Tobacco War Closes Warehouses Under North Carolina Proclamation
Governor Ehringhaus calls for a tobacco sale holiday and possible militia action to close warehouses until prices rise. South Carolina and Virginia governors join in the effort to lift prices, while growers press for 20 cents per pound or more amid NRA effects and uncertain demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
North Carolina
Washington
South Carolina
Virginia
Ehringhaus
Ibra Blackwood
Henry A. Wallace
Blackwood
Pollard
Roosevelt
NRA
Etheridge Sworn North Carolina Conservation Director
R Bruce Etheridge of Manteo was sworn in by Chief Justice W P Stacy as director of the Department of Conservation and Development succeeding Col J W Harrelson. Etheridge plans no immediate personnel changes and the governor will call a board meeting soon to discuss consolidating state game warden and inland fisheries offices. Harrelson returns to State College as mathematics head and potential president in future. Board of Education is to meet to consider the teacher salary schedule after Governor Ehringhaus returns. A ten percent increase is suggested but funds are reallocated within the commission. A negro delegation urged no discrimination in salaries for teachers of equal grades and training. the commission said maximum salaries are fixed and local boards hire staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Bruce Etheridge
Manteo
W. P. Stacy Friday
Department of Conservation and Development
Col
J. W. Harrelson
Etheridge
Raleigh
Harrelson
State College
Board of Education
State School Commission
Ehringhaus
LeRoy Martin
Boards of Education
Bootleggers Again in Action Reported in Raleigh
A Raleigh bootlegging gang captured one boy and chased two others last week. They fired on the youths, suspecting theft of five cases of liquor hid in a house. Police arrested three suspects on charges of carrying concealed weapons assault with deadly weapons transporting whisky and locating a house without authority. This marks the fourth beating and chase incident linked to liquor in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Highway Commission Meeting Described Like Quiet Quaker Session
A State Highway and Transportation panel convened in a calm, contemplative session, described as resembling a Quaker meeting more than a rousing Methodist assembly as officials discussed routes and funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Commission
Public Works Commission Wades Through Bids and Re-elected Engineers
The Public Works Commission met in a chastened mood, accepted bids on a batch of projects, moved another batch to Washington for preliminary approval, and re-elected five division engineers on the joint recommendation of Chairman E. B. Jeffress and Engineer John D. Waldrop. Forty preliminary projects totaling over 2 million dollars were sent to Washington, including 22 regular projects worth 1 215 000, ten secondary projects 767 000, and eight municipal projects 30 000. George H. Adams of Charlotte begins this week as assistant secretary of the Local Government Commission to coordinate bond payment schedules and seek bondholder approval for spreading payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Works Commission
Washington
Charles Ross
H. K. Witherspoon
E. B. Jeffress
John D. Waldrop
J. C. Gardner
Tarboro
B. W. F. Morson
Fayetteville
D. M. Ray
Greensboro
D. H. E. Noell
Statesville
E. J. C. Walker
Asheville
George H. Adams
Charlotte
Local Government Commission
Adams
Doubt Cast on Langley Guilty Verdict Before Friday
Parole Commissioner Edwin M. Gill expressed serious doubt about Gus Langley's guilt in the Buncombe County murder of a filling station operator. Langley, twice convicted, was scheduled to die Friday but hearings suggested possible grounds for commuting the sentence pending further inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin M. Gill
Gus Langley
Buncombe County
Langley
Wilmington
Reward Offered Over Dock Rogers Lynching Case Dispute
Governor Ehringhaus offers reward for capture and conviction of lynchers of Dock Rogers in Pender County. Pender residents deny a lynching, saying Rogers was shot during a burning building incident after he killed an officer and wounded another.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehringhaus
Dock Rogers
Pender County
Pender
Rogers
Bank Act Questioned as Unconstitutional in Asheville Case
In re Central Bank and Trust Co of Asheville, N C, before Judge Felix A Alley, the N C Supreme Court to hear appeals from Second and Nineteenth district cases challenging the Sullivan bank act. State-wide bill passed on a Saturday with no general session, later extended to 53 counties. court held the act impaired contracts and granted special privileges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Sullivan
Buncombe County
General Assembly
N. C. Supreme Court
Sullivan
House
Senate
Central Bank and Trust Company of
Asheville
N. C
Felix A. Alley
Wilkes Slayer Writes Letter Before Execution
Bryant Stone of Wilkes County dictated a long letter to his wife on death row claiming he suffered from Wayne Norman’s killing. He confessed to murder after months of denial, asked his wife to take his body to lay beside Annie Lee's grave, and said he felt prepared to meet his God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Bryant Stone
Wilkes County
Wayne Norman
Norman
Stone
Edwin M. Gill
Joyce Stone
State's Prison
Gus Langley
Buncombe County
Joyce
Bryant
Annie Lee
Valley Folks Share Visits and Weddings in Local Notes
Valle Crucis residents welcome guests from Johnson City and Charlotte while bids farewell to Ole Jacobson family heading to Fort Pierce. Beulah Tester wed Jeff Shook in Episcopal Church with Rev L F Kent officiating. residents attend bridge games and music. Ray Farthing to Mars Hill for college. Century of Progress visit noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Arthur Mast
China Grove
Concord
Daisy M. Greer
Grace Mast
J. H. Hobby
Ray Farthing
R. A. Farthing
Mars Hill
Frank Baird
George Rowe
Charlotte
Gilbert Taylor
Wilma Baird
George Farthing
L. F. Kent
West Virginia
Beulah Tester
Jeff Shook
Episcopal
Be Independent Win 1000 A Year For Life Slogan Contest
The American Weekly Magazine announces a slogan contest with a top prize of 1000 dollars annually for life and nine additional cash prizes. The promotion runs in every Sunday issue of the Baltimore American, and readers are urged to purchase the magazine from newsdealers or newsboys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Life
American Weekly
Baltimore American
Newsboy
Doctor Baughman to See Patients Monthly in Boone
Dr. C. B. Baughman an Eye Ear Nose and Throat specialist based in Elizabethton Tennessee will hold monthly office hours in the Boone office of Dr. J. B. Hagaman on the first Monday of each month for professional practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Baughman
Elizabethton
Tenn
J. B. Hagaman
Boone
Also Mentioned on This Page
State
Internal Revenue Collections, Com
Charles H. Robertson
Champ Hog
John C. Cameron
Weston
KKK
OL Man
Commissioner of Revenue
A. J. Maxwell
Maxwell
Michigan
Dale Wood
Athens
Mich
Dale
Chicago
Wilkes
Farmers Hardware and Supply Company
Boone, North Carolina
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!