Photo Winners Announced In State Amateur Contest
The North Carolina Department of Conservation and Development announced prize winners in a statewide amateur photo contest. Grand prize of 100 went to C. D. Townsend of Whitakers. nine other prizes were awarded in scenic recreation hunting fishing and agriculture divisions. No prizes were awarded in the Industrial division and no second prize in Agriculture.
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C. D. Townsend
Whitakers
N. C. Department of Conservation
Raleigh
N. C
Elizabeth Oliver
Salisbury
Edgar Abernethy
Stanly Rection
Frank Clodfelter
Aville
H. K. Witherspoon
Fred P.tham
Belhaven
Thurm Chatham
Winston-Saleming
J. L. Wright
Asheville
Edmund McLaurin
Wilmings Agriculture
A. Wesley Carpen
Durham
D. Townsend
Forthing
Department
S of North Carolina AY
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James W. Mark
William Daniel
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Newspaperman Court Explains Death Sentence Commutation
Five reporters who reviewed Brady Laurence’s case concluded lack of premeditation justified commuting his death sentence to life in prison. Gov. Clyde Hoey signed the order after the unanimous decision, noting the evidence did not prove planned murder beyond doubt.
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Brady Laurence
Iredell County
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Clyde Erwin
Iredell
Clyde R. Hoey
Edwin Gill
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Erwin
Laurence No
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Thomas J. Shaw
Greensboro
Carl G. Thompson
News and Observer
Dave Warner
The
United Press
W. T. Best
Greensboro Daily News
Shaw
Best
Jack Riley
Laurance
Frank B. Gilbreth
Associated Press
Baseball slang food list appears from historical notes
The text lists common baseball slang terms linking food items to game elements such as apples for bases and parks, banana stalks for weak bats, can of corn for a high lazy ball, and strawberries for sliding bruises, framing a playful era linguistics reference.
Color Blindness In Rare Case Alters Color Perception
In rare cases color blindness makes the affected person see the world as an uncolored photograph. The condition can blur distinctions between hues and affect daily tasks that rely on color cues.
North Carolina births rise 387,806 in ten months in 1937
State vital statistics show North Carolina gained 38,806 native stock in ten months 1937 with October births 6,815 and deaths 2,681. The birth rate rose to 23.8 per 1,000 while the death rate fell to 9.2. Maternal deaths dropped and infant deaths rose slightly. cancer deaths climb as diarrhea-related fatalities fall among under two.
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Raleigh
Norton Carolina
Bureau of Vital Statistics
State Department of Health
North Carolina
Presidents Without Children and Shakespearean Quote
The text notes that Washington Madison Jackson Polk Buchanan and Harding were the only U.S. presidents without children. It also cites Shakespeare in Hamlet with the line Neither a borrower nor a lender be.
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Madison
Jackson Polk
Buchanan
Harding
Shakespeare
Hamlet
Early 19th Century India Chantmen Grow Boxed Gardens
In Britain during the early 1800s decks of Fast India chantmen featured small table gardens in boxes. Daily rising temperatures caused seeds to sprout rapidly, speeding crop turnover beyond other regions.
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