Louis Conn Fight May Be Televised To Theatres
Promoter Mike Jacobs eyes live televising of the June 19 heavyweight title bout between Joe Louis and Billy Conn. A GE demonstration at WRGB in Schenectady showed theaters could screen the event alongside Yankee Stadium, with Garden officials aboard for potential nationwide theater broadcasts. Jacobs praised picture clarity and hinted at broadcasting in Madison Square Garden and multiple theaters.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Joe Louis
Billy Conn
Yankee Stadium
Mike Jacobs
Twentieth Century Sporting Club
Madison Square Garden
Mike
General Electric
WRGB
Civic Playhouse
Jacobs
New York City
Louis-Conn
Ures
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Corbett
Carsonity
New
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Max Baer
Tommy Farr
London
Fresh Water Fishing Opens in Most North Carolina Streams
The state game and inland fisheries division announced that fresh water fishing in most streams would be allowed over the Easter holiday weekend including Saturday Sunday and Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
State Game and Inland Fisheries Division
North Carolina
Cancer: Disorderly Uncontrolled Cell Growth Defined
Cancer is described as an abnormal, uncontrolled growth of cells in parts of the body. It involves the uncontrolled division of malignant or benign cells leading to masses or spread to other tissues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nature
Carter
Baseball schedule and results for major leagues
Eastern and National League matchups listed with start times. Yesterday results show Cleveland 1 Chicago 0 and Boston 6 Washington 3 among others with multiple scores for Detroit St Louis New York Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati Brooklyn Pittsburgh and Philadelphia games.
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Cleveland
Chicago
St. Louis
Detroit
Boston
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Brooklyn
Pittsburgh
Tomorrow's Major League Schedule Dual Leagues
The schedule lists all games for tomorrow by league. In the American League, Detroit hosts St. Louis, Boston visits Washington, and New York plays Philadelphia. In the National League, New York meets Brooklyn, Chicago faces Cincinnati, and Pittsburgh visits St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Detroit
Boston
Washington
New York
Philadelphia
Brooklyn
Chicago
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Horses Point For Kentucky Derby Posts
New York April 17 A $22 000 pay check awaits at the Wood Memorial in Jamaica for the finishers who hurry home quickest on the way to Churchill Downs. About a dozen top contenders eye the derby train ride while nine are virtually assured starters in the top eastern derby preps for a mile and a sixteenth. Hampden Assault Islam Prince Round View and Almond head the Derby load with 126 pounds as others race for the last spots, including Cedar Creek the Florida campaigner from Warrenton Virginia bred by Walter Chrysler.
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New York
Wood Memorial
Jamaica
Louisville
Churchill Downs
The
Wood
the Roses
Hampden
Assault and
Islam Prince
Laddie Sanford
Flamingo
Round View
al Ernst
Alamond
Florida
Cedar Creek
Warrenton, Va
Walter Chrysler
Wolfpack Tops Demon Deacons 4-3 in ACC Opener
NC State rally off Curtis Ramsey five hit performance edges Wake Forest 4-3 in big four league baseball action. State scores twice in first and fifth to counter Deacons two early runs and one more in third. Other college results include UNC rebound over Durham Bulls and High Point 9 Guilford 6 with Duke at Wake Forest upcoming.
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Curtis Ramsey
N. C. State College
Wake Forest
Deacons
State
Chapel Hill
Universit of
North Carolina
Guilford Quakers
Duke
N. C. State
Appalachian
Lenoir Rhyne
South Carolina
Newberry
Furman
Georgia
First League tilt at local college before spring break
High Point defeats Guilford in a league game 4 to 0. Key players include Upton and Erwin with multiple hits, Hedrick the winning pitcher for High Point and S. Faircloth the loser. Bases on balls and aggressive defense shape the shutout over 3 hours.
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Ceuriope
Erwin
Benbow
Cooper
Frye
Powers
Stancil
Upton
Ellis
Jones
Hammond
Hedrick
Painter
High Point
Guilford
Balis
Faircloth
A. Faircloth
Summey
S&s
S&s. Faircloth
S. Faircloth
Thomas and
Farlowe
Rothrock
Eeneeeneeauen Powers
Radio Schedule Listing April 17 Across Networks
Eastern Standard Time program changes due to late network corrections. The schedule lists serials, dramas, news periods, comments, quiz shows, and music segments across ABC CBS and related networks with times from 6:46 PM to 11:15 PM including The Shadow, Jack Armstrong, Superman, Bob Crosby Orchestra, and Kay Kyser.
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Froot Farrell
Abc
Cbs
Tennessee Jed
Abc-East
Hop Harrigan
Tom Mix
Newa Report
Abe Uincy Howe
Abe
Kiernan
Fallin
Clayton
Dick Tracy
Abc-Weat
Mbs-West
Skyline Roof
G. MacRae
Ebe
Jack Armstrong
Abc-West
Aabc- West
Abc World News
Ce Cal Tinney
Abc-Basic
Tennessee
Jed
Mbs
West
Lanny Roses
Basic
Fulton Lewis, Jr
Jack Smith
Abc Dancing Music
Mbe
Carolyn Gilbert
Abe Ellery Queen
Dhs
Basic Dancing Music Orchestra
Dbs
Lone Ranger
Abe Cecil Brown
Kaltenborn
Nbe-West
Bill Brandt
Abe Bert Lahr
Eddie Cantor
Abe Frank Sinatra
Ce Jones
Abe Gabriel Heatter
District Attorney
Abe Bob Crosby
Cugat Orches
Kay Kyser
Ralph Norman
Dorsey
Curt Massey
Rose Orch
Nbec
Nbe
Happy Issues Final Edict To Club Jumpers
In Cincinnati on April 17 Commissioner A B Chandler suspended players who left American contracts to play abroad for at least five years. Those who did not return by opening day are barred from petitioning a return to American baseball for five years. Chandler had announced the Havana meeting on March 10 that he would shut the door on such players.
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Cincinnati
A. B. Chandler
Chandler
Cincinnati Reds
Chicago Cubs
Havana
Cuba
Firms Offer On-Job Vet Training in High Point
About 70 High Point firms have approval for on the job veteran training while 350 local veterans participate in the program. Veterans must serve 90 days active duty and receive a discharge under conditions other than dishonorable. The program covers the difference between top pay and learner’s pay.
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High Point
Claude R. Sealey
U. S. Employment Service
Sealey
Veterans Education Committee
Department of Education
J. D. Taylor
N. C. State College
Raleigh
Winston- Salem
Son of High Point man promoted to radio clerk on Leyte
Carl M. Borum Jr. son of Mr and Mrs Macy Borum High Point Rt 1 has been promoted to T 4 in the 469th quartermaster corps serving as a radio clerk on Leyte He joined the army in January 1945 and has been overseas nearly eight months His basic training was at Camp Wheeler Ga and Camp Maxey Texas
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Borum
Carl M. Borum, Jr
Macy Borum
High Point
Rt. 1
Leyte
469Th Quartermaster Corps
Camp Wheeler
Cam Maxey
Texas
Woodell Granted Navy Discharge After 32 Months Service
Randall G. Woodell storekeeper second class and son of Mrs. B. P. Moffitt of High Point Route 2 was discharged from the Navy after thirty two months of service.
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Woodell
Randall G. Woodell
B. P. Moffitt
High Point
Rt. 2
Navy
Triangle Debates Set Between High Point And Greensboro
Tomorrow at 9 AM the Triangle debate between High Point Senior High and Greensboro will take place. High Point affirmative faces Reynolds in Greensboro with High Point negative visiting Reynolds while Greensboro negative debates at Reynolds. The resolution asks should every able bodied male citizen serve one year of full time military training before 24. Participants include Sophie Steffan and Herman Coble Jr. for High Point affirmative. Susan Uhi and Claude McKinney for Greensboro negative. alternates Betty Lewis and Billy Hennis. This is a preliminary for the state contest with district advancement for winners.
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High Point
Greensboro
Reynolds
United States
Sophie Steffan
Herman Coble, Jr
Susan Uhi
Claude McKinney
Betty Lewis
Billy Hennis
International Loop Opens Play Today
The International League begins its 63rd peacetime season with Toronto facing Syracuse at 3 p.m. EST in Syracuse. Rochester plays Baltimore in Baltimore, Montreal visits Jersey City, and Buffalo travels to Newark as the circuit kicks off.
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Toronto
Syracuse
Leafs
Chiefs
Rochester
Baltimore
Montreal
Jersey City
Buffalo
Newark
Bison Golfers Beat Greensboro at Blair Park
Captain Aaron Rice led High Point to a 14 to 3 win over Greensboro at Blair Park. Rice shot 78 as the Pointers earned their first win in two starts this year. High Point faces Burlington Thursday at Blair Park at 2 30.
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Aaron Rice
High Point High School
Greensboro High School
Blair Park
Rice
High Point
Burlington
Soldier Newsome Joins European Air Forces Engineer Unit
Pvt. James F. Newsome son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Newsome 810 Tryon Street High Point North Carolina is assigned to the European aviation engineer command activated in January to build and maintain airfields and air force installations in the European theater He has served there since December 1945 and is with the 162 labor supervision company
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Army Air Forces
Iochuen
Germany
James F. Newsome
Frank Newsome
Tryon Street
High Point
N. C
Occupational Air Force
RAF
European Aviation Engineer Command
Pvt. Newsome
High Point men report to staging center for civilian status
Jack W. Keever mailman second class and Jesse E. Ward seaman first class, both of High Point North Carolina, report to the staging center at Pearl Harbor as their first stop on the road to becoming civilians.
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Pearl Harbor
T. H
Jack W. Keever
Jesse E. Ward
Seaman
High Point
N. C
Bulldogs Fall to Children's Home in League Opener
Thomasville Bulldogs lost the conference opener 10 4 to the Winston-Salem Children’s Home nine. Davis and Smith led a 10 hit attack for the visitors with two runs in the first inning before the guests pulled away. Staley Poole Rollins Myers and Reece composed the mound and fielding effort for Thomasville.
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Jack Link
Thomasville
Thomasville Bulldogs
Fighting Childrens
Winston-Salem
Davis
Smith
Bulldogs
Staley and
Poole
Rollins, Myers
Reece
Japanese ex servicemen attempt Hokkaido resistance repelled
The Japanese ex servicemen on Hokkaido tried to foment a resistance against American occupation but failed. Maj. Milton O. Lee, senior military government officer, says locals view the occupation as emancipation and rejected the movement.
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Sarivury
Japan
Hokkaido Island
Milton O. Lee
Boston
Mass
Lee
North Carolina Negro Teachers Meet in Raleigh Convention
The North Carolina Teachers Association of Negro teachers begins its 65th annual convention in Raleigh today and runs through Saturday.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Teachers Association of Negro Teachers
Administratrix Notice for W. H. Long Estate Guilford NC
Bessie Agee administratrix of W. H. Long deceased of Guilford County North Carolina requests all claims be presented by April 4 1947. Creditors urged to settle promptly. Notice lists address 8 Hamilton Street and legal dates 1946 1947.
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W. H. Long
Guilford County
North Carolina
Bessie
Hamilton St
Administratrix Notice for J Arthur Morris Estate
The Administratrix Nell Morris Holton notifies all creditors to file claims by March 30, 1947 or be barred. Debtors are asked to settle promptly. Notice dated March 30, 1946 and signed by Roberson Haworth and Reese attorneys.
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J. Arthur Morris
Nell Morris Holton
J. Arthur Morris Roberson
Haworth and Reese
Cubit Defined as Forearm Length in Ancient Measure
The cubit is described as the distance from a man's elbow to the tip of his middle finger, an archaic unit used for measuring length. The definition emphasizes the forearm as the standard, highlighting its practical origin in everyday measurement.
First Virginia colonists ship and regional names
The questions refer to the Susan Constant jointly with the Godspeed and the Discoverer as the ships that brought the first English colonists to Virginia. Yuecatans call themselves Yue people. The Bayou State is a nickname for Louisiana.
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England
Virginia
Bayou State
Words of Wisdom Note on Jeffrey's Disrespectful Comment
A brief quotation from Sydney Smith cites a critique of Jeffrey for speaking disrespectfully about the equator. The remark underscores the speaker’s reputation and the social reception of such opinions.
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Jeffrey
Sydney Smith
Etiquette Hints on Greetings and Respectful Introductions
A guidance note describes how a young person should rise and remain seated during introductions. It advises cordial behavior toward an older woman, a distinguished older man, or any elder the individual has long wished to meet, highlighting deference and polite conduct.
Personal Growth and Evening Plans
The reader reflects on self improvement and emotional mood swings. They anticipate a friend may send news this afternoon and consider focusing on home arranging and furniture tweaks later in the evening.
The Susan Constant and Its One Minute Test
The Susan Constant appears in a brief test item. The answer references the Yucatecans and the state of Mississippi as possible responses in a compact knowledge check.
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Susan Constant
Yucatecans
Mississippi
First Horse Race Held in New York in 1665
The first U S horse race occurred in 1665 at the New Market course near Hempstead New York. The event marks early organized racing in colonial America and reflects the sport’s colonial roots.
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United States
New York State
New Market Course
Hempstead
Ac-tivs Vitamin B-1 Mint Relief Ad
Sufferers seek fast relief from indigestion and heartburn with Aci tives mint tablets containing vitamin B-1. If relief fails, refund offered. Available at drug stores including Suann's Drug Store in High Point at 89 cents a package.
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High Point
Suann’s Drug Store
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