News Letter Highlights North Carolina Progress and Challenges
The article reviews the University News Letter edited by Dr. E. C. Branson and later Dr. S. H. Hobbs Jr. It notes its wide influence, annual data on auto ownership, and safety metrics, and credits it with promoting farm electricity and state advancement while outlining historical trends in population, housing, schooling, and economic indicators.
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Chapel Hill
Edgecombe County
North Carolina
University Extension Division
E. C. Branson
United States
S. H. Hobbs, Jr
Hobb
George L. Simpson, Jr
Statency
U. S
News Letter
Scott
Newstion Authority
Hobbs
Deep
Reading
Luther H. Hodges
University of North Carolina News
The
Institute of Research In Social Sciences
End of the GI Bill Era Quietly Marked by July 25
The GI Bill educational program of World War II ended July 25, ending a 12 year era credited with funding billions and boosting the U.S. economy. Local veterans offices report many veterans used the benefits, with High Point and nearby counties handling thousands of applications and on-the-job training. The Serviceman's Readjustment Act of 1952, a Korean GI Bill, continues.
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Pete Jones Terprise
Aiiera
United States
High Point
A. M. Cumbie
Guilford County
Winston-Salem
Veterans Administration
Randolph
Davidson County
Cumbie
High Point College
Congress
Helen Burleson
Veterans’ Service Office
Death Ends Career Of John H. Mears
Hollywood mourns John Henry Mears 78 veteran theatrical producer and globe circler who died Thursday. He led the John Drew Theatrical Company eight years and collaborated with Florenz Ziegfeld Morris Gest. Mears wrote lyrics for Gershwin and Tierney and set world circumnavigation records in 1913 and 1928 with St Charles Collyer.
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Hollywood
John Henry Mears
Globe
Mears
John Drew
Florenz Ziegfeld
Morris Gest
George Gershwin
Harry Tierney
St. Charles
Sugar Cane Known in India Before Christian Era
The article notes that sugar cane was known in India and parts of the Orient long before the Christian era, referenced in the Old Testament. It discusses historical mentions of sugar cane in ancient times and its early cultural relevance.
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Orient
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