Tobacco Growers Co operative Association runs smoothly rail
Raleigh May 27 Assurance that the Tobacco Growers Co operative Association has developed all departments to market hundreds of millions of pounds for 70 000 members was given by warehouse and leaf heads at the Richmond Va meeting With 1000 new members weekly and 34 meetings planned May 30 to June 3 North and South Carolina are expected to follow Virginia in 80 percent sign up Kentucky growers receive 10 million dollars in 75 000 checks as second advance to Burley Growers liquidity and market gains across the belt with ongoing farm meetings and payments to organized farmers note the Shelbyville dispatch confirming 650 000 paid to 2 500 Burley Growers in one city and a gala cooperative day with crowds and community events across Kentucky counties
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Raleigh
Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association
Associa
T. C. Watkins
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
M. O. Wilson
Association
Kentucky
Ohio
Indiana
Burley Pool
Burley Tobacco Grower’s Association
Lexington
Burley Association
Aaron Sapiro
Shelbyville
King's Daughters
Courthouse
Burley Warehouse
American Legion Band
Asocia
Endorsement of Wake Forest president Poteat by trustees
The Wake Forest board of trustees unanimously endorses President William Louis Poteat's religious views, affirming fundamental beliefs including God as creator and Christ's deity and atonement. The resolution avoids science interpretation, aiming to ease denominational concerns over evolution and science teaching.
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Wake Forest
William Louis Poteat
Wake Forest College
Poteat
Southern Baptist Convention
Jacksonville
Potent
Dr. Potent
R. T. Vann
Biblical Recorded
God
Dr. Poteat
Ford Offer Best Made For Muscle Shoals Development
Washington May 26 The House military committee is likely to report a plan for development of all government properties at Muscle Shoals Alabama. The Ford offer is seen as closest to the committee's ideas proposing power nitrate and fertilizer industries with peace and wartime uses. Other proposals include Alabama Power Parsons and Engstrum with cost plus terms drawing objections.
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Wash
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Congress
House Military Committee
Alabama Power Company
Charles L. Parsons
Henry Ford
Frederick Engstrum
Engstrum
Ford
Governor Morrison urges vigilant law and order at A and T
Greensboro May 25 Governor Cameron Morrison told the North Carolina Negro race to back law and order urging all criminals regardless of race to be held to account He defended aiding colored institutions and pledged to strengthen A and T College and its role for the race.
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Greensboro
North Carolina
Cameron Morrison
Agricultural and Technical College
General Assembly
Expedition Starts to Salvage Gold of Lost Steamer
London May 22. A major submarine treasure expedition argues it will be the most successful yet. The British project, run by the Admiralty and Treasury, aims to recover gold bullion from the Laurentic sunk near Lough Swilly after a torpedo strike. The Racer sails with advanced air systems and underwater gear to retrieve the balance of the 6 to 7 million pounds.
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London
Portsmouth Dockyard
Admiralty
The
Treasury
Laurentic
Lough Swilly
Bailey urges tenancy reform to grant farm workers ownership
Josiah W. Bailey of Raleigh told the University North Carolina Club that the remedy for North Carolina’s farm tenancy problem is land ownership for tenants of the cropper type. He cited Denmark and New Zealand and warned that 600,000 tenants, mostly Anglo-Saxon, need a path to property and hope to restore civilization and growth.
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Chapel Hill
Josiah W. Bailey
Raleigh
Internal Revenue
North Carolina Club
University
Bailey
Denmark
New Zealand
North Carolina
Mr. Bailey
Commonwealth
E. C. Branson
Hudson River bridge to span New York gateway
A design for a Hudson river bridge at New York envisions a multi deck structure with 12 railroad tracks on the lower deck and a wide upper deck for four surface car lines and two sidewalks. The project budget is $130,000 though the text suggests it may recoup costs through transit revenue.
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Hudson River
New York
Fifth Avenue
Oldest Known Horse Resides in Catawissa Pennsylvania
A 51 year old horse living in Catawissa Pennsylvania is believed to be the oldest living horse. The animal is owned by a minister who has kept it for 35 years.
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Catawissa
Pennsylvania
Candidates Given But Little Time to Speak
Forty candidates spoke in a rapid reception held by the Goats club in Lumberton on May 26. A dump-cart method forced them to rush after stating their name and office. Participants included A. A. Sinclair candidate for Judge and two candidates for the Legislature along with one for the State Senate.
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Lumberton
Goats Club
A. A. Sinclair
State Senate
Rockingham Growers Plan Warehouse in Reidsville
A nine member committee in Reidsville organized for tobacco growers cooperative warehousing. They formed the Reidsville Cooperative Warehouse Company with $100,000 authorized capital to buy land and build a receiving plant. Shares are $50 each. $1,200 in stock was subscribed immediately to secure a charter. LR. was appointed to file the charter with Raleigh.
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Reidsville
Tobacco Growers’ Cooperative Association
Raleigh
Doctor Sees Change in Medical Practice
Dr. George E. de Schweinitz, president of the American Medical Association, says a transition from individual to organized practice is spreading widely. He urges curriculum reform, improved rural care, and patient expectations for disease prevention and health conservation.
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St. Louis
George E. de Schweinitz
American Medical Association
de Schweinitz
Hohenzollern Compensation Sparks Protests in Berlin
In Berlin the Independent Socialist Party denounces a government plan to grant the exiled Hohenzollerns 200 million paper marks as compensation for their palaces estates and other property. Speakers note 70 million marks in cash already paid and call for taxation of the last three years to offset any lump sum.
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Berlin
Independent Socialist Party
Germany
Wilhelm Hohenzollern
Reichstag
French Writers and Scholars of Negro Descent List
A note lists Alexandre Dumas Toussaint L Ouvert ure Rene Maran and many other writers and scholars of France as of Negro descent.
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Alexandre Dumas
Toussaint L'Ouverture
Rene Maran
France
Man inoknots forgets fiancée after shell shock married in Montana
Thurman K. Williamson, a World War veteran, suffered a shell shock episode in Deer Lodge Montana that caused him to forget a Sioux City fiancée and wed another woman he had met briefly. The Montana marriage was annulled. Rome dispensation pending. Officials confirm his record as an officer and student. He plans to marry his Sioux City betrothed once dates align.
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Lincoln
Neb
Thurman K. Williamson
Sioux City
Deer Lodge Mont
Williamson
Montana
Rome
Deer Lodge
Mvain
State University
President Refuses to Appoint Judge Bynum
President Harding will not appoint Judge W B Bynum of Greensboro to the fourth district bench or any federal judgeship because he has passed sixty. The White House says age rules prohibit appointing a federal judge over sixty, leaving Isaac Meekins of Elizabeth City as the top North Carolina contender for a future vacancy.
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Richmond
Richard R. Patterson
Uni
Carolina
Board of Trustees
House
Rockingham Growers
Hohenzollern
Sam Wilhelm
Judge Bynum
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