High Point College Debuts Its Student Run Radio Station
High Point College has launched WHPC a 10 watt student owned station broadcasting on 531 kilocycles from 7 15 p m to 11 p m daily. Built by student Horace Billings and aided by Rye Glover the studio is in the auditorium wing with no profits or licensing.
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High Point College
United States
WHPC
Federal Communications Commission
Horace Billings
Winston-Salem
Rye Glover
WSJS
Leroy Harrison
Leroy
High Point
North Carolina
Florence W. Allen
City of
W. Langford
Billings
G. J. Humphreys
Mervyn W. Merhgiem
Freeport
Long Island
New York
Sta
Tion
British Ship Owners Tighten Up To Put End To Stowaways
British shipowners tighten anti stowaway precautions after reports the United States may fine shipping firms for every stowaway landed. The racket allegedly supplies forged papers and rations as stowaways target Britain’s liners including the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary. A German prisoner of war claimed to have boarded the Queen Mary after swimming to it, though Cunard officials deny such aid.
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London
INS
United States
America
Buenos Aires
Great Britain
Poris
England
Martin Eppich
New York
Eppich
Berkshire
Cunard
BC Headache Relief in Powder and Tablet Forms
The BC formula for headaches neuralgia and minor aches is sold as powders and tablets. Two tablets equal one powder. BC contains fast acting ingredients to ease nerve headaches neuralgic pains and minor muscular aches. BC Headache Powders 10c 25c BC Headache Tablets 25c. Caution use only as directed.
Hosiery Mills Declares Quarterly Dividend in New York
Directors of Durham Hosiery Mills declare a 25 cent common stock dividend payable November 15 to shareholders of record November 5. The only other payment this year was a $1 dividend in February.
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New York
Duham Hosiery Mills
Regional and morning radio schedule update
WHPE and WHRE list 10 am to noon programs including Regional News Launderette Quiz Musical Treasures Tropicana Morning Matinee Blue Ridge Buddies Fashions In Music and NOUN Newsreel. All programs may be interrupted or cancelled for important news developments.
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Tropicana
WHRE
Blue Ridge Buddies
Minnesotan Duck Blind Gives Hal Boyle Lively Wild Goose Chase
Hal Boyle describes a frigid dawn at a Minnesota duck blind as flocks rise over a vast lake and hunters fire in a chorus of bangs. The scene blends bravado and humor as he waits for a lucky shot while enduring cold, mud, and the absurdities of hunting lore.
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Canada
Louisiana
Friday assembly highlights 1st grade program Oct 24 1947
The Friday morning assembly led by Mrs J K Williams 1st grade featured a shadow picture show and a six week progress display with action songs. Announcements by Miss M L Graye preview next week’s events as Red Feather Day ends Community Chest drive. YWCA calendar notes events from Oct 27 to Nov 1947 including Halloween party Oct 28 and club meetings with guest Dr. Creft.
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Abe
Cbs Network
Abc-West
Mbs-East
Mbs-Weat
Abc
Cbs
Cbs East Lum & Abner
Cbs-West
Abe Lowell Thomas
Cbs News
Abe Fulton Lewis, Jr
Abe Jack Smith
Cbs Daily
Abe Bob Crosby
Abe Henry J
Abe Henry J. Taylor—mbs 7:45—Kaltenborn Comment—abe Ed Murrow News-~cs Sporta
Cavalcade of America
Scotland Yard
Cbs Candid Microphone
Abe Gabriel Heatter
Dr. Lt. Q
Abe Sammy Kaye
Abeo Y Griene
Uddy Weed
Abe Fish
Nbe Screen Guild
Abo-West
J. K. Williams
Leon Vanhoy
H. Forbes
M. L. Graye
YWCA
Y.W.C.A
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Anna Saunders
A. B.tyson
E. P. Wilson
Ophelia Corbett
Cora Lee Robinson
Mattie Hairlip
A. Long
Lexington
Death Claims Calvin Anders of Harbor Island
Word arrives that Calvin Anders 35 of Harbor Island near Wrightsville Beach died Saturday afternoon after a brief illness. Former Wilmington Star-News advertising manager and former real estate agent, he is survived by a widow Artelia Blake Anders and his L. K. Anders parents, a High Point brother, and an Atlanta sister. Funeral at Ward Funeral Home Wilmington at 2:30 this afternoon. Burial Oakdale Cemetery.
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Calvin Anders
C. K. Anders
Harbor Island
Wrightsville Beach
Anders
Wilmington Star-News
Star-News
Artelia Blake Anders
L. K. Anders
Wilmington
Mr. Anders
High Point
Ralph Duntam
Atlanta
Chapel of Ward Funeral Home
A. K. Dudley
E. D. Witherspoon
Oakdale Cemetery
Millions of Vets Seek Education Across Nation
The veterans administration reports about 7.15 million World War II veterans have applied for education or training benefits, with 4.37 million already in training. Nearly half of the 14.5 million eligible have applied, but fewer than one in three have started courses. The deadline to begin training is July 25, 1951 or four years from discharge, whichever is later. 355,000 entrants are in the disabled veterans rehabilitation program.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
House Group Urges Immediate Aid for Europe
A House committee after a 12 country tour urged continued European aid while warning American resources are limited. Led by Rep. Dewey Short the panel said drastic cuts to armed forces would be folly and stressed U S strength abroad. It backed boosting Germany’s food supply and cited Austria’s economic unity while warning Trieste tensions with Yugoslav troops could explode.
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Washington
House
Europe
Dewey Short
R-Mo
United States
Armed Forces
Blicans
Germany
Austria
Trieste
Volcano Ash Falls from Mount Aso for Powder Use
Mount Aso erupted, sending ash over Kyushu farms and fields. A Doctor Fujita reports the ash contains a high percentage of a whitening ingredient used in making women's face powder.
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Tokyo
Aso
Kyushu
Milady
Japan
Fujita
French Communists Press Measure Against U S Comics
In Paris on October 27 the communist newspaper L Humanite said the communist party would seek legislation to curb American comic strips in French newspapers. It argued such limits are needed to shield French youth from perceived corrupting influence of American media.
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Paris
L‘humanite
Communist Party
Swamp-Root Kidney Relief Ad from Kilmer Co.
An old style advertisement touts Kilmer Swamp-Root as a remedy for nocturnal urination and backache from excess urine acidity. It credits Dr. Kilmer with developing a 16 herb formula, claims to flush kidneys and bladder, improve sleep, and offers a free trial by mail or a full bottle at drugstores.
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Kilmer
Dept. S. Kilmer & Co., Inc
Stamford
Alpine Climbing Toll Rises as 64 Die in 1947 Season
AP News reports the 1947 Swiss Alps climbing season claimed an unofficial 64 lives including 52 Swiss, eight English, two French, one Scotswoman and one American, with 30 injured. Drought thinned rocks, glacial crevasses and snow limited safety, while climbers from many nations pursued new routes on peaks like the Matterhorn, Eggstock, Eiger, and Lonzahoerner with notable ascents by Jakob Hefti and others.
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Ernest G. Fischer
Rosenlaus
Switzerland
Swiss Alps
Mont Blanc
France
Matterhorn
Edward Whymper
Matterrhorn
Jakob Hefti
Woman Said To Be 105 Years Old Dies
Mrs. Pleasant Harvey, reportedly 105, a former slave and midwife for 50 years near Montgomery, Alabama, died Friday on a Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad train en route to Chicago to live with relatives. She delivered more than 1,000 babies.
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Chicago
Pleasant Harvey
Montgomery
Ala
Chicago and Eastern Illinois
Harvey
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