Paternal Pride and Auto Talk Parade Through Guilford
A noisy column celebrates Stanley Davis becoming a father of four with bragging and local color about the Guilford General, Ford dealers, and new baby show chatter. It notes Dick Parker’s chairmanship talk, FTC financing limits, and car frame revisions at Florace G. Hderton’s Dodge shop while recounting the School Boy Patrol’s Washington trip and family pride.
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Stanley Davis
Stanley
Gurney Arlen
English Motor Company
Hn 2
Pater
Guilford General
Momma and Son
Pappa Stanley
Ford
Dick Parker
Florace G. Hderton
Stooges
Baby Show Committee
Taylor-Shore - de Soto
Federal Securities Commission
Atkinson
Pontiac
Washington
Johnny
Jimmy
Charlie
Clyde
Jim Pike
Dof¢ Lee
Ben Ridge
Ford Willow Run Plant Joins Ford Village Industries
YPSILANTI Michigan rural experiment started in 1918 by Henry Ford reaches a milestone with Willow Run opening as the 18th unit in Ford’s village program. The plant near Dearborn produces door and ignition locics for Ford cars, staffed by 35 young workers from nearby farms. Other village industries will be added, the program aims to decentralize production and strengthen local employment. English Motor Company 201 East Washington Street is listed as Ford representative in High Point.
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Ypsilanti
Mich
Henry Ford
Willow Run
Ford
Ford Village
Dearborn
Ford Motor Company
English Motor Company
East
Washington Street
High Point
Greater Safety Seen In Autos Of Today
Automotive engineers contribute to highway safety with simpler driving, led by De Soto’s simplimatic transmission. L G Peed of Chrysler notes driver work reduced as gear shifts occur via accelerator toe. Two ranges high and cruising automate shifts, with clutch needed only for steep starts, reverse, or extreme power. Available on 1941 De Sotos through Taylor-Shore Motor Sales Co.
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L. G. Peed
de Soto
Chrysler Corporation
Peed
Theésyce Opack
Snd- Taylor-Shore Motor Sales Company
North Main Street
Army to equip hospital trains for field maneuvers
Washington May 10 44 The army disclosed plans to acquire several hospital trains. The first unit will be used in field maneuvers this summer. The trains will include a new type hospital unit car and Pullmans or chair cars with hospital beds replacing chairs.
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Washington
The
Army
Death's Diary Hitchhikers and a Stolen Car Tale
A fragmentary report mentions excited travelers boarding a train, a stolen car, and hitchhikers who may have been spared if not for the crash. It notes someone named Bate and an event where Rader was killed during a strange airbound ride. The piece ends with a call to care today here tomorrow.
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Bate
Ten American composers on classic forms in Willson album
Meredith Willson commissions ten Americans to write in classic forms for a Decca album series. Notable pieces include American Waltz by Peter De Rose, American Barcarolle by Harry Warren, and American Serenade by Louis Alter, showcasing Americana in orchestration. Also notes Count Basie Kansas City jump style with Six 10inch records and tracks like One Clock Jump and Swinging at the Daisy Chain.
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Meredith Wilson
Muswell House
Braha
Offenbach
Willson
Decca
Meredith Willson
Peter de Rose
Vernon Duke
Harry Warren
Duke Ellington
Sigmund Romberg
Morton Gould
Harold Arlen
Dana Suesse
Ferda Grofe
Louis Alter
Kansas City
Count Basie
Jimmy Rushing
Rushing
Panassie
Shorty George
Jimmy
Aero Naval Programs Expand at U S and Caltech
The United States and universities expand offerings in aero metical engineering with 18 other schools providing options in the field and California Institute of Technology adding graduate work in aeronautics.
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U.S
California
Institute of Technology
Road To War Says Senator
Senator Shipstead of Minnesota told a rally of the American First Committee in Minneapolis that supporters of lease lend and Britain aid were “painting the road to war” with signs saying it was the road away from war. He urged citizens to write to President Roosevelt and argued the issue is whether the United States will enter war, noting advocates misrepresented issues to avoid a congressional declaration.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Senator Shipstead
Rminn
Britain
American First Committee
Shipstead
Roosevelt
Congress
Trees The Red Cedar Juniperus Virginiana
The Red Cedar is not a true cedar but a juniper with variable bluish foliage and pyramidal to rounded forms. It can host cedar apples which cause galls that spread cedar rust to nearby apple trees, a cycle released by windborne spores. Bag worms may trouble the trees and should be controlled by removing bags. cedars can be pruned anytime unlike pines.
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Asia Minor
Old World
Auto Industry Soars To New Peak This Year
Detroit reports 1941 model year near peak production with over 5 million vehicles made and a shift to defense. Analysts see potential record retail sales and anticipate a 20 percent cut in 1942 production amid rising costs and taxes, with prices rising modestly and demand remaining strong.
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Detroit
Special
Office of Production Management
Plead For Opposition In France Observance
New York May 10 General Charles De Gaulle in London through a radio appeal urges Free Frenchmen to defy the Nazi oppressor by taking to the streets and observing a three hour silence from three to six in the afternoon on the anniversary of Joan of Arc.
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New York
Charles de Gaulle
London
Conight
Joan of Arc
Wilson Takes Command Perusal Iem
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Mainland Willson has assumed command of British forces in Palestine and Trans-Jordan, taking over responsibilities after leading troops in Greece. He formerly served as commander in chief of British forces in Egypt.
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Perusaliem
Henry Mainland Willson
British Trops
Greece
Palestine
Trans-Jordan
Egypt
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Goodqsip
Feorge Ridwards
Horace G. Iderton
Horace Gilderton
Commerce and
Willowbrook
North Main
Ray
Auto Finance CO
Willow Run Plant
New Venture
United States Army
Massachusetts
Prisca
Amon
Jimmy Wre
Dorsey
Bob Eberly
Frey
O'Connell
ENO
Rimsky” Ofsakof
Sheherazadiy
Helen O'Connell
MGM
Trinidad
Minnie
Shipstead of
Minnesota
David J. Wilkie
Fisher
Lorg
Atkinson Motors
South
Wrenn Street
Wilson Takes Command
Taylor-Shore Motor Sales Company
W. Taylor E. B. Shore Sales
de Soto - Plymouth
Noth Main Street
Guilford County
English Motor Co., Inc
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