North Carolina Holds Steady Opposition to Smith Prospects
In Raleigh on May 1 the Enterprise Bureau reports Democrats in North Carolina still split over Governor Alfred E. Smith's likely Houston nomination. Kerr faces two anti Smith challengers in the 2nd district H. C. Robertson and O. P. Dickenson who push Prohibition and Protestant causes and plan debates. Analysts expect Kerr to win the nomination but warn Smith supporters may misjudge local sentiment.
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John H. Kerr
Kerr
Dickenson
Dickinson and
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Figures Spur Curious Projections and Domestic News From Cities
A geologist predicts Andrew Hoover descendants from Baden, Germany would total 947 356 if found. In Chicago Wellington Nix faces a divorce decree reversal after a surprise notice to his wife. Angora shifts to a 26 character Turkish alphabet read left to right, dropping Arabic. San Francisco composer Rudolph Friml plans Paris trip with wives for a staged party.
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New York
Herbert Hoover
Andrew Hoover
Baden
Germany
Chicago
Wellington Nix
Nix
Angora
San Francisco
Rudolph Friml
Friml
Paris
North Carolina strawberry shipments rise as trucks speed to markets
North Carolina growers expect a record strawberry season with shipments surpassing prior years. Refrigerated railcars and many motor trucks deliver berries to Baltimore and Philadelphia, reducing transit time and expanding markets while weather and logistics influence production.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
Wallace and Chadbourn
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Delaware
Maryland
George Ross
Louisiana
Tennessee
Arkansas
Federal
Bobby Jones dreams and doubts about future championships
The article notes Bobby Jones as runner up in a championship and quotes his modest reply about Vardon. It discusses his hopes to qualify for major events at age 40, compares him with Ty Cobb and Tyre Jones, and reflects on his training, weight, and approach to golf as he plans exhibition matches for the Olympic games fund.
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Vardon
Bobby
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Georgia
Robert Tyre Jones
George Duncan
Jones
Duncan
Olympia Fields
Frank Frisch
Fordham
Giant
St. Louis
Frisch
Miss Mary McCormic First American Signer Paris Opera
Miss Mary McCormic formerly of Belleville Arkansas becomes the first American singer in 80 years to sign with the Paris Opera Company. She studied at the University of Arkansas then moved to Chicago as a protege of Mary Garden.
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Mary McCormic
Belleville, Ark
Paris Opera Company
University of Arkansas
Chicago
Mary Garden
Chef Escoffier Honored With Banquet In Paris
Paris May 1 report notes M. Escoffier the creator of peach melba receives a prestigious banquet from other chefs who honor him as he nears age eighty.
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Paris
M. Escoffier
Jones eyes reasonable golf at forty as career plans evolve
Associated Press notes Bobby Jones, 26, with 23 national titles in 12 years, expects to play reasonable golf at forty. He says he may be a mild threat at 45 if professional demands don’t erode his form, but beyond 45 he has no plans.
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Ile
Associated Press
Baltimore
Bobby Jones
Atlanta Wizard
Harry Vardon
B C Stops Headaches and Soothes Nerves
A North Carolina druggist offers B C a new remedy claiming fast relief from headaches sciatic and neuralgic pains. The five ingredient formula works in minutes and is marketed by B C Remedy Co Durham NC.
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North Carolina
B. C. Remedy Co
Durham
Adj
Ten Potatoes Divided Among Three Persons
A classroom joke from Berlin where a pupil suggests mashing all ten potatoes to share, and the teacher asks how to divide them among three. The line captures a humorous take from Der Wahre Jakob.
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der Wahre Jakob
Berlin
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