Graham Reports Farm Department Activity Under Tight Budget
Commissioner William A. Graham told the state board of agriculture at Raleigh's midsummer meeting that the department operated under reduced appropriations from December 31, 1931, to June 30, 1932. He outlined project continuations and drops, noting 61 projects ongoing, 42 reduced, 63 dropped, 9 terminated after spring harvest, with 24 carried on with federal cooperation and major seed testing in the botany division.
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Raleigh
State Board of Agriculture
William A. Graham
Department of Agriculture
U. S. Department of Agriculture
State Department of Agriculture
North Carolina Certified Crop Seed Association
Gra
Graham
Museum
Savings and Loan Division
Weights and
State Departments Report Broad Agricultural Activity
The department reports reclaiming 324 pounds of tobacco seed for North Carolina farmers and distributing $2690 seed tags to 86 licensed dealers plus 194 acre bottles of nitro culture for legumes. It notes 726 disputed wheat, corn and oat shipments and 7,828 food and fuel samples analyzed.
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Ham
Botany
North Carolina
Food and Oil Division
Graham
Wallace
Chadbourn
Tabor
Burgaw
Warsaw
Elizabeth City
Mount Olive
Bayboro
Aaron
Columbia
Creswell
Beaufort
Bethel
Pantego
Washington
Teacy
Faison
Fairmount
New Bern
Vass
Fayetteville
Raper
Plymouth
Jamesville
President Hoover Remembers World Leaders Birthdays
Washington reports how the White House uses a ceremonial officer to track birthdays and independence days of global rulers. Charles Lee Cook drafts brief congratulatory messages, such as to Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia, within a routine birthday book system.
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Washington
Hoover
State Department
Charles Lee Cook
White House
Haile Selassie I
Ethiopia
Addis Ababa
United States
Herbert Hoover
Semifinals Set on Biltmore Card at Asheville
In the annual Biltmore Forest women's invitation golf event Miss Dean Van Landingham of Charlotte beat Mrs W H Willard 6 4 to reach the final. Miss Elizabeth Dunscomb of Memphis won 6 5 over Miss Betty Wolvin to advance. Hemphill of Columbia defeated Quattlebaum 4 3 and Rogers beat Mrs St Pierre Dubosc 9 8 to reach semifinals.
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Asheville
Biltmore Forest
Dean van Landingham
Charlotte
Elizabeth Dunscomb
Memphis
Tenn
Katherine Hemphill
Columbia
S. C
Mary Rogers
Jacksonville
Fila
van Landingham
W. H. Willard
Miss Dunscomb
Betty Wolvin
St. Petersburg
Miss Hemphill
Lois Quattlebaum
Miss Rogers
St. Pierre Dubosc
St. Augustine
Enterprise Takes From American Legion By Forfeit
The Enterprise defeated the American Legion nine by forfeit after a delayed, high scoring game that extended toward darkness. Officials warned the Legion players to speed up the contest, and the umpire finally awarded the win to Enterprise as the darkness approached.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
American Legion
Legion
Iikelump
Mountain dance festival to honor old tunes in Asheville
In Asheville on August 4 and 6 mountain youths from Nantahala to Great Smoky Mountains will revive Elizabethan ballads and pre settler dances under Moe Cormick Field lights. Prizes await top dance teams and string bands as Western North Carolina communities compete for championships with Uncle Jesse Rogers among noted performers.
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Asheville
Great Smoky Mountains
England
Appalachians
Walter Raleigh
MoeCormick
Jesse Rogers
Henderson County
Spook’s
American Folk Dance Society
North Carolina
Dance Ends in unanimous verdict at field boat event
A shower swept over the field boat but did not halt the dance. The young couples moved in intricate figures to Sourwood Mountain, laughing and merry. The crowd applauded as the dance finished and the judges reached a unanimous decision.
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Agriculture Department
Cecil
Wes Epsodent
Edna Wallace Hopper
Red Cross
Scott
Glover
Jeris
Mennen
Armand
Aving
New York
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
Pittsburgh
Washington —_C
Philphia
Havana
Cuba
Savannah
Miami
Fla
Lakeland
Tampa
Orlando
Palm Beach
Atlanta
Birmingham
Ala
Chattanooga
Crescent
Norfolk
South
Crescent Limited
Pullmar
H. D. Saunders
A. High Point, N. C
Southern Railway System
Biltmore
Augusta
Charleston
Charlotte See
Chicago
Denver Sere
Evansville
Cee
Greensboro
Greenville
Hatteras
Key West
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Meridian
Mobile
New Orleans
Wilmington
Atlanti
the Atlantic Refining Company
Hart Schaffner
Marx
DIXIE
Lorraine Seersucker
Panama
Sennett
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