Prohibition Plank Likely In Republican Platform
Washington reports a conference of Republican leaders predicts a re submission plank on prohibition in the party platform. Senator Moses of New Hampshire says the exact language is not yet decided while James R Garfield of Ohio and Postmaster General Brown caution that form will take several days. The meeting at Congressional Country Club gathered many Congress members. adjournment issues threaten the convention timetable.
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Washington
Moses
New Hampshire
James R. Garfield
Ohio
Garfield
Congressional Country Club
Maryland
Brown
Capitol Hill
Congress
Resolutions Committee
May 1982 Weather Summary From Appalachian State Teachers College
May 1982 weather report from Appalachian State Teachers College Boone shows average max 68, min 47, mean 58 with 20 degree daily range. Highest 78 on May 7, lowest 33 on May 3. Total rainfall 5.47 inches, 12 days with 0.01 inch or more, 1.87 inches in 24 hours on May 1. Winds west, frost on 14 and 30, hail on 9 and 10, thunderstorms on 8 9 10 11 26. Solar halos observed on 1 3 8 22. Early gardens thriving. first alfalfa cuttings in Burke County. rains support cabbage tomatoes and sweet potatoes crops.
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Co-operative Station
Appalachian State Teachers College
Boone
Burke County
Only Two More Hurdles Loom Before Roosevelt Nomination
Washington report outlines two remaining obstacles for Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt in securing the Democratic presidential nomination. Potential bombshells threaten his standing, while an anti-Roosevelt bloc within the convention faces difficulty forming a unified front.
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Roosevelt
Washington, D. C
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Blowing Rock Then and Now A Piedmont to Appalachia Uplift
An evocative prose tour of Western North Carolina from the Piedmont plains to Blowing Rock. The author imagines a land of sapphire skies and golden sun where tourists seek beauty and writers find inspiration in grand and somber vistas, legends, romance, and conflict.
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North
Wilkesboro
Blue Ridge
Daniel Boone
Boone
Devil’s Gate
Blowing Rock
Rockies
Mayview Manor
Johns River
Grandfather Mountain
Green Park
Paradise
Arnold Coffey
Blowing Rock, N. C
Piedmont
Old North State
North Carolina
New Tax Bill Details Affect Everyday Americans
The article outlines forthcoming levies in the Senate bill including higher postage three cents per letter and excise taxes five percent on radios and phonographs. It notes ten percent on cosmetics jewelry and sporting goods, plus two percent on candy. Additional charges cover admission tickets fuel oils gasoline and transport related taxes. The income tax starts at four percent on the first four thousand dollars with eight percent on amounts above.
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Washington
Senate
Negro County Agent Wins Local Support
A Bertie County Negro county agent J. C. Hubbard has won strong backing from both black and white communities. He has led robust 4 H club programs and organized adult farmers into community clubs. Hubbard, Hampton Institute graduate, will direct recreational events at the Negro 4 H club conference in Greensboro July 26 to 30 and the annual farmers conference August 24 and 25.
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J. C. Hubbard
Bertie County
Hubbard
State College Extension Service
C. R. Hudson
A. & T. College
Greensboro
Expression of thanks for loss and sympathy
The family of Mrs. Suma Little Hardin expresses heartfelt thanks for kindness shown during illness, death, and burial. They acknowledge floral offerings and messages of sympathy and wish similar comfort for others in distress. Signed by Mrs. Addie B. Little, Robert B. Hardin, Billie Mack Hardin, Rosco C. Little.
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Suma Little Hardin
Addie B. Little
Robert B. Hardin
Billie Mack Hardin
Rosco C. Little
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New York
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Walker
New York City
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Alfred E. Smith
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Garner
Ritchie
Missouri
Bayer
Negro County
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Watauga County Bank
Raleigh
J. L. Wilson
Watauga County
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