Tobacco Men Warned About Blue Mold
State College plant disease specialists urge southern and southeastern North Carolina tobacco growers to start blue mold treatments now. Georgia reports severe losses with 80 to 90 percent of plants killed and replanting underway. Weather forecasts suggest below normal temperatures and rainfall in March, risking further spread. Treatments include zineb or ferbam sprays. agents can be obtained from farm agents or North Carolina State College publications.
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State College
North Carolina
H. R. Garriss
The
Agricultural Extension Service
Georgia
L. H. Person
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Garriss
Columbus County
Nakina
Fairluff
Columbus
U. S. Department of Commerce Weather Bureau
Dertment Publications
N. C. Tate Colege
Raleigh
New Ocean Water Converter Could Deliver Drinking Water
Peter Jones of Los Angeles works with Refinite Corporation in Ralston to build a pilot model of a salt water converter. The device aims to yield large volumes of drinking water by reducing boiling point and circulating brine to avoid fouling, with feasibility tests planned through summer 1953 and potential daily output of 0 million gallons if successful.
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Ralston, Neb
Ralston
Peter Jones
Los Angeles
Calif
Refinite Corporation
Jones
Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Refining to Offer Employee Savings Plan
The Atlantic Refining Co. will contribute 50 cents on each dollar saved by employees through a thrift and savings plan. Employees may contribute 1 to 5 percent of base pay. funds may be invested in Series E government bonds, held as cash, or used to buy stock, with company matching via the Atlantic Independent Union.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Atlantic Refining Co
Atlantic
Atlantic Independent Union
Record Year for Northina 4-H Clubs Across State
4-H members conclude a strong year with 133000 total enrollment including 73000 girls and 60000 boys. Clothing projects by girls and swine by boys led popular effort with tens of thousands involved in food preparation and home economics. Training covered leadership demonstrations health exams and conservation.
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Narthina
L. R. Harrill
State College Extension Service
Us Wal Farm Management
4H Club
Oak View Club Girl Wins 100 Prize Pullets
Anita Eagle of Oakview club is among 16 Guilford County 4-H members selected to receive sexed Pullorum clean Parmenta Reds pullets under a sponsorship program. Assistant County Agent John Carrol chose the youths who will raise and record care for the birds through their first laying year. In September, 12 pullets will be sold at auction to the highest bidder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anita
Oakview
and Co
Guilford County
John Carrol
Michigan U Atom Tamers Seek Better Living Aids
Michigan researchers at the University of Michigan study cancer, heredity, hair and skin color, food preservation, and plant and animal insemination. Phoenix Project funds and Atomic Energy Commission grants fuel work on a multi million dollar campus expansion.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
INS
University of Michiigan
Phoenix Project
Atom Research Foundation
Michigan
Atomic Energy Commission
University Hospital
Czech Diplomat Quits Over Communism Seeks Asylum
In Mexico City a Czechoslovak commercial attache Dr Jiri Vojtechovsky aged 36 resigned his post saying he is fed up with communism and requests political asylum. He will be allowed to bring his wife and daughter to remain in Mexico while his parents in Prague worry about his stance.
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Mexico City
Jiri Vojtechovsky
Vojtechovsky
Astrological Forecast and Historical Trivia Quiz
A lighthearted today’s grab bag mixes a few history and celebrity trivia prompts with optimistic predictions. It asks for a Chicago born singer and a Toronto born diplomat, plus questions about Truman, Guadalcanal, Columbia, Tea for Two, and Hindemith.
A Good Reputation Worth More Than Money Quote
A conservative maxim attributed to Publius Syrus states that a good reputation is more valuable than money. The saying emphasizes character over wealth in public life.
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Publius Syrus
War era milestones span battles and peace talks
The record notes 1945 US B 29 bombings of Japan and 1947 Big Four talks among the United States Great Britain France and Russia on German and Italian peace treaties. It also marks 1948 the Prague death of Czechoslovakia's foreign minister Jan Masaryk at the foreign office.
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Japan
United States
Great Britain
France
Russia
Jan Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Oakview 4-H Club Reports March Meeting Highlights
Oak View 4-H Club held its March meeting with Mr John Carroll and Mrs Dorothy Sink in charge. Mary Swink reported on the county council held March 1 at Bessemer School. Phyllis Lamb led devotions and presented The Highlights of 4-H Week. Gene Abbott led song, minutes were read, and group meetings followed.
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Oak View
John Carroll
Dorothy Sink
Mary Swink
Bessemer School
Phyllis Lamb
Carroll
South African Navy Breaks Ties
Durban reports the government will issue new naval uniforms on March 15 without the initials H M for her majesty. Caps will bear the initials A S for South African ship as part of Defense Minister Erasmus plan to sever links with Royal Navy traditions.
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Durban
South Africa
H.M
Queen Elizabeth
Salisbury Island
F. C. Erasmus
Royal Navy
A Poem, A Kiss: Death in Atlanta
A 19 year old pre medical student at Emory University Lawson P Simmons reread the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam then kissed his parents good night and shot himself behind the temple with a .22 caliber pistol on Saturday night. Police described it as a suicide.
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Atlanta
Omar Khayym
E.P. Simmons
Canadian governor general is first in office
The column notes the man who previously served as Canada's delegate to the 1935 36 London Naval Conference and to the League of Nations General Assembly is now the governor general of Canada the first Canadian to hold that post. His brother is a famous actor.
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Chicago
Army Air Forces
Institute For the Crippled and Disabled
lHe
Toronto
United States
London
England
United Nations General Assembly
League of Nations General Assembly
Canada
Birthday honors for Honegger and McNeill noted
Composer Arthur Honegger and former British minister of state Hector McNeill celebrate birthdays today with public acknowledgment and well wishes from cultural and political circles.
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Arthur Honegger
Hector McNeill
Genealogy Defined in Family History Study
A genealogy traces the lineage of a person or family from a progenitor, detailing regular descent. It derives from Old French genealogie and Late Latin Greek roots meaning descent and discourse.
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Lagos
German American composer and teacher in The Solomons
A German American composer and teacher discussed in a 1945 piece from South Carolina highlighting cultural figures. The brief reference notes April 12 1945 context and local interest in musical arts.
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the Solomons
South Carolina
Gardener Tips for Spring Vegetable Planting and Soil Care
In TAR HEEL style, gardening guidance urges planting kale beets carrots onions peas Irish potatoes radish salsify broccoli and lettuce now. After sowing, sidedress with nitrogen and, if crust forms, scratch the surface to aid seedling growth and mulching if needed.
North Carolina Leads in Negro Extension Efforts
A review of 1952 activities shows North Carolina's Negro Extension program under R. E. Jones at A and T College leads nationally in county extension staff and state funds. The state reports 75,000 farms operated by Negro farmers, 41,537 farm families influenced, 21,443 women in home clubs, and 42,847 youth in 4-H.
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North Carolina
R. E. Jones
Jones
A. and
T. College
Greensboro
A. and T. College
North Carolina Bankers Association
4-H
State Federation of Negro Home Demonstration Clubs
Raleigh
South
McLendon Honored by Disabled American Veterans
Gordon McLendon president of the Liberty Broadcasting System received a bronze plaque from the Disabled American Veterans for outstanding assistance to the nation's war-time disabled veterans. Vivian D. Corbly announced McLendon's selection as honorary chairman of the 1952 Forget-Me-Not campaign during the Boston Braves Brooklyn Dodgers game broadcast.
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Miami
Gordon McLendon
Liberty Broadcasting System
Vivian D. Corbly
Cincinnati
DAV
Boston Braves
Corbly
McLendon
Eight slot machines abandoned at Pennsylvania barracks
In Lock Haven Pennsylvania eight new slot machines valued at four dollars were found abandoned in the driveway of the state police barracks. The incident followed a spree of FBI and state police raids on slot machines in the Eastern Pennsylvania area last week.
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Lock Haven
State Police
Pennsylvania
Diploma Won At 91 In Leominster Mass
Miss Hannah Johns left school after sophomore year but returned to study and earned her high school diploma at age 91 in Leominster Massachusetts. Her perseverance highlights lifelong learning and dedication to education.
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Leominster
Mass
Hannah Johns
Iredell County Boy Wins 4-H Scholarship
Billy Cansler, 18, of Troutman, named North Carolina’s outstanding 4-H club boy for 1951, winning a $600 Chilean Nitrate Scholarship. He completed 44 projects, won state soil conservation and vegetable contests, and showed dairy cattle nationwide. He led 4-H efforts in Iredell County, including erecting county line signs and supporting dove migration studies.
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Billy Bryan Cansler
Troutman
Iredell County
North Carolina
L. R. Harrill
State College Extension Service
Harrill
Chilean Nitrate Educational Bureau
Young Cansiler
W. B. Cansler
Billy
Memphis
Tennessee
Servin
Iredell 4- Council
North Carope Wildlife Resources Commission
Iturbi's Baton Wins New Fame as Conductor Soloist
Jose Iturbi gains fame for serving as conductor while playing the piano. In Carnegie Hall a capacity crowd roared as he led the Victor Symphony from the keyboard, calling his dual role a natural duet this style allows him to shape tempo and blend instruments.
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New York
Ins
Jose Iturbi
Iturbi
Carnegie Hall
CA Victor Symphony
Mexcio
Arturo Toscanni
Stubri
4-H Club Week Observed By State Leader
On the eve of 4-H Club Week state director Weaver notes three shifts in America aiding young people. He cites reduced farming competition and growing know how improving farm product markets evolving youth opportunity. He urges extended Extension work focusing on mechanization rural electrification nutrition and community development for rural youths.
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David 4
America
Rita Hayworth May Rejoin Aly Khan in Europe in May
In Bombay a prince of India staffer said Rita Hayworth may reunite with Prince Aly Khan in Europe in May and drop divorce proceedings. Hayworth did not deny the report when contacted in Hollywood. Aly Khan declined to discuss personal matters, saying he had no knowledge and that his secretary would not comment.
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Bombay
India
Rita Hayworth
Prince Aly Khan
Europe
Hollywood
Miss Hayworth
George Lait
Aly Khan
Aly
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