White Chinese Laundymen See Quick Success in Kinston
Clyde DeLeon Morton and Paul Longprinter, electricians who opened a Chinese style laundry in January, report rising demand. They converted an abandoned shop, employed three women, and plan tea and lily bulbs for patrons, clarifying they will not sell imported bulbs.
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Kinston
Clyde DeLeon Morton
Paul Long
Morton
Long
China
Sandy Springs
8. C
Driver abandons street for tracks and frees car
A Fort Worth driver, despite public danger, sped onto railroad tracks and became stuck when wheels snagged a switch frog. Police and train crews pried the car loose with crowbars, delaying two trains.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Man admits hoax after false report in police court
David R. Bentson preferred jail to his wife’s anger and confessed to fabricating a loss of 53 dollars after being held up. Two other men were questioned and denied guilt. Bentson was jailed for giving false reports.
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Los Angeles
David R. Bentson
Bentson
Optimistic Note On NC Cotton Industry In 1932
North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development sees potential revival in cotton manufacturing for 1932. 1931 saw net gains in consumption late in the year, with mills in cotton states driving growth while New England lagged. Companies like Textiles Inc Gastonia and Shuford Mills Hickory Granite Falls expanded output and orders rose, signaling a spring upturn.
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New England
Bryan W. Sipe
The
Conservation Department
Textiles, Inc
Gastonia
Henderson
Henderson and Harriet Mills
Leary
Fales and Jenckes Company
Gatsonia
New York
Chaip
Cannon Mills
Shuford Mills
Hickory
Granite Falls
Belives
Senate Finance Committee wrestles with tariff revision plan
Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee advanced a tariff revision plan despite opposition from Ogden Mills and James Emery. Mills called the conference removal provision a pious aspiration while Emery warned the measure would impair its flexible goal. Republican independents aided the committee in pushing a next week Senate vote.
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Senate
Ogden L. Mills
The
Treasury
Congress
James A. Emery
National Manufacturer's Association
Tariff Commission
State college to seek funds to save 26 farm workers
In Raleigh on January 23 Commissioner W A Graham pledged agricultural department cooperation to keep North Carolina State College farming research alive and prevent the layoff of 26 experiment station workers after January 31. Dr E C Brooks and colleagues met to plan funding, possibly through state funds plus another college salary cut, with hopes of paying February salaries and bridging March fertilizer tax revenue.
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Raleigh
Commissioner of Agriculture
W. A. Graham
North Carolina State College
North Carolina
E. C. Brooks
Brooks
I. C. Schaub
R. Y. Winters
Eagles' Home Same 40 Years In Newfields
In Newfields New Hampshire two bald eagles have returned to trees along the Swampscott River for their 1932 visit marking a 40 year pattern. They have been annual visitors except for two mild winters.
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Newfields
N. H
Swampscott River
Turkeys Refuse to Go Wild in Gold Beach Farm Escape
In Gold Beach Oregon a state game commission crew has 15 wild turkeys that will not wild. The birds were moved three times into the wilderness but quickly returned to the farm where they were raised.
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Gold Beach
Orc
State Game Commission
Democrats Expect Senate Action Next Week on Measure
Democrats believe the measure moves to the Senate next week and a presidential veto is likely if the Senate approves it.
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Senate
The Deadline at Broadhurst features Buck Jones pursuit
Buck Jones stars in The Deadline at the Broadhurst next Friday and Saturday. He plays Buck, jailed for a crime he did not commit, striving to prove his innocence, win back Loretta Sayers, and catch the real killer while evading townsfolk’ s suspicions. Rin Tin Tin also appears in a new chapter play at the same venue.
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Buck Jones
Deadline
Silver
Loretta Sayers
Broadhurst
Buck
Colfax
Rin-Tin-Tin
the Broadhurst
Swiss Air Force Expands Amid Mountainous Challenges
Switzerland's military aviation strength grows with 125 planes in service. In 1930 the country spent about 1.25 million dollars on aviation, and expenditures are expected to double when 1931 figures are released.
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Berne
Switzerland
Air ministry buys plane with loud broadcasting device
London reports a British air ministry purchase of a plane fitted with a broadcasting device designed to spread good will over its possessions, notably Iraq. The device magnifies the voice 3,000,000 times and can be heard beyond ten miles as the air force conducts outreach.
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London
British
Air Ministry
Iraq
Sandlapper trio held by N J cops without charges
Three South Carolina youths Frank Simmons Charles Pelham and Hastel Brown were chased across New Jersey after a diner stop led to reports of pistol flashing and slot machine play suspected with slugs. Police cornered them in Trenton and held them without charges as investigators reviewed the case.
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Sandlapper
N. J
New Brunswick
South Carolina
Frank Simmons
Greenwood
8. C
Charles Pelham
Greenville
S. C
Hastel Brown
Anderson
Raritan Township
Trenton
Police hold trio after car search with uncertain revolver claims
Officers found nothing weapon-like in the car and witnesses later questioned as possibly mistaken about a revolver. Police say carrying slot machine slugs and operating machines are not crimes. State police consider filing reckless driving charges against the youth.
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Youthe
Death lure for mosquitoes by GE wizard fails on females
Lynn Mass Jan 23 Prof Elihu Thomson of General Electric reports a device that imitates the female mosquito hum lures millions of male mosquitoes to a deadly encounter but the female, being wary, ignores the lure leaving the bite problem unsolved.
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Lynn
Mass
Elihu Thomson
General Electric
Mosquito Kingdom
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