Weekly Resume of Legislative Events and Public Bills
The record lists public bills and ratified measures from the North Carolina legislature. It notes a Dunlap bill to empower the governor to appoint special judges to ease congestion, plus a broad slate of amendments covering hunting, tax liens, corporate charters, road construction, rate disputes, and various local bond and charter actions.
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Dunlap
Colleges For
North Carolina
Ashe
Watauga
Judicial Department
United States
Recorders’ Court
Supreme Court
North Pheohine
Slater State Normal School
Winston-Salem
North Carolina Agricultural Society
Congress
Moore’s Creek Bridge
Moore
New Bern
Durham
County and City Board of Health
McDowell County
Onslow County
Rowan County
Buncombe
Madison
Yancey
Henderson
McDowell
Watauga County
Robeson County
Marshal
Madison County
Board of Commissioners
Duplin County
Granite Falls
Cherokee County
Lenoir
Catawba County
Stanley County
Wilson County
Lumberton
Hertford County
Camden County Highway Commission
Yancey County
Alleghany County
Chatham County
Rockingham County
Buncombe County Board of Commissioners
Monroe
Haw River
Greensboro
Stokesdale County
Forest City
Magnolia
Guilford County
Board of Education
Henderson County
Fletcher Lumber and Milling Company
East Flat Rock
Boullaville
Air mail pilot survives mountain crash in Nevada
Paul P. Scott, air mail pilot, crashed at about 8200 feet on Saddle Pass in eastern Nevada while en route from Salt Lake City to Elko on December 28. He escaped serious injury after a wrecked plane and snow buried him. a passenger train was flagged down as he descended. The wreckage was found the next morning by Pilot Barnes and two mechanics near the mountain ridge.
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Washington
Paul P. Scott
New
Scott
Salt Lake City
Elko
Nev
Nevada
Saddle Pass
Barnes
French Flyer Bonnet Knocked Out During Record Trial
Paris adjutant Florentin Bonnet known as fastest in the world says he was unconscious for twenty seconds during his Istres speed trial on December 11. While traveling at 448.170 km h he wrested the world speed title from Lieut. A J Williams and later explained a wind pressure shock knocked him out after sticking his head out from behind the wind shield.
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Paris
France
Adjutant Florentin Bonnet
Istres
Lieut
A. J. Williams
Bonnet
van der Veer
Holland
Marcel Nilles
Nilles
Dempsey
Deeds of Polk County Support Law Enforcement in Ca tawba
A legislative note references Deeds of Polk County to provide for stronger law enforcement in Ca tawba County. The brief mentions cooperation between counties to enhance policing and public safety.
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of Deeds
Polk County
Catawba County
Forty Millions Asked for Forests
A ten year program would authorize forty million dollars to buy national forest lands in the eastern United States. The bill, S 3736 and H R 11084, aims to complete Weeks law holdings and add millions of acres in the White and Appalachian mountains, lake states, and southern pine regions. It calls for expanding federal forests to protect watersheds, provide recreation, and support timber production under wise management.
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Washington
United States
Charles L. McNary
Ore
Roy O. Woodruff
Rep
Mich
American Forestry Association
White and
Appalachian Mountains
Lake States
Middle West
Friends of the New
Theovernment
Oldest Bookkeeping Records Unearthed in Philadelphia
Archaeologists uncover what may be the earliest known business records in Philadelphia, dating to antiquity. The documents detail ledgers, transactions, and inventories that illuminate early mercantile activity and accounting practices.
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Philadelphia
Archeologists Unearth Temple Records at Ur of the Chaldees
The joint British Museum and University of Pennsylvania expedition reports uncovering bookkeeping records of the Temple of the Moon God in Ur, the former Babylonian capital. They also reveal a Hall of Justice likely built by Nebuchadnezzar, shedding light on ancient governance before Abraham.
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British Museum
Museum
University of Pennsylvania
Abraham
C. Leonard Woolley
George Byron Gordon
University Museum
Moon God
Nebuchadnezzar
Legend of Blue Man of Spring Creek Returns in Ozarks Story
Renewed sightings of panthers and wild animals in the Ozarks prompt Douglas county residents to cling to the legend of the Blue Man of Spring Creek. The nine feet tall purple humanoid is said to have terrorized the area about sixty years ago with multiple witnesses and one claimed hair-raising encounter.
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Ava
Ozark Mountains
Douglas County
Spring Creek
Ozark Country
Tunisian beauty forced to renounce throne
The so called Queen of Queens Mile. Neid jia Bentothman was ruled to abdicate after protests by the Mohammedan population over her duty to unveil before crowds, violating Koran precepts. She yielded reluctantly to pleas from the fetes committee who warned of potential incidents.
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Tunis
Mile
Neidjia Bentothman
Hawaii Voters: 65 647 Japanese Americans Registered
Gov. Farrington reports territorial election data showing 1 265 Japanese ancestry citizens registered to vote. Chinese ancestry voters totaled 1 840. Of Hawaii’s 125 368 Japanese, 66 647 are native born and thus American citizens.
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Honolulu
Farrington
Interior
Hubert Work
Islands
Bill Fiske's bugle approved for 1.55
The Treasury department and Congress approve a claim for Bill Fiske's bugle priced at $1.55. The item is noted in a formal claim to Congress and tied to a murky historical mystery. No further facts about Bill Fiske or the bugle are provided.
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Washington
Bill Fiske
Ann
Bill
United States
Treasury Department
House
Senate
Congress
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Apex
Elkin
Hendersonville
Brevard
School Commissioners
Lexington
Robert C. Warlick
Superior Court
Durham State Normal School
North Carolina College For
Board of Agriculture
Canova
B. R Lacy
State Board of Architectural Examination and Registration
Wyoming
Collier's
Nellie T. Ross
Bradford Ross
Ozarks
Hawaii
U. S
Boone Trail Cafe
Boone Trail
W. P. Moody
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