Rural recreation standardized in state club hearing
Chapel Hill March 15 Loretta Carroll Bailey told North Carolina Club of the University that rural recreation is rapidly standardizing in western North Carolina. She cited good roads Ford autos coalided schools and radios as bringing country people into city style amusements. East Carolina author W D Perry echoed the view noting rural North Carolina at play now expanding beyond youth to older farmers with automobiles and new conveniences boosting country life and recreation opportunities.
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Chapel Hill
North Carolina
Loretta Carroll Bailey
North Carolina Club of the University
Henry Ford
Sears Roebuck
W. D. Perry
Elizabeth City
Miss Bailey
Mr. Perry
Diplomatic reshuffle expected in British and European posts
President Hoover hopes to enlist former Vice President Dawes for a key post as ambassador to Great Britain while possible changes unfold across Europe. Veteran Myron T. Ferrick may stay in Paris, John Van A. MacMurray could move to Tokyo as ambassador, and Dwight W. Morrow plans to remain in Mexico City to finish his mandate.
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Great Britain
Hoover
Charles G. Dawes
Hugh&. Gibson
Geneva
Clgium
Myron T. Ferrick
Ohio
Paris
Henry P. Fletcher
Rome
Far East
John van A. MacMurray
China
Tokyo
Charles MacMead
Dwight W. Morrow
Mexico City
Engineer Rescued After Wreck in Southern Alabama
Wreck occurred near Wilcox 15 miles north of Evergreen on the Mobile Montgomery line after heavy rains. The engineer Hamm was trapped with a fractured foot beneath the tender as water rose. rescue crews awaited a wrecker from Montgomery and attempted extraction with jacks and tools.
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Alabama
Wilcox
Evergreen
Mobile
Montgomery
Here
Diplomatic reshuffle eyed by Hoover in Latin America
President Hoover weighs transfers and retirements among Latin American envoys. Edwin V. Morgan in Rio de Janeiro is favored to stay, while Robert Woods Bliss and Noble B Judah may continue in Buenos Aires and Havana. Roy T. Davis likely stays as minister to Costa Rica.
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Costa Rica
Latin America
Mr. Hoover
Trains Plunge Through Flood Waters In Alabama Rescue
Back water inundates Southland acres as wrecking crews free Engineer Bostick Hamn of Montgomery from beneath his engine after a freight wreck near Castleberry. Rails wreckage blocks miles of line. two passenger trains stalled. Weather Bureau reports heavy rainfall across Alabama and west Georgia with Birmingham 4.12 inches Montgomery 3.1 Mobile 3.98 Chattanooga 5.66. Backwater floods Mobile streets marooning hundreds from business districts.
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Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Bostick Hamn
Montgomery
Miles
Castleberry
Ala
United States Weather Bureau
Alabama
West Georgia
Birmingham
Mobile
Chattanooga
Tenn
Flood Havoc Strikes Midwest Rivers Rise and Dikes Hit
Illinois Missouri Nebraska and Iowa endure two days of spring floods as rain thaw and ice jams swell rivers. Towns partly isolated. hundreds of acres flooded. bridges damaged. dikes manned. bombing planes dispatched to monitor Missouri River conditions.
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Chicago
Illinois
Missouri
Ilona
Nebraska
Mississippi
Iowa
Galena
Gelena
Memphis
Mississippi River
Fort Riley
Kang
Missouri River
Lowell
Neb
Platte
River Threatens Highway Bridge As Flood Waters Rise
The flood rate reaches one foot per hour and could divert the river’s course, leaving a new highway bridge stranded. Thousands of acres of farmland lie in the flood’s path.
Mississippi River Rising Near Flood Crest in Memphis
The Mississippi River continued to rise to about 36.7 feet in Memphis with a forecast crest near 39 feet early next week if rainfall in upper tributaries remains heavy. Government engineers see little danger unless stage reaches 44 feet as flood worries ease.
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Mississippi
Memphis
Tenn
Mississippi River
F. W. Brist
Cairo
New Madrid
W. J. Barron
Walter Miller Dies in Cannon Mills Elevator Accident
Walter Miller aged 26 died on the way to Concord hospital after a crushed skull injury. He was on a Cannon Mills construction crew member working on the elevator in the Kan napolis plant supply room when his head was caught between an automatic gate and the elevator. Miller lived at Organ Church near Salisbury and had moved there from West Kannapolis a week earlier.
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Salisbury
Mar
Walter Miller
Concord Hospital
Cannon Mills
Kannapolis
Miller
Organ Church
West Kannapolis
Funeral for Asa G. Candler Draws City in Mourning
Thousands gather in Atlanta as Asa G. Candler is laid to rest. Flags fly at half mast under mayoral order while family and many residents attend the service at the Druid Hills home. The 11 am funeral, led by Dr. Franklin N. Parker, ends with a private graveside in West View cemetery.
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Atlanta
Asa G. Candler
Druid Hills
Franklin N. Parker
Emory University School of Theology
West View Cemetery
Greensboro Negro Seeks Own Conviction and Work
Greensboro March 14 Chief Jenkins a Negro walked into city court and faced a vagrancy charge against himself He pleaded for work and food and was given a thirty day sentence by Judge Dave Collins in a humane decision reflecting his need.
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Greensboro
Mar
Jenkins
Dave Collins
D A R Convention at Winston Closes
The North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution wrap up its annual meeting in Winston-Salem with officers elected for librarian historian registrar and recording secretary all unanimous. Honorary regents for life named from among past state regents. Governor’s wife O Max Gardner attends and speaks, organizing regent of the Benjamin Cleveland chapter at Shelby.
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Winston-Salem
Woman's Club
North Carolina Daughters of the American Revolution
T. J. Gwynn
Waynesville
Duke Hay
Black Mountain
Whitt R. Stone
Greensboro
Rosa Wells
Wilson
Theodore Morrison
Asheville
C. W. Tillett
Charlotte
Lida Rodman
Washington
W. N. Reynolds
O. Max Gardner
H. O. Steele
Gardner
Benjamin Cleveland
Shelby
Asheville Yard Foreman Killed by Train Today
John F. Trexler car foreman at Asheville yards of the Southern Railway was killed instantly at 8:30 this morning when struck by a locomotive. He is 49, served the railroad about 20 years, and is survived by his widow and two daughters Louise and Ruby of Saluda.
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Asheville
Mar
John F. Trexler
The
Southern Railway
Southern
Louise
Ruby
Saluda
Foch Reports Improvement After Illness
Paris dispatch says Marshal Foch had a good night and told doctors he felt much better. He is eating well mainly fish and sits up daily. Temperature ran below normal for the first time since falling ill, and doctors deem the sign satisfactory. His pulse was normal.
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Foch
Paris
Marshal Foch
Mountain goats dominate rocky ban passage claim
The fragment asserts mountain goats are described as the largest and wildest of the Rocky region, though the snippet remains incomplete and lacks full attribution or context.
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James Lynn
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Tom
Betty Compson
Vitaphone
Eddie White
Night Court
Ewars Burtnett and
Hie Biltmore Hotel Orchestra
Southland
Candler
D. AR
Winston
Asheville Yard
Fletcher
SETI
Castoria
Jake
Red Bell Shoe Store
R. 4. Wilson
Prop
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Rialto Theatre
Wachovia Bank
Stephen
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Eastman Kodaks
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Kodak Department
Stephen’s
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