Desk Presented to State College by Agriculture Department
Raleigh May 3 Generous donation from North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner L Y Ballentine funds a historic desk used to draft the bill creating North Carolina State College. The desk, once in the State chemist office, now rests in the office of the college’s first president Col Holladay, marking the college’s 1889 opening.
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State College
Charles W. Dabney
Senate
Dabney
State Department of Agriculture
L. Y. Ballentine
Agriculture Department
Raleigh
North Carolina
Tate College
Holladay
Holla
Harrelson
Schoctar
Stat
Organized Farmers’ Clubs
Col Wasca Polk
State Commission of Agriculture
Progressive Farmer
University of Tennessee
University of Cincinnati
House of Representative
Poi Peer
Iredell County
State Board of Horiculture
Community Drives $1089 For Janet Cooper Arm
In Pittsburgh neighbors and school friends raised 1089 to fund a new prosthetic arm for 12 year old Janet Cooper after a playground accident. A trust fund was set up as donations continued to come in from adults and youths alike.
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Pittsburgh
Janet Cooper
Janet
Kitty
Century Jackfruit Bloom Sets Fort Worth Milestone
In Fort Worth Texas a century plant bred by C A Plackett bloomed for the first time after 25 years marking a local horticultural milestone.
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Fort Worth
Tex
C. A. Plackett
Red Tape Delays GI Weddings in Overseas Duty
GI soldiers face Army red tape delaying marriages during overseas service. Regulations require long waits and financial hurdles before a legal wedding can occur abroad. The piece notes recent changes affecting 2,628 GIs in the European Command as the issue gains attention.
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Saal
European Command
Wolves Shot From Plane
In Fairbanks Alaska two U S agents of Stone Service recin ers killed no neares rostor thee es in a light two man plane Four other agents reported a kill of 61 Three airplanes have been used in the biggest scale campaign ever waged in the war against wolves which damage the caribou herds.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
U. S
Stone Service
Rostor Theees
Farms Will Feed Troops Planed M4 Farms Larger Than 3000 Acres
A radio report says the Chinese Communist army intends to establish M4 mechanized collective farms each over 3000 acres to feed troops. The first four farms are in Tianjin in the remote northwestern Ang province.
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Hongkong
Tien
Ang Province
Thieves Lift Heavy Cast Iron Heating Plant
Victoria house in British Columbia reports theft of a cast iron heating installation weighing 800 pounds. The plant, built in four 200 pound sections, vanished without a clue according to police.
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Victoria
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J. Harrelsonraht
I. O. Schaub
Ralph Mills
Ima
Century Plant
Rose of
Sharon
Aly
C.O.D
Kruse Nurseries
Dept
Bloomington
Ilinois
Guilford Optical TY
High Point Laundry
N. Wrenn
Frigidaire
Raymond Loewy
Beeson Hardware CO
Fred Bryant
Doug Bryant
N. Main ST
Samuel Hyman
China
Sterling
UPS
Crystal Dept
Anith
S. Main ST
Gift Shop
BIG Values
Mickey Mouse Watch
Svave
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