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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1946
Page
7
Edgar Hartley executive secretary of the YMCA was guest speaker at the Andrew Jackson post 87 American Legion meeting. He spoke on sportsmanship urging fair play in life and business and highlighted High Point city drives to boost youth programs and expand YMCA facilities.
Tokyo reports typhus under control after a peak of 290 daily cases in Osaka prefecture. Maj. P. M. Bourland, preventive medicine officer at allied headquarters, says Osaka now records 20 daily cases and Tokyo shows improvement. Only three occupation forces contracted typhus and all recovered.
Miss Hattie Nell Long of Yadkinville wins the Miss Bwang title in a High Point college beauty contest with nineteen entrants. Sue Koontz of Welcome is runner up and Becky Chappell of Candor takes third. elimination rounds narrowed the field to seven.
Easter observance prompts city and county offices to close Friday and Monday along with schools and many retailers. Federal offices stay open. The county building closes and the sheriff’s department operates from the city police department. Mail delivery likely limited to one run.
In a rare case, North-South reach a grand slam without aces. North, lacking aces, assumes South can concede an ace and still make the small slam. South bids six notrump with imagination, knowing North could not have all four aces, making the grand slam logical despite the risk.
Charles M. Gillian of Washington D C will address the Emerywood country club dinner at 7 30 tonight. He is assistant secretary of the freight claim section of the American trucking association and will urge better packing and shipping to improve loss and damage claim handling. Fat is wasted by careless cooking and rancid fat is good for nothing but soap making.
Geologists estimate that U S coal reserves could provide about 3000 years of supply at current consumption levels. The assessment highlights vast underground deposits and potential for long term energy security.
The document lists a dense Tuesday April 16 radio timetable with network corrections and program shifts. It notes various serials dramas news talks and music blocks from 6:00 pm to 1:15 am with multiple networks CBS ABC and MBS and mentions stars like Dick Tracy Lanny Rose Elmer Davis and Red Skelton among others.
The Pirates plan to start Bill and outfielder Ralph Kiner with Dyer sending Johnny Beazley to the mound to duel Lefty Fritz Ostermueller. An 18 000 crowd is expected as New York sends 40 000 to see Mel Ott and the slumping Phillies.
Frances Rich through Bertha Mae Jackson sues Gur ney Clinard for 25000 for injuries from a December 8 1944 accident near Millboro North Carolina. Car owned by Clinard driven by Carlton Clinard son of the defendant allegedly raced at high speed after a basketball game, causing a rollover that lacerated her face and head.
JL Pollok a National Biscuit Co salesman said the plan will cover all employees in High Point and 008 others in the U S and Canada. It goes into effect May 1 1946 and features full credit for continuous service and pensions based on the last ten years of earnings. Retirement is compulsory at 65 with one percent credit per year of service. By 1965 the program is projected to cost stockholders over 1 600 000 annually. George H Copper s president said the plan reflects sound business judgment to stabilize employment and raise efficiency.
Mrs E B Ershier 64 wife of Rabbi E B Ershier of 813 Morris Street died in a local hospital after extended illness. Born in Jerusalem she had lived in High Point 17 years coming from Scranton. Surviving are three sons Louis of Albert Allentown Penn Harry and rate Penn. daughters Storhia High Point Mrs Jokeli Harris High Point and Miss Helen Ershler Washington DC. one brother J R Schnitzer Brooklyn NY. Funeral at the Jewish synagogue at 3 30 Thursday conducted by Aaron Mauskopf burial in the Hebrew cemetery on Winston Salem road following graveside rites per Hebraic ritual.
Area price control board invites all building trades to a Wednesday 11 o clock meeting in the welfare room of the coal yard building. The goal is to gather information to enable the price division to issue area fiat on certain items. Representatives from the District OPA office in Raleigh will attend.
A dated print ad touts a doctors formula for hemorrhoids claiming fast relief from pain itching and soreness. It recommends Anne & Minor or Thornton & Minor Rectal Ointment and Rectal Suppositories and notes availability at High Point druggists including Mann's Cut Rate Drug and Walgreens.
William Jones Goldsmith aged 78 died in a local hospital shortly before 4 this morning after a period of declining health. A retired lumberman born in Asheville on January 2 1868, he moved to this city and was a longtime Baptist church member and former deacon emeritus. He leaves a daughter Mrs W P Beck and three sons, plus a granddaughter and a brother. Funeral at First Baptist Church Wednesday at 3 with Rev Wilbur Hutchins, interment at Oakwood Memorial Park beside his wife.
Funeral home services conclude by 9 o clock Wednesday morning then proceed to the home of son Clarence D Goldsmith at 113 Briggs avenue for further rites.
A High Point woman reports relief after using Inner-Aid a herbal compound claimed to cleanse bowels ease gas and improve digestion. She describes prior hours of spitting up acid liquid after meals and now says her stomach feels better and bowels regular with other symptoms improved. Sold at local drug stores in High Point.
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