Eastern potatoes moving to market at rate of 300 carloads daily
Raleigh June 7 East ern potatoes will move to market at 300 car loads a day for the next week or ten days reports R B Etheridge marketing specialist for the state department of agriculture Through Wednesday shipments for the season reached 1 878 car loads Growers face a yield 65 to 70 percent of the 1928 record but expect better prices than last year Harvesting aims to precede Virginia movement and peaches face fairing pest pressure from Careulie work.
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Pest outbreak prompts entomologist warning on crop damage
Dr. R. W. Leiby of the agriculture department says the pest can reach 1800 to 2000 damaged cars, noting this season’s infestation is more extensive than in the past. He cautions growers about rapid spread and seeks control measures.
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Department of Ag
Bond set after mistrial in Abingdon murder case
J W Crowe Washington county deputy sheriff is free on 5000 bond after a mistrial in the murder case tied to the May 6 shooting of J M Kendrick near Abingdon. Co defendants W T Worley and James McReynolds remain indicted. cases continued to September term. The trial debated Kendrick’s presence in the car as shots were fired.
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Reparations Pact Signed Ends War Debt Plan in Paris
Leaders from the United States Great Britain France Belgium Italy Japan and Germany signed a reparations agreement in Paris designed to end World War I by 1989. It sets annual payments totaling about 24 billion dollars with new terms under Owen Young for 37 years and an International Bank to manage proceeds.
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Jowitt Defection Dominates Labor Cabinet Talk
The Daily Herald reports that William Jowitt former Liberal MP for Preston has joined the Labour Party and been seen as a likely ministerial pick. Other expected appointments include Sir John Sankey as lord high chancellor and Viscount Chelmsford as secretary of state for India.
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Reparations Report Details Commercialization Plan and Costs
The report outlines a plan to convert reparations debts into a business obligation through bond financing. It notes unconditional annuities totaling large sums, with France receiving the bulk for commercialization. The U S offer to cut occupation costs influences the mix, while mixed claims face a 52 year liquidation.
Prohibition Debate Continues Across Planes of Government
Prohibition efforts move forward with limited opposition as officials discuss summer work across departments. The article notes continued momentum and outlines the plan for inter-department collaboration to enforce policies during the season.
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Confederate Veterans Parade Ends as Members Return Home
Scores of weary veterans rode trains home after the parade while others planned departures. The group closed sessions electing Gen. R. A. Sneed as commander in chief and adopted a succession provision in case a commander dies during the year.
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Tragic Car Wreck Claims Three Local Men
Attending physicians say the three men died of suffocation after their overturned Ford trapped them. McGhee recounts the tale of being pinned alongside Poovey and Lewis, who died first at 49. Poovey and McGhee also perished in the wreck, while Lewis’s widow Alice Reynolds and son Henry Clay survive.
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Adjutant General Sneed Names Harry Rene Lee in Tennessee
The adjutant general, appointed by the commander, will succeed automatically as General Sneed names Harry Rene Lee of Tennessee adjutant general. A memorial service mourned the past year’s dead while veterans recalled youth at a grand ball that began with old time dances and shifted to younger generations after 12. The ball ended with veterans resting for today’s parade. Gen Cortez A Kitchen of St Louis and Maj John Hancock of Dallas died yesterday, pneumonia and heart trouble cited as causes.
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Obituary Notices for Lewis McGhee and Poovey Survive
Lewis McGhee and Laura Reynolds Lewis are named in surviving relations. Other survivors include step mother Mrs H Lewis and five brothers C H L Lewis W J D and BE G Lewis of Winston Salem and Danville Virginia, two sisters Dr L Hayes and Pauline J Whinery of Cincinnati. Funeral plans not finalized. Poovey, native of Danville Virginia, lived in High Point briefly and is survived by his widow and three children. No funeral arrangements announced by noon today.
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England Faces Erosion as Sea Advances Along Coast
The near shore encroaches at about 40 feet yearly with Lowestoft area land loss prompting Lowesto council to study protective carriers. Pakefield reports 10 feet per year erosion while Kneeland and Penmaer bach suffer threats, with a plan to tunnel through a cliff to save the road.
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Budapest musician works in oil field
Oklahoma City Oklahoma four The path of misfortune leads Harry R von Zimmerman conductor of Budapest Metropolitan house orchestra to Oklahoma oil fields. The music master who played before royalty in youth says he finds joy in being a roustabout. He notes a link between engineering and music and a mechanical hobby to divert his mind.
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Britain Begins Talkie Production
Britain has started production of talking pictures. The move marks a shift in British cinema as studios begin creating sound films for domestic audiences and international markets.
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