Coast Guard Bibb Weather Crew Survives 80 Mile Hurricane
The 22 000 ton coast guard cutter Bibb on a 21 day weather patrol faced an 80 mile hurricane that left 95 percent of the crew seasick. The vessel carries 125 officers and men plus three weather bureau meteorologists and observers. Two cutters will rotate in the Atlantic between Bermuda and the Azores to collect weather data as part of Roosevelt’s wartime data-sharing plan.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Weather
mid-Atlantic
Coast Guard
Bibb
Jd. MacGreggor
Weather Bureau
BO Mile
Roosevelt
Atlantic
Bermuda
Azores
MacGreggor
Bible
Train Crash Kills Four in Hemingway South Carolina
An automobile train collision near Hemingway South Carolina killed four Black men and seriously injured another. The report notes the military weighs a bomb around two thousand pounds.
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Hemingway, S. C
Here
The Story of Democracy and Economic Rifts
The essay traces democracy from Athens to modern nations, noting direct rule excluded women and slaves, then argues wealth creates unequal power. It cites Lincoln on government by the people and warns that economic inequality erodes true democracy, urging a moral substitute for money’s power. The cave men anecdote closes the piece.
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Webster
Abraham Lincoln
Tceland
Switzerland
New England
House of Democracy
Truss Experts Coming to High Point for Rice Method
Rice Rupture Service Experts representing William Rice Inc will appear at the Sheraton Hotel in High Point on Saturday March 9. They offer a thirty day trial of the Rice Appliance with no charge unless satisfied and no pain or deep-pressing springs.
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Rice
Williams, Rice, Inc
Adams, N. Y
Sheraton Hotel
High Point
N. Car
Theaters Schedule Brief for Broadhurst Paramount Carolina Rialto
Broadhurst shows Little Accident with Hugh Herbert and Baby Sandy at 1 34 3 00 4 44 6 19 7 54 9 29. Paramount screens Here I Am a Stranger with Richard Greene at 11 30 3 30 5 30 7 90 9 30. Carolina features Our Neighbors the Carters with Fay Bainter and Frank Craven at 1 25 3 54 5 20 7 30 9 30. Rialto presents The Gorilla with the Rita Brothers at 1 40 3 35 5 30 7 29 9 40.
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Broadhurst
Hugh Herbert
Baby Sandy
Paramount
Richard Greene
Carolina
the Carters
Fay Bainter
Frank Craven
Rialto
Rita Brothers
Gerowe Speaks On Education At Thomasville Rotary meeting
James Gerowe Lexington High School principal addressed the Thomasville Rotary Club at the Woman's Club building on education. He traced shifts in teaching philosophy, urged student centered schools and suggested eight reforms from fostering public ownership of schools to helping students secure proper jobs after graduation. The program was led by James E. Lambeth with Joe Hawthorne presiding.
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Thomasville
James Gerowe
Lexington High School
Gerowe
James E. Lambeth
Joe Hawthorne
Blizzard Strands Southwest Roads and Halts Travel
A second blizzard cripples northeastern New Mexico and southern Colorado with 10 inch drifts in Raton. Highway 87 from Raton to Clayton blocked and schools closed. In eastern New Mexico storms hindered private planes as Frank Gannett diverted to Tucumcari.
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Raton
N. M
New Mexico
Colorado
Rockies
Highway 87
Clayton
Six More Italian Ships Detained in British Blockade
London reports six more Italian coal ships held at The Downs contraband control station as Britain widens its blockade against German coal exports. Cargoes of eight others, about 19 000 tons, ordered unloaded. one ship released for sailing before the deadline. Ships named include Puzzuoli Ischia Integritas Pamia San Luigi and Semien.
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London
the Downs
Great Britain
Downs
Puzzuoli
Ischia
Integritas
Pamia
San Luigi
Semien
Allen Jay Seniors Sponsor Benefit at Allen School
Allen School hosts a Friday evening program at 7 30 sponsored by the Allen Jay Seniors. Magician Coke Cecil and a whistler perform to raise funds for the seniors annual educational program in Washington DC.
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Allen Jay
Piedmont
Coke Cecil
Magician
Whistler
Allen School
Washington, D. C
Hampton Lieutenant Harrington to speak at Lumberton armory dedication
Lumberton set for March dedication of the new armory with Col. F. C. Harrington Works Projects commissioner and Governor Hoey as lead speakers. A curious line about a robin chirp at 15,000 sounds per second appears in the chaotic text.
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Lumberton
Col
F. C. Harrington
Gove Or Hoey
Luberton
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