State Board Won't Offer Recommendation on School Aid
Raleigh reports the state board of equalization will not recommend an amount for the equalization fund or broader school aid to the 1931 general assembly. The board has no duty to set next biennium funds, though it will present a report. A $100,000 reserve funds provision adds teachers in several counties, with specific allocations listed. Georgia's new sales tax, effective Oct 1 1929, raised 1 753 027 in its first year.
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Raleigh
State Board of Equalization
General Assembly
Leroy Martin
A. T. Allen
Equalization Board
Martin
Hyde County
Wake
Caswell
Haywood
Johnston
Surry Counties
Beaufort
Cabarrus
Duplin
Henderson
Hertford
Jones
Nash
Person
Sampson
Stokes
Wilkes
Georgia
Eight Prisoners Granted Paroles in Raleigh
Governor O Max Garner paroled eight prisoners including Tom Wyche for second degree murder and George Curtis from Randolph county for 15140 to 20 years. Also released were Cleveland Norton D W Brown Lee Cannon Clyde Everhart Lindsay Burge and Benjamin Wilson with sentences ranging from six to twelve months for various offenses.
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Raleigh
Max Garener
Tom Wyche
Granville County
Wyche
George Curtis
Randolph County
Cleveland Norton
Onstow County
D. W. Brown
Lee Cannon
Buncombe County
Clyde Everhart
Thomasville
Recorder’s
Lindsay Burge
Forsythe
Benjamin Wison
Northampton County
Little Girl Killed When Boy's Finger Slips
Spartanburg South Carolina November 21 1933 Wilbur Moore 13 was left to mind his little sister Ethel May at home He found a pistol and aimed at her saying you dont believe I will shoot you His finger slipped a bullet struck her heart killing her The boy's father Dixon Moore is a farmer near the Spartanburg Cherokee line
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Spartanburg
S. C
Wilbur Moore
Ethel May
Dixon Moore
Spartanburg-Cherokee Line
University seeks nearly two million for 1931 33 biennium
Graham requests 1 889 466 for UNC system for 1931 33 with 296 273 for year one and 963 193 for year two. He cites prior appropriations, 20 percent cut, and needs a new physical education building a new generator and sewage plant expansion. Other institutions listed with requested increases.
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Graham
University
Raleigh
Navy
Advisory Budget Commission
Frank PB. Graham
University of North Carolina
Max Gardner
Eastern Carolina Teachers’ College
Negro Agricultural and Technical College
Western Carolina Teachers’ College
Cherokee Indian Normal School
Winston-Salem Teachers’ College
Fayetteville State Normal School
Body of Nurmi cousin found with fatal shooting
In Washington on November 21 authorities investigated whether Aarvi Nurmi, 26, a census worker and Paavo Nurmi’s cousin, died by his own actions after a party in Takoma Park Maryland. Two companions, Henry McGuire and John O'Brien, are held for questioning as police pursue the case. Nurmi’s corpse was found in a driveway by a second floor window.
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Washington
Aarvi Nurmi
Washington Post
Paavo Nurmi
Takoma Park
Henry W. McGuire
John J. O’brien
Nurmi
Mass Deposits and Bank Closures Rock Western North Carolina
A large cash shipment arrived from the Richmond Fed to Wachovia Bank as deposits matched withdrawals there. A 2000 citizen mass meeting in West Asheville voiced confidence in the Bank of West Asheville amid widespread bank closures nearby. Several Hendersonville banks closed, including First Bank and Trust, American Bank and Trust, and Citizens National, contributing to over 22 million dollars in tied deposits. Tryon’s First Bank and Trust also closed, with an examiner assessing solvency and a possible reopening within days.
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Charlotte
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
West Asheville
Bank of West
Lowell
Clay County Bank
Hayesville
Bank of
First Bank and Trust Company
G. H. Holmes
Tryon
Hendersonville
Navy
Henderson
Ewbank
North Carolina Methodist Conference Proceedings Summary
The North Carolina Methodist conference in session here receives Revs Edgar Shuler and W G Pilcher into the conference. Five young ministers join full connection A L Thompson E B Fisher A A Jones J F Herbert C F Heath. Bishop Edwin D Mouzon to address on missions in Brazil and ordains Bryce Herbert by Mouzon. Six ministers advance to second year class M W Lawrence L A Tilley J J Strawbridge O la Hathaway T B Hough C W Barbee. Conference continues through Monday with appointnents to be read.
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J. F. Herbert
C. F. Heath
Edwin D. Mouzon
Brazil
Mouzon
Methodist Episcopal Church
South
Bryce Herbert
Charleston
S. C
Mouton
South Carolina
Warren Candler
Young Herbert
North Carolina
M. W. Lawrence
L. A. Tilley
J. J. Strawbridge
O.la Hathaway
T. B. Hough
C. W
Jealousy Blamed in Bath Double Shooting
In Bath New York Miss Elizabeth Refinot 24 a Bath high school French teacher was shot and killed early today Lawrence Guimey 23 was wounded under the heart with a bullet and reported in critical condition police said the shooting was linked to a personal safety issue
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Bath
N. Y
Elizabeth Refinot
Bath High School
Lawrence Guimey
N C State Professor Wins Pie From Co Ed By Bailey Victory
Edwin H. Paget an English professor at State college won a cherry pie promised by Jane Virginia Hawkins Andrews a Raleigh co ed if Josiah W Bailey won the North Carolina senate race. The pie bore a donkey symbol and Paget’s name. Andrews later paid a cream penalty for ice cream in math class.
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Raleigh
George M. Pritchard
Edwin H. Paget
State College
Jane Virginia Hawkins Andrews
Josiah W. Bailey
North Carolina
Professor Paget
Janie
Andrews
Couple Wed by Telephone in 1300 Mile ceremony
Miss Thelma Passwaters of Los Angeles and Gordon White of Kinsley Kansas were married by telephone during a celebration of the grandparents wedding anniversary. The ceremony linked spouses separated by 1300 miles, as reported from Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Thelma Passwaters
Gordon
White
Kinsley
Kans
Wollen
Shouse Defends Party's Pledge in Cooperative Call
Jouett Shouse, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, urges cross party cooperation to aid the nation. He warns of a critical period and says Democratic success in the recent election is an opportunity, predicting 1932 gains if the party acts with judgment and patriotism.
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Lexington
Jouett Shouse
Democratic National Executive Committee
Washington
United States
Shouse
Congress
Grain prices firm in Chicago as markets steady
Chicago traders faced firm grain prices with confidence from federal farm board members and strong overseas markets. Wheat showed the strongest tone, opening unchanged to fractionally higher and climbing as stabilization bids for May contracts rose, with Milner signaling safe commitments for seasonal needs and market chatter noting substantial wheat holdings by the stabilization corporation.
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Chicago
Federal Farm Board
George S. Milner
The
Stabilization Corporation
Farm Board
Grain Stabilization Corporation
Deer Hunter Slain In Gangster FashionNear Lewiston
Verne Bennett a Detroit deer hunter was shot to death at dusk five miles southeast of Lewiston Michigan. He and his son had parked their car in the woods when two to three men arrived in another car. Bennett was shot and died at Gaylord hospital after stating he could not identify the attackers.
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Lewiston
Mich
Detroit
Verne Bennett
Here
Bennett
Gaylord
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