Aviation public fears and the 1946 air travel record
In this commentary the author argues that sensationalism skews aviation safety. He cites 1946 passenger fatalities at 1.24 per hundred million passenger miles and notes rapid growth in air travel, fleet size, and passenger miles since 1940, while predicting radar aided, weather independent schedules will improve reliability.
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Ple
Life
Congressional Record
CAB
Air Transport Association
New York
Washington
Miami
Houston
Chicago
New York City
Philadelphia
Noted Church Leader to Speak at High Point College
Bishop Ralph S. Cushman, resident bishop of the St. Paul area and noted Methodist leader, will visit High Point college for the annual religious emphasis week starting March 2. He will speak Sunday Tuesday evenings at 7 30 and Tuesday morning at 10 20 in Roberts hall, with related campus events and a luncheon hosted by Dr and Mrs Humphreys for ministerial students and faculty. He also will preach at First Methodist church at 11 o clock next Sunday.
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Ralph S. Cushman
St. Paul
Methodist Church
High Point College
G. I. Humphreys
Cushman
Roberts Hall
Unified Christian Fellowship
George Case
Humphreys
West College Drive
First Methodist Church
High Point
College Red Cross Plans Multiple Special Projects
The H P college Red Cross chapter launches a winter to spring program including a campus blood donor system for High Point area, visits to the tuberculosis sanatorium for patient entertainment, knitting for overseas relief, a first aid class with about forty enrolled, and safety outreach led by the Angels of Mercy. Local activities include a bulletin board in Roberts hall, a swimming class soon, and past service trips to ORD in Greensboro. Leaders are Miss Jo Chapman director, Edna Boone president, Amy Buckner vice president, and Dorothy Johnson secretary. First olives grown in the western hemisphere were in Peru.
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H. P. College
The
American Red Cross
High Point
Angels of Mercy
Roberts Hall
Ord
Greensboro
Fort Bragg Hospital
Jo.Chapman
Edna Boone
Amy Buckner
Dorothy Johnson
Bureau Helps Solve Family Problems
The family service bureau explains it is a social agency offering case work and counseling not just financial aid. It provides home nursing when needed, linen loans, layettes, transportation to hospitals, and Travelers Aid services for travelers and stranded transients in cooperation with local groups.
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Family Service Bureau
Bessie Tesh
Bureau
Council of Jewish Women
Junior Service League
Travelers Aid Association
Tom Kearns Puppy Places Second at Westminster Show
A ten month old Scottish terrier named Action Hill's Pharmacist Mate owned by Tom Kearns finished second among a large group of Scottish terrier puppies at the Westminster show at Madison Square Garden. It was his first show, bringing pride to Kearns and his handler Lana.
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Action Hill
Tom Kearns
Madison Square Garden
Garden
Ito
Lana
Meat Prices Higher Than February Forty Six
The article details 1946 and 1947 meat price comparisons across items like sausage bacon pork chops pork roast cuck roast fresh ground beef and sugar cured ham with oysters and some vegetables. It notes prices declined after OPA controls ended while meat availability improved and regional freezes affected produce costs. It cites fluctuating bacon prices and overall price uniformity since OPA.
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OPA
Florida
Ufter
Bacon
Five High Point Students Win Duke Honors
Five High Point students named to Duke University Dean's List for the just completed semester. Theodore N. McDowell James C. Meekins Fred W. Short Herbert L. Speas Jr Anne D. Wood represent High Point among 144 Tar Heel scholars on the list. Durham leads NC in honor students with others from Greensboro Raleigh Charlotte and more across the state.
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Durham
North Carolina
Duke University
Duke
N. C
Greensboro
Raleigh
Charlotte
High Point
North Carlina
Theodore N. McDowell
James C. Meekins
Fred W. Short
Herbert L. Speas, Jr
Anne D. Wood
174 Cases Set For Jury Trial
One hundred seventy four jury cases are set for trial in municipal court next week. Sixty four defendants are Negroes and 110 are white. Offenses include 20 driving drunk, 32 other driving offenses, 39 assaults, 33 whisky cases, and seven immoral charges. Most offenses occurred since December 1946 with some as old as 11 or 12 months.
Refugee Ship Julia Intercepted With 600 Aboard
British navy intercepted the immigrant ship S. S. Julia carrying 600 uncertified Jewish refugees and is escorting it toward Haifa, Palestine, sources said.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Haifa
Potato origins traced to South America
A note states that the potato, whether white or Irish, is believed to have originated in South America.
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South America
Red Cross Fund Drive Seeks 1947 Local Support
Harvey D. Gibson national Red Cross chairman urges $60,000,000 campaign nationwide with $19,000 to be raised in High Point. He notes 70 percent of funds fund armed forces services and 30 percent for peacetime relief and health programs.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
Harvey D. Gibson
National Manufacturers’ Trust Company
Taylor M. Simpson
High Point
Gibson
Simpson
National Realty Management
Harvey Gibson
Great Britain
Europe
Taylor Simpson
North Africa
Red Cross Fund
France
Catea
Redge
National Enee Thead
Poe
Dr. Brandon Returns From Naval Training Cruise
Dr. James R. Brandon completes a two week naval training cruise to Cuba and Puerto Rico and will reopen his office at 105 North Main Street in the former McAnally location. The item notes three farm people injured in accidents per minute in a brief, fragmented line.
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James R. Brandon
Cuba
Puerto Rico
North Main Street
W. J. McAnally
Veterans at Millikan hall complain of crowded quarter conditions
The 21 GI students at High Point College and their 21 wives and nine babies living in Millikan hall allege cramped, dirty, and outdated rooms. They fault college lack of paint and materials and compare unfavorably with VA housing at nearby Guilford and other colleges offering better units with utilities and furnishings.
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High Point College
Millikan Hall
Old Methodist Children’s Orphanage
FHA
Guilford College
Guil
Millikan
G. I. Humphreys
High Point
Guilford
Elon
Federal Housing Administration
Eton
Appalachian
Lenoir-Rhyne
College
Guilk
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