Industrial Board Seeks More Money for Workmen Claims
The State Industrial Commission in Raleigh says July 1 starts the Workmen's Compensation act with funds tight. Chairman Matt Allen says 15 clerks can be kept, but 42 are needed. a $30,000 emergency addition and $42,500 base remain short of a $109,000 minimum. The board hopes for access to about $100,000 yearly from the basic insurance premium tax, which the attorney general says must go to the general fund.
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Raleigh
State Industrial Commission
Matt H. Allen
State Advisory Budget Commission
Allen
General Assembly
Brummitt
Industrial Commission
Engineers on German Railroads Receive Radio Orders
Engineers on the German railway system now receive orders via radio telephone, signaling a modernization of dispatch methods and speeding communication on busy lines.
Notice of Absolute Divorce Suit in High Point
Carribelle Bowman Hucks sues James Franklin Hucks in High Point Municipal Court seeking an absolute divorce on adultery grounds. Defendant must appear at the Clerk of Municipal Court by July 24, 1929, to answer or demur. Public notice dated June 19, 1929.
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State of
North Carolina
Guilford
High Point
Carribelle Bowman Hucks
James Franklin Hucks
City of
Julian C. Franklin
N. C. Austin & Turner
Attys
Births in Davidson County Outnumber Deaths in May
May report shows 94 births and 27 deaths in Davidson County with a net gain of 67. White birth rate far exceeds death rate, illegitimate births noted among whites, several deaths due to pneumonia and tuberculosis, no violent deaths recorded.
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Lexington
Davidson County
County Health Department
Monthly Report of Vital Statistics
Swedish American Trade Surges Past One Hundred Million
An authoritative study shows Swedish American trade reaching 103.4 million dollars in 1928, up 12 percent from the prior year. American shipments to Sweden totaled 57.3 million and Swedish exports to America were 46.109 million. Gothenburg New York liners carried 36,566 passengers.
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Stockholm
Sweden
America
New York
Blooded Cattle Exports Rise From Canada to Australia
Shipments of blooded cattle from Canada to Australia have become a key export item, reflecting growing trade links between the two nations. The movement underscores pasture stock quality and demand for high-grade breeding cattle in Australian markets.
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Canada
Australia
Athletic sweater finally awarded after 33 years
Salem Oregon. A. F. Bittner now principal of Grant high school Portland received his Williamette University athletic letter for 1896 track team service. He left before awards were given and never received the letter until university officials recently discovered the oversight and corrected it.
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Salem
Ore
A. F. Bittner
Williamette University
Bittner
Grant High School
Portland
University Athletic
Benge jailed for assaulting a mule in Davidson county
Earl Benge, white man from Winston-Salem area, was jailed after a Sunday incident in Thomasville township in which a pitchfork attack injured a farmer's mule. The case showed Benge confessed no memory due to intoxication as he faced a drunkenness conviction and an assault charge. The hearing set the stage for Davidson county court action.
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Henry Virkkula
Emmett J. White
U. S
International Falls
Minn
Virkkula
Canada
David Hurlburt
Hugh Reidy
White
Thomasville
Earl Benge
Southside
Winston-Salem
A. L. Westmoreland
Westmoreland
B. W. Stone
Benge
D. J. Lamb
Westmoreland Place
Winston- Salem
Davidson County Court
J. Elwood Cox
High Point
Davidson County
State Highway Commission
Lexington
Asheboro
Cox
Miss Clara Johnson Transferred to Lexington Library
Miss Clara Johnson, longtime head of the Thomasville branch of the Davidson County Library, is transferred to the Lexington office. Miss A W Mebane of Greensboro succeeds her at Thomasville and brings New York public library experience. County book truck operation will begin July.
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Lexington
Clara Johnson
Thomasville
Davidson County Library
A. W. Mebane
Greensboro
Miss Johnson
Library truck to distribute books countywide
Howard Leonard of Lexington will drive a book truck for the county library. Miss Johnson now with the Lexington office will accompany the driver and supervise distribution along routes being worked out by the county library commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Leonard
Lexington
Miss Johnson
County Library
County Library Commission
Dover to Calais Rocket Ship Trial Planned
German inventor Max Valier aims to propel a rocket craft from Dover to Calais to prove water travel by rocket. The craft will use hydroplane design with a two stabilizing wings and maneuvering surfaces. Earlier on Lake Starnberg Valier reached 235 mph with ski runners on a similar machine.
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Max Valier
Dover
Calais
English Channel
Lake Starnberg
Valier
Dover,Calais
Ancient handcuffs shown at Raleigh
The Enterprise Bureau reports ancient strap iron handcuffs, 20 inches long and weighing five to seven pounds, were shown in Raleigh. L. G. Whitley brought the artifacts from Perquimans County jail. authorities note their age and inhumane nature compared with modern restraints.
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State Board of Health
Whitley
Perquimans
Kate Burr Johnson
Foreclosure Record Set by Farm Land Bank in Texas
The Federal Farm Land Bank in Houston reports the lowest foreclosure count in the nation with only 54 foreclosures in 12 years. Since inception the bank has loaned over 185 million dollars to about 63 thousand Texas farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Federal Farm Land Bank
Texas
Gettysburg Elks Lodge Wins Guggenheim Medal for Aerial Sign
The Gettysburg Pennsylvania Elks lodge earned a Guggenheim foundation medal for creating an aerial sign guiding aviators. The award highlights the lodge’s aviation outreach and civic service in the community.
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Gettysburg
Elks Lodge
Guggenheim Foundation
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Old Bond Street
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Soest
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Troy
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Perquiman’s County
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