Library Stand Ready to Aid Researchers
High Point library offers interlibrary loan and outreach to fulfill requests. Librarian Elizabeth Gurley notes the local collection often gives access to materials via college libraries and extension units. Since September, 15 patrons have benefited, including women’s club study participants and teachers.
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Elizabeth Gurley
High Point Library
Miss Gurley
University of North Carolina
Duke University
North Carolina Library Commission Winston-Salem
Greensboro
Appalachian State Teachers College
Bank Opens Under Bretton Woods Pact in 1947
The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development began operations in 1947 after being established under the Bretton Woods agreement. The article notes its founding context and early function within postwar reconstruction efforts.
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International Bank For Reconstruction and Redevelopment
Bretton Woods
Air mail service to inaugurate at St Petersburg and Owensboro
Air mail service will be inaugurated about March 1 over AM 6 at St. Petersburg Florida. Official cachet for first flight covers will be authorized since a cachet was furnished previously for air mail service at this point. In Owensboro Kentucky the service is slated for about the same time over AM 47 and a special cachet will be provided.
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St. Petersburg
Fla
Owensboro
King Farouk to Marry Nariman Sadek in Cairo
Official statement from Abdin palace confirms Crown Prince Farouk I will wed Nariman Sadek, 17, amid plans announced a day before his 31st birthday. No wedding date has been set. she turned 18 last October and finished Princess Ferial High School in Cairo in May 1949. An appended note mentions Americans own about 120,545,000 automobiles.
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Cairo
Farouk I
Narriman Sadek
Saveren Gt
Abdin Palace
Farouk
Princess Ferial High School
Figures Show Judge's Crackdown Effective
Thomasville report says recorder's court policy curbing speeders and reckless drivers cut reckless driving and speeding cases by about 10 percent since September. In four months, 127 trials vs 147 prior. 75 percent lost driving rights. Judge Steed urges mandatory statewide penalties.
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Thomasville
Recorder’s Court
W. H Steed
Steed
Uniform Courts and Practices
Scott
Highway Safety Committee
General Assembly
Chapel Hill
Institute of Government
Sears Employees Share in 105000 Investment Fund
Sears workers at the High Point store reported 1,609 shares of Sears stock and 21,147.98 in cash in the Savings and Profit Sharing Pension Fund, totaling 105,620.48 at year end. The fund holds about 23 percent of Sears stock and totals 349,400,000 in current assets, created 35 years ago to share profits and build retirement reserves.
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Sears High Point
Sears, Roebuck and Co
H. E. Hutton
Hutto
Sears
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A. E. Sherron
Chiropractic
Philatelic Notes
Brentwood
Lacy High
North Main Street
Culclosure Jewelers
N. Main ST
High Point, NC
Gilbert E. Marsh
B. Willis Street
Briggs and Stratton
Davis-Moore
Lambeth-Welborn Supply CO
S. Main ST
Thomas A
Edison
Thom
A. Edison
United States
Piedmont Carolinas
Duke Power Company
Dan
Saluda River
Cliffside
Riverbend
For All
T Crobnas
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