Papers Top Advertising Medium Reaches Half Billion Dollar Mark
Irwin Maier reports that national newspaper advertising exceeded the half billion dollar mark, the largest in history, with a 12.1 percent rise over 1949. The gains span all classes from grocery to cosmetics to radio and television advertising in newspapers, marking a broad harvest for postwar ad growth.
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Irwin Maier
The
Milwaukee Journal
Bureau of Advertising
American Newspaper Publishers Association
National
Scott Asks Probe of Power Industry in North Carolina
Governor Scott urged the North Carolina State Utilities Commission to survey electric power potential and service adequacy. He said the investigation should not be a whitewash and noted several industries had considered but rejected North Carolina as a site for expansion.
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Raleigh
May Seales
Chine State Utilities Commission
Ao Scott
North Carolina
Scott
Two Appointed to Welfare Board in North Carolina
Gov. Kerr Scott announces Mrs. Robert E. Stratford of Haw River to the Board of Public Welfare succeeding Mrs. W. F. Crowell of Monroe. E. H. Evans of Laurinburg is reappointed to the welfare board. Stratford chairs the 13th district Home Demonstration Club and serves on Flora MacDonald College trustees.
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Raleigh
Kerr Scott
Robert E. Stratford
Haw River
Board of Public Welfare
W. F. Crowell
Monroe
Scott
E. H. Evans
Laurinburg
Stratford
Home Demonstration Club
Flora MacDonald College
Conference prompts call for clearer signs at venue
Delegates arriving late at the fourth annual Northwest Traffic Engineering Conference complained that route signs to the meeting room were unclear. The article notes Rice remains a widely used medium of exchange in parts of the Orient, with debts taxes and wages often settled in it.
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Seattle
Orient
Seaman Apprentice Rogers Home On Leave From San Diego Training
John Chadwick Rogers son of Mr and Mrs J D Rogers Jr 1112 Johnson Street is on leave from the U S Naval Training Center San Diego California before reporting to Treasure Island California for 42 weeks of electronics training The report notes his home visit during the training period and his progress toward completion of naval schooling.
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John Chadwick Rogers
J. D. Rogers, Jr
Johnson Street
U. S. Naval Training Center
San Diego
Calif
Treasure Island
Air Force Tech School Honors Graduate Buck
Pfc James M Buck son of Mr and Mrs Albert Y Buck 922 Grace Street graduates with honors from the U S Air Force Technical School at Francis E Warren AFB Wyoming where he studied a teletype operator course.
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James M. Buck
Albert Y. Buck
Grace Street
U. S. Air Force Technical School
Francis E. Warren Afb
Wyo
Trinity graduate completes aviation school at Memphis
Arthur Lairmanapce, son of Mr and Mrs A Douglas of Route 2 Trinity, has graduated from the Aviation Structural Mechanic School at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis Tennessee.
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Arthur Lairmanapce
A. . Douglas
Route 2
Trinity
Aviation Structural Mechanic
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Serving in Korea Navy crew member aboard USS Philippine Sea
Charles BR. Vuncannon aviation machinist’s mate 3-C husband of Mrs. Isla Vuncannon of Route Asheboro serves with United Nations forces in Korea as a crew member aboard the air craft carrier USS Philippine Sea.
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Korea
Charles BR. Vuncannon
Isla Vuncannon
Asheboro
United Nations
Philippine Sea
Bruton Serves Aboard Destroyer USS Sciee Recommissioning
Ist's mate, son of Mr and Mrs Cc C Burton of 609 English Street and husband of Mrs Lucille P Bruton of 215 by ree serving aboard the destroyer e sort USS esciee which he helped to recommission recently at the U S Naval Station San Diego California.
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Ist
Cc. C. Burton
English Street
Lucille P. Bruton
U. S. Naval Station
San Diego
Calif
Sailor Advances to Gunner's Mate 3C Aboard USS Mississippi
Mrs Aaron T Saunders of Franklinville accompanies the crew as her husband is advanced to gunner's mate third class while serving on the experimental ship USS Mississippi with the Atlantic Fleet.
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Aaron T. Saunders
Franklinville
Mississippi
Promotion for John Lous Cannon in Navy rate
John Lous Cannon, boatswain's mate 3C of 126 West Chester Drive, advanced to his present rate following a Navy wide competitive examination. The advancement reflects standard naval promotion procedures and recognizes his performance.
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John Lous Cannon
West Chester Drive
John W Almond Promoted After Navy-Wide Exam
John W Almond yeoman first class, 20, son of Mr and Mrs John W Almond of Ray Street, was promoted recently to his pay grade as a result of a Navy wide competitive examination.
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John W. Almond
Seaman Apprentice Fesperman Assigned to Navy School
Robert H. Fesperman formerly of High Point has been assigned to the Aviation Boatswain's Mate School at the Philadelphia Naval Base. He entered service last February and completed recruit training in San Diego before this assignment.
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Robert H. Fesperman
High Point
Philadelphia
Naval Base
San Diego
Calif
Buck Airman Apprentice Reports to Naval Air Station
Bobbie Buck, airman apprentice and son of Mr and Mrs Albert W Buck of 914 Asheboro Street, reports to the U S Naval Air Station at San Diego California after completing recruit training.
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AIR Station
Bobbie
Buck
Albert W. Buck
Asheboro Street
U.S. Naval Air Station
San Diego
Calif
Navy Seaman Advancement for Venable in BeGOR Be Far East
Horace Venable gunner's mate 3C, son of Mr. and Mrs. James P. Venable of Winston Road, husband of Patricia K Venable of Santa Cruz California, advanced to the next grade from a January Navy wide exam. He serves aboard the high speed transport USS Begor in the Far East.
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Horace
Venable
James P. Venable
Winston Road
Patricia K. Venable
Santa Cruz
Calif
Begor
Far East
Air Force clerk-typist program at Penn State campus
Donald Helsabeck assigned to a school for clerk-typists on the Pennsylvania State College campus. More than 1,200 airmen will enroll in the 12 week program on site.
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PENN
Strate
Donald Helsabeck
Air Force
Pennsylvania State College
Mutual Life Insurance Surpasses Three Billion Dollar Mark
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company of New Jersey sues a policy pushing total coverage beyond three billion dollars. Over 390,000 policyholders hold more than 640,000 policies, with J. Dolen Hedrick of 712 Jones Street representing the unit. A kitchen color trend mentions matching refrigerators to schemes, offering ten shade door handles and blue interior surfaces.
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Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
New Jersey
Year Company
Unite Insurance
J. Dolen Hedrick
Jones Street
Chapel Hill to Get 60 Bed Psychiatric Unit
Durham reports that a 60 bed psychiatric hospital will be built in Chapel Hill as part of UNC medical school. The $750000 transfer from a 1947 appropriation funds the project and it will also serve about a dozen alcoholics. General H Weeks of Durham will design the new hospital.
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Durham
Chapel Hill
State
Hospital Board of Control
University of North Carolina Medical School
H. Raymond Weeks
Perinephric abscesses in the kidney region
Medical note outlines abscess formation around the kidney known as perinephric abscess, its causes including kidney infection and instrumentation, symptoms such as fever and flank pain, and the role of antibiotics and surgical drainage. X rays help diagnose though the abscess may not always appear on imaging.
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King
Export trade shifts track European cabbage exports
The report notes U S Denmark and the Netherlands as leading European suppliers with shipments rising from about 000 to roughly three thousand units, reflecting a change in export patterns cited by officials.
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U. S
Denmark
Netherlands
See It For Yourself Announcement
A prompt inviting readers to witness an event firsthand with no explanation of methods. The message emphasizes direct experience over details and urges personal observation.
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