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i Vehicles frotH-U.
have been turned oyer by the
War Depajjment to the Depart
meet Apiculture id be dis
tributed to the State highway
departments for use in roa'dbuild
iog. 1%y range in capatffr
from two to five tb&t,iw4 have
avalueof more than 145,000,000.
AH that the States must do to
acquire these tnk&sis to pay the
loading and freight charges and
must agree to use them on road"
construction in whole or. in jwni
under Federal aid, for which
$200,00*000 was recently appro
priated by Congress.
The trucks were declared sur
plus by||e War Department, and
beiog nip longer needed for war
uses, for -which tSey were
bought, tfh as been determined
and at theame time eitend the
aid the Federal Government is
giving the' States in highway
construction. The motors will
be allotted to States only on re
quest o{ttighway deportments in
ment pro
law appr
Ae Law,
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(Under the stimulus of Federal
aid, ibe States have extensive
highway construction underway.
H
^ MBU iiitiuuuijj .
lor n i^l 0f l.O57 *oad |
_ . were approved by Sec
retary of Agriculture Hou$m,
administers the Federal A?J
a
121.81 and total Federal aid of
$36,576,857.48. The numf
?|ect9 actually executed up to!
e was 535, for 4,424.83 j
road.^t cost of $39,059,
327.44, of which $15,614,929.61 %
(b be paid from the Feiiera)
Treasury.'
"Dunns; April, Secretary How*
ton approved 120 road projects
involving this improv ement ci\
923.53 miles at-an estimated cost
of $16,261,326.51, of which $7,*
528,550.68 will come from the
Federal appropriation. Thi^ is
the largest estimate and fee
heaviest request for Federal aid
for any month since the passage
of the law. ' y C*:
During the same month, the
Secretary of Ac^oUure and
State highway departments ex
ecuted 55 road
ments,
men! of 521.51
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The Norlh Carolina Metho-*
dials conference has exceeded its
quoit of $1,608,455 in thecenten
ar/drive by $22,25^65, it was
announced last night by the con
ference campam director, Mr.
? Newsom of Durham, The
conference has fcecurecHn pledg
tta total of Jl, 630, 714.65.
Only three districts in the
North Carolina conference have
failed to go over the top, and at
is believed when the full returns
areata it will be found these like
the rest, have exceeded their
The only districts in the con
ference which have not subscrib
ed their full allotments are Eliia
belJj City, Fayetteville and Wii
miogton, AO of these are large
districts and well, scattered. Mr.
Newsom last night stated die be
lief that when all the returns are
in these districts like the others
,UfPlU*
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last have
Under fhe priced
byrn^Mm
olflwGetmitw
clauses of tfcu treaty,
ways be the ocoasion of great and just
pride to her future geatfatlbfli. Every
eall made of the old North State, tor
?en, money, food, manufactured prod
ucts, was promptly and generously
met The war record of the bojre to
the service, and none hare better, La#
been matched by ttye women and men
who at all tlmM etood wildly back of
their fighting boob. Her boys were
In the thick of the battle and thoee at
jhWMK aaw to It that the farms, facto
rlea. banks, buninegfi *tner*ltr ittd w
forts Individually, were ?}1 ltoaftup.to
-wta..ihe war. Every appeal for funds
was met and over. Liberty Bonds/War
Savings Stamps, the Bed Crow, X* M
C. A. and other welfare agencies ail
received generous support from the
people of North Carolina.
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* The war Is won and for the most
qt us It is over and done with. The
boys coming back from France cast
off their uniform with a feeling of a
Job well and completely done. It Is
over for them. They hare done all
that was asked or isx&ectsd of ' them
w-w ma Mail
and better. But thwo are a low
which wae held
ir. North Caro
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paid to up to this
this work.'
Naval Seaplane
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Ponta Delgada, May 28.? The
Atlantic ocean has been crossed
iaan aerial passage,theAmeri
can navy wmQiDtif the hoflofc?^f
The American seaplabe NC-f
accomplished the feat by wing
ing Us way to Lisbon yesterday
from the Azores,-whence il had
alreacy flown from the shores of
l&e United Slates naval^aero
plane NC I, NC-3 -and NCM
started from Rockaway Point,
N^oaftay &h. qa the ^ire-,
liminary leg of their flight across
the Atlantic. The >fC4 and
continuous flight
TTfrrr-" ? r , " /.
ed at Horta, to the Azores, the
next day, having been itftheair
thirteen hours. The NC I fast
her way in a fog and her crew
was picked op by a Greek
Steamer and taken to the Azores,
the plane being k?t. Tbfe NO 3
after losing her bearings alifbt
ed on the sea* from which Coin
mander Towers, in charge of
the craft, was unable to rise.
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A Clinic will he held' in Dr. G
. EtfenYCjfltce ^National Bank
"diag, third floor, Greenville,
. C, on June 5th and 6th. All
children operated on will be
kept over nfeht in the Emer
gency Hospital and they can go
home next morning. Not leas
than eleven and no more than
'- rteen will be operated on at
k clinic^ The vcpal wiH be '
,00 for each operatkm. All
shot^ he given a Kgfct
who desiretheir child refli^perat
ed
b mm
lite, wi ~~ a" & tedj
June 8 to 14 as Boy Seoul Week J
vice president of the People's
National bankin Winston&*mi |
has been named chairman for
North Carolina* Mr. Blair has
issued the foHowing^appeaHto
the people of the State:
? "1 he President of the United
States has designated June 8 to
14 inclusive as Boy Scout Week.
Hon. W ? G. McAdoo has accept
ed the chairmanship of the CM
zens National Committee. The
editors, ministers, Rotary club,
Y. M.C. A., four minute ipeak*
en, teachers and business men,
are ail requested to assist in this
moyem^nr. iTha time la ihort,
?fr every community ii requeued
: Brat, May ft? AM ta troop
?t the 81m (Wild (M WvMwk,