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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1950
Page
12
Reporters gather in the old State Department Building across from the White House for daily briefings. They must stand and identify themselves when posing questions to officials during the session.
The front page wedding article details Miss Annabelle Taylor of White Plains as maid of honor and the Underwood family roles in the Raleigh ceremony. Attendants wore ice blue dresses, bouquets were white asters and lavender astors, and a reception followed at the bride's parents home with formal cake cutting and gift rooms. The couple plans to live in Raleigh with the bride pursuing her music career and the groom managing hotel administration ventures. Out-of-town guests from several states attended.
Miss Merritt wore a luggage-hued linen suit for the trip to upper New York after a reception attended by many, including Mr. and Mrs. J L Choate Jr and Mrs Ruth S Martin. The couple will reside in Charlotte after their wedding trip.
A truck crashed into a Shipley Baltimore residence on Fort Meade road. Mrs. Lois Thomas 43 escaped with minor injuries while four men in the truck were hospitalized.
The United States is examining peat deposits as a plentiful natural resource with potential for energy, agriculture, and industry. Experts assess feasibility, economic impact, and environmental considerations in developing this overlooked supply.
Fred Royster of Henderson told the Middle Warehouse Association Friday that the flue cured tobacco export outlook is the brightest since the war. Royster was re-elected president in a unanimous vote. Other speakers voiced optimism for fall prices as foreign demand improves, with Germany replacing China as the second largest buyer, aided by the ECA program and blends using flue cured leaf.
The speaker said Britain would buy about 35 percent of export leaf this year, down from 43 percent, but gains in other markets offset the drop. Admission tax cut by July 1 is viewed as most likely.
An old advertorial claims blood poverty weakens health due to half nourished blood from gassy stomach and poor digestion. It touts a new iron and vitamin B formula available for a few cents daily at TURNMYRE Drug Store with promises of stronger nerves and energized blood.
An early 20th century remedy CLAIMS to regenerate red blood cells with two liquid elements taken before meals and claims to improve digestion, energy, and nerve vitality. Benefits said to appear in 3 to 4 days with a price stated as a few cents a day at TURNMYRE'S.
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