North Carolina YP U elects Jones president at Meredith College
The North Carolina Baptist Young Peoples Union elected M. L. Jones of Winston-Salem as its new president at Meredith College Raleigh on June 21. Officers named include Coley, Futrelle, Foster, Horney, Matthews, Skidmore, Preslar, Ford, Kite, Scruggs, Malone and others. Banners were awarded to Wrightsboro Union, Orphanage Union Thomasville, First Baptist Durham, Mecklenburg Cabarrus, Wingate Junior College, Chowan Union, and Charlotte City Union.
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Raleigh
N. C
M. L. Jones
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Baptist Young Peoples Union
Meredith College
John T. Coley
Rocky Mount
Louise Futrelle
Scotland Neck
J. E. Foster
Wilmington
Annie Horney
Tope Mills
J. C. Matthews
Durham
Bruck Ausley
Buie’s Creek
Est Central
Co. T. Skidmore
Charlotte
Ruth Preslar
Wingate
Leaf Spot Appears On East Squash Crops
A serious new leaf spot, resembling angular leaf spot of cucumbers, has appeared on both winter and summer squash in the east. It spreads by rain and can burn through a prolonged rainy spell. Pathologists suspect seedborne carryover. Spots start small and round with bright yellow halos, then merge into large brown areas with yellow margins.
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Washington
Jones 73 Tops Open Round in Turbulent Golf Session
Bobby Jones posted a 73 to lead the field amid a day of mixed results. Farrell matched with 77 as Lech clung to a one stroke edge at 72 while Morrison and others pressed behind.
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Emmett French
Southern Pines
Lech
Philadelphia
Fred Morrison
Bobby Jones
George Christ
Jack Daray
Manion
Harry Cooper
Willie Hunter
Los Angeles
Gallett
Jones
Johnny Farrell
Farrell
Bobby
Leonard Schmutt
Lima
Ohio
Horton Smith
Joplin
Freddie McLeod
Washington
F. Densmore Schute
Cleveland
X-Ruddy Knepper
Chicago
Buffalo
Jack Forrester
New York
Charles H. Hoffner
Atlantic City
X-George von Elm
Detroit
Peter Walsh
Greenville
Craig Wood
Bloomfield
No More Ortolans In Paris After Short Season
Paris reports the ortolan scarce as the agriculture ministry restricts hunting to a three week season. The tiny birds, once a culinary delicacy, now vanish from most restaurants except the famed ones.
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Paris
Ministry of Agriculture
Recreation Director Plays Leaf Music in Glendale
Glendale director of recreation John W. Norvie demonstrates leaf music as a musical instrument. He explains holding a leaf against the lower lip to produce a tone via vibration and vocal cavity resonance. The average leaf ranges from G to A below middle C two octaves plus two notes, with tones varying from muted violin to piccolo.
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Glendale
Cal
John W. Norvie
Norviel
Fruit Exports Rise as Porto Rico Ships Fruits to U S
Porto Rico increases shipments of oranges and grapefruit with most going to the United States. From July 1, 1927 to April 15 exports reached 841000 boxes versus 692000 in the prior year. About 25000 more grapefruit boxes are expected to export.
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San Juan
Porto Rico
United States
France to Build Modern Community House Near Lyons
In Villeurbanne, an industrial suburb of Lyons, France, a new modern community house for workers is planned. The project aims to serve 80,000 residents, mostly factory workers, and to centralize amusements and intellectual life in a cluster of buildings forming a large H.
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Lyons
France
Villeurbanne
Bess Affidavit Declared Fraudulent In SC Case
Ben Bess, freed after 13 years of a 30 year sentence, is held for safe keeping after a Florence County grand jury found the affidavit declaring his innocence fraudulent. The probe, prompted by a governor’s detective, showed the prosecutrix did not intend to exonerate him and had merely forgiven him.
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Columbia
S. C
Ben Bess
Florence County
Bess
Drowning Near Elizabeth City After Car Plunges Into Canal
S P Sawyer and a man named Hooper from Portsmouth Virginia were drowned when their sedan failed to negotiate a curve and plunged into the Dismal Swamp canal. Two straw hats floated nearby as the vehicle settled in the water.
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Elizabeth City
S. P. Sawyer
Hooper
Portsmouth
Electrifying Rural India Aids Irrigation Push
Calcutta June 21 The Mysore government will supply power lines to villages and farms within ten miles of power centers for irrigation. The move aims to meet rising demand for electric irrigation pumps and follows a lengthy applicant waiting list.
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Calcutta
Mysore
India
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