Guilford County faces $133 000 school funding gap in 1941
Guilford County commissioners and board members meet to fit $233 000 in equipment and improvements requests for three school units into a $100 000 fund. Superintendents Carr of High Point and Smith of Greensboro call requests bare necessities, while rural needs are pared down. An accountant named Willie Booth reviews the gap.
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Reensboro
Guil County
Oul
Threenty
Charles F. Carr
High Point
Ben Lmith
Greensboro
Willie Booth
Leopold and children cross Spanish border to Portugal
The three children of King Leopold of Belgium entered Spain by car en route to Portugal. Former Belgian Premier Paul Van Zeeland and other Belgian officials and diplomats also crossed from France. They cited chaos in France with refugees flooding Spanish consulates for visas.
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Iran
Spain
Leopold of
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Portugal
Paul van Zeeland
France
County panel debates funding three units without tax hike
Commissioners consider using over 200000 for three units with a seven percent county tax rise. Burke and Stansbury urge inter-unit talks to share a 100000. bond plans meet resistance. Causey Hoff man favor pay as you go, opposing debt and tax increase. Greensboro and High Point members oppose borrowing. Deadlocked as meeting adjourns.
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J. W. Burke
Board of Commissioners
George L. Stansbury
Fred H Morris Returns Home From Training
Kernersville attorney Fred H Morris a reserve officer in the United States Army completed a ten day training assignment in Atlanta Georgia and is set to return to Kernersville by week end
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Kernersville
Fred H. Morris
Reserve Officer Corps
United States Army
Atlanta
Value of Transvaal Gold Mines Reaches 33 Million
A recent month saw Transvaal gold mines valued at 33 million dollars. The figure highlights the mining sector's scale with strong output in the region during the period.
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Transvaal
Legion Post Set Friday Night Meeting for State Convention
The John s Ring American Legion post will hold its June meeting at the community house Friday night to finalize plans for the state convention in High Point. Commander Grover Bodenhamer announces 6 45 p.m. gathering and lists Kernersville delegates and alternates including Bodenhamer Nance Yokeley Jones Way Tuttle Simpson and Shore.
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Kernersville
John 'S Ring
The
American Legion
Community House
Grover Bodenhamer
High Point
Kernersville Post
Kelly Nance
P. L. Yokeley
Zeb Jones
Rev. C. B. Way
D. P. Tuttle
J. E. Simpson
E. E. Shore
Canvass of Graduates for Active Army Service
Raleigh will hear Col. Thomas W. Brown announce a plan to canvass recent graduates commissioned as second lieutenants to find those willing to enter extended active duty. He was advised that 9,000 officers from reserve branches, excluding the air corps, are needed for active duty.
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Raleigh
Thomas W. Brown
North Carolina State College
Care tips for coffee drip bags and recipes
Proper care for drip bags includes not letting them dry. Rinse after use and keep submerged in clean cold water when idle to prevent souring. To build a recipe file use correspondence cards, title each recipe, and file alphabetically. To soften stiff shoes after wetting, wash in warm water then rub with castor oil.
British May Seek Soviet Arms Purchases
London June 20. The British government studies negotiating with Soviet Russia to buy tanks guns airplanes and other war weapons. Richard A Butler permanent undersecretary for foreign affairs told the House of Commons today.
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London
Soviet Russia
Richard A. Butler
House of Commons
Preaching Resumes at AI Methodist Church
Kernersville June 20 Preaching services at the old historic AI Methodist Church two miles south of Oak Ridge will resume Sunday June 23 at 3 p m Reverend C B Way of Kernersville the church pastor will deliver the sermon on the theme Proper Conceptions of the Church
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Kernersville
al Methodist Church
Oak Ridge
C. B. Way
Presidential names trivia from Cranium Crackers
A Want Ad Page feature tests readers on five president questions. It asks for five James presidents, three Johns, the president before FDR named Franklin, the two Andrews, and three presidents with matching first initials and last names.
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John
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin
Andrews
Somali frontier raid by allied forces reported
A military communique says Italian Somaliland frontier was raided by King George's African Rifles with support from the Southern Rhodesian contingent of the Royal Air Force.
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Nairobi
Kenya
Africa
King George's African Rifles
Royal Air Force
McKenney on Bridge: Authority’s Card Insights
William McKenney reviews bridge strategies and bidding concepts in his column. The piece highlights advanced techniques, common missteps, and practical tips for improving play at the table.
Elis Advice On Doubling Two Spades In This Hand
In this fourth installment Morrie Elis explains a partnership dilemma after a one club opening is overcalled by one spade. He suggests bidding one no trump rather than doubling to avoid confusing a strange partner. South then bid three no trump and made it, while a double would have yielded a profitable two trick set for North and South at duplicate.
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Elis
Vocabulary Tip and Word Study Note
A compact language briefing explains word usage of first and second references and introduces bibbiopole a term for a bookseller of rare or curious volumes with pronunciation guidance and emphasis on daily vocabulary growth.
Etiquette Qs on Hosts Guests and Photography
The guidance covers expressing appreciation to the host before leaving. It states the bride's family pays for wedding photographs. It adds a man should not seize a woman’s arm in public unless she needs assistance.
Short Answer Quiz on History and Science
Questions ask for the smallest chemically indivisible unit a substance, the last Democratic president before FDR, a concubine, the top Civil War cavalry leader, and which state reaches farther north. Answers: a molecule. Woodrow Wilson. A kept mistress. Philip Henry Sheridan. South Carolina.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Alabama
South Carolina
Woodrow Wilson
Philip Henry Sheridan
New York Experiments With Block-Long Subway in 1860s
The article notes an 1860s New York trial of a block-long subway line where riders paid a quarter fare. It describes the experimental route and the public response to this early subway endeavor.
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New York
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