Machinery And Machine Tools Industry Of The Year 1940
Babson selects machinery and machine tools as the 1940 Industry of the Year highlighting strong first half 1940 prospects. He cites peak tool orders, broader demand, shipbuilding revival, power generation growth, and wartime manufacturing as drivers, while warning of skilled labor shortages and stressing practical education.
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Babson
Babson Park
Fla
Amert
Risig
Germany
Ost
Nightingale's General Jackson Jr. Hosts Hundredth Birthday Dinner
Nightingale's General Jackson Jr., a chocolate candy throne perched pointer dog, will preside at a birthday dinner tonight at the Indianapolis Country Club. The Seventeenth birthday Celebration is hosted by Mr and Mrs Frederick T Holliday of Sunset Lane with friends attending in casual attire.
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Indianapolis
Nightingale
General Jackson, Jr
Frederick T. Holliday
Sunset Lane
Indianapolis Country Club
Hollidays
General Jackson
Tennessee Cops Seize Large Whiskey Shipment
State patrolmen in Knoxville seized two large trucks and an automobile carrying 121 cases of bonded unstamped whiskey. The load from a Middlesboro Kentucky dealer was destined for Georgia and North Carolina but was not a legal interstate shipment, as it was moved by private carriers and not tied to a bonded warehouse.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Middlesboro
Georgia
North Carolina
Highway Patrol
Lynn Bomar
Bomar
Japan prepares elaborate events for empire founding anniversary
Japan undertakes extensive plans this year to commemorate the 2600th anniversary of the imperial founding. Officials announce national ceremonies and cultural programs to mark the historic milestone with public involvement.
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Japan
Mary Resettles After Discharge in Wartime London
Mary Carroll alias Anna Winters leaves the hospital under a discharge order with only two pounds and a sixpence. Dr Gilbert Lenox offers rooms in Soho to help her start anew. Mary debates accepting the aid while wrestling with her altered appearance and uncertain future.
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Mary
Mary Carroll
London
Vincent Gregg
Carla Marchetta
Gilbert Lenox
Anna Winters
Dr. Lenox
Soho
Gly Cas touted at Betts Drug Co in High Point
Local residents flock to Betts Drug Co to meet the Gly-Cas Man and learn how Gly-Cas capsules aid digestion and bowel elimination. A Durham area tobacco farmer Testifies that after years of indigestion and back pain Gly-Cas restored digestion, energy, and sleep. Trial packages offered to all who visit 109 N Main St.
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Betts Drug Co
K. R. Bilis
Route 1
Bahama
N. C
Durham
Mr. Ellis
N. Main St
Business check shows holiday drag continues into New Year
The Composite Index sits 2.6 percent above Normal, down 1.5 points from last week as holiday and year end slowdowns press on. Rail, textiles, lumber ease while steel and autos stabilize. retail trade posts strong Christmas results vs 1938, yet overall sentiment remains cautious.
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Main Street
Wall Street
Guilford County Realty Transfers In High Point and County Townships
Transfers detail property dealings across Guilford County including High Point Township West Lexington Avenue lots from Home Owners Loan Corporation to Frank T Green and wife. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company acquires T Y Hamilton plat blocks from John O Brown and others. Additional transfers involve Bruce Township and others including Methodist Church lands and Glenwood Avenue parcels.
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High Point Township
Claudius C. Dockery
Mary M. Hobbs
Morehead Township
Elizabeth V. Fogleman
Two Men Die From Cold in NY State Auto
State police report subzero weather caused the deaths of Richard Boyea 19 and Ulysses Paquin 26 of Chasm Falls found frozen inside their parked car nine miles south of Malone New York. Boy Scouts assist redecorating the Plaza fronting the Royal Palace in Tokyo.
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Malone
N. Y
Richard Boyea
Ulysses Paquin
Chasm Falls
Here
Royal Palace
Tokyo
Japan
Chronological list of major inventions arranged for progress
A reader puzzle asks to reorder inventions from earliest to latest. Telegraph and lightning rod appear early, followed by printing, sewing machine, typewriter, photograph, telephone, incandescent lamp, electric motor, telegraph wireless, motion picture machine, steamship, steel, cotta gin, electro magnet, and television. Answers on Classified Page.
James Roosevelt Sticks to Movies in New Independent Studio
James Roosevelt son of President Roosevelt announces he will remain in film work signing with Globia Productions to finance and create his own movies. He aims for a fresh and modern method of entertaining. A separate dispatch notes two German freighters Quito and Bogota attempting to run the British blockade from Guayaquil.
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Hollywood
James Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Globia Productions
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Quito
Bogota
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Gepr
King Features Syndicate, Inc
BY Ruth Ayers
Tully
NEA Service, Inc
High Point
Betts Drug Company
Efird's Dept
High Point, N.C
By David L. Babson
Publishers Financial Bureau
Guilford County Realty
New York State
English Street
South Main Street
Washington ST
Bacon
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Prunes
Campbell's
Alaska
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