Minstrel Bascom Lunsford Leads Appalachian Folk Fest
ASHEVILLE July 9 Bascom Lamar Lunsford the Minstrel of the Appalachians hosts the 14th annual mountain folk festival July 24-26. A lifelong promoter of ballads and square dancing he stages acts from Piney Mountain and Smoky Mountains groups with Fiddlin Bill Hensley and Ozzie Helton among top performers. Lunsford, born Mars Hill College 59 years ago, founded the festival during Asheville’s Rhododendron celebration and remains its driving force, preserving regional songs and traditions for a large crowdseller of old tunes.
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Eat ‘Smoky Mountains
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CE OF All Trades
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Piney Mountain
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Kitte River
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Samantha Baumgarner
Bill Hensley
Ozzie Helton
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Bill
Ozzie
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Barbry Ellen
Food minister denounces raspberry price folly in war time
London July 8 Food Minister Lord Woolton dismissed a complaint that London retailers charged seven shillings ($140) a pound for raspberries. He said he is distributing food for wartime survival and has more to do than address “folly” and believed the price reflects foolishness on the part of the seller and buyer.
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London
Lord Woolton
Gettysburg Address, the most quoted U S speech
The most famous short speech is Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The shaven monk head is called tonsure. Blossom Time relates to Franz Schubert. Heaviest traffic uses St Mary's Canal. An internal combustion engine is a motor using mixed gases for combustion in a cylinder to push the piston.
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United States
I. Lincoln
Franz Schubert
St.Mary's Canal
Lakes Superior
Huron
Officious Word Study Leads Daily Vocabulary Gain
Lesson notes advise using officious to mean meddlesome and provide usage tips. It cites Plautus and Texas boasting 15,737 service stations, mentions Lunsford's folk song collection and UNC preparing a new edition of his work, highlighting early American songs preserved in highland caves.
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Blackguard
Plautus
America
Lunsford
Columbia University Library
University of North Carolina
Far East tensions and Canadian war effort insights
National Whimlak reports on looming Far East clashes amid Nazi plans, U.S. resilience, and Soviet shifts. It notes O. P. Mers rumors of a Stettinius exit, U.S. steel and aluminum strategy, and postwar factory concerns. Canadian wartime mobilization in New York highlights 250,000 active troops, vast industrial expansion, and shipbuilding and aircraft gains.
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New York
S. Burton Heath
Dominion
McKenzie King
Canada
U.S
Atlantic
Descent Into Partisan Ranks Warns Guild Elections
A substantial portion of U S newspaper staff debate whether the American Newspaper Guild should be led by Communists and fellow travelers or by working editors aligned with unions. The direct national officer vote, first since Heywood Broun’s era, pits incumbents against reformers amid charges of Stalinist influence and a fight over control of propaganda and leadership positions.
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Iewn Hiosan
America
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Milton Kaufman
Communist Party
Muling
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Supreme Court
New York
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Congress
Cranium Crackers Swing Songs Trivia
A brief item notes that swing bands perform varied tunes and poses five questions about song terms and stories. It mentions a Stephen Foster girl with a daughter in song land and connects songs like Moon Over Burma South of Pago Page and Penny Serenade, with answers promised on the Want Ad Page. The Gophers are noted as Minnesota's football team.
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America
Burma
Want Ad
Soviet Claims Sea Victory Over German Vessels
Pravda reports a Baltic engagement where a German auxiliary cruiser and two minelayers were hit and sunk or damaged during a raid on Riga Bay. Russian minelayers and naval aviation aided by smoke and weather effects struck back, with ships retreating afterward.
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V. Lebedev
Prav. da Today
Lebedev
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Prominent Churchman and Family In Auto Accident
The Rev. Fred R. Chenault, a well known southern churchman, and family members were injured when their car, en route from Birmingham to Richmond for a daughter's upcoming wedding, overturned twice near Kings Mountain North Carolina. All were taken to a Danville hospital. by late morning Mrs Chenault remained the only patient with painful but apparently not serious injuries.
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Danville
Fred R. Chepault
Birmingham
Ala
Richmond
Kings Mountain
N. C
Population decline marks Cleveland census shift
Cleveland, sixth largest city in the United States, recorded a population drop in the 1940 census. The 1930 figure stood at 900,427 inhabitants, while the 1940 count indicates a decrease. The article notes this urban population change as part of a broader demographic analysis.
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Cleveland
United States
Defense Savings Stamps offered at multiple outlets
The guidance lists denominations 10 cents 25 cents 30 cents 2 dollars and 5 dollars with a free album on first purchase. Stamps can be bought at all post offices and banks and at many building and loan associations financial institutions department and drug stores. Soon able to buy from most general stores nationwide.
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Defense Savings
Defense
Regal
America
Wachovia reports defense bonds sales and dividend set
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company directors announced at their quarterly meeting in Winston-Salem that the bank has sold 500000 in defense bonds and stamps to date. W T Joyner of Raleigh was elected a director of the Raleigh branch. The board declared a 25 cent quarterly dividend on the new 25 par value stock, payable Aug 1 to stockholders of record July 15. Deposits across the banking chain totaled about 125 million, up from 104 million a year earlier.
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Winston-Salem
Wachovia Bank and Trust Company
W. T. Joyner
Raleigh
Modern Etiquette Question And Answer Snippet
Oberta explains when showing knowledge is appropriate and offers social guidance. A man should remove his hat and hold it when greeting a woman on the street. Entertainment ideas for a house party include golf swimming tennis hiking picnicking and motoring.
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