Family Feuds On Schedule For Duke NC Wake Forest
College sports week in North Carolina features baseball by Wake Forest and Davidson, tennis and golf in Durham and Greensboro. North Carolina aims for 11th straight win at Chapel Hill against N C State after NC State upset Wake Forest. Duke favored in golf tourney with Tennessee teams, while the Southern Conference tennis tourney runs at Duke.
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Durham
Greensboro
Wake Forest
Davidson
Presbyterian Institution
High Point
Roanoke
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Bowlers Reach Final Session of Giant Show in Detroit
In Detroit on May 6 seventy teams remain of 6073 registered as the five man tournament at the American Bowling Congress heads to its final session tonight Doubles and singles conclude the 62 day ten pin event begun March 7 at State Fair Coliseum with action to end tomorrow.
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Detroit
State Fair Coliseum
Baseball Scores From Yesterday Across Leagues
Scores from American League and National League include Cleveland over Boston 6 to 1 and Cincinnati over New York 3 to 2. Coast Plains Charlotte and Durham results plus Portland rain shift in Pacific Coast League. Eastern and Southern League games feature Hartford and Scranton wins with key standings updates.
Daddy Appropriate Name for Halliday
Richard Halliday film story editor returned from Las Vegas married Broadway melodist Mary Martin whose song My Heart Belongs to Daddy led to a film contract. A sleepy justice of the peace married them at 3 am Sunday. It was Mary Martin's second marriage and Halliday's first. Martin, a Weatherford Texas native, was previously married to Ben Hageman. They have an eight year old son. They were divorced later.
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National League Games Today Pitchers Set for Openers
National League action features Boston at Pittsburgh with Errickson facing Bowman, New York at Cincinnati Gumbert meeting Thompson, Philadelphia at Chicago St Johnson opposing Dean, and Brooklyn at St Louis with Hamilin facing Davis.
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Brooklyn
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Errickson
Bowman
Gumbert
Thompson
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Dean
Hamilin
Davis
Baseball matchups across leagues list city pairs and pitchers
Chicago at Philadelphia Rigney versus Custer. Cleveland at Boston Hudlin facing Dickman. Detroit at New York Ruffing versus Bridges. St Louis at Washington Bildilli against Haynes. Concord at Cooleemee Kannapolis at Landis Mooresville at Lexington. Thomasville at Salisbury Charlotte at Winston Salem. Durham at Asheville Rocky Mount at Norfolk Portsmouth at Richmond.
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Asheville
Norfolk
Portsmouth
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Pittsburgh
Eeesene
Rigney
Custer
Hudlin
Dickman
Ruffing
Bridges
Bildilli
Haynes
Concord
Cooleemee
Kannapolis
Landis
Mooresville
Lexington
Thomasville
Salisbury
North Carolina Trap Meet Opens at Charlotte Gun Club
The annual North Carolina clay target tournament begins Thursday at the Charlotte gun club and runs three days with purses totaling 840 dollars. Events include 100 16 yard targets 100 handicap 16 to 24 yards 25 pair doubles and a 50 target women’s event. The state championship 200 16 yard targets and 50 pair doubles concludes Friday with the Handicap and Open finals Saturday.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Conservation Program Gains In Cooperation
North Carolina farmers show strong uptake for the 1940 agricultural conservation program with 94 percent participation expected. Farm plans were signed for 233,104 of 296,546 eligible farms, improving from 1939. County participation ranges from Buncombe and Perquimans at 100 percent to broad statewide engagement with many counties posting high sign up totals.
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College Station
Raleigh
North Carolina
E. Y. Floyd
AAA
State College
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Buncombe
Perquimans
Camden
Chowan
Hyde
Tyrrell
Greene
Edgecombe
Northampton
Anson
Lee
Federal
Traffic Accidents Claim Four Lives In North Carolina
North Carolina toll from weekend crashes reaches four with fatalities including five year old B. D. Lefler of Salisbury struck in Kannapolis. Charlotte resident Mrs Elsie Harrison dies in similar crash. Davis L. Taylor of Gastonia held on $2000 bond as alleged driver. Levi H. Watts of Carrboro dies when his car wrecks in Brunswick County. Eli Griggs Bat ton, 24, dairyman, killed in Wadesboro truck wreck.
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North Carolina
B. D. Lefler
Salisbury
Kannapolis
Pauline Lefler
Elsie Harrison
Davis L. Taylor
Gastonia
Levi H. Watts
Carrboro
Wilmington
Brunswick County
Wadesboro
Eli Griggs Batton
Churches Reflect On Everlasting Punishment Sermon
Christian Science services on May 5 centered on Everlasting Punishment with the Golden Text from Proverbs 10 29 and citations from Galatians 6 7 8. The Science and Health passages warn sin brings pain and divine Principle reforms, urging understanding of God Love and practical obedience. Rural topics note 1940 AAA participation and the Older Youth Conference at North Carolina State College June 4 8.
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Mary Baker Eddy
Christ
N. C. State College
Model Farm Renews Prestige Under SCS Conservation Effort
The Model Farm near Springfield, part within the city limits, is highlighted for its revival under the Soil Conservation Service. Since 1934, terraces and an underground outlet have reduced erosion and boosted yields through crop rotation and legume inputs, with Lloyd K. and H. H. Clodfelter continuing a Quaker legacy of soil stewardship.
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Model Farm
SCS
Josiah Nixon
Nathan Hunt
Baltimore Association
Duncan White
Henry Kearns
John Tate
Lloyd K
H. H. Clodfelter
Ed Clodfelter
Friends
Soil Conservation Service
Clodfelter
Farmers Gain By Strict Inspection
North Carolina fertilizer inspectors enforced the state law last season, yielding $984,870 in extra value to farmers as manufacturers supplied more plant food than guaranteed. The Department of Agriculture performed 4,701 inspections and collected 5,174 samples totaling 4,330 tons, with 69 lots seized for registration labeling or tagging violations. Commissioner W Kerr Scott emphasized continued strict enforcement for farmers and honest manufacturers.
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Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
North Carolina
State Department of Agriculture
W. Kerr Scott
Weed control in tobacco beds with dynamid shows strong results
J B Eagles of Fountain and Howard Watson of St. Marys School section report excellent weed suppression in tobacco plant beds using dynamid. Following L T Weeks guidance, Eagles achieved 75 percent weed control and Watson 90 percent, according to J A Marsh Wilson County farm agent.
Preserved Records Help Peachland Farmer Get Loan
D F Shepherd of Peachland route 2 used a copied 1939 farm record book to secure a loan after his home burned and needed rebuilding. Clarence Earley, Anson County farm agent, says such records aid farmers working with the extension service.
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D. F. Shepherd
Peachland
Clarence Earley
Anson County
Shepherd
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Earley
Temporary gas pipe leak repair and fabric care tips
Instructions advise moist soap over a gas leak and a paste of whiting and yellow soap with water, warning against flames. Additional tips include adding black pepper or turpentine to wash water to prevent color running on cottons. A cement for glass mending is formed by melting resin with yellow wax.
Cranium Crackers Quiz on Europe War Clues
A reader quiz tests knowledge of wartime Europe questions on Nazi logistics, Norway Denmark invasion motives, Allied aid to Finland, Sumner Wells mission aims, and a cabinet shakeup involving Winston.
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Denmark
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Finland
Sweden
Russia
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Plan 4 H Club Cattle Judging Contests Result in National Show Trip
The North Carolina 4 H dairy cattle judging contest will be held at the annual Short Course in State College July 22 27. The winning county team earns a trip to the National Dairy Show in Harrisburg Pa in October with funds donated by the North Carolina Dairy Products Association. Plans for state contests are underway as county teams are selected by agents to compete at the short course for the state championship. The association presides with W J Ashbaugh of Durham as president and officers Reed Greensboro Register Durham and Cobb Lexington as vice presidents Kilgore Apex as treasurer.
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L. Harrill
North Carolina
Harrisburg
North Carolina Dairy Products Association
Harrill
W. L. Clevenger
Colle
Dairy Produc Association
Winsto Salem
Tari
North Carolina Dairy Proucts Association
W. J. Ashbaugh
Durha
C. Reed
Greensboro
Rolan Register
Durham
Georg Cobb
Lexington
J. D. Kilgore
Aleigh
College Station
Yea
Spruce Pine Farmer Swears Off Foreign Seed Clover
Spruce Pine farmer W. Hickey vows never again to plant foreign grown red clover. He seeded 15 acres in 1923 using seed imported from Europe. after a severe winter most of the clover died, prompting Hickey to prefer local seed next year.
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Bakersville
W. Hickey
F. L. Woodard
Miteche County
Hickey
Europe
CIMMERIAN Defined as Shroud of Darkness in Verse
Lesson notes discuss mispronunciations and misused words while highlighting CIMMERIAN as the day’s term meaning shrouded in gloom or darkness. Quoted Campbell’s lines describe Cimmerian darkness over a departing soul.
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Campbell
LOOK and LEARN Questions and Answers
The piece lists five trivia items with brief answers. 1. About 28 percent land. 2. Peter Cooper designed and built America’s first locomotive. 3. Myology is the branch of anatomy dealing with muscles. 4. Richmond, Va. was the Confederate capital. 5. The mixture enters the cylinders via the engine manifold after passing the carburetor.
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Confederacy
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Modern Etiquette Q and A on Love Letters and Names
A 19th century style exchange offers Rousseau guidance on writing love letters and proper address when a name is forgotten. It also states a tip for dining in large hotels: a minimum tip of twenty five cents per person to the waiter.
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Causes of cotton grade drop cited by North Carolina expert
J C Ferguson extension cotton gin specialist notes tight roll ginning lowers cotton grade. L I Case state college extension animal husbandman reports Polk County shows renewed interest in beef cattle and sheep after years of slower activity.
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North Carolina
J. C. Ferguson
L. I. Case
State College Extension Animal Husbandman
Polk County
Churchill Named British War Chief
Churchill was named British War Chief in a historic appointment reflecting his leadership role during the crisis. This choice positioned him as a central figure guiding wartime policy and coordination with Allies.
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Churchill
Dominions
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