Wade Urges Tougher North Carolina Fire Escape Laws
Raleigh Jan 24 Extensive amendments to the state fire escape law are proposed by Insurance Commissioner Stacey Wade as part of a safety program. The bill requires theaters to be approved by the commissioner before construction and mandates unobstructed separate egress from upper floors in lodging buildings not over three stories. Public assembly buildings and existing theaters face updated escape and corridor standards.
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Raleigh
North Carolina General Assembly
Stacey W. Wade
Insurance Commissioner
Merchants to Gather in Raleigh for Legislative Hearings
State merchants association and many local groups plan a Raleigh meeting with representatives from High Point and other cities to push hearings on bills. The North Carolina Merchants Association has drafted an extensive legislative program with some items already introduced and others expected.
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State
Raleigh
State Merchants Association
High Point Merchants’ Association
North Carolina Merchants’ Association
General Assembly
High Point Sealed Proposals Sought for Municipal Building Plumbing
City of High Point North Carolina invites sealed bids for the plumbing work on the Municipal Building project. Bids due January 30 1923 at 1130 am. Proposals require a 5 percent certified check and a 50 percent bond. Drawings via Harry Barton architect. bids to Maryland Casualty Co. for acceptance. Mayor John W Hedrick cites right to reject all bids.
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City of
High Point
N. C
City Plumbing Company
Harry Barton
Greensboro
Maryland Casualty Company
Baltimore
Women Ask Bowie to Ban Pool Table in West Jefferson
Ashe county residents petition Representative Tom Bowie to introduce a bill abolishing a local pool table in West Jefferson. Bowie says he will present the measure, noting his own inexperience with pool while defending local issues amid rail legislation debates.
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Bowie
Raleigh
Ashe County
Tom Bowie
West Jefferson
Ashe
General Assembly
West Jeffer
City Plans to Approve Pool Table Disposal Request
A son requests removal of a pool table and seeks approval from the assembly. The outcome hinges on council action granting the disposal.
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Son
Assembly
Miss Gates to Open a Studio in High Point
Miss Elsie Gates, piano violin and voice teacher, plans to open a studio in High Point next week. She will meet prospective students on the mezzanine at the Sheraton hotel between 3 and 5 o clock on Thursday Friday and Saturday. She is a post graduate of Monmouth College Monmouth Illinois.
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Elsie Gates
High Point
Nagel Held Without Bail for Embezzling $4,000, Roosevelt Bank
New York January 22 reports Harry A. Nagel accused of embezzling $4,000 from Roosevelt State bank in Chicago is held without bail as a fugitive from justice.
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New York
Roosevelt State Bank
Chicago
Harry A. Nagel
North Carolina State Football Schedule for Next Fall
Penn State and the University of South Carolina join NC State’s schedule with Roanoke opening in Raleigh September 29. Washington and Lee slated for Thanksgiving in Lexington or Norfolk, Virginia, with Virginia-Carolina games alternating between Chapel Hill and Charlottesville.
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Raleigh
Penn State
University of South Carolina
North Carolina State
J. W. Harrelson
Roanoke
Washington and Lee
Lexington
Norfolk
Virginia
North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Charlottesville
Ctate Dolge
South Carolina
Raigh
North Carina
Virginia Military Instite
Davidson
Charlotte
Virginia Poly
North, Va
Maryland
Wake Forest
Kington
Mrs Mae Nolan Wins California Special Election
In San Francisco on January 24 Mrs Mae Nolan widow of late Congressman John I Nolan won a special election to fill the Fifth California district vacancy. She led Edwin G Rath by over 4000 votes among seven candidates and will serve the unexpired term and the term beginning March 4.
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San Francisco
Mae Nolan
John I. Nolan
California
Checks Totaling Over 7.6 Million Sent to Tobacco Growers
Checks totaling more than 7.6 million dollars were mailed to members of the Tobacco Growers Co operative Association in western North Carolina and the bright leaf belt of Virginia from the Raleigh headquarters. The payments are the second installment for tobacco delivered by December 1 to the association.
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Raleigh
Tobacco Growers’ Co-operative Association
North Carolina
Bright Leaf Belt
Virginia
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