Carrick Gardens Opens for Public Display This Afternoon
The D B Carrick Daffodil Gardens on Montlieu Avenue east of North Main Street opens to the public at 1 30 this afternoon and remains open all week. The garden features 165 000 daffodil bulbs in 725 varieties and about 15 000 tulips in 90 varieties. Visitors come from High Point region and across the Atlantic Seaboard, with earlier guests from Rhode Island. Dr Carrick, formerly Cornell agriculture professor, runs educational and experimental work with bulb varieties and breeding. His cousin Miss Mary Bain assists, and 725 varieties are labeled for identification.
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Ford Motor Company ethos and worker stability described
The Ford Motor Company emphasizes non discrimination and stable employment. It touts long service, healthy work culture, high employee ownership, and a policy of sharing improvements with workers and the public. It also notes increased wages, job growth, higher built in value, and lower prices over decades.
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Walter Winchell and Showbiz Quips From a Paris Dispatch
Walter Winchell columns parade vaude headliners and Hollywood quips from a Paris dispatch by A J Lieb ling. Quotes from Reynaud jokes, Betty Hutton songs, and remarks by Irene Dunne, Jean Arthur, Madeleine Carroll, Loretta Young, Ann Sheridan and others paint a witty snapshot of postwar show business and political flames.
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Madeleine Carroll
Virginia Bruce
Loretta Young
Will Hays
Ann Sheridan
Cupid
Il Duce
Virginia Gayda
Taxpayer Letter Calls Out Candidates On Issues
A reader in Boston from The Enterprise urges North Carolina voters to scrutinize gubernatorial candidates. He notes only one of seven Democrats stands on every issue, cites positions on teacher pensions highway funds sales tax and automobile tags, and suggests candidates avoid vague statements.
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W. P. Horton
Tom Cooper
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North Carolina voters weigh next four years of state leadership
The writer contemplates the voters' decision on who should administer North Carolina affairs for the coming four years. The piece reflects on indecision and its likely influence on future actions, signed by R. J. Walker.
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North Carolina
R. J. Walker
Dewey Seen As A Serious Hopeful In 1940 Campaign
Editorial cites Thomas E. Dewey as a capable, practical leader not a glamour boy. It praises his speeches in Minneapolis Boston and New York outlining a plan to cut government spending balance the budget and reduce deficits while criticizing the incumbent administration. It notes his record as district attorney and calls him fit for the presidency. Copies of speeches available from Dewey For President in New York City.
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Flashlights Sell More in England Than WWI Total
In a recent month England sold more flashlights than the entire World War I wartime period, highlighting a surge in consumer lighting demand and shifting domestic habits.
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Davidson opens season with 89 to 41 win over Maryville
Davidson track team opened its season with a dominant 89 to 41 victory over Maryville College. The Wildcats swept events in the discus and shot put. Scorers were Bob Kellogg Dan Spencer and Jack White each with two firsts and high point totals for Davidson.
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Jack White
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North Carolina High School Sports Schedule Sets Tennis and Track Meets
The North Carolina High School Athletic Association will conduct its 25th annual tennis tournament and 28th annual track meet on April 18 and 19 in Chapel Hill. The tennis tournament opens Thursday and continues Friday. The track meet will run all day.
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