Tobacco farmers win pledge to cut North Carolina crops
Governor Ehringhaus leads a national effort to back a voluntary tobacco holiday and a 30 percent acreage cut for 1934 and 1935. Washington, with Roosevelt's backing, moves to fund growers via a four cent per pound tax to ease losses while prices may rise toward parity.
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Raleigh
J. C. B. Ehringhaus
Ehringhaus
Washington
Virginia
South Carolina
Georgia
Langley not to die as governor halts execution
Langley avoided the electric chair after Governor Ehringhaus commuted his death sentence for the murder of Lonnie Russell. Parole officials will reexamine the case amid conflicting alibi claims about Langley’s location. Stone received the death penalty for killing his son in law Wayne Norman, with grisly details noted at his execution. Etheridge urges eastern forest designation under the national recovery plan with funds for lands and Civilian Conservation Corps use.
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Langley
Stone
Bryant Stone
Wilkes County
Wayne Norman
Yancey Harris
Fanny Stone
Cycle
State Prison
Etheridge
R. Bruce Etheridge
Piedmont
Civilian Conservation Corps
Apeire-Viel
Teacher Salaries Set by State Boards and Commission
The two bodies' committees and the State School Commission approved next year’s teacher salaries, now endorsed by the State Board of Education. Salaries run 45 to 90 dollars monthly, using over 13 million of 16 million in school funds. Attorney General Brummitt opposed, urging a 10 percent raise if revenues allow. The Governor may raise salaries of state employees if revenues justify it.
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State School Commission
State Board of Education
General Assembly
D. G. Brummitt
North Carolina Reports August Cash Position and Overdrafts
The state reduced the general fund overdraft to about 1.13 million by limiting August expenditures to under 1 million from the general fund, while August receipts totaled 2.38 million. The highway fund rose to about 5.67 million in the month’s start with receipts of 2.62 million and expenditures of 2.09 million, ending August at 6.19 million.
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General Fund
North Carolina
Brummitt Opinion Budgets Four Local Government Posts
Governor Ehringhaus may need to remove four of five new Local Government Commission members after Attorney General Brummitt’s ruling that four hold two offices, violating the Constitution. Eligible is Meade H. Willis. ex officio members include four state officers. Also, county farm agents will list cotton farmers receiving $2.8 million to plow under cotton, to check relief recipients and prevent misuse of funds.
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Ehringhaus
D. G. Brummitt
Local Government Commission
Brummitt
E. B. Denny
Gastonia
E. B. Horner
Burlington
Louis Fisher
Wilmington
John L. Skinner
Warren County
Meade H. Willis
Winston-Salem
North Carolina
Thomas O’berry
Department of Agriculture
O’berry
North Carolina Lumber Output Falls in 1932
North Carolina produced 382,852,000 board feet of lumber in 1932, down from 500,302,000 in 1931, a 24 percent drop. The U.S. total fell 39 percent from 16,522,643,000 to 10,159,465,000. NC led with 649 active mills as portable banks moved across tracts, with soft woods dominating at 314,738,000 board feet including 293,206,000 yellow pine and 68,114,000 hardwoods.
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North Carolina
U. S. Bureau of the Census
J. S. Holmes
Motor Directors to Meet for National Uniform Rules
State motor vehicle directors meet in Chicago late this month to form a national group. They aim to craft reciprocal regulations and avoid federal road-closure penalties from the Bureau of Public Roads if states fail to agree. L. S. Harris announces the plan to seek nationwide cooperation.
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Chicago
L. S. Harris
Federal Bureau of Public Roads
North Carolina Auto Sales Rise in August Over 1932 Figures
Sales of new automobiles in North Carolina show a continued rise with August figures slightly above July and more than doubling August 1932. Through August total auto sales reach 16 947 and 3 760 trucks, per Motor Vehicle Bureau Director Harris.
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North Carolina
Harris
Motor Vehicle Bureau
National League Packs Upset and Car Sales Data
The item lists a variety of classic cars sold and on hand including two Lincolns, Hud cars, Pierce Arrows and a Cadillac with track sales of 413 Chevrolets 196 Fords 51 Internationals 43 Dodges and 14 Little Automobiles. It also reports federally funded unemployment relief in North Carolina totaling 7 360 500 for 11 months and estimated 400 000 for September bringing 12 month total near 7 800 000. Watauga County allocations are shown by month from October to August. The excerpt ends with a note on bird care and the 1929 NC Crop Improvement Association membership.
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North Carolina
Thomas O'Berry
Watauga County
A Timely Farm Question on Crooked Breasts in Pallets
The condition results from mineral and element deficiencies in feed or improper perch poles. A balanced mash with cod liver oil and vitamins A and D helps correct it, and flat roosting surfaces on perch poles support proper alignment.
Seed Producers Deliver Big Tusters of Certified Seed
506 members produced 102,006 tusters of certified seed last season. This output reflects robust collaboration among growers and seed-certifying bodies, highlighting strong supply for planting cycles ahead.
Woman credits Kruschen remedy for neuritis relief
Mrs. A. Yv. Carr of Ft. Tilden New York reports crippling neuritis on the left side of her head arm and knees eased after three weeks taking Kruschen as directed. She weighs 210 pounds then 154 now and says she feels 30 at over fifty while others in her household also use it. The ad urges a half teaspoon daily in hot water each morning and notes a four week supply at little cost.
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Dr. Brown
Johnny Green
Mary Doe
Farmer Brown
Central
Brooklyn
N. Y
Kruschen
A. Yv. Carr
Ft. Tilden
Doctor Baughman Here Monthly in Boone Dr Hagaman Office
Eye ear nose and throat specialist Dr C B Baughman of Elizabethton Tennessee will practice in the office of Dr J B Hagaman Boone on the first Monday of each month for his profession.
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C. B. Baughman
Elizabethton
Tenn
J. B. Hagaman
Boone
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Secretary of Agriculture
Faby. J.'s
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Europe
Spain
Gyrg
North Carolina Crop Improvement Association
Kista
Bill McKechnie
Boston Braves
Memphis Bills
New York Giants
Terry
Giants
Thomas Parks
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co
Vatenrenaves
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