Clergy Installation and Local News From 1934
Local items report Dr. Joseph Rennie set for formal installation as permanent pastor of First Presbyterian Church. Judge Hayes spoke to Rotary on bank personal. Miss Alice Barbee visiting before returning to New York. Dr. Patterson dies in autos accident near Liberty. Curtis Wilbur arrives in Washington as secretary of war. College baseball season opens. State official to keynote Raleigh Democratic convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Rennie
First Presbyterian Church
Johnson J. Hayes
Rotary
Banka
Alice Barbee
Florida
Bertha Snow Barbee
New York
Owen H. Page
Rocky Mount
O. A. Kirkman
West High Street
R. L. Patterson
Liberty
High Point
Curtis D. Wilbur
Washington
President Coolidge
W. N. Everett
Raleigh
Fire destroys Blue Ridge Hickory Chair plant in 1974 incident
Fire gutted the machine room and part of the finishing plant at the Blue Ridge Hickory Chair Company located at South Hamilton and Clay streets with estimated losses around 30000 dollars. In municipal court Judge Horace Haworth ordered the Civic Recreation Club closed after claims it was a public nuisance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Ridge Hickory Chair Company
South Hamilton and
Clay Streets
Horace Haworth
Civic I Creation Club
Two Steps to Boost Digestion and Blood Strength
A historical health notice explains improving digestion and red blood cell levels by enhancing stomach digestive juices and blood strength. It warns that low blood volume or weak digestion hampers fitness and mental alertness and offers two actions to promote vitality.
Winchell Seeks Budget Support For Radio Sponsored Fame
An editorial page reflection notes the shift toward radio sponsorship over Broadway lights. It praises editors and radio readers for support and warns that restricting one journalist's speech sets a precedent for all Americans to lose access to diverse voices.
Jap Zero Collides With Its Own Bomb Near Truk
Lieut. Col. Joseph C. Reddock reports a Japanese Zero manning a phosphorous bomb over Dublin island near Truk. The plane overran its ordnance and exploded, destroying the craft and causing fires in Dublin city. Reddock notes the Truk raids as exceptionally tough for Solomons bombers on long, 2000 mile round trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles McMurtry
Truk
Joseph C. Reddock
Laverne
Okla
RAF
Dublin Island
Solomons
Ee Reddock
Glider Pickup Technique Demonstrated by Airmen
Airmen at Pope Field showcase a C-47 method to lift a glider from a dead position using arresing gear and nylon tow cable. The maneuver, tested at Bowman Field, shortens landing strips and improves salvage potential under combat conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troop Carrier Command
Pope Field Army Air Base
N. C
Bowman Field
Kentucky
Wounded Announced By War Department
The War Department released a list of 543 U S soldiers wounded in action including North Carolina servicemen in the Mediterranean area. Names include Tech Lt Gr James H Brown Fayetteville and Pvt James G Buford Jr North Belmont among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
U. S
North Carolina
Mediterranean
Tech
James H. Brown
Mattie L. Duncan
Fayetteville
James G. Buford, Jr
Elizabeth Buford
North Belmont
Olin W. Everhart
Clara A. Everhart
Lexington
Ralph Porter
Mattie T. Porter
Tryon
Walter F. Travis
Emma M. _ Travis
Rt. 1
Lincolnton
Bill F. Walls
Anzie *Walls
Murphy
Edgar Webb
Fred E. Webb
Cale
George Winders
Edward J. Winders
Wallace
President Roosevelts Worsening Illness Keeps Him at Home
President Roosevelt remains confined in the White House study due to bronchial irritation. He had a single appointment today with Fred B Adams, an old New York friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PDR
Washington
Roosevelt
White House
Fred B. Adams
New York
All Tar Heel Men Under 26 Told To Report For Exam
North Carolina men under 26 not examined in 90 days will be ordered to report for pre induction physical exams. Brig. Gen. J. Van B. Metts, state selective service director, said national directives limit occupational deferments to vital war work such as landing craft tubes high tenacity rayon aircraft radar rockets submarines transportation and a few others. He added few young men will be deferred for agricultural activity unless their production surpasses their service in the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
J. van B. Metts
Selective Service
National A Cob
Metts
Concord Sailor Dies Of Spinal Meningitis
Sydney R. Krimminger a navy gunner from Concord N J died of spinal meningitis at Peninsula General hospital after being removed from a train Saturday night. Hospital superintendent Benjamin Wright praised the Navy medical corpsmen and penicillin used in his care. Death was announced after kin were notified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salisbury
Sydney R. Krimminger
Concord
Peninsula General Hospital
Benjamin Wright
Convy
Wright
Naw
Krimminger
Eye agate used to ward off the Evil Eye in various countries
The eye agate was employed across nations as a protective talisman against the Evil Eye, valued for its believed power to avert misfortune and ill will.
Easter Services at St Edwards and St Marys
Holy Week observances detailed for St Edwards Rector with services from Palm Wednesday through Easter Sunday including rosary, benediction, Holy Thursday Mass, Good Friday pre sanctified mass, the Passion sermons, Stations of the Cross, Holy Saturday dawn rites, and Easter Masses. St Marys Episcopal announces Maundy Thursday Holy Communion and a three hour Good Friday service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Edwards
Thomas J. Colgan
Robert J. MacMillan
Father MacMillan
Jesus
Calvary
Oly
St. Edward's Choir
George Clark
R. Sullivan
M. E. Bolduc
ST. Marys
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Blizzard Grips Blue Ridge Towns With Snowfall
Mountain towns report a spring blizzard bringing snow and cold, with West Jefferson showing two inches on the ground after nightfall, Boone at one and a half inches, Sparta snow mixing with rain, and temperatures around freezing as winds howl. Asheville notes lingering frost risk but forecasts gentler conditions next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winston-Salem
Blue Ridge
Jefferson Area
Boone
Sparta
Asheville
Weather Bureau
Cherry Favors Higher Pay for Teachers and State Workers
Tarboro report says gubernatorial candidate R Gregg Cherry backs raising teacher and state employee pay in line with wartime living costs. He also urges careful guarding of North Carolina’s $75 million surplus as postwar revenue may decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarboro
R. Gregg Cherry
Japanese casualties reported by Chinese eyewitness
A Chinese eyewitness, now in free China, says 1,500 Japanese troops were killed on Feb 15 when a U S warplane attacked a train near Nanking. He adds heavy losses to about 3,000 Japanese aboard two ships hit by American planes near Wuhu on March 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Central News Agency
Today
U. S
Nanking
Free China
Wuhu
Eden cites talks with Polish exile authorities on anti-Semitism
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told the Commons that representations were made to the Polish government in exile over anti-Semitism in the Polish army. He said the transfer of Jewish deserters to British forces had been arranged and that Polish authorities assured action to eliminate the prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Anthony Eden
Commons Today
Eden
North Carolina Cows Report Mastitis Spread
Raleigh April 5. Dr William Moore of the state department of agriculture reports three in every twelve cows in North Carolina have mastitis. He cites production pressure, inadequate feeding, and rough handling as main causes and urges farmers to inspect cows now to stop spread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
William Moore
State Department of Agriculture
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Pacific Base
Harold O. Swicegood
Woodleaf
W. C. Farnum
Central Pacific
Base
J. Melville Broughton
Ehringhaus
Hughs. Johnson
North Carolinia
South Central States
America
Winchell
Stockholm
Sweden
Aprilia
Anzio
Cassino
International Radiophote
Concord Sailor
the Broadhurst
Smiley Burnette
Cherry
Foreign Service
Atlanta
The
Seven Seas
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling CO
East
Washington Street
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