Through Capital Keyholes Behind the News in North Carolina
North Carolina notes on landlord tenants and tobacco acreage cuts raising prices while tenants seek profit sharing. Political tidbits name Dr Mac Johnson challenging Kerr in 1936 and Winston-Salem protests over the Kerr Smith tax plan. Districts face Democratic strain as federal jobs unsettle loyalties and a revenue drive tightens funds.
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North Carolina
Mac Johnson
Enron
John H. Kerr
Dickens
Wilson
Judge Kerr
Smth
South Carolina
Kerr-Smith
Raleigh
CCC
General Assembly
Jefferson
State Revenue Department
A. J. Maxwell
M. C. S. Noble, Jr
Vanderbilt custody case shocks New York high society
In a ten year custody battle over Gloria Vanderbilt the heiress to four million dollars Harry Payne Whitney is accused of kidnapping the girl while Gloria Morgan Vanderbilt faces accusations of neglect. Relatives testify as cities seek tax relief from street and bridge costs and motorists endure gas tax cuts.
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New York City
Harry Payne Whitney
Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt
Gloria, Morgan Vanderbilt
Political rumors and Bankhead bill debate in North Carolina
Dr. John I. Burrus emerges as a gubernatorial contender threatening Clyde R. Hoey and Lt. Governor A. H. Graham. Bankhead bill support splits among NC leaders while cotton growers favor control. Fatal highway deaths rise with 856 autosided fatalities last year. Hamilton C. Jones remains silent after primary defeat as Democrats warn of GOP gains in the Tenth District.
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Clyde R. Hoey
Shelby
R. L. Coughton
Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Dean I. 0
Schaub
State College
Tenth
Hamilton C. Jones
A. L. Bulwinkle
Raleigh
Ham Jones
YWA Meets at First Baptist Church for African Friends Talk
The YWA of the First Baptist Church held its regular monthly meeting Monday night at Miss Ophelia Daniel's home. After devotions and talks on "Our African Friends" refreshments followed for Mesdames L W Clements Charles Ogletree and others including Hines Kidd Padgett Lipscomb Rice Hines Goodfellow.
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YWA
First Baptist Church
Ophelia Daniel
Mesdames L. W. Clements
Charles Ogletree
Hilda Hines
Beulah Kidd
Catherine Hines
Helen Padgett
Myrtle Lipscomb
Dorothy Rice
Frances Hines
Dorothy Goodfellow
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Automobile Tax Reduction League
Robert Rice Reynolds
Old Mexico
Roosevelt
Mexico
Pat
Reynolds
Europe
Morro Castle
Baptist Ywa
Teocena
Bere
Phil Marley
WRVA
Richmond
Jestra
Virginia
Chet and Power Company
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