Road measures loom in North Carolina legislature
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh Jan 27. Bills to raise gasoline tax from 5 to 6 cents to fund county road maintenance and a statewide reorganization of the highway commission dominate this week’s agenda. Public hearings resume on roads and finance bills as lawmakers weigh local county road measures and opposition from current commission members.
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State Highway Commission
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John Sprunt Hill
Durham
Highway Commission
Col
J. L. Kirkpatrick
Charlotte
Ginger S and the Mill Rush Makeover at Jose de Vivre
Ginger drives Bard Holloway to Mill Rush to oversee a rapid rehab of Ginger S’s estate. Phil Tolliver juggles care for Patty while labor blooms from volunteers as paid workers fear union rules. The scene blends art, hospitality, and a bold plan for decorating the Midwestern retreat.
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Ginger
Bard Holloway
Mill Rush
Ultra Modern Drama At Paramount Opens Three Day Run
Ultra modern film Tilicit debuts at the Paramount with Barbara Stanwick in a dramatic tale of a girl who seeks to dodge divorce by avoiding marriage. James Rennie and Ricardo Cortez lead the romance, with Natalie Moorehead Joan Blondell and Claude Gillingwater in supporting roles. The bill includes Mack Sennett’s Hollywood Theme Song and the novelty series Strange As It Seems.
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Tilicit
Paramount
Barbara Stanwick
James Rennie
Ricardo Cortez
Charles Butterworth
Georgie
Natalie Moorehead
Joan Blondell
Claude Gillingwater
Hollywood
Bill
Regiment Entry Lists Three Thousand Six Hundred Fifty-Two Men
A fully recruited United States regiment numbers three thousand six hundred fifty-two men. The figure reflects total strength of the unit as organized for service, with all ranks counted in the muster.
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United States Regiment
City Hall Secretaries Assist Urgent Repair Help
In a voice from City Hall basement Mrs. W. BE. Price, full time secretary, and her assistant will be in the office at all times to receive calls and cooperate in locating emergency repair help for residents. Phone 2039 for emergency help.
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City Hall
Flashes Of Life and a Bank Robber’s Posthumous Plan
Flashes of Life reports John Walker, a bank robber and deputy sheriff slayer in Canon City, Colorado, faces execution Friday and plans to mail his mother a letter every month for twenty years if she lives. He has drafted letters and arranged for their delivery, and his mother believes he is serving a twenty year term.
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Canon City
Colo
John Walker
Dean of Bankers Of for South ployment
Miss Francis Perkins state labor commissioner told a reception at Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt's home that garment workers should heed the average middle aged woman and maintain a normal pace. The Pittsburgh report noted a $3,000,000 development connected to the event.
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Francis Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Church to be erected for hungry wayfarers in East Liberty
East Liberty Presbyterian plans a church funded by Mr and Mrs Richard Mellon to serve as a day and night mission with showers a lunch counter and dormitory for hungry and homeless travelers in Cambridge Mass reports note Harvard declined a $2000 bequest aimed at feminism while Yale Princeton and Columbia consider similar gifts for the same purpose in other cities Madrid shows mind readers face a ban Havana reports lorgnettes worn by chaperones and Cuban women at horse races New York notes a yacht being built in Hamburg for Mr and Mrs Richard Cadwalder of Philadelphia the former Emily Roebling the vessel nearly 408 feet long will be one of the world s largest privately owned ships
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East Liberty Presbyterian
Richard Mell Lon
New York
Hamb
Richard Cadawalder
Philadelphia
Emily Roebling
Trenton
N. J
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