Evangelistic Services and Social Events Mark City April
Ten years ago on April 8 1933 a busy local scene featured evangelistic church services with a High Point College capella choir at First Methodist Church a dinner dance at the Sheraton Hotel a Community Exchange job surge and personnel notes. D T Yow was elected president of the Industrial League at the YMCA meeting and H Clements led the Bisons in a 9 to 4 defeat by Greensboro. General notes report beer and light wine distribution controls machinery in NC and calls for war Navy budget cuts plus a near two week window for the State General Assembly and a GOP drafted farm relief bill.
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Capella
High Point College
Sheraton Hotel
Community Exchange
D. T. Yow
Industrial League
Y.M.C
H. Clemments
Bisons
Greensboro
United States War and Navy Departments
State General Assembly
Congress
Regent Park flamingoes freeze in pond after cold snap
Twenty years ago in April 1923 The Enterprise notes a rare winter scene as flamingoes in Regent Park London are found frozen to the ice by their ankles. Night signs along German highways glow with phosphorescent bands to aid night driving.
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Regent Park
London
Failure Of Married Women To Carry War Load Reveals Womanpower Problem
Washington opinion piece argues the US manpower crisis is a womanpower issue as married women, especially those with children, stay out of war production. It cites 14.7 million working women and 30.1 million homemakers, urging 8 million nonworking women over 17 to join labor, noting cultural resistance and weak outreach by federal agencies.
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John Rover
Washington
Congress
Executive Department
U. S
Britain
Russia
Baltimore
War Manpower Commission
Labor Reserve
Successful Drive In N. C. Depends On Getting Gas
Winston Salem April 8 Robert M Hanes chairman of the United War Fund of North Carolina says the drive to raise 1 250 000 depends on arranging enough gasoline for effective organization work He told Governor Broughton he could not accept the state chairmanship without travel by bus and train being satisfactory State OPA officials ruled fund personnel are not eligible for preferred gasoline mileage or tire priorities The ruling was sent to the regional office in Atlanta for review The state flower of California is the golden poppy.
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Winston-Salem
Robert M. Hanes
United War Fund of North Carolina
Hanes
Broughton
OPA
War Fund Organization
Atlanta
Forbidden Marseillaise and early US labor union
The Marseillaise was once forbidden in France for its role in revolutionary violence. Philadelphia shoemakers formed the United States’ first labor union in 1792, marking an early chapter in organized labor.
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France
Philadelphia
United States
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Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
N. C
Gore
Victory Coal Co
Cmme
Sontex
Fulton
Howe
Sears
Sero-Cote
Stngcorte
California
Industrial Finance Company
South Main Street
Penders
Pillsbury 'S Best
D. P. Coffee
Libbys
Vienna
Alaska
del Maiz
Veeuo
van Camps
Peg
Triple Fresh
Our Pride
Br. Pke
Popular Brands Cigarettes
Gerbers
Carton
Mason Fruit
Clorox
Cole Slaw
Wesson Oil
Shad Roe
Buck
U. S. Treasury Department
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