Petition Seeks Widening Of English Street To City Limits
A business group asks for English street widening from the car line to the city limits with 30 feet, but council requires a 40 foot width with 10 foot sidewalks. The move aligns with state highway widening plans and city intent to avoid later detours. Other actions include paving Clay street and electric service extension to L. Clodfelter, plus a fire station bid delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Lassiter and Company
English Street
Thomasville
Here
Greensboro
L. R. Terry
Clay Street
Ed Clodfelter
Clodfelter
Dorris Street
J. E. Kirkman
Washington Street
Hamilton
Steele Streets
R. B. Gant
Main and
Bain
Tree Top Bottling Company
Wiley and
English Streets
Vinol touted for energy and weight gain in ad
An advertisement claims Vinol boosts work endurance and sleep, noting a 5 pound gain after use. It describes Vinol as cod liver peptone with iron and alcohol free, promising pep and appetite plus quick weight increases in adults and children. J A Hart Drug Co promotes the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vince
J. A. Hart Drug Co
German children aged five and six excel in shorthand
Two youngsters aged five and six at a German school demonstrate expert shorthand writing while lacking ability to read or write longhand. The report notes their unusual skill in brisk note taking and speed in recording spoken language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Stars Attend Paris City Hall Wedding of Menjou and Miss Carver
Col onel Brosse praises the blending of French and American race as Menjou and Ethryn Drum wed in Paris City Hall. Guests include Philippe Ortez Elizabeth Drum and William J. OBrien with Menjou praised as both artist and generous. The couple donated a large gift for Paris’s poor before leaving for London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colonel Brosse
Philippe Ortez
Charles V. Campbell, Jr
Elizabeth Drum
William J. O’brien
Paris
City Hall
Brosse
Menjou
Menjous
London
Ganna Walska
Harold F. McCormick
Muscle Shoals Bill Moves Toward Final Vote
Washington May 16 The House resumes consideration of Norris Morin bill to create a federal corporation to operate the Muscle Shoals properties as supporters push for a final vote before adjournment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muscle Shoals
Washington
House
Supreme Court Grants New Trials In Ten Opinions
The North Carolina Supreme Court today handed down ten opinions. Sam Ray and Marshall Deyton, both jailed for murder in Yancey county, receive new trials due to jury instruction errors. Other rulings include Dewey Ray on abandonment of wife and child, Gus Geurulius on abortion, and Dave Garland on the murder of Lonnie McMahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Sam Ray
Marshall Deyton
Yancey County Superior Court
Supreme Court
Stacy
Superior Court
Moore
William Laws
Dewey Ray
Yancey County
Adams
Ray
Gus Geurulius
Mecklenburg
Webb
Dave Garland
Yancey Superior Court
Lonnie McMahan
North Carolina Supreme Court Affirms and Grants New Trials
The North Carolina Supreme Court released ten opinions. Cases include Washburn v Biggerstaff affirmed. State v King and State v Garland affirmed. State v Dewey Ray and Ray and Deyton granted new trials. Rendlemen v Stoessel and Caldwell v Railway affirmed. and others from Franklin Rutherford Mecklenburg and Yancey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Supreme Court
E. M. Washburn
O. B. Biggerstaff
Rutherford
State of
Dream Comes True in Harland Shooting
Boyd Kelly of Harland Kentucky awoke to find he had shot himself while sleeping. He had kept a pistol under his pillow and reportedly drew it from beneath the pillow during sleep and fired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harland, Ky
Boyd Kelly
Hoover Campaign Funds Hearings Focus on Flood of Payments
Senate investigators questioned Rush Holland and six Smith supporters about money used in pre convention drives for Hoover and Smith. Holland admitted receiving 10000 from Claudius Huston and 400 from Perry Heath, with further payments to Howard and various Florida, Georgia, Alabama figures totaling around eight thousand dollars. The hearings probed who funded the Hoover forces and the scope of campaign expenditures in several southern states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huston
Claudius H. Huston
Holland
Arkansas
Republican Organization
Louisiana
Mississippi
Perry Howard
Republican National
Georgia
Ben W. Davis
Washington
Alabama
Steiner
Oliver D. Street
Florida
Protective Tariff League of
Glenn B. Skipper
State Central Committee
Perry W. Howard
Howard
Herbert Hoover
Alfred E. Smith
New York
Senate Campaign Funds Committee
Hoover
Smith
William F. Kenny
Rush Holland
Commerce
Hooverites
Politics
George B. Lockwood
Muncie
Ind
California
Kansas City
Lockwood
Moving Picture
McMaster
South Dakota
Dying South Carolina Mother Seeks Daughter Mamie Blake
A dying mother in Greenwood seeks her daughter Mamie Blake believed to be in High Point. A sister at Greenwood asks police to locate Mamie and deliver a note stating the mother is dying and wishes to see her. The letters are signed by Mrs. Laura Brown of Greenwood. Memorial auditorium hosted a devotional service led by Dr. Leanson and Dr. Scarborough as attendees filled the venue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Carolina
Mamie Blake
High Point
Greenwood, D. C
Mamie
Chief of Police
Laura Brown
Washington Street
Greenwood, S. C
Oan A. Leavison
Clarksville
West Point at the Broadhurst in Haines film
William Haines stars in West Point filmed at the Military Academy. The Broadhurst engagement showcases cadet parades and reviews highlighting Army traditions and national patriotism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Haines
Brown
Harvard
Kelly
Haines
West Point
Uncle Sam
Broadhurst
Military Academy
Old School For Officers
George Washington
William Haines and
Joan Crawford
Evangelical Conference Addresses Moral Propaganda in Politics
A large evangelical gathering discussed the looming presidential campaign and condemned what speakers called an immoral propaganda sweeping the nation. They argued that evangelism is not spreading its message unless it scrutinizes the nation’s political complexion.
Women Entering Bull Market Amid Speculative Boom
Airplane shares surge as record prices flash across a generation of traders. Women, previously passive in past bull runs, now play a notable role in the current upswing with some uptown brokers creating women specific rooms while others limit participation to cash and investment trades. Notable risers include Packard Studebaker Motors Gold Dust American International Corporation Condenast Foundation Company Otis Elevator Electric Storage Battery South Porto Rican Sugar and American Brown Boveri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Packard
Studebaker Motors
Gold Dust
American International Corporation
Condenast
Foundation Company
Otis Elevator
Electric Storage Battery
American Brown Boveri
Carraway to Leave for Washington This Week
Capt. Bruce H. Carraway chairman of the Andrew Jackson post American Legion relief committees will depart for Washington late this week to file World War veterans claims. Ex service men with certificates or claims to liquidate are urged to contact him at his North Main Street home before Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce H. Carraway
Andrew Jackson Post
American Legion
Washington
Carraway
North Main Street
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Los Angeles
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Ira L. Hill
Menjon
Hill
Doris Godwin
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the Family Theatre
Tom Mix
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Truman van Dyke
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Redpath
Charles Ross Taggart
Victor Phonograph
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Taggart
Dorothy Magraill
Jage Mulhall
Broadway
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Adam and Evel
Lew Cody
Aileen Pringle
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Republican National Committee
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Rosa Ponselle
Metropolitan Opera Company
N.C.C.W
Greensboro Music Co
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