Dollar Hunger of Britain Satisfied In The Bahamas
Nassau, Bahamas shows how Britain’s dollar hunger is eased by tourism and trade. The island economy relies on imports and a dollar income from visitors, with English goods and Britons increasingly present. Despite no income tax, Nassau enjoys stable consumption and growing British resident presence.
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Britain
The
Bahamas
Nassau
Bay Street
United States
England
United Kingdom
British West Indian Airways
Colonial Office
London
Desert irrigation and almond output noted in early reports
In arid Arizona a native network of irrigation canals 150 miles long carried Salt River water to crops. Ditches reached 30 feet wide and 10 feet deep. California hails almond production exceeding 30,000 tons annually.
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Arizona Desert
Salt River
North Carolina Starts 1948 License Plates Sale
North Carolina began selling 1948 license plates on December 1 1947 through the Carolina Motor Club with two plates per vehicle to aid law enforcement. The new flat fee schedule sets private passenger rates at 15 12 and 10 dollars with a 60 dollar rate for for hire vehicles and requires registration cards for inspection and license plate access.
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North Carolina
Carolina Motor Club
Coleman W. Roberts
State Motor Vehicle Bureau
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Arlette
State Department of Motor Vehicles
Secretary of State
Buick
Chrysler
Packard
Ford
Chevrolet
Kaiser
Plymouth
Dodge
Studebaker
Col. L. C. Rosser
Commissioner of
Motor Vehicles
Department of Motor Vehicles
Raleigh
Ahoskie
Albemarle
Asheboro
Asheville
Brevard
Burlington
Canton
Charlotte
Clinton
Concord
Dunn
Durham
Edenton
Elizabeth City
Elizabethtown
Elkis
Fayetteville
Gastonia
Goldsboro
Greenville
Greensboro
Henderson
Hendersonville
Hickory
High Point
Jacksonville
Kannapolis
Kinston
Laurinburg
Lenoir
Lexington
Lincolnton
Lumberton
Manteo
Monroe
Morganton
Mount Airy
Ronda New Bern
North Wilkesboro
Oxford
Reidsville
Roanoke Rapids
Rockingham
Rocky Mount
Roxboro
Rutherfordton
Salisbury
Sanford
Shelby
Smithfield
Spruce Pine
Statesville
Sylvia
Tarboro
Wadesboro
Washington
Whiteville
Williamston
Wilmington
Sir William hires aide-de-camp for Bahamas post
A royal bachelor search ends with Captain Guy Oliver, former aide to Sir Edward Gent, chosen as Sir William's aide-de-camp in the Bahamas. The role offers 40 dollars weekly, private lodgings on a famed island, and requires a captain’s rank, tact, charm, and yacht handling.
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Sir William
Prince Charming
Bahamas
Guy Oliver
Edward Gent
Davidson County Farmer Dies Near Thomasville
Willie Henry Alexander 71 a longtime Thomasville farmer died at home Sunday night after a year of declining health. Born in Davidson County October 20 1876 he married Julia Isabel Sink in 1899. Surviving sons daughters siblings and grandchildren. Funeral service at Calvary Evangelical and Reformed church Tuesday at 3 p.m. Interment in church cemetery with Rev Calvin Leonard and others officiating.
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Thomasville
Willie Henry Alexander
Thomasville Rt. 1
Mr. Alexander
Davidson County
Jesse R
Amanda Tysinger Alexander
Julia Isabel Sink
Alexander
Calvary Evangelical and Reformed Church
Pilot Grange
Triple A Conservation Service
Clayton
Lawrence
Cromer Alexander
Thomasville Rt. 2
Lytal Alexander
Daughts
Misses Stella
Calvary Church
Calvin Leonard
W. C. Lyerly
J. A. Palmer
Heidelberg Reformed Church
Mrs Fairy Atkins Dies In Colfax At 63
Fairy Atkins 63, wife of John W Atkins, died unexpectedly at her Colfax home. Born February 6 1884 in Guilford county she lived in Colfax all her life. Survived by husband two daughters Mrs J W Evans Mrs Clarence Peoples two sons Herman Atkins Wilbur Atkins 12 grandchildren three sisters and two brothers. Funeral set for 2 30 Tuesday at Shady Grove Wesleyan Methodist church with Rev Raymond Layman officiating burial in church cemetery.
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Fairy Atkins
John W. Atkins
Colfax
Guilford County
Eli Wilson
Nancy Stack Payne
J. W. Evans
High Point
Clarence Peoples
Kernersville
Herman Atkins
Salisbury
Wilbur Atkins
Walkertown
Earnest Hastings
Glenn Hastings
Bertha Payne
Raymond
Ervin Payne
Linville
Shady Grove Wesleyan Methodist Church
Raymond Layman
Pineapple Moss a Plant in Pineapple Family
Spanish moss called a moss is not a moss but a rootless plant of the pineapple family. It grows free from soil and forms hanging strands.
Lehman Warns Voluntary Rationing Won't Save Europe
Herbert Lehman urges stronger food controls and national sacrifice to sustain Europe aid and protect U.S. democracy. He argues that source allocation, inventory controls, and consumer rationing must be used if voluntary efforts fail, warning delays raise costs to both Europe and American life.
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New York
NEA
America
Herbert H. Lehman
Citizens’ Food Committee
UNRRA
Lehman
Friendship Train
U.S
Western Europe
Congress
Europe
Luckman Committee
Histillers
Nurses Asked To Bring Gift To Wednesday YWCA Meeting
The High Point Graduate Nurses club will meet December 3 at the Adams Memorial YWCA building at 7 30. Members are asked to bring a gift for the Christmas program and reserve with Mrs Lawrence Council at 2227 after four o clock in the afternoon.
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High Point Graduate Nurses Club
Adams Memorial Ywca
Mrs. Lawrence Council
Sailed to Kansas Founding of Manhattan by River Pioneers
A 1854 Cincinnati steamer carried settlers and ready-cut houses down the Ohio Mississippi and Missouri to Kansas. It ran aground near the Blue River and the pioneers established Manhattan. Chlorine dioxide is noted as an efficient flour bleaching agent.
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Kansas
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mississippi
Missouri
Blue River
Manhattan
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National Safety Council
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Colums
Jones
Sir William Murphy
YWCA
Leonard Cleaners
Leon
North Wrenn Street
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