Little Wars Make Big Wars Arabs Shaped By Desert Origins
The piece argues that Arabia is not a single nation but a cluster of Arab peoples across Egypt Iraq Saudi Arabia Jordan Syria and beyond. It traces Semitic roots from Ur of Chaldees to Mesopotamia and the Arabian Peninsula and notes long histories of desert migration, wars, and cultural mixing shaping civilizations.
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Arabia
France
Nile Valley
Tigris-Euphrates
Egypt
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Jordan
Syria
Yemen
Lebanon
Israel
Abraham
Chaldees
Mesopotamia
Arabian Peninsula
Sumer
Babylon
Arabian Desert
Indian Ocean
Atlantic
Europe
Woman Known for Kindness Passed Quietly in Sleep
A long remembered woman who walked with God and helped others died in her sleep after a peaceful morning. Her kindness, described as vast as the sea, touched many through the years.
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Enoch
God
Southern Railway to Acquire A and EC Railroad
Interstate Commerce Commission approves Southern Railway to take stock control of the Atlantic and East Carolina Railway, a 124 mile line between Goldsboro and Morehead City via New Bern. The move shapes port development prospects at Morehead, Wilmington, and beyond as Buckley Inc. urges reevaluation of North Carolina port strategy.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Southern Railway
Atlantic and East Carolina Railway
Goldsboro
Morehead City
New Bern
Morehead
Southern
James C. Buckley, Inc
New York
North Carolina
Wilmington
A & EC
Buckley
Harry DeButts
High Point
North Carolina Railroad Company
Charlotte
Atlantic and North Carolina Railroad
South Atlantic Transcontinental Railroad
Statesville Air Line Railroad
Elkin and Alleghany Railroad
Mattamuskeet Railroad
W & Y Railroad
W & J Turnpike
Junaluska Turnpike
Courtroom Shortage Spurs Action for New High Point Facilities
High Point and Guilford County push for a civic center to resolve courtroom bottlenecks affecting the Municipal Court and conflicting Superior Court sessions. Commissioner Ragsdale and Judge Haworth face recurring March and April conflicts, urging prompt construction funding and shared facilities.
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High Point
William G. Ragsdale
Byron Haworth
Editorial on women's place in the economy and pay gaps
The piece highlights Alice K. Leopold's view that women made an unequaled national economic contribution last year and outlines wage gaps, job segregation, and shifts toward equal pay legislation. It cites census data, state laws, and the federal push under President Eisenhower to curb sex discrimination in wages and boost female labor participation.
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Alice K. Leopold
Secretary of Labor
United States
U. S. Women’s Bureau
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate
Labor Department
High Point architects plan centennial observance
High Point’s 11 registered architects from four firms will gather at Bill Freeman’s home to organize events for the American Institute of Architects centennial. Mayor Covington has issued a proclamation for the week as they promote the profession and its role in shaping human environments in this country.
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High Point
Bill Freeman
American Institute of Architects
George Covington
Independent contractors cited in High Point Enterprise notice
The High Point Enterprise states that all carriers dealers and distributors are independent contractors and the newspaper is not responsible for any advance payments or home delivery rate contracts made to them or their National Advertising representatives Ward Griffin Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
High Point Enterprise, Inc
National
Ward-Griffith Company
State assets far exceed the reported billion and a half
Lynn Nisbet notes that North Carolina’s tangible assets top 1.5 billion while intangibles are uncharted. She cites a 173 million deposit with the federal government for unemployment benefits, 286,212 acres valued at 31.3 million plus uncounted marsh lands and highway rights of way, suggesting total value would dwarf the published figure.
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North Carolina
Advisory Budget Commission
A&nc Railroad
State of
Budget Bureau
State Board of Education
Education Board
Highway Commission
Notes On The News By CHARLES ?EARSON
North Carolina rail investments show overall profit with $5.04 million par value and $5.23 million current value. The Carolina Motor Club poll indicates broad support for driver training funds license fees more highway safety measures and harsher penalties for racing and drunkenness.
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Carolina Motor Club
Brotherhood Week Message Calls for Unity and Aid
The piece emphasizes Brotherhood Week and urges daily observance of brotherly love. It recalls 97 years of past unity, condemns prejudice, and advocates goodwill, neighborly helping hands, and trust in the Lord to unite diverse people in shared humanity.
Quotes on Hungary revolt and peace from world leaders
Excerpts show American journalist Russell Jones in Budapest during the revolt and remarks from Vice President Nixon Louis Armstrong Nehru and others. The passages reflect hope amid danger and belief that peace will prevail despite looming trials.
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Kremlin
Poland
Hungary
Richard Nixon
Nehru
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Ccccsessea
Seceess
R. B. Terry
Ooeenenee
Olt McPherson Speer
B. Loflin
THE
Associated Press
N. C
Lynn Nisbet
Capitol Square
Charles ?Earson
Holt McPherson
Brotherhood
By Phil Silver
Phil Silver
Russell Jones
Budapest
Louis
Satchmo) Armstrong
London Philharmonic
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