Graduate Program In Creative Art Established at University
CHAPEL HILL Jan 31 A new Master of Arts graduate program in creative art is established at the University of North Carolina. It will serve B F A and A M students with strong art history and studio training and aims to enhance art education and appreciation in the state. Faculty include Allcott Som mer Davis Kachergis Ness with rich library resources at Person Hall.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
John V. Allcott
Allcott
Clemens Sommer
Emma Tu Davis
George
Pregel Uranium Share Scam Ties SEC NASD In Probe
A New York report details Boris and Alexander Pregel selling 800,000 common shares of a Colorado mines outfit at $1.25 to the public after SEC registration. A reporter bought 925 shares at 75 cents, while another bought five at 125. Burton & Co. sold the stock under an un underwriting for the first time in 17 years. The story notes connections to House Un-American Affairs and questions about disclosures.
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New York
NASD
National Association of Securities Dealers
SEC
Securities and Exchange Commission
Boris Pregel
Alexander
Colorado
Brothers Prege
Brothers Pregell
William L. Burton & Co
Broad St
Roverage
Burton
Prospectus
al Curb House
Stock Exchange
Pregels
Pregel
Russia
Father Dies in Fire While Saving Children in Hannibal
In Hannibal Missouri a 28 year old father Thomas Woodward Armstrong perished during a blaze that destroyed his two room home by the Mississippi river. He stepped back inside after shouting I am going to get my babies or die with them and was found over one child. Three children Barbara Ann 3 James Woodward Jr 2 and Pearl 11 months died in the fire while Norma Jean 5 survived hospitalized with burns. Mrs Armstrong and a 11 year old brother Sterling Owen were blamed for starting the fire by pouring gasoline into the stove.
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Hannibal
Mississippi River
Thomas Woodward Armstrong
Fiee
Barbara Ann
Jamas Woodward, Jr
Pearl
Mrs. Armstrong
Restricted maple sugar region in North America
A small area across northern and eastern United States and neighboring southeastern Canada is the world’s only producer of maple sugar.
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North American
United States
Canada
Gill v Gill absolute divorce suit filed in High Point
Laura Gill sues Charles Gill in Guilford County North Carolina Municipal Court seeking an absolute divorce on ground of separation exceeding two years. Charles Gill must appear and answer within twenty days after February 26 1950. deputy clerk Margaret W. Haney issues notice. Attorney John W. Langford represents plaintiff.
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North Carolina
Guilford County
City of
High Point
Laura Gill
Charles Gill
Margaret W. Haney
John W. Langford
The Publicity Sketch: Bergen Seeks New Comedy Writers
In New York Edgar Bergen explains the brutal but hopeful path to success for comedy writers. He describes filtering 700 800 jokes to 80 90 for a half hour show and notes the lack of unemployment among writers. He urges sending a thousand jokes to prove seriousness.
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New York
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Mortimer Snerd
Bergen
Jack Benny
Bob Hope
Milton Berle
McCarthy
Snerd
Los Angeles
Dorothy Kingsley
MGM
Plane reseeding scatters seed bombs over Southwest deserts
In Arizona and New Mexico large tracts have been reseeded by airplane drops of millions of seed bombs. The devices bury themselves on impact and contain grass seed, fertilizer and rodent repellent.
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Arizona
New Mexico
Mantz Abandons East West Flight Hurt by Headwinds
Pilot Paul Mantz failed to set a new east west speed record due to headwinds. After refueling at Amarillo he planned nonstop to Burbank but electrical issues and a burned out battery forced a tow from the runway. Mantz already held the 7 hour 4 second record set in 1947.
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Winslow, Ariz
Paul Mantz
Mississippi River
Amarillo
Tex
New York International
Burbank
Calif
Mantz
Ku Klux Klan Merges to Fight Communism Nationwide
A newly consolidated Ku Klux Klan unit in Jacksonville announces a campaign to strike 1,100 pro communist groups across the United States. After merging three Klans, spokesmen call for active war on communism and hate movements targeting the NAACP, Bnai Brith, and the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Ku Klux Klan
Georgia
Lick
United States
National Association For the Advancement of Colored ‘People
B'nai B'rith
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Optometrists Seek Access to Social Security Examinations
North Carolina optometrist Gideon L. Lang Jr. urged Senate Finance subcommittee to allow state welfare agencies to use optometrists for Social Security aid examinations. He argued current law bars optometrists from screening applicants for aid to the blind, conflating impairment with blindness and preventing federal funds.
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Washington
North Carolina
Gideon L. Lang, Jr
Concord
N. C
Senate Finance
Lang
Social Security Board
United States
Baby Battling Meningitis Wins Fifth Time
Little Johnny Cavallieri, aged under three, has survived five meningitis attacks. Doctors at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia say such repeated cases are exceedingly rare, noting meningitis affects the central nervous system and spinal fluid.
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Philadelphia
Johnny Cavallieri
Children’s Hospital
Johnny
Mastering Finesse: Five Spade Tricks Secure No Trump Contract
Fred Karpin of Washington, D. C. demonstrates a timing sequence in a six no trump contract. He wins the ace and king of spades, letting the queen of spades drop, avoiding an unnecessary club or spade finesse. The lesson: consider all angles and percentage plays before executing a finesse.
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Fred Karpin
Washington, D. C
Karpin
Fred
Vanishing poker game shocks Santa Ana club
Weise E. Willmerth told deputies he played poker all night with two strangers and a man he knew two years ago in another city. He left $3000 on the table to call his wife and returned to find the table and room empty.
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Santa Ana
Calif
P— Weise E. Willmerth
Sheriff's Deputies
Willmerth
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Upper Darby
H. A. Wood
High Point Township
W. F. Hester
Pwen
Jeff
Meier & Pohlmann
St. Louis
Meier and Pohlmann
Elwood
Klan
McKenney
William BE. McKenney
West Pass Pass
North
America
Agrd Authority
Ford
Ture
English Motor CO
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