Highway safety course offered in North Carolina
The first college level highway safety course in North Carolina will be taught this year at East Carolina Teachers College in Greenville. Director Thur Falk of the highway safety division says the course, Education Safety Education, is designed to train teachers to teach highway safety when they become educators. Professor M. L Wright leads the course, building on summer lecture series sponsored by the highway safety unit and the National Safety Council.
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North Olina
Falk
Wright
Aues
Ution
National Safety Neil
Cf. Wright
Cor Falk
Sugess
More Students in High Schools in North Carolina
Raleigh dispatch reports that North Carolina public schools exceed 900 000 students this year with high school enrollment around 175 000 the largest in state history. The elementary total sits near 725 000 as teachers rise slightly to 23 666. white high school teachers increase by 84 while white elementary positions drop.
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Enterprise Bureau
Raleigh
Lloyd Griffin
State School Commission
Griffin
Highway safety plan proposed for schools and campus
Director Falk has compiled a bibliography on highway safety and sent it to Prof Wright. He outlines teaching safety in public schools and offers cooperation including speakers from the department or Highway Patrol. A demonstration driving course on campus is proposed for practical driver instruction.
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Falk
Prot Wright
Wright
Highway Patrol
Landon Outlines Farm Policy Hitting New Deal
Landon proposed amending the federal warehousing act to allow on farm storage and warehouse receipts for borrowing through banks. He stressed crop insurance, new crops, and domestic demand, and urged a federal state program for soil and water conservation under farmer control. He called for sound finance and extending credit to tenants and seasoned farmers for farm homes.
Pionic Postponed by Mechanica Council
Mechanicville Council 847 of the Junior Order United American Mechanics has postponed indefinitely the pionic event planned for tomorrow due to unspecified reasons.
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Pionic
Mechaniceville Council
United American Mechanica
Moore Appeal May Be Ruled On Today
The North Carolina supreme court expected to decide whether to review the case of Martin Moore a 6 foot 3 inch Black man convicted of slaying Helen Clevenger in an Asheville hotel room Moore faces execution by October 2 for the July 16 slaying of a New York University student His counsel had 45 days to perfect an appeal but the attorney general moved to dismiss the appeal due to failure to docket the record.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Supreme Court
Martin Moore
Helen Clevenger
Asheville
New York University
Moore
A. A. F. Seawell
Zeb V. Nettles
Supreme Court
Japanese Goods Exceed Quotas in Philippines Trade
Washington reports the 1935 Japanese American gentlemen's agreement failed to cap cotton piece goods shipments to the Philippines. In the first year, arrivals reached 52.675 million square meters, 3.175 million over the limit, with Hongkong transships blamed. The agreement will stay in force as officials hope targets are met before the August 1 expiration.
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Washington
Philippines
Hongkong
Commerce Department
Japan
State Department
Association of Japanese Exporters
Philippine Islands
Roosevelt Leads Maryland Straw Vote Poll
Roosevelt led in 20 of Maryland's 23 counties in the Evening Sun poll of registered voters. Landon carried three counties and Baltimore city showed Roosevelt ahead by 22,785 votes. Roosevelt totaled 80,174 to Landon 48,762, about 61.81 percent.
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Roosevelt
Sun
Maryland
Alf M. Landon
Baltimore City
Evening Sun
Landon
The
Union Veterans In Last Parade
Remnants of the blues who paused on Pennsylvania Avenue during the 65 victory review lined up for what may be the grand army of the Republican's last advance on foot. Aging veterans refused to ride, insisting they will march along even if it kills them, past government buildings toward the White House reviewing stand.
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Washington
Pennsylvania Avenue
Treasury
White House
Bus Drivers Strike Over Pay Increase in Marshall County
Madison county superintendent J. O. Wells reports bus drivers at Mars Hill Marshall and Beach Glen high schools walked out today for higher pay. He says he will ask the county board of commissioners to raise driver wages from 9 to 17 dollars monthly. Drivers indicated they would resume work if the raise is approved.
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Marshall
Madison County
J. O. Wells
Wells
Mars Hill High School
Beach Glen
County Board of Commissioners
Picnic date postponed due to busy tobacco season
The post announced a new picnic date will be announced later, citing the busy tobacco season that keeps farmers active in the area. The postponement aligns with local farming schedules and community planning.
Parole Termination for Wallace B. Davis Ended by Commutation
Raleigh report states governor Ehringhaus commuted Wallace B. Davis parole ending the sentence at two and a half years served. Davis, once linked to the Central Bank failure in Asheville, may now seek restitution of citizenship and voting rights. Parole had been in effect since 1935 with possible revocation if not completed.
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Enterprise Bureau
Walter Tote
Raleigh
Wallace B. Davis
Asheville
Luke Lea
Nashville
Tenn
Central Bank and Trust Company
J. C. B. Ehrimghaus
Edwin Gill
Mathine
Davis
Gill
Street repairs set to begin on Lexington and South Main
Repairs will start soon on Lexington avenue from Five Points to the city limits and on South Main from Gole trane street to the city limits. The work covers 000 square feet of flush coating at a cost of 5 dollars funded by state highway allotments for heavy traffic routes. Local attorney J E Lyon asked tax waivers for a Drum & Bugle Corps carnival. council granted same treatment as county and state. Carter Dalton requested reapportionment of street assessments near West Green street and the Southern Railway. G H Jones to draft the plan on behalf of John D Biggs, receiver for Commercial National Bank. A resolution of appreciation for city nurse Miss Mabel Patton, who recently resigned, was adopted.
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Lexington Avenue
South Y
State Highway Department
West Lexington
South Main
Goletrane Street
J. E. Lyon
American Legion Post
Carnival Company
Drum & Bugle Corps
Lyon
Carter Dalton
West Green Street
Southern Railway
G. H. Jones
John D. Biggs
Commercial National Bank
Mabel Patton
Frog Attacks Prize Pullet In Hen House
In Albemarle on September 23 a large bull frog grabbed a prize pullet in Ed Rush's poultry yard, pinning it down with its front legs and eating the head as onlookers gasped at the scene. Rush rushed out to intervene.
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Albemarle
Ed Rush
Rush
Cotton Ginnings Report Shows Large U.S. Totals
Census Bureau reports this year’s cotton up to Sept 1 at 8,707,142 running bales plus 49,082 round bales and 1,004 American-Egyptian. Last year ginnings to that date totaled 2,816,881 running bales with 14,702 round bales and 680 American-Egyptian.
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Washington
Includi
Auman Testifies in Own Defense in High Point Robbery Case
In Greensboro on September 23 E L Auman Jr of High Point faced a tough cross examination by Solicitor H L Koontz while testifying in his own defense on charges of $100 larceny and theft of valuables from F W Ford at the Sheraton hotel. The state says the theft occurred during a hotel party and Koontz revived a carnal knowledge charge with a girl under 16, which was dropped in municipal court.
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Greensboro
E. L. Auman, Jr
High Point
H. L. Koontz
Auman
Young Allman
Bill Ellington
F. W. Ford
Sheraton
Koontz
Billington
Virginia Short
Allman
J. F. Jones
Gibsonville
Ellington
New York
Jones
Ford
Thomasville opens fall term with crowded schools
The Thomasville city school system began the fall term with 592 pupils at Main Street school and 663 at Colonial Drive school. Seven grades at Colonial Drive added this term, total teachers 16. Kern street building delays push 309 pupils to Main Street temporarily. Superintendent J N Hause spoke, with school board chair Charles Lambeth and member A H Ragan present.
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Thomasville
Main Street
Colonial Drive
Kern Street
J. N. Hause
Charles F. Lambeth
A. H. Ragan
Elsie Doxey
H. T. Hethcock
Parent-Teacher Association
New York Named Convention City in Labor Debate
The American Federation of Labor urged Legionnaires to back organized labor against American entry into a European war. Green urged neutrality and strengthening of neutrality laws to avoid entanglements. General Hines warned against cutting veterans benefits and called for fair treatment of veterans and dependents in future acts.
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American Federation of Labor
Legionnaires
Green
Congress
Frank T. Hines
Veterans Bureau
Legion
Additi
Unusual Commodities as Historical Currency
A historical note describes how China's tea bricks, Sweden's copper ingots, and other goods such as cattle milk salt and tobacco functioned as forms of coinage in different eras, illustrating diverse early monetary practices and barter systems.
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China
Sweden
Kaolin Refining Plants Worth Over 500000 Under Way in Western N C
State geologist reports two large kaolin refining developments in Spruce Pine district Mitchell and Avery counties with Kaplin Incorporated financing. Projects include a 240 by 125 foot main plant producing at least 30 tons of clay daily and 20 to 25 tons of mica. Investments exceed 500000 and follow years of study on high grade clays in North Carolina.
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Mitchell
Avery Counties
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Rotel
Raleigh
Spruce Pine
North Carolina
H. J. Bryson
Avery County
Mitchell County
Kaplin, Incorporated
Howard C
Walter C. Marmon
Pineola
N. C
Indianapolia
Ind
C. R. Ricker
D. F. Grossbrenner
Indianapolis
Bryson
Ricker
Harris Clay Company
Geramics Laboratory
Tennessee Valley Authority
Norris
Tenn
Georgis Bryson
Department O Conservation and Development
Ruth Blanche Miller Dies in Wilkesboro Car Crash
Miss Ruth Blanche Miller of Wilbur was killed Sunday when her car ran off a bank and overturned. She was 17. Three others, George Palmer Viola Carsons and Sway Whittington, all of Wilar, were injured.
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Ruth Blanche Miller
Aoette Wilkesboro
Wilbur
George Palmer
Viola Carsons
Sway Whittington
Wilar
Fulton Weeks Dies in Fayetteville Fall Accident
Fulton Weeks a 34 year old automobile dealer from Clinton North Carolina died at a Fayetteville hospital after a fall that fractured his skull. He was injured Monday night and died in hospital.
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Fayetteville
Clinton
N. C
Suicide reported in Ellenboro case claims final act
Rutherfordton report states Russell Lone was found dead in his Ellenboro home Monday with Sheriff Ed McFarland confirming suicide. He leaves a widow and three children.
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Rutherfordton
Russell Lone
Ellenboro
Ed McFarland
Myron G. Newell Dies in Greensboro at 77
Myron G. Newell prominent Greensboro businessman died Monday night after a brief illness at a local hospital. Funeral services were planned for 4:00 PM that afternoon.
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Myron G. Newell
Greensboro
Motor worker dies from gasoline fire after tank car unload
T C Cash, 37, died in Forest City when a spark from a motor pump ignited his clothing saturated with gasoline while unloading a tank car at an oil company.
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T. C. Cash
Whitaker Found Dead After Killing Self At Kin Home
George Fe Whitaker was found dead Monday at a kin's home in Pilot Mountain after Sheriff J J Taylor said he had killed himself.
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George FE. Whitaker
Pilot Mountain
George &. Whitaker
J. J. Taylor
Brothers Reunited After 34 Years in South Carolina
Two brothers separated in 1902 after one moved to Indian Territory and later served overseas in World War I were reunited in Greenville South Carolina yesterday. David L Godsey aged 14 left Tennessee for Indian Territory while Ralph grew up in the Carolinas. The Red Cross aided contact and Ralph hosted the visiting sibling as the two men renewed family ties in Greenville.
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David L. Godsey
Tennesse
Indian Territory
Oklahoma
Ralph
Carolinas
David
American Red Cross
Contac
Greenville
8. C
Flying library service inaugurated for trans Pacific pilots
A new flying library service has begun for residents in communities served by clipper planes across the Pacific. The program brings books and reading materials to travelers and locals, expanding access to literature along the air routes.
J C Stancil Former Postmaster Dies at 68
J C Stancil aged 68 and a former post master died at his home in Smithfield on Monday from a heart attack.
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J. C. Stancil
Smithfield
Campbell College Names New Dean In Creek Announcement
President Leslie Campbell appointed R L Poplin as dean of Campbell College to succeed B P Marshbanks who was recently named college bursar. Poplin previously served as professor of chemistry for several years.
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Leslie Campbell
R. L. Poplin
Campbell College
B. P. Marshbanks
Poplin
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