Public Parks and Recreation Participation Rises Sharply
Public participation in city parks and recreation activities reached 67 214 in seven months, up from 38 341 a year ago. Expenditures climbed to 30 063 13 while revenues grew to 11 301 62, with the commission overseeing Lake and swimming pool, parks, fair Park, golf, Youth Center, and a Negro park and swim mine pool.
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City Parks and Recreation Commission
Roy Braden
Reece Snyder
Parks and Recreation Commission
Thomasville Students Are ECTC Leaders
Thomasville students at East Carolina Teachers College will vote February 27 1946 for about 70 officer positions for 1946 47 a half holiday is requested to ensure orderly elections Garlan Bailey of Thomasville will be SCGA president Vivian Sitterson Plymouth treasurer and Thomasville residents James Lockridge and Te w editor roles on the TECO Echo The annual staff will be headed by Lary G Hales Stantonburg editor with Ruthie Snow Hill as business manager June Best Brandenburg Warrenton will again head the college annual staff
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Enterprise
Enville
Stucae
East Carolina Teachers College
Garlan Baief Thomasville
Student Cooperative Government
Stantonsburg
Ruthie
Snow Hill
Mane
Peterson's Ointment Provides Quick Skin Relief
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a simple remedy for eczema itching pimples and red blotches. It claims rapid relief improves skin appearance and soothes tired feet including cracks between toes with a money back guarantee.
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Peterson
Shad and Herring Season Opens March First
Raleigh reports the shad and herring season opens March 1 and runs to May 10 in land waters of coastal counties. Fishing limited to Thursday through Saturday with nets of bars one and a half inches or larger. Commissioner Findlay urges sportsmen to verify regulations with divisional game protectors in each area.
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Raleigh
John D. Findlay
Game and Inland Fisheries Division
Philippine military police to bolster Nueva Ecija force
The Philippine government plans to reinforce its military police in Nueva Ecija province to two thousand men as peasants react and a broader mop up aims to five thousand troops. Secretary Montelibano confirms the government’s intent. The article also notes the real name of Lewis Carroll as Charles Lutwidge Dodgson.
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Manila
Philippine
Nueva Ecija
Jane the Islands
Alof Montelibano
Lewis Carroll
Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland
Charles Ladwidge Dodgson
Two Worlds and Subconscious Memory Reflections by W A Bivins
An essay on subconscious memory using a German girl who learned English in New York and later spoke German while unconscious. It cites reminiscences of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Requiem and a meditation on consciousness, memory, and moral upbringing guiding toward heaven.
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America
New York
Robert Louis Stevenson
Samoa
Visi
Inchape Rock J
Pacific
Stevenson
Wordsworth
Delhi’s Old and New Cities Contrast in Rich History
Hal Boyle surveys Delhi’s clash of eras from ancient Old Delhi with its mosques and palaces to modern New Delhi with grand government buildings. He notes Shah Jahan’s Red Fort and Jama Masjid as enduring relics, then recalls Persia’s Nadir Shah looting the city and the Kohinoor theft, juxtaposing legends with iron pillars and royal inscriptions.
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New Delhi
Delhi
India
Orient
Old Delhi
New India
Huck Finn
Lord Aay
Tiger
France
Georges Clemenceau
Shah Jahan
Red Fort
Taj Mahal
Agra
Manhattan
Flame
Nadir Shah
Persia
Kohinoor
Chandra
Brindle bulldog rescue on Delaware River pier
Mrs. Allen J. Carey jumped into 32 degree water to save her brindle bulldog that slipped on a Delaware River pier. Her husband pulled the pair to safety as onlookers watched. The report notes British farmers normally provide 40 percent of national food in typical times.
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Philadelphia
Allen J. Carey
Check
Delaware River
Cooked Dinner and Change After Treating Illness
A woman describes lifelong digestive problems from bloating headaches and constipation. She reports relief after using INNER AID a herbal formula that cleanses bowels and normalizes digestion and offers renewed vitality. Sold by local vendors in High Point.
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High Point
Church Leaders Warn Atomic Risk Endangers Civilization
Churchmen from 32 nations warned that atomic energy could destroy civilization and urged the allies to avoid vengeance. The provisional committee of the world council of churches issued the statement at the end of a weeklong conference in Geneva, calling on the five great powers to assume responsibility and to spare civilian populations from enmity and deprivation.
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Geneva
Switzerland
United Nations
Provisional Committee of the World
Council of Churches
Police Commissioner Opposes Blindfold Driving Exhibition
Los Angeles police commissioner Al Cohn denied a driver's license applicant's request to perform a driving exhibition blindfolded. He stated the city needs drivers who will keep their eyes open.
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Los Angeles
al Cohn
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