Navy chief shifts navy focus add 30 ships for anti submarine work
Secretary Sullivan announced the navy will add 30 ships including 24 destroyers two aircraft carriers a heavy cruiser a light cruiser and two submarines to the operating fleet while cutting manpower by 30 000 The move favors anti submarine capability and drew Senate comments from Byrd and McClellan as they weigh UMIT funding and troop ship convoys. The air force Symington says 800 million could fill 57 combat groups while some groups remain skeletal. There are about 250 wrens in the animal family.
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Sullivan
Congress
Byrd
Dva
Navy
Truman
McClellan
D-Ark
Air Force
Symington
House
Umit
German Student Joins Guilford College Sociology
Wilhelm Anders an 18 year old German student from Breslau arrived Jan 25 to study sociology at Guilford College. He lived through Russian and Allied bombings, worked as an interpreter with Allied troops, and chose Guilford on a recommendation from family sponsors and the American Friends Service Committee.
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Guilford College
Wilhelm Anders
Breslau
Germany
Bill
Halberstadt
Magdeburg
Baderlauterburg
Wilhelm
North Carolina
Quaker Institution
America
Anders
American Friends Service Committee
Auction sale notice for Guilford County property
Under power of sale in a deed of trust Emily L Mackenfuses and Ethel M Mackenfuss defaulted. G H Jones trustee will sell Lot 24 Own A Home No 2 at public auction February 14 1949 at 2 PM at the east door of Guilford County Courthouse High Point NC for cash to highest bidder.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
Emily L. Mackenfuses
Ethel M Mackenfuss
G. H. Jones
Office of Register of Deeds
High Point
State of North Carolina
High Point Township
North
G. HM. Jones
David V. Miller
Robert T. Bolton
Ines Bolton
Pilot Life Insurance Company
O. F. Stafford
Register of Deeds
J. L. Donnell
Roosevelt Stroke History and Real Estate Notice
Report on President Roosevelt’s health includes multiple strokes from 1944 to 1945 and a final fatal attack in April 1945. The notice also details a real estate auction in Guilford County North Carolina scheduled for March 12 1949 with a substituted trustee and mortgage terms.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
Wold
Warm Springs
Washington
Ross MacIntire
Weather Outlook Across Georgia Carolinas Forecast
Extended forecast through February 6 shows temperatures 2 to 5 degrees above normal. Mild Saturday with warmer Sunday and a trend to cooler by midweek. Light rain coastal areas. North Carolina expects cloudy conditions with rain today and tonight, cooler trends inland.
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Georgia
Carolines
North Carolina
Reform Plan to Replace State Vehicle Inspections
A North Carolina Senate bill would abolish the state motor vehicle inspection system and shift to private garage inspections. Motorists would register and show a certificate from an experienced automobile mechanic certifying safety to operate. Senator George Penny of Guilford introduced the measure.
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Raleigh
Senate
George Penny
Guilford
Vogler Named President of Retail Grocers Secretaries Association
James B. Vogler of Charlotte North Carolina was elected president of the National Retail Grocers Secretaries Association at a meeting held in Chicago. The group comprises secretaries from state retail grocer organizations.
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Vogler
Chicago
James B. Vogler
Charlotte
N. C
National Retail Grocers Secretaries Association
Friday Evening Radio Schedule Fragments
A compact list of radio programs and time slots for February 4 across CBS ABC and NBC networks. Entries include newscasts entertainment talk shows dramas music and sports segments with hosts like Lowell Thomas Crosby Carroll and Lavalle and bands and dance bands.
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Nbe
Cbs Network
Abc-Weat
Mbs-East
Mba-Weat
Cbs
Lowell Thomas
Abe
Cbe
Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Abde Ack Smith
Ebs Ally
One Ranger
Ebe
Cbs Sporta
Paul Lavalle
Abe Jacek Carson
Abe the Sheriff
of Riley
Abe Jeet
R Bill Stern
Abe Percy Faith
Mbe
President May Have Authority In Inaugural Labor Clash
President may still hold “exceedingly great” inherent powers to curb national emergency strikes, Clark tells Congress and backs a court injunction option. Taft disputes the idea, arguing no peace time power exists without a statute to grant an injunction and warns of a threat to the people. Truman concurs with his attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark
Congress
Truman
Taft
Senate Labor Committee
United States
More Rain Forecast For State Tonight
A mass of warm moist air from the Gulf of Mexico moved over the Carolinas bringing rain and higher temperatures. Light showers were general and low temperatures rose 10 to 15 degrees from yesterday.
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Gulf of Mexico
Carolinas
Royall to receive full briefing on Japan economy in Tokyo
Army Secretary Kenneth Royall arrives in Tokyo for a hurried full briefing by Gen. Douglas MacArthur's staff on Japan's economic situation. He will learn occupation officials' view of troubles and their plans under a nine point program from the U S Army directive issued December 18.
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Tokyo
Kenneth Royall
Japan
Douglas MacArthur
U. S.S. Army Department
MacArthur
Indian reservations and tribes in Arizona
The report notes 17 Indian reservations and 14 Indian tribes in Arizona, with a combined population of about 50,000.
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Arizona
Public Hearing Debates Guilford Election Reforms Tonight
Citizens of Guilford County will discuss a 10 page report by George Hampton on election reforms at a 7 30 p m hearing at the Guilford County Courthouse. Proposals include expanding the county board of elections to seven members and consolidating precinct registrations.
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Greensboro
Guilford County
County Board of Elections
High Point
Gibsonville
Jamestown
Hamilton Lakes
George Hampton
Hampton
Board of Elections
County Elections Board
Guilford
Daily newspaper circulation hits all time high in 1948
U S daily and Sunday newspaper circulation rose to 52,285,297 and 46,308,081 respectively in 1948. The gains mark the eighth consecutive yearly record, with 12 more dailies bringing the total to 1,781, all evening papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U. S
Land
Administrator's Notice for Grace White Estate Guilford NC
Theodore A. Smith administrator of Grace White estate in Guilford County announces all claims must be filed within one year from February 3 1949. Creditors and debtors are instructed to present or settle promptly at Route No 6 High Point North Carolina with D P Whitley Jr assistant clerk of the superior court noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace White
Guilford
North Carolina
Theodore A. Smith
High Point
D. P. Whitley, Jr
Superior Court
Guilford County
Five In Tie For Guessing Aycock's Score
Five Lexington residents including two women guessed the strokes Dugan Aycock golfed from Lexington to Thomasville’s ninth hole. Prizes total eight items with four for exact guesses and five for a one stroke error. Winners: Mildred Shoaf Nellie Cross Joe Cope John Craven John McCrary.
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Thomasville
Lexington
Dugan Aycock
Polio Fund
Aycock
Mildred C. Shoaf
Nellie Cross
Joe Ps Cope
John Craven
John A. McCrary
Jaycees
Acock
Esem
Southern Railway
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Tut
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Fey
Lash Larue
Paramount
Socko
Walt Disney
Rialto
Smiley Burnette
Associated Press News
Breakfast Patrol
Whpe News
Martin
Record Review
WHPE
Columbia Masterworks
Marine Story
AP News
Bill Carrie—Speorts
Techlight Times
Wanderers of the Wasteland
Whpe-Fm
Mayme Albright
Ceauthord County
Burton Street
Sensenback’s Corner
J. J. Donnell
Orfl Weather Bureau
Little Rock
Asheville
Los Angeles
Atlanta
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Firm
Gham Mwan
Miami
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Mobile
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Texolite
Vic Tika
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Parker-Brown Lumber Co
Oak St
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Horace Gilderton, Inc
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Buicks
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