Radburn: Tomorrow's Town Shaped For Safety In New Jersey
Radburn in New Jersey twenty miles south of New York City is designed with dead end streets in residential areas and safe crossings to schools, playgrounds, parks, and recreation centers. The town houses about 600 people amid ample open spaces, illustrating a new approach to urban planning and child safety. A McGill chemist claims a process to make artificial silk from gas carbon dioxide and water, promising cheaper fibers and a step in industrial progress toward mass production.
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New Jersey
New York City
Radburn
Harold Hibbert
McGill University
Montreal
Dollar Dollar: A lifetime at the helm of ships and lumber
Dollar, 86, heads a vast fleet of 50 ships and a major lumber empire. He began work at 11 in Scotland earning 60 cents weekly, and now arrives at his San Francisco office 20 minutes before nine. He can call his wife to pack for a voyage to China or around the world, seeking new opportunities for American trade aboard the Dollar fleet.
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Dollar
Robert Dollar
Scotland
San Francisco
China
Spelling Bee Revival Sees National Champion from Iowa
Helen Jenson a 13 year old from Council Bluffs wins $1000 and becomes National Spelling Champion in Washington contest. The piece notes rising interest in spelling bees led by newspapers Congress and clubs while criticizing ear based learning and the phoenix method for hindering spelling and literacy.
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Helen Jenson
Council Bluffs
Washington
Texas Teachery Homes Boosted Teacher Respect
The article cites Texas history where in 1860 a teachery house was built for teachers in Guadalupe County and now 1,330 such homes exist statewide with an average cost of 2200 dollars. It notes H. E. Dietel of Schumannsville lived in a teachery for 40 years and became a leading community figure.
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Europe
Germany
Texas
Blum
Guadalupe County
H. E. Dietel
Schumannsville
Forty Lots Sold by T J Ray at Elk Park Auction
T J Ray sold at public auction forty hillside lots totaling four acres at Elk Park North Carolina. The sale held June 12 brought about 300 dollars per acre with improvements completed beforehand.
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T. J. Ray
Elk Park
N. C
Mass Summer School Enrollment Reaches 790 at AS T College
The Appalachian State Teachers College summer session opens with 790 students, forms a 204 more than last year’s peak. Attendees hail from nearly 100 North Carolina counties and beyond, with many new teachers hired as faculty pursue advanced degrees. Notable connections include W. C. Howell and G. L. Sawyer of UNC, J. A. Williams and J. T. C. Wright of Peabody, Van G. Hinson and G. P. Eggers of Duke, and Lily Dale of Columbia.
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J. M. Downum
Appalachian State Teachers College
North Carolina
W. C. Howell
G. L. Sawyer
University of North Carolina
J. A. Williams
J. T. C. Wright
Boone
Rev C H Moser Visits Boone Friends
Rev C H Moser former Boone pastor now in Spencer returns to Boone area amid praise for paying off a 26000 church debt. Article notes 1929 start, two services by Moser and a full loan-free church with jubilees and dedications, with wide community and business support.
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Boone
C. H. Moser
Boone Methodist Church
Spencer
C. H
Mr. Moser
Spencer and
Salisbury
Stores to Close for Boone College Baseball Games
Merchants in town voted to close shops each Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. so owners and employees can attend weekly Boone Club baseball games on the college diamond. Businesses will pause June through August, excluding drug stores and cafes, after funding season tickets instead of small donations.
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College Diamond
Boone Club
Eight Watauga Boys Enter Citizens Military Camp
Eight youths from Watauga County reported to Fort Bragg North Carolina last Friday to begin a month long Citizens Military Training Camp program. Named participants include Oscar A. Brown Vilas Jake G Hagaman Boone Raymond H Harmon Boone Henry C Henson Amantha Robert G Randolph Boone Ralph J Williams Mabel John L Yount Boone and Joe W Todd Boone.
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Watauga County
Fort Bragg
N. C
Citizens Military Training Camp
Oscar A. Brown
Vilas
Jake G. Hagaman
Boone
Raymond H. Harmon
Henry C. Henson
Amantha
Robert G. Randolph
Ralph J. Williams
Mabel
John L. Yount
Joe W. Todd
Democratic Convention Called for County Meeting
J. L. Wilson announces the 28th Democratic County Convention to be held at the courthouse on Saturday at 2:00 PM. Delegates to the State convention will be named, a county executive committee selected, and other business addressed. Precinct meetings occur this week with representation based on 1928 Governor Gardner votes.
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J. L. Wilson
Democratic Executive Committee
Gardner
Morrow Leads New Jersey Senate Race After Early Returns
Ambassador Dwight Morrow maintains a sizable lead in the New Jersey Republican senatorial contest as early returns show him ahead of Franklin W. Fort and Joseph S. Frelinghuysen. Fort concedes and congratulates Morrow while noting Union sentiment and repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment.
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Newark
N. J
United States
New Jersey
Dwight Morrow
Morrow
Fort
Frelinghuysen
Franklin W. Fort
Joseph S. Frelinghuysen
United States Senate
Impressive Coronation Plans For Romanian King Carol II
Carol II moves from exile to throne with a coronation planned for Alba Iulia in October. He seeks reunification with Queen Helen, recognition from church, and invites world leaders. General Prezan and Professor Iorga will deliver invitations from June 30 to London, Washington, Belgrade, Rome, Brussels and Paris.
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Bucharest
Rumania
Carol II
Carol
Carol Caraiman
Helen
Alba Julia
Ferdinand
Ferdinand I
Balkan
Prezan
Nicholas Iorga
Jorga
London
Washington
General Prezan
Belgrade
Rome
Brussels
Paris
Smoot Hawley Tariff Bill Passes Lower House
Washington reports the Smoot Hawley tariff bill passing Congress with increased duties on sugar shoes lumber cement brick and nearly 2 million other products. It awaits President Hoover's signature and becomes law midnight after signing. The House approved the conference report 222 to 153.
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Washington
Congress
Hoover
House
North Carolina Building & Loan League Opens in Blowing Rock
The twenty seventh annual meeting convened at Green Park Hotel Blowing Rock with O E Todd of Wilmington predicting a historic session. Plans include lectures by state financiers and lawmakers plus golf tournaments and a banquet led by I G Greer and wife. The three day program ends Friday after committee reports and next meeting location is set.
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Green Park Hotel
Chandler
North Carolina Building & Loan League
Green Park
Blowing Roll
O. E. Todd
Wilmington
Blowing Rock
O. J. Chandler
W. H. Gragg
Rocky Mount
N. C
I. G. Greer
Mayview Manor Opens With New Manager at Helm
The Mayview Manor in Blowing Rock opened for the summer with M. M. Chapman in charge. Chapman, a Florida resort hotel lessee and manager, will run the Manor and Williams Hotel at Daytona Beach. Rates this year start at $5 daily, aiming to boost tourist trade with nationwide advertising. Last year D. J. Boyden previously managed the hotel.
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Mayview Manor
Blowing Rock
Manor Jis
M. M. Chapman
Florida
Mr. Chapman
Chapman
Williams
Daytona Beach
Fla
Mayview
D. J. Boyden
Boone
Oregon Governor Nominee George W Joseph Dies at 58
State Senator George W Joseph, 58, Republican nominee for Oregon governor, collapsed and died of a heart blood clot in Camp Clatsop while reviewing the 162nd regiment with Maj Gen George A White. Born May 10 1872 in Modoc County California he rose from sheep herder to lawyer and legislator facing party factions in the state assembly. The death occurred during a national guard review and remarks were cut short as he gasped.
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Camp Clatsop
Oregon
George W Joseph
National Guard
George A. White
162Nd
Joseph
Modoc County
California
State Patrol Reports May Revenue And Activities
Captain Farmer led 37 patrolmen who logged 104,935 miles in May. They made 445 arrests and investigated 4,131 violations, including ten highway deaths and 28 injuries. Fines totaled 3,720.60, costs 2,597.25, and license proceeds 9,810.80, for a May revenue of 16,128.65.
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Raleigh
Boone Civitan Club Honored At Asheville Convention
The Boone Civitan Club was praised at the International Civitan Council meeting in Asheville for full attendance. President R. D. Hodges led a 30 member Boone delegation, with A. E. South and J. F. Moore as official delegates, staying through Wednesday.
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Boone Civitan Club
North Carolina
International Council of Civitan
Asheville
Civitan
Boone
R. D. Hodges
Boone Club
W. H. Gragg
R. C. Rivers
C.M. Critcher
G. P. Hagaman
Howard Mast
M. P. Critcher
S. C. Eggers
Will Cook
J. L. Qualls
A. Y. Howell
H- Neal Blair
Messrs
A. E. South
J. F. Moore
Watauga Man Receives Medal at Wake Forest
J. M. Horton of Vilas was awarded the Laura Baker Paden Medal at Wake Forest College for the highest four year average in social science and received a B S degree at graduation. A native of Watauga County he spent nine years away before returning to complete his college work.
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J. M. Horton
D. F. Horton
Vilas
Laura Baker Paden
Wake Forest College
Horton
Watauga County
Wake Forest
Jim
Raleigh
Fifth Sunday B Y P U Convention Convenes
The First Annual B Y P U Association Convention meets at Boone Baptist Church on June 29 replacing the regular fifth Sunday gathering. J A Ivey from Raleigh and John R Jones of Wilkesboro will speak with local participants on the program. An evening missionary drama is planned. Delegates are urged to attend.
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B. Y. P. U. Association
Boone Baptist Church
J A. Ivey
Raleigh
John R. Jones
Wilkesboro
the Association
Bones of large prehistoric beast unearthed on coast
Wilmington residents report teeth and jaw bones from a massive prehistoric creature dredged from the Intracoastal Waterway between Carolina Beach and Myrtle Grove Sound. The nine inch teeth eight inch jaw tooth and several pounds of bone suggest a powerful animal. Major W A Snow notified the State Museum for identification and further search continues.
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Wilmington
N. C
America
Carolina Beach
Myrtle Grove Sound
W. A. Snow
H. H. Brimlye
State Museum
Boone Hosts National Parks Conference Delegates
More than forty Boone business and professional men welcomed the tenth annual National Conference on State Parks in Linville. Delegates, including state park leaders from across the United States, will tour Blowing Rock Boone Valle Crucis Banner Elk Newland and return to Linville for Friday programs led by Dr B B Dougherty and others.
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Boone
Linville
United States
National Conference On State Parks
I. G. Greer
Appalachian State Teachers College
Watauga
America
College
B. B. Dougherty
Blowing Rock
Grover C. Robbins
M. E. Judd
Dalton
Yonahlossee Highway
Valle Crucis
Banner Elk
Newland
Lees-McRae College
Edgar H. Tufts
Mark Squires
Lenoir
North Carolina Park Commission
David C. Chapman
Knoxville
Tennessee Great Smoky Mountain Park Commission
Squires
North Carolina
Kelseys
McRaes
Smokies
Congress
Secretary of the Interior
Grandfather Mountain
Shenandoah National Park
Great Smoky Mountains Park
Chapman
Tennessee
Col. Chapman
South
William A. Welch
Palisades Interstate Park
Ernest F. Coe
Harlena James
American Civic Association
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh News and Observer
Correction Issued On Boone Township Senate Vote Counts
A correction notes a transposed numeral miscast Bailey's votes in Boone Township by 238 mistaken for 283. Privilege cards of Craven County Federated Farmers Exchange members grant 10 to 20 percent discounts on farm supplies.
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Boone Township
Bailey
Federated Farmers Exchange of
Craven County
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