Indian Village Replica Planned for Lost Colony Venue
Sponsors of The Lost Colony propose a Roanoke Island Indian village replica to be inhabited by Cherokees. Daily handicraft demonstrations such as weaving and tanning would accompany the production as an added attraction proposed by Gov Kerr Scott at the waterside theater last season.
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Sir Walter Raleigh
Roanoke Island
Lost Colony
Kerr Scott
Waterside Theater
Milk Bottle Beats Gun at Market Hold Up
A man entered Samuel R Jenner’s market at closing, demanded money, pistol in hand. Employee Arthur Mansfield from the back room threw a milk bottle, startling the robber who fired a shot and fled.
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Washington
Samuel R. Jenner
Jenner
Arthur Mansfield
Library Notes on 1949 religious books and works
A catalog of recent religious and philosophical books available at the High Point Public Library. Includes titles on Christ, the Bible, sermons, theology, and church history with authors such as Shalom Asch Pierre Van Paassen Fosdick Lewis Schweitzer Barth and Fosdick among others.
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Mary
Shalom Asch
Putnam
Jesus
Pierre van Paassen
Dial
Nazareth
Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harper
Snowden-Douglas
A. A. Boys
Ahenaten Cokesbury
N. R. Lofts
Macmillan
L. M. Leonard
Doubleday
Houston Harte
Oxford
D. A. Poling
Norman Vincent Peale
H. J. Grierson
C. S. Lewis
Albert Schweitzer
F. R. Barry
C. T. Holman
Essor
University of Chicago
Karl Barth
Philosophical Press
F. Anson
Bruce Publishing
High Point Public
Gas Turbine Engines Eye Future Auto Usage
A refined gas turbine may power cars, trucks, and ships, offering stall proof, gearless operation and high speed. Boeing's Model 502 is the leading design, lighter and with far fewer parts, though fuel use is higher and noise is a challenge. Edward C. Wells predicts the turbine may largely replace conventional engines.
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Washington
NEA
Navy
Eee Logging
Avion
Boeing Aircraft Company
Edward C. Wells
Boeing
Greece adopts first comprehensive civil service code
The new Civil Service Code in Greece aims to reform 75,000 civil servants. American experts helped push the law to streamline civil service selection and government methods under ECA sponsorship.
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Greece
Russia Is Old Story In Bulgaria
SOFIA The Russian violence is nothing new in Bulgaria. A pedestrian strolls past landmarks in Sofia including the Georgi Dimitrov museum and the Alexander Nevsky cathedral. The text notes Moscow exile figures and references 1944 Bulgarian revolts tied to Russian leaders.
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Sofia
Georgi Dimitrov
Moscow
Postwa
Alexander II
Ruse
Garia
St. Alexander Nevsky Garian Orthodox Cathedral
Alander
Marshal Tolbukhin
Opium Trade Surges in Bangkok Thailands 1950
Bangkok papers report a rising opium issue with four major smuggling cases expected within a month. The Thai excise department has accepted applications from opium resorts in Bangkok and Chonburi to open new divans, aiming to raise fees in 1950.
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Bangkok
Opi
Chonburi
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