Stars Of The Summer Night At Adler Planetarium
Readers learn how the Adler Planetarium presents a celestial show costing a quarter, revealing how light years compress to feet, time speeds up, and stars rise and set as a grand imagination aid. It gives context on stars, planets, and cosmic scales, with notes on Sirius, the Pleiades, Andromeda, and the Milky Way.
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Adler Planetarium
Planetarium
David
Achilles
Emerson
Pleiades
Hyades
Orion
Earth
Space
Andromeda
Milky Way
Nts
Engineers Converge for Summer Convention in Morehead City
The North Carolina Society of Engineers will hold its annual summer convention in Morehead City on Friday and Saturday. Duke University President William J. Dana will open the session, with A Mees of Charlotte Utilities presenting Public Utility Regulation, and J Sammie Whitener of NC State College delivering The Fertilizing Value of Sewage Sludge.
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Morehead City
North Carolina Society of Engineers
William J. Dana
Duke University
Board of Directors
A. Mees
Charlotte
J. Sammie Whitener
N. C. State College
President's Son Marine's Five Days After Divorce
Ellinott Roosevelt, son of the President, wed Ruth Goggin at a river bluff estate in Burlington Iowa. The ceremony followed his divorce five days earlier from Elizabeth Conner. Guests included family friends and notable locals as police guarded the grounds for the secluded outdoor wedding.
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Burlington
Mississippi
Ellinott Roosevelt
United States
Ruth Goggins
Fort Worth
Texas
Rock Garden
River Bank
George C. Swiler
Naboth Osborne
Young Roosevelt
Fred Moore
Chicago
Park Sowden
George
Palatine Bridge
N. Y
Anna Roosevelt Dall
Wesley and Hudson
J. W. Swiler
David Googins
Mary Ruth Googins
Roosevelt
Monk Holt Sentenced to Two Years on Roads in Wheat Theft Case
Monk Holt, a Black resident of East Spencer, was convicted in Lexington county court for stealing wheat from two farmers and for stealing an automobile pump. He received a total of 24 months on the roads. George Tillman, also of East Spencer, admitted car ownership but was found not guilty of aiding in the thefts.
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Lexington
Monk Holt
East Spencer
Linwood
George Tillman
Holt
Tillman
Reeds
Hugh Craver
Linzie Fritts
Allen Davis
Craver
Repealists Maintain 21 Lead In Oregon
Portland counts show repeal supporters ahead by about two to one in the 18th amendment and state prohibition referenda. With 1016 of 1787 precincts reporting, federal repeal 80 743 for yes and 46 975 no while state repeal shows yes 5 035 to 47 067 no.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
In memory of George Shillibeer at Chigwell church
A tablet in a Chigwell church Ba sex Eng is dedicated to George Shillibeer remembered as London s first buaman.
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Chigwell Church
Basex
Eng
George Shillibeer
London
Buaman
Communal Kitchens Amid Moscow Family Life
In Moscow several families share communal kitchens as a norm while cooking, reflecting a culture of shared spaces. An average speaker talks at about zero words per minute, with fast talkers reaching around 150 words per minute in everyday conversations.
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Moscow
Scottish Parliament Passes School Maintenance Act 1696
In 1696 the Scottish parliament enacted a measure to require a school in every parish linked to the kirk. The act aimed to ensure basic education access across Scotland through parish schools supported by parish funds.
Beare Filler Behavior and Seasonal Fasts Noted
Reports describe bear behavior with non hibernation periods and fasting lasting several weeks before emerging to forage. The observation highlights delayed awakening and stomach sorting as bears prepare for feeding seasons.
Erected Charm In Grain Field Guards Siamese Farm
A Siamese farmer places a four charm talisman in a grain field to ward off bad spirits. At age 14, Prancis Bacon received an appointment to the staff of the English ambassador in France.
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Uge
Prencis Bacon
France
Wallace to Speak at Raleigh Cooperatives Meeting
Raleigh July 22 The annual American Institute of Cooperation meeting at North Carolina State College opens July 24 with Secretary Wallace and other Agriculture Department leaders on the program. The event accompanies the Farmers and Farm Women's convention and draws about 4000 attendees to discuss cooperative buying, marketing issues, and farm product cooperatives across multiple lines.
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Raleigh
American Institute of Cooperation
North Carolina State College
Department of Agriculture
Wallace
Farm Credit Administration
Henry Morgenthau, Jr
The
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Farmers’ and Farm Women’s
State College
H. B. Babcock
Ithaca, N. Y
Cooperative Grange League Holding Corporation
Quentin Reynolds
Springfield
Mass
Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange
Kidnaper Of Aged Banker Held In Missouri
An ex convict named Percy Michael Fitzgerald is held in St. Louis Missouri for federal kidnapping of August Laer a banker from Alton Alabama. He faces transfer to Ducots where kidnapping for ransom carries the death penalty.
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Identibeu
Edere
August Laer
Alton
Percy Michael Fitzgerald
St. Louis
Ducots
Ancient Babylonian maps used land surveys for taxation
As far back as 3800 B C Babylonia employed maps based on land surveys for taxation.
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Babylonia
President Roosevelt Plans Sequoia Weekend Cruise
Fully recovered from a cold the President will sail the Potomac on the yacht Sequoia this weekend. He will depart the White House at 4 this afternoon and return for dinner tomorrow night. The trip is described as a private family outing. He will conclude the national address at 9 30 p.m. Monday.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Potomac
Lead Furnace Completed In Salem
Winston Lead Smelting Company completes construction of three furnaces in Salem to process about 250 tons of lead monthly. Manager A V Moore of Suffolk Virginia says scrap metal from North and South Carolina and Virginia is being brought in.
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Salem
Winston-Salem
Winston Lead Smelting Company
Carolinas
A. V. Moore
Suffolk, Va
North
South Carolina
Virginia
Yorkshire Tailorcraft in Three Hours Four Minutes?
In 1931 a suit of clothes was crafted from a freshly shorn sheep in Yorkshire, England, taking three hours and four minutes from shear to final stitch.
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Yorkshire
England
Hodgins Host Esbera Club Dinner Bridge
Dr and Mrs O R Hodgin entertain the Esbera club plus guest Miss Louise Bennett of Atlanta with a two course dinner and bridge at their Mock Street home. High scorers win prizes and Bennett receives a gift from the hostess.
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Bridge
Louisee
Atlanta
Honor U
Thomasville
O. R. Hodgin
Esbera
Mock Street
Louise Bennett
Hodgin
Alvah Boyles
George Finch
Walter Newby
Bennett guests hosted by Dr Hodgin in Atlanta home
Miss Louise Bennett and Mrs. B F Bennett of Atlanta are visiting at the home of Dr. and Mrs. O R Hodgin on Mock 8.
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Louise Bennett
B. F. Bennett
Atlanta, Ga
O. R. Hodgin
Hethcock Family Plans Weekend Visit to Oakboro
Mr and Mrs H T Hethcock and sons Ted Jr and Billy travel to Oakboro to visit Hethcock parents Mr and Mrs G M Denson returning Sunday night Mrs M A Bowers from Winston Salem and her two children stay with her mother Mrs R B Green on Spring Street through the week end.
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H. T. Hethcock
Ted, Jr
Billy
Oakboro
Mr. Hethcock
G. M. Denson
M. A. Bowers
Winston-Salem
R. 8. Green
Spring Street
Mrs B E B Mahone Visits Son in Atlanta
Mrs. B. EB. Mahone of Atlanta is visiting her son B. H. Mahone and Mrs. Mahone at their Barnwell Street home in Atlanta.
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B. EB. Mahone
Atlanta, Ga
B. H. Mahone
Mrs. Mahone
Barnwell Street
Cox Family Plans Roanoke Visit to Detroit
Mrs Ansel O Cox Jr and her son Ansel III will arrive Sunday in Detroit to visit her brother Percy Tudor and Mrs Tudor at their Winston Street home. They travel from Roanoke Va where they stayed with Mrs Coxs parents Mr and Mrs W H Tudor and will be joined by Mr and Mrs Percy Tudor for a weekend in Roanoke.
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Ansel O Cox, Jr
Ansel
Detroit
Mich
Percy Tudor
Mra. Tudor
Winston Street
Roanoke
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Ethel
Marine
By Roy Porter
Associated Press
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Rena Clodfelter
J. W. Clodfelter
Asheville
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Denton
Evelyn McNeill
Washington, D. C
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Lertington Avenue
Austin Harrison
East Guilford Street
Nat Walker
First National Bank
High Point
Mater
Loflin Shoe Shop
Salem St
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Nancy Carroll
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