Home orchards thrive in Nash County winter plan
Nash County farmers start over 70 home orchards after a cooperative fruit tree order arranged by H. B. Alphin of the State College Extension Service. The 23-tree mix includes 11 apple varieties, nine peaches, plus plum, cherry. selected from Maryland and regional nurseries with bids cutting costs. Apples bear July through October, peaches June to September. trees expected to fruit in years three to five.
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Nashville
Nash County
H. B. Alphin
State College Extension Service
Alphin
Maryland
Lewis P. Watson
Extension Service
North Carolina Market Report For Fruits and Vegetables
North Carolina shipping points summary from state and federal agriculture departments. Lettuce steady to weak with scarce 6 dozen sizes, strawberries firm in Plant City Florida, potatoes mixed with steady large stock and slow smaller stock, cabbage steady in Rochester and Washington, apples unchanged, sweet potatoes varied by region, green peas peppers cucumbers and lima beans with mixed Florida and East Coast pricing.
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North Carolina
United States
O. B
Plant City
Fla
Presque Isle
Aroostook
Maine
U. S
Lower East
Florida
Bliss
Philadelphia
Delaware
New Jersey
Jersey
Pittsburgh
Washington
Nancy Halls
Best
Cleveland
Market Hall
South Carolina
New York
California
Caswell Training School Boosts Milk Output In D H I A
Caswell Training School at Kinston, a member of the North Carolina Dairy Herd Improvement Association, reports steadily rising milk production and falling feed costs. From 1935 to 1938 the herd of 43-44 cows increased output from 6,980 to 10,376 pounds per cow with butterfat rising, while feed cost per 100 pounds of milk fell from $1.47 to 94 cents.
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College Station
Raleigh
Caswell Training School
Kinston
North Carolina Dairy Herd Improvement Association
John A. Arey
State College Extension Service
Arey
Caswell School
Caswell
Davie Farmers Embrace New Coop Electric System
Davie dairy farmers along the Davie electric cooperative route plan to install electric refrigeration as power becomes available. Farm agent D C Rankin says the system will lower costs and improve cooling of milk and dairy products. project approval received and construction will start soon.
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Mocksville
Davie Electric Cooperative
D. C. Rankin
State College Extension Service
Davie
Rankin
Farm and Home Week Adds Machinery Exhibit at State College
A farm machinery exhibit will be one of the new features at State College during the annual Farm and Home Week running July 31 to August 4.
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State College
One-variety cotton communes spread in North Carolina
The move toward one variety cotton communities grows quickly in North Carolina with several new communities organized each month.
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North Carolina
Farmer rises with FSA help on a North Carolina hill farm
The Farm Security Administration records tell how Newil Hill built a life from a beekeeping start to a secure farm in Hendersonville area. He bought a 45 acre farm with a $2600 loan, built a home, improved his herd and crops, paid debts, and plans to repay over forty years at 3 percent interest with the help of credit and guidance.
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Farm Security Administration
Raleigh
North Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Newil Hill
Newill Hill
Hendersonville
Eula Mae
Newil
Newis
Livestock agents report prosperity in Kentucky and Virginia
Farm Agents George W. Miller and P. R. Elam with M. H. Tweed recount a hunting trip through Kentucky Indiana and Virginia for breeding stock. They note limited quality supply high demand and prices and highlight cattle buys in Indiana Kentucky and Virginia. They stress lime and phosphate as key to good pastures.
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Richmond
Virginia
Kentucky
Denton Grange and neighbors hold March meeting items
The Enterprise reports Davidson County Grange activity with multiple lodges meeting March 13 and 15. Denton Grange welcomed a new member Herman Barber. Home Beautification program led by Laura Fritts. Arcadia and Welcome Granges presented educational programs and contests. An officers school formed with 23 officers from nine Granges to meet monthly starting April 6 at Midway.
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the Enterprise Bureau
Commerce Street
Thomasville
Denton Grange
Herman Barber
The
Grange
Laura Fritts
Ferdinand the Bull
Tyre Grange
Bessie Allison
R. L. Palmer
Christine Cagle
Hazel Davis
M. Meacham
W. R. Swicegood
James Hilliard
Montez Koontz
Grange News
Annie Barnes
Welcome Grange
Arcadia Grange
Arcadia School
W. L. Scott
Caldwell
W. W. McCulloch
Robert Zimmerman
S. L. Craver
Archie Craver
Grangebean Contest
W. W. Zimmerman
Lizzie Tesh
Arcadia
Churchland
Denton
Midway
Pilot
Southmont
Wallburg
Welcome
Midway Grange
Swine sanitation program proves profitable says Tyrrell farmer
W A Mayo of Creswell route two credits a full sanitation program for his 42 pigs as the finest herd he has raised. Tyrrell County farm agent H H Harris notes demonstrations and lectures have turned other farmers sanitation minded.
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Columbia
W. A. Mayo
Creswell
Route Two
HH. H. Harris
Tyrrell County
Mayo
Harris
Tyrrell
Health certificates required for state unemployment offices
Raleigh March 20 Health certificates showing freedom from tuberculosis in infectious stages and venereal diseases are to be required of all employees of the State Unemployment Compensation Commission in its two divisions and in the Raleigh central office and district and local offices by March 31 according to a regulation adopted recently by the commission.
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Raleigh
State
Unemployment Compensation Commission
North Carolina unemployment office reports February job applications
Raleigh March 20 The Employment Services offices of the North Carolina Unemployment Compensation Commission received 24 075 job applications in February with 13 034 renewals. Director R Mayne Albright says the total is 3 300 fewer than February 1938 and 129 909 applicants were registered at month end, down 23 959 from February 28 1938.
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Raleigh
N. C. Unemployment Compensation Commission
R. Mayne Albright
USDA Announces Fiber Flax Production Program
The U S Department of Agriculture announced a program to encourage fiber flax production in the United States to establish the industry on an efficient and stable basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U. S Department of Agriculture
Hog market to show 15 percent rise from 1937–38
Slaughter supplies of hogs in the current marketing year are expected to total at least 15 percent larger than in 1937-38, reports H. W. Taylor, state college extension swine specialist.
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H. W. Taylor
State College Extension
Crop land affected by AAA program across United States
About 65 percent of U S crop land, totaling 282,659,000 acres, experienced some phase of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration program in the past crop year.
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United States
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Aviation Experts Seek Reason For Stratoliner Crash
Aviation experts gathered in Alder Washington to probe the crash of the new Boeing Stratoliner which fell 10 000 feet killing ten including Netherlands aeronautics engineer A G von Baumhauser Royal Dutch Air Lines assistant manager Peter Guilonard and several American airmen Federal and Boeing officials examined wreckage as Thomas Hardin led the federal probe and R J Minshall headed the Boeing team Victims included pilots Earl Ferguson Julius Barr William Doyle Harlan Hull John Kylstra Ralph L Cram Benjamin J Pearson and Harry West Jr as investigators sought the cause of the disaster.
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Alder
Wash
A. G. von Baumhauser
Netherlands
Peter Guilonard
Royal Dutch Air Lines
von Baumhauer
Guilonard
Seattle
United States
Federal
Boeing
Thomas Hardin
Washington, D. C
Air Safety Board
Civil Aeronautics Authority
R. J. Minshall
Boeing Aircraft Company
Boeing Company
Earl Ferguson
Julius Barr
William Doyle
Seatrie
Harlan Hull
Kansas City
Transcontinental and
Western Airlines
John Kylstra
Ralph L. Cram
Benjamin J. Pearson
Harry T. West, Jr
Reedy Fork Area Studied In New Soil Conservation Book
The U S Department of Agriculture published a 21 page booklet and maps on the Reedy Fork drainage basin in Guilford and Forsyth counties after a five year study. W D Lee notes the report aids farmers with soil types slopes erosion and conservation plans. The 47 483 acre area lies mainly in Guilford with a small part in Forsyth.
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College Station
Raleigh
Reedy Fork
Guilford
Forsyth County
United States Department of Agriculture
W. D. Lee
State College Extension Service
Soil Conservation Service
Ais Farm
Lee
Scs
Reecy Fork
Kernersville
Guilford College
Hillsdale
Guilford County
Wash Turner Dead Still An Expense
Raleigh March 20 Wash Turner died after a gas poisoned life of crime and now a bill to reimburse Mrs Cora Farrow for damage to her building caused by Turners escaped arrest is expected to be introduced by Sen Ememite H Bellamy The bill proposes a 250.10 payment upon ratification and repeals conflicting laws.
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Henry Averill
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Wash Turner
Bill Payne
P. E. No
Ememite H. Bellamy
New Hanover County
General Assembly
Cora Farrow
Turner
Carolina Beach
General Assembly of
North Carolina
Older Youth Conference Meets at State College
The Older Youth Conference for farm boys and girls above 4 H club age will be held at State College on June 10.
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State College
Poultry receipts in New York February rise from prior year
Receipts for dressed poultry at New York in February were about 15 percent larger than the same month last year but 13 percent below the 1925 34 February average.
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New York
Pennsylvania Leads in System of Improved Highways
The state has more miles of improved highways than any other in the United States, reflecting extensive road work and infrastructure development across Pennsylvania.
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Pennsylvania
State
The
Union
Singing Meet Draws 3000 Plus To Piedmont Event
A large crowd estimated at 3000 or more filled Senior High School for the Piedmont Singers Association meeting. W. F. Burton directed with Roy Shiplett assisting, featuring the Rangers Quartet of Texas. Plans for a June meeting at High Point City Lake were announced. Many groups from across the region participated, including Hedgecock Sisters, Piedmont Male Quartet, Central Carolina Quartet, Silvertone Girls, and others from Lexington, Greensboro, Asheboro, and Winston-Salem.
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Piedmont Singers Association
W. F
Bill) Burton
Roy Shiplett
Rangers Quartet of
Texas
North
South Carolina
Burton
High Point City Lake
Hedgecock Sisters
Mt. Pleasant
Piedmont
Piedmont Section
Central Carolina Quartet
Asheboro
Silvertone Girls
Lexington
Winston-Salem Quartet
Winston-Salem
Carolina Rangers
King
Gospel Singers
Hemp
Core Quartet
Greensboro
Lexington Quintette
Gate City Quartet
Montgomery Quartet
Montgomery County
Lexington Tenors
Pine Grove
Cattle Sisters
Young People's Chorus
Reidsville
Greensboro Chorus
Lowdermilk Quartet
Michaux Quartet
Coogan Seeks Court OK on Kid The Fortune Remnant
Jackie Coogan "The Kid" will seek Superior Court approval to receive about 126000 from his stepfather and mother Arthur Bernstein and wife. He had sued for 4 million as earnings in childhood films. A receiver valued the estate near 291715, leaving him regretful there is not more money left.
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Los Angeles
Jackie Coogan
the Kid
Arthur Bernstein
Young Coogan
Bernsteins
Airplanes Used for Observation Early in World War
In the early days of the war aircraft served primarily for reconnaissance and observation missions. Spotters in airfields provided battlefield intelligence, guiding artillery and map the terrain for planned operations.
February Home Building Best Since 1929
February 1939 saw residential contracts in 37 Eastern States reach 79.02 million dollars, up 98 percent from February 1938. Private residential work led gains with 140.28 million in the first two months, more than double 1938 totals, while public projects stood at 19.91 million. Contemplated February builds reached 169.85 million, 65 percent above 1938, with two month totals 42 percent ahead of last year.
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F. W. Dodge Corporation
Thomass. Holden
Statistical & Research Division
F.H.A
Young man shoots girl friend then kills self
In Charlotte a dairy employee Clyde Estridge shot his 19 year old girlfriend Ethel Fisher in a parked automobile and then killed himself. An empty revolver lay beside them as Assistant Coroner W N Hovis reported no motive could be found.
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Charlotte
W. N. Hovis
Clyde Estridge
Ethel Fisher
Men's Club Supper Meeting At First Presbyterian
The Men's Club of the First Presbyterian Church in High Point invites members to a 6 50 pm supper in the church basement. Sea Scouts will run the program. Following the program the annual officer election will be held and the associate deacons board will meet to elect officers.
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First Presbyterian Church of
High Point
Sea Scouts
Highway fatalities from weekend crashes claim two in NC
Charlotte dispatch reports two men killed in North Carolina weekend crashes. Glenn Stafford of Colfax died from injuries in a collision near Greensboro. Worth Upchurch of near Apex was run over and killed by a passing automobile near Durham.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Glenn Stafford
Colfax
Greensboro
Durham
Worth Upchurch Farmer
Apex
Jones in hospital after weekend accident
Charles A. Jones Republican national executive committeeman remained in Lincoln hospital after injuries from a Saturday accident. Physicians said he would stay for several days as he recovers.
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Jonas
Lincolnton
Charles A. Jones
Liberal Party Remote as Moderates Hold Back
Washington March 2 4 Secretary Ickes says a Liberal party faces slim odds in near term. He notes a liberal groundswell but says third party requires both major parties to nominate nonconservative candidates, a condition unlikely before 1940. He compares party evolution to aging and theory of political realignment.
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Washington
Ickes
Nail
Roosevelt
Thomas Jefferson
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