Training School News Highlights Regional Campus Activities
The Appalachian Training School community reports shrubbery planting and ongoing campus projects. Special chapel exercises pleased students as Oak Grove baseball opened the season with results pending. Professors Dougherty and Greer traveled to Ashe and Boone, with Greer delivering a closing address. News notes A. T. Allen’s flight to Boone and election as Cullowhee Normal president promise future school leadership.
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Appalachian Training School
Chapel
Oak Grove
B. B. Dougherty
Greer
Ashe
Stuart Moretz
Moretz
Hickory
Boone
J. M. Moretz
A. T. Allen
News and Observer
Cullowhee
Harding Receives Welcoming Easter in Augusta
President Hoover and Mrs. Harding arrived in Augusta on April 1 ending Florida sun to a cordial greeting from Mayor Smith and local leaders. The president attended services at First Baptist and the Masonic Temple then rested with no public functions planned, while others in the party received invitations to entertainments and dinners.
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Augusta
Harding
Florida
St. Augustine
Presaent
Mrs. Harding
Julian M. Smith
L. Larvoard
Chamber of Commerce
Bon Air- Vanderbilt Hotel
Gillett
House
K. M. Landis
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Nicholas Murray Butler
Charles D. Hilles
New York
Christian
Sawyer
First Baptist Church
Masonic Temple
Coldest April 1 on record in Charlotte and region
Charlotte reports the coldest April 1 in its weather history with 24 degrees at 6 45 a m and Raleigh at 22. Other readings from surrounding states show subfreezing temperatures and farmers fear for the Sand Hills fruit crop as Southern Pines notes twenties.
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Charlotte
Charlotte Weather, Bureau
Raleigh
Southern Pines
Sand Hills
New Records Set As Bowie Predicts Rail Build
Dayton Ohio March 31 In a spectacular aerial derby army aviators from McCook field set new world speed records for 500 and 1 000 kilometer distances exceeding French marks at Vill Savage airdrome. Ten ships flew with Harris Lockwood Pearson and others breaking the 500 kilometer record and a state official Bowie discusses North Carolina rail plans and funding.
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Dayton
Ohio
Army
McCook Field
Villa Sauvage
Alex Pearson
Harris
Ralph Lockwood
Louis Meister
Arthur Smith
H. H. Mills
J. S. Stromme
Harris and
Lockwood
Spring Court Proceedings At Watauga Superior Court
The spring term of Watauga Superior Court adjourned with Judge Bis Ray presiding. State cases were not all tried by Friday. disposals include Will Carroll liquor three months on roads, Wesley Reynolds guilty liquor three months on roads, and multiple other verdicts with punishments such as fines, suspended judgments, or prison terms on the roads or county jail.
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Watauga Superior Court
Bis Ray
Will Carroll
Wesley Reynolds
Andy Johnson
Alfred Adams
R. C. Cox
J. E. Justice
Dewey Eggers
Jordan Love
Hosea Greer
Lizzie Taylor
B.S. Dugger
Young Love
Henry Greer
Vardry Mast
Harve Moody
J. H. Earp
Josie Broyhill
Josy Broyhill
T. R. Gragg
Paul Klutz
Clarence Teague
Ralph Teague
Nathan Ward
Roby Shull
Summer in the heart poem by Frank L. Stanton
An excerpt of Frank L. Stanton's verse compares the seasons to a lasting summer in the heart. The speaker notes birds singing and green groves while love endures beyond seasonal change. The poem celebrates inner warmth as a constant.
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Frank L. Stanton
Postmaster General Sets Civil Service Preference Rules
Postmaster Harry S. New issues instructions on ten point veteran preference in postal service exams in line with a March 3 1923 executive order. Applicants must show disability or pension eligibility. non disabled veterans or spouses may receive five additional points. Democrats to monitor adherence in states like North Carolina.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Harry S. New
Bureau of Pensions
Veterans’ Bureau
North Carolina
South
Eskimos Claim Ghosts Hold Nightly Revels at Volcanoes
Anchorage March 10 natives of Alaska report that angry spirits of Aleuts murdered under Russian rule torment the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes. They say these spirits nightly revel beneath the earth’s crust and erupt with fire and thunder to strike invaders, citing Chirikoff island legends and recent volcanic activity as signs of ongoing vengeance.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Shelikoff
Romanoff
Chirikoff
Alaskan
Aleutian Archipelago
Chirikoff Island
Nick Gaikema
Aleutians
Italian Leader Fights Prohibition Fleeing to Mexico
Fresno March 31 A county raid destroyed his wine and a justice fined S300. S A Oliver, a leading Italian in the county, vows to sell his grapes and ranch for S12 500 and move to Mexico where he can drink wine. Twenty five Italians plan to join him.
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Fresno
Cal
S. A
Oliver
A Magnet for Sorrow
A dialogue feature recalls Mr. Grampson’s comment on trouble and the idea that a person who appears isolated attracts trouble, illustrating a motif of social misfortune and perception.
Forecast Trading Boom in the Spring
Richmond report from the Fifth Federal Reserve district offices notes satisfactory trade in spring and early summer. Banks report increased loans as customers plan crop plantings and expand mercantile and industrial activity for the year.
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Richmond
Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Grand Jury Report From Watauga County 1923
The spring term 1923 grand jury for Watauga Superior Court submits a report after visiting county offices. The clerk and registrar offices are in excellent and good condition. The county home and jail are well kept though porch roof repairs and future house recovery are noted. The courthouse needs minor roof work and waterworks are in good condition.
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State of
North Carolina
Watauga County
J. Bis Ray
Watauga Superior
L. A. Green
Four Frenchmen Die in German Coal Train Wreck
Four Frenchmen were killed and three Frenchmen and one German injured when a freight train loaded with coal toppled from an embankment at Schifferstadt. The accident occurred while en route from Lautersburg to Ludwigshafen, with reports reaching Bear, Germany, from Mannheim.
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Bear
Germany
Schifferstadt
Lautersburg
Ludwigshafen
Mannheim
Flag of Whalers Furled at Last in New Bedford
New Bedford March 31. The Wing whaling firm traced its rise from 1849 when J and W R Wing opened an outfitting shop to managing ships like John Dawson and Sunbeam. Wing vessels faced Arctic ice and storms, with a Civil War era profit of about 300000 from fourteen Wing ships.
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New Bedford
Mass
J. and
W. R. Wing
House of
John Dawson
Panama
Sunbeam
Mattapoisett
Kathleen
South American
South Sea
Shenandoah
Alabama
Wings
William Wing
Brunswick
Wing
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Bowie
DR. Brooks
NEW Mountain Railroad Line
T. C. Bowie
Tom” Bowie
Winston-Salem
Kiwanis Club
Northwest
Journal
Robert E. Lee
Council of State
Special Commission
Virginia
East Tenn
Kentucky
Middle West
Journal Reporter
Winston-Salem Journal
Near East Relief
E. C. Brooks
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Josephus Daniels
George H. Bellamy
Brooks
Near East Relief Clothing
N. C
NG Court
Johnnie
Knights of Columbus
United States
Mr. Grampson
Persson
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