High Point Directory Adds 1856 Names in 1949 Edition
The 1949 High Point city directory lists 29,296 names aged over 18, an increase of 1,856 from the prior year. It features stories and photos of High Point, 3860 business classifications, and first churches. Merchants Delivery handles distribution, with extra copies available and Hill Directory Co. of Richmond, Virginia as a backup. Also notes a humorous yam anecdote from Robert Lee Kearns.
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Chamber of Commerce
Hill Directory Company
High Point
New City
Merchants Delivery Service
Richmond
Robert Lee Kearns
High Point Rt. 4
Western Union Revenue Falls in August Losses Shrink by Savings
Western Union Telegraph Co reports August gross revenues of 15.55 million dollars against 16.08 million in August 1948, producing a 114 thousand dollar deficit versus 115 thousand last year. First eight months show a current-operations deficit of 5.21 million, up from 1.46 million in 1948, while expense control and mechanization cut costs by 575 thousand dollars.
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New York
Western Union Telegraph Co
Western Union
Income per U S family rose from 2900 to 5600 by 1948
The report shows annual family income in the United States climbing from 2900 dollars in 1920 to 5600 dollars by 1948, reflecting sustained growth over the period.
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U. S
The dikdik and mixed world notes
The dikdik or royal antelope is West Africa's smallest ruminant rarely over twelve inches high. In a separate clause, dogs roam freely while cats are leashed in French Indochina where women wear trousers and men wear skirts.
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West Africa
Camel Advertisers Report No Throat Irritation From Smoking
A nationwide examination of smokers shows no throat irritation from Camels with weekly throat checks. Doctors across the country report not a single case of throat irritation due to smoking Camels.
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Dutr
Congressmen Trade Cracker Barrel For Global Tours
Washington dispatch notes U S lawmakers increasingly travel to Europe for official duties and observations. Brewster Baldwin Kefauver Lodge Frear Sparkman Bricker Flanders McCarran Tydings Elender Green Ferguson Young Jenner join trips that may girdle the globe as Congress revises navy slogans to see the world.
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Washington
Europe
Congress
Brewster
R-Me
Lodge
R-Mass
Baldwin
R Conn
Kefauver
D-Tenn
Malmedy
France
Italy
Frear
Del
Sparkman
D-Ala
Bricker
Ohio
Flanders
Rvt
McCarran
D-Nev
Senate Judiciary Committee
Tydings
D-La
Green
D-Ri
Ferguson
R-Mich
Young
RND
Jenner
R-Ind
Receiver Is Asked For Local Laundry
A petition filed yesterday seeks the appointment of a receiver for the Modern Laundry. George Steffan James Mattocks as trustee H J Green assignor and Mgin Voit Savings and Trust Co are named defendants. Steffan also seeks court order for unpaid rental and storage of the firm’s equipment. On the Oregon Trail pioneers lived on roses and rose hips when supplies failed.
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George Steffan
James Mattocks
H. J. Green
Mgin Voit Savings and Trust Company
Steffan
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am _ AMEL
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Sylvia MacNeill
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Cecelia Garland
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Bill Holland
Georgette Miller
Vic Scott
R. M. Elliot
Mary L. Walsh
Doris Reilly
Leona Stevelisew
Oregon Trail
Barton Mfg. CO
Lewid
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N. Wrenn S&t
Packard Motor Corp
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