Air travel vision for High Point builds airport dream
A speaker extols the growth of air travel and urges High Point to plan a compact, in town airfield. He envisions an L shaped airport with two runways, hangars, a restaurant, shops, benches and ample parking, boosting land value and local pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Chicago
Ness Industries
Greensboro
High Point
Tri-City
Greensboro- High Point
Winston-Salem
Harbor at Tutuila Island Voted Best in South Seas
The harbor at Tutuila Island in American Samoa is praised as the best and most beautiful in the South Seas, highlighting its scenic appeal for ships and visitors.
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Tutuila Island
American Samoa
South Seas
High Point Postscript reports new school year rollout
The High Point Postscript notes classes resume at two Jones Street junior and senior high buildings after a polio postponement. It lists enrollment about 1257, faculty 46, courses offered, publications Pemican and The Pointer, football record, and various clubs and activities for the new year.
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Jones Street
HPHS
Pemican
Pointer
Black Bison
Monogram Club
Varily Homemakers of America
Pointer: New six-period day boosts study hall time
Marilyn Robinette reports on a new system cutting class periods to six with longer classes and a supervised study hall. Also notes the Bisons’ 26 to 6 win over the Durham Bulldogs and updates on campus events including Dewey Beck and Paul Conrad's return from polio and Pemnican photography starting Monday.
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Bisons
Durham Bulldogs
Dewey Beck
Paul Conrad
Dewey
Paul
Nolan
Western Germany And France Keys to Recovery
Duke economist Dr. Benjamin A. Ratchford notes France and western Germany are pivotal to Marshall Plan recovery in Europe. In Paris for plan allocations, he says a strong French government would aid Europe, while German recovery is hindered by attitudes of France and other powers.
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Durham
Europe
France
Germany
Benjamin A. Ratchford
Duke University
Ratchford
Paris
Duke
Calvin B. Hoover
Averill Harriman
Thut
Switzerland
Portugal
Belgium
England
Congress
United Kingdom
Italy
Thurmond Attacks Wallace Reds in Kentucky Speech
Thurmond denounced Henry Wallace followers as Reds during a Madisonville Kentucky stop. He warned Republicans, radicals and Wallace backers push totalitarianism while Jeffersonian rights and states rights are claimed to be threatened by civil rights programs. He cited Jefferson and Clay to support state sovereignty and condemned perceived Democratic party radicalism.
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Madisonville
J. Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Henry Clay
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Russia
National Party
Wyoming Leads Nation With Woman Suffrage, Britannica Says
The Ency clopedia Britannica states Wyoming was the first state in the Union to provide for woman suffrage, marking a historic advance for women's voting rights.
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Wyoming
Union
New Edition Family Album and Scrap Book
Announcing a heavy paper ruled edition with spaces for births marriages and deaths plus leaf spacers for photos and mementos. Describes a sample page on request from The Carpenter Company at 765 Coral Gables Florida.
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Carpenter Company
Coral Gables
Florida
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George Vv. Kennedy
Mrs. High Point
Guilford
Venetian Blind Shop
Ring
Lester’s Watchmaker
A.D. Ridge
English Motor Co
Bos E
Washington St
Purvsier Airtemp
Chrysler
Werner
Winston ST
Thomasville
Institute
Iain
Guajoro
Methodist Conference
Wesley
High Point Postscript
HPS
Marilyn Robinette
the Pointer
R. J. Miller
Boone Coal CO
J. RB. Boone
Ward & English Sts
Pro
ICE Delivery Company
West Broad Street
High Point Laundry
Focus
Colo
Sangre de Cristo Range
N. BE. Russell Sheraion
Goodyear
North Main ST
Beeson Hdw, CO
Jacobs Tin Shop
Lewis Motor CO
Wrenn
Thurmond
Henry Wallace
National Democratic Party
CECIL
Office Equipment CO
Main ST
Jesse Misenheimer
Stroud Oil Service
Southern Insulation CO
Southern Welding Supply CO
Russell ST
Victor
F. M
F.M. A.M. Table Radio
General Electric
City Appliance CO
N. Main
Perpetual Building & Loan Assn
North Main &T
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