Tobacco pests threaten millions in losses, lawmakers warned
Congress heard a warning from tobacco state representatives that without a $25,000 allotment to combat a new tobacco moth pest the industry could lose millions. The moth has spread from storage to farm pack houses, with annual damage estimated at $5 million by James L. Ficklin.
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Washington
Congress
House
Agriculture Department
James L. Ficklin
Tobacco Association of the United States
Blue mold hits tobacco beds in Wayne County
Farm Agent C. B. Mintz reported blue mold appearing in tobacco beds in northwestern Wayne County. The infection affects small plants and is unusual since the disease typically shows after some growth.
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Goldsboro
Mintz
Wayne County
Washington Never Occupied the White House
A historical note recalls that Washington did not live in the White House, yet a few days before his death in 1799 he walked through its rooms with his wife, contemplating its future.
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Washington
White House
Down but never out William Carpenter builds business from bed
Robt Ripley profiles Bill Carpenter of Boise Idaho who, despite blindness and arthritis, runs a thriving magazine subscription firm from his hospital bed. He earned a Master’s degree, directs the Idaho Society for the Blind, and was once voted the state’s most popular man. The piece also notes a Texas New Mexico Chihuahua boundary monument near El Paso.
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William
Bill
Carpenter
Boise, Idaho
Idaho University
Idaho Society For the Blind
Boundary Monument
el Paso
Texas
New Mexico
Chihuahua
United States
Mexico
Nervous robber robs movie cashier in Bluefield raid
In Bluefield West Virginia a well dressed young man held up 20 year old cashier Mrs Virginia Shumaker at a movie theater. He apologized saying he must have the money and promised to return it in 90 days. Police pursued the suspect who fled with 245 dollars.
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Bluefield
W .Va
Virginia Shumaker
Tales From The City And Country Police Blotter
In Angeles James Roggads reported a robbery but police found only his torn pants. Roy Daniels, 8, was found after his mother reported him missing and police located him five hours later. In Waupaca Miss Daisy Buer, treasurer of Scandinavia village, reports 98 percent tax payment with five taxpayers seeking July 1 extensions. In Waterloo fireman Frank Stephenson battled a residence blaze that caused $250 in damage to his own home.
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Angeles
James Roggads
Salt Lake City
Roy Daniels
Roy
Utopia
Waupaca
Wis
Scandinavia
Daisy Buer
Waterloo
Frank Stephenson
Oklahoma City jury awards 8750 to teen after horse incident
A district court jury awarded Lois Ann Tighe 8750 in damages after she said a horse threw her and sat on her lap, seeking 815 400 from the horse owners.
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Aklahoma City
Lois Ann Tighe
Miss Tighe
Forgery Case Hindered by Locked Office Safe
James L. Miller prosecuting attorney for six years failed to lock his office safe which a new secretary accidentally secured. A locksmith spent a full day trying to open it, gave up and left. the safe and the forged evidence remain locked, awaiting a hearing.
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Jimmy Valentine Peru
James L. Miller
Keiper Cleared After Proving Still Used for Cough Syrup
In Scranton Keiper told Federal Judge Watson he kept a still at home but used it only to boil cherry bark for cough syrup. He argued the device was for medicine and noted he has 15 children. He was acquitted.
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Home Remedy
Scranton
Keiper
Albert L. Watson
Senate Defeats Cash-Only Beer Sales Bill in North Carolina
In Raleigh on March 23 the Senate blocked a bill requiring all beer sales to be cash only. Senator Tom Gold led the opposition, arguing the provision overreaches beyond beer. Debate touched on dairy bottles and county exemptions. the measure was postponed for reconsideration.
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Raleigh
Senate
North Carolina
Guilford
Tom Gold
Judiciary No. 1
Pitt
Stocy
A. B. Corey
Gold
Lyn Ballentine
Wake
Last Rites for Rev O P Routh Held at East Bend
Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 p.m. at East Bend Methodist church for Rev. O. P. Routh 71 a superannuated Methodist minister who died at his East Bend home after months of illness The pastor Rev J H Green presided Burial was in the church cemetery Survivors include his widow former Anne Kenyon four children four brothers and one sister
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East Bend Methodist Church
O. P. Routh
East Bend
Yadkin County
J. H. Green
Routh
Joshua
Sallie H. Routh
Randolph County
Anne Kenyon
M. L. Zimmerman
Lexington
E. L. Warner
This City
M. Kenyon Routh
William H. Routh
Asheboro
B. C
W. V. Routh
Greensboro
J. P. Routh
Millboro
C. C Routh
Portsmouth
G. M. York
Staley
Wyatt Knitting Company to Start Operations at Sanford
Sanford March 23. W F Wyatt president says the Wyatt Knitting Company will begin operations here within 30 days.
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Sanford
W. F. Wyatt
Wyatt Knitting Company
Feud Over Dry Cleaning Commission Again Roils North Carolina
In Raleigh on March 23 Virgil Wilson of Forsyth and John Caffey of Guilford clashed over the North Carolina Dry Cleaning Commission. Wilson sought a local exemption for Forsyth county from the statewide act, while Caffey blocked it arguing it affected a statewide measure. Debates and committee moves left the issue tangled as Wilson remains set against Caffey.
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Caffey
Forsyth
Raleigh
Ward
Victor Bryant
Virgil Wilson
John Caffey
Guilford
North Carolina Dry Cleaning Commission
Wilson
Mittee
Forsyth County
Speak Ward
House
Dry Cleaning Commission
Wils of
Landon’s horseback catch nets three bobcats in Idaho
In Idaho near Coat, a hunter uses a unique method to trap bobcats. On a horse back he drops from his hat and lassos with a coat to cover his prey, performing a bulldogging style capture. He has snared three bobcats this way.
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Hamer
Idaho
Land
Landon
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