T B and Cancer Claim Big Toll
Enterprise Bureau Raleigh May 24 The exhibit at the statewide safety conference by the division of industrial hygiene North Carolina State Board of Health shows tuberculosis death rate among industrial workers 287 percent higher than in agriculture cancer 90 percent higher cirrhosis 295 percent higher and heart disease 153 percent higher. The display includes dust sampling equipment and charts on industrial hazards with cooperation from the North Carolina Industrial Commission. Dr J C Knox spoke on the division of epidemiology and Dr Carl V Reynolds noted syphilis campaigns in Sweden reduced 92 percent since 1919.
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Enterprise Bureau
Sir Walter Hotel
Raleigh
Division of Industrial Hygiene
State Board of Health
H. F. Fasom
North Carolina
North Carolina Industrial Commission
State Board
Carl V. Reynolds
Sweden
J. C. Knox
Division of Epidemiology
Waiting on the Green Hills for a room in Manhattan
Dorothy, posing as Joan Barrett, hunts furnished rooms in Manhattan to hide after a murder, checking morning ads and calling dozens of listings. She battles crowds, the police, and time as dusk falls, determined to find a quiet refuge.
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Green Hills
Manhattan
Dorothy
Joan Barrett
City
Joan
John Ware Hendry
Sybil Hendry
Dorothy hunts for missing Joan through New York rooms
Dorothy searches east and west Manhattan for Joan using rooms for rent. She poses as Miss Andrews and queries landlords late into the night, finally confirming Joan may have rented a room and hoping Bob can reach her.
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Dorothy
Miss Andrews
Joan
Bob
Mrs. Griggs
Paul Nunn Named Guilford College Head In Alumni Battle
Paul Nunn of High Point was elected president of Guilford College general alumni association during commencement at Guilford College. Alvin Parker, cresting from High Point, was runner up. Nunn graduated in 1914 while Parker in 1929. Dr Rufus M Jones delivered the principal address as the weekend activities closed with choir and guild events.
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Gilford College
Paul
Haverford College
Haverford
Charlotte Parker
High Point
Raymond Binford
Max Noah
Guilford
Ezra H. F. Weis
L. T. New, Jr
Asheville
Mina Donnell
Climax
Annie Lee Fitgerald
Linwood
Frances McIver
Greensboro
Richard Archer
Herbert L. Huffman
New Garden Meeting House
Binford
A. D. Beittel
Milos S. Hinckle
Asheboro Street Friends Church
If the 1908 Siberian meteorite had fallen later
A historian argues that a six hour delay in the 1908 meteorite impact would have shifted the collision to a densely populated region such as Norway or Sweden, increasing potential casualties and impacting the scale of the disaster.
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Siberia
Norway
Sweden
Appeal Urges Poppy Day Wear in High Point
Mrs. N S Stirewall president of the Andrew Jackson Unit of the American Legion Auxiliary asks all High Point residents to wear a poppy on Poppy Day May 29 to honor World War I dead. The poppy symbolizes sacrifice and patriotism reminding citizens to support their country and democracy.
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N. S. Stirewall
Andrew Jackson
American Legion Auxiliary
High Point
America
France
Extinction Pressure Spurs Auk Specimen Rush
As the great auk neared extinction with only a few hundred birds left, museums worldwide offered enormous prices for specimens. This rush accelerated the species' decline and hastened its end.
England Fruit Per Capita Consumption Report
The record lists annual fruit consumption per person in England as 32.5 pounds of apples 24 pounds of oranges and 12 pounds of bananas.
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England
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Paul Nunn
Guilford Body
J. M. Hunsucker
Montgomery County
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C. M. Strickland
Vernon Wayne
Lance
Chesley Dennis
Kermit Sexton
Conley Hunsuccker
Mr. Hunsucker
Garnie
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J. D. Stacy
O. D. Dennis
Route One
Thomasville
M. F. Dennis
W. A. Harrie
R. I. Dennis
Richmond County
Rufus M. Jones
Guilford College
Ran
Ness
Mann Drug Stores
Faber
Duice Extractors
Copper Pot Cleaners
Border Holkfs
Flarulees
BJ Rernolds
Tobecco Company
Winetoee Seiem North
Caroline
Arthur Lindegren
Art
Arthur Highland
Arthur
Margaret Hutton
Free-Atyle
Jane Faunte Manske
Chicago
Josephine McKin
Georgia Coleman
Marshall Wayne
Marshall
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Lenore Right Wingard
Hotde
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