Fifty Graduates Receive Diplomas at Lees-McRae
Lees-McRae College held its thirty third commencement in Banner Elk North Carolina with President Tufts presiding. E W Palmer spoke on The Apprenticeship of Education and awards were given for Fidelity Bible Oratorical Debating and other medals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Taylor
Melvin Sumpter
John Forbes
Edith Kessler
Bob Agle
Ladie Rice
Peggie Ramsey
Bessie Starling
Viola Johnson
Pritchett
Tufts
W. C. Tate
Grace Hospital
Nurses’ Training School
R. H. Hardin
Lees- McRae
Legion Auxiliary to Sell Poppies Saturday
The Legion Auxiliary promotes Poppy Day urging support for disabled veterans and their families. It notes veterans earn one penny per poppy and highlights rising need as over 25 000 names were added since last year to the list of America s fallen defenders.
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Land of Opportunity
American Legion Auxiliary
America
Valdese Murder Case Heads to June Burke Court
Alvin Eller, linked to the Valdese robbery and murder of Gus Bounous, faced a preliminary hearing in Burke County Court. Judge Cowan remanded him to jail without bond to await the June term of Burke Superior Court, then moved him back to Marion for safety reasons. Eleven blind Britons registered daily last year.
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Morganton
Alvin Eller
California
Gus Bounous
Cowan
Burke Superior Court
Marion
Simmons Files in Bankruptcy
Former Senator Farnifold M. Simmons of New Bern filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition in federal court listing liabilities of 134 421.96 and assets of 110 494.47. He cited heavy losses and reliance on farm income with three large farms foreclosed and mortgage and security liabilities exceeding 50 000, seeking protection for solvent assets and a fair distribution among creditors.
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New Bern
N. C
Farnifold M. Simmons
William B. Duncan
Raleigh
United States
Warren
Simmons
Doctors discuss yellow fever tests on criminals in New Orleans
Dr Bolivar J Lloyd proposed using condemned criminals for yellow fever inoculation experiments if execution costs are covered and survivors win freedom. He would even expose himself to the bites for science if life insurance for his family is provided. A Rowan County note mentions brothers trading lespedeza seed for cash and government crop funds for a spring effort.
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New Orleans
Bolivar J. Lloyd
United States
American Medical Association
Rowan County
Lespedeza
Amelia Earhart lands in Ireland after solo transatlantic flight
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic landing in Culmore Ireland after a hazy fiery crossing from Harbor Grace. She reported the feat to her husband George Palmer Putnam and prepared to fly on to Croydon England in a borrowed plane.
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Amelia Earhart
Ocean
Aviatrix
Culmore
Ireland
Paris
Erin
Ulster
North Ireland
Amelia Earhart Putnam
Atlantic
Harbor Grace
N. F
Robert Gallagher
Croydon
England
Lindbergh
Charles A. Lindbergh
New York
Mr. Gallagher
George Palmer Putnam
Beer Bill Rejected by House In Dry versus Wet Vote
Washington reports the House defeated the O'Connor Hall 2.75 percent beer bill after a party line and cross party switch vote. The tally on the motion to consider stood 169 for, 228 against, with one present. Notable shifts included Minnesota's Kvale siding with wets and Indiana's Wood switching to the wet side.
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Washington
House
O’conner-Hull
Kvale
Minnesotta
Volstead
Wood
Indiana
Hancock
North Carolina
Judiciary Committee
Frank Hancock
O’connor-Hall
Abernathy
Tax bill hits bachelors in Dublin Irish Free State
Irish bachelors faced higher taxes from the new Free State tax bill in the Dail. A bachelor earning 300 pounds yearly would pay about 19 pounds, while an income of 1000 pounds would incur roughly 638 dollars in tax, under the proposed income tax schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dublin
Irish Free State
Free State
Dail Eireann
Notice of Sale in Watauga County North Carolina
Public notice from Watauga County North Carolina that W. R. Lovill as trustee will sell on June 6 1932 at Boone courthouse door the property of B T Taylor and Bettie Taylor to satisfy debts secured by a deed of trust dated May 12 1928 including three described tracts totaling 126 acres in Stony Fork Township Watauga County and referencing prior deeds and recorded details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
of Watauga
B. T. Taylor
Bettie Taylor
W. R. Lovill
B. B. Dougherty
Smith Hagaman
L. M. Farthing
Office of the Register of Deeds
Watauga County
Court House
Boone
N. C
Landsa
Watauga
Stony Fork Township
T. L. Greene
Dolly Greene
W. E. Greene
Sherman Wellborne
Elk Creek Lumber Company
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Lees-Mwrae
Kingsport
Pritchard
Robert Agile
Edith Barlow
Esther Barlow
Ruth Barlow
Janice Brown
Hazel Cannon
Ethel Flannery
Edgar Greene
Edith Kesler
Mildred Loven
Genevieve Luttrell
Ralph Nidiffer
Helen Norman
Clara Norris
Hazel Norris
Walter Ramsey
Mary Russell
Mary Stanley
Fred Stinson
Rebecca Stockton
Nellie Townsend
Mary Young
Gertie Waycaster
Lara Belle’ Atkinson
Mary Sue Banner
Pauline Banner
Alberta Campbell
Helen Dellinger
Cecil Dayton
Harlan
Legion Auxiliary
Valdese
Britain
Gragg
Stacil Gragg
Elbert Hollifield
Ruby Hudler
Ruth Lee Jordan
Frances Morris
Gaither Nawnam
Ellis Oakes
Lydie Rice
John Shannon
Faye Deane Smith
Grace Stuart
Maxie Weaver
Fae Welch
Gailen Willis
Jack Wilson
Nurses Training School
Bessie Mae Crumm
Flora Smith
Mrs.Coxe
Central Tire Co
Phillips
Van
Staley’s
Carolina
Carolina People
Secretary of
S of State
James A. Hartness
Hartness
Adv
Val
Nyal
Zee Ae
Watauga Drug Company
Dan Smith
Tom Price
John Lacy
Oohnson City Highway
Elizabethton
Interstate Land Company
Bristol, VA
Trollinger & Trollinger
Elizabethton, Tenn
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