Local News in Greensboro and Nearby from 1933
Banquet ends Manual Leadership Training School at High Point College with Rev F L Gibbs as toastmaster and Dean Lindley as principal speaker. North Carolina enacts a new biennium with tax and public works reforms while Greensboro becomes home office for a new state wide bank formed from Page Trust and others.
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High Point College
Manual Leadership Training School
North Carolina
M.P
Moniday
F. L. Gibbs
Westminster
P. S. Lindley
E. K. Inigram
W. L. Sprye
W. R. Hull
City Lake
General
General Assembly
Greensboro
Page Trust Company
North Carolina Bank and Trust Company
Independence Trust Company
Twenty Years Ago July 1 1923 Enterprise Note
The Enterprise did not publish on Sunday July 1 1923 marking a skipped issue in the twenty years retrospective column.
New Specs Cut Nickel and Chrome Use for Armor Equipment
New specifications on tanks and motorized transport equipment save five million Po of nickel three and a half million pounds of chrome and over a million pounds of molybdenum.
Enemy Left Enough Motor Stock Behind To Equip Army
Allied salvage reports reveal German and Italian war materiel hoarded in Tunisia. The British first army holds captured trucks, armored cars, half tracks, and Volkswagens with spare parts to sustain a large force. Italians supply more craft, including gliders and six motor transports, while prisoners help as mechanics for extra pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Morton Tunis
Daffy
British First Army
Addiiion
United States
England
Radio Schedule Highlights War Time Programs July 1
Radio schedule outlines hourly programming across networks for July 1 Eastern and Central War Time. Highlights include dramatic serials The Jack Armstrong Serial and Death Valley Days, variety shows with Fred Waring Bing Crosby and Groucho-like segments, news updates, war commentary, and musical entertainment featuring Henry Howe, Lum and Abner, and The Henry Aldrich Family.
Salvage Returns From North Africa Battlefields
In the Bizerte Tunis and Cape Bon area salvage depots hold hundreds of planes many scrapped yet neat stacks. Captured weapons include 27 000 rifles ready for issue to troops. German gear such as photographic equipment and a strong telephone network left by the enemy aids operations. Souvenir items like helmets and mess kits circulate at police stations while soldiers keep German luger pistols rare to find.
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Bizerte-Tunis
Cape Bon
Jerry
Tunis
Quiz Qs and Tulsa Football Update
The text asks which state has the least land water area noting New Hampshire has two square miles and Florida 4928. It cites Grand Coulee and Boulder Dam costs, Americans’ share of English speakers, Manhattan purchase facts, Ruhr Valley town names, and reports Tulsa football losses for 1943 with four players left. An electric eel discharge can kill a person.
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New Hampshire
Orida
Tulsa
Okla
University of Tulsa
Henry Frnka
Golden Hurricane
Washington University of St. Louis
Bears
Rearing The Ruhr and Oldest Life Trace Highlighted
A fragment mentions car shock absorbers require inspection around every 5000 miles to prevent wear. It also notes a Smithsonian display claiming the oldest life imprint is a fossil of a jellyfish conserved in Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D. C
Eighth Air Force Boosts Bomb Tonnage
The U S Eighth Air Force increased bombing strength with more than 200 planes on the Wilhelmshaven Cuxhaven raid June 11 and achieved its first Ruhr penetration in June. The force doubled heavy bomber numbers since March and aimed to double again by October, despite higher losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Eighth Air Force
Wilhelmshaven-Cuxhaven
Ruhr
Eighth Air Force
RAF
Middle East
Mediterran
Axis objectives in 2314 sorties during the month
Report cites 2 314 Allied sorties against Axis targets in the month with the loss of three large aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ean
WSJS Radio Thursday July 1 1948 Program Schedule
A detailed afternoon and evening lineup lists time slots for Luncheon Dance Music The Esso Reporter Mirth and Madness Sketches In Melody Dick Todd songs News Carey Longmire Light of the World Lonely Women The Guiding Light The Funny Money Man News Ma Perkins Thursday Matinee Right to Happiness Local and World News Three Suns and Alice Cornell When A Girl Marries Portia Faces Life Sundown Varieties Call to Worship and later Fred Waring Orchestra News of the World To Your Health Soldiers of the Press Words At War The Aldrich Family The Swaneers News Rudy Vallee Show Gary Moore and Jimmy Durante This Is Our Enemy Reso Reporter Piedmont Farm Program The Rye Opener The Reso Reporter Heveule Roundup News of the World Do You Remember Everything Goes Daytime Classics News-Robert John Uncle Sam The Open Door Helpmate Betty Brown Resd of Life Leader Shaffer Organist The Course of Human Events Lamcheon Dance Music
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Jack Armstrong
Chicago
Cbs
Farrell
Nbc
Aba
John B. Kennedy
Cbs-Bas
Golden Gate Quartet
Bill Stern
Lowell Thomason
Biu-Basic World News
Fred Waring
Nbe-Basic
Ann'c
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Harry James & His
Johnson Family
Bob Burns
Jayne Cozzens
Cba
Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
Chhse
Dixie
Art. Hale
Gabriel Heatter
Mbs
Dancing Music Orchestra
Rudy Vallee
Joan Davis
Nbe
Che Dixie Harmony Halls
Harry Wismer
Garry Moore
Jim Durante
Raymond Gram Swing
Bblu Fieet
U. S. Navy
Raymond Clay
Gracie Fields
Bia Dance Orchestra
March of Time
Air Force
Bia
Paul Schubert
Ted Husing
Cbs Dance Music Orchestra
Nbec-West
Esso
Dick Todd
Carey Longmire
Ma Perkins
Alice Cornell
Portia
Shrednick
Soldiers of the Press
Aldrich
Reso
Robert
John
Uncle Sam
Betty Brown
Shaffer
Lamcheon
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Lake Shore Country Club
Mary Lou Yow
J. S. Livengood
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Sena
Broadhurst
Calais
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Annabelle
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Gentleman
Jim
Alexis Smith
Dennis Morgan
Joan Leslie
Ish
Jack Carson
Gladys George
Ano
Boulder Dam
U. S
Manhattan Island
Peter Minuet
Ruhr Valley
Gladbach
Maelheim
Duisburg
Krefelde
Wesel
Duesseldorf
Great Britain
Dortmund
Mulheim
Cologne
France
Miles
Twuppertal
Phegen
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Germany
Muniche
HAMM
Berline
Czech
Hitler
Ruhr-Rhine
Lseriohn
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State Theatre
Salem Street
Cedric Hardwiche
Henry Travers
Woodbury Shampoo
Fitch
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