Young Designer Opens Office with Beauty in Mind
Pierre J. Debs launches High Point's first industrial design firm Pierre J. Debs Associates in the Wright Building. Born in Beirut and educated at Pratt, he designed for Bell Telephone and Gorham Silver while studying three dimensional design. He aims to make machines beautiful and to enhance daily life through thoughtful product design.
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High Point
Pierree J. Debs
Pierre J. Debs
Lebanon
United States
St. Petersburg
Fla
Pratt Institute
New York
Bell
Heritage Furniture Co
Debs
John Deb
Temple of Baalbeck
Sonic’ Museum
Harvard University
New Cyanoethylated Cotton Fibers Seen At ITT Institute
Charlottesville report details cyanoethylated cotton the ITT Institute of Textile Technology developed after 3.5 years of research. The new fibers blend cotton with acrylonitrile chemistry, offering mildew resistance and stronger yarns while maintaining cotton’s look and feel. Production moves from lab to pilot mills with expansion planned to 1955.
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Charlottesville
Institute of Tex
ITT
Institute Textile Tech
Textile Cooperative Research
L. H. Hance
Institute of Textile Technology
America
United States
Jack Compton
Drote
Tennessee
Finance Institute Textile Manufacturers
The
Institute of Textile
Trouble In North Korea Food Relief Reported
A Peiping broadcast citing a Pyongyang dispatch said North Korea has waived taxes and seed loans for starving peasants. It reported crops harvested were insufficient even for local consumption amid severe food shortages.
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Tokyo
North Korea
Peiping
Pyongyang
Plow Honored as Art at Des Moines Gallery Display
A humble plow from Adair County is elevated to art status in a Des Moines Art Center farm themed exhibit. Dwight Kirsch places the ancient plow on a pedestal beside 65 rural paintings by noted international artists, after students treated it as a joke.
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Des Moines Art Center
Adair County
Dwight Kirsch
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Thomasville
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