New Parkway Opens For Tourists In North Carolina
Asheville reports the Blue Ridge Parkway partial opening to tourism with 140 miles Adney Gap to Deep Gap open and additional sections with all weather surfaces. The vast route will connect Shenandoah to Great Smoky Mountains, offering expansive views, inns, and resorts along the way.
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Asheville
America
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
North Carolina
Tennessee
Prandeur
Adney Gap
Deep Gag
Beach Heights
Swannanoa Gap
Big Laurel Gap
Mt. Mitchell
Mount Pisgah
Wagon Road Gap
Ultimate Smoky Mountains
Blue Ridge Parkway
Harry F. Byrd
Robert R. Reynolds
Secretary of the Interior
Harold Ickes
PWA
Ickes
Ickes Eredt
North
Carolna
Blue Ridge Range
Mount Mitchell
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Roaring Gap
Blowing Rock
Grandfather Mountain
Linville Falls
Linville Gorge
Little Switzerland
Roan Mountain
Chimney Rock
Lake Lure
Whiteside Mountain
Tucaseege Falls
Max Patch
Cashier's Valley
Nantahala Gorge
Great Smoky Mountains Park
Virginia Line
Confucian Roots and Ancestor Worship in China
Uncle Ray surveys Chinese religion and culture, detailing Confucian teachings on filial piety, the blend of worship for household gods and war deities, and ancestor rites including candle lighting, incense, and offerings. The piece notes mourning customs, moon worship cycles, and a winter solstice service, ending with a teaser for tomorrow’s topic Chinese Junks.
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China
Confucius
Uncle Ray
Cranium Crackers Soundie Word Set Challenge
Lexicographers note repeating sounds in word forms and present four puzzle sets with near homophones and an extra hint that answers appear on the Want-Ad Page. Each line shows related terms such as jerkin gherkin workin and samovar among others, inviting readers to define the word pairs.
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Gramophone
Galley
Gallye
Gilly
S. C. Clark Jr Attains Outstanding Record in College of Engineering
Duke University engineer student Stephen Chester Clark Jr has the second highest scholastic average in his class. He is from High Point and a 1939 High Point High School graduate, pursuing electrical engineering at Duke under Dean W H Hall. The piece also notes a brace shop at Crippled Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City producing 150 braces monthly.
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S. C. Clark, JR
College OF Engineering
Durham
Stephen Chester Clark, Jr
High Point
Duke University
W. H. Hall
Young Clark
S.C. Clark
Parkway
High Point High School
Duke
Crippled Children’s Hospital
Oklahoma City
Okla
Plans For Trinity High School 1941 Graduation
Prof. EF McLeod announced plans for Trinity High School 1941 graduation. Sermon by Dr. G I Humphreys on Nov 4 and address by Dr. I G Greer on Nov 5 in the school auditorium. Senior class play piano recital declamation contests and class day to follow with alumni meeting May 5 and Dutch supper. Trinity with about 800 students and 22 teachers plans new gym and adds buildings after recent construction.
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EF. D. McLeod
Trinity High School
G. I. Humphreys
High Point College
I. G
Greer
Mills Home
Thomasville
Trinityeam
Trinity High School Alumni Association
Lrinity College
Durham
Duke University
Five Times Stronger Bombs Reported by Air Ministry
London April 3. The ministry of aircraft production stated that the new type high explosive bombs dropped on Emden Monday night had five times the blasting effect of any previously used by the RAF. RAF bomber pilots returning from the raid said the new bomb could hurl an entire building into the air.
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London
Ministry of Aircraf
Emden
RAF
Pasteurized Milk Named After Louis Pasteur
The term pasteurized milk honors Louis Pasteur, the French scientist who developed the pasteurization process to reduce microbial content in dairy products and improve safety.
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Louis Pasteur
Local trucking franchise sale to Thomasville firm
In Charlotte on April 3 the Interstate Commerce Commission approved transfers of three motor freight franchises. Old Vickery Motor Freight Corp of Thomasville bought W. H. Corn Motor Lines of High Point. Bishop and McNeill Truck Lines of North Wilkesboro acquired C. O. Bumearmer Truck Lines of North Wilkesboro. Haselden and Huggins Truck Lines of Lake City South Carolina bought Cooke and Haselden Truck Lines of Lake City.
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Charlotte
Interstate Commerce Commission
Old Vickery Motor Freight Corp
Thomasville
W. H. Corn Motor Lines
High Point
Bishop and McNeill Truck Lines
North Wilkesboro
C. O. Bumearmer Truck Lines
Haselden and Huggins Truck Lines
Lake City
S. C
Cooke and Haselden Truck Lines
Delayed Trajectory Incident In West Frankfort
William Darnell of West Frankfort in 1920 reportedly had a bullet fired into his head. Recently the bullet emerged from a nostril after he sneezed, a remarkable event described in local reports.
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William Darnell
West Frankfort
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Eastern
George L. Radcliffe
Baltimore
U. S
Thomas H. McDonald
Federal Roads
Arno B. Cammerer
Washington
Uncle Ray's
Southern Dairies
Sealtest, Inc
Ender One Commmen Ewenershi
Rudy Valive
NBC
Red Network
Atlantic Ocean
Dr. Humphreys
Dr. Greer
Carrie + Crawford
Charles W. Phillips
Greensboro
Allan Burton
McLeod
EFIRD
Efirds Department Store
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