New Commission Takes On Duties
Raleigh July 11. The new seven member highway and public works commission assumed control of state road matters and prison oversight. The transfer consolidated the highway department and prison administration under the new body, replacing the old highway commission and prison board. Governor Ehringhaus attended as the ceremonial swearing in took place with Chairman E B Jeffress presiding.
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Raleigh
Highway Department
State
New
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Old State Highway Commission
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
New Highway and Public Works Commission
Highway and Public Works Commission
State’s Prison
Old Highway Group
Ehringhaus
E. B. Jeffress
Greensboro
Jeffress
Matrimonial Seas Bubbling Over In Land Of Celluloids
Hollywood divorces surge among famed players. Hungarian actress Zita Johann and husband John Haussman separate on friendly terms. Mabel Le Baron and William Le Baron live apart. Edmund Goulding and wife Marjorie Moss reportedly separate. McClelland Barclay disputes over beauty standards reveal private tensions.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Richard Dix
Winifred Coe
Zita Johann
John Haussman
New York
Mabel le Baron
William le Baron
Edmund Goulding
Marjorie Violet Moss
McClelland Barclays
Barclay
Hearts and Deceit Bind Barrett and Elinor
Barrett and Elinor gamble on love as Elinor’s aunt leaves a fortune to Barrett. Marcia’s jealousy and fear threaten to expose Gerald’s secret while Barrett agrees to hide the truth. An overheated domestic web tightens around Elinor, Barrett, and the family.
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Elinor Stafford
Barrett Colvin
New York
Barrett
Elinor
Lida Stafford
Ella Sexton
Vance Carter
Bentwell Stafford
Sexton
Lida
Lindberghs Soar Through Perils in Aerial Career
Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh endured fog floods and fire in a life of flight. They logged vast miles together from China to Japan, set a transcontinental record, survived a fuel fire in Baltimore in 1930, and a Yangtze spill on a Orient trip, while earning praise as a famed aerial pairing.
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New York
Charles A. Lindbergh
Airways
China
Mexico
Albuena Field
Lindbergh
Baltimore
Japan
Canada
Alaska
Kuriles
Tokio
Mrs. Lindbergh
Governor Names New North Carolina Highway Commissioners
Charles Whedbee and others named as new highway commissioners by Governor Ehringhaus. Chief Justice Stacy swore in the new board in the presence of the old commission and John Sprunt Hill. The governor urged naming George Ross Pou as superintendent of the state prison and second in command.
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Charles Whedbee
Hertford
W. C. Woodard
Rocky Mount
J. A. Hardison
Wadesboro
Luther Hodges
Leaksville- Spray
Ross Sigman
Salisbury
Frank W. Miller
Waynesville
W. P. Stacy
Supreme Court
John Sprunt Hill
Durham
Ehringhaus
George Ross Pou
Jeffress
Pou
Seaboard To Close Two of Its Shops
Seaboard Air Line will close its Portsmouth Virginia and Jacksonville Florida shops after July 15 for an indefinite period. About six hundred workers at each location affected. Officials hope for a partial return to work through a revised three day week.
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Seaboard Air Line Management
General Shopcraft Committee
Portsmouth
Jacksonville
Fla
London Counts Over Thirty Two Thousand Factories
London records indicate more than 32000 factories and 22000 workshops in the city. The figures reflect diverse industrial activity across neighborhoods and indicate a high level of manufacturing employment.
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London
Man Arrested For Dynamiting Gastonia Car
George W. Johnson of Lan drum South Carolina was arrested by Greenville officers on a charge of lighting the fuse to a bomb that blew up an automobile owned by Mr and Mrs D Brice of Gastonia on June 6. Johnson, arrested Friday, was released on bond and said he would not fight extradition. Mrs Brice identified him from a window as the bomber. no one was injured.
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Barrett
Marcia
Elinor
Gerald
Gastonia
George W. Johnson
Landrum
S. C
Greenville
Co. D. Brice
Johnson
Florida executes three men in first state triple electrocution
In a historic Sunday act, Louis Leavine Victory Palmer and Norman Heidt were executed in the electric chair at Florida's state farm for the murder of Joe B Johnson of Tampa. All three went to their deaths calmly after their sentences.
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Raiford
Fra
Florida
Louis Leavine
Victory Palmer
Norman Heidt
State Farm
Joe B. Johnson
Tampa
The Secret of Youthful Skin
The article discusses how youthful skin contains precious elements supplied by Nature, which diminish with age and time. It notes that maintaining these elements is key to preserving skin’s vitality.
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Lux
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Miriam Hopkins
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Nevada
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Barry
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Wife
Glendale
Calif
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Maytag Company
Newton
Iowa
N. Main
Seaboard
Diplomat
Stockholm
Laurence A. Steinhardt
Sweden
Steinhardt
Roosevelt
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Man
Adrienne Ames
Paramount
Helen Simis
Phoenis
Arizona
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