Clyde Beatty to Head Circus Here in September
Clyde Beatty, famed wild animal trainer, will headline the Clyde Beatty Circus at Welch Field in High Point on Thursday, Sept. 21 with 2:30 and 8:00 p.m. shows. The program features 30 imported beasts, Bob Steele, Frank Doyle, and The Great Barton amid elephants, trained horses, canines, monkeys, Zebras, and a grand pageant Span gleland On The March.
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Clyde Beatty
High Point
Welch Field
Burton Street
Beatty
America
Bob Steele
Great Barton
Frank Doyle
Mrs Roosevelt Promotes Peace Through Strength in California Rally
Eleanor Roosevelt told about 1500 at a Democratic rally in Los Angeles that peace can be achieved through strength. She urged convincing communists of US resolve and warned that total war would destroy civilization as known. She spoke in support of her son James Roosevelt’s run for California governor and Rep. Helen Gahagan Douglas for the Senate.
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Los Angeles
United States
Eleanor Roosevelt
Democratic Party
Helen Gahagan Douglas
Senate
ICC Approves Rail Service Curtailment
The ICC authorized East Tennessee and Western North Carolina to abandon the 22.6 mile narrow gauge line between O'Brien Tennessee and Cranberry North Carolina after the line operated at a substantial loss for four years.
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Washington
O’brien
Tenn
Cranberry
N. C
East Tennessee and Western North Carolina Railroad
ICC
Victory Ointment marketed for athlete's foot relief
An advertisement touts Victory Ointment as a quick relief for athlete's foot with no alcohol or acid and no sting. It claims effectiveness for first aid and itching and notes it is safe for use on any body part. Sold at Eckerd's Ring Harris Jeff's Anderson Mann Drug Stores and local druggists in High Point.
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High Point
Eckerd's
Ring Harris
Jeff's
Anderson
Mann Drug Stores
Burlington Mills declares extra 50 cent dividend
Greensboro Sept 13. Burlington Mills directors today declared an extra dividend of 50 cents per share on common stock payable Septem ber 29. The extra payment brings to 2 total dividends for the year, four quarterly payments of 37.4 cents having been made previously.
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Greensboro
Burlington Mills
Truman signs act to overhaul federal budgeting rules
President Truman signed the budgeting and accounting procedures act of 1950 to modernize federal budgeting and accounting. The measure directs the comptroller general to set uniform practices and aims to improve controls over all federal funds while maintaining auditing by the comptroller general and empowering agencies to manage their own accounts.
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Washington
Truman
Hoover, Commission On
House Expenditures Committee
Comptroller General
General Accounting Office
NLRD Announces Elections Dates
Winston Salem dispatch reports the NL RB states elections this month for about 600 employees across seven firms in North Carolina and Virginia. Firms include H D Cox and Sons Washington, Carolina Lumber Industries Washington, Moss Planing Mill Washington, Greensboro Broadcasting Radio Station WGBG, Royal Cotton Mills Wake Forest, and the Carolina Coach company of Virginia.
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Winston-Salem
NLRB
North Carolina
Virginia
H. D. Cox and Sons
Washington
Carolina Lumber Industries
Moss
Planing Mill
Greensboro’ .Broadcasting Company
WGBG
Royal Cotton Mills
Wake Forest
Carolina Coach Company
Postmasters Confirmed for Elkin and Reidsville
Washington September 13 The Senate confirmed Linville L. Hendren of Elkin and Howard F. E. Morile of Reidsville as U S postmasters. Confirmation by the Senate.
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Washington
Linvile L. Hendren
Elkin
Howard FE. Morile
Reidsville
U.S
Senate
Airlift to Korea Expands to 100 Tons Daily
Two days after U S and allies ordered into Korea a DC-4 named Singapore Trader began the first official flight in the Korean airlift from Suisun Field California via Alaska to Tokyo. The airlift quickly grew with Pan American and other carriers joining, moving about 100 tons daily. MATS notes 175 of its planes plus 66 from commercial lines are active, constrained by crew shortages. The National Geographic Society adds Korea has 10 ports above average and 27 secondary harbors.
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NEA Foreign Service
Tokyo
Korea
Air Force
Fairfield-Suisun Field
California
Alaska
Aleutians
Great Circle
Military Air ‘Transport Service
Pacific
Far East
MATS
Civil Aeronautics Act
Singapore
Clippers
Pan
American World Airways
Hawaii
Capital
Braniff
United
American
Eastern
National
Northwest
U. S
America
National Geographic Society
Airlines mobilize crews for expanded airlift duties
Airlines deploy top pilots and maintenance teams to install extra tanks and nav gear, converting planes for military work. Orient flights carry personnel, weapons, engines, blood, and troops. state flights move evacuees and wounded. Domestic air service remains largely untouched, cargo reduced, as newer aircraft handle passenger hauls. More MATS planes return to service for Far East duties. a wider airlift could speed up, risking domestic seat shortages.
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Far East
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Clyde. Beatty
Mrs. Roosevelt
Guilford County
Thomas H. Matthews
Amy L. Arnette
Robert Arnette
Clarice N. Wilson
Zollie H. Wilson
Gertrude M. McKoy
Robert R. McKoy
James M. Matthews
Wilymae Matthews
Superior Court
Robert Am
High Point Township
T. F. Wrenn
Office of the Register of Deeds
James B. Lovelace
R& Eve
Henry Steinberg
Harry Greb
Ko Waikeng
Plaillee
NLRD
O. Sole Mio
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund
Unicef
Athens
Windsor
Jlarilee
Harllee’s
Scotland
Youth Center
Roy Acuff
Grand Ole Opry
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