Fear Beetle Enters North Carolina Shifting Quarantine Talks
Raleigh report from July 16 states the Department of Agriculture fears the white fringed beetle has entered North Carolina. C H Brandon notes hundreds of infested plants arrived from New Orleans and vows precautionary measures. Brandon heads to New Orleans for Southern Plant Board talks on possible quarantines. The piece also mentions honey bee lifespans of about six weeks.
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Raleigh
Department of Agriculture Today
North Carolina
C. H. Brandon
Department
New Orleans
Britain and France to reaffirm entente on state visit
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth will travel to France Tuesday to show that Britain's ties with France endure despite Europe’s dictators. The July 1922 state visit will proclaim the historic entente rooted in earlier royal visits to Paris and strengthened by this current royal tour.
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Cleaner Restrooms Drive Roadside Reform In States
The article reports motorists urging cleaner restrooms along highways as travel rises. Carolina Motor Club officials credit clubs nationwide with promoting sanitary facilities, water testing, and better roadside amenities to aid travelers and health standards.
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Irene Crews
Carolina Motor Club
Elitc
American Automobile Association
Crews
North Carolina State Board of Health
LAW LICENSES MAY BE REVOKED PALBON
Trials to determine revocation of law licenses for L. A. Whitener of Hickory and F. W. Williams of Winston-Salem Negro were ordered by the State Bar council. A committee including Don A. Walser J. L. Jones and Haywood Clement was named with John J. Ingle as prosecutor and Henry M. London as counsel.
Huygens Proposes Light Waves Like Ripples on Water
In 1685 Christian Huygens suggested light travels as waves emanating from its source, forming expanding circles similar to ripples on a pond after a stone drops.
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Christian Huygens
Council Delays Grievance Reports On Attorneys
The grievance committee has not finished investigations into charges against several Mecklenburg county lawyers and defers its report to the October 27 council meeting. Detlay Sanderson of Whiteville has suspension action deferred after a trial committee recommended it.
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Retary
Whitener
Williams
Mecklenburg County
Detlay Sanderson
Whiteville
Employment Gains in North Carolina Manufacturing
North Carolina's 635 manufacturing firms show a 2.2 percent rise in employment from mid May to mid June and a 0.7 percent uptick in wage disbursements. Average weekly earnings fell from 14.99 to 14.77 dollars. Cotton mills boosted hires by 4.8 percent while hosiery mills added 1.3 percent. Total employment reached 101,071 with a weekly payroll of 1,492,758 dollars.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Labor
Water blamed for car fire in Los Angeles
J P Johnson says a bottle of water caused his car fire in Los Angeles. The bottle was found beside bedding, which smoldered in the blaze as Johnson described the scene.
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Firewater
Los Angeles
J. P. Johnson
Johnson
England Publishes About Four Books Each Day
A newspaper note states that roughly four books are published daily in England. It also cites a U S Agriculture estimate that a single man using a one horsepower rake can rake sixteen acres of hay in a day.
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England
U. S. Department of Agriculture
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