Heer Takes Active Direction of Southern Furniture Exposition
Leo J. Heer assumes leadership of the Southern Furniture Exposition Building in High Point praising the market and its nationwide standing. He leaves the National Retail Furniture Association vice presidency to promote the market’s development and attract quality trade to the region. The community offers strong support and high expectations for growth and lasting impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo J. Heer
National Retail Furniture Association
Washington
Southern Furniture Market
Southern Furniture Exposition
Lee O'Hare
Lee
D. B Carrick
Heinrich Schmidt
Henry Smith
Heer
Murphy
Heers
State highway divisions under study face 15 vs 10 setup
The paper argues the current ten highway divisions are more workable than expanding to fifteen as urged by Governor Umstead. A five member North Carolina committee will study the issue, weighing administration gains against unnecessary costs and political motives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umstead
North Carolina
America Faces Atomic Threat From Yucca Flats
A nuclear test at Yucca Flats is framed as a stark warning to Americans. The piece urges national resilience to withstand attack while pursuing peaceful, constructive uses of atomic energy and a philosophy free of fear. It emphasizes the need for strength, resolve, and pursuing just world settlements to render atomic weaponry obsolete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Yucca Flats
Language opinions stir from Carolina Israelite issue
The Carolina Israelite ranks words beginning with m as murmuring maiden majesty Majorca and marinated and notes the ugliest word victuals is unspoken. The piece remarks on the difficulty of omitting that term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Majorca
No Hope For Full Tax Reform Before Next Year
Washington notes the Humphrey treasury team expects no complete tax overhaul before next year. Undersecretary Marion Folsom leads a new research staff to study 43 reform proposals, with consensus favoring axing excess profits tax, faster depreciation, and ending double taxation of dividends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Edson
Washington
NEA
U.S
U. S. Treasury
George M. Humphrey
Marion B. Folsom
Eastman Kodak
Snyder
Congress
Colin F. Stam
Joint Congressional Committee On Taxation
Stam
Humphrey
Clarity on terms amid tax reform and Jewish debates
A commentary piece discusses the book The Iron Curtain Over America and accuses its author of antisemitic claims about Judaism and the Khazars. It then shifts to fiscal policy noting proposed overhaul of federal tax schedules, duplicate taxation concerns, and possible shifts toward state or federal tax powers, with an Navy quote on aggression.
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America
John Beaty
James W. Fifield, Jr
First Congregational Church of
Los Angeles
Spiritual Mobilization
W. Orval Watts
Watts
Beaty
Elizabeth Dilling
Temple
Jerusalem
Babylonia
Sura
Pumbedita
George Foot Moore
Harvard University
Moore
God
Adam
Noah
Abraham
Jacob
Moses
Eisenhower
New York
Nevada
The
Treasury
Travel and Surprises from a World in One City
W A Bivins reports on roaming encounters that show how travel shrinks distances. A New Yorker from High Point meets friends in Times Square, a North Carolina visitor finds a London library coincidence, and U S mayors tour South America. The piece also explains surname origins and ends with a Reader's Digest anecdote about bank etiquette and teen chaos at home.
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Paul
Jake Harris
New York City
Times Square
Jake
Jupiter
High Point
Seal
North Carolina
Stewart Mims
Trinity College
Durham
Mims
Yale
France
William Lyon Phelps
Cape Town
South Africa
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Amos Kearns
Kearns
U. S
Stroziers
Kearnies
A Nickel’s Worth of Candy Memories at the Store
A Mattoon column recalls a local candy counter brimming with five cent and ten cent bars. The writer muses on penny candy from youth, naming many nostalgic sweets and noting how small coins shaped money handling before modern jitters and economic changes.
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Yesteryear
Income tax relief hoped for in Mattoon editorial
A Mattoon Journal-Gazette opinion laments high income taxes and calls for tax relief to restore affordability and enable earning a living. The piece argues tax reductions would ease financial strain on residents and support local livelihoods.
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Mattoon
Ill
Journal-Gazette
French mothers hope sons may form cabinets
A brief note from the Arkansas Gazette remarks on the idea that many French mothers might hope their sons will rise to the level of being asked to form a cabinet, reflecting a light political aside.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Gazette
Oklahoma City Quiz Ponders Sounds Count Question
In a current quiz the question asks how many sounds exist in English. The prompt mentions Calvin Coolidge or Harry Truman as possible references. Oklahoma City Oklahoman notes the classroom conundrum.
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Calvin Lidge
Harry Truman
Oklahoma City Oklahoman
Governor Umstead rides after hospital stay in Raleigh
Governor William Umstead has taken short outdoor spins since a heart ailment led to hospitalization three days after his inauguration. He remains mostly resting, though he has resumed limited rides and continues public handshakes that tax his energy. Dean W Colvard named dean of agriculture at State College, praised for NC rooted leadership.
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William Umstead
Durham
Raleigh
Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Dean W. Colvard
State College
James H. Hilton
State
Dean Colvard
Colvard
Joe Doakes
John Doe
Dean Dean
Agricultural School
North Carolina
Dean Dean Colvard
Voices on mental health and Cold War weapons debate
A fragment quotes Dr. George S. Stevenson and National Air Force Association President Arthur Kelly on mental illness stigma hydrogen weapons and Sino US tensions. It mentions South Korean President Syngman Rhee and questions about China blockade risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Stevenson
The
National Association For Mental Health
Soviet Union
National Air Force Association
Arthur Kelly
China
Synge Man Rhee
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Man and the Atom
Yucca
Navy
Dan A.kimball
W. A. Bivins
Fred Strozier
Miami, Fla
Reader’s Digest
Capitol Square
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