Tar Heels To Have Important Roles In Welfare Conference
North Carolina figures will play key parts in the Second Southern Conference for Human Welfare to be held April 14-16 in Chattanooga Tennessee. Dr Frank Porter Graham UNC president is general chairman with Eleanor Roosevelt as featured speaker and many NC sponsors including Geo Stoney of Winston Salem and W A Stanbury of Asheville.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Eleanor Roosevelt
North Carolina
Frank Porter Graham
University of North Carolina
Geo. Stoney
Winston-Salem
Carnegie Foundation
South
Carl Thompson
High Point
Thompson
Elbert Russell
School of Religion
Duke University
Durham
W. A. Stanbury
Central Methodist Church
Asheville
Edgar T. Thompson
R. R. Taylor
Wilmington
Edgar H. Goold
St. Augustine’s College
Raleigh
Howard W. Odom
Chapel Hill
Edwin A. Penick
T. A. Wilson
State Industrial Commission
Capus M. Waynick
High Point Enterprise
John A. Lang
Paul Green
Lee C. Sheppard
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church
Ralph W. McDonald
University Extension Service
S. H. Holmes
Order of Railway Telegraphers of
Gastonia
Irma Neal Henry
State Board of Health
Howard Kester
Fellowship of Southern Churchmen
Black Mountain
J. C. Hubbard
NCC
Negro Extension Workers’ Association
Windsor
James E. Shepard
N. C. College For Negroes
David D. Jones
Bennett College
Greensboro
J. P. Bond, Jr
National Youth
Flemmie P. Kittrell
Chattanooga Memorial Auditorium
Birmingham
Ala
Graham
John L. Lewis
Congress of Industrial Organizations
William Green
American Federation of Labor
6000 Expected For State Music Event
Greensboro April 10 Final plans are being completed at Woman's College for the annual State High School Music Contest and Festival drawing some 6000 aspiring musicians from ten districts. The event crowns 25,000 Tar Heel young musicians across bands glee clubs orchestras and vocal and instrumental groups with final ratings for winners in a competition that began 21 years ago.
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Greensboro
Woman's College
North Carolina
High Ranking Government Officials Quiz
A quiz asks to identify the top executive under each department secretary in five cases. Options include figures such as Morgenthau Messersmith Kennedy and Hopkins among others. The exercise seeks the highest ranking official below the secretary in each department.
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United States
John J. Pershing
Paul H. Appleby
Donald C. Blaisdell
Charles R. Ingram
M. L. Wilson
Commerce
Harry Hopkins
Edward J. Noble
William L. Austin
Oliver C. Short
Milton seeks sixth term as justice of peace
Col D H Milton filed his papers to seek a sixth term as justice of the peace in this city. His offices are at 114% West Washington Street and he is a well known figure in the state. Milton first voted in 1868 and is said to have voted for more presidents than any other man now living in North Carolina. He lists fishing as his hobby and resides at 214 Steele Street.
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D. H. Milton
West
Washington Street
Colonel Milton
North Carolina
Steele Street
Praise for Hull trade plan at eastern chamber dinner
Rep. Sam Hobbs of Alabama praised Secretary Hull's reciprocal trade program at a dinner of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce in Bethel. The event occurred April 10 with Hobbs endorsing the plan and urging support among local business leaders.
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Bethel
Secretary of State
Hull
Sam Hobbs
D-Ala
Hobbs
Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Notel Proprietor Walks 1000 Miles a Year in Scarborough
A Scarborough Mae land notel proprietor uses a pedometer to clock about 1000 miles yearly, mainly delivering drinks to customers. Some days he covers 29 percent of that distance without leaving the building.
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Scarborough
Maeland
Seamless Hosiery Shipments Higher in February 1940
The National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers reports February 1940 shipments at 11.42 million dozen pairs, up from January and February 1939. Seamless hosiery led the rise, with 21.5 million dozen in February 1940 vs 7.26 million in February 1939, while women's full fashioned and men's socks also rose. Ribbed and woolen goods declined seasonally, and children's and infants’ hosiery dropped earlier than in prior years.
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National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers
Modern Etiquette Q A Train Lunch and Language Rules
A reader asks about a young woman traveling alone meeting a well known man on a train and whether he may pay for her meal. The advice says yes if he wishes to do so. The second question covers whether an escort should tell a woman's slip is showing and replies that she should be told, not resented. The third asks if a woman aged 35 or 40 should refer to her companions as girls and the answer is no she should call them women.
How to Prepare Stuffed Baked Potatoes and More
A reader asks for stuffed baked potato prep. Instructions include washing and baking potatoes, scooping and mashing interiors with butter hot milk salt and pepper, folding in stiff egg whites, filling skins, then a five minute bake. Additional tips cover treating pimples scars with boracic acid solution and zinc ointment and removing paint from glass with hot strong vinegar.
People's Movement to Hold Prayer Service in Delano
The People's Movement will hold its first citywide prayer service this evening at 7 30 at the old Delano theatre building in West End. The group has rented the venue and regular services are held there. G M Allison will lead the meeting, which is open to the public.
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People’s Movement
Delano Theatre
West End
Peoples Moveement
G. M. Allison
Belgium Upholds Independence Policy Amid Invasion
Brussels reports the Belgian cabinet reaffirms its policy of independence and neutrality as Germany invades Norway and Denmark. The stance aims to keep Belgium out of the conflict while maintaining sovereignty.
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Belgium
Brussels
Norway
Denmark
Helsinki orders snow cleaners to stop clearing roads
During the Finnish conflict the authorities in Helsinki urged snow cleaners to desist as cleared roads would appear as dark lines against the white countryside, potentially revealing troop movements.
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Finland
Helsinki
Officious Word Lesson From Daily Vocabulary Guide
A daily vocabulary note explains correct usage of terms and common mispronunciations. Today's focus is officious meaning meddling in others affairs with example about a secretary in a company and a Tokyo bicycle race scenario.
Answers to Look and Learn Quiz
The Sermon on the Mount is cited as the finest ever defied. Psyche is the maiden beloved by Cupid. An animal with a backbone is a vertebrate. Goet is linked to the construction of the Pang Canal. Athens is the city seen as the center of ancient Greek culture.
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Cupid
Goet
Athens
Magistrates hear case over chain bracelet theft inquiry
Magistrates at Turnsole Wells, England, conduct proceedings in open air as Policeman A. EB. L. B faces theft charges for a chain bracelet. Paris announces an Imp Fortnight with displays of French colonial products in stores.
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Turnsole Wells
England
Fce
Paris
France
All-Vegetable Black Draught Promises Gentle Relief
Advertises a laxative remedy for lazy intestines claiming quick relief from headaches biliousness and irritability. Uses a quarter to half teaspoon for bedtime use with a water drink promising restful sleep and a thorough clear morning effect. States main ingredient is an intestinal laxative and touts economical 25 doses for 25 cents.
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Kya Aree
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Edward Ladouceur
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Japan
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DE Soto
Plymouth
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