Turner Prison Reform Act outlines convicts hiring limits
North Carolina Attorney General J. S. Manning interprets the Turner Prison Reform Act as barring most hiring out of convicts to private entities, except to state or county institutions. He says only contracts in force at ratification may continue, and dependent families may receive discretionary annual net-earnings allotments. The act also shifts county jail oversight to the State Board of Health. Building commission appointments and a $3 million, five-year plan follow. Farmers pursue high-quality cattle as chartering expands business.
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Raleigh
J. S. Manning
Prison Board of Directors
Attorney General
State Prison Board
State Board of Health
Manning
North Carolina
L. I. Case
East Tennessee
Knoxville
Tenn
Tennessee
Nyway
R. C. Hunter
North Carolina National Guard reorganizes staff and new appointments
The Adjutant General announces transfers and promotions including Major R T Daniel to the Adjutant General's Department Captain J S Peytonress in the Quartermasters' Corps Major 8S Glenn Brown as Judge Advocate and J O Durham to a captaincy in the Ordinance Department. The Roper Lumber Co seeks return of a 200 acre black land farm used for test and demonstration purposes amid disputes over lime treatment and soil sourness.
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Adjutant General
North Carolina National Guard
War Department
North Carolina Guard
R. T. Daniel
Quartermasers’ Corps
Adjutant General’s Department
J. S. Peytress
Henderson
Quartermasters’ Department
Glenn Brown
E. A. Blanton
Raleigh
Quartermaster’s Corps
J. O. Durham
Ordinance
Roper Lumber Company
State Board of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
B. W. Kilgore
Governor Proclaims Planting Day Across North Carolina
Governor Bickett mails thousands of copies of a Planting Day proclamation urging counties towns schools and banks to promote it. He asks county farmers unions mayors teachers and bankers to spread the observance. Also notes 15000 insurance licenses issued April 1 and NC Naval Reserves mobilization hints as wartime preparation progresses. Local commerce reports include Lenoir and Hendersonville business incorporations with notable names and capital.
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Bickett
Guardsmen 10 be held in service
After most Third North Carolina Infantry units demobilized at Camp Bickett orders suspend demobilization. Second Infantry and Engineers Companies A and B will be held in Raleigh under arms for possible state duties while supply and other units are processed. Officers expect mobilization if called, and troops express gratitude for Raleigh welcomes and support from the State Fair grounds and Rex Hospital.
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Raleigh
Third North Carolina Infantry, National Guard
Camp Bickett
War Department
Camp Royster
Goldsboro
Charlotte
Wilmington
Asheville
Lincolnton
Canton
Laurence Young
North Carolina
Adjutant General
Texas
Claud McGhee
Minn
Asheville Adopts Belgian Babies in Charity Drive
Asheville committees push to care for 1000 Belgian babies with funds rising from 572 to 700 dollars and a goal of 1070 while schools like Bingham contribute 100 as part of broader fundraising.
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Asheville
Bingham School
Name settled for North Carolina State College and other Raleigh notes
Governor Bickett announced that the institution once called A and M should be referred to as the State College of Agriculture and Engineering or the Agricultural and Engineering College. A state warehouse site was bought on Morgan Street for 14500 dollars, with total sale value 29000 dollars. Trinity College in Durham pledges military training as students seek federal officer support and possible cancellation of sports. Greensboro plans a Home Guards unit led by C M Vanstory with Confederate veterans among early volunteers pending war declaration.
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Name Building Commission
Bickett
State Building Commission
State University
State College of Agriculture and Engineering
Building Commission
Raleigh
North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering
State Farmers’ Union
Poe
Progressive Farmer
Riddick
Agricultural and Engineering College
Woodall
Morgan Street
Capitol
Trinity
Durham
Trinity College
W. T. LaPrade
Department of European History
Federal Army
Home Guards
Greensboro
C. M. Vanstory
Vanstory
J. H. Rankin
Act of Congress
Gas From Chestnut Wood At Burke Tannery
A Burke County discovery claims chestnut pulps after tannic acid extraction can yield gas in commercial quantities for power and lighting. Previously regarded waste, the pulp may become a valuable energy source.
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Morganton
Burke Tannery
Infant Dies After Boiling Water Accident in Wilmington
The 21 month old son of Mr and Mrs B J Bryan Jr of Wooster Street died from burns after tumbling into a basin of boiling water placed on the front porch for scouring. The child suffered intensely during the few hours before death.
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Wilmington
B. J. Bryan, Jr
Wooster Street
Bryan
Three Die of Measles in Newton Family
Mrs. George Sigman, daughter of Mr and Mrs M J Wright, dies after measles claim two prior Wright daughters and a fourth daughter is in extremis. The report notes the Newton area death toll rising as families contend with the outbreak.
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Newton
George Sigman
M. J. Wright
North Carolina News Briefs Outline Name Change
Students at a Pullen Hall mass meeting vote unanimously to refer to the college as North Carolina State or State College rather than A. and E. College. A newspaper editors convention is planned for Chapel Hill on April 16 and 17.
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Pullen Hall
North Carolina State
State College
A. & E. College
Chapel Hill
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Greensboro
Goldsboro
Supreme Court
Frank Parker
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Newton
Raleigh
Catawba County
Catawba River
Morganton
Huffman Crossing
Governor Speaks at Wilmington Livestock Conference
Governor Bickett addressed the first day of the state livestock conference in Wilmington warning farmers to prepare for the woll weevil. Congressman John H. Small presided as W A Graham T B Parker D T P Yager L A Nivens W K Lewis H A Southerland Dr Bradford Knapp and Dr B W Kilgore spoke during the afternoon session.
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Wilmington
Bickett
John H. Small
Ww. A. Graham
T. B. Parker
T P. Yager
L. A. Nivens
W. K Lewis
H. A. Southerland
Bradford Knapp
B. W. Kilgor
Abolition of Sing Sing death house urged by corrections chief
Burdette G. Lewis, New York corrections commissioner, urges ending the death house as cruel torture. He backs keeping condemned prisoners in county jails or segregated facilities during appeals, arguing confinement near execution is inhuman and degrades due process. He supports Assemblyman Maurice Bloch’s bill with possible county jail accommodations exception.
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York
Sing Sing
Burdette G. Lewis
Department of Correction
Lewis Sai
Becker
Lewis
Maurice Bloch
City Moves To Handle Child Actors Truancy Case
New York education board presses truancy actions against parents of child performers earning up to 75 a week in New Jersey studios. Magistrate hears Maxine Hicks case as officials report multiple families with high earnings. tutors to be arranged and court adjourned.
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New York
New Jersey
Board of Education
Fort Lee Ferry
Coppinger
Convicts Donation Reflects War Relief Spirit
An Oregon state inmate donated 1.7 dollars to aid “the poor little kiddies across the pond,” sending a letter praising relief efforts and noting his own limited means. The piece lauds Eugene O. Smith for generosity despite imprisonment and calls his act a beacon amid hardship.
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Oreges State Penitentiary
The
Oregoniam
Eugene O. Smith
Crowd chokes La Salle Street as couple shares kiss
A man and a young woman pause amid a busy La Salle Street crowd and kiss, drawing a momentary halt in pedestrian flow. Onlookers react with giggles and curiosity before the couple retreats, leaving bystanders to speculate about a possible reunion or engagement.
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W Ledger
Lundhward
la Salle Street
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S. H. Marshall
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State Department of Insurance
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Lenoir
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H. W. Courtato Hukill, Jr
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F. 8. Weimar
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H. Hudgins
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Salisbury
M. L. Jackson
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