State Cotton Growers Blue Despite Report
Raleigh dispatch reports the U S department of agriculture forecasts North Carolina cotton at 942000 bales, up from 787000 in August. Despite higher yields, boll weevils devastate blossoms squares and bolls across Goldsboro Dunn Faison Maxton and Harnett County, with top crops ruined in many fields.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
United States Department of Agriculture
Goldsboro
Dunn
Faison
Maxton
Harnett
Wilson
Sampson
Nash
Edgecombe
Gastonia Mob Fallout Prompts Affidavits and Denials
Kidnapped textile workers Ben Wells C M Sell and C D Saylor swear affidavits naming individuals in the mob and procession linked to Gastonia disturbances. Mill officials and others deny alibis. A planned Communist mass meeting faces police orders as defense counsel travels to Washington to address the case.
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Ben Wells
National Textile Workers Union
C. M. Sell
C. D. Saylor
Gastonia
Concord
Charlotte
Wells
Lell
Saylor
Mill Lupt
Thompson
Moorehead
Loray Cotton Mill
Cari] Holloway
Dewey Carver
Carpenter
A. L. Bulwinkle
O. F. Aderholt
Lodge
Gastonia City Hospital
Bulwinkle
Communists and
International Labor Defense
Bill Dunne
America
Communist Party
Eli P. Lineberger
Gaston County
Zeb V. Long
John Randolph Neal
Knoxville
Tenn
Washington
Department of Justice
U S Agriculture Sees Favorable Sheep Outlook in 1929
Due to higher meat prices and a smaller 1929 lamb crop from fewer lambs saved, the U S Department of Agriculture says the sheep industry faces a favorable outlook this year.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Tar Heel Boy Bosses Big New York Hotel
Jolly Frank Gregson, a North Carolina native, becomes manager of The Lexington at Lexington Avenue and 48th Street in New York City. The move follows leadership roles at Lookout Mountain and Read House hotels, with Gregson famed for weekly prayer services for department heads.
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F Rom
Hamlet
North Carolina
Jolly Frank” Gregson
Great Grand Central Zone
New York City
Lexington
Lexington Avenue
48Th Street
Schultze & Weaver
Palm Beach
Los Angeles-Biltmore
Gregson
Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga
Tenn
Read House
American Hotels Corporation
J. Leslie Kincaid
New York
America
Fisherman Jim Tomlinson Speaks Through Silent Gestures
Vermillion 8 D Jim Tomlinson has not spoken in 66 years. He cannot hear read or write yet is a respected fisherman who tells stories of the fish that got away through his distinctive pictorial gestures.
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Vermillion
Jim Tomlinson
Jim
Misouri River Tale Claims Largest Fish Story
A local boast centers on a fisherman claiming to tell the biggest fish story of any man along the Missouri River, stirring curiosity among river travelers and fishing clubs.
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Clare
Missouri River
Aeronautics Official Solo Flies At Local School
Leighton Rogers head of the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce in the aeronautics branch soloed after taking leave from Washington. He learned at a flying school in St Louis recently approved by the department of commerce under Harvey Parks.
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St, Louis
Leighton Rogers
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Aeronautics
Department of Commerce
Washington
Harvey Parks
Chicago Opera Adds Noted Dancers and Singers for New Season
Chicago civic opera welcomes Hallie Stiles, Kathleen Crofton, and Barbara Bradshaw as new soloists and ballet members. Stiles, a Californian, has sang with Opera Comique in Paris. Crofton and Bradshaw trained with Pavlova and toured in Britain and Europe. Opening night in November marks a social milestone in the skyscraper opera house.
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Hallie Stiles
Kathleen Crofton
Barbara Bradshaw
The
Opera Ballet
Miss Stiles
Syracuse University
Opera Comique of
Paris
Miss Crofton
Miss Bradshaw
Pavlova Ballet
Great Britain
Laurent Novikoff
Chicago Opera
Opera House
Civic Opera
Chicago River
Samuel Insull
Opera
Potter Palmer
Chicago Opera Company
Sasha
London
Care of Infant Welfare Emphasized by Doctors
The Enterprise Bureau reports Dr C O Laughinghouse urging equal care for infants after birth. He cites a Southern Medicine and Surgery article urging monthly checkups for mother and baby, weighing the infant, recording growth, and discussing nursing diet sleep and habits to prevent malnutrition and defects.
Penney Store to Host Fall Style Show
The J. C. Penney store will host its annual fall style show in the ladies ready-to-wear department on the second floor Wednesday at eight o'clock. Local society women and children will model fashions chosen by experts and a large crowd is expected.
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J. GC. Penney
Surplus Skim Milk Used in 27 Plants for Sour Milk Product
Surplus skim milk went to 27 dairy plants last year to produce sour skim milk. The product is mainly used as poultry feed.
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U. S
U S Army Aviator Receives Cuban Honor
Lieut. James M. Gillespie, an army aviator instructor, was elected to the Order of Military Merit by the Cuban government. The decoration was announced by Jose T. Baron, charge d affaires to the Cuban embassy. Gillespie has been withdrawn from Cuba after a lengthy period training Cuban air forces.
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Washington
James M. Gillespie
United States Army
Jose T. Baron
Gillespie
Cuba
Directors Weigh Timing of Their Own Stock Sales
A recent board meeting of a large company shed light on directors speculating in their own securities. The discussion focused on whether executives timed sales for personal gain and the implications for governance and market perception.
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New York
Directors Vote to Cut Common Stock Dividend Rate
The board discussed and approved reducing the common stock dividend rate. After voting, most directors left the room to make phone calls, leaving only two remaining near adjournment.
Hamburg swimmer Circles Helgoland in Record Time
Fraulein Nelly Haut completes a solo swim around Helgoland in 2 hours 31 minutes setting a new record. The previous best was 3 hours 17 minutes by a male swimmer, a notable improvement in endurance.
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Hamburg
Fraulein
Nelly Haut
Helgoland
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Frank Crumit
One Man
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TAR Heel Boy
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