Lincoln County Rehab Loans Disbursements Reported
Rehabilitation loans totaling 10 636 90 were issued to 40 Lincoln County residents with 936 50 in grants to 42 recipients, part of broader Resettlement Administration activity through June 26 1936. Farm debt adjustments saved 31500 00 in Lincoln County, with 525 00 in taxes paid. R. M. Gantt notes national totals and 12 000 committee members volunteering.
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Lincoln County
Resettlement Administration
R. M. Gantt
National Emergency Council
North Carolina
United States
135-Pound Watermelon Shipped to Son
Col. Albert A. Rogers sent a 135-pound Arkansas watermelon from Hope to his son Archie A. Rogers in Boston. The melon cost $20.98 to ship, highlighting a family novelty in a raft of August briefs. plus Raleigh reports cotton price adjustments totaling $1,543,718 distributed by the AAA to farmers who sold 1935 cotton below 2 cents per pound.
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Little Rock
Ark
Albert A. Rogers
Hope
Archie A. Rogers
Boston
Raleigh
North Carolina
AAA
Auto Fatalities Rise in North Carolina July Deaths
North Carolina reports 75 highway fatalities in July. Officials of the motor vehicle division found that youth recklessness and women drivers were not the primary causes of the road deaths.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Motor Vehicle Division Today
Flaming Youth
Britain Preparing For War
Danville August 25. Returning from England Mrs J L Hagan city librarian says visitors sense a feverish war footing with unknown origin. Gas masks are quietly distributed to civilians and night meetings teach use to men women and children.
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Danville
England
J. L. Hagan
Building Boom Sweeps Lincolnton With New Homes
Lincolnton sees a surge in construction as numerous residential permits are issued. Ralph Cochrane, Robert Wise, Evan L Rudisili, and others receive approvals for homes on South Cedar, South Mill, and North Laurel streets while a filling station at North Aspen and East Pine is planned. The new Post Office foundation is nearing completion.
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Lincolnton
Whitfield Tobey
Ralph Cochrane
South Cedar Street
Robert Wise
South Mill Street
Evan L. Rudisili
W. E. Garrison
J. Laine Carpenter
North
North Carolina road refund claims total reported
Seventy one counties including Lincoln filed claims with the highway debts commission by the deadline. Total refunds amount to 56 970 188 dollars with Mecklenburg County seeking 5 106 932 the largest single claim. Buncombe 5 028 441. If paid debt would rise to 140 000 000. The commission meets in Raleigh Friday to review petitions.
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North Carolina
Lincoln
Lincoln County
Mecklenburg
Buncombe County
State Highway and Public Works Commission
General Assembly
Carl L. Bailey
Plymouth
Raleigh
R. L. Coburn
Williamston
Rotary Governor Sam Earle Visits Lincolnton Club
Sam B. Earle, governor of the 58th Rotary district covering South Carolina and western North Carolina, visited the Lincolnton Rotary Club and praised the local group's work. He, Clemson College engineering dean, noted Rotary's global reach and educational focus. The club added a public information committee, named J. T. Perkins and A. E. Miller, and planned fall and winter meeting sites.
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Sam B. Earle
Rotary
South Carolina
North Carolina
Lincolnton Club
Governor Earle
Clemson College
M. H. Kuhn
Rotary International
Public Information Committee
J. T. Perkins
A. E. Miller
J. R. Gamble
E. E. Adams
S. R. Warlick
Lincoln Lithia, Inn
Spending Is Called Wasteful By London In Buffalo
Rev. Huitt R. Carpenter of Emanuel Evangelical and Reformed Church Lincolnton announces Sunday services for Aug 30 Sabbath School 9 45 Morning Service Sermon A Lesson to Learn by pastor Evening Service union service with other churches All are invited to worship with us.
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London
Buffalo
C. C. Leonard
Negro Confesses in Clevenger Slaying and Accepts Blame
Raleigh August 26 Martin Moore a black man five weeks from death in the gas house acquitted all others accused in the Helen Clevenger murder and takes full blame. He says robbery was motive and claims no prior capital offense. Parole Commissioner Edwin Gill arranged the confession and certifying it before Moore spoke.
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Raleigh
Martin Moore
Helen Clevenger
Miss Clevenger
Edwin Gill
Moore
51 Year Old Bill Paid A North Carolina Store
A 31 year old bill at a Burlington store was marked paid after a Washington D C man sent a money order for 17 35 with 32 27 interest from about 1905 He included a letter apologizing for the delay and expressing humility and regret for the unpaid obligation.
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Burlington
W. R. Sellers
Washington, D. C
Landon Attacks Tax Law as Wasteful and Cockeyed
Gov. Alf M. Landon closed his eastern tour with a rally at a baseball park in Buffalo New York urging repeal of a "cockeyed" surplus tax law. He called for overhaul of federal and state taxes and argued direct taxes on net income to ensure everyone pays their share. He criticized government spending and linked taxes to job creation.
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Buffalo
N. Y
Alf M. Landon
International League Baseball Park
London
Landon
Edwin F. Jaeckle
Erie County
West Middlesex
Chautauqua
West
Illinois
Missouri
America
Ball Park
106Th Armory
Erie County Republican Club
Germany Plans Massive Army Expansion and Female Service
Berlin reports Nazi Germany will house 1,282,000 servicemen by October 1 with 700k to 800k in the army air force and navy. About 182,000 youths will begin six months of labor service while 200,000 storm troops are to be mobilized. Girls may face compulsory training after a new reform phase.
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Reich Propaganda Ministry
Hitler
Ministry of the Interior
War Ministry
Service
Rudisill Family Holds Annual Reunion Near Crouse
Emanuel Rudisill’s descendants gathered at the home place near Crouse on Friday August 21 for the annual reunion. Four of seven living children attended along with 114 descendants, sharing a large picnic meal despite some sickness. Miss Fannie Farris was named to prepare a family history before the next reunion. Martin L. Rudisill owns the old home.
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Rudisill
Emanuel Rudisill
Crouse
Joe Blank
J. D. Rudisill
Marcus Carpenter
Kings Mountain
James McCarter
Clover
S. C
Preston Miller
Chase City
S. S. Mauney
Martin L. Rudis
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