North Carolina Gettysburg Memorial Unveiling Planned
Final details for the July 3 unveiling at Gettysburg of the North Carolina memorial group were announced by the arrangements committee chaired by former Governor A W McLean. Governor C Max Gardner will preside and accept the bronze 16 foot high statue by Gutzon Borglum on behalf of NC after being funded by the 1927 General Assembly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean
Gardner
Virginia
Maryland
North Carolina
Gettysburg
Gutzon Borglum
North Carolina Daughters lay groundwork for Gettysburg memorial
The bronze statue has been cast and a granite base is under construction at Gettysburg. The memorial will stand on a 200 by 200 foot plot allotted by the War Department to tell of North Carolina troops’ exploits. North Carolina Daughters of the Confederacy will erect the markers, with attendees including former Governor McLean and General Albert L. Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orial
Gettysburg
War Department
North Carolina
Confederacy
McLean
Marshal Williams
Faison
Dolph Long
Graham
BE. L. McKee
Sylva
Albert L. Cox
Raleigh
Coker Named Political Science Chair at Yale
Prof Francis W. Coker, Yale graduate and 1910 Columbia PhD, has been appointed to Yale's new political science chair. Former professor at Missouri, Princeton, and Ohio State, he lectured at Yale and Columbia and serves on major political science editorial boards. He hails from Society Hill South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis W. Coker
Yale University
Chapel Hill
Yale University Graduate School
Prof. Coker
University of Missouri
Princeton
Ohio State University
Yale
Columbia
American Political Science Review
American Political Science Association
Society Hill
S. C
Columbia University
Collier Cobb to Attend Atlanta Education Meet
Dr Collier Cobb head of the University Geology Department will preside over the geography section at the National Educational Association meeting in Atlanta beginning July 3 He is a director of the National Council of Geography Teachers and a noted geologist Principal speakers include Dr FE A Perkins Miss Willa Bolton and Dr Ednrich Smith
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Collier Cobb
National Educational Association
Atlanta
Cobb
National Council of Geography Teachers
FE. A. Perkins
George Peabody School of Teachers
Willa Bolton
Hattiesburg
Miss
Edrrich Smith
Randolph Macon Academy
Tobacco Lingerie Introduces New French Shade
A chic tobacco shade in nnion is paired with beige Alencon lace trim for a refined French lingerie look. The design emphasizes elegance and subtlety with a bold color option.
Orthodontics Office Opens in Wa chovia Bank Building
Dr. Dennis Keel announces the opening of his orthodontic practice at 415 Wachovia Bank Building with hours 9 to 5, every Wednesday. Phone 20138.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Keel
Wachovia Bank
Commercial aviation group formed at Thomasville
A new organization to promote aviation commerce is formed in Thomasville with leading citizens as charter members. It buys an Eagle Rock airplane now at Myers landing field near Highway 10 east of town for daily flights over High Rock lake and other sites, with an expert aviator in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lexington
Thomasville
New Aviation Organization
Myers Landing Field
Highway 10
High Rock Lake
Public Welfare Institute Opens at University July 8
North Carolina hosts its tenth annual Public Welfare Institute at the university in Chapel Hill starting July 8. The state board of charities and public welfare and the university school of public welfare organize the event, attracting about 200 county welfare superintendents probation officers juvenile court judges and social workers for a week of intensive study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hil
North Carolina
State Board of Charities and Public Welfare
University School of Public Welfare
Lightning Deaths Strike Pennsylvania Ball Park and Farm
Lightning killed two youths at Central City ball park near Johnstown where a Somerset county league game was about to start and injured six others. A farmer's wife nearby died of fright in her Ashland home as a bolt scared her in a closet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Central City Ball Park
Johnstown
Ashland
Cobb Named Chairman Of New Commonwealth and Southern
B O Cobb chairman of Allied Power and Commonwealth Power elected chairman of the newly formed Commonwealth and Southern Corporation. Thomas W Martin elected president of the new group. The holding company consolidates large blocks of Commonwealth Power, Southeastern Power and Light, and Penn Ohio Edison stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
B. O. Cobb
Allied Power & Light Corp
Commonwealth Power Corp
Commonwealth and Southern Corporation
Thomas W. Martin
Southeastern Power and Light Co
The
Commonwealth and Southern Corporaton
United Corporation
Penn-Ohio Edison Co
Muller Reaches Miami After Struggle With Sea
Paul Muller a grocer from Berly completed an 18 foot sloop voyage from Hamburg Germany to Miami after ten months battling wind and sea. He arrived after a difficult last leg from Havana and described seven days of desperate fighting with an angry sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Paul Muller
Atlantic
Havana
Mariner
Mulley
Hamburg
Germany
UNC Rifle Club elects Sam Wiley as president for next year
Sam Wiley of Greensboro is chosen president of the University of North Carolina Rifle Club, which placed runner up in the South and West Intercollegiate League this season with four wins and one loss. New officers include F G Doggett vice president E H Denning secretary and William Cooper range officer. Medals for marksmanship awarded to P G Johnson J E Henson and J A Wilmot and a sharpshooter's medal to H H Miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Henson
Sylva
J. A. Wilmot
New Jersey
H. H. Miles
Asheville
Shirred Heading Patou Frock With Four Inch Shirred Details
The description notes Patou using four inch shirred headings to insert five gotets at varying heights in the skirt of a pale grey crepe Roma frock designed for summer afternoons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patou
What Congress Was Doing
Wednesday Senate meets at noon to continue work on census reapportionment bill. House meets at 1 p m to make up miscellaneous bills on calendar. Senate sub committee res revises vote on conduct of proposed textile investigation by trade commission. Senate interstate commerce committee continues hearing on federal communications proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Trade Commission
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Farm and Industrial Wages Compare Well
A U S Department of Agriculture report finds farm hand wages averaging 46.44 dollars per month with 30.34 dollars in perquisites. Total values vary by region from 55.72 dollars in the East South Central to 104.98 dollars in the Pacific, with 2,117 farm employers surveyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
U. S. Department of Agriculture
South Atlantic
New England
Middle Atlantic
Pacific States
Dairyman Proves Profits Cutting Delivery Costs
A Red Bank New Jersey dairy tests oil brands during normal routes. Using Z motor oil reduces wear and boosts gasoline mileage with Standard Oil proving superior. The test shows 42.2 percent mileage gain on a long route while Z oil dilutes badly. Standard Motor Oil keeps engines easier to start and smoother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puritan
Red Bank
New Jersey
Lee McGuire
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sheriffs
Clara Bow
Rough House
Rosie
Atlanta Education Meet
Jannings
Gary Cooper
Eisther Ralston
Ken Maynard
California Mail
Lupino Lane
Broadhuurst
Harmony
Nancy Carroll
Buddy Rogers
Ito
Williard Mack
Voice of the City
Aes
Charles Augustus Lindbergh
Public Welfare Institute
Grove
RITZ
West End
Anna Q. Nilsson and
Francis X. Bushman
Alto Movietone
Gordon F. Squires
Jen Gordon
His
NEW Power Combine
Muller
Sam Wiley
NEW Head
U.N. G. Rifle Club
Congress
Associated Press
Ware
Norris
Nebraska
Muscle Shoals
Coolidge
Dairyman
Puritan Dairy
Mavis
Tad Jones
Avis
Ray
Mavis Bottling Co., of
Goldsboro
West
Walnut Street
Aun
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!