Five Power Companies To Decide On Merger In North Carolina
Stockholders of five North Carolina power firms will vote in April on merging into a single company with capitalization between 25 and 30 million dollars. The Raleigh based Carolina Power and Right, Carolina Power, Yadkin River Power, Asheville Power and Light, and Pigeon River Power would form the Carolina Power and Light company with plans to invest 20 million dollars in state facilities and expand operations. The merger, supported by firm directors in New York, aligns with national consolidation led by National Power and Light and Electric Bond and Share under General Electric.
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Raleigh
Mar
North Carolina
New York City
Carolina Power and Right Company
Carolina Power Company
Yadkin River Power Company
Asheville Power and Light Company
Pigeon River Power Company
Asheville
Carolina Power and Light Company
Yadkin River
Pigeon River
Tennessee Line
National Power and Light Company
North Carolina Utility Merger Plans $20 Million Buildout
New financing for the five company consolidation led by Carolina Power and Light aims to pay off Asheville Power and Light bonds and call existing mortgage bonds. Stockholders of the current firms will become stockholders of the merged company. The plan includes an 85 000 kilowatt hydro plant on the Yadkin River at Norwood and another on the Pigeon River near the Tennessee line, plus extensive transmission upgrades. Pigeon River Power Co. has acquired Western Carolina properties, and related bonds of North Carolina Electrical Power Co. and Weaver Power Co. are expected to be called.
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New York
North Carolina
Carolina Power and Light Company
Asheville Power and Light Company
Yadkin River Power Company
Companis
Yadkin
Norwood
Pigeon River
Tennessee State Line
Pigeon River Power Co
North Carolina Electrical Power Co
Canton Electric Co
W. T. Weaver Power Co
Search for Missing Son Continues in Asheville
W W Carter of Greenville South Carolina arrived in Asheville from Washington to press the search for his son W W Carter Jr 26 who vanished from his home here three weeks ago in a mystery authorities and family pursue clues with assistance from local residents and officials
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Asheville
W. W. Carter
Greenville S. C
Washington Today
W. W. Carter, Jr
Railroad People and Bankers on Inspection Tour
E W Simpson general manager of the Eastern lines of the Southern Railway led an inspection party including New England financiers and Southern officials through High Point. C F Hudson and L F DeRamus also participated as the tour toured the city and viewed its view from the exposition roof. Case Pomeroy Co of New York, major Southern stockholders, praised High Point’s growth and prosperity.
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E. W. Simpson
Southern Railway
New England
New York
London
High Point
Winston-Salem
C. F. Hudson
Danville
L. F. DeRamus
Greensboro
United States
Study of Constitution By Social Agencies In High Point
The Council of Social Agencies in High Point met at First M P church to ratify a proposed constitution. Representatives from civic groups reviewed the document and voiced general approval while planning to consult their organizations before voting. Superintendent T Wingate Andrews spoke on the value of the organization as a solid community builder providing social problem facts.
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Council of Social Agencies of
High Point
M. P
T. Wingate Andrews
High Point Public
Satisfactory Settlement Reached in Priests Arrest Threat
Acting on State Department instructions Ambassador Sheffield in Mexico City secured a satisfactory settlement of the case of Rev. F J Krill, an American citizen Catholic priest, who faced immediate arrest in Vera Cruz authorities.
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Washington
State Department
Amassador Sheffield
Mexico City
Tle
F. J. Xrill
Vera Cruz
Carrie Nation Methods Used In Chicago Saloon Raid
Police armed with hatchets raided a near beer saloon on the Chicago North Side despite an injunction. Captain Murphy ruled the writ did not stop the raid as beer was emptied into the gutter and two more kegs flooded the sewer. The saloon’s ownership is tied to a well known politician who denies it while his attorney secured the injunction.
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Chicago
Carrie Nation
Daniel Murphy
Captain Murphy
Senate Action on Muscle Shoals Lease Pleases Coolidge
President Coolidge endorses Senate amended resolution for Muscle Shoals lease with a commission to accept bids. He insists nitrate production be guaranteed for war munitions and fertilizer, ensuring U S supply in a crisis and allowing private power development to supplement Tennessee River power. He favours a reputable bidder to fulfill nitrate terms.
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Washington
Mar
Coolidge
Senate
House
United States
Muscle Shoals
Tennessee River
Five Dead in Melfa Sawmill Boiler Explosion
Five men are dead and three others seriously injured after a boiler exploded late yesterday at a sawmill in Melfa on the Eastern Shore. The blast also toppled stock in local stores as the shock swept through the village.
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Norfolk
Melfa
Photographer Dudley Read Beaten and Abducted Near Tampa
Dudley Read, 36, a photographer, was abducted from his home in Tampa by three masked men, one wearing a deputy badge. They took him to a remote spot fifteen miles away and beat him with a leather strap about fifty times, then released him with threats regarding his divorce action. Police detained Read's wife and relatives for questioning as the investigation continued.
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Tampa
Fla
Dudley Read
Read
Margaret Read
Carter
Tampa Tribune
John Kelly
Kelly
Unknown bandit killed in Lindley Park pistol duel
Greensboro report says an unidentified man was fatally shot after a late night duel near Lindley Park with L E Maness streetcar conductor. The body bore the name Bill Romich on his belt and a .45 pistol was found nearby. A second assailant is at large.
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Greensboro
Lindley Park
L. E. Maness
Bill Romich
Maness
Saloon Fight Tells End of Battling Siki Mystery
An 18 year old Martin Maroney told police about a drunken saloon brawl in Hell's Kitchen that preceded the murder of Senegalese boxer Battling Siki. He named eight men as present at a Ninth avenue luncheon where Siki was believed shot. Detectives, posing as truck drivers, had tailed him and watched as plans for a getaway emerged.
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New York
Siki
Hell’s Kitchen
Martin Maroney
Maroney
Ninth Avenue
Virginia opposes Norfolk and Western lease of Virginia Railway
Washington dispatch says Virginia filed with the Interstate Commerce Commission opposing a lease of the Virginia railway to the Norfolk and Western. The state argues the line could operate more advantageously if acquired by the Chesapeake and Ohio from a public standpoint.
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Washington
Virginia
Interstate Commerce Commission
Norfolk and Western
Chesapeak
Ohio
Resting Well Mrs R XII Mann After Operation
Friends of Mrs R XII Mann of 305 South Hamilton Street report she is resting nicely in a local hospital after undergoing an operation.
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R. XII. Mann
Hamilton Street
National American Legion Leaders to Convene in High Point
Governor McLean delays arrival until Thursday noon as 750 visitors from 26 posts descend on High Point for post officers conference at the Sheraton hotel. John R. McQuigg, national region commander, arrives with Henry L. Stevens to greet delegates. events include a 10:20 theater welcome, a 2 PM auxiliary luncheon, and a 9 PM hotel dance.
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Don MacRae
American Legion
Legion
High Point
Sheraton Hotel
North Carolina
Judge MacRae
John R. McQuigg
Fifth District
Frank E. Samuels
National Headquarters
Indianapolis
Ind
American Theater
McQuigg
Virginia Huity
Sweetheart of the American Legion
Raleigh
Samuels
Hufty
McLean
Stevens
Henry L. Stevens
Commander McQuigg
Tom Gold
Thomas J. Gold
William Graves
Department
Auxiliary
Ester Brooks Called To Pittsburg By Father's Death
Mrs Ester Brooks of 428 North Hamilton street is summoned to Pittsburgh due to her father J J Brooks death. Brooks aged 77 left a widow five daughters and two sons as survivors after his death Sunday morning.
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Ester Brooks
Hamilton Street
Pittsburgh
J. J. Brooks
Brooks
Broadway theater listings for A Son of His Father
Theaters present a night of entertainment including Broadway comedy A Son of His Father and films. American shows feature The Wanderer news reel and a comedy. Capitol showcases a feature picture while Orpheum offers a miniature musical comedy. Broadhurst presents Pleasure Buyers with a news reel and comedy.
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News Reel
Capitol
Orpheum
Broadhurst
Traffic Cops Height Rule Sparks Nonsense Talk
In Constantinople residents mock a new traffic police standard requiring cops to be at least five feet eight inches tall. They joke that the taller the officer, the smarter the traffic enforcer, noting the average Turk stands about five feet four inches.
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Constantinople
SNEDEKERVILLE TOWN TAKEN OVER BY JERRY RYAN
Jerry Ryan, a former railroad worker, has bought Snelderkerville Pennsylvania and will operate the town store railroad station and post office. He plans to grow onions and celery in his spare time.
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Snedekerville
Jerry Ryan
Chrysler declares 75 cent quarterly dividend on common shares
New York March 9 Chrysler corporation directors announce common shares on a 3 annual dividend with an initial quarterly payment of 75 cents. Full preferred dividends of 8 for the year are declared in advance.
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New York
Chrysler Corporation
Briand Forms New Cabinet At President's Request
Paris dispatch reports M. Briand was asked by the president to form a new cabinet after Edouard Herriot declined to organize a leftist concentration ministry. Briand plans a cabinet with Painleve, Leygues, and likely Peret at finance, with several ministers retained or replaced.
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Briand
M. Herriot
North Carolina Ice Exchange Opens Annual Convention
The twenty sixth annual convention of the North Carolina Ice Exchange met in Salisbury with president T M Hines presiding. Walter Murphy gave the welcome and A B Pounds of Concord replied. Speakers from other states will talk through Wednesday. A banquet tonight and officer elections tomorrow. Nearly one hundred members registered today.
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Salisbury
North Carolina Ice Exchange
T. M. Hines
Walter Murphy
A. B. Pounds
Concord
Mrs Yoakum Dies Wife of Rail Directors
Mrs Elizabeth Yoakum widow of Benjamin F Yoakum a director of the Seaboard Air Line railway and of the St Louis San Francisco Railway Co died at her Fifth Avenue home after several months illness She was daughter of W A Bennett a former San Antonio banker in Texas
Greensboro Students Head for Interscholastic Press Meet
Five Greensboro high school students depart for New York City to attend the Interscholastic Press Association convention at Columbia University. The trip is in an automobile truck provided by the Greensboro Daily Record and is billed as a sightseeing affair.
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Greensboro
New York City
Interscholastic Press Association
Columbia University
Greensboro Daily Record
Herriot Refuses to Form Cabinet in Paris
Paris March 9 AP Edouard Herriot radical party leader declined President Doumergue mandate to form a new cabinet to succeed Briand. Herriot proposed briand be summoned to Geneva with prestige. It was expected Herriot would form a concentration ministry if he consented, but opinion favored Briand resuming power.
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Paris
Edouard Herriot
Radical Party
Doumergue
Briand
Herriot
M. Briand
League
Geneva
M. Herriot
Police Chief Arrested On Charge Of Clubbing Striker Members
Passaic New Jersey March 9 AP Justice Julius Katz finally ordered warrants for Police Chief Richard O Zober and two patrolmen charged with clubbing people in the woolen mill strike zone to be served by the sheriff. Earlier efforts to serve warrants in Passaic and Patterson failed. Yesterday 600 pickets clashed with police as they moved to picket two mills and rocks of ice and snow were thrown at officers while mill workers remained orderly.
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Passaic
N. J
Patterson
Richard O. Zober
Justice of the Peace
Julius Katz
Clinton
Dentists Gather for Second District Society Meeting
CHARLOTTE March AP addresses on dentistry were on the program of the Second District Dental Society convention today led by Dr J A McClung of Winston Salem and Dr D B Mizell of Charlotte. Dr J N Holland of PGA is presiding as the gathering adjourns today.
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Charlotte
District Dental Society
J. A. McClung
Winston-Salem
D. B. Mizell
J. N. Holland
Pga
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Pittsburg
NEW Enterprises
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Satturday
Aristide Briand
Paul Painleve
Georges Leygues
Raoul Peret
Chamber of Deputies
Anatole de Monzie
M. Daniel Vincent
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Paul Journadin
Jean Durand
Camille Chautemps
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