Preview of Progress At High Point World Fair Show
The High Point Chamber of Commerce will present General Motors Previews of Progress at the Junior High School auditorium starting Monday night April 1. Admission is free with tickets available at the chamber, GM dealers, or local drug stores. The event showcases stage science feats including a cold stove demonstration and a phantom orchestra using photoelectric cell technology.
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High Point
Chamber of Commerce
General Motors
Frank Sizemore
World of Tomorrow
Eckerd’s
Hoffman's
Ingram’s
Mann's
C. A. Ring's
Ring-Bobbitt’s
Arthur’s
Cecil's
Carolina
Displays of Future Materials Captivate Local Audiences
A laboratory driven showcase presents glass draperies and wool like yarn from skimmed milk. The one hour twenty minute program promises drama color and thrills. W L Nos assists Mr Sizemore and has booked shows in city schools and nearby areas.
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America
W. L. Nos
Advance
Sizemore
Gill Addresses Rotary on North Carolina Parole System
Edwin C. Gill NC parole commissioner spoke at the Thomasville Rotary Club about the state parole process. He said crime is largely a native issue, with about 1,700 prisoners admitted monthly and 10,000 in state care yearly. He noted 60 parolees monthly, 58 percent repeat offenders, and a daily prison cost of one dollar per inmate. He urged programs to aid prisoners and cited treatment of venereal disease as an example of reform efforts.
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Thomasville
Edwin C. Gill
North Carolina
Gill
Duke Students Hurt in Mishap Near Folkston
Rex Smith Robert Stone Elwood Storm of Endicott New York and Edmond Sturdavant also of Endicott Duke University students were injured in a car crash near Folkston Georgia They were returning from Miami Smith 17 had throat cuts from broken glass and was in critical condition The others had cuts and bruises Sheriff J Sikes Charlton County said their car collided head on with another occupied by several Negroes who were uninjured.
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Folkston
Rex Smith
Robert Stone
Elwood Storm
Endicott
N .Y
Duke University
Edmond Sturdevant
Miami
Smith
J. ©. Sikes
Charlton County
Jones urges home ownership as safe investment belief
Winston Salem March 28 Jesse H Jones federal loan administrator is a firm believer in home ownership. At the seventh annual meeting of stockholders of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Winston Salem he called property ownership a civic incentive and urged recognition of properly placed first mortgages as a safe investment for savings and trust funds.
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Winston-Salem
Jesse H. Jones
Federal Loan
Federal Home Loan Bank of
Child born aboard the Mayflower named Peragrine White
Peragrine White became the first child born aboard the Mayflower during its voyage to America, marking a historic birth in the early Plymouth voyage.
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America
Peragrine White
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