High Point Area Sees 24,300 Employed Across Key Industries
A March survey by the Hilg Point office of the North Carolina State Employment Service shows 24,300 people employed in High Point across hosiery veneer furniture and rayon cotter industries. The report notes 15,300 men and 9,000 women with 1,500 surplus workers, including 10 percent skilled 40 percent semi skilled and 50 percent unskilled.
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High Point
Hilg Point
North Carolina
Emeaean
MacArthur declines California primary bid
Gen. Douglas A. MacArthur refused to enter the California primary as a Republican nominee. In a telegram to Draft MacArthur for President chair Allen Horchester he said he would not oppose Gov. Earl Warren’s delegation as California’s favorite son.
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Los Angeles
Mar
Douglas A. MacArthur
Mncongyranee
California
Allen Horcester
Draft
MacArthur
Earl Warren
US Generals Say Reds Suspicions Were Unfounded
Washington dispatch recaps military views on Allied war conduct in Europe. A senior officer says moves from North Africa through Elbe were aimed at peace with Russia, denies discussions of Russia as an enemy, and notes Allied limits before Berlin and Prague.
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Washington
Europe
United States
North Africa
Elbe
Germany
Russia
Hitler
Balkan States
Berlin
Prague
Mulde
SSS Tonic Promises to Boost Blood and Energy
A vintage health ad urges readers to revive vitality by taking SSS Tonic to raise low blood strength from non organic anemia. It claims improved appetite digestion and energy, featuring claims of positive blood analysis and better sleep, strength, and skin glow with millions of bottles sold.
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Helene Bgertid
Miss America to marry doctor amid career plans
Barbara Jo Walker, Miss America, announced engagement to Dr. John Vernon Hummel of Charleston Missouri. She will graduate from Memphis State College in June and has said she prefers marriage over a movie career.
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Memphis, Tenn
Barbara Jo Walker
John Vernon Hummel
Memphis State College
Robert H. Walker
Hummel
Paul W. Hummel
Charleston
Drys Win Out in Granville County Referendum
Unofficial returns from Granville County's 16 precincts show 1,886 votes against establishing ABC stores and 953 for, on a liquor referendum held today in Oxford. The election, the second in 11 years, was held on petition of wets.
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Drys
Granville County
Oxford
Dry
ABC Stores
Wets
Negro Teachers Endorse Civil Rights Program News
The North Carolina Teachers Association closed its three day convention by electing H. W. Brown as president and approving Truman's civil rights program. They condemned regional school plans as un American and costly. The group plans a May pilgrimage to Hammocks Beach with funds raised for buildings, overseen by Dr. William Sharpe who offers matching funds.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Teachers Association
H. W. Brown
Truman
Hammocks Beach
William Sharpe
New York
Roosevelt
Harvard
Jacksonville
Sharpe
Own
Dillard High School
Goldsboro
J. T. Taylor
North Carolina College
Durham
Malcomb D. Williams
Crosby-Garfield School
Ida Duncan
Reidsville
H. S. Davis
Oxford
W. L. Greene
R. P Daniel
Shaw University
J. D Cooper
Ahoskie
L B. Yancey
Henderson
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NEW Records
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Southern Office
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Johnston
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