Duke Year Features Buildings and Centennial Events
The 1939 Duke year highlighted new construction like the gymnasium and hospital addition, the College of Engineering debut, and the April academic festival marking the institution's centennial. President Few led his 29th commencement. Eduard Benes spoke to thousands. Rural electrification notes show 13,038 miles in use and 80,516 farms to be electrified by 1940, with 10,076 sites on central power.
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Durham
Duke University
W.W. P. Few
Duke Hospital
College of Engineering
Asbury Hall
Anton Brees
Mary Frances
America
Eduard Benes
Czechoslo
Rural Electrification Authority
Dudley Bagley
North Carolina Rural Electrification Authority
Raleigh
Dec
Hoey
North Carolina
Resolutions and Spring Fashion Glimpses for 1940
A column reflecting on last year and looking ahead to 1940 notes the New Election and Census Year, Christmas call traffic, and the spring fashion push. Local shoppers report lines for New York spring merchandise, pastel wools, and dresses at Mrs. Collier Ellis and Rosaine Shop with marked-down robes and pajamas.
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Mr. Tilden
North State Telephone Company
High Point
New York
Collier Ellis
Brentley Circle
Seventh Heaven
Rosanne
Cooperation urged as Carolinas farmers face revised soil program
Government officials announced 1940 changes to soil conservation aid for North and South Carolina farmers. Benefits drop per acre but total support grows with expanded cooperation, crop rotation, and longer leases, plus coordination with Farm Security Administration and forest service.
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Wallace
Pialace
Farm Security Administration
Soil Conservation Service
Agriculture Department
Forest
North Carolina
South Carolina
South
Carolina
A. A. A. Farmer
European Statesman Horizontal Puzzle Clues Solve
A readable word puzzle page lists clues across Europe and related terms while filling a crossword style grid. Entries range from actors and nations to objects and measurements, with answers forming a connected grid and thematic hints nestled among the rows.
Tips for Hangovers From Boston Hospital Advice
Boston City Hospital urges pre celebration prep with vitamin B rich foods. Stock liver spinach kidneys tomatoes beans and eggs and eat regularly before going out to celebrate New Year’s Eve to lessen hangover effects.
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Boston
Boston City Hospital
Maxwell coy on governorship amid Santa Claus quip
Raleigh dispatch notes Commissioner of Revenue Allen Maxwell keeps a stern public profile while joking about not running against Santa Claus. Speculation on his formal announcement stirs talk of a primary with many candidates. A High Point minutes quip recalls Civil War era hostilities and free soldier burials in a new cemetery.
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Henry Averill
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Allen J. Maxwell
Santa Claus
High Point
New Cemetery
Steamboats Use Neon Signs in Neutral Waters
Captain Herman Reitz said neutral ships in the Gulf Stream may display tubular lighting signs to declare their nationality and deter belligerents. The note mentions the Atlantic as a potential great white way and oddly cites 1938 U S blast furnace data with 236 furnaces and 61,221,000 tons of capacity.
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Stuart
Fla
Gulf Stream
Atlantic
Herman Reitz
United States
High Point’s Liquor History and UNC Ties Highlighted
An examination notes High Point’s long abstinence from liquor since its 1859 charter, while tracing UNC history through Hinton James and Thad Eure. The text hints at a statewide dry trend, and mentions census district ties to the university.
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High Point
Ants Lead Trek to Gem Riches. Children, Adults Carry Goods
The article notes ants finding glass and stone in subterranean layers guiding gem discoveries. It claims a 12-year-old Chinese tea carrier moves eighty-pound loads for 100 miles to Tibetan markets while adults haul up to 350 pounds. It also mentions porcupines retreating when threatened.
Death row inmate confession delays execution
A report states one inmate confessed to killing a guard on the eve of a scheduled Friday gas chamber execution, leading to the postponement of the death sentence while the other Carolina Negros remain alive.
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Carolina Negros
Crack of a fix quip on a Democratic sheriff and bootleggers
A prominent Democrat vents that they are in a tough position with a Democratic sheriff blocked by Republican bootleggers. The remark underscores political friction and law enforcement challenges without naming individuals or locations.
Man Receives New Artificial Arm From Secret Santa
Des Moines Iowa reports Carl Brokaw who lost his left arm 18 years ago got a new prosthetic arm crafted by Roger Cook, a local mechanic, after asking last fall and Santa Claus was his friend.
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Des Moines
Carl Brokaw
Santa Claus
Roger Cook
Brokaw
Cook
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