Senate Restores Coast Guard Airplane for Elizabeth City
Washington March 16 The Senate restored 177000 for a long range Coast Guard air plane at Elizabeth City North Carolina in the Treasury Appropriations bill The House committee had cut the expenditure deeming one plane enough for rescue work Representative Warren NC urged a conference to approve the extra funds completing six airships for the base as authorized by law.
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Washington
Senate
Treasury
Coast Guard
Elizabeth City
N. C
House
Warren
D-Nc
Enate
Thelizabeth City
Doctor McKhann declares sulfapyridine cures pneumonia
In Dallas on March 16 Dr Charles F McKhann of Boston proclaimed pneumonia virtually beaten by sulfapyridine. The eminent pediatrics professor noted the drug, now licensed by the FDA, is available to all physicians and has cured a large percentage of pneumococcal pneumonia.
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Dallas
Neumonia
America
Charles F. McKhann
Oston
J. McKhann
Harard Medical School
Dalas Southern Clinical Society
Food and Drug Administration
Negro health talks highlight community outreach in 1939
Dr Walter Hughes Negro representative spoke to three Winston Salem groups on personal health and sexually transmitted diseases, praising tuberculosis work by local Negro clubs and churches. He urged active disease prevention and urged clubs to combat degenerative diseases.
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Walter Hughes
North Corona
Hughespoke
High Point
Winton-Salem
Hughes
Cox
John Pemberton
Underhill Avenue
L. L. Boyd
Card
Clara Ox
Ife
Miss Cox
Hughs
Schools Wholesome Says Dr McDonald in Winston-Salem
Dr Ralph McDonald former gubernatorial candidate told the Schoolmasters Club that the state school situation is wholesome and public schools have fared well in the assembly He noted a five million dollar budget increase and spoke after his hospital release for tuberculosis Later in Raleigh bids were opened for pneumatic tires and tubes for the state likely totaling about 17000 tires and 16000 tubes by March 27.
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Winston-Salem
Ralph McDonald
Schoolmasters’ Club
McDonald
Raleigh
J. Benton Stacy
Hoey to Speak at Mount Olive Commencement
Governor Hoey will address Mount Olive commencement on May 13, announced by Superintendent J. C. Stabler. Persimmons are classified as part of the ebony family.
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Hoey
Mount Olive
J. C. Stabler
North Carolina Judges and Solicitors Form New Association
Judge A R Crisp of Caldwell county heads the North Carolina Association of County Judges and Solicitors formed at Raleigh. The group aims to push legislation extending court terms from two to four years. Also elected were Judge F T Horner of Elizabeth City as vice president and Solicitor Max C Wilson of Caldwell as secretary-treasurer.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Association of County Judges and Solicitors
A. R. Crisp
Caldwell County
F. T. Horner
Elizabeth City
Max C. Wilson
Caldwell
Damascus Claimed as World’s Oldest City
Report notes Damascus is described as the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, highlighting its ancient history and long human occupation.
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Damascus
Tide Water Rates Lowered As Power Bill Is Proposed
Raleigh report outlines a sequence where Cumberland representative Lacy McBride introduces a Cape Fear Valley Authority bill to manufacture and sell power, followed by Tide Water Power Company cutting rates. The piece notes no formal link but suggests a shopper of motive to counter public competition with private power.
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Lacy McBride
Cumberland
Cape Fear Valley
Tide Water Power Company
Tide Water
Cape Fear Valley Authority
Soviet Plane Flies Over Japanese Island Territory
Tokyo reports a Soviet scouting plane crossed from Sakhalin into Kurafuto near Handazawa, prompting a government protest to Moscow. The incident heightens Japan Russia tensions tied to Siberian waters lease disputes with Japanese fishermen.
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Tokyo
Sakhalin
Domei
Sapporo
Moscow
Kurafuto
Handazawa
Japan
Russia
Siberian
Seek Cause of Woman's Mysterious Canyon Death
Beverly Hills police examined an autopsy today to determine how Mrs. Edward Doherty 41 wife of a national magazine writer died in Benedict Canyon. The investigation followed the discovery of her body in the wooded area.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Edward Doherty
Benedict Canyon
Woman Found After Hiking Missing 24 Hours in Sloping Thicket
A woman was located by searchers yesterday nearly a full day after she began a hike. The scene involved extensive tracking in a sloping thicket as responders confirmed her safety. In unrelated trivia, a group of rabbits is called a colony.
Mentholatum Relief for Nasal Catarrh Advertised Product
An ad promotes Mentholatum as a simple remedy to clear nasal passages and relieve mucus congestion. It claims lasting vapors soothe irritation and open breathing, noting 40 years of use and availability in jars or tubes for 30 cents.
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Ome
Dr. McKahan
Annie Ragan Armfield
Guilford County
Orth Carolina
J. Gurney Briggs
Admr
Annie Ragan
Ruth W. Pollock
A. Pollock
Guilford Coun
North Carolina
Johnson 8
Garnett A. Pollock
Kid
Doeskin
Wagger's
Earth
Forest Soils Laboratory
Duke Graduate School of Forestry
Appalachian
Duke Forest School
Dr. McDonald
Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Henry Averill Raleigh
Moffitt's
Toffitt Tome
City Maritune Co
Ajo
Smart
Bakur
Wagger
Ake Ace
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