Legend of John Henry set for state symphony debut
Chapel Hill will host the North Carolina Symphony on December 2 for the first performance of Lamar Stringfield's Legend of John Henry. The work elevates an American epic drawn from Afro American and labor lore, combining indigenous melodies with orchestral color to capture the heroism and tragedy of John Henry.
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State Symphony
John Henry
Chapel Hill
N. C
Lamar Stringfield
North Carolina
University of North Carolina Press
Guy B. Johnson
Mr. Stringfield
Dr. Johnson
Booker T. Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Big Bend
Summers County
Virginia
Alabama
St. Louis
Harlem
Inquirer
Mississippi
Paul Bunyan
North Woods
Beowulf
Teutons
Roark Bradford
Paul Green
Stringfield
Rumors Swirl Around Princess Ingrid Engagement
Stockholm papers discuss a possible engagement between Princess Ingrid of Sweden and the Prince of Wales or Prince George. Sightings in London and timing around November 11 fuel speculation, though officials deny the reports and note royal visit patterns and attendance by Gustaf Adolf and Sibylle.
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Wales
Crown Prince of
England
Ingrid
Sweden
Stockholm
Prince George
Prince of Wales
London
Gustaf Adolf of
Sibylle
Princess Ingrid
George
Secret Deliberations On Textbook Changes Stir North Carolina
The State Elementary Textbook Commission held a secret Greensboro meeting and aims to report after the November 8 election on adopting a new geography series. Some members oppose the move, but women teachers won the vote. the State Board of Education will decide final author ity.
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J. C. Baskervill
Walter Hotel Raleigs
State Elementary Textbook Commission
Greensboro
A. T. Allen
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Algernon L Butler
Clinton
Textbook Commission
McKee Seizes City Cars From Gotham Officials
New York City acting mayor Joseph V. McKee orders surrender of city owned cars amid economy drive. One hundred and three officials rely on subways and taxis after 111 cars were to be returned. eight remain as deadline passes. If not surrendered, McKee will investigate.
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New York
Guyer Joseph V. McKee
McKee
Ear of Corn Defense Grips Recorder Court
Luther Hodge was found guilty of assaulting his brother W. M. Hodge with a deadly weapon an ear of corn in the recorder's court at Lexington.
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Lexington
N. CC
Luther Hodge
W. M. Hodge
Recorder’s Court
North Carolina farms gain power reach rising since 1923
Raleigh Nov 2 The number of NC farms served by electrical power jumped from 2 100 in 1923 to 10 083 in 1932 not counting homes with own power units Dean I O Schaub NC State College agricultural extension reports Census shows 279 708 farms total in the state In 1923 less than one percent had electricity while a 1931 Rural Electrical Service study put 3 6 percent connected and 19 852 farms had telephones 9 308 homes piped water 15 006 homes wired for lights and 6 022 used home power units
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Dean Schaub
State College
Raleigh
North Carolina
I. O. Schaub
N. C. State College
Agricultural Extension Service
Rural Electrical Service Committee
National Electric Light Association
Mrs Fostin Clinard Dies At Son s Home
Mrs Fostin Clinard 81 died suddenly at her son W A Clinard home about three miles from Thomasville between 6 and 8 this evening She is survived by another son C W Clinard two daughters Mrs Rastus Carr and Mrs Bud Shuler The funeral will be at Rich Fork Church this afternoon at 8 o clock conducted by Rev J D Newton.
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Thomasville
Fostin Clinard
L. Clinard
Iween
Rs. Nard
C. W. Oinane
Rastus Carr
Bud Shuler
Rich Fork Church
J. D. Newton
New Bank Chief At Work
Greensboro report states N. L. Calhoun assumed active duties today as President of the North Carolina Bank and Trust Company after his election on October 14.
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Greensboro
N. C
N. 8
Calhoun
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Sixth marriage for 85 year old Charles Frenard
In Mt. Clemens Michigan Charles Frenard aged 85 wed his sixth wife Mrs Marie ee 63. The ceremony marks Frenard new wife Mrs a sard’s second venture in marriage.
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MT. Clemens
Mich
Charles Frenard
Marie Ee
Asard
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R. T. Fountain
J. A. Hartness
John P. Stedman
Dennis G. Brummitt
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