Denver traffic impresses North Carolina education chief
Dr T Wingate Andrews, superintendent of schools from North Carolina, returned from the National Education Association meeting in Denver praising the city’s traffic discipline. He noted automatic signals, yielding to pedestrians, and courteous driving as signs of good manners. He also cited Denver’s sales tax as a notable contrast to North Carolina.
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Denver
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National Education Association
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National Educa Association
North Caroa
BE. M. Shipman
Lucille Brown
Vera
R. BE. Ranson
Washburn
Andrews
En Town
High Int
North Carolina
Densr
Northlina
al Denver
North Line
Cincinnati
Chicago
Buenos Aires Sign Sparked Global Electric Display
The sign allegedly claimed as the world’s largest electric sign measured 188 feet by 30 feet and used 15 000 bulbs. Reportedly located in Buenos Aires, the sign’s fame ties to its appearance in the United States.
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Buenos Aires
United States
Thirteen Dead In Wake Of Pennsylvania Floods
Harrisburg Pa July 11 Thirteen people died as flood waters damaged crops and property worth over a million dollars across eastern Pennsylvania. Rescue crews aided by state departments rushed aid to victims while towns along the Susquehanna Schuylkill and Delaware rivers sought order amid debris.
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Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Schuykill
Delaware
Danger Is Passed In N. Y. Flood Area
Final toll listed at 40 and property damage estimated at 25 million dollars, New York flood zone reports say danger of further high water has passed. Red Cross, TERA, CCC and other state and local workers labored under fair skies to remove wreckage and clear mud and debris from highways and homes.
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Albany
N. Y
New York State
Red Cross
TERA
CCC
Grace Baker Chosen to Sit Through The Raven at Paramount
Grace Baker secretary of the High Point Merchants Association faces a midnight screening of The Raven at the Paramount theater. Management offers five dollars if she can sit through the entire film without an outcry or leaving the theater. The mystery picture is billed as very shadowy.
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Grace Baker
High Point Merchants Association
Paramount Theater
Paramount
Roosevelt allocates 55 million for relief and disease control
President Roosevelt assigns 55,184,207 for relief funds with New York City receiving 41,571,090 for 104 projects and the entomology bureau 13,713,117 for eight disease control efforts including barberry eradication to curb black stem rust and phony peach disease in southern states with listed state quotas for the drive.
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Washington
Roosevelt
New York City
Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine
Arizona
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Airplanes Deployed in Africa to Locate Copper Deposits
Report states surface copper may hinder vegetation growth and aerial surveys are being used in Africa to detect likely copper-rich areas.
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Africa
Mr and Mrs Sykes to sail for European tour
Rev and Mrs Toor A Sykes will leave for New York this afternoon and sail tomorrow for a Europe tour returning in September. He says plans are unsettled and passport was obtained on short notice. The piece also notes Greece women’s local franchise and 1300 Londoners born at sea, with more girls than boys among sea births.
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Toor A. Sykes
New York
Sykes
Greece
London
High Seas
City Directory Plan Promises 100000 Unemployed Workdays
A New York city directory compilation aims to provide about 100000 working days for unemployed residents. Officials say the project will match job seekers with temporary tasks, easing hardship and supporting city services.
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New York
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