Grab Bag Trivia And Hints From The Enterprise
The High Point Enterprise presents a grab bag of questions and notes dated April 9 1952. It references a birthday celebrant artist born in 1903 in Eger Bohemia and profiles a famed English chemist and physicist born in 1791 detailing his scientific milestones and death at Hampton Court.
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High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Eger
Bohemia
Vienna Symphony Orchestra
Europe
United States
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Arturo Toscanini
U. S
Curtis Institute of Music
Philadelphia
Newington
Surrey
London
Royal Institution
Great Britain
Notable 16th to 20th Century Military and Cultural Milestones
François Rabelais, famed French physician and satirist, died in 1553. In 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House. In 1940 German forces occupied Denmark during World War II. In 1942 United States forces surrendered on Bataan to Japan amid the Pacific War.
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Francois Rabelais
Robert E. Lee
Ulysses SS. Grant
Appomattox
Denmark
United States
Japan
Bataan
Market tone shifts amid election talk and defense spending
The piece notes a modest stock market gain despite flat price moves while highlighting a Republican struggle with General Eisenhower emerging as the front runner after Minnesota. It questions foreign policy spending, Truman diplomacy failures, and the impact on prices, production, and government easing.
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General Eisen
Minnesota
Taft
Truman
Deserts Face Large Locust Swarms Prompt Spraying
Nairobi desert locust survey reports swarms covering about 100 square miles or more in the desert region. Mechanized spraying teams have been dispatched to the northern frontier province to halt the locust movement.
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Nairoami
Kenya
Nairobi
Northern
Frontier Province
Ambitious forecasts for years ahead from a hopeful outlook
Positive predictions note success in abandoned projects may occur under current setups. The outlook sees good fortune in the coming year and a studious idealistic child growing into a thoughtful adult.
The Measure of a Life and Its Wasted Time
A concise reflection cites Plutarch on how life is measured by quality over duration and notes a symbol meaning ampersand approximately. The fragment mentions KK and S18 as cryptic references within a historical quote context.
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United States
Thrifty Boy Aims for College Education
In Trenton Tennessee a 14 year old, Jerry L Hassell, has saved over 2000 dollars for college. He began at nine by delivering his mother’s milk, later adding a paper route and a morning route. He wakes at 445 am for deliveries and sells popcorn at stock car races to fund his education.
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Trenton
Tenn
Jerry L. Hassell
Jerry
Congressmen demand proof for foot-and-mouth claims
Washington House Agriculture Committee presses Robert Montgomery to substantiate his assertion that the United States wasted 200 million dollars fighting a non-existent Mexican outbreak. Rep. Poage and Chairman Cooley dispute the figure and defend the campaign as essential to protect U S cattle interests.
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Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Robert Montgomery
United States
Mexico
Rep. Poage
D-Tex
Cooley
D-Nc
U. S
Poage
Montgomery
New Stretcher Planned for Mountain Mercy Work
German sheriff's deputies plan a horse mounted stretcher to carry injured riders on pack saddles. Existing stretchers fit beside the saddle but lack trail adaptability in the mountains. Abbott has joined sheriff’s posse to develop the design and train a horse for rescue use.
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Gorman
Calif
Sheriff's Deputies
Abbott
King Bros and Cristiani Circus to Visit High Point
The King Bros and Cristiani Combined Circus brings 600 travelers plus 30 advance men to Willis Park High Point Savage on April 15 under Civitan Club auspices. The show features 150 performers including the Cristiani Family of riders, a 33rd year tour with a 250 plus animal menagerie and a street parade at 11 am. Performances are at 2 and 8 pm with doors opening 1 and 7 pm.
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King Bros
Cristiani
High Point
Savage
Willis Park
Civitan Club
Crist
Staeria
Lucio
King Broro
Cristiani Cambinea Circus
Penas
Woman awarded $1 in damages in suit over damages
In Knoxville, Hazel R. Nicely, a 24 year old law firm secretary, sought $25,000 but a jury ruled for the defendant, granting her only $1 in damages and making her responsible for $47 in court costs.
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Knoxville, Tenn
Hazel R. Nicely
Woman Receives 250th Transfusion in Five Years
SOUTH GATE California Mrs Arriela Phillips received a blood transfusion recently her 250th in less than five years Doctors explain her bone marrow does not function correctly she suffers from aplastic anemia and must be periodically transfused
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South Gate
Calif
Arriela Phillips
Philoe
Bird Intruder Flies From Chimney Into Atlanta Home
Mrs W H Siils found a large bird inside her Atlanta house upon returning from work. She opened doors and windows and after smashing a few items the bird exited through a door. The bird had entered via the chimney and was finally expelled.
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Atlanta
W. H. Siils
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Rialto
Pier 13
Robert Ryan
Laraine Day
Athy Granger
O’donnell
Plutarch
Thrifty Boy
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MacDonald Carey
Zachary Scott
Marilyn Monroe
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Darcel Toot Emerson
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the Big Wew
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Patrice Wymore
Walt Disney
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Angels
BIUE
Ennie
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Las Vegas
Jane Russell
Victor Mature
Wennell
Corey-Ralston
Ian Va Oe
Paramount
Vivien Leigh
Marlon Brando
Dial
Z100
Broadhurst
Northwest Territory
Luneh
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
High Point Corner
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