Columbus voyage compared with modern sea travel
Uncle Rays Corner recalls Columbus voyage of 1492 with three small ships and slow speeds. It contrasts sail era progress with modern liners Queen Mary Atlantic air routes and voyage times. A note offers a leaflet and teases tomorrow’s Columbus story.
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Columbus
Olumbus
Palos
Spain
San Salvador
Canary Lands
Yage
Canary Islands
Lumbus
Nds
Normandie
Uncle Ray
Guilford County Realty Transfers Summary
Guilford County records show transfers including R. J. Clapp and wife to Elbert White on East Bragg Street, Eula V. Anthony to Jessie Stephens on Pleasant Garden Road, and R. H. Swiggett and wife to Walter M. Forbes on Pine Street in Morehead Township.
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Gilmer Township
R. J. Clapp
Elbert &. White
Bragg Street
Eula V. Anthony
Jessie Stephens Julian
Pleasant Garden Road
Morehefad
R. H. Swiggett
Walter M. Forbes
Pine Street
Fighting 69thLatest War Film Under Hollywood Glare
Hollywood reports on The Fighting 69th a wartime drama centered on Father Duffy and a fictional cadet played by Jimmy Cagney. The cast includes Jeffrey Lynn Norman Reilly Raine and George Brent with wartime scenes shot at Camp Millis and on Long Island as director William Keighley guides action.
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Hollywood
Warner Studio
69Th
New York City
Francis P. Duffy
Outfit
Jimmy Cagney
Jeffrey Lynn
Joyce Kilmer
France
Norman Reilly Raine
Kilmer
Father Duffy
Pat O’brien
Camp Millis
Long Island
John Prout
New York
George Boothby
Fifth Avenue
Boothby
Frank McHugh
Sammy Cohen
Mike Murphy
Murphy
Alan Hale
Mischa Moskowitz
William Keighley
Government Buying Agency To Take Surplus Tobacco
A CCC financed program will buy 175 million pounds of flue cured tobacco from auction floors and store it for foreign delivery. Foreign manufacturers will act as agents with loans to independent U.S. buyers, and a $1.50 handling balance is paid by them. Loans equal to cost plus $1 handling charge, with prices set near 14.3 cents per pound, contingent on farmers limiting 1940 sales.
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Washington
Carolinas
Virginia
Commodity Credit Corporation
CCC
Wallace
United States
Imperial Tobacco Company
Export Leaf Tobacco Company
Textile Group to Meet Greensboros Textile Association
Oct 11 report notes the Northern North Carolina Virginia division of the Southern Textile Association will hold its fall meeting in Greensboro this Saturday. The article also includes a weekly bridge column by WM Be summarizing a hand with entries and card play analysis.
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Greensboro
North Carolina- Virginia
Southern Textile Association
Carter's Little Liver Pills Benefit Digestive Flow
An old advertisement touts Carter's Little Liver Pills to stimulate two pounds of bile flow daily. It claims bile blockage causes gas, constipation, and a sour mood, urging readers to buy at drug stores for 10¢ or 20¢ to feel energized.
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Carter
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First Cavalry
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American Contract Bridge League
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South Main Street
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