100000 Pledges Signed in North Carolina Pledge Drive
Raleigh reports the State Food Administration estimates at least 100000 food pledges signed across 100 counties in three opening workdays of the national pledge drive. Henry A Page notes rising demand for pledge and home instruction cards while receiving a congratulatory telegram from Herbert Hoover praising local efforts and urging conservation to win the war.
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Raleigh
Office of the Food Administration
North Carolina
Henry A. Page
Page
Herbert Jloover
United States
Hoover
Nnion
Military Musical Production Comes to Greensboro Theater
A large military musical production titled Her Soldier Boy arrives at Municipal theater Greensboro on November 6. Written by Victor Leon and Emmerich Kalman with American adaptation by Aida Johnson Young and Romberg additions, the show blends romance and comedy with wartime setting.
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France
Municipal Theater
Greensboro
Victor Leon
Emmerich Kalman
Teachers to Hear Jeanette Rankin at Madison convention
Milwaukee November 1 The Wisconsin Teachers association opens its annual convention focusing on war effort by teachers and children. Congresswoman Jeanette Rankin from Montana heads a speaker list.
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Jeanette Rankin
Milwaukee
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Wisconsin Teachers’ Association
Congress
Montana
Law and Highway Sign Posts Enforce Headlight Rules
Statewide concern rises over county commissioners neglecting to erect prescribed highway sign posts and motorists failing to use headlights approved by law. The 1917 act requires guide posts at forks and crossings, with penalties for defacement and details funding. Travelers' Protective Association helped drive passage and now pressures enforcement.
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Greensboro-High Point
County Road Fund
Board of
County Commissioners
Illinois Suffragists Meet Discuss Full Ballot Rights
Danville Illinois November 1 plans to secure complete voting rights for women in Illinois will be discussed at the forty ninth annual convention of the Illinois Equal Suffrage Association held in Danville. Delegates from across the state attend sessions that continue tomorrow.
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Danville
Til
Illinois
Ulinois Equal Suffrage Association
Bone Dry Subject Delights with Fresh Screen Comedy
N. O. Davis of University City guides the Rose theatre program with Bluebird Day featuring Franklyn Farnum and Brownie Vernon. The story lightly lampoons Woman’s suffrage and pausingly touches on prohibition while aiming to entertain.
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N. O. Davis
University City, Cal
Rose Theatre
Franklyn Farnum
Brownie
Vernon
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