Forgotten Admiral De Grasse and the Virginia Capes Battle
The article recalls the 1781 Battle of the Virginia Capes where Admiral de Grasse’s French fleet defeated Admiral Graves, aiding Cornwallis’s fall at Yorktown. It notes the battle’s pivotal role in American victory, de Grasse’s later life, and his neglect in U.S. memory with only a 1931 Sons of the American Revolution tablet as memorial.
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Sanford Markey
Central Press
Virginia Capes
Francois Joseph Paul de Grasse
Thomas Graves
Henry
Charles Lord Cornwallis
Yorktown
Atlantic Seaboard
Cornwallis
Carolinas
Virginia
Henry Clinton
New York City
George Washington
Count de Cchambeau
General Washington
Admiral de Grasse
French West Indies
de Grasse
Brest
France
Chesapeake Bay
Graves
Washington
New York
West Indies
Congress
Bay of
Chesapeake
Tilly
United States
Salem
Charlestown
Count de Grasse
Napoleon
America
Sons of the American Revolution
Old Custom House
Denver University Parades Industrial Communications Course
Denver University outlines an Industrial Communications course claiming it will improve management relations, promotions, pay raises, and personal understanding. The piece cites semantic issues and miscommunications between boss and workers as a cause of business problems.
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Denver
INS
University of Denver
D. U
Elwood Murray
School of Speech
Murray
Arthur
D. A
Greensboro College awards building contract to J A Jones
The construction contract for Greensboro CollegeScience Classroom Building goes to J A Jones Construction Co. for 212600, with total project cost预计 at about 250000. The three story Georgianstyle building will ease overcrowding and house biology physics and chemistry labs. Architects Taylor and Fisher designed the facility and construction should finish before fall term.
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Greensboro
Jan
Greensboro College
J. A. Jones Construction Co., Inc
Charlotte
Jones Company
James G. Hanes
Winston- Salem
George D. Finch
Thomasville
J. Wesley Foreman
Elizabeth City
William A. McGirt
Wilmington
William Y. Preyer
Bill Price
Burlington
Luther L. Gobbel
North Carolina
Chartered College For Women
Gobbel
Taylor and Fisher
Baltimore
Cutting Expenditures Is By CHARLES MOLONY
Congress debates trimming President Truman s 42 439 000 000 budget as the record shows post budget rises totaling 3 869 000 000 over four years. Analysts note disputes over responsibility for increases and unforeseen events push costs higher. The new peacetime budget for the next year is the most costly ever at opening of Congress, predicting a 5 133 000 000 deficit unless taxes rise.
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Charles Molony
Washington
Congress
Truman
Mr. Truman
Veterinary Meet At State College January 24 27
The 12th annual veterinary conference co sponsored by the North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association and North Carolina State College will be held at the college from Tuesday to Friday January 24 to 27. Dr Co D Grinnells the college veterinarian announced today. Veterinarians from North Carolina and nearby states are expected to attend the four day meeting featuring a wide range of addresses and scientific discussions by leading experts.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Veterinary Medical Association
N. C. State College
Co. D. Grinnells
North Carolina
James H. Steele
U. S. Public Health Service
R. C. Klussendorf
Chicago
American Medical Association
Martin H. Roepke
University of Minnesota
L. M. Hutchings
Purdue University
I. W. McDonald
Cambridge University
England
Mark L. Morris
Rutgers University
F. H. Fox
Cornell University
Bre Man Replants Tiergarten With Seedling Oaks
Bre men ship 35 000 oak and linden seedlings to Berlin to restore the Tiergarten once famed before war damage and freezing losses left it bare and used for firewood by Berliners.
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Tiergarter
Berlin
Breman
Truman Budget Record Shows War on Spending
The President argues that veterans benefits and farm price supports will fall by hundreds of millions, with Congress bearing responsibility for obligational authority. He cites four prior budgets, noting proposed totals vs actuals and ongoing spending increases across 1946 to 1949.
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Congress
Mr. Truman
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Adele Mara
Forrest Tucker
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Lowy Chaney
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