State Utilities Board to audit telephone company bills
North Carolina state utilities board will conduct a detailed review of every item and invoice from telephone companies to newspapers and the Associated Press. If any figures are doubtful, a board expert will personally investigate to verify the charges as the commission seeks no rate changes but strict accuracy.
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Sir Walter Hotel
Baskervild
Raleigh
Severn Bell Telephone and Teleraph Company
Associated Press
New State Hities Commission
North Carolina
Stanley Inborne
Commission
Fred L. Seely
Frank W. Hanft
Kidney Ailment Cure Ad Promises Gold Medal Haarlem
An old ad touts Gold Medal Haarlem Ott Capsules as a grand kidney stimulant. It claims to help purge harmful uric acid and relieve neural and lumbago pain, urging readers to purchase the original Gold Medal Oil Capsules from Haarlem in Holland.
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Haarlem
Insull in a Striking Closeup of Chapel Hill
Commissioner Winborne outlines plan to hire a utility valuation expert and conduct independent investigations. He emphasizes not accepting telephone and utility company statements at face value and vows to compare with their figures. The aim is to determine valuations operation costs depreciation and other factors and order rate reductions if warranted.
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Chapel Hill
Winborne
Tory
Britain asks League to halt arm shipments over Chaco dispute
Great Britain proposed to the League of Nations that no more arms be shipped to Paraguay and Bolivia over the Chaco Boreal conflict. France Italy Spain Australia Czechoslovakia and Argentina supported the move while Britain warned the warring nations that His Majesty's government disapproves of the fighting. The United States was sought for cooperation in the effort.
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Associated
PHERS
Europe
South America
United States
Great Britain
League
Paraguay
Bolivia
Chaco Boreal
France
Italy
Spain
Australia
Czechoslovakia
Argentina
Hollywood GOSSIP seizes talent hunt season
Hollywood buzz says studios scour the country for fresh faces as screens tests resume nationwide. Ty Dan Thomas reports the spring talent craze grips the film colony with executives chasing new Garbo Hepburn Crawford Ga bles and Coopers.
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Ty Dan Thomas
NEA
Hollywood
Gables
Carl Laemmie, Jr
Dave Werner
Uni
Trophy Typifies Her Success
Three years ago Joan Blondel was a rising Wampas baby star who now wins the silver trophy for outstanding achievement among the baby stars. Talent scout Werner plans to seek new stars in cities across the nation, armed with contracts for screen tests.
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Joan Blondel
Wampas
Wampas Organization
Versal
Laemmie
Werner
Hollywood
Genevieve Tobin
Sidney Fox
Bette Davis
Rose Hobart
George Brent
June Knight
Birmingham
Chicago
Cleveland
Houston
Rochester
Grand Rapids
Milwaukee
Springfield
New York
Trenton
Ann Arbor
Dallas
Boston
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
New Haven
Startspangled Banner Becomes National Anthem in 1931
President Hoover signed an act of Congress on March 3 1931 designating The Star Spangled Banner as the national anthem, replacing prior unofficial status with formal designation.
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Hoover
Congress
Three Camp Members Die In California Forest Fire
In a blaze near Julian California on Monday three Sera camp members died while fleeing flames driven by strong winds. Firefighters found the charred bodies identified as Clarence L. Harris 27 Topeka Kansas John H Leapley 87 Jacksonville Oregon and Ambrose Wah lcame 21 Westel Tennessee.
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San Diego
Calif
Sera
Julian
C. P. Hebert
Clarence L. Harris
Topeka
Kas
John H. Leapley
Jacksonville
Ore
Ambrose Wahlcame
Westel
Tenn
Oldest US bells hang in Moorish area at St Augustine Cathedral
The four bells dated 1682 are described as the oldest in the United States and are installed in the Moorish interior of the Cathedral in St Augustine, Florida.
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United States
St. Augustine
Fila
Shelter huts for travelers in the Rockies
The Colorado National Forest service provides shelter huts for travelers crossing the Rocky Mountains. The program places modest huts along routes to offer rest, protection from weather, and basic supplies for hikers and road travelers.
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Rockies
The
Colorado National Forest Service
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Insull
Samuel Insull
St. Luke's Hospital
U.S
Chago
U. S
Sasha Gerhard
M-G-M
Russian Eagle Gardens
Garbo
Thelma Todd
Malcolm St. Clair
Glenda Farrell
Bob Riskin
Carole Lombard
Russ Columbo
Barry Norton
Alice Terry
Adolphe Menjou
Verree Teasdale
Mae Clarke
Sidney Blackmer
Celcome
Gene Stratton Porter
Monogram Pictures
Ben Bernie
Bernie
Peeko
Ring Drug CO
Beckman
Phobos
Delmons
Mars
Parise
Eee
Mr LL
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Elena Saat
Dimity
J.C. Penney. CO
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