Record #:

15277

Author(s):

Brown, Aycock

Abstract:

The Diamond Shoals Lightship is the largest vessel of its kind and is anchored thirteen miles off Cape Hatteras and five miles from the outer edge of Diamond Shoals. Its purpose is to warn ships away from the treacherous shoals where many have foundered over the centuries. Brown recounts what the crew does aboard a ship that never sails and how they deal with hurricanes. This lightship was the only American one sunk by a German submarine during World War I.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 2 Issue 23, Nov 1934, p3, 22, il

Subject(s):

Lightships--Diamond Shoals

Record #:

15278

Author(s):

Seay, Majel Ivey

Abstract:

Elisha Mitchell, scientist, minister, and University of North Carolina professor, lost his life trying to prove that Black Dome, now called Mount Mitchell, was the highest peak in the eastern United States. In 1881-1882, the United States Geological Service confirmed his measurements and named the peak after him. Mitchell determined its height in 1835 and was killed in a fall on the mountain in 1857.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 2 Issue 23, Nov 1934, p5, 26, il

Subject(s):

Mitchell, Elisha, 1793-1857

Record #:

15279

Author(s):

Sadler, W. J.

Abstract:

When Dr. Arch T. Allen, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, died in October 1934, Governor Ehringhaus, on October 24, 1934, appointed Clyde A. Erwin as his successor. Although he was president of the North Carolina Teachers Association in 1932, few people outside the profession knew of him. Sadler presents information about the life and work of the new superintendent.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 2 Issue 23, Nov 1934, p10

Subject(s):

Allen, Arch Turner, 1875-1934; Erwin, Clyde Atkinson, 1897-1952; North Carolina. Dept. of Public Instruction. Superintendent