Convict flogging in state camps banned in future
Raleigh Sept 2 The governor and state officials agreed no more flogging of prisoners in highway commission camps. Regul ations will be rewritten and approved by the highway commission welfare department and governor Gardner. Until then, prison rules will govern, with emphasis on stopping whipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Charities and Public Welfare
Gardner
Cameron Morrison
Jeffress
Bost
Record Enrollment Set At State College In Raleigh
North Carolina State College reports 643 new students enrolled to date, beating last year’s pace. Transfers from other colleges have more than doubled, while freshmen numbers dip slightly. President Dr. E.B. Brooks cites rising interest in professional careers and increasing self-help requests amid parental sacrifices. School of science and business surges. textile, agriculture, and education show varied results. engineering freshmen fall by over 40.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
EB. C. Brooks
North Carolina State College
North Carolina
Brooks
School of Science and Business
Textile
Agriculture
Zeppelin Flight On Schedule From Germany To Brazil
Germany's aerial envoy the Graf Zeppelin completed a 5 003 mile non stop flight across the South Atlantic from Friedrichshafen to Pernambuco Brazil arriving at 4 10 to mooring mast. Dr Hugo Eckener piloted the ship for a 72 hour journey averaging about 70 miles an hour. Zeppelin tied down eight miles from the field as passengers walked ashore amid cheers from officials and workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pernambuco
Brazil
Friedrichshafen
Earth
Vincial
Graf
House speakership race shows eight seats vacant in Senate split
Mapes and Garner lead Democratic options with Byrns McDuffie and Crisp as possible speakers. Republicans need shifts as eight seats sit empty and a death and sick list could sway control. Ohio’s Cooper, Hoch, and Indiana’s Parnell join Western and Midwest candidates. Frear’s past committee actions loom over any future honor bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Garner
Texas
Byrns
Representative Byrns
Tennessee
Appropriations Committee
McDuffie
Alabama
Crisp
Georgia
Congress
Representative Cooper
Ohio
Hoch
Kansas
Parnell
Indiana
Doughty Frear
Frear
Robert M. la Follette
Not Such a Fool in a Tit-Bits Exchange
A cheeky exchange about a horse sold with one buyer claiming the animal stops as if listening for a cue while the seller insists the horse was careful and likely misunderstood the command. The quip underscores shopkeeper humor in a brief periodical snippet.
Clever With Colors and the Black and Blue Lesson
A brief humor strip note recounts Jackie drawing a teacher caricature. The teacher quips about being an artist in black and blue while praising Jackie’s talent. The passage adds odd facts about Magellan’s circumnavigation and a flight time of eight and two third days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie
Madrid
Magellan
Globe
Post and
Gatty
Dave
Derby Pilots Line Up As Cleveland's Show Gains Speed
Cleveland dispatch reports seven pilots entered in the 1931 national air races aiming for the Bendix trophy and a ground prize. Lowell Bayles posted speeds up to 286 mph one way, while weather delays pushed other contenders to await favorable idle conditions before the September 5 deadline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Lowell Bayles
Springfield
Mass
West Coast
Los Angeles
Frank Hawks
Bayles
Bennett
Quiet Birdmen
Ernst Udet
Scouting Force
Maude Tait
Opal Kunz
New York City
Gladys O'Donnell
Long Beach
Calif
Joan Shankle
Fort Sill
Okla
Burbank
Cali
Tobacco Prices Continued From Page One
75,000 pounds, half the amount offered yesterday, was on the floors at Goldsboro and was shell-fired in limited quantity as buyers eyed market dynamics and price signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldsboro
Shell
Tobacco sales dip at opening in Goldsboro
GOLDSBORO September 2. Only about half as much tobacco as yesterday's sale was on the warehouse floors today at the opening of sales. Warehousemen estimated 75,000 pounds would be sold with the average near yesterday's $7.95 per hundred, as officials set the daily mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
Tarboro
North Carolina
Goldsboro
Tobacco prices hold steady across North Carolina markets
AVERAGE HELD KINSTON Sept 2 Best tobacco grades held high prices with the day’s average for 622 380 pounds at 7 64, slightly above last year. Farmville noted light sales with logs and primings dominant and firmer prices. Leas of leaf scarce. lemon lugs higher than orange grades. Greenville New Bern and Wilson markets reported varying volumes and prices, showing a generally firmer trend.
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Kinston
Farmville
Tobacco Section
United States Department of Agriculture
Greenville
New Bern
Wilson
Farmhouse Has Traveled Through Three Towns and Two States
The farmhouse of Mrs. Alice Borden has remained in place while changing jurisdiction. Once part of Tiverton Rhode Island, then Fall River Massachusetts, it now sits in Westport Massachusetts.
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Westport
Mass
Alice Borden
Tiverton
R. I
Fall River
Music Loving U 5 15 Foreseen By Damrosch
San Francisco reports Walter Damrosch foresees a future where 50 000 small town bands practice nightly across the nation and cities nurture great conductors and endowments. He notes radio concerts reach tens of millions weekly and America expresses itself through music, with workingmen an audience majority and a rise of American composed works. He believes high school musicians will form bands and orchestras, leading to American music and even great operas and symphonies.
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San Francisco
Maine
California
Rome
Paria
Rich Endowmente
Walter Damrosch
New York
Damrosch
America
Philadelphia
Jazze
Gershwin
Carpenter
Executor's Notice for S L Davis Deceased
Executors announce the estate of S L Davis of High Point Guilford County North Carolina. Creditors must file claims with the undersigned at South ern Chair company High Point by September 2 1932 or be barred. Debts due should be paid promptly. Tria the 2nd day of September 1931.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Davis
High Point
Guilford County
North Carolina
Southern Chair Company
Tria
L. Davis, JR
Roberson, Haworth & Reese, Attys
Cemetery stone tells story of emperor's love
Paris dispatch reports an inscription at Pere-Lachaise tracing Napoleon's descendants through his mistress Eleanore Denuelle de la Plaigne and her son Leon Gambler. The lineage includes Leon’s duels, debt imprisonment, and a later natural marriage to Francoise Jonet, with Napoleon's will noting his hopes for Leon’s future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Pere-Lachbhaise
Napoleon
Pere-Lachaise
Eleanore Denuelle de la Plaigne
Dragoons
Leon
Pultusk
Poland
Hhs
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Francoise Jonet
Eight Governors Back National Unemployment Relief Plan
Washington Sept. 3. The administrations plan for employment relief won approval from eight state governors as the national effort to mobilize community resources for winter relief gains pace. Gifford said Owen D. Young of New York will head a committee to raise local funds for campaigns from October to November 25 to support nationwide relief drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Walter S. Giftford
National Relief
White House
Cross
Cent
Brucker
Michigan
Emmerson
Ilinois
Parnell
Arkansas
Conley
West Virginia
Ralph
California
Winant
New Hampshire
Gardiner
Maine
Gifford
Owen D. Young
New York
Young
Martial law expands to two more Idaho counties
Boise Idaho Sept 2 six counties in central and southwest Idaho are under martial law as Governor C Ben Ross tightens curbs to curb timberland arson. Adams and Lemhi counties joined Idaho Gem Boise and Valley under guard after seven fires in the prior day and no incidents since martial law began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boise
Idaho
C. Ben Ross
Adams
Lemhi
Gem
Valley
Idaho National Guard
Ross
Windsor man with deaf handicap earns first solo flight
Edward J T Payne of Windsor Ontario, deaf and mute, has earned his first solo flight after about eleven hours of instruction. Officials believe he is the first person with such a handicap to pilot an airplane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Windsor, Ont
Edward JT. Payne
McDowell County Soccer Leader To Return This Winter
Marion September 2 Twelve persons were arrested in McDowell county in federal prohibition raids conducted with U S Marshals and sheriff deputies. A still was seized at John Bowmans farm near here and those arrested include Eva Harris and husband Harvey Harris Fred Houck Zeb Grier Jos Taston Robert Rhodes Gene Goode Fred Sorgie Ray man Mace Charlie Holland and West Parker. They were bound over to the district federal court in Asheville which convenes November 9. Barker previously led the St Louis Soccer League for nearly two decades before resigning last year due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
McDowell County
Prohibition
U. S
Hamrick and
Mathson
C. F. Adkins
John Bowman
District Federal Court
Asheville
Eva Harris
Harvey Harris
Fred Houck
Zeb Grier
Jos Taston
Robert Rhodes
Gene Goode
Fred Sorgie
Rayman Mace
Charlie Holland
West Parker
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Eckener
Olive Brumbaugh
Hamilton
Malva
Olive
Vine Street
Mapes
Marine Corps
Lawson H. Sanderson
W. C. Brice
Brice
Sanderson
Navy
Land
Son of
Union
Eleanore Denuelle de la Miaigne
Luxbourg
Leon Fernand Leon Eae Dan
Daniel
Ean Fernand
1 Regiment Chasseurs
France
North Carolina Public
Charlotte
Count Leon
M. Mesnard
Mesnard-Leon
Charles
Caracas
Venezuela
Fernand
Leon Fernand Leon
Gaston
National Park Area
Winton E. Barker
St. Louis
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