Fairview and Trinity Schools Highlight Health Talks
Dr. M B Davis spoke at Fairview PTA on sex education stressing home based teaching and parent collaboration. Trinity school assembly featured his talk on heart conditions among Negroes with emphasis on diet sanitation medical care and hospital access.
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Fairview School News
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Fairview Pta
M. B. Davis
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V. Perry
Trinity School News
Trinity School
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Clifford and
Coyte Belo
Marion Steele
Annette, Steed
Peggy Kearns
Rosa Lee Johnson
Cornelia Sibert
Martha Massey
Magolia Brown
Elinor Holland
C. M. Mayfield
Negro History Week program at YWCA vesper hour
The article outlines a Negro History Week observance at the Mary McLeod Bethune YWCA on February 15 at 4 p.m. with Forbes Prelude, opening song, readings, a poem by Napoleon Mack, and remarks by Miss Elizabeth C. Gill. Mrs. M. J. Simmons chairs the sponsoring committee.
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Mary McLeod Bethune Ywca
Forbes
God Our Help
L. M. Mayfield
Georgianna Matthews
G. I. Hall
Napoleon Mack
M. J. Simmons
Elizabeth C., Gill
Wm. Penn High School
Camp Friend
A. W. Wadell
Ywca News
Y. W.C.A
Muriel Lester
First Methodist
YWCA
Wm. Penn School
Pearl Burford
Norfolk
Models' Laboratory Without Girls Opens at Lehigh
Lehigh University has opened a models' laboratory for instruction and research in civil engineering. The facility features scale models of the Holston River and German Creek bridges in Tennessee and the Cleveland Lakefront Ramp in Ohio. No women are involved in the laboratory.
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Bethlehem
Lehigh University
Holston River
German Creek
Tennessee
Cleveland
Ohio
Greenhouse Donated to Valley Forge General Hospital
The American Legion auxiliary of Pennsylvania donates a $20,000 greenhouse to Valley Forge General Hospital in Phoenixville. The project is dedicated to veterans who fought and died for the nation and to those who work for lasting peace.
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Phoenixville
The
American Legion Auxiliary of
Pennsylvania
Pe Valley Forge General Hospital
Weaver Air Force Base Named for Maj. Gen. Walter Weaver
Rapid City Army Air Base in South Dakota is renamed Weaver Air Force Base in honor of Maj. Gen. Walter R. Weaver. Senator Chan Gurney announced the change noting Weaver’s role as a pioneer air corps officer who died in Washington. The base remains one of the nation’s largest heavy bomber installations.
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Army Air Field
Rapid City Army Air Base
Weaver Air Force Base
Chan Gurney
R-Sd
Walter R. Weaver
Pioneer Air Corps
Washington
Thomas Praises Marshall Plan and World Peace Path
Norman Thomas, five time Socialist candidate, told UNC students that averting a third war and building lasting peace depends on disarmament and the Marshall plan. He urged two routes to global peace: overwhelming power or progress toward world government under international control.
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Chapel Hill
Norman Thomas
Carolina Political Union
University of North Carolina
America
Three Children Die In Home Fire In Marion
In Marion, three children perished when a house burned yesterday while their mother worked in a mill. Victims were Billy Wayne 3, Jimmy Ronald 2, and Wanda Kay 5 months. Miss Minnie Burgin said the blaze started by the children playing with matches. An inquest was scheduled for to ny.
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Marion
Minnie Burgin
Katherine Lewis
Earl Sebastian
McDowell County
Billy Wayne
Jimmy Ronald
Wanda Kay
Sebastian
Pack Of Wild Dogs Chase Railroader in Pottsville
Samuel Bolich, a Reading Company trackwalker, outran a pack of wild dogs that pursued him. He climbed onto a railroad car at Hawk Mountain and reached safety as a maintenance crew approached two hours later. The dogs appeared hungry, Bolich said.
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Pottsville
Samuel Bolich
Bolich
Reading Company
Hawk Mountain
Time Center Moves Greenwich to Sussex Observation Site
The Royal Observatory at Greenwich moves to a new site 55 miles away in stages over five years. GMT remains the world time standard as master instruments adjust to a 20 minute longitude shift. The zero meridian stays fixed by international agreement amid London’s pollution challenges.
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Moviegoer habits show women lead in attendance
A nationwide survey of American Magazine readers finds women outrank men as movie patrons with 49 percent attending at least once a week versus 41 percent for men. The survey also shows single people attend more often than married people 56 percent to 44 percent.
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Chicago
MNS
War booty and trophies explained in postwar policy
A look at how victors may take items from defeated nations defines booty not reparations. The piece covers horses from Hungary, a silver Hohenzollern set, and daily war souvenirs, noting when booty becomes government property or individual trophies, with examples from Germany Italy and Poland.
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Germany
Hungary
Senate
State Department
Senate Committee
175Th Regiment
Maryland National Guard
175Th
Hohenzollerns
O.K
U. S
175 Regiment
Paris
Midwest
Italy
Boy Scouts Visit President Truman at White House
Twelve Boy Scouts from North Carolina and across the nation visited President Truman at the White House during Boy Scout Week. Eagle Scout Jack Brader described the president as swell and the group presented a report to the nation and an official bronze Boy Scout statuette. The visitors later met with FBI Director J Edgar Hoover. Truman is an honorary Scout. The party included Eagle Scout John C Wyatt Jr of Candor North Carolina and other regional representatives.
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President Truman
White House
Jack Brader
Stone Church
Truman
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mr. Truman
Boy Scouts
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John C. Wyatt, Jr
Candor, N. C
United States to Aid Greece in expansive well drilling
The Agricultural Department of the American Mission for Aid to Greece plans a vast well drilling campaign in Greece aiming to add thousands of wells and boost underground water for pump irrigation. Geologist Albert W. Braithwaite of Enid Oklahoma assists and will help train Greek drillers and select equipment for rapid expansion of operations.
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United States
Greece
Alkaios Angelopoulos Athens
INS
Agricultural Department
American
Mediterranean
California
Albert W. Braithwaite
Enid
Okla
American Mission For
Braithwaite
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Lichy Pimples Kill Romance
Many broken romances blamed on scratching skin blemishes. Cure itch with Peterson's Ointment for pimples eczema blotches and irritation. One application delights or money refunded. Also for tired cracked feet. Available at druggists for 35 cents.
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Craw Of Wild Duck Yields Gold Dust
Salisbury report notes Floyd Cranwell found a wild duck with a broken wing in Miles River. The duck’s craw yielded about an ounce and a half of glittering grit. A jeweler said it was gold dust.
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Salisbury
Floyd Cranwell
Miles River
Japs Eliminate Broadcasters By Examination
Tokyo reports Japan Broadcasting Corp seeks 20 announcers and will cut down from 800 applicants after examinations focusing on information and current affairs. The item lists terms such as Renaissance and Cold War as examples, and notes figures related to the Tojo trial and Crown Prince Akihito.
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Te Japan Broadcasting Corp
Renaissance
Communist Party
Comyns Carr
Tojo
United States
Eugen Varga
Kremlin
Akihito
Film Executives Take Salary Cut at Goldwyn Studios
Samuel Goldwyn announced a 50 percent wage cut for executives at Goldwyn studios to protect the film industry. He noted long term contracts remain, and the cut excludes those in lower salary brackets. The exact number of affected executives and the base pay level were not disclosed.
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Hollywood
Samuel Goldwyn
Goldwn Studios
Goldwyn
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