Greensboro Wins Band Contest At High School Music Festival
Greensboro High School led the state in class A band with a first rating at the four day state high school music contest held at Woman's College in Greensboro. Reynolds High and Salisbury earned second ratings, with other top schools earning thirds and fourths as over 1,500 musicians performed in mass formation.
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Greensboro
Woman's College
Greensboro High School
Winston-Salem
Reynolds High
Salisbury
Cannon High
Kannapolis
Gastonia
Durham
Raleigh
Rocky Mount
High Point
Wilson
Wilmington
Gray High
Raleigh High
Local Augusta Man Finds Cure After Seven-Year Ill Health
Robert Jackson of 1424 Broad St Augusta Georgia describes years of indigestion and poor nourishment ending after starting Gly-Cas He reports relieved headaches calmer nerves and improved digestion enabling hearty meals Gly-Cas sold by Bett's Drug Co 109 N Main St and other local druggists
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Robert Jackson
Broad St
Augusta
Georgia
Mr. Jackson
Bett’s Drug Co
N. Main St
Regional music ratings report from several schools
Viola Jacqueline Price of High Point earned a second rating with cellos in Class A as Charles Medlin of Salisbury placed second while Mary Butner also rated. Kelly Lawson and Helen Hartley of Lenoir received first ratings. High Point led in string quartet with a second rating. Homer Haworth of High Point won first in trumpet. Woodwind trio Class A first honors went to Lenoir Greensboro and High Point, with Greensboro second. In junior high orchestra Class C Charlotte and High Point earned first ratings, and Salisbury and High Point topped Class B orchestra while Gray High of Winston Salem was second.
High Point Achieves Historic First in Greensboro Festival
The High Point High School Symphony earned first rating in Class A at the Greensboro festival, a historic milestone judged by Dr. Joseph Waddy of the National High School Orchestra and Band Camp. soloists Bobby Gayle Homer Haworth Kelly Lawson Charles Medlin Jacqueline Price all secured No. 1 ratings. The Junior High Orchestra tied for A-1 in Class C with Charlotte Piedmont, led by Jack Dillard, amid strong showings from Charlotte Durham and Hickory. most others placed third or lower. Vocal groups and solos contested today.
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High Point
Joseph Waddy
University of Michigan
Bobby Gayle
Homer Haworth
Kelly Lawson
Charles Medlin
Jacqueline Price
High Point Junior High Orchestra
Charlotte
Piedmont
Jack Dillard
Durham
Hickory
High Point Leads Largest South Music Festival Effort
High Point sends a 302 member student delegation across 22 events to a regional festival. About 6000 students from Murphy to Monteo participate in this massive contest, judged by renowned musicians over four days. Olaf Christiansen of Oberlin directs vocal events and the festival chorus of 500, performing Friday at Aycock auditorium at 7 30 PM. Public admission is free.
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High Point
Murphy
Monteo
Olaf Christiansen
Oberlin College
Aycock
Plan Annual Fete For Senior Class In Thomasville
The Thomasville Rotary Club hosts its annual banquet for the high school senior class and faculty at the Robert E Lee Hotel on Friday April 26 beginning at 7 pm. Thirty nine girls and twenty two boys will be escorted to Winston Salem by Rotarians for an program. speaker is to be announced.
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Thomasville
Rotary Club
Robert E. Lee
Winston-Salem
Thomasville Rotarians
Hoey Urges North Carolina Music Week Observance
Governor Hoey highlighted National Music Week May 5 to 12, praising music’s democratic reach and national significance. He cited the State Federation of Music Clubs leading the observance and urged North Carolinians to engage to foster local talent and public interest in music.
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Raleigh
Hoey
State Federation of Music Clubs
North Carolina
Blair picks 1 GOP slate at North Carolina convention
At the North Carolina GOP convention in Charlotte, Jake Newell was re elected chairman. Vice chair Mrs. Hester and national committeewoman Mrs. Patterson were named to top posts. David Blair and Jonas joined as at large delegates to the June Philadelphia convention with several alternates chosen.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Jake Newell
Eugene Hester
Reidsville
Charles A. Jonas
Lincolnton
Lindsay Patterson
Winston- Salem
Jonas
Newell
Stuart W. Cramer
David H. Blair
High Point
Philadelphia
Frank Patton
Morganton
Calvin Zimmerman
Raleigh
Buell Carawan
Beaufort
Robert W. Harris
Buncombe County
No wooden nickel in Portland counterfeit rubber checks
Police expose a handprinted $20 counterfeit check drawn on a fictitious Boston School Trash Company with the signer payee and endorser all the same. A dress-shop clerk accepted it and gave $9 change, prompting a local theft inquiry. A Seattle item reports a pekinese named Tuffa falling from a roof while chasing a bird, then hospital recovery.
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Portland
Boston
Jury member pulls mouse from trouser in murder trial
In Los Angeles, Patrick C. Foley, a juror in a murder trial, felt something in his pants and found a mouse by the tail after loosening his belt. A bailiff killed the mouse and the trial continued.
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Los Angeles
Patrick C. Foley
Navy Seeks Guam Air and Submarine Base Expansion
The Navy urged a major air and submarine base on Guam to stabilize Far East politics and deter enemy operations. It rejected a permanent fleet superior to Japan and a two ocean force. Hearings on fleet expansion heard the plan amid prior congressional defeats on Guam fortifications.
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Washington
the Navy
Guam
Tokyo
Navy Department
Far East
Department
United States
Japan
Far
CIO Union Gains 13 of GMC Plants in Labor Vote
Detroit April 18. The CIO United Automobile Workers won 13 of 15 General Motors plants reporting in yesterday's bargaining election among more than 160000 GM employees. AFL affiliated UAW also won majorities at Chevrolet and Fisher Body units in Norwood Ohio.
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CIO Union
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
CIO
General Motors
Chevrolet
Fisher
Norwood
Ohio
State Bureau Probes Death of High Point Man
Raleigh April 18. Director Frederick C. Handy of the State Bureau of Investigation said vital organs of Robert Blair a 65 year old High Point Negro are being examined to determine if poisoning occurred. High Point detective Jack W. McMahon said Blair bought an overdose from a man named Herorica Ellsworth Morandhi who is held on another charge. The organs were sent to Dr Haywood M. Taylor Duke University bureau toxicologist and medical consultant.
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Raleigh
Frederick C. Handy
State Bureau of Investigation
Robert Blair
High Point
Jack W. McMahon
Handy
Herorica Ellsworth Morandhi
McMahon
Morandhi
Haywood M. Taylor
Duke University
Bureau
Belfast debates use of churches as air raid shelters
In Belfast Northern Ireland a proposal seeks to convert churches into air raid shelters. Britain's tax system broadens to include every Briton as taxpayers amid wartime adjustments.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Read How Women Lose Fat With Kruschen Salts
An advertising pamphlet promotes Kruschen Salts as a four week fat loss plan. It advises taking half a teaspoon in hot water each morning before breakfast, cutting calories, and weighing after the four weeks. The copy claims the product detoxifies the body and costs little, sold in drug stores worldwide.
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Frances Eggleston
Leaksville
Billy Kampschmidt
Frances Avera
Dorothy Chandler
Little Moffitt
Peyton Voorhees
Flasé
Lenoir
Paul
Broyhill
Carolina
General Electric
General Electric Research Laboratories
G-E
GENERAL @ ELECTRIC
High Point Hardware CO
Main Street
Guilford Furniture CO
N. Main Street
Wood-Armfield Furniture CO
Senate
James Titus Madison
Senate OF
Alabama
Tombstone
Garretsville
King Features Syndicate Inc
Payne Joy
By Robt. Ripley
J.T. Skomars
Duluth,Minn
Hanes
Richardson’s
George D. Finch
Glenn Pennington
Frank File
H. R. Kyser
I. G. Greer
J. R. Blair
Bracebridge, Ont
Canada
Lastex
Hanes Sports
Manes
P. H. Hanes Knitting Company
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Fort Wort
Talbot Pense
Texas
Blair
High Pointer
Animal Life
Seattle
Tuffa
Stella Helard
Robert P. Elmer
Navy
Pacific Island
BY Jack Bell
Walsh
D-Mass
Senate Naval Committee
Congress
National Peace Conference
HOUSE
Island
Senate Appropriations Committee
State Bureau
Britain
PUA
Eee
Kelvinator
CUT Rate Furniture Company
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