Southern Life Staff Members Entertained
The High Point office of Southern Life Insurance invited staff members and their families to a barbecue at City Lake pit hosted by Steele's Diner. It was the second company event of the year following a April 1947 Sheraton hotel banquet. The firm also sponsors an annual seashore convention, with about half of the eligible local men attending at Ocean Forest hotel Myrtle Beach September 3, 4 and 5.
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High Point
Southernife Insurance
Steele
City Lake
Sheraton Hotel
Ocean Forest
Myrtle Beach
Belgium: Industrial Powerhouse and Prime Agricultural Region
Belgium stands as a highly industrialized nation while also serving as a top producing agricultural region. The balance underlines its dual economic strengths across manufacturing sectors and farming output.
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Belgium
Mac Lewallen 48 Dies in Atlanta After Brief Illness
Former High Point resident Mac Lewallen, 48, died at Henry Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta after a brief illness. Born in Randolph County, he was son of Mac and Mary Ellen Lewallen and had worked with McCle stores in several cities. Survived by five sisters in High Point, a sister in St Louis, and a brother in High Point. Body to be returned for funeral and burial, possibly Sunday.
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Mac Lewallen
High Point
Henry Grady
Beaulax Lewallen
St. Louis
H. T. Lewallen
A and T Trustees Approve Plans for Three New Buildings
Greensboro September 19. Architects McMinn and Norfleet and Albert C. Woodroof were commissioned to prepare sketches for three A and T College structures with estimated costs totaling 1,050,000 dollars. Projects include an agricultural science building 400,000, a library 400,000, and a gymnasium and armory 350,000. Construction awaits price stabilization and budget bureau approval before bids. J Foster Hawkins of Lexington chaired the trustees meeting.
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Greensboro
T. College
McMinn and Norfleet
Albert C. Woodroof
General Assembly
Tdget
Raleigh
J. Foster Hawkins
Lexington
Mrs Edith Millikan James Rites Set In Springfield Church
The body of Mrs Edith Millikan James wife of Van Buren James of Miami Florida is expected to live in High Point late this afternoon. Funeral services will be held in Springfield Meeting house Saturday afternoon at 4 oclock with Milton Hadley minister in charge. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include her husband sisters Mrs Cook Mrs Reece of this city Mrs Bull a Asheboro Mrs Woolen and brother E L Millikan of Atlanta. She died at her home in Miami Tuesday after a brief illness. She was born in Archdale daughter of J E and Susan Younts Millikan.
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Edith Millikan James
van Buren James
Miami
Fla
High Point
D. A. Cook
Paul G. Reece
James
Springfield Meeting House
Milton Hadley
Church
Cook
Reece
Earl Bulla
Asheboro
J. W. Woolen
E. L. Millikan
Atlanta
Archdale
J. E
Susan Younts Millikan
Sweet Potato Shaped Like Swan Draws Attention
Robert Kearns displayed a six inch sweet potato shaped exactly like a swan on his farm near Highway 62. The potato features a tapered body, graceful neck and head with a bill and eye, prompting unusual local interest.
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Robert Kearns
Highway 62
Nine Americans named by Vishinsky as war mongers cited
Vishinsky singles out Dulles Dorn Virgil Jordan George Earle Eaton McMahon Brooks John Deane and Paisley Harwood as examples of officials and industrial leaders pushing for war with Russia While accusing American elites of wanting world domination and an economic crisis response a separate note states a dollar now buys 15 times more light than 20 years ago highlighting lighting industry economics.
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Erican
United Nations
Vishinsky
Russia
Dulles
Rep. Dorn
D-Sc
Virgil Jordan
National Industrial Conference Board
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
U. S
Hungary
Bulgaria
Eaton
RNJ
Time Zone Adjustments For Network Programs
Eastern standard times used. Central subtract one hour, mountain subtract two hours. Relay times adjusted to fit local schedules. No last minute changes included.
Evening Radio Schedule Highlights Sept 19
A dense listing of CBS NBC and ABC programs for September 19 outlining news, comedies, dramas, variety, and sports. Notable items include News and Commentary with Jack Smith, The House Party with Bob Crosby, It Pays to Be, Real Life Drama, FBI in Peace and War, and Meet the Press Interviews. Local East West time slots noted with repeats and hour blocks.
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Nbe
United Nations
Cbs
Cbe
Lowell Thomas
Nbe World News & Commentary
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Mbs
Gabriel Heatter
Abe Lyman
Cbs Meet the
Bill Stern
Hileen Farrell
News
ABC
YPC party at Daniel Brooks center Saturday night
The YPC will sponsor a night of fun at Daniel Brooks center Saturday night starting at 7 p.m. The event aims to entertain community members and showcase group activities for youth and families.
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YPC
Daniel Brooks Center
William Penn High School
Danville
Albion Millis Stadium
Arthur Marshall
Pittsburgh
Nellie Brown
Starlight Choir
Jubilee Chorus
Em— Baptist Church
Storm-Lashed New Orleans Evacuations Near Lake Pontchartrain
Winds drove a wall of water across Lake Pontchartrain forcing evacuation of the naval air station and nearby homes. Relief crews rushed to a shelter center as trains crawled into the city amid 60 mph gusts while highway patrol guided Gulf Coast arrivals to assist vulnerable residents.
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Municipal Auditorium
Southern Pacific Railway System
Pelican
Lake Ponchartrain
Weather Bureau
Allan Aime
New Orleans
Navy
Naval Air Station
Gulf Coast
Pee Dee Mill Plans Reopening After Strike
Pee Dee Manufacturing plans to reopen Pee Dee No. 2 in Rockingham once enough workers return. Chairman M. M. Clairmont said there will be no discrimination between union and non union staff. The plant may add 100 jobs to reach 350 total, with D. C. Georgopoulis of Athens, Greece, expressing optimism about production resuming.
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Rockingham
Pee Dee
Textile Workers Union of America
CIO
Clairmont
D. C. Georgopoulis
Athens
Greece
Poulis
Leather care for dry home atmosphere
Leather bindings may dry out in a hot dry atmosphere at home. To keep leather soft and pliable apply a very small amount of oil with the hands, focusing on the back binding, using lanolin or castor oil.
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Emma Jane Gordon
Funeral services for Mrs Emma Jane Gordon died at her home on Trinity route one Sunday were held Tuesday at Pleasant Grove Methodist church Randolph County. Rev Harold R Simpson and Rev T R York presided. Oak Hill Memorial Trio and Peggy Martin provided music. Pallbearers included Bill Gallimore Jake Baity Coy Loflin H W Pearce Will Miller and Charlie Gordon. Burial followed in the church cemetery.
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Emma Jane Gordon
Trinity Route
Pleasant Grove Methodist Church
Randolph County
Harold R. Simpson
First Methodist Church
Thomasville
T. R. York
Mt. Zion Pilgrim Church
Oak Hill Memorial
Coy Gordon
Richard Jarrett
Erlene Gordon
Peggy Martin
Flowers
Jake Baily
Bill Gallimore
Jake Baity
Coy Loflin
H. W. Pearce
Will Miller
Charlie Gordon
Staggering Rent Increases Noted In Salisbury
Salisbury reports show de controlled living quarters facing steep rent hikes. I C Davis, area rent center director, cites a local hotel increasing rents up to 150 percent for permanent guests.
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Salisbury
I. C. Davis
Davis
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