Government Plans Low Cost Housing Per Room Ten Cents Plan
Washington officials reported a $1,000,000 building program to lift public works construction to the 1923-33 level with projects authorized this year due by January 1 and substantially finished by June 30. Roosevelt discussed tax incentives to attract small investors toward mass housing, aiming to provide homes rentable at six to ten dollars per room monthly.
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Ashington
Canjon
PWA
Roosevelt
Ase
Home Loan Corporation
Federal Housing
Gerard Ebert
Execu
Lambert
Soline Brings LF NC Tax Revenue Report
Gasoline levies continued to bolster North Carolina taxes in October and the first four months of the fiscal year. October gasoline tax took in 2 124.72 of 654 813.58 total, with year to date at 8 452 281.54 from all sources. Revenue trends show vehicle taxes up 3.8 percent as overall revenue dips 23.78 percent, prompting discussion ahead of the 1939 General Assembly.
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Sir Walter Hotel
EIGH
Department of Mne
Motor Vehicle Bureau
General Assembly
Goddess of Crops and Earth Deities Puzzle
A crossword style clue deck asks for a goddess of crops and her kin. Answers hint at Ops and Sharp lineage, plant fibers, harvests, and nouns like earth goer, milky, impassable road, and various goods from pottage to cheese.
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Ops
North Carolina tops nation in lespedeza seed output
North Carolina now leads the nation in lespedeza seed production with 801,662 acres planted, a 125,000 acre harvest forecast and 31,250,000 pounds expected, as state officials urge improved cleaning and marketing to keep quality standards aligned with neighboring states and prevent dumping. Separate note reports San Francisco retail clerks approving a 56 day strike settlement after unions earlier picketed storefronts since September 7.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Department of Agriculture
U. S. Crop Reporting Board
J. W. Woodside
State Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Pastor resigns after 38 years at Lexington church
Dr J G Leonard ends a 38 year pastorate at the First Evangelical and Reformed church in Lexington, having organized the congregation and three churches in the city. He also held leading roles in North Carolina and national denominational work, authored church histories, and served as stated clerk of the classis.
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Lexington
J. G. Leonard
First Evangelical and Reformed
Leonard
Classis of
North Carolina
General Synod of
United States
San Francisco Retail Stores Strike Ends
San Francisco November 2. Ratification of a basis of settlement by both employers and striking workers ends a retail labor conflict in the city. The agreement outlines wage and hour terms, with workers returning to duties as talks conclude. The settlement signals a resolution after days of picketing and negotiations across multiple stores.
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A. F
Milton Marks
San Francisco
McKenney On Bridge Quiz on suit directing convention
William McKenney explains a bridge hand emphasizing echo signaling to indicate lower or higher non trump suits. Questions cover bidding replies, lead choices, and declarer play with credit for expert plays such as returning the queen of clubs and ruffing strategy, set in 1986 context.
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North
South
West
East
Declarer
Larger Crowds Expected At Fair Nightly Acts Draw Attention
A Children’s Day crowd at the High Point Fair engaged many school children yesterday. Fireworks were canceled for the night but free acts will run each evening. The Art Lewis Shows highlighted the midway as rides attracted visitors. Officials anticipate a substantial attendance rise tonight and through the week as aerialists wowed spectators from a tower high above the ground.
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High Point
Art Lewis
Merchants Seek Automatic Safeguards Against Currency Fluctuations
Merchants of Bombay petition the government to establish automatic safeguards to counter currency fluctuations, arguing for preemptive measures to stabilize trade and prices. The request reflects concerns about volatility in exchange rates affecting business planning and imports.
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Bombay
Fewer Forest Fires Reported In North Carolina
North Carolina led southeastern and Gulf states in fire reduction with only 181,090 acres burned in 1937. The state has 13,660,000 acres under protection at a cost of 0.3 cents per acre, far below Florida and Georgia expenditures. Compare Georgia burned 3,780,910 acres with 4.1 cents per acre. Florida burned 7,850,160 acres with 2,280,000 protected and 4.1 cents per acre.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Blowing Rock
Department of Conservation and Development
North Carolina
Southeastern
Gulf States
Virginia
West Virginia
U. S. Forest Service
W. C. McCormick
Alabama
Mississippi
McCormick
Texas
Oklahoma
Forest Service
Georgia
Florida
Durable Dixon Plays 26 Straight Games in 60 Minutes
Decatur Illinois Nov 2 Making way for a new football iron man Durable Dixon George Cliff Dixon line man at James Milliken University has played 60 minutes in 26 consecutive games setting an all time record for the Big Blue in the Illinois college conference. The six foot 195 pound senior end tackle and guard has three games remaining in the season and is pursuing further milestones.
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Decatur
Ill
Dixon
George Cliff Dixon
Little James Milliken University
Big Blue
Ramrod Roll A Civil War Corn Meal Dish
A chief diet article among Confederate troops described a ramrod roll made by wrapping corn meal paste around a ramrod and roasting over campfires. The rolls stored easily in knapsacks for travel and field use.
Syphilis Led North Carolina Communicable Disease Toll in 1937
Bulletin No. 6 from the North Carolina State Board of Health shows syphilis accounted for about one fourth of all 1937 reported communicable diseases. Of 50,591 cases statewide, 12,299 were syphilis, with ten diseases making up 94.7 percent of cases.
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N.C
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Board of Health
J. C. Knox
Chrysanthemum Soup Recipe From Vancouver Society Chairman
Japanese Chrysanthemum Society president K Kirayama explains edible chrysanthemum soup in Vancouver. Recipe uses milk butter cornstarch and boiled petals. Hira yama calls the dish very good.
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Vancouver
B. C
K. Kirayama
Hirayama
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