School Book Rental Plan Aids Local Parents
The High Point city schools, led by Superintendent T Wingate Andrews, adopt a voluntary book rental system for white students to save money and expand book choice. Fees cover two to four dollars annually per grade, with half due at start and half at spring term, and most books state adopted to keep costs down.
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High Point
T. Wingate Andrews
Andrews
Elson
Zaner-Bloser
Wadoth Og
Farm extension program grows with 5 700 workers and $23 million
Washington reports 15 years of farm extension work rising from 1 800 volunteers and 3 500 000 dollars to 5 700 staff and 23 000 000 dollars. Dr C W Warburton notes rural farmers determine the program with agents, while 4-H training for 5 000 000 boys and girls expands agricultural and home making skills.
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Washington
United States
C. W. Warburton
United States Department of Agriculture
Warburton
Atlantic crossing diary from Robert Marshall to Europe
Robert K Marshall recounts departing New York aboard the S S Republic for Europe in a first person travel diary. He details seasickness fears, ship life among varied passengers, encounters with officers and a grand opera singer, and plans to reach Paris after brief reflections on ships, storms, and a whale joke.
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Europe
Paris
Charlie Spencer
Loire Valley
Robert K. Marshall
Commercial National Bank
Kensington Gardens
London
Greensboro
Washington
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Eddie Cantor
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S. Republic
Robert Marshall
New York Harbor
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Washington, N. C
Norman Boren
North Carolina
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Madame
Charlie
Duke Self-Help Bureau Helps Duke Students
The Duke University self-help bureau, run last year by the student Y M C A, will continue this year under graduate Fletcher Nelson. Hundreds of students rely on the bureau as they pay much of their expenses and seek part time work. The bureau is contacting Durham merchants and firms to place students in part time jobs.
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High Point
Mussolini
France
Charlie Spencer
Charlie
Robert K. Marshall
Durham
N. C
Duke University
Fletcher Nelson
Duke
Nelson
Ed Daniels Opens New Barber Shop in Mechanicsville
Ed Daniels relocates from Wright and Payne to Mechanicsville Barber Shop inviting all his customers and friends to visit the new location.
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Ed. Daniels
Wright and Payne Barber Shop
Mechanicsville
Eight highway projects to be bid October 11
The North Carolina State Highway Commission will open bids October 11 for eight road projects across eight counties. Listed routes include Route 211 from Clarkton to the Columbus county line in Bladen county for grading and structures over 15.8 miles and Route 211 from Bolton to the Bladen county line in Columbus county for grading and structures over six miles, plus a Roxboro to Caswell county line project in Person county.
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Davidson County
Lexington
Yanceyville
Person County
Leesburg
Caswell County
Laurinburg
John Station
Scotland County
Wilkes County
Surry County
Raleigh
State Highway Commission
Clarkton
Columbus County
Bladen County
Bolton
Roxboro
Caswell
Blue Light Shrimp Found Near Manila Bay
A new shrimp species emitting bluish phosphorescent light was found just outside Manila Bay by a Danish oceanographic expedition led by Professor Johannes Schmidt. Specimens were caught at a depth of 1,509 fathoms.
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Manilaulp
Manila Bay
Johannes Schmidt
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