Live at Home program bears fruit in North Carolina
Raleigh NC Nov 18 State Conservation Director Col J W Harrelson said Gov Gardner's Live at Home and Modern Carolina movements show definite results with calls for information on meat processing canning and equipment as well as new cannery interests in Salisbury Winston-Salem Cary Cleve land Smithfield Tarboro and Henderson. Officials cite administration philosophy low cotton and tobacco prices and diversification campaigns as factors driving activity.
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Raleigh
N. C
J. W. Harrelson
State Department of Conservation and Development
Max Gardner
Carolina
Colonel Harrelson
Chamber of Commerce
Hickory
Roanoke Rapids
Salisbury
Winston-Salem
Cary
Cleveland
Kiwanis Club
Smithfield
National Milk Company
Burlington
Tarboro
Henderson
North Carolina
Gant Receivership Extended in Greensboro Case
The order directs Mason W. Gant and Minnie D. Gant to show cause why the temporary receivership should not be made permanent. They are restrained from transferring conveying or disposing of any jointly held property pending further court action at 2:30 PM Saturday December 6 before Judge Shaw in Superior Court Greensboro.
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Mason W. Gant
Minnie D. Gant
Suits Against Gant Barred in North Carolina Case
State of North Carolina sues Mason W. Gant and Minnie D. Gant over funds and securities misused during his term as Guilford County clerk. A receiver is to collect rents and preserve income while process is served in Florida where Gant is reported hospitalized. Plaintiff seeks recovery of about $154,000 plus interest from misappropriated moneys and securities.
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Gant
Mason W. Gant
Superior Court
Guilford County
State of
North Carolina
A. Wayland Cooke
Minnie D. Gant
Aetna Casualty ,and Surety Company
Aetna
Indictments Rise From Gant Pension Case
Fifteen indictments against Mason W. Gant for forgery embezzlement and misapplication of Confederate pension checks are to be tried at Greensboro starting December 8. He stands under a 15000 bond. a separate action seeks about 100000 from him and his surety for alleged pension misapplication based on an audit by George G. Scott and Co. of Charlotte.
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Mason W. Gant
A. Wayland Cooke
A. Waylland Cooke
Gant
Greensboro
William A. Devin
Oxford
Brooks, Parker, Smith and Wharton
Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
One Change In Lexington Methodist Protestant pulpus
Lexington November 18 pastors in Lexington and Davidson county except one were returned to their pulpits for another year by the annual conference at Albemarle. Rev. Robert Short of Concord was assigned to Denton church to succeed Rev. E A Bingham. Rev. Hendry and Rev. Isley resumed duties at State Street and South Lexington churches. The 1931 conference will be at State Street church next November.
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Lexington
Davidson County
Albemarle
Denton Church
Robert Short
Concord
E. A. Bingham
G. H. Hendry
State Street
C. G. Isley
South Lexington
State Street Church
Coal Dependency Drops Worldwide Ship Tonnage
Only 39 percent of the world’s ship tonnage now relies exclusively on coal. The rest use other fuels or mixed propulsion, reflecting a shift in maritime energy use and efficiency trends across global fleets.
Textile strike leaders in Danville Va.
Leaders of the textile workers strike in Danville, Virginia, Miss Matilda Lindsay and Buford Nash, head unions representing about 4000 mill workers who have left the mills. Lindsay is an executive of the Women’s Trade Union League, while Nash is president of the workers’ union and a former leader of the industrial democracy plan at the mills.
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Danville
Mathilda Lindsay
Buford Nash
Miss Lindsay
Womens Trade Union League
Nash
Workers’ Union
Marveltone Shines at American Theater Evening Show
Review praises Marveltone for quick musical responses and two prodigy performers Georgia Templeton and Elsa J Brown. Notes audience mystery, strong violin and piano acts, and high moments amid other acts like Vibrations and Five Feet of Opera. Mentions a $25 loss to a failed magic challenge.
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Georgia Templeton
Elsa J. Brown
Miss Templeton
Miss Brown
Marvellone
Billy and
Grace Carmen
Madie Lynn
Prima Donna
Warners
Henry and Fields
George Lovett
Tea dances revived at Cannes on the French Riviera
Tea dances once common across Europe are revived at a winter resort in Cannes. Between five and seven each evening the dancing floor of a leading society hotel was crowded daily, signaling renewed enthusiasm and potential spread to other locations.
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Europe
Cannes
French Riviera
Bilingual Broadcasting Plan for Rey nosa Station
Announcement outlines English and Spanish loan broadcasts at Rey nosa new radio station proposed as the largest in Mexico. The bilingual program will extend to the United States and Latin America with studios in six Rio Grande Valley cities.
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Reynosa
Mexico
United States
Latin America
Rio Grande Valley
Pierce's Almanac First US Book Printed in 1638
The Cambridge Press issued Pierce's Almanac in 1638 and it is described as the first book printed in what would become the United States. The claim centers on its historical printing by early colonial presses.
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Pierce
United States
Cambridge Press
Wolfpack Prepares for South Carolina Clash in Columbia
North Carolina State College Wolfpack namely Ray Sermon planned light Monday practice ahead of a Saturday finale against South Carolina in Columbia. The squad aims to fix offense after a Duke setback while focusing on strengthening the line and defense with players like Sam Gurneau delivering solid tackling in a tough season.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College Wolfpack
South Carolina
Columbia
S. C
Ray Sermon
Wolfpack
Duke
Gamecocks
State
Blue Devils
Butch Slaughter
Wolves
Sermon
Sam Gurneau
Charlie Jeffrey
Gurneau
Reunion After 30 Years Missed Death Fears at 100th Birthday
Mrs Priscilla Cousins, aged 100, of Bury St. Edmunds Infirmary, England, celebrates her centenary with a public notice. Her son George E. Baker, 77, of London, travels to reunite after both believed the other dead for 30 years. Baker is her son from a first marriage.
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Priscilla Cousins
Bury St. Edmunds Infirmary
England
George E. Baker
London
Baker
Sunday School Stalwart Helen Atkinson Honored
Helen Atkinson of Chadwick Missouri has attended Sunday school every Sunday for over twenty years marking her long standing devotion to the church program and community.
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Helen Atkinson
Chadwick
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