Trade and retail rise as fall business expands
New York reports a broadening retail distribution and rising trade activity aided by warmer and then cooler weather. Wholesale markets crowded with buyers, orders up 12 to 18 percent year over year, and production including electric output and steel forging ahead. Regions show 12 to 25 percent gains while merchandise orders for fall rise 20 to 85 percent over 1935.
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New York
Dun & Bradstreet
New New England
East
Middle West
Northwest
South
Pacific Coast
Sawdust Sinks While Wood Floats on Water
A terse note explains that wood floats on water whereas sawdust sinks to the bottom, highlighting the difference in buoyancy between compact wood and fine particles.
A Spoiled Child Misunderstood as Unadjusted
Marjorie Mansfield argues that a spoiled child stems from lack of proper training. She contends corrective guidance builds better adjusted individuals through early discipline and consistent boundaries.
Dear Miss Mansfield Advice Column on Family and Relationships
A reader asks about continuing visits with a girlfriend and her brother amid teasing. The adviser says yes, maintain the friendship. ignore taunts, and focus on personal boundaries and respect. A mother seeks guidance on parenting a spoiled daughter and is advised to set rules, responsibilities, and self sufficiency.
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Miss Mansfield
Honeyfilled hollow oak soothes Tarboro widow
In Tarboro Mrs. George Howard found solace after a wind toppled an ancient oak in her yard revealing a hollow trunk filled with honey. Edgecombe County school buses logged 216747 miles last term without an accident per County Superintendent N E Gresham. In Smithfield John Pace, 65, jailed 30 days for assaulting his wife after serving seven years of a 45 year sentence for a slaying. a deputy confessed another man’s involvement. In Kinston residents show a white English sparrow to skeptics, contrasting with common sparrows perched on tree limbs.
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Tarboro
George Howard
N. E. Gresham
Edgecombe County
Smithfield
John Pace
Davidson Faculty Members Recovering From Illness
Dr Frazer Hood head of the Davidson college psychology department is recovering from a serious illness. Dr John L Douglas professor emeritus of mathematics is reported improving from a long illness.
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Davidson
Frazer Hood
Davidson College
John L. Douglas
Hart and McDonald Bound on Robbery Charge in Jarrell Station Heist
Norman Hart and John McDonald were bound to the superior court under $2,000 bond each on charges of holding up the Jarrell filling station Friday and taking $90 and merchandise.
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Lexington
Norman Hart
John McDonald
Superior Court
Jarrell
Funeral for UNC German professor Ernest Metzenthin
Funeral services were held for Dr. Ernest Christian Metzenthin a 70 year old professor of German at the University of North Carolina. He died suddenly Wednesday.
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Chapel Hill
Ernest Christian Metzenthin
University of North Carolina
Five candidates file final reports for July run-off
Raleigh notes five statewide candidates must file final expenditures and contributions by midnight. It lists federal road projects including 4.5 miles completed with 268,430 dollars, 293.1 miles under construction with 1,144,733 dollars, and 131.7 miles approved for construction with 699,196 dollars, with state matching required.
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Raleigh
Acquittal Halted Reinstatement of Edgecombe Official
Tarboro July 24. Adore T. Pierce aged 60 was acquitted of attempting to assault a woman in a mate while serving as superintendent of the Edgecombe County home. Commissioners declined to reinstate him.
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Tarboro
Adore T. Pierce
Edgecombe County
Large Sum Available in State for Road Grade Crossing Work
Federal agencies listed 7 545 915 dollars as available for new highway and grade crossing construction in North Carolina at the close of the fiscal year June 30. The report breaks down funds from federal aid highway projects emergency relief Works Progress Administration and public works programs with miles built and under construction totals, noting state and local government supplements.
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Washington
North Carolina
Drowns Oriental Man in Neuse River Accident
John Spruill of Oriental fell from a cabin cruiser into the Neuse River and drowned. The incident occurred near New Bern and was reported by local authorities.
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New Bern
John Spruill
Oriental
Neuse River
Coroner Jury Finds King Blameless in Child Death
Greenville coroner's jury clears J. E. King of blame in the death of seven year old Mattie Lena Harrington who ran in front of his car. The verdict notes the incident occurred as Harrington crossed the street.
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Greenville
J. E. King
Mattie Lena Harrington
King
College Laboratory Is Aid To Farmers
Dr. Frank Graham president of the University of North Carolina addressed 5 000 farmers at the Oxford tobacco experiment station field day. He cited yearly college laboratory discoveries adding wealth to the nation and urged direct appropriation for agricultural experiments.
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Oxford
Frank Graham
University of North Carolina
Oxford Tobacco Experiment Station
Graham
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