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Four North Carolina leaders recall 1933 bank closings
Twenty four years ago the nation faced bank closings during the Great Depression. In North Carolina Governor Blucher Ehringhaus and the General Assembly fought to protect state credit, fund public schools and roads, while memories of scrip payments and tight budgets evoke how far the state has come since Roosevelt era measures and early emergency taxes.
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Lynn Nesbit Raleigh
United States
Franklin Roosevelt
Michigan
Roosevelt
North Carolina
General Assembly
Blucher Ehringhaus
Bruce Etheridge
Dare
Luther Hamilton
Carteret
Thomas, Turner
Guilford
Brantley Womble
Wake