Federal support seen for Cooper navigation hydro project
In Charleston on June 15 State Senator R. M. Jeffries of Colleton urged speedy federal approval of the Santee Cooper navigation and hydro electric project. He spoke as counsel for the state authority. Maine is noted as the only state touching just one other state.
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Charleston
D. C
Peedy
tee-Cooper
R. M. Jeffries
Colleton
Santee-Cooper Authority
Maine
Union
Snake Eats Rat and Dies of Indigestion
RALEIGH June 15 AP One of North Carolina's chickens died after a winter fast the state museum mourns the reptile. Uncle Bob Jones placed a wharf rat in the cage causing the snake to swallow it whole. The snake died of indigestion while a museum old rattlesnake survives after eating three rats and still hisses.
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Raleigh
Two Toll Routes to Be Eliminated in North Carolina
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh June 15 Purchase of the Wrightsville Beach causeway and bridge for 65000 and of the Morehead City Atlantic Beach bridge and causeway for 50000 was approved by Governor Ehringhaus and the advisory budget commission. The highway and public works commission was instructed to work out the details. The purchase will remove tolls and the statement said the tolls would be removed within a few days in July with free parking at Atlantic Beach and Wrightsville Beach. The money for the purchase would come from the highway and public works appropriation for the next fiscal year, with possible general assembly approval to use highway fund surplus and reimburse the operating fund of the commission.
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Atlantic Beach
Wrightsville Beach
E.B. Jeffress
The
Highway Commission
Ehringhaus
Advisory Budget Commission
State Highway and Public Works Commission
General Assembly
Commission
Probe of Bond Forgery Planned
Nashville reports state officials plan a probe into forged bonds tied to Henderson and Dyer counties. District Attorney General David Murray says about 200000 in bonds were forged and will seek arrests. he notes jurisdiction overlaps with Jackson and Davidson counties and intends to pursue the Dyer county bonds if Henderson action stalls.
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Nashville
Tenn
McAlister
Henderson and
Dyer County
David Murray
Jackson
Murray
Henderson County
Dyer
Grand Jury
Davidson County
May newspaper ads hit record in recovery era
May saw newspaper advertising reach 90.8 on the Editor and Publisher index, highest in the recovery period. Comparisons show April 87.0 and March 86.9, with total agate lines nation wide near 112 million. Growth over last year stood at 18.5 percent for May.
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New York
Editor
Media Records, Inc
Committee To Meet Graham This Week To Study Situation
A governor appointed committee will confer with Dr Frank Graham this week on selecting deans of administration for the three units of the University of North Carolina. Deans begin July 1 with Brooks and Foust retired as emeritus presidents.
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Raleigh
Ehringhaus
Frank Graham
Greater
University of North Carolina
Graham
BE. C. Brooks
State College
J. J. Foust
Woman's College
John J. Parker
Charlotte
Charles Whedbee
Hertford
Laura W. Cone
Greensboro
Annie Mdl. Brown
Chadbourne
Arthur M. Dixon
Gastonia
Clarente Poe
American Women Tennis Stars Set Pace In Tourney
At Wimbledon on June 15 American women abrió the defense of the Wightman Cup as Helen Jacobs defeated Margaret Scriven 6 1 6 1 and Sarah Palfrey beat Dorothy Round 6 3 8 6. New England’s Palfrey rallied from 5 6 down to win the final three games for America’s first victory.
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Wimbledon
Eng
Sam
Helen Jacobs
Sarah Palfrey
Brookline
Mass
Miss Jacobs
California
Margaret (Pegey) Scriven
Miss Palfrey
Dorothy Round
New England
Miss Round
America
Empire and European airliners carry 60,000 passengers
British and European airliners together transport about 60 000 passengers over more than 2 900 000 miles in the period covered. The figures reflect broad travel activity across routes and fleets.
Greensboro Girl Wins B. and L. Prize
Miss Georgie Arnett of Greensboro was declared the winner of the $125 first prize in the Keesler Memorial essay contest at the North Carolina Building and Loan association convention in Elizabeth City. Bushnell Andrews of Goldsboro took second prize of $75 and Miss Mary Elizabeth Shaw of Broadway third with $25.
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Elizabeth City
Georgie Arnett
Greensboro
North Carolina League of Building and Loan Associations
North Carolina Building and Loan Association
Bushnell Andrews
Goldaboro
Mary Elizabeth Shaw
Broadway
Finland Pays June 15 War Debt
Washington reports Finland sent a partial payment toward war debts totaling 477 dollars. National City Bank in New York transferred 166,536 dollars from Finland’s account to the United States. The cash settlement offered little relief amid a large debt burden.
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Washington
Finland
National City Bank
New York
United States
Verification of international debt and bank certificate
The report notes 843 644 due today from 13 nations with Hungary placing a certificate of 36971 in pengos at its national bank credited to the United States, though officials cannot determine a method to draw on it. It adds a folkster’s two large claws serve different tasks with crushing and cutting roles, and replacement may be of the opposite type after an accident.
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Hungary
Pengos
United States
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