Raleigh Doubts Utility Rate Association Carries Weight
Raleigh observers say the Fair Utilities Rate Association seeks lower North Carolina rates but blocks quick rate reductions. Critics cite its opposition to immediate cuts and push for a state appraisal funded by the next assembly, while the Public Service Commission supports rapid action with existing powers.
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Corporation Commission
State Corporation Commission
C. A. Mees
Charlotte
Fair Utilities Rate Association
Charles E. Waddell
Asheville
Mees
Waddell
Bny
Utility Rate Association
General Assembly
Assembly
Commission
United Methodist Church Formed in Britain Union
London Sept 21 the United Methodist church formed at Albert Hall uniting Primitive Methodists United Methodists and Wesleyans. Dr J Scott Liggett named president elect with Sir Robert Perks as vice president overseeing 1 250 000 Sunday school members and 5 000 ministers in Britain.
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London
United Methodist Church
Albert Hall
Duke of York
Great Britain
J. Scott Ligett
New Church
Robert Perks
Robert
New Union
Trio Die In Blaze In Carolina News Briefs
Three Negro children burned to death and a fourth likely fatally burned when their home caught fire from a toy motion picture machine. In TABORO Lee Ruffin raised a 116 pound watermelon on one acre, up from 110 last year. A stolen iron safe from Noah Bright's cotton gin was found in a Pasquotank church yard, with $75 to $100 missing. W. J P. Creech named to fill sheriff’s term in Johnston county after Sheriff Richardson’s death. Dr C B Pierce of Gastonia elected president of the Piedmont District Optometrical Society. William Thomas, East Spencer, acquitted of manslaughter in the auto death of June Dorton.
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Charlott
Lee Ruffin
Hertfor
Noah Bright
Pasquotank County
Salisbury
Willia Thomas
East Spencer
June Dorton
June
Thomas
Ear
Collins Grooming Veterans For Hard Game With Deacons
Chapel Hill coach Chuck Collins relies on seasoned players to slow Wake Forest in Saturday's clash. The Tar Heels’ first and second teams mainly feature lettermen or varsity-experienced reserves, with promising sophomores Manley Barrett Gardner Ogburn Hubbard Jackson Shaffer limited to reserve roles until they gain pace and game sense.
Estelle Taylor Tops Hollywood’s Do-Nothing Champ
Hollywood gossip notes Estelle Taylor, labeled a doer nothing er, claims she keeps in shape with a semi diet hot bath and daily massage rather than vigorous activity. The piece contrasts her with Irene Dunne Babe Daniels Sally Eilers and Dorothy Mackaill and bowls over a railroading joke about film crews.
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Dan Thomas
Hollywood
Estelle Taylor
Estelle
Irene Dunne
Babe Daniels
Sally Eilers
Dorothy Mackaill
Malibu Beach
Chesterfield Radio Program Across the Columbia Coast to Coast
A nightly Chesterfield radio program broadcasts across the Columbia coast to coast except Sundays. The network coverage spans multiple states and cities delivering the program to a broad audience.
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Chesterfield Radio Program
Columbia Coast-To-Coast Network
Carolina End Keeps Shape With Gridiron Pace
Eighteen holes of golf a mile around the track a swim a game of tennis and another swim show Zeke Cozart drives training for Carolina. Cozart a leading end is a bear for fitness and this summer day routine was observed in Wilson. The squad spirit may carry Cozart and the Tar Heels into the Wake Forest game Saturday.
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Carolina
Chapel Hill
Zeke Cozart
Wilson
Cozart
Tar Heels
Wake Forest
Carnival Atmosphere At Tobacco Warehouse Sales In Carolinas
In Raleigh and across the Carolinas the tobacco market hums as auctions push prices higher. Farmers, crowds, and auctioneers fill vast warehouses with a carnival mood, piles of tobacco on floors, and bids racing up to around 75 cents per pound as buyers chase demand in the busy sales days.
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Raleigh
Carolinas
Major League Leaders And Agricultural Fair Echoes
The item lists top players in both leagues with batting, pitching, and run totals for the season, noting Foxx, Klein, and Gehrig among leaders. The text shifts to a lunch stand scene where a farmer and family shop in a town market, amid rising sales and holiday carnival mood, with tobacco prices cited as up.
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Dodgers
Terry Giants
Hurst
Phillies
Klein
P. Waner
Pirates
Herman
Reds
Suhr
Ott
Giants
Frisch
Cardinals
Piet
Warneke
Cubs
Brown
Braves
Foxx
Athletics
Alexander
Red Sox
Combs
Yankees
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Manush
Senators
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McNair
Gehringer
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Porter
Indians
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Myer
Ruth
Chapman
Walker
Allen
Gomez
Yankes
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Pullman
H. D. Saunders
Carolina News Briefs
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W. J P. Creech
R. H. Richardson
Johnston County
Optometrical Society
C. B. Pierce
Gastonia
Piedmont District Optometrical Society
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Hardie Albright
Hardie
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Muse
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