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Newspaper
Watauga Democrat
Location
Boone, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1933
Page
8
Raleigh reports lawmakers consider bills to repeal license restrictions including physical and mental exams and five day notice for minors. Women rally in Raleigh to prevent loosening rules while men warn of revenue and record losses. A committee approved the repeal bill and will hear further actions.
The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Watauga County Bank will be held in the bank building on January 24, 1933 at 1:30 p.m. A full attendance is desired.
A Traveler Pen and Pencil Company representative will demonstrate at Boone Drug Store on Friday and Saturday. By clipping the coupon in this paper and attending, you may receive a Traveler Pen and Pencil Set guaranteed a lifetime for 98 cents.
The comedy drama Under Blue Skies in four acts will be staged at Cove Creek High School with a junior class cast. Performances begin Thursday at 7 30 pm with a small admission fee to fund school purposes.
Lawmakers discussed raising bus and truck taxes to curb competition. A school measure would abolish 100 superintendent offices and create district managers with salaries up to 3000 and travel allowances. Other bills cover school weeks and terms, highway funding, and wage cuts. The Turlington Act remains in effect pending federal Volstead Act action.
Norma Shearer leads a cast including Clark Gable Alexander Kirkland and Ralph Morgan in a filmed adaptation of Eugene O Neill Strange Interlude. The story covers nine youthful to aged transformations with elaborate makeup and studied mannerisms. It plays next Thursday and Friday at the Pastime Theatre.
Advertisement notes Milk of Magnesia offer two bottles for the price of one at Watauga Drug Co. Also promotes The Strange Words of the Saviour on the Cross Explained and a new translation article by a distinguished Biblical scientist in The American Weekly to be distributed with the Baltimore American. On sale at newsstands.
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