Unique Water Tanks At Ecusta Paper Plant In Pisgah Forest
Two massive 1.5 million gallon water tanks at Ecusta Paper Corp in Pisgah Forest, Brevard, N C, claim the largest of their kind with a thin two inch dome. Each tank measures 157 feet in diameter and 11 feet high on walls, rising to 20 feet at the dome center. Construction features six inch by six inch steel mesh and tightened steel rod spirals to prevent cracking, with floors two inches thick and walls four inches. Engineer Frank J Bertie and builder National Gunite Company are credited for the design and construction effort.
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Brevard
N. C
Ecusta Paper Corporation
Pisgah Forest
Frank J. Bertie
National Gunite Company
Milk Mixture For Stomach Ulcers
A new medical discovery used by doctors for stomach ulcers caused by excess acid is praised for rapid relief. The harmless preparation Lurin, in parent form, is easy to take by mixing two teaspoonfuls in a half glass of milk and is sold with a guarantee of satisfaction or money back. Available from Mann's and drug stores.
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Mann's
Actress Alice Faye Marries Phil Harris
SAN DIEGO Calif May 13 AP Moving up their wedding date four months blonde Alice Faye of the films and Phil Harris husky voiced orchestra leader were married in a surprise dash to Ensenada Mexico yesterday Miss Faye 2 and Harris 35 has planned a September ceremony after his divorce from Marcia Ralston becomes final But he told reporters they decided Sunday night not to wait Phil nicknamed Corny Joe because of his swing style music wondered would it be corny to say I'm the happiest man in the world
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San Diego
Calif
Alice Faye
Phil Harris
Ensenada
Moxico
Phil
Corny
Joe
MIT Researchers Test Dome Structure Load Tolerances
Dean Peabody Jr and Howard R Staley of MIT conducted tests on a completed dome structure. Loadings measured were comparable to natural forces like snow and wind. tanks showed no strain. The work is part of a 2 million expansion begun last September with completion targeted for July 1, employing about 1,000 workers now and 500 more after expansion. Ecusta makes fine cigarette paper. A car at 25 mph turns over once, at 50 mph about five times, and at 70 mph about nine times. Over 20 years cars grew from nine to 30 million and drivers from 10 to 45 million with traffic facilities more than doubling.
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Dean Peabody, Jr
Howard R. Staley
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ecusta
Brevard College Choir To Sing At High Point College
Brevard College Concert Choir directed by John M. Hawkins will give a concert at High Point College on Saturday evening May 17 at 8 o clock. The group, formed less than two years ago, comprises about 33 mountain youths averaging eighteen, trained under a new rhythm method by Hawkins who studied at Westminster. The choir has rapidly gained attention with early concerts in Asheville and other Southern venues and plans more appearances in Washington Raleigh Greenville and North Wilkesboro with potential Winston Salem church engagements on May 18.
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Brevard
Brevard College
John M. Hawkins
High Point College
North Carolina
America
Hawkins
Blue Ridge Mountains
Westminster Choir College
Princeton
Ashevill
Ciy
South
Southland
Emile Jacques Dalcroze
Geneva
Switzerland
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Washington, D. C
First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Geenville
N. C
Edenton Street Methodist Church
Raleigh
First Methodist
North Wilkesboro
Winston-Salem
Capital Shorts Capital Shorts Raleigh May 13
Raleigh May 13. State official Abernathy works hard in a new burial association commission role created by the 1941 General Assembly. He reports 255 burial associations with about 1.2 million members, and notes regional restrictions with South Carolina on burying members across borders. Gwyn Price, new Rural Electrification Authority chair, faces date confusion about his start and induction. Utilities Commissioner Stanley Winborne remains ailing but not seriously ill.
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Raleigh
Claude C. Abernathy
N. C
Nash
Abernathy
General Assembly
North Carolina
Carolina
South
South Carolina
Price
Gwyn Price
State Rural Electrification Authority
Broughton
Winborne
Stanley Winborne
Suez Canal Builder Ferdinand and puzzle clues
A fragmented crossword style puzzle list lists clues for horizontal and vertical entries. It includes numbers and word hints like silver, metallic rock, large room, moist, exclamation, lean-to, East Indian tree bark, pope's scarf, and more, interwoven with references to historical figures and terms.
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Pope
Guilford County Realty Transfers High Point and Morehead Townships
Transfers listed include W Frank Armfield to Richard Armfield et al with Ardmore circle Broad Street tracts. Gate City Motor Co to H W Dawkins and wife on White Hall Hedgecock streets. O D Sheppard to W C Sheppard on R B Gantt property. New York Life Insurance to Lou A Hartsook on Mayflower Drive. Mary S Rudd to Nell J Rudd adjoining Mitchell and McKinney. Elizabeth F Croom to Clarke Gregory at Reedy Fork farm. Harry W Murray to Dennis Tarence Curtis on Franklin Boulevard. W O L Sharpe commissioner to Calvin F Smith on Sloan Street. R Wharton trustee to Ruby Causey Sparnell on Gibsonville road. James Lockamy Jr to W A Shumate on Ham Street. W On Southard to Dewer Wilson on property near Shotwell and Stack.
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High Point Township
W. Frank Armfield
Richard B. Armfield
Ardmore Circle
Broad Street
Gate City Motor Company
H. W. Dawkins
White Hall
Hedgecock Streets
O. D. Sheppard
W. C. Sheppard
R. B. Gantt
Kemp C. Clendenin
J. E
Armentrout
Bridges Street
G. Marsh
Willie FP. Foster
Wrestward Street
Morehead Township
New York Life Insurance Company
Lou A. Hartsook
Mayflower Drive
Madison
Mary S. Rudd
Nell J. Rudd
Mitchell and McKinney
Monroe
Elizabeth F. Croom
Clarke Gregory
J. C. Pase Reedy Fork
Gilmer
Harry W. Murray
Dennis Tarence Curtis
Franklin Boulevard
W. OL. Sharpe
Calvin F. Smith
Sloan Street
R. Wharton
Ruby Causey Sparnell
Gibsonville Road
James Lockamy, Jr
W. A. Shumate
Ham Street
Bruce Township
Southard
Dewer Wilson
Shotwell and
Stack
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Radbourne
Providence
Brevard Choir
Capital Shorts
Horizortal
Ferdinand
South Africa
Njagada
Guilford County Realty
Wilmington
Carolina’ Bizch
Wrightsville
DE Scholls
Rachel Strickland
Barbizon
New York
Farhi Prim Rite Slip
Clarllee
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