Increased Cost in School Operation in North Carolina
North Carolina spent a total of 35.94 million dollars on public elementary and secondary education for the year ending June 30, 1929, with 27.96 million in current expenses and 7.98 million in capital outlay. Rural and charter district schools accounted for 22.30 million and 13.64 million respectively, with the 1928-29 total only modestly higher than the previous year. The record peak was 36.70 million in 1926-27, noted after a prior jump from 1919-20 as schooling expanded and a graduate salary schedule and building program began. The average current expenditure per pupil was 52.67 dollars statewide.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Department of Public Instruction
Hitler’s Face Lures Fans as Brown Shirt Symbol
Adolf Hitler’s image dominates German fascist propaganda. Portraits and photographs outpace other leaders, with 80 poses in a moving picture series and six postcard scenes. A weekly fascist magazine promotes his speeches with cited quotations.
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Munich
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
William II
von Hindenburg
National Social Workers’ Party
Commonwealth
New Way to Hold Lower False Teeth
This advertisement promotes Fasteeth, a tasteless powder to sprinkle on denture plates to keep lower teeth secure while eating, speaking, or laughing. It claims no gummy taste and even freshens breath, urging readers to buy at Eckerd’s of High Point or other drug stores.
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Eckerd'’s
High Point
Rural and charter school costs rise across systems
The report notes a general rise in per pupil costs from the prior year with rural systems showing $52.84 to $18.53 in Caswell and most rural districts increasing spending. Among the eight largest charter systems, costs run from $66.99 in Asheville to $41.89 in Wilmington, with Henderson at $27.62 for the 34 largest charter districts.
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Buncombe County
Caswell
Asheville
Wilmington
Henderson
Saville Named To U S Beach Board
Thorndike Saville, professor at the University of North Carolina and chief engineer for the state water resources division, was named to the federal beach erosion board. The seven member panel includes three civilians, such as General Richard K. King and Victor Gillean of New Jersey. Saville has studied beach erosion with the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association and recently filed coastal protection plans for Wrightsville Beach.
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Chapel Hill
United States War Department
Richard K. King
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
Victor Gillineau
New Jersey Board of Commerce and Navigation
Saville
American Shore and Beach Preservation Association
Wrightsville Beach
Alumni Gifts Expand UNC Law Library Collections
Chapel Hill November 18. Dean C. T. McCormick announced gifts to the UNC law school library from A. B. Andrews of Raleigh and T. S. Rollins Jr. of Asheville. Andrews donated 100 books including North Carolina session laws 1833–1909 and Rose's notes on US Supreme Court reports, creating The A. B. Andrews Collection. Rollins contributed 150 volumes of American and English corporation cases in memory of his father, T. S. Rollins Sr., a noted Asheville attorney who died last year.
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Chapel Hill
University Law School Library
A. B. Andrews
Raleigh
T. S. Rollins, Jr
Asheville
C. T. McCormick
Andrews
North Carolina
Rose
United States Supreme Court
Cambridge Debaters Visit UNC For December Clash
University of North Carolina debaters will host the University of Cambridge team in Chapel Hill on December 13 to argue the motion that the emergence of women from the home is a regrettable feature of modern life. The date was moved from December 15 due to sailing constraints.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
University of Cambridge
England
University Debate Council
Paris newspapers by circulation in the era
Le Petit Parisien leads with 1.7 million copies sold followed by Le Journal at 1.2 million and Le Matin with 1,050,211 copies. The ranking highlights the dominant French dailies and indicates strong reader demand.
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le Petit Parisien
le Journal
le Matin
Notice of annual stockholders meeting for High Point Randleman line
Washington D C October 30 1939 notice states the annual stockholders meeting for the High Point Randleman Asheboro and Southern Railroad Company will be in the Commercial National Bank Building High Point NC at 1130 AM on Tuesday November 25 1930 The stock transfer books close November 15 1930 and reopen November 26 1930 Guy E Mauldin secretary 11 11 18
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Washington, D. C
High Point, Randleman, Asheboro and Southern Railroad Company
Commercial National Bank
High Point
North Carolina
Guy E. Mauldin
Dry gains in elections cited as largely incidental
The Methodist board of temperance editorials say wet gains were largely incidental in the recent elections. They note anti prohibitionists won in part despite big spending, while dry strength grows in the next Congress and in state races, highlighting Pinchot’s governor win and other dry victories.
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Washington
Methodist Board of Temperance
House
Senate
Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Allen
Kansas
West Virginia
New York
Professor Carroll
Diry
Father of Missing Judge to Testify at Tarboro Bull Sale
John A. Arey dairy specialist at the college teams with the breeders association to hold a November 22 sale in Tarboro. Bulls from top Piedmont herds will be offered at noon with heifers from these bulls expected to boost milk production. Arey notes quad simulations show profits rise faster than production.
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Guernsey
Tarboro
John A. Arey
Breaders Association
Carolina
Rey
Piedmont
Arey
Sale of Guernseys At Tarboro Saturday
RALEIGH on November 18. The North Carolina Guernsey Breeders Association and the dairy extension office at North Carolina State College will stage an auction sale of pure bred Guernsey cattle in Tarboro on Saturday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Guernsey Breeders Association
Dairy Extension Office
N. C. State College
Largest Whale Catch Records Set Off Discovery Inlet
The largest whale ever captured measured 125 feet, yielded 175 barrels of oil valued at 5350 dollars, and was killed off Discovery Inlet near the Bay of Whales in the Antarctic.
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Discovery Inlet
Bay of Whales
Antarctic
Cystex Test Promises Quick Relief for Bladder Irritation
An old advertisement touts Cystex as a rapid cure for bladder irritation causing nocturnal urination, fatigue, and low spirits. It claims action within 15 minutes, widespread praise, and an iron clad money back guarantee. Only 60 cents at Mann Drug Co.
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Mann Drug Co
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U. S. Beach Board
Modern Furniture Co
N. Main
U. N. C. Library
Earth
Methodist Board
Republican Party of
Frank E. Crater
Supreme Court
Joseph Force Crater
Justice Crater
Franklin W. Ward
the Adjutant General of
Ultra
Nash i
American Tobacco Company
Gen. Ward
the American Tobacco Co. Manufacturers
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