Dramatic N C DAR Session Opens With Banquet And Gala Views
The 53rd annual North Carolina Society Daughters of the American Revolution opens in High Point with a gala banquet honoring allied groups. Gertrude Carraway is touted for national president general, Senator Clyde R. Hoey speaks at a Wednesday dinner, and State Regent Mrs. James F. Lambeth will crown with a bridal bouquet, marking a week of events and community hospitality.
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North Carolina Society
Daughters of the American Revolution
D.A.R
North Carolina Society Daughters of the American Colonists
United States Daughters of 1812
North Carolina Society of the Daughters of Colonial Wars
Gertrude Carraway
North Carolina
United States
Clyde R. Hoey
James F. Lambeth
Thomasville
Arthur Corpening
Sheraton
High Point
Red Cross
American National Red Cross
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Carolina Faces Skilled Labor Shortage, Seeks Homegrown Talent
Ernest C. McCracken of the State Employment Security Commission told Asheville Society for the Advancement of Management the state loses 30,000 to 50,000 skilled workers yearly to other states due to limited local opportunities. He urged leveraging home industry growth to keep trained workers in Tar Heel State and to attract new industry.
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North Carolina
Ernest C. McCracken
State Employment Security Commission
Asheville
The
Society For the Advancement of Management
McCracken
Tar Heelia
Tracking Communists Infiltration Across American Institutions
The piece argues that three congressional committees are pursuing the pattern of Russian and Communist infiltration used as a weapon of war. It contends infiltration and propaganda are primary non-conventional tools, noting Alger Hiss was exposed by the House Committee on Un-American Activities after DOJ involvement.
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Russia
Alger Hiss
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Department of Justice
The Mad House Andersons Tells Benson Prayer May Be Timely
Washington columnist notes Eva Taft Benson plans to open staff meetings with prayer. He jokes about how farm policy may push such measures. The piece also covers street-sign confusion near the White House and observations on Soviet infiltration in universities.
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Andersons
Benson
Washington
Eva Taft Benson
Clinton P. Anderson
Anderson
New Mexico
Eisenhower
Truman
Ike
White House
Rozzelle Named Religion and Philosophy Professor at High Point College
High Point College announces Dr C Excelle Rozzelle will join as Professor of Religion and Philosophy this fall. The hiring fills the shoes of the late Dr P E Lindley and strengthens a department led by Dr W R Locke with Miss Clarice Bowman as assistant professor. Rozzelle’s prior work as minister and administrator plus his known teaching ability are highlighted as a valuable addition to the college’s religious education faculty.
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C. Excelle Rozzelle
High Point College
P. E. Lindley
W. R. Locke
Clarice Bowman
Age 13 Marriage Advice Sparks City Hostility
A Hobbs New Mexico paper highlights a mother who married off her 13-year-old daughter to a 33-year-old man, claiming she believed the groom was 27. The story urges mothers granting 13-year-old marriages to verify the groom’s age, suggesting keeping him no older than 32.
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el Paso
Rascal
Hobbs, N. M. News-Sun
Beauty aids as deductible expenses for workers
San Francisco tax consultants argue beauty products used by secretaries receptionists and wives could qualify as business expense deductions on income tax. They say grooming helps women gain and keep jobs in offices restaurants nursing and home life and even gifts like perfume or bath salts might be deductible under the ruling.
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Pennsylvania Avenue
N.W
White House
East Executive Avenue
Madison Place
Vermont Avenue
15Th Street
15Th
Eisenhower
14Th
15Th and
Ike
West Executive Avenue
Jackson Place
Connecticut Avenue
17Th Street
17Th
K Streets
18Th
Gallinger Hospital
San Francisco
Jefferson-Jackson Dinner in Raleigh Draws 600 for Five Dollar Feast
The Jefferson-Jackson Dinner, sponsored by the National Democratic Committee, drew about 600 guests paying over 30,000 dollars for a five dollar dinner. Senator Richard Russell spoke on Democratic principles, with dignified applause and limited intensity, as conservatives led the event and a shift away from ultra liberal voices emerged.
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National Democratic Committee
North Carolina
Russell
Richard Russell
Chicago
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson
National Committee
Democratic Party
Washington
Clyde Hoey
Willis Smith
Luther Hodges
William Umstead
Kerr Scott
Roosevelt
Truman
Cecil Mitchell
Daffodils and Prophecies Echo in Winter’s Wake
A column blends observations of early spring bloom and nature poetry with notes on Red Cross membership drives led by the Eisenhower era, plus a reflection on Dirksen’s faith in human spirit. It reviews Mother Shipton lore, 19th century fiction authors, and ends with a quip about a bereaved widow’s insurance question.
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Amy Lowell
Shipton
England
R. J. Clinard
Mother Shipton
S. Baker
Mother Shiptoin
Yorkshire
Jules Verne
France
Edward Bellamy
America
Notable quotes on FEPC and speed politics from public figures
A compilation of remarks from Hubert Humphrey, Turkish Brigadier Sirri Acar, Nelson Eddy, Edith Lutyens, Dewey Short, Yvonne De Carlo, and Paul Blaisdell. The quotes touch on civil rights, perseverance, personal enjoyment, stagecraft, draft policy, love at first sight, and the limits of human design for high speed travel. The collection reflects mid-century public discourse and diverse perspectives.
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George Sokolsky
George Dixon
Republican National Committee
F. Peavey Heffelfinger
Wayzata, Minn
GOP
Wayzata
Rep
George Bender
Ohio
Bender
McCarran
William Jenner
Soviet Russia
Communist Party
Taft
Stalin
Pacific Ocean
Guam
Yap
National Geographic Society
Rozzelle
Green Bay
Wis
Press- Gazette
NEW ‘Lamp OF
Raleigh
Capitol Square
By Lynn Nisbet
Man’s Spirit
W. A. Bivins
Congressional Record
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Dinah
Maria
Sen
Hubert Humphrey D
Sirri Acar
Nelson Eddy
Edith Lutyens
Dewey
Yvonne de Carlo
Paul Blaisdell
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