Wachovia Directors Subscribe 450000 to National Credit Plan
Winston-Salem directors of Wachovia Bank and Trust Company vote to subscribe 450000 to the National Credit Corporation gold notes. State organizer Robert M. Hanes presents plan to strengthen banks without inflating or seizing assets, with loans limited to subscribing banks and initial tentative subscriptions around 3 million across North Carolina.
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Winston-Salem
N. C
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
Wachovia
National Credit Cororation
Credit Corporation
Robert M. Hanes
North Carolina
National Credit Corporation
Mr. Hanes
Greensboro
North Carolina Bankers Association
Association No. 5
Health Officer Warns on Fakirs Eye Treatment Scam
State Health Officer J. M. Parrott alleges two fakirs under the state board of health banner are defrauding citizens with eye treatments. Reports from Davie county describe men offering free eye exams for the health department and then charging $125 for radium drops to treat afflicted eyes.
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Raleigh
J. M. Parrott
State Board of Health
Kerr Case 10 Be Reopened Friday
A three year old election dispute will be resumed in Guilford superior court in Greensboro on Friday. Grover Kerr, seventh precinct registrar in the 1928 election, faces trial before Judge Thomas J. Shaw on a charge of false registration. The case has lingered since municipal court days when probable cause was bound over to the superior court. Kerr has urged readiness for trial, though public interest has waned over time.
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Guilford Superior Court
Greensboro
Grover Kerr
Thomas J. Shaw
Lewis EB
Teague
Kerr
Whittington Church Closed Over Restoration Costs
The famous Bow church in London, famed for its bells that recalled Dick Whittington, is shut due to a £13,000 shortfall. Roof, steeple, and walls must be made safe, with recasting or repair needed for the bells. Total restoration funds reach £76,000, blamed on death watch beetle damage, past Silvertown blast effects, and Cheapside traffic. Restoration may take years.
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Whittington
Famous Bow
Dick Whittington
London
Silvertown
Cheapside
Vicks Plan for Better Control of Colds in Home
Makers of Vicks VapoRub announce the Vick Plan for home cold control using Vicks Nose Drops and VapoRub. The plan urges pre cold drops, daytime use of Vicks Drops, and nighttime chest and throat application. Free trial packages available by sending carton top or coupon to Vicks Chemical Co. Greensboro NC.
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Vicks VapoRub
Vick
vVicks
United States
VapoRub
Vicks
Vicks Chemical Co
Milton St
Greensboro
N. Co
Ady
Consent to Immediate Appointment Ends Reconsideration
The entity sought consent to an immediate appointment and intended that such action would foreclose any reconsideration. It gave full, unconditional consent to the appointment, ending the matter. It could not encroach on executive functions by removing a duly appointed officer under the guise of reconsidering the nomination.
Sailor swims 17 hours to reach love in Shanghai
Mil ton Duenzen, a 23 year old sailor aboard the Pat Doheny, swam 17 hours for life and love after Diana Serishoff, 18, stowed aboard. She was sent ashore as the ship sailed, then Duenzen leaped with a life belt, drifted 60 miles to the Terukini Maru, and was rescued near Shanghai. He returned seeking work to support two.
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Milton Duenzen
Shanghai
China
Duenzen
Pat Doheny
Diana Serishoff
Diana
Milton
The Thinking Chimpanzee Outwits Observer at Keyhole
A German scientist notes the chimpanzee shows reasoning during tests. The ape first builds a stack of boxes to reach a banana, then, unseen, spots the observer by peering through the keyhole and reaches the target before the scientist can watch.
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Germany
A Hint About Potatoes From A Simple Kitchen Tip
A simple kitchen tip notes peeled potatoes improve when prepared a day ahead and kept in cold water overnight to rest and soften. This method aids peeling and reduces browning, offering a practical pre-cooking step for cooks.
Flashes of Life By Associated Press
In Gladstone Michigan eight citizens were jailed after court appearances. Five cases of confiscated beer were found left in a nearby cell. Avocados hit a new high in San Francisco with Mexico shipments totaling 1 250 000 dollars for California markets, up from 480 000 last year. Clarence Brewster, a Buffalo steeplejack, fell fifty feet when a pulley failed while painting a chimney. a paint can ignited on his head. He quipped about needing another pulley to finish the job.
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Whitey Gladstone, Mich
San Francisco
Mexico
California
Bufalo
Clarence Brewster
Mr. Brewster
Psychologist links thyroid to girl vitality and aging
In Hamilton New York Dr Donald Laird, a psychologist, notes that an active thyroid can make girls vivacious and alert initially but ten years after marriage they may become sluggish and uninteresting.
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Hamilton
N. Y
Donald Laird
Sultan of Sulu plans winter trip to England
Manila report indicates the Sultan of Sulu intends to travel to England this winter to seek a settlement on part of British North Borneo. The land was leased to the British by his father for a duration measured by sun and stars, with eclipses excluded.
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Manila
Sulu
England
British North Borneo
Vicar adds two questions for Coventry wedding plan
The Rev L H C Hopkins of St Albans South Norwood introduces two new questions to a couple’s marriage questionnaire. One asks if they are baptized and the other asks if they understand the marriage is indissoluble, reflecting church policy and advising a registrar if rules are not accepted.
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L. H. C. Hopkins
St. Albans the Martyr
South Norwood
England
Hopkins
Job hunting in Britain is made a fine art
Unemployed sheet iron worker George William Watson describes the grind of seeking work in Britain. He treks up to 15 miles for insufficient car fare, relies on library ads, and cannot afford postage to respond. He notes long Labor Exchange queues, dwindling dole payments, and neighborly small coins amid hardship as his six children await sheltering income.
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London
Britain
George William Watson
Watson
Visite Librarice
George
Dole
Ohio Gas Wells Lead Nation in 1920 Count
Ohio led the nation in gas wells completed in 1920 with 653. Notary public commissions in Ohio fund the governor’s salary annually. Ohio also ranks second in surfaced local road mileage with 39 582 miles.
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Ohio
Notary Public Commission
United States
Shantar Farm Details Link to Burne Shrine History
The passage identifies John Davidson as the man who helped secure conversion of the property into a Burne shrine and village named Bouter Johnny. It also mentions Tam o’ Shanter’s supposed connection to Douglas Graham of the Shantar farm near Kirkoswald and notes a close bond with Rev James Muir, described as a brother-like figure.
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James Muir
S Burne Shrine
Northwestern builder to die in Nevada gas chamber
Everett Mull, 59, of Morganton North Carolina, jailed as John Hall, is scheduled for execution in the Nevada gas chamber the week of December 6 for the murder of his partner Jack ONeil during an alleged bootlegging dispute. Mull, who admitted North Carolina origins and has five daughters, faces an automatic appeal that could delay the punishment for months.
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Carson City
Nev
Everett T. Mull
Morganton
N. C
Jack O'Neil
Mull
John Hall
North Carolina
May Coffey
Las Vegas
O’brien
O'Brien
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