Mood and Education Challenges Facing Southern Schools
The conference at University of North Carolina examined how a persistent low mood and poverty hinder public school facilities in the South. Dr James J Doster noted the region's low per capita wealth and urged greater sacrifices for education. Leaders from Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Alabama spoke on salaries and budget cuts. The gathering included Albert S Cook A F Harmon J L Rickards. The event opened with remarks from Dr Frank P Graham and runs to tomorrow night in Durham.
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Chapel Hill
Southern Education
University of North Carolina
James J. Doster
College of Education
University of Alabama
South
Sidney B
Hall
Virginia
A. T. Allen
North Caro
Lina
J. H. Hope
South Caro
James A. Roberts
Tennessee
Charlies G. Maphis
University of Virginia
A. F. Harmon
Alabama
J.&. Rickards
Florida Education Association
Albert
Cook
Frank P. Graham
Durham
Ohio among states in agricultural production ranking
Ohio is listed as thirteenth in agricultural production among the states. The sentence notes that George Bernard Shaw once started his career as a clerk.
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Ohio
George Bernard Shaw
Japanese Forces Cross Nanni River After Hour Long Battle
Japanese troops under Lieutenant General Jiro Tamon moved toward the hills of Hsingan after a fierce engagement near the Nanni river in Manchuria. The war office reported over 100 Japanese casualties in two days of fighting and noted bridge destruction as they advanced under fire from Chinese forces led by General Ma Cheng Shan.
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Taising
Jiro Tamon
Changchun
Manchuria
Nanni River
Tamon
Japanese War Office
Japan
China
London
London Daily Mail
Mukden
Ma Cheng-Shan
Nanni
Hsingan
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
Mr. Daniels
Kentucky and regional public works loom large across states
Across Kentucky and neighboring states, major public works unfold including a $2,000,000 Fort Roots project in Little Rock and a $21,000,000 Memphis expansion plan. Tennessee eyes nearly $6,000,000 in expenditures, while Florida advances an $800,000 building program and Miami digs a $1,700,000 post office.
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Fort Roots Veterans Hospital
Little Rock
Louisville
Harrodsburg
Lexington
Kentucky
East Tennessee
Memphis
Nashville
Tennessee
Highway Department
Florida
Palm Beach
Miami
St. Petersburg
Governor Advocates Live-at-Home Farming Drive
The governor notes cotton acreage cuts of about half a million bales over two years and predicts a similar reduction next year. He cites U S Department figures to claim regeneration in food and feed output and calls the $16 million 1930 and $20 million 1931 state tax relief from exports a major benefit. He urges expanding live-at-home farming plus livestock, dairying and poultry as permanent agricultural relief and new income sources.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Pershing Lindbergh to Speak for Unemployment Relief on Radio
In New York a general and four colonels including Pershing and Lindbergh will address unemployment relief on a Sunday night radio program. In Sydney the late William MacDougall’s son may drink beer freely. a court ruled the will’s clause barring saloons unjust.
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Lindy Pershing
New York
Pershing and
Lindbergh
Sydney
Australia
William MacDougall
MacDougall
Increased Court Costs Ordered
The High Point municipal court will raise criminal court costs effective November 7 1931 under Chapter 189 of the Private Laws of 1931. Basic costs rise from 9.00 to 10.50 per case with parking fines set at 4.00 for first offenses and 5.25 thereafter. Vehicle related crimes incur 11.00 and jail days add a further fee. jury trials stay at 17.50.
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Teague
City of
High Point
Criminal Court
One-Hoss Shay Goes to Smithsonian
A Maine to Maryland relic, at least 101 years old, arrives near Washington and is described as as good as new, contrasting with Holmes’s poem’s fragile vehicle. The display echoes preservation of historic carriages at the Smithsonian Institution.
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Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Smithsonian Institution
Maine
Maryland
Bankruptcy Action Against Hill Veneer Company Withdrawn
A bankruptcy action against Hill Veneer Company was withdrawn. The case involved foreclosure proceedings to sell property, with Judge Johnson J. Hayes in Winston Salem and Judge Lewis E. Teague noted for an order. The dispute centered on protecting a $100,000 mortgage held by R. R. Ragan and J. C. Hill to allow continued plant operation and creditor payments.
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Hill Veneer Company
Ford
Johnson J. Hayes
Winston-Salem
Cee A
Ee Ee Ee
Lewis E. Teague
R. R. Ragan
J. C. Hill
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East Commerce
W. Bates
Calvary M. P. Church of
Greensboro
North Carolina
The
Methodist Protestant Church
Daniels
Kellogg
Hoss Shay
Star Brand
Kendall
Guarante
R. W. Younts
Washington & Wrenn Streets
N. Main St
Lexington Ave
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