Forest planting urged to redeem idle North Carolina land
Dr. J W Hofmann head of the forestry department at North Carolina State College urges farmers to plant forests on idle land to produce lumber and other forest products. He says fires threaten regrowth, recommends state help for planting at nominal cost, and notes ongoing profit from managed forest crops.
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Hof Mann
Hofmann
North Carolina
State Department of Conservation and Development Service
Raleigh
Dr. Hofmann
Air Mail Network Expands Rapidly in 1926
Airplanes carrying U S mail flew a distance nearly 1000 times around the world between February 1925 and 1926 the Post Office Department reports. In 1926 only nine routes existed now twenty five carry mail. The Chicago to Frisco route is the longest at 1932 miles.
MacDonald resurfaces in Baltimore in Mooney case
The Mooney case, a 14 year national sensation, may be reopened as John MacDonald, a faded Baltimore waiter, reappears with a retracted story. He says he lied about Mooney and Billings being at the Market Street corner during the 1916 parade bombing.
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New
Mooney
San Francisco
John MacDonalda
America
Newsepaper
Tom Mooney
Warren K. Billings
MacDonald
Baltimore
Baltimore Post
NEA
C. C. Young
Billings
Market Street
Stewart
Moosey
Rena
Ed Nolan
Israel Weinberg
Weinberg
Steuart Street
Stewart and Market
F. C. Oxman
Oxman
Héen
Wade Hamilton
Hilers
NEA Service
Mnews-Pictures
John Mac Donald
Nooney
The
Friends of
Post
Tom
Rena Mooney
Billingce
Ellers
United States
Woodrow Wilson
California
New York
San Fran
Cisco
Nolan
Young
Supreme Court
San Francisco News
John MacDonald
Coney Cease
Herbert R. O'Connor
Charles Ruzicka
Hilary W Gans
MacDonald Sttorney
Frank P. Walsh
Dean Miller links unemployment to crime at Duke event
At Chapel Hill Duke University Law School Dean Justin Miller argues unemployment and dependency drive crime, criticizing unequal law administration that harms the poor. He calls for better law enforcement officers and a high professional spirit to improve justice and social programs.
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Duke Law
Public’ Welfare Institute
Chapel Hill
Deang Justin Miller
Duke University School of Law
Institute of Public Welfare
Institute
State Board of Public Welfare
University
Miller
Frank Graham
Miller Caié
Dean Miller
Survey of Roads Approval Signals Statewide Interest
Governor Gardner announces a joint survey by the U S Bureau of Public Roads the state highway commission and the state tax commission assessing costs and maintenance of county roads. The effort aims to standardize administration and reveal how bonds and independent road building are kept or neglected across counties.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel Raleigh
C. Max Gardner
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
State Highway Commission
State Tax Commission
Tax Commission
Gardner
General Assembly
Survey to compare county road maintenance costs with state highways
The state undertakes a survey to show per mile costs for county and district road maintenance versus the state system. Early data show counties spending about 6 million annually, with Buncombe and Wake counties cited. The study aims to guide the 1931 General Assembly on reasonable costs and may publish North Carolina findings nationally.
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Buncombe
Wake County
Raleigh
General Assembly
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
Washington
North Carolina
Gardner
Scientist Demonstrates Radium Ray Photos at NEA Meeting
In Chicago F F Mehl of the Naval Research Laboratories will present photographs taken with radium rays through a ten inch steel block. He says X rays penetrate four inches of metal while radium rays detected ions beyond twice that depth. Mehl heads the division of physical metallurgy. Over 150600 executives and metallurgists expected at the National Metal Congress in September.
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Chicago
National Metal Congress
F. F. Mek
Mehl
Division of Physical Metallurgy
Naval Research Laboratories
Washington
Congress
And So Oz responds to a drinking remark
A Tit-Bits snippet shows a snappy exchange where Oz says he feels terribly thirsty after waking, drinks to feel refreshed, and notes the thirst recurs, illustrating a humorous take on drinking habits.
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Moornizs
Cautious Lawyer Consultation in Montreal
A cautious lawyer in Montreal responds to a client request for professional advice. The exchange labels the client as New Goblin and frames the conversation as seeking lawful guidance. The piece highlights a tense, somewhat humorous tone.
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New Goblin
Montreal
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Spartanburg
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Schelor
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