Mt Mitchell Road Opens Elevating Peak Visitor Access
The article details the opening of a new 4 percent grade road from Swannanoa Gap to Mt Mitchell State Park, highlighting the mountain’s history from Elisha Mitchell’s ascent and death to modern access. It notes views, facilities, weather reporting from the summit, and nearby attractions such as Clingmans Peak, WMIT's radio tower, and routes to access the Blue Ridge Parkway.
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Mt. Mitchell
America
Blue Ridge Parkway
Swannanoa Gap
Steppes Gap
Mt. Mitchell State Park
Mitchell
Elisha Mitchell
Clingman’s Peak
WMIT
Mitchell Road
Marion
N. C
Micaville
Little Switzerland
Old Fort
Burnsville
Black Mountain
Woodmen Circle Meet at W O W Home
The Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle holds its regular monthly business meeting at the W O W home 311 West High Street on Monday evening at 7 30.
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Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle
W. High Street
On Bridge By William E. McKenney
William E McKenney explains bridge strategy in this column for NEA Service, detailing bidding cues and play tactics with practical examples and tips for readers seeking to improve card play and signaling.
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William E. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
NEA Service
Butter and Egg Solicitor Given A Double Fine
In Winston Salem on July 10 a man testifies he paid a woman for a lottery and failed to receive winnings. Judge Leroy W. Sams finds Bessie Graves guilty of numbers racket and fines her 135 dollars with a suspended sentence. Witness Luther Harvey, claiming a win with number 319, says Graves delayed payment and refused to pay him.
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Winston-Salem
Bessie Graves
Leroy W. Sams
Luther Harvey
Harvey
Rocky Mount Agencies Seeks Utility Rate Increase
The Domestic Electric Service, Inc. of Rocky Mount asked the state utilities commission for permission to raise both residential and commercial rates. Serving about 700 customers outside Rocky Mount, it cites higher labor and material costs and seeks minimum residential rates from 1 to 1.50 dollars monthly and commercial minimum from 1 to 2 dollars monthly.
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Raleigh
The
Domestic Electric Service, Inc
Rocky Mount
State Utilities Commission
Salt and the Great White Shark Mentioned Together
The passage notes salt as the most familiar mineral and describes the great white shark as one of the largest and swiftest species, reaching up to about 40 feet in length.
Branscomb Named Chairman of U S Educational Exchange Panel
President Truman appoints Vanderbilt Chancellor Bennett Harvie Branscomb as chairman of the five member U S advisory commission on educational exchange. Other members include Harold Willis Dodds of Princeton Karl Taylor Compton of MIT Mark Starr of ILGWU and Martin P McGuire of Catholic University. The panel will advise on student scientist and teacher exchanges with foreign nations. Branscomb serves three years, Dodds and Compton two years, others one year.
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Washington
Truman
Bennett Harvie Branscomb
Vanderbilt University
United States Advisory Commission On Educational Exchange
Harold Willis Dodds
Princeton University
Karl Taylor Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mark Starr
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
New York City
Martin P. McGuire
Catholic University
Secretary
Famous Negro Actor Dies in Hollywood at 44
James Baskett, 44, a renowned African American actor and Academy Award winner for Uncle Remus in Song of the South, died yesterday in Hollywood. Baskett had long portrayed Gabby Gibson, the fast talking attorney on the Amos n Andy radio show. Born in Indianapolis, he began on stage in Chicago.
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Hollywood
James Baskett
Uncle Remus
Walt Disney
Agriculture Board To Convene Monday In Raleigh
North Carolina state board of agriculture opens its annual session in Raleigh on Monday with plans to consider regulatory proposals adopt a fertilizer grade list for 1948 49 review the 1947 48 financial report and adopt a budget for the new fiscal year. The board will fill department vacancies and hold hearings on salt beds and related topics.
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Raleigh
State Board of Agriculture
D. S. Coltrane
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