Navy recruiting drives in North Carolina seek 400 sailors
The Navy seeks 400 men from North Carolina by April 20 to fill emergency complement and bolster national defense. Posters highlight immediate training and benefits, with recruiting stations in Raleigh Wilmington Winston Salem Charlotte and Asheville. Citizens too old to enlist can still aid by nominating candidates.
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North Carolina
United States ‘Navy
Oval
Navy Department
Uncle Sam
Navy
Marine Corps
Army
Raleigh
Wilson
America
Wilmington
Winston-Salem
Charlotte
Asheville
Alabama Teachers Meet Opens Largest Convention
The thirty sixth annual Alabama Educational Association convention began in Montgomery at the Grand theatre with several thousand visiting teachers. Governor Henderson and W T Robertson delivered welcomes, and Superintendent Hodges replied. Retiring president Dr James J Doster reviewed past work and future plans as sessions continue through the weekend with noted educators P P Claxton Thornwell Hayes Charles H Judd and H L Whitfield on the program.
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Montgomery
Ala
The
Alabama Educational Association
Grand Theatre
Association
Charles Henderson
W.T. Robertson
City Educational Commission
P. W. Hodges
Dothan
James J. Doster
University of Alabama
P. P. Claxton
United States Commissioner of Education
Thornwell Hayes
Birmingham College
Charles H. Judd
University of Chicago
H. L. Whitfield
Mississippi Industrial Institute
Northern Michigan Road Builders Hold Seventh Convention
The seventh annual convention of the Northern Michigan Road Builders' Association opened in Houghton today drawing county commissioners highway engineers contractors and road material men. University of Michigan highway department head John J. Cox delivered the opening address as sessions continue tomorrow.
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Houghton
Mich
Northern Michigan Road Builders’ Association
Hougton
John J. Cox
Univeristy of Michigan
Language barriers in Austrian prisoners in Italy hospital care
In Rome on April 4, Austrian prisoners show mistrust of Italian captors by refusing medicines unless prescriptions are translated into German. Once sure the remedy contains no poison, they take it. The Enterprise offers German-American war updates for ten cents a week.
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Rome
Shark meat eyed as potential food source by museum study
American Museum of Natural History researchers begin a three week study led by John T. Nichols to evaluate sharks as a food source and to track their Atlantic coast habits. The effort notes sharks' abundance near Florida and forages for commercial use alongside dogfish as a potential diet option.
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John T. Nichols
Department of Fishes
American Museum of Natural History
New York City
Nichols
Herman Armour Nichols
Chicago
New York
Florida
New Jersey
Museum
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Long Island
Benn
Atlantic
Florida Keys
Gulf Stream
English Chicory Grows on Large Farms After 40 Years
London April 5 reports the first large scale chicory cultivation in England in four decades. A Lincolnshire market garden yielded 29 tons per acre from the initial crop.
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Associated Press
London
Lincolnshire
Plans for Grand Lodge meeting in High Point
The 74th annual session of the Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will convene in High Point from May 15 to 17. Over 400 delegates from across the state are expected, with Daughters of Rebekah visitors joining. Local hosts strive for a royal reception and aim to boost membership in the state’s largest lodge outside Rocky Mount.
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Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Daughters of Rebekah
Rocky Mount
Grand Lodge
High Point
Wilson
Raleiga
Salisbury
Public smoking not illegal per New York magistrate ruling
A recent decision by a New York magistrate states that it is not a violation of law for women to smoke in public. The ruling clarifies public conduct and emphasizes personal choice in such matters.
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New York
Carolina and Yadkin River R R Co Schedule in Effect 1915
The Carolina and Yadkin River Railway Company timetable in effect October 1, 1915 lists expected arrival and departure times at stations but notes that times are not guaranteed and are subject to change without prior notice.
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Alabama Teachers’ Meeting
Northern Michigan Road Builders
American Museum of History
Miami
Fla
Southern Railway
R. A
Soury North
Carolina & Yadkin River
R.r.co
High Point Earees
Thomasville
Gordontown
Denton
High Rock
High Point Werere
J. E. Guy
Elwood Basement
DR. L. S. Fox
Wachovia Bank
Big Tooth
J. Fred Tesh
Optometrist
Liberty
High Point Motor Company
Ring
Rexall Store Bell
North State
Thacker
W. L. Armstrong
Guilford County
N. C
Nancy F. Armstrong
New York Life Insurance
F. A. Ogburn
W. O
Bank of Commerce
Randolph County
Frazier’s Siding
J. F. Luck
N. C. Public Service CO
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