Raleigh Honors Daniels on Return Home and Birthday
Ambassador to Mexico Josephus Daniels and his wife were celebrated at a Raleigh chamber of commerce welcome. Governor Ehringhaus and W. H. Weatherspoon spoke, and Daniels received a commemorative book with letters from Roosevelt Garner Rainey and others. He noted wealth concentration and warned on future tax impacts. Raleigh mourned two prominent women killed in autos. Dr Delia Dixon Carrol of Meredith College and Mrs Will X Coley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. R. Dunnagan
Raleigh
N. C
Josephus Daniels
Mexico
Daniels
Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
Republic
South
Washington, N. C
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
W. H. Weatherspoon
H. B. Branch
Commerce Secretary
Roosevelt
Navy
Wilson
J. N. Garner
Henry T. Rainey
Washington
Mr. Daniels
Delia Dixon- Carrol
Meredith College
Dixon
Shelby
A. C. Dixon
Thomas Dixon
Will X. Coley
The
News and Observer
W. C. Harris
Winder Harris
Norfolk Virginia Pilot
L. S. Harris
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Charles A. Harris
Kentucky Woman Leads County Co Shoppe
Barnes, a cashier, was killed and Solon Little gravely hurt. Lester and B H Green, father and son, await execution after death sentence. R E Black of High Point reprieved for three weeks. Stefanoff confession links other robberies in Durham Gibsonville Denton and more. Teachers to receive pay from $500000 federal grant. North Carolina delayed to secure funds. Governor Ehringhaus notes legality and timing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. Barnes
Solon
Lester
B. H. Green
R. E. Black
High Point
Stefanoff
Durham
Gibsonville
Denton
Greens
Clemency Prediction For Luke Lea Jr Sparks Broad Petitions
Governor Ehringhaus may grant clemency to Luke Lea Jr. tied to the Central Bank collapse case. Mrs. Luke Lea Sr. of Nashville leads a large, supportive wave from Tennessee and North Carolina petitioners. Lea Jr. suffers from malignant lower intestinal cancer, with parole possible soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lea
Ehringhaus
Luke Lea
Nashville
Tenn
Luke Lea, Jr
Central Bank and Trust Company
Asheville
Edwin Gill
Two Die in Electric Chair in State Prison
James R. Sheffield of Canton and Mike Stefanoff, both 47 and white, were executed in the State's Prison electric chair on Friday for murder. Sheffield denied guilt while Stefanoff penned a confession implicating others in High Point. They were numbers 134 and 135 in the chair, with Sheffield linked to the ambush murder of James Bud Miller in Haywood County and Stefanoff to a Taylorsville bank robbery case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James R. Sheffield
Canton
Mike Stefanoff
Sheffield
Stefanoff
High Point
James
Bud) Miller
Haywood County
Taylorsville
North Carolina educators eyed as Dr. Allen’s possible replacement
The article notes no 15 percent voluntary cut and names Clyde Erwin and Guy B. Phillips as potential successors to Dr. Allen. It also reports many public school teachers seeking summer work due to reduced salaries, with Capus Waynick confirming a spike in re employment applications across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Erwin
Rutherford County
Guy B. Phillips
Greensboro
North Carlina Education Association
Dr. Allen
Capus M. Waynick
North Carolina
State leases Onslow land to relief program for garden crops
One thousand acres of a 6000 acre tract in Onslow County owned by the State Board of Education is leased for one year with five year renewal options to the State relief administration led by Mrs. Thomas O’Berry. The nominal $10 yearly lease funds unemployed aid and local garden and truck plots to reduce direct relief. Lapidary position sought in Asheville for cutting and setting stones found by tourists to create souvenirs for visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Onslow County
State Board of Education
State Relief Administration
Thomas O’berry
Asheville
Highway Fund Sets Route 21 Beautification Plan North Carolina
The $50,000 highway beautification portion of the $9,550,000 emergency highway aid for North Carolina will fund four miles on Route 21 from Raleigh to Leesville road toward Durham. A June 5 beautification event includes tree planting and reshaping banks. Over $500,000 will back more projects, with 16 or more to be bid if approved by Washington, leaving about $1.2 to $1.5 million in remaining aid. Also noted: potential successor to late East Carolina Teachers College president Dr. Robert H. Wright, with Dr. A. T. Allen named as possible head, given his long career in education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. T. Allen
North Carolina
Ehringhaus
Raleigh
Leesville
Durham
Washington
Route 28
Boone
Blowing Rock
State officers urged to refund 15 percent of salaries
About 33 000 will be saved this fiscal year if all constitutional officers return 15 percent of their salaries as required of non constitutional officers. Governor Ehringhaus Attorney General Brummitt and State Superintendent Allen already refunded. Treasurer Johnson and Secretary Wade and Auditor Durham have not refunded but may before year end. refunds voluntary due to constitutional limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Ehringhaus
D. G. Brummitt
Superintendent of Public Instruction
A. T. Allen
Charles M. Johnson
Stacey W. Wade
Staet
Baxter Durham
State Moves to End Toll Bridges and Bankers Form Syndicate
The State Highway and Public Works Commission approved a plan to eliminate privately owned toll bridges across Wrightsville Wrightsville Beach Morehead City Atlantic Beach and Currituck Sound routes. If purchases fail the state will build necessary bridges. A 1935 assembly vote may transfer bonds for Cho Wan River and Cape Fear River bridges to end tolls. A bankers syndicate formed in Raleigh to bid on 12.23 million short term notes turning to bonds by July 16 with NC and New York banks competing for a 4 percent rate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Ehringhaus
E. B. Jeffress
Wrightsville
Wrightsville Beach
Morehead City
Atlantic Beach
Point Harbro
Currituck Sound
Kitty Hawk
General Assembly
Chowan River
Edenton
Cape Fear River
Wilmington
Bankers Syndicate
North Carolina
Charles M. Johnson
New York
Blondell Wins Top Screen Progress Award in 1934
Joan Blondell receives the achievement trophy from the same judges who named her a Wampus screen star in 1931. The award credits her as making the greatest screen advancement since then, based on ballots cast, amid debates over access to the workspace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Joan Blondell
Wampus
Dutch Schmidt Sentenced to 32 Years in Atlanta Prison
Asheville dispatch reports Ludwig Schmidt known as Dutch, a Touhy gang figure, convicted in the Charlotte mail truck robbery case for 105000 dollars. He was moved to Atlanta federal prison Thursday under U S Marshal Charles E Price. Basil Banghart also heads to Illinois prison at Chester for a 36 year term concurrent with a 99 year sentence from the John Factor kidnapping case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
N. C
Ludwig
Dutch) Schmidt
Chicago
Charlotte
Atlanta
Schmidt
U. S
Charles E. Price
Marshal Price
Basil Banghart
Illinois
Chester
John
Jake the Barber
Physicians to Meet for Cancer Clinic in Banner Elk
Doctors from North Carolina Tennessee and Virginia will convene June 4 and 5 at Grace Hospital and Pinnacle Inn Banner Elk under Grace Hospital and Avery County Medical Association. Dr Charles DeForest Lucas directs the sessions with talks by noted specialists from Duke Wake Forest Cornell and other institutions. The program includes lectures demonstrations and lantern slides concluding with clinics and demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banner Elk
N. C
Grace Hospital
Pinnacle Inn
Avery County Medical Association
R. H. Hardin
Hardin
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Charles DeForest Lucas
Memorial Hospital
Cornell University
New York
Wiley D. Forbus
Duke University
W. T. West
Johnson City
Tenn
H. W. Bachman
Bristol
fa.Tenn
Albert O. Kern
Knoxville
Robert H. Lafferty
Charlotte
L. B. McBrayer
Southern Pines
North Carolina Medical Society
Owen Moore Charlotte
Herbert Acuff
R. L. Gibbons
C. H. Cooke
Asheville
J. T. Burrus
High Point
Lucas
Forty nine years ago in rural life a reflection
The piece recalls old customs and sayings from decades past. It contrasts traditional practices such as egg clarified coffee, side saddles, brass-toed shoes, and simple foods with current changes, noting how attitudes and routines have shifted while preserving a wry sense of nostalgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie
Daddy
Mason
Primary Voters May Receive Ballot Aid in Primaries
Attorney General D G Brummitt issues opinion clarifying that voters may receive aid from election officials family members or others chosen by the voter in the June 2 primary. Aid is allowed only at the voter’s request and no markers or assistants may be appointed. Voters also have the right to be present for ballot counting with officials able to provide adequate space for the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Brummitt
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kentucky Girl
Lexington
Cleta Moody
Europe
United States
Fire Cor MA In
John B. Steele
Boone, North Carolina
Truck Garden
Dutch Schmidt
Touhy
Trip
Goodyear
Goodyear Speedway
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!