Colorful Ceremony Marks Crowning of New Rajah
In Celebes the Rajah of Gowa is crowned in a grand ceremony with golden crowns, jeweled crowns and a conical crown placed upon his head by noblemen. The event draws hundreds of spectators as drums, cymbals, and a cannon salute accompany the crowning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stan Swinton
Soenggoeminasa
Celebes
Asiatic Nationalisim
Makassar
East Indonesia
Macassar
South
Gowa
Aolden
Peterson Names a German Surname in Portland Call
Erik Peterson of Germany asked Portland’s town council by mail if a Peterson exists in the city. He notes his family migrated to Oregon late in the last century and counts about 300 Petersons in Portland. The council planned to refer the matter to Commissioner Fred L. Peterson.
Boy Recovers Dog After Kidnapping Incident
Five year old Billy Roach of Winthrop Massachusetts tracked and recovered his shaggy dog after a young girl who had previously befriended him took the pet and disappeared for three days until he found and reclaimed it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winthrop
Mass
Billy Roach
Billy
Soldier Returns to Normandy Cliff of Battle Days
Colonel Utley revisits Omaha Beach and Hill 192 in Normandy, visiting Sammy’s grave at St Laurent cemetery and recalling his L Company, 38th Infantry Regiment actions on D day plus one. He shares memories of fox holes, shattered forest, and the price paid by soldiers in a quiet, reflective return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Donghi
NEA
Normandy, France
Utley
Sammy
Bob Utley
San Antonio
Tex
Omaha Beach
Constabulary
Heidelberg
Germany
Normandy
Colonel Utley
St. Laurent
Gene Utley
Gene
Bert Brandt
Nea-Acme
Fox Hole
Utleys
Hill 192
Farm Tenancy Improvement Report in Edgecombe County
Improvement in Edgecombe farm tenancy shown by a progress report from State College extension workers. The program began last year to raise living standards, boost stability, and foster cooperation between landowners and tenants under Farm Agent J C Powell and Mrs Eugenia Van Landingham.
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College Station
Raleigh
Edgecombe County
I. ©. Sehaub
State College Extension Service
J. C. Powell
Eugenia P. van Landingham
Sma
Loftin Recovering From Injuries In Wreck Near Thomasville
In a Sunday night collision on the Lexington highway near Thomasville two youths were injured. Bobby Gene Loftin sixteen recovered enough to return home with a severe throat cut and facial lacerations while James R Love nineteen remained hospitalized after a fire destroyed his car. Maj J R Caskey of Atlanta died in the crash along with his wife who sustained head injuries and a fractured arm.
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Thomasville
Bobby Gene Loftin
Lexington Highway
James R. Love
Lexington
J. R. Caskey
Atlanta
Caskey
George Burkhart
Love
New Jersey
Loftin
Burkhart
Maj. Caskey
Assistants Named For Thomasville Parks Program
Miss Mary Harrison and Joe Fowler of Thomasville join Director Carr Shealy in a 10 week city recreation program. Harrison will teach tennis badminton softball and volleyball at Doak park and Main Street school with daily hours 9 11 and 2 5. Fowler will run a baseball school at Main Street school 9 11 30 and coach afternoon games 2 5 five days a week with eight teams through August 5 and a doubles elimination tournament to August 16. Attendance expected near 200 and expansion to Kern Street school may follow.
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Thomasville
Mary Harrison
Joe Fowler
Carr Shealy
Doak Park
Main Street
Harrison
State Teachers’ College
Farmville
Thomasville High School
Fowler
Shealy
Kern Street
Three for One Milk to Butter Conversion
Between two and a half and three gallons of milk are required to produce one pound of butter, highlighting the high milk volume needed per dairy product.
Wake Negro Praised For Farm Efforts
Wake County selects Oker Richardson of Apex Route 1 as top Negro farmer for soil conservation efforts. He will compete against winners from Warren and Anson counties for a $100 prize by the Association for the Advancement of Negro Country Life. The award, funded with support from Benjamin F. Hubert and state programs, acknowledges cooperative work with the county soil conservation district.
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College Station
Raleigh
Oker Richardson
Apex
Wake County
Richardson
Warren
Anson Counties
North Carolina
Association For the Advancement of Negro Country Life
W. C. Davenport
State College Extension Service
Benjamin F. Hubert
Georgia State College
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Agent Davenport
Frank Duffie
Jas
Brotherhood Gathering At Catawba College
The Evangelical and Reformed church of North Carolina holds its annual brotherhood convention at Catawba College Salisbury with Rev E J Westerbeck of St Louis as keynote speaker for day sessions The business agenda covers the national mission fund and the 1948 convention and Rev J C Cornette of Charlotte will deliver the banquet address Thomas Moose of Rockwell serves as state president
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Churchmen’s Brotherhood of the
Evangelical and Reformed Church of North
J. C. Cornette
Hawthorne Lane Methodist Church
Charlotte
Thomas Moose
Rockwell
Seed pro duction surge in Alabama crops
Seed production in Alabama has risen from a few pounds in 1930 to millions of pounds in 1946. In 1945 over 15 million pounds of winter legume seed were harvested, including 12 million pounds of blue lupin seed. Nearly a million pounds of sericea seed and two million pounds of annual lespedeza were saved, per J C Lowery API extension agronomist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
INS
Alabama
J. C. Lowery
API Extension Agronomist
Hotel Columbia Bar to Close Six Days
Routh Asbury Park New Jersey reports the Hotel Columbia will close its bar for six days while conventions, including that of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, are underway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ROUTH
Asbury Park
N. J
Columbia
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Plaque honors late Lt. George Howard at UNC
A memorial plaque for Lt. George Howard USNR, former UNC NROTC member, was hung in the navy armory after being presented by classmate George W. Henderson, Sr. The ceremony included Capt. Donald W. Loomis and Chancellor Robert B. House, with Howard’s family linked to the university and Alabama.
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Chapel Hill
George Howard
USNR
NROTC
University of North Carolina
Navy
University
Howard
Okinawa
R. Howard
Tarboro
Alabama
George W. Henderson, Sr
Frank P. Graham
Donald W. Loomis
Robert B. House
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United States
Terminix Company of
Raleigh P. O
Post
Peterson
Rleve Pein “de Scholl
Duke
Lone Ranger
Brady
You
Donald Duck
Nes
Donald Powck
ICE
Second Infantry
TOR Prlivery Company
West Broad Street
Faith Miles High Point, N.C
Carolina Engineering & Sales CO
Greensboro, N. C
Edgecombe
Wake Negro
Brotherhood
Catawba College
of Alabama Department of Education
Disston
H. P
Clothes
Coats
High Point
Clothes Shop
N. Mai
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