Gurney Kearns Celebrates 75th Birthday
Gurney H. Kearns a manufacturer civic leader and philanthropist quietly celebrated his 75th birthday at his home 308 Hillcrest Drive in the city. Born in Randolph County September 13 1872 he was educated there and came to High Point area when his father released the Model farm south of the city. From early work here by trading careful investments and economy he reached the day when he was.
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Gurney H. Kearns
Hillcrest Drive
Randolph County
High Point
Military Experts To See Cease Fire Orders
Four Australian milita experts with the United Nations consular mission will observe enforcement of UN cease-fire orders in the Dutch Indonesian conflict. They will fly to Jogjakarta and Soerabaja to report from the Dutch side while other nations delay arrival.
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Batavia
Java
United Nations
U. N
Jogjakarta
Soerabaja
U.S
Jap farming unchanged in centuries must modernize to feed millions
In Omiya Japan farmers like Shinoya-san live with minimal resources on two and a half acres using simple tools and no modern infrastructure. Despite land reforms in 1946 and shifts away from feudal tenancy progress is slow, and agricultural modernization is seen as essential to raise living standards and ensure Japan can feed itself.
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Arthur Rickerby
NEA
Omiya
Japan
Toyo
Shinoya-san
Tokyo
Fujiyama
Hokkaido
Congress
Shisoya-san
Shinava-san
Shinoyas
Shinoya
U. S
Supreme Command
Diet
Grand jury to weigh indictment in Cunningham case
Warren county grand jury will consider indicting Joe Cunningham on two counts tied to the May abduction and attempted lynching of a Negro. A. W. Edwards, jailer at Northampton county jail, faces charges related to the Bush incident. Judge Frizzelle previously freed six defendants and bound Cunningham over, while Edwards was arrested on related charges.
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Warrenton
Warren County
Joe Cunningham
Rich Square
A. W. Edwards
Northampton County
Jackson
Godwin
Buddy) Bush
Cunningham
R. Gregg Cherry
North Carolina
J. Paul Frizzelle
Frizzelle
Bush
Edwards
FBI
Pediatrics Research Is Granted 102850 for Study
The American Academy of Pediatrics announced the U S public health service awarded it 102850 to fund a two year study of child health and medical services in the United States and Hawaii. The project seeks facts to base a nationwide program of improved care for children and has a total budget over 1,000,000 with more than 250,000 secured.
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Washington
American Academy of Pediatrics
U. S. Public Health Service
United States
Hawaii
John Dos Passos In Automobile Accident
Boston reports that writer John Dos Passos, 51, is fairly comfortable after an automobile crash on the Wareham road en route to Boston. His wife Katherine, 50, died in the wreck. Dos Passos had his right eye removed at the Massachusetts eye and ear infirmary. The Dos Passos resided in Provincetown on Cape Cod.
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Boston
John Dos Passos
Massachusetts Eye and Car Infirmary
Katherine
Wareham
Cape Cod
Dos Passos
Provincetown
Nurses To Take Maternal Care Course At UNC
About 70 public health nurses from across the state converge on Chapel Hill for a five day course in obstetrics and maternal care opening Monday morning. The State Board of Health sponsors the program with University Extension division cooperation. Miss Amat Jones of the Maternity Center Association is involved.
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Chapel Hill
State Board of Health
University Extension Division
Amat Jones
The
Maternity Center Association
New York Takes Charge of Psychology Department Training
New York will oversee the project with classes held in the Psychology Department building. Nurses will reside in Carr dormitory and dine at the Carolina Inn, outlining support facilities for the program.
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New York
Psychology Department
Carr Dormitory
Carolina Inn
Miss Dodamead Wins Prize At Pilot Life
Miss Doris Dodamead of this city received a $100 prize check for a suggestion to improve and speed the work in the M I B department of Pilot Life Insurance in Sedgefield. She has worked for two summers with Pilot Life and teaches at Oak View school near High Point.
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Doris Dodamead
Pilot Life Insurance Company
Sedgefield
Dodamead
Oak View
High Point
Flea Nymphs Survive Weeks Without Food
A study notes young fleas endure food scarcity, with their larvae surviving for up to a week without nourishment. Separately, the United States hosts about 200 drive in theatres nationwide.
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United States
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G. H. Kearns
Crown Hosiery Mills
Charles L. Kearns
Amos R. Kearns
Katharine Agan
Katharine
Jack Check
Greensboro
Divinity School
Duke University
Kearns
Cheek
Wrs
Collier Ellis
North Wrenn Stredrt
Shinoyya-san
Grand
District of Columbia
Lake Mead
Boulder Dam
Monark
Monark Shade CO
UNC
Valdese
Grover C. Walsh
Peggy
Valdese High School
Walsh
Ministry
Miss Dodamead
Pilot Life
Leonard Cleaners
Ednard
North Wrenn Street
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