Noted Singer Dead
Madame Ernestine Scbumann-
Heink, world famous singer, died
on Tuesday night at her home in
California. She was 75 years old.
She had made and had lost or
spent an enormous fortune and
had in recent years worked for the
movies instead of on a concert
stage. She was noted for her gen
erosity not only to her own fam
ily, but to others in need.
President Goes Through State
President Roosevelt pass e d
through North Carolina on Wed
nesday of this week enroute to
Charleston, S. C. where he was to
embark on the cruiser Indianapolis
for a vacation cruise. He expects
to visit Etoenos Ayres for the
economic relations, conference be
fore returning to the United
States.
Tugwell Resigns
Rexford Tugwell has resigned as
head of the Rural Resettlement
Administration. For months this
move has been foretold by some
and denied by othesr. Tugwell
says he will enter private business.
New Prison Cells
Work recently done at the State
Prison made fireproof the cells
where prisoners are confined and
gives great relief to those who
feared that some day fire might
take the lives of those within the
walls. It is said that nothing in
the cells now will burn except the
cotton mattresses. Cells have been
painted, toilets installed, shower
baths provided, and inmates will be
allowed to play some games. Much
of the reconstruction work, cost
ing $470,000, was done by the pris
oners.
One Twin Has Pneumonia
Siamese twins, joined at she
base of their spines by muscular
tissue, are in a New York hospital.
One has pneumonia and is danger
ously ill. The other is thus forced
to stay in bed also. The case is
being studied with much interest
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Old Age Registration Begun
Registration for the new old-age
security program has begun.
Blanks have been mailed to em
ployers and are to be filled out and
reU rned. Employees will receive
their blanks after Nov. 24. Post
masters in the communities wall
hav needed advice on the proper
i ro t Jure.
Persons are warned not to place
tons dence in those who wish to
• nroil them for a small fee. The
government makes no charge for
; hell, necessary.
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For Greater Safety
j 1, is claimed that automobile
tire- not inf-ated to capacity give
1 gr. : ter traction and friction and
■ le s danger of skidding as well as
1 more power to pull out of snow
drifts or sand ruts. However, one
is cautioned to drive slowly to
i avoid damage to tires when they
! r.rc p; rtially deflated.
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Millions of Turkeys
This year’s turkey crop is a
“ record breaker. There are said to
i be 20.000,000 of the birds nearly
• ready for market. Prices will be
lowei than last year, since 5,000,000
turkeys can affect the cost to the
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, REBELS ENTER MADRID
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• The rebel forces in the Spanish
; civil war have captured Madrid, the
> capital city. Some days ago the
i Loyalist government vacated the
t city, but many of the citizens and
i soldiei’s i emained to defend it. The
• stories of butchery and slaughter
, of women and children, are horrible
l p.nd the destruction of works of art
. tms to especially delight the in
. furiated fighters.
REPUBLICANS OFF BALLOT
IN FLORIDA NEXT TIME
i Because of a state law in Flori
■ da requiring that a political party
, must poll as much as thirty per
cent of the total vote before it can
I get its candidates’ names on the of
i i;ia! election ballots, the Republi
. can will not have a ticket in that
30 per cent requirement, uniy the
Democrats wil get on the ballots,
unles the law is changed before
1938.
WEST COAST STRIKE
Little progress has been made
toward settlement of the strike of
dock workers and other maritime
employees on the west coast. Much
shipping is tied up and in some in
stances company officials have put
on overalls and helped to load and
unload freight.. Hours and wages
are involved in the dispute which
culminated in the strike.
ELECTRIC CHAIR OUT
The electric chair claimed its
last victim Friday, unless the legist
lature amends the gas chamber law
or some criminal is yet apprehended
and convicted of a capital crime
committed before July of last year.
The chair will be kept in its place
at the end of death row to be ready
for either of these contingencies.
INCREASE IN TEXTILE WAGES
Sixty fiv e thousnd textile work
ers in the southern states will ben
efit by wage increases totaling $4.-
000,000 a year, acording to recent
announcement of the Textile Insti
tute. Many of these people live in
North Carolina. The action of the
mills in raising wages was volunta
ry and it is believed that the action
was taken as a step toward apply
ing NRA principles, to the industry.
Flying Aces—Raleigh Exchange
Club—Air Show
Starting promptly at three
o’clock Sunday afternoon at the
Raleigh Municipal Airport the Fa
mous Flying Aces, consisting of
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a two hour parade of spectacular
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Among these acts will be Miss
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standing on the top *wing of an
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long series of loops with her in
that position and as a climax she
will place herself upon the wing
while the pilot completes several
barrel-rolls with her, this latter
stunt has never been duplicated!
by any one, man or woman, it is
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> and positively no passengers will
I be carried during the show.
The admission price to the show
will be one dollar for an entire car
load of people, regardless of how
many in the car, and the Exchange
Club invites every one to fill up
their car with all it will hold and
come over and see America’s
Greatest Air show’ in action.
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