Electrification Efforts Expand Under REA Construction
ININGTON July 28. Electrification administration describes operations hitting full scale as 14 million dollars in loans and 50 million requested from Reconstruction Finance Corporation. Since May loans approved for rural lines totaling about 14 million, with 3 percent interest and 20 year terms. Projects include North Carolina Tidewater Power Co 128 miles for 1,000 customers and South Carolina Rural Electrification Authority 11 miles for 2,218 customers.
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Ington
North Carolina
Tidewater Power Co
Oil and salts contracts for prison division
Bureau, Sir Walter Hotel High, July 28. A division of the state ay and public works com by the division of par and contract will let a contract Saturday, August 1 for 1,000 gallons of castor oil and 4,400 pounds of epsom salts. Prison department purchases show past use of 600 gallons of castor oil and 4,200 pounds of epsom salts per year. Prisoners often feign illness to avoid work and are given castor oil or salts, though most prefer to work when genuinely sick.
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Sir Walter Hotel
State Ay and
Public Works Comby
Par
Epsom
Bernard
Crocker
Officers Meet At Fort and City Ports Chief Speaker At AU Convention
Newly elected officers of the 57th district began a session here. Maurice R., manager of the More City port commission, will be chief speaker at the North via Food Dealers Association ai convention at Jantic Beach July 31. In Hamlet R. Jr., 27, was injured in an automobile crash yesterday. Patrolman R. ks investigated the wreck and arrested Thomas V., 18, and H. M., 5, occupants of the cars, for a hearing set September 1 before an interstate commerce commission representative.
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Maurice R
More City
Urinburg
R. M. Jr
Hamlet
R. Ks
Thomas V
H. M
North Carolina Traffic League
Interstate Commerce Commission
Tragic Death Near Seaboard Tracks in Wwrinburg
Albert a 21 year old Black man died yesterday after being struck by a train beside the Seaboard Air tracks near here. The incident occurred in Wwrinburg and police are investigating the circumstances.
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Wwrinburg
Albert
Seaboard Air Tracks
Morris 31 Seriously Injured in Urinburg Truck Collision
A 31 year old man Morris was seriously injured in a truck collision near Urinburg. Enoch McEachin and Otte were held in jail on a 500 dollar bond. Judge J Pless ordered a grand jury examination of records at the clerk of court to determine guardians administrators filed property reports for funds entrusted to them.
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Urinburg
Morris
Here
la Negro
Enoch McEachin
Otte
Istonia
J. Pless
Gaston Grand Jury
Farmers Meet At State College In North Carolina
More than 925 farm men and agents from rural counties attended a home and farm week session at North Carolina State College. Topics varied across farm residence needs and agricultural programs discussed by state officials and college staff.
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Aleigh
N. C. State College
Bronze licenses 1936 87 season announced by fisheries chair
Chalk the chairman of the fisheries commission announces that bronze licenses for sport fishing and combination licenses for the 1936 87 season will be issued today bearing the state seal.
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Chalk
Fisheries Commission
Ontoday
Promised Support 1GH Chairman Assured by State Commission
Chairman Winborne of the state commission said he was assured of promised support from the 1GH effort. The report notes confidence in backing amid ongoing negotiations and policy discussions.
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Winborne
State Commission
Nursing Education Short Course At Chapel Hill
Forty registered nurses from North Carolina and Virginia attended the second day of a ten day nursing education course at Chapel Hill. They heard talks and discussions on their professional work during the session.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Virginia
Dedication Planned for Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest
A 3,840 acre Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in Nantahala National Forest will be dedicated Thursday. A personal message from President Roosevelt titled This Living Monument will be read at the ceremony.
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Robbinsville
Joyce Kilmer
Nantahala National Forest
Roosevelt
Robbery Probe In Fayetteville Sighting Two Suspects Sought
Police search for two White men after an unmasked robbery at a Fayetteville filling station today. The pair reportedly took about $100 from the clerk and fled the scene.
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Fayetteville
Six illicit stills seized in New Bern raids
Four county and federal officers reported the capture of six stills and the arrest of three persons in weekend liquor raids across New Bern area. The operations targeted illegal distilling and distribution networks believed active in multiple townships.
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New Bern
Olympic trip sparks praise for Wisconsin coach Stuhldreher
A breezy round up notes praise for Wisconsin coach Harry Stuhldreher as a strong hire for the program. It highlights Pete Norton Joe McCarthy and Pete predicted a title run while reflecting on various sports anecdotes from baseball boxing and golf stories.
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Bodif Briptz
Associated Press
New York
Harry Stuhldreher
Wisconsin
Pete Norton
Tampa Sports
Joe McCarthy
Pete
Leon Ketchel
Whale entangles ship bow on Pacific crossing to Seattle
The coastwise liner H. F. Alexander hooked a whale in mid sea and towed it 150 miles to Seattle before officers learned of the catch. The whale lay wedged across the bow just below the water line.
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Seattle
H. F. Alexander
Pacific Ocean
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