Cotton Textile Earnings Compare With Other Major Lines
A New York survey by the Cotton Mills Information Service reports cotton textile mills now show earnings comparable to other big industries. The average rate on capital investment over the past decade is about 7.7 percent, with 10.2 percent profits for all industry, marking a shift from 1936-39. Mills invest heavily in modernization, equipment, and research, while funds pour into education for textile technicians, amid rising production costs and potential price declines. Virginia-type peanuts are cleaned by machinery that removes dirt and polishes shells.
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New York
Cotton Mills Information Service
CPA
Greensboro College Trustees Meet April 17
Greensboro college to hold semi annual trustees meeting in main building on Thursday April 17 with president J C Hanes of Winston Salem presiding. Secretary T C Hoyle will record proceedings as Dr Luther Gobbel and T C Harrell present their regular reports and architects drawings for a new library dormitory and classroom science building may be approved.
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Greensboro
Board of Trustees
Greensboro College
J. C. Hanes
Winston- Salem
T. C. Hoyle, Sr
Luther L. Gobbel
T. C. Harrell
Aswan Dam to Electrify Upper Egypt and Cairo
Engineers predict wide electrification from the Aswan Dam ambitions. City lighting irrigation pumping and electric railways would spread from Aswan to Enah with current powering fertilizer production and water systems. The government approved a 43.26 million dollar credit toward a total project cost estimated at 50 to 60 million dollars generating 270000 horsepower.
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AP News
Cairo
Egypt
Nile
Aswan
Enah
Lower
Egyptian Council of Ministers
Aswan Dam
Mediterranean
Missionary arrives to found church in Martin City
The Rev. James V. Schofield arrived from New York to establish a church in Martin City near the Hungry Horse project site. He found the community’s spiritual needs being addressed with Sunday school classes held in a Silver Dollar Saloon ante-room by the town.
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Kalispell
Mont
James V. Schofield
New York
Martin City
Inter Lake
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy at the Center
Andy Hardy returns from the army in Love Laughs at Andy Hardy at the Center theatre. Mickey Rooney’s first postwar role follows Andy as he contemplates marriage, faces heartbreak when Kay Wilson wed Dane Kittridge, then pursues a fresh start with new romances and comic misadventures.
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Judge
Ma Hardy
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Kay Wilson
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Dane Kittridge
Coffy Smith
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Fay Holden
Sara Haden
Bonita Granville
Lina Romay
Dorothy Ford
Sinbad the Sailor to Open for Four Days at Center Theatre
Douglas Fairbanks Jr stars as Sinbad in a technicolor spectacle at Center Theatre for a four day run. Maureen O Hara, Walter Slezak and George Tobias co star in an adventure tale set in ninth century Asia with Shireen as Sinbad love interest and a chase for Alexander s treasury across land and sea.
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Maureen O'Hara
Walter Slezak
Sinbad the Sailor
Center Theatre
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Sinbad
Daibul
Shireen
Deryabar
George Tobias
Anthony Quinn
UN Meeting Monday Draws Record Crowd
LAKE SUCCESS N Y April 5 The UN faced a sellout for Mondays security council session with over 5000 overflow requests denied. Tickets exhausted as spectators including Rep Gary of Virginia and 100 West Point cadets sought to hear Andrei Gromyko though he offered no comment on attendance or Greece Turkey aid proposals.
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D-Va
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Warren R. Austin
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Greece
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Russia
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Impact of Speed on Driver's Perception at Varying Speeds
A motorist traveling at 50 mph perceives 14 percent less than when driving at 45 mph. The observation implies decreasing visual input or reaction capacity with higher speed, affecting situational awareness and safety considerations.
Man Back With His 16th Wife
J F Williams of Iowa, famed for being the state’s most married man, was reunited with his 16th wife after a daylong search. The couple had wed in Kansas City on October 4 after a mail romance, with Williams dating back to 1904 and noting one marriage lasted 24 years.
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Cedar Rapids
J. F. Williams
Iowa
Williams
Union Station
Leonard Bruce
Cleveland
Kansas City
Poles Receive Social Insurance Benefits Over Three Million
The Robotnik reports that more than 3,000,000 Polish workers are now receiving social insurance benefits. They are employed by about 143,000 institutions or enterprises. Employers pay most of the insurance charges.
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Warsaw
Robotnik
Roy Rogers in Apache Rose at Broadhurst Theater
Roy Rogers appears in his first color film Apache Rose at the Broadhurst Theatre from Wednesday through Saturday. The film features Roy as a young petroleum engineer who discovers oil on a ranch and, aided by Dale Evans, fights a gambler seeking possession of the ranch. The story blends excitement comedy and song with a suspenseful climax.
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Roy Rogers
Broadhurst Theater
Roy
California
Dale Evans
Tile Output Up In New York In 1946 Surge
Ceramic tile production in the United States, led by New York, rose over 60 percent in 1946 as home construction expanded. The advance reflects postwar demand for building materials and industry growth.
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New York
America
Talkless Woman Baffles Maryland Authorities
A Maryland woman who refused to identify herself was ordered to a hospital for mental tests after a disorderly conduct charge. She initially resisted jail due to unknown identity, was freed from a $50 fine, and remained at the Northeastern police station awaiting psychiatric report.
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Baltimore
Aaron Lyn
Aires
Northeastern
Henry B. Mann
Mann
Love as the world’s urgent need says Christian Science lecturer
Leonard Carney, board member of lectureship at the Christian Science Mother Church, calls love the cement of the home and society and the bond of union in the world, stressing its indefinable quality as humanity’s top need.
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New Orleans
Leonard Carney
Christian Science Mother Church
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