Sylvania Day Marks High Point Welcome to New Plant
High Point marks Sylvania Day with a formal welcome to Sylvania Electric Products after acquiring the Strickland plant. D. G. Mitchell and company executives attend as community leaders praise the move as a sign of renewed growth for High Point, hoping for expanded plant operations and more skilled jobs locally.
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High Point Chamber of Commerce
Strickland
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Sylvania Electric Products Company
Don Mitchell
Bobby Jones Turns 50 The Golf Legend Reflects On Era
In a birthday piece Robert Tyre Jones, Atlanta lawyer and bottler, marks fifty as a rare amateur star of golf. He compares modern players and equipment, recalls his Grand Slam year, and notes today’s game is easier though possibly stronger. He cites postwar changes and ponders Ike as another Bobby Jones.
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Robert Tyre Jones
Atlanta
Bobby Jones
Emperor Jones
Bobby
Atlantic
Simon Pure
General Eisenhower
George Jean Nathan
Merv Griffin
Lanee
St Patricks Day an itch for American heritage
The piece mocks Irish public relations around St Patrick’s Day while urging all Americans to celebrate their ancestral roots including Indians Greeks Jews and others. It playfully notes national pride and suggests more such nation specific days would boost heritage awareness.
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Smith's
Browns
Cohens
Chakales
County Cork
Poets in Congress and Light Bulbs Show Potent Irony
In Washington two Irish born lawmakers publish playful poems in the House while a naval procurement hearing mocks bulb costs. A Point Four aid anecdote contrasts progress with mine dangers as officials debate cultural reach and spending.
The No Foundation for Consumer Credit Opposes Regulation
A critical look at consumer credit and Regulation 7 shows opponents arguing the Federal Reserve's control on installment buying restricts borrowers. The piece highlights the shift from savings to credit, down payments, and mandatory 18 month payoff, plus a bureaucratic form process for changed conditions.
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Federal Reserve System
Federal Reserve
Grace
Federal Reserve Inter
Smith
No Foundation For Consumer Credit
Politician’s Inflation Critique and Industry Anticommunist Pledge
Senator Knowland critiques inflation logic while the un American Activities Committee notes industry leaders pledged not to hire Communists. Eric Johnston asserts mutual cancellation of Taft and Eisenhower campaigns. Harold Stassen comments on Miami’s party scene and a late night in Paris.
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Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Association
Taft
Eisenhower
Harold Stassen
Broadway Bulletin Roundup of Odets and Critics in Early Revival Season
Broadway notes highlight Clifford Odets one act revival, John Garfield and Lee J. Cobb star power, and mixed reviews. The Times lauds a powerful drama while new entries like Flight Into Egypt surface. Jeffreys anchored a Philadelphia hit with $30,000 gross. Other items cover The Long Watch, Nina Varela, Porgy and Bess bids, and TV theater trends.
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Lee J. Cobb
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Patleman
Robert Mackintosh
Josh Logan
Billy Eckstine
Olivia de Havilland
Nina Varela
Palace
Olsen & Johnson
Europe
Helen
Mme. Fresent
Porgy
Bess
Week of Evangelism at Wesley Memorial ends strong
W A Bivins notes that the Week of Evangelism at Wesley Memorial Methodist Church closed with about equal noon and evening attendance. Dr C Excelle Rozzelle, former pastor now at Ardmore Methodist Winston-Salem, delivered strong sermons praised for moral clarity.
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C. Excelle Rozzelle
Ardmore Methodist Church
Winston-Salem
Munsan
Korea
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