North Carolina State Grange Session Opens in Greensboro
The North Carolina State Grange met in Greensboro with Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell calling it the most important convention since 1932. Leaders discussed high living costs, one teacher schools, low salaries, discrimination, and cutting middleman profits as former Gov. J. Melville Broughton and others spoke.
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Greensboro
North Carolina State Grange
Harry B. Caldwell
J. Melville Broughton
J. B. Hutson
Tobacco Associates, Inc
Josephus Daniels
Raleigh
William B. Umstead
Durham
Caldwell
World War II ace sacrifices life to save village homes
Maj. Kenneth G. Smith, 33, of Boise Idaho a World War II ace who downed six German planes, died when his Thunderbolt crashed in a stream bed near Seabrook Me after staying at the controls to keep the plane from hitting homes. He commanded a squadron at Dow Field Bangor and died as his craft spun from 10 000 to 12 000 feet.
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Searsport
Kenneth G. Smith
Boise
Idaho
Smith
Dow Field
Bangor
Jeep Accident Claims Cowboy Crosby In New Mexico
Boswell New Mexico October 22 Bob Crosby long known as king of the cowboys died in a Jeep accident near Pecos River. The 50 year old rodeo star survived many injuries from bull and bronc riding but this crash proved fatal in the river bed. Crosby earned fame in rodeos and once toured Europe.
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Boswell
N. M
Bob Crosby
Herere
Pecos
Crosby
Europe
Divorce Granted Man Also Receives Unborn Child
Des Moines judge grants William C. Woodard a divorce and custody of a child expected next month. Woodard testified his wife Helen Irene rejected the child and would place it in a home if he did not take it. He plans to raise the infant with his mother. Mrs. Woodard did not contest.
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Des Moines
William C. Woodard
Woodard
Helen Irene
Symposium on accounting and taxation at UNC and Duke
The 8th annual UNC and Duke symposium on accounting and taxation runs Thursday to Saturday in Chapel Hill and Durham. Sidney H. Shaw of Rocky Mount and H. R. Borthwick of Winston-Salem participate in sessions and the Friday banquet at Duke. An aside notes two crop rotations with summer and winter legumes alongside cotton and corn in the South.
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Chapel Hill
University of North Carolina
Duke University
Duke
Sidney H. Shaw
Rocky Mount
H. R. Borthwick
Winston-Salem
State Association of Certified Public Accountants
Broadcasters Elect Winston Man Leader in North Carolina
Harold Essex of Winston-Salem was elected president of the North Carolina association of broadcasters, succeeding Frank Jarman of WDNC. Essex predicted a network ban on live music starting January 31 as AFM contract expirations loom, urging a strong stand. Other officers named include Robert Wallace, James Campbell, and Allen Wannamaker.
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Greensboro
Harold Essex
Winston-Salem
WSJS
North Carolina Association of Broadcasters
Witrin Idens
Frank Jarman
WDNC
Durham
Essex
American Federation of Musicians
James Petrillo
AFM
Oher
Robert Wallace
Shelby
Station Wohs
James Campbell
Kinston
WKNS
Allen Wannamaker
Wilson
WGTM
Tar Heel Fellowship Published At College
The first issue of Tar Heel Fellowship a four page religious tabloid came off the presses this week at High Point college. Co editors Bob Gibson of Greensboro College and Mary Beth Joyner of Siler City lead the effort sponsored by the North Carolina Student Movement council. The publication will circulate every six weeks on campus and to colleges statewide with Methodist project news and other religious items.
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Tar Heel Fellowship
Bob Gibson
High Point College
Rockingham
Mary Beth Joyner
Siler City
Greensboro College
North Carolina Student Movement Council
Curious spade opening misleads in national hand
The hand shows a spade opening after East hearts and West support. South avoids diamond doubleton and saves king of clubs, leading four of spades. North misreads, allowing declarer to attempt clubs but is foiled by a spade return and a clever defense.
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East
West
South
North
Handleless Boy Finds a Friend
A short feature notes a moral about friendship with a note on a boy lacking a handle finding a friend. It mentions global coal and oil production as a vast comparative fact to human population.
Conservation program urged by High Point leader
Rev. Paul Hardin Jr, chair of the Citizens Food Committee, says confusion arises over the method of saving food but not over its necessity. He asks High Point citizens to follow the president and observe special days to avoid waste for overseas relief, while noting rail passenger numbers rose fourfold from 1940 to 1944.
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Paul Hardin, Jr
Citizens Food Committee
High Point
Nile Valley population concentrates in Egypt
Egypt spans a land area comparable to California Arizona and New Mexico combined yet most of its people live along the narrow Nile Valley, with vast deserts surrounding the populated corridor.
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Egypt
California
Arizona
New Mexico
Nile Valley
The E-2-DO Miracle Wardrobe Sale Offers Extra Closet Space
A new product titled E-2-DO Miracle Wardrobe promises extra closet space with a special sole sale. The advertisement highlights low cost and a limited time offer to boost storage for clothing.
Salem moves to preserve Moravian area with design board
Salem officials formed a 15 member citizens committee to study creating an architectural review board for the 20 block Moravian historic district. The aldermen acted after a citywide move to protect the Salem area heritage.
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Broughton
North Carolina
Grange
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
J. D. Ross
Public Accountant
State OF
S. Main ST. Koonts
White Bldg
Bo Sma
PVE Ae
A Med
Diamonds
Nash
Jewelry & Loan
UNC
Winston Man
William EB. McKenney
America’s Card Authority
NEA Service
Aki
Spade
Deos
North Pass
Handless Boy
Tommy Herbert
Cleveland
Ohio
Ronald Herbert
Tommy
U. S
AEL
Flarllee
Flarllee’s
Salem
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Board of
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Flaritlee
Cascade
Ranert
Drapen Shoulder
Cynthia
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