Only Living Son of Brantley York Links Duke University With Its Beginnings
B A York, 91, recalls his father Brantley York who taught at Brown's schoolhouse in Randolph County in 1838. The one room school evolved into Duke University, with York praising Duke as a beacon for higher education.
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Brantley
York
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Brantley York
Brown
Randolph County
United States
Braxton Craven
Union Institute
Normal College
Trinity College
Trinity
Duke
B. A. York
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla
North Carolina
Duke Univesity
Could Henry VIII Have Had Stomach Ulcer Pains
Ad copy speculates about Henry VIII suffering after meals due to stomach issues. Promotes Udga tablets with quick relief claims and a money back guarantee. Mentions long sales history and a discount offer with a 25 cent box and a promise of double money back if not relieved.
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Henry ViII
Danbury Doctor Talks To Lawyer In Ayers Death Case
Danbury physician Dr Donald F Gibson sought a Bridgeport criminal lawyer claiming he might be accused of murder after attending the funeral of Elizabeth M Ayers. No charges against Gibson. Coroner Steiber said autopsy and toxicology results would be released at the inquest next Tuesday.
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Bridgeport
Conn
Danbury
Donald F. Gibson
Elizabeth M. Ayers
Gibson
Theodore F. Steiber
Miss Ayres
UNC Coach Jamerson Vacationing in Colorado
University of North Carolina swimming coach Dick Jamerson is spending August in Colorado with his family. The Grand Canyon is described as more than 200 miles long, a mile deep and four to 18 miles wide.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Dick Jamerson
Colorado
Grand Canyon
MacArthur Begins New Career at Age Seventy
General Douglas MacArthur, age 70, becomes UN commander in Korea and leads new war effort. He works long hours from a desk in Tokyo with aides, travels to Korea within 12 hours of decision, and remains active in public life while denying retirement.
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Sanford Markey
Central
Douglas MacArthur
United Nations
38Th Parallel
United States
Man
Tokyo
General MacArthur
Daichi Insurance
MacArthur
Col
Lawrence Brier
E. M. Almond
Korea
Arthur
Herbert Hoover
Japan
Pacific
America
FBI
Truman
Symington
War Department
Air
Air Forces
Congress
Symington Emerges as Leading Candidate for Assistant President
W. Stuart Symington, 49, chairman of the National Security Resources Board, is seen as the leading choice for the wartime style assistant president role. The NSRB directs civilian mobilization, energy, materials, transport, and related civilian defense tasks under federal oversight.
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Washington
W. Stuart Symington
National Security Resources Board
NSRB
Symington
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
War Production Board of Economic Stabilization Agency
NLRB
State
Treasury
Defense
Interior
Agriculture
Commerce
Truman
Senate
Mon C. Walgren
Fur seal pups tagged in Pribilof Islands project
The Fish and Wildlife Service has tagged 58,000 fur seal pups in the Pribilof Islands off Alaska since 1947. The program aims to gather data on seal growth rates mortality from killer whales and other causes and travel patterns.
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Fish and Wildlife Service
Pribilof Islands
Alaska
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la Guardia Field
New York
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Helen
Jamerson
Mac
Harold Ickes
Legion
Far East
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Emerson Electric Manufacturing Company
St. Louis
John Snyder
the Treasury
Snyder
Harry S. Truman
Mr. Truman
Missouri
CIO
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
P. P. Jones, M.A. Pres
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Reddy
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