frame dwelling named in the deed remains standing and well preserved.
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Brockton
Mass
Lorenzo D. Bates
John Bates
Job Otis
Scituate
Goerch Reports NYC Hints on Democratic Nomination
Carl Goerch, returning from Manhattan, says New York business leaders doubt Roosevelt or Smith will secure the Democratic nomination. They foresee a compromise candidate from the South, possibly Garner, Baker, or another figure, with North Carolina viewed as progressive.
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New York
Smith
Roosevelt
Goerch
South
John N. Garner
Texas
Garner
Newton D. Baker
North Carolina
Vacationers From New York Travel to North Carolina
Readers report people from New York spent their vacations in North Carolina, enjoying both summer and winter trips. The notes mention leisure travel and seasonal visits to coastal and mountain destinations.
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New York
North Carolina
Three Minute Relief From Periodical Pains
An ad promotes B C as a fast acting remedy for menstrual pains and related ailments. Prepared by a registered pharmacist it blends several ingredients used by physicians to relieve cramps, headaches, neuralgia, fevers, and nervous distress without opioids. Available in 10¢ and 25¢ packages.
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B.C
Sasa
Autogiro Vision for Commuter Use by Juan de la Cierva
Detroit news notes Juan de la Cierva, the Spanish inventor, pictured the autogiro as a commuter vehicle. He claims autogiros can land on office rooftops and enable traffic between home and downtown offices.
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Detroit
Juan de la Cierva
Copper Plates Cops Readability Issue Highlighted
Arizona introduces copper automobile license plates that look attractive but prove hard to read in sunlight, leaving traffic officers unable to clearly discern numbers from the white lettering on the natural copper finish.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
New Movie Camera Captures Bullet Flight at 26000 Frames
A motion picture camera capable of 26000 photographs a second was displayed in Rochester. Invented by a Japanese designer, the device can freeze revolver bullets in flight and also photograph air currents created by a plane propeller.
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Rochester
Pipe Stem Lodged in Man's Windpipe For Two Years
A meat store clerk in Motala Sweden breathed through a broken pipe stem lodged in his windpipe after it broke off in a traffic collision. The 4 to 5 inch fragment remained in his throat for two years before medical intervention.
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Motala
Sweden
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