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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1927
Page
9
The summer CMTC programs will run June 15 to July 14 1927 across Fort Barrancas Fort Bragg Fort Oglethorpe Fort Moultrie Fort McPherson Fort Screven Camp McClellan with 17 to 24 year olds of good character. Applications buses are available at 209½ West Market Greensboro NC Capt Connolly.
Churches hosted visiting students in their tents for lectures on inspiring topics and conducted Sabbath religious services in camp chapels, offering spiritual instruction and worship opportunities.
Forty thousand ex Confederates from North Carolina fought in the Civil War and about four thousand remain living. A national convention will honor them in Tampa Florida April 5 to 8. The living veterans book of memory is planned with all living names enrolled. Gold star enrollments at five dollars fund the Stone Mountain memorial. County organizations push for full local representation.
New York station WJZ leads the national radio popularity poll after the first ballot count with 180 votes. KDKA Pittsburgh is second and WEAF New York third as 2224 ballots were tallied in seven days. More than 5000 ballots arrived later and final results will be announced next week.
In Glacier Park Montana on March 18 a local description notes a mountain brook used as a papoose bath tub within the park reservation. Native belief holds the glacier water keeps babies healthy and the practice continues into adulthood.
At a Christian hospital in Pyengyang a x ray shows a man with 43 copper needles embedded in the abdomen. The needles were inserted over four years in twos or threes as a treatment for indigestion once practiced by old Korean doctors.
In New York City on March 17 the basic materials for a 26 story skyscraper are listed. Elevator steel weighs 4,300 tons and 1,250,000 face bricks are used along with 106 miles of electric cable and 40,000 feet of elevator cable. Cement totals 2,000,000 pounds and sand 5,000,000 pounds. The project includes 500,000 square feet of wire reinforcement and 70,000 square feet of glass.
In Waverly Missouri on March 17 another effort to recover the sunken steamer W M Beard failed. The vessel went down sixty five years ago near here with about 400 kegs of whiskey and thousands of dollars in gold. Early attempts to raise it were thwarted by drifting silt covering the wreck.
A daughter asks her father to read a book his wife is currently reading to determine if it is suitable. The exchange reveals cautious literacy boundaries in a household setting and hints at parental guidance shaping reading choices.
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