DAR Convention Chooses Next Meet Place in North Carolina
Durham reports the annual North Carolina DAR convention focused on selecting next year’s meet location. Senator Cameron Morrison urged opposition to those who tear down government. Officers elected include Joseph Silversteen recording secretary and Charles Wallace registrar. Delegates visited Chapel Hill for an entertainment event.
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Durham
N. C
North Carolina
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Cameron Morrison
Joseph 8. Silversteen
Brevard
Charles Wallace
Morehead City
T. E. Cheek
Daughters of
R. H. Whitehead
Burlington
Ettie Brown
Red Springs
Charles G. Wallace
Chapel Hill
Women rule Williams Creek town politics in Indiana
In Williams Creek Indiana women hold all political offices but when a tax questions conference was held none of the women attended. They were represented by their husbands at the meeting in the town near Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Williams Creek
Hankins Case to Be Retried in Forsyth Court
In Forsyth Superior Court the Hankins alienation suit must be retried as the Supreme Court ruled too much extraneous evidence was admitted. Alexandra Hawkins had been awarded 38 000 dollars for alienation of affections from her husband. The term’s opinions also upheld a death sentence for John Robert Myers and listed several affirmations and modifications across multiple cases.
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Supreme Court
Twin City
Raleigh
N. C
Hankins
Forsyth
Alexandra Hawkins
John Robert Myers
Pitt County
R. H. Hodges
Moore
Boone
Nash
Jeffries
Insurance Company
Wayne
Lewis
Stout
Lee
Bank
Whitehurst
State
Myers
Pitt
Bubanks
Craven
Town of Greenville
Assurance Corporation
Hooker
Forbes
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Tussey Dies at Home in High Point
Mrs. Elizabeth J. Tussey, 109 West Bay Street, died at 12 15 AM after years of illness. Born February 16 1855 in Wake County, she married Joseph A. Tussey in 1901 and moved to High Point the same year. Survived by husband, son Lee Bailey of Davidson County, and sister Mrs. S B Wilson. Funeral Friday at 11 AM from the home with Rev. Roy I Farmer and others. burial in Bethesda cemetery near Lexington.
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Elizabeth J. Tussey
Joseph A. Tussey
West Bay Street
Wake County
Tussey
Thomas Bailey
High Point
First Methodist Protestant Church
Lee Baily
Davidson County
S. B. Wilson
Roy I. Farmer
M. P
George R. Brown
Reidsville
J. M. Hilliard
the Baptist Church
Bethesda Cemetery
Lexington
Kirkman Advocates Internationalism In Community Talk
Arthur Kirkman spoke at a supper program on internationalism detailing his foreign experiences and how misperceptions fuel hatred and suspicion of other nations. He urged understanding individuals within groups and viewing world issues as extensions of local concerns. Mrs. Gurney Briggs offered two vocal numbers before Horace Haworth presided.
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Arthur Kirkman
Kirkman
Gurney Briggs
Ten Hoopen
Horace Haworth
Strawberry Crop Damaged by Cold Across Eastern North Carolina
Raleigh March 10. Agricultural experts fear eastern North Carolina strawberry crops have been very materially damaged by the recent cold. One third or more of the crop may be destroyed though reports are incomplete. Small grain tobacco plants and truck crops in the east and coast areas are also hurt. Some insects were killed, reducing potential pest problems this summer.
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Raleigh
N. C. State College
North Carolina
E. B. Morrow
Déan I. C. Schaub
Extension Service
Doag Schaub
Photo electric cell lights airway beacons automatically
The Aeronautics Branch of the U S Department of Commerce has devised a device using the photo electric cell to turn on airway beacons at dusk. Lights activate when visibility drops to dusk level, enabling automatic illumination as darkness falls.
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Washington
Aeronatics Branch
U. S. Department of Commerce
Airplane Service Expands Across Washington Alaska Territory
Ernest Walker Sawyer reports that the 26 commercial planes in the territory flew 947,695 passenger miles in 1931 and carried 161,718 pounds of mail and express, showing air service as the main communication means and growing rapidly.
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Washington
Alaska
Ernest Walker Sawyer
Secretary of the Interior
Iowa Tops Nation in Cattle Eradication Effort in 1931
Nearly 1.5 million head of cattle were tested in Iowa during 1931, placing the state first in the nation for bovine eradication work.
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Iowa
Two Southwest Politicians Lead Capitol Oratorical War
Two leading southwestern figures Patrick Hurley and John Nance Garner drive fierce partisan rhetoric in Washington. Hurley pushes aggressive attacks on Democrats while Garner returns fire against Hoover policies and the administration. Garner stands as a potential 1932 Democratic standard bearer and House leader. Hurley is seen as a possible Republican jock for RNC chairmanship. In Jacksonville, Hallie Cohen offers a cent per fly brought in to fund a fly circus training by Prof. J. W. Hutsinger, promising boxed, dancing, and hula wriggles.
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Alexander R
George Washington
Washington
Patrick J. Huriey
Oklahoma
Hoover
John Nance Garner
Texas
Capitol Hill
Republican National Committee
House
Congress
Garner
Hurley
John J. Raskob
Democratic National Committee
Jacksonville
Fla
Hallie
Elks to Elect Officers Tonight at High Point Lodge
High Point Lodge 1155 Elks will hold its annual officer election at 7:30 PM in the Elks Home on West Broad Street. Nominations were made at the last semi monthly meeting with candidates listed for exalted ruler and other posts.
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High Point Lodge
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Elks
West Broad Street
David T. Yow
David L. Stanton
Don MacRae
W. C. Hammond
W. C. Burns
J. W. Ivey
J. F. Cannon
Tler
D. D. Parsons
D. W. Hunter
A. M. Richard Come
Wachovia Bank Sues Hickory Over Construction Contract
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company files a $30 000 suit against the City of Hickory and former alderman F A Abernethy alleging a secret council session with National Surety Company officials to force Catawba Construction president John Bohannon to surrender his city contract. The bank says Bohannon’s checks were assigned to it under a city council resolution and funds advanced as work progressed. It claims Abernethy who supplied Bohannon with materials conspired with the Surety company to terminate the contract and that Catawba Construction is now insolvent.
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Winston-Salem
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
City of
Hickory
F. A. Abernethy
National Surety Company
John Bohannon
Catawba Construction Company
Bohannon
Hickory Council
Abernethy
Surity Company
German remedy Ad lerika stops constipation
Acting on both upper and lower bowel the German remedy Ad lerika stops constipation. It brings out the poisons which cause gas bloating and bad sleep. Eckerd's. Adt.
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Eckerd’s. —Adt
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INAL
Manhattan
Wright
Foryth County
Moseley
Lenoir
Fidelity and Dep. Co
Board of Education
Pender
J. A. Tussey
Southwest
Charles Curtis
Simeon Fess
John Nance Garner, Patrick J. H. Hurley
Wachovia Bank Suing Hickory
National
National Bellas Hess Co
South Main ST
Gertrudes Se
Coats
Stron
Pepperell
DLC
Women’s Print House
Women’s Knit Cotten Union Suits
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