Byrd Motor Lines Granted Expanded Furniture Transport Certificate
Byrd Motor Lines of High Point receives an Interstate Commerce Commission certificate dated September 9 1949 to transport furniture on irregular routes from High Point and Winston-Salem area to states including Alabama Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Michigan Mississippi New Jersey New York Ohio Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee Virginia Arkansas and Missouri. The authorization covers plants in Winston Salem Greensboro Kernersville Liberty Siler City Asheboro Thomasville and Lexington and positions the line among the largest furniture carriers east of the Mississippi.
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Blind Wrestlers Win California School League Title
The California School for the Blind in Berkeley won the high school wrestling league championship three years after starting the sport. Coach Charles E. Buell noted early struggles with confidence, but after a student won his first match the team dug in and proved they could compete on even terms with sighted peers.
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International News
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California School For the Blind
Charles E. Buell
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Greeks Had a Word for It Rations
Berkeley notes historians find ancient Greek soldiers used a K ration. Philon of Byzantium allegedly devised olive sized pills around 150 B C to curb hunger for his troops. The Greek KK ration was efficient nutritionally and persisted for centuries. Soybeans as a forage crop rose after 1940.
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Pan S. Codellas
Bulletin of the History of Medicine
Codella
Philon
Byzantium
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Codellas
Westinghouse builds 4000 horsepower electric motor for Air Force
A 4000 horsepower electric motor weighing 48 tons has been built by Westinghouse to spin experimental helicopter propellers for the U S Air Force. The project supports research toward bigger more powerful copters. Frozen sea water loses its salt through crystallization.
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Dayton
Westinghouse
U. S. Air Force
Rhee Claims North Korea Receives Aircraft From Foreign Power
President Syngman Rhee accused North Korea of being equipped with aircraft by a foreign power and urged immediate aid to strengthen the South Korean air force which now fields only 18 observation and liaison planes. Cosmic rays are best observed at high altitudes.
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North Korea
South Korean Air Force
High Point Lions Set To Aid White Cane Campaign
High Point Lions plan to join 187 North Carolina clubs in a White Cane sale and membership drive September 19 to 24 to raise 25000 for the State Association for the Blind. Per the drive, 1/3 of button sale proceeds fund local work. rest aid statewide programs.
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High Point Lions Club
North Carolina State Association For the Blind
Ralph Slaughter
Lions Club
Lions Clubs
North Carolina
Work
Russell Holt
Diamonds From Africa Field Tales By Hannaford
Mrs. Gladys Babson Hannaford, touring Southwest Africa, describes diamond mining near Orange Mouth and Kimberley fields. She notes harsh conditions, long digs by native boys earning low wages, and the absent dream of easy fortune. She cites scarce supply postwar and rising costs for would be brides in local cattle terms.
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New York
Africa
Gladys Babson Hannaford
Hannaford
Orange River
Orange Mouth
Kimberley
Mrs. Hannaford
Lemon Juice Recipe for Rheumatic and Arthritis Pain
A home remedy promotes lemon juice mixed with Ru Ex Compound to ease rheumatic and arthritis pain. Advises a quart of water, four lemons, and two daily doses for rapid relief, with a money back guarantee if not improved.
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