Ten Billion Planned For Building This Year
Washington reports that more than ten billion dollars in public and private construction is expected nationwide this year. The Commerce Department, under Secretary La Mont, is coordinating data to boost business and stabilize the economy. Public building and utilities are projected to top seven billion, with commercial and industrial structures likely surpassing three billion.
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Washington
Lamont
Hoover
Commerce Department
The Herb Extract Health Claim Advertised Remedy
A vintage ad promotes Herb Extract as a natural laxative to cure biliousness indigestion and constipation. It claims Cascara Bark and Senna etc provide quick daily cleansing with no pills, featuring testimonials from a Virginia woman and a Houston official. It urges consumers to buy from Cecil's Drug Store at opening.
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Nature
America
Virginia
Houston
Texas
Cecil
Public Works Spending Estimates Across Sectors
A historical report estimates total spending on public works at about 3.325 billion dollars, with utilities, railroads, and telegraph firms planning 3.25 billion in improvements. Electric and street railways would allocate roughly 410 million to maintain existing systems, while class A railroads proceed with 1.05 billion in construction, AT&T about 700 million, and independent telcos, short lines, railroads, and private water works around 100 million.
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Ture
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Independent Telephone and Telegraph Companies
Wallace Murders Prompt Negro Suspect Arrests
In Wallace North Carolina two black men were detained after the death of 20 year old Mrs Bertie English who was beaten to death with a fire poker Saturday night near her home. Dave Brockington was captured near a lumber camp in Lenoir County and held in Raleigh. Another man named Dave Locke reported to be in Wilmington admitted to the killing but retracted his confession and was turned over to Duplin County officers who kept his location secret.
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Wallace
N. C
Bertie English
Dave Brockington
Lenoir
Raleigh
State’s
Brockington
Italian Officer Becomes Friar in Clerical Switch
Lieut. Frazio Arfara, nearing captaincy in the Italian regular army, dons a Franciscan friar’s brown frock after four bravery decorations. This marks a fifth instance of officers leaving the barracks for the cloister in recent months. Genoa Domini cans welcomed three ex-warriors into the order of preachers, and Benedictines admitted another to Montecassino after a three year novitiate.
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Italy
Frazio Arfara
St. Francis of Assisi
Genoa
Dominicans
Order of Preachers
Miss Foster Noted for Library Leadership in High Point
An article by Flossie Marie Foster, librarian at High Point High School, appears in The North Carolina Teacher. The piece argues the high school library is the school’s dynamo and outlines standards set by Southern Association accrediting agencies, including a central well equipped room, annual book and supply funding, a full time trained librarian, and pupil training in library use.
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North Carolina Treacher
Flossie Marie Foster
High Point High School
Miss Foster
Southern Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges
Death notices from North Carolina regional items
Obituaries report John Dowell 40 of Rutherfordton killed by car in Lexington county. James Madison Godbey 84 dies at home near Harmony. J H Culbreth 64 Fayetteville retiree dies. Carter Edwin Braxton 4th class VMI cadet buried with escort. Maurice Teeter 29 textile worker killed in auto train crash with wife and infant Pauline. Funeral services planned for several.
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Olumbia
John Dowell
Rutherfordton
N. C
Lexington County
Tatesville
James Madison Godbey
Earle Godbey
Greensboro Daily News
Harmony
This County
Elmont
Maurice Teeter
Pauline
Teeter
Southern Railway
Belgian Lawmakers Seek Free Beer and Higher Pay
Belgian lawmakers in the chamber of representatives push a budget amendment to raise salaries from 25 000 francs to about 1 100 francs monthly and to restore free beer and biscuits at the house buffet, noting previous excesses that led to beer removal.
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Brussels
Belgian Chamber of Representatives
Eldest Sons Receive Italian Army Favors
Rome reports a new order grants a six month compulsory military service to the eldest son in large families. The reduction applies to first borns in families of twelve or more children both legitimate and illegitimate, and to certain other eldest sons including orphans, widows, and a one son with many daughters and limited wealth.
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Rome
Edison’s Intimate Life Revealed in Magazine Feature
In a New York piece dated January 20, Thomas A. Edison is described by Mrs. Edison as favoring silk night shirts and India silk handkerchiefs. The article notes his hug goodbye at doors, dislike of social games, and routines such as keeping a sacred armchair and reading Victor Hugo.
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New York
Thomas A. Edison
Mary Pickford
Clara Bow
Harvey Firestone
Firestone
Victor Hugo
Enoch Arden
Gaines Sermon Heard By Taft
Asheville January 20 Chief Justice Taft resting at Grove Park Inn after breakfast he plans a daily ride if weather holds. He attended worship with Mr and Mrs Taft at First Baptist Church yesterday where Dr Francis P Gaines Wake Forest College preached on Genesis chapter 29. Taft arrived by his chauffeur driven car. his custom automobile remains unavailable.
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Asheville
Taft
Grove Park Inn
First Baptist Church
Francis P. Gaines
Wake Forest College
Washington
Reds convict Germans of moral resistance
Berlin reports that 43 German settlers in Pokrovsk, capital of the Volga German Soviet Republic, were condemned by Soviet authorities for moral resistance to communist propaganda. Authorities plan to use radio broadcasts and a new Volga German communist newspaper as remedies.
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Berlin
Pokrovsk
Toscanini Says Conductors Seek Personal Glory in Music
Arturo Toscanini, director of the New York Symphony Orchestra, argues that modern conductors try to imprint their names on works rather than honoring composers. He cites Verdi and Boito to defend respecting Beethoven forms and notes the public’s correct taste.
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New York Symphony Orchestra
Rome
Arturo Toscanini
New York
Toscanini
Beethoven
Verdi
Tamagno
Italy
Arrigo Boito
Mephistofeles
Mephistofeles Triumphs From Suppression
A fragment notes that Aids Business shaped the future and Boito aimed to suppress it, while Mephistofeles began a triumphant career that continues to today, signaling a lasting cultural impact.
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Boito
Mephistofeles
Watkins Company Salesmen Conference Here Tomorrow
A Watkins Company traveling salesmen conference for North Carolina South Carolina and Virginia will be held tomorrow in the Sheraton hotel ballroom. About 35 to 50 representatives from the company, the nation’s largest patent medicines manufacturer, are expected. A luncheon will follow in the hotel’s private dining room. W F Brunson Raleigh state field supervisor for North Carolina leads arrangements.
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J. R. Watkins Company
Winona
Airport Specialist To Visit High Point Next Week
Marshall C. Hoppin airport specialist in the U S Department of Commerce aeronautics section will visit High Point next week to discuss establishing a municipal airport. F J Sizemore secretary of the chamber of commerce announced a letter from A Pendleton Taliaferro chief of the airport section outlining the itinerary. Hoppin will stay several days to confer with chamber committees and others on site location and regulatory approval.
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Marshall C. Hoppin
Aeronautics Branch
U. S. Department of Commerce
High Point
F. J. Sizemore
Chamber of Commerce
A. Pendleton Taliaferro
Hoppin
American Legion Meeting Set At Odd Fellows Hall
The American Legion plans its weekly meeting at Odd Fellows hall tomorrow night. Post commander James Lyon announced the gathering and said several important matters are on the agenda. Members are urged to attend.
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American Legion
Odd Fellows Hall
James Lyon
Bible Holds Place As World's Best Seller
London report notes the Bible as the world’s best selling book, with Dr John stating it maintains top position against all competition.
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London
John
Ritson Leads Bible Society’s Global Circulation Rise
H Ritson, longtime secretary of the Foreign Bible society, reports daily print of 12 000 Rinten in 623 dialects. The society’s total Bible circulation stands at 237 000 000 in 623 languages with 237 000 000 Bibles. Ritson notes Kui pean Bible circulation more than doubles from 763 000 to 1 420 000 annually, and South American circulation grows from 41 000 to 505 000 annually.
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H. Ritson
The
and Foreign Bible Society
Seit
Doctor Ritson
South America
Mourning at the Diner Marker
A waiter informs a diner that the manger died yesterday, prompting a moment of solemnity and respect as the scene unfolds in a brief, somber exchange from Tit-Bits.
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Inston
Carter Edwin Braxton
Virginia Military Institute
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W. F. Talman
Cecil Drug and Stationery Company
Watkins Book Store
Winston-Salem
Edison
Mrs. Edison
Gaines
Claude Lowe
Andrue Berding
Aids Business
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Watkins Company
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College Street
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Corona
Rudy
Cecil Drug CO
Lancaster, Pa
W. Moody
Piatte
Bo. Dak
Saya
Co. C. Smith
Rustburgh, Va
Bettina Vogt
Vance
8.C
Cecil’s Drug Stor Inc
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