Banks Project Underway On North Carolina Coast
Work to develop The Banks into a national recreation ground begins in Raleigh with State Forester Holmes and forester Claridge scouting Roanoke Island for a forest nursery site. F E R A crews from the federal relief program install a labor ramp near Kitty Hawk as 200 transient workers prepare housing at a nearby hotel. The Hatteras Holding Co proposes a nursery site near Kitty Hawk. other sites will be reviewed if needed.
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Raleigh
Mar
Banks
North Carolina
J. 58
Holmes
F. H. Claridge
Roanoke Island
R. Bruce Ethridge
Department of Conservation and Development
Atlantic Ocean
Federal Emergency Reliet Administration
Kitty Hawk
Hatteras Holding Company
Elizabeth City
Akron Father Deliberately Thrust Infant Into Furnace
Howard K. Gross, 34, told detectives he sacrificed his two year old son John because the Lord told him to. The boy died after being placed in a furnace in the cellar. a maid pulled him out as the mother cried and the father faced a pending sanity hearing.
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Akron
Howard K. Gross
John Gross
Gross
Elsie
Plan to transform banks into national forest area
The conservation and development department aims to halt erosion by sand fixing and begin reforestation along a 160 mile stretch. The project would create a national forest area that includes the Wright memorial monument and Fort Raleigh, viewed as the birthplace of English civilization in America.
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Conservation and Development Department
Wright Memorial Monument
Fort Raleigh
America
Durham Hosiery Co. elects officers at annual meeting
Durham Hosiery Mills re elected Austin H. Carr as president for the ensuing year at a directors meeting after the stockholders meeting in Durham North Carolina. New officers include W F Carr vice president and secretary D St Pierre DeBose treasurer E M Hunter Jr assistant treasurer and W J O Connor Jr assistant secretary. Directors elected from Durham include D St Pierre DuBose George Watts Hill John Sprunt Hill and W W Sledge. The 1933 report shows net earnings of 157894 dollars.
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Durham
N. C
Austin H. Carr
Durham Hosiery Mills
W. F. Carr
D. St. Pierre DeBose
E. M. Hunter
Home Owners Loan Corp reports weekly loan surge in Salisbury
The Home Owners' Loan Corporation disbursed 347 251.22 to take up mortgages on 167 homes, the largest weekly total since organization's start. Through March 16, 1449 loans totaling 3 079 625.66 have been paid out, with tax payments aiding city and county finances and repairs ordered on many homes.
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Salisbury
Mar
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Alan &. O'Neal
Cooperative Farmers Exchange Aims to Save NC Farmers Money
Raleigh report says the Farmers Cooperative Exchange, a new state wide group, aims to reduce costs for North Carolina farmers by millions of dollars annually. The initiative seeks to unify purchase power and streamline operations across farming segments.
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Cooperative Farmers Exchange
Raleigh
Farmers Cooperative Exchange
North Carolina Farm
Birmingham Blaze ers Form New Agricultural Co operative
A Birmingham based organization will begin operations May 1 under plans to buy agricultural supplies and market farm products not handled by commodity cooperatives. A charter issued yesterday names officers including W. W. Eagles as president and M. G. Mann as general manager. The group aims to cut overlapping services and boost farmers purchasing power with cost based operations and patronage dividends.
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Ers
Agri
Ley N. Bagley
Mayock
Vanatta
University Station
B. W. Halgh
Raleigh
M. G. Mann
North Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association
Mistrial in Bribery Case for Benson Merchants
Isham B. McLamb. James Raynor. Durwood Hicks. and L. A. Hodges faced a mistrial in a conspiracy to bribe witnesses. Judge H Hoyle Sink ordered retrials and raised bonds for McLamb and Raynor while Hicks and Hodges were sent back to prison to complete sentences.
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Laurinburg
Mar
Isham B. McLamb
Benson Merchant
James Raynor
H. Hoyle Sink
Durwood Hicks
L. A. Hodges
Benson
MacLamb
Raynor
Supreme Court
Hicks
Hodges
State
Sen
McLamb Case Mistrial Sought Over Evidence Use
Reported remarks from defense and prosecution indicate a mistrial may be requested concerning the admissibility of certain evidence in the McLamb case. A new trial date has not been set and charges relating to stolen goods are referenced.
Two Houses Damaged by Morning Fire on Pickett Street
A blaze at 313 Pickett Street destroyed the roof of A. la’s home after a spark about 10 o'clock. Fire crews from stations three and five extinguished the flames. A separate fire on Carter Street damaged a second home owned by Atlanta Realty Co.
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A. la
Pickett Street
Pickett
Carter
Hamrick Acquitted in Gastonia Man Slaying Case
A Gastonia man, Harry Hamrick, was acquitted in a superior court trial for the death of Guthrie July. The case involved claims of a gang behind the fatal shooting amid a local crime scare reported by a Chinese newspaper.
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Hamrick
Gastonia
Harry Hamrick
Guthrie
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