Beards Tax Under Peter the Great Cited by Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica notes that Peter the Great imposed a beard tax to modernize Russia. The levy applied to men who chose not to shave, reflecting an effort to Westernize attire and customs during his reign.
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Peter the Great
Russia
Record of global chills and wartime events across 1939 and 1944
A digest ties together a 1939 note on Cold War era shifts with a 1944 wartime panorama. It recalls High Point legal actions, a courtroom absurdity with a deaf mute defendant, hydroelectric plans, theater listings, and a broad array of international headlines from Paris to Rome including Greece Spain and Pius XI conclave preparations.
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St. Peter’s
Pius XI
College of Cardinals
Works Progress Administration
Roosevelt
Cordell Hull
America
Congress
Army
Mitchel Field
N. Y
March Field
Calif
Fred Apostoli
New York
Pittsburgh
Billy Conn l
Mars Hill
High Point
Don C. McRae
Center
Norma Shearer
Clark Gable
Mickey Rooney
Spencer Tracy
Broadhurst
Fifth Army
Anzio
Rome
Mark Clark
Stockholm
Sweden
London
Pas-De-Calais
Britain
Channel
England
Red Army
Luga
Leningrad
Estonia
Latvia
Ukraine
Dneiper
Pacific
Rabaul
Kavieng
Truk
Italy
War Production Board
Donald Nelson
Washington
WPB
Committee For Economic Development
Church Group At Jamestown Hears Harry Jordan
Jamestown Feb 12 Mrs Elsie Saunders hosted the Women s Bible class at the Methodist church on Guilford road. Guest speaker Harry Jordan director of religious education at First Methodist High Point discussed aids to worship through art poetry and music. Three visitors were welcomed and March meeting plans announced. The Modern Book club met with Miss Straughn of Straughn s Bookshop Greensboro giving an appraisal of last year s books and future publications.
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Jamestown
Elsie Saunders
Harry Jordan
First Methodist Church
High Point
Elizabeth Hanner
Harry Bundy
E. B. Wicke
Modern Book Club
Ernest Crouch
H. N. Williard
Lucille Bumgarner
Miss Straughn
Straughn
Greensboro
Hitting Metal with a Homer Repositions Atoms
The statement explains that striking metal with a homer displaces tiny atoms from their positions, illustrating how atomic structure is affected by impact in sports physics.
Young to Direct UNC Men's Glee Club in High Point
Paul Young associate professor and voice chair at UNC will direct the University men’s glee club in a February 28 concert at the Junior High School auditorium in High Point. The touring 100 voices are to be welded into a single unit. advance tickets are sold at local pharmacies and by club members.
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High Point Bar Association
Teague
Chamberlain
House of Commons
London
Spain
Minorca
Vatican City
Paul Young
University of North Carolina
Young
Cincinnati Conservatory
Ohio University
Columbia University
Harvard
Fayette
Ohio
Mercersburg Academy
Pennsylvania
Scott High School
East Orange
New Jersey
Paper Mill Playhouse
Millburn
Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill Presbyterian Church
John White
Paul Green
Manteo
High Point
Exchange Club
Galloway’s
Jeff's Drug Store
Smith's
Best Camp Emphasis on Scouts Merit Achievements
The focus targets swimming life saving canoeing and other skills. Parents Day falls on Wednesday with weekly camp fire programs. For the third year the council hosts an all troop water meet with age appropriate swimming events. Hackney expects this camp to be the best ever.
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Hackney
Hotel Man Address the Convention on Hotel Topics
A convention session covers Employer and Employee Relations with Thomas E. Baker of Richmond Hotels Inc. and Hotel Advertising by Albert Koehl of Koehl Landon and Landon Inc. The program also includes Hotel Industry by M. Ryan of the American Hotel Association and Engineering and Decorating by John Koch of the Robert E. Lee hotel. A female starfish produces about 200000000 eggs annually.
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Thomas E. Baker
Richmond Hotels, Inc
Richmond, Va
Albert Koehl
Koehl, Landon, and Landon, Inc
New York City
M. ©. Ryan
Washington, D. C
American Hotel Association
John Koch
Robert E. Lee Hotel
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