Flames of Empire and Come Unto Me Books Highlight
Review covers Peter Bourne new historical novel Flames of Empire set during Napoleon and Maximilian era with Martin Ravenel as Confederate agent. praises balance of history and fiction and the hero’s believability. Also notes Come Unto Me volume combining pictures poetry and scripture with God’s grandeur in national parks. Brief mention of A Childs Use of Number textbook by Cooke Mallory and Taylor.
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Peter Bourne
G. P. Putman
United States
America
Napoleon
Maximillian
Central American
Europe
Mexico
France
Austria
Martin Ravenel
Bourne
Santa Anna
el Alamo
Martin
Benito Juarez
God
Charles Franklin Parker
Rinehart and Company
New York
Parker
Cooke
Dennis Cooke
High Point College
Virgil S. Mallory
State Teachers College
Montclair
N. J
Esther F. Taylor
Denver, Col
Last Streetcar In Richmond Goes To Junk Heap
Richmond celebrates the end of its transit modernization as the last streetcar, 408, pulls down Main Street to the scrap yard. Charles Phaup, a 43 year veteran, leads the mob at the rear while the Virginia Transit Company replaces trolley lines with motor buses.
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Richmond
Main Street
Charles Phaup
Virginia Transit Company
Union Passenger Railway Company
UC develops dwarf-disease resistant alfalfa in California
University of California announces a new alfalfa variety resistant to the dwarf virus disease that has struck about one third of California fields. The disease accelerates thinning in the second and third seasons, and seeds will be allocated to growers in affected areas.
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Davis
Calif
University of California
College of Agriculture
Phonograph Reviews Highlight Ziggy Talent and Mindy Carson
Ziggy Talent with Vaughan Monroe's Orchestra releases playful new records The Maha rajah of Mogador My Hot Tamale Went Chilly on Me and Gee Its Tough to be a Skunk Mindy Carson rated as a rising star with You're Diff rent and Lonely Girl praised for fit and potential Hoagy Carmichael entries Follow the Swallow to Hide Away Hollow and Our Christmas Waltz receive notes Best sellers list at High Point features Mule Train I Can Dream Cant Help Falling in Love and more
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Ziggy
Vaughan Monroe
Monroe
Maharajah
Mogador
Mindy Carson
Mindy
Victor
Hoagy Carmichael
Larry Gren
Auto Theft Steals Burial Garments
Tulsa police report an automobile burglar slashed a car top and stole a set of men’s burial garments. The garments are described as false front outfits with zippers in back, intended for a corpse, making the theft a macabre prank rather than a regular burglary.
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Tulsa
Oklo
Wild Horse Chase Blocks Helena Traffic
A horse caused a 30 minute pursuit by motorists and a Highway Patrolman as it dashed along a western Helena highway before detouring up Colorado Gulch. The piece notes street cars once used in New York now operate in Vienna Lima and Sao Paulo.
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Helena
Mont
Clifford Small
Colorado Gulch
New York City
Vienna
Lima
Peru
Sao Paulo
Brazil
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Marguerite Mary McGahey
Ann Sazynski
Albany, N. Y
WHPE
Rodden Summers Furniture CO
Horace G
Lderton, Inc
English Motor CO
Piedmont Auto Finance CO
Nick Lawrence
Harold Craven
the Bandstand
Sports
Bill Currie
Nells Motors
Eagle Sandwich Shop
Johnny
Wanderer
Bud Thomas
Rev
Bill. Barker
High Point Steam Laundry
High Point
Alexander’s
Sleepy Joe
Childrens Educational Program
Cloverbrand Dairies
TAR Heel Talks
Bob Thompson
Hollywood
Duke of
Argie Wooders
Walter Crissman
Dutch Laundry and
Sartin Day Cleaners
Koonce Treasure Chest OF
Koonce Funeral Home
Carl Fischer
Archdale
Byrd
Curb Market
Phonograph Record
Roy Briggs, JR
Larry Green
Larry
Ray Dorey
North State Telephone CO
Perry Como
Philco Playhouse
Teletronix, Inc
N. Main ST
FBI
C. Dewitt Holton
South Main
North Main Street
McLarty Drug
Thomasville
W. E. Griffith
Bob Griffith
John Phillips
Spoff Venable Service Dept
Steel Files
ROYAL
Kakri
Uaa Cei
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