Twelve Die Violently in North Carolina Weekend
Associated Press reports at least twelve people died violently in North Carolina over the weekend. Names include J L Mitchell near Oxford struck by lightning, Jesse Mitchell of Franklinton, Laura Murray Herring of Neuse Station, and Gertrude Davis a Swannanoa textile worker.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
J. L. Mitchell
Oxford
Jesse Mitchell
Franklinton
Laura Murray Herring
Neuse Station
Wake County
French Broad River
Ashe Ville
Gertrude Davis
Swannanoa
North Carolina State College to Build Engineering Lab
Funds are released by the advisory budget commission for an engineering laboratories building at North Carolina State College. Dean J H Lampe says plans move forward with R G Deyton handling construction and design work by Northup and O'Brien. Total cost estimated at 1 210 333 dollars, with 965 33 for the building and 245 000 for equipment.
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Raleigh
Advisory Budget Commission
North Carolina State College
J. H. Lampe
Lampe
R. G. Deyton
General Assembly
Dean Lampe
Northup and O'Brien
Winston-Salem
Moravian Seminary Names New President
The Rev. David E. Weinland will head Moravian seminary and college for women, succeeding retiring Dr. Edwin J. Heath. Weinland begins July 1, 1949, after Heath’s long tenure as Moravian president. He currently serves as assistant to the president at Salem Academy and College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
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Bethlehem
David E. Weinland
Moravian Seminary and College For Women
Edwin J. Heath
Weinland
Dr. Heath
Moravian
U. S
Salem Academy and College
Winston-Salem
N. C
Ducks’ Eyesight Lets Them Zoom In On Distant Things
Ducks have highly flexible vision enabling rapid focus on near and far targets. Their eyes can shift focus quickly, giving them sharp distance perception and the ability to track movement across water and sky.
Canines Cause Row At Hill
War veteran students at the University of North Carolina protest plans to move dogs from Victory Village and Trailer Court. The university orders dogs removed by Sept 15, while students form the Carolina dog foundation and plan a campus parade through Chapel Hill.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Victory Village
Trailer Court
Carolina Dog Foundation
Funeral Rites Set for A D Jones Greensboro Editor
Funeral services for Abram Dalton Jones veteran editor of the Greensboro Record will be held tomorrow at Vogler's funeral chapel in Winston Salem. The World War I veteran born in Walnut Cove died after weeks of ill health at age 58. He served in France with the 803rd aero squadron and held editor posts at several papers including the Greensboro Daily News and Greensboro Record. He belonged to American Legion and other groups and is survived by his widow Claiborne Boldin a son Abram D Jones a Winston Salem physician Dr Beverly N Jones and three sisters.
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Winston-Salem
Abram Dalton Jones
Creensboro Record
Vogler
South Main Street
Walnut Cove
Hy A
Abram Gabriel Jones
Nannie Dalton Jones
Guilford College
Trinity
Duke University
Jones
France
803Rd Aero Squadron
Asheville Times
Charlotte News
Wilmington Star
Greensboro Daily News
Richmond Times-Dispatch
Norfolk Virginian-Pilot
Virginia
Greensboro Record
Greensboro News Company
American Legion
American Society of Newspaper Editors
The
Sons of the Confederacy
First Presbyterian Church
Claiborne Boldin
Abram D. Jones
Beverly N. Jones
Accountants Create Award For Duke and UNC Students
Durham August 2 Special announcement of a new annual accounting award for Duke University and the University of North Carolina was made by Dr. W H Wannamaker. The North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants will present the award to the top accounting student in each graduating class based on scholarship reports hearings aptitude and grades in accounting courses. The candidate must also maintain a strong overall scholastic record.
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Durham
Duke University
University of North Carolina
W. H. Wannamaker
North Carolina Association of Certified Public Accountants
Calotabs Provide Quick Relief for Digestive Troubles
A vintage ad outlines symptoms of poor digestion including heartburn gas and tiredness. It promotes Calotabs as laxative antiseptic diuretic and remedy for biliousness gastritis and constipation claiming gentle pleasant sugar coated tablets with prompt relief.
Tobacco Market Optimism Brightens Border Belt Prospects
Farmers in 18 Carolina border towns prepare for the flue cured season opening tomorrow. An expected $150 million influx and higher average offers around $56.50 per hundred pounds in North Carolina and $52.53 in Georgia Florida belt markets forecast a strong year despite a recent drop in overall crop size.
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Associated Press
Carolinas Border Belt
Border Belt
Georgia-Florida
W. P. Hedrick
North Carolina
United
Edrick
U. S. Crop Reporting Board
Agriculture Department
South Carolina
Chadbourn
Clarkton
Ellerbe
Fair Bluff
Fairmont
Fayetteville
Lamberton
Tabor City
Whiteville
Conway
Darlington
Dillon
Kingstree
City
Loris
Ye Pamplico
Timmonsville
Industries Join Fight Against Cancer in Greensboro Area
Major industries and firms across Greensboro Guilford County cooperate with the American Cancer Society unit led by Dr Frank K Harder to display seven danger signal posters in workplaces and clinics over seven weeks. Posters warn about non healing sores lumps abnormal bleeding changes in moles persistent cough hoarseness and bowel habit changes. The piece also notes Liberia's population of about 12000 descendants of freed U.S. slaves.
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Greensboro
Greensboro-Guilford County
American Cancer Society
Frank K. Harder
Cat Spartons
Administrator's Notice to Creditors for Estate of Deceased
Owen Reese administrator of estate in Guilford County North Carolina notifies creditors to exhibit claims at High Point before June 25 1949 or be barred from recovery. All interested must pay promptly. Attorney: Roberson Hayworth Reese. June 25 1918.
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Guilford County
North Carolina
High Point
Owen Reese
High Point, N
Roberson, Hay
Now is the time to fight next year's grass and weeds
A gardener shares a no chemical method to keep gardens clean through frost. By continuous weeding through the season and using winter cover crops like crimson clover and rye, grass and weeds diminish as viable seeds remain few. The piece ends noting Liberia and Haiti as independent Negro countries.
Professors at State College Publish New Drama Textbook
Dr Lodwick Hartley head of English Department and Dr Arthour I Lady of North Carolina State College announce a new 640 page drama textbook. The publication is by Prentice Hall of New York and expected in October. The book serves as an introductory text for freshmen and sophomores in college and university courses.
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Raleigh
North Carolina State College
Prentice-Hall, Inc
New York
Lodwick Hartley
State College
Arthour I Lady
Urge Farmers to Report on Soil Building
Randolph county farmers are urged to report soil building practices by September 1 at the county A C A office. Bring bills for lime pasture seed phosphate and fertilizer used since January 1. Noncompliant farmers lose unspent AAA allowances funds go to a county conservation pool.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
L. M. Sizemore
Sizemore
Randolph
A.C.A
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Dare County
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Deput Turner
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Chis
Julia Veasey Horne
Garner
Clarence Lawson
Kinston
Lawson
Graham McKay
Elizabethtown
N. C. State
Moravian School
A. D. Jones
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Western Africa
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Mississippi River
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