County Aid Road Fund Allocations Announced for North Carolina
North Carolina counties will start receiving funds from the $3,000,000 county aid road fund on August 1. Wake County leads with $69,400 to apply toward bond interest, while 14 of 69 counties plan to use funds for road maintenance. The allocations are based on area and population, with detailed figures for each county.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Chas. Ross
State Highway Commission
The
Highway Commission
Wake County
Alamance
Alexander
Alleghany
Anson
Ashe
Avery
Beaufort
Spanish aviator search seaplane off Iberian coast
Galican coast ships and two air squadrons from Melilla and Cartagena joined destroyers to search for Major Ramon Franco in a Dornier seaplane believed down between Portugal and the Azores. Officials said weather was favorable and the craft, though radio silence may follow a water landing, was seaworthy.
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Azores
Ramon Franco
Portugal
Melilla
Alcarcé
Cartagena
Iberian Peninsula
Alcazores
Horta
Plane Missing After Transatlantic Attempt Returns to Azores
Madrid reports a possible wreck 100 miles off the Azores with unconfirmed notice of wreckage from the Dornier-Wabs plane of Major Ramon Franco and three companions in the first leg of a round the world flight. The mission disappeared Friday night after leaving Cartagena Spain.
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Alcazores
Cartagena
Spain
Italy
Numancia
Azores
Huelva
Cape San Vincent
Portugal
Greldon
San Miguel Islavid
Riday
Trans-Radio Company
Lisbon
Vasco da Gama
Noticiero del Lunes
Madrid
Ramon Franco
Magellanes
Tunney denial shapes high profile breach suit
James J. Tunney’s answer and counterclaim in the $500,000 breach of promise suit filed in superior court reveal payments to Mrs. Fogarty by Billy Gibson to relinquish claims, and deny the marriage proposal and acceptance. The document asserts Fogarty seeks notoriety and cash from publicity while disputing his alleged marriage proposal.
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Fogarty
Tunney
James J
Genie
Katherine King Fogarty
Fort Worth
Texas
New York
Homer Cummings
Stamford
Connecticut
Billy Gibson
Ship Communications Renewal Sought After Floating Age Incident
A government radio report notes a ship with age floating in the water and calls for renewal of communication. Precise location and other details were not provided.
Diaz Baptized as Mexico’s New Archbishop Amid Controversy
Arch bishop elect Diaz underwent baptism in Mexico with Robles family presence as Archbishop Ruiz y Flores seeks Vatican authorization for immediate duties. The transfer follows a controversial political climate and was announced by cable from the Holy See to Archbishop Ruiz.
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Roble
Diaz
Vito Allessio Robles
Allesio
Ruiz Y Flores
Michioacan
Vatican
Mexico
Rux
Germany's Path From Versailles to the Young Plan Debate
Count Westarp opened a foreign policy debate accusing the Reichstag of abstaining for seven months while Europe risked becoming a colony to luckier powers. He criticized the Dawes and Young plans as coercive and warned against repeating restrictive policies under future generations. He condemned Stresemann's five years of foreign policy as a failure.
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Europe
Paris
Count Westarp
Reichstag
Albert Voegler
Germany
Dawes
Stresemann
Daredevil Pilot Killed After Parachute Jump Near Albemarle
E. J. Cain, 28, a commercial pilot, died when he detached from his parachute after leaping from a plane at about 2,000 feet at an Albemarle air field. The fatal fall occurred in front of a crowd drawn by notice of the stunt. Vernon Radcliff, pilot of the aircraft from Rockingham, had been giving short flights. Cain, originally from Fayetteville and recently living in Raleigh, had joined him for the demonstration yesterday.
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Albemarle
E. J. Cain
Cain
Vernon Radcliff
Rockingham
Fayetteville
Raleigh
He We
Monarch Convention Opens At Asheville In 1920s Style
The National Monarch clubs opened their annual convention in Asheville with 350 delegates. Dr. Charles S. Rominger and Irwin Monk are named as presidential candidates as routine business dominated the morning. The event featured America singing and minutes from Allentown.
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Asheville
Charles S. Rominger
Bethlehem
Irwin Monk
Monarch Clubs
Singing of America
Allentown
Seasonal decline in automobile production reported
Washington June 24. Secretary Lamont described a seasonal decline in May automobile production. May output totaled 603,969 vehicles including 516,055 passenger cars 86,596 trucks and 1,318 taxicabs. April production was 621,33? and 425,783 for May 1928.
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Washington
Lamont
Commerce Department
Newton Man Struck by Truck Dies in Hospital
Cleve Punch of Newton died at Lincoln ton hospital at 5 am from injuries after a collision on the Newton Maiden highway. He was riding on a second truck when struck and the pursuing vehicle reportedly fled the scene. Details remained scarce this morning.
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Newton
Lincolnton
Cleve Punch
Newton-Maiden
Punch
Lightning destroys Sault au Recollet Convent in Montreal
A lightning strike set the Sacred Heart Convent at Sault au Recollet ablaze killing the roof and floors. The four story stone building valued at a million dollars burned to the ground with 22 convalescent nuns escaping. Four firemen were injured as walls collapsed leaving a lone front wall bearing a cross and eagle.
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Montreal
Mysterious Gunfire Targeting Mrs Neal Near Rockingham
June 24 Monroe officers hold two in jail as they pursue an investigation into mysterious gunfire aimed at Mrs Horace Neal of Rockingham. A bullet pierced her car near her head while driving the Pee Dee River Rockingham highway at about 9 30 p m. Authorities report two black individuals in custody as the probe continues. Scotland may ban elopements.
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Monroe
Horace Neal
Rockingham
Striped Frocks Feature Slimming Stripe Techniques
Fashion notes describe new striped silk frocks with skirts showing vertical stripes to elongate the figure and crosswise stripes on the bodice and back of the waist for a slenderizing effect.
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Wilkes
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Orpheum
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Hell
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Mickey
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Franco
Arturo Gallarza
Ruiz de Alda
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Primo de Rivera
San Miguel Island
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Jupiter
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Formigas
Santa Maria Islands
Ponta Delgada
Banday
Newfoundland
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Priday
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Ram
Yyiitl
Audrey Ferris William Collier
Cial
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Edna Ferber
Helen Morgan
Jules Bledsoe
Ole Man River
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FOX Movietone News
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