Changes in Prison System Divisions and Central Administration
The North Carolina Highway and Public Works Commission approves enlarging prison divisions from five to ten to match the ten administrative divisions. Five new prison supervisors will be added, each overseeing a division with authority over discipline and prison management, while division engineers retain control over highway prisoner work. Governor ATTOY denounces any split of administration, keeping centralized control in Raleigh.
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Raleigh
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Highway Commission
Clyde A.ttoey
Pickett Mills Group Attends North Carolina Adult Education Commencement
Forty residents from Pickett Mills joined about 3,000 attendees from across North Carolina at the final adult education commencement held at Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Governor Clyde Hoey spoke on adult education while Pearlie Osborne from Pickett Mills shared a talk on its impact. A Raleigh motorcade tour followed visiting capitol grounds and the governor's mansion.
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Pickett
Raleigh
Memorial
Clyde Hoey
North Carolina
Pearlie Osborne
Munity
Capital Grounds
Governor’s Mansion
North Caro
Gwynn Touted for Judgeship in Twenty First District
Raleigh observers discuss Governor Hoey naming Allen H. Gwynn as judge for the new Twenty first judicial district with Gilmer Sparger lined up for solicitor in the same district. The Eleventh district may see J. Earle McMichael or Forrest G. Miles as solicitor with McMichael favored.
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Gilmer Sparger
New Judicial District
Raleigh
Clyde R. Hoey
Twenty-First Judicial District
Allen H. Gwynn
Eleventh Judicial District
Danbury
Stokes County
Gwynn
General Assembly
J. H. Clement
J. Earle McMichael
Forrest G. Miles
Winston-Salem
Michael
Capitol to be lit with modern illumination
The century old state capitol and its offices will receive bright new lighting after Governor Clyde R. Hoey and the council of state authorized the board of public buildings and grounds to proceed with installation of adequate lighting equipment.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
State Capitol
Capitol
Clyde R. Hoey
Council of State
Board of Public Buildings and Grounds
Kansas City Police Choir Debuts With Praise for Tenors
The first meeting of Kansas City's police choir went well. G. S. Stanton, English professor and choir master, praised the ten policemen who joined the group calling them fine material especially the tenors and basses.
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Blue Notes
Kansas City
Blue Coats
G. S. Stanton
Woman Fatally Struck? No Coyote Attack In Yard Visit
Mrs J D Wallace tried to befriend a stray dog that wandered into her yard. The animal snarled and ran off. A passerby later identified the visitor as a coyote.
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Aly
J. D. Wallace
Campaign to install waterworks in small North Carolina towns
Warren H. Booker, director of Sanitary Engineering for the Board of Health, announced a campaign to persuade small North Carolina cities without waterworks to install facilities. He urged district engineers to push towns even with populations under 600 to adopt water systems.
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Raleigh
Warren H. Booker
The
Board of Health
North Carolina
Convict Conviction in Nash County Illegal Operation Case
In Nash county, a superior court jury convicted Melton Baker of complicity in the death of a Nash county woman from an illegal operation. Baker was alleged to have paid for the operation. Judge J Paul Frizzelle deferred sentencing.
Sino as a term from Latin sinae meaning Chinese
The Latin word sinae meaning Chinese evolved into the modern term Sino used widely today to denote relations or entities related to China. This linguistic note traces how a classical form entered common usage.
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