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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1946
Page
2
The forecast calls for fair and warmer conditions today and tonight in North Carolina. Tuesday forecasts show considerable cloudiness and mild temperatures.
Estimates top 40 000 to 45 000 as Easter parades large in New York and London, with millions in churches and resorts. Europeans celebrate peacetime Easter. Pope Pius XII stays at the Vatican. Princess Elizabeth turns 20 and receives a pearl gift.
The text discusses Britain's control over the Mediterranean and Tripolitania, noting lifeline interests around the Dardanelles and Dada canese islands. It links these issues to ongoing Paris peace talks and recalls Byrnes's earlier failure in London last September.
In Roxboro and Fayetteville a 23 year old former WAC Miss Christine Clayton was found hanging. Coroner Davis reported 49 year old James H. Gilbert shot himself. New Bern saw Vernon L Léary, 34, drown on a fishing trip. An unidentified man, S. S. Nut, was found near Seaboard Air Line tracks in Sanford with probable death by fall or jump. In Charlotte Eva Mae Truesoe was shot dead in a Negro area as police detain a suspect.
Luke Barnes, 23, hosiery worker of route 5, was jailed on charges of breaking and entering larceny and receiving with bonds set at 1250 dollars. He allegedly stole eight dollars from a service station on Prospect street extension and fled after a hit and run on the Winston-Salem highway.
The house approved a nine month extension of the draft and barred inductions for 18 and 19 year olds from May 15 to October 15. Inductions may resume only if the president finds voluntary enlistments meet needs. Knowland urged a continued draft a year, suggesting 18 and 19 year olds lack suitable occupation troops. The army might shift older troops overseas to allow younger inductees. Senate leaders may delay the British loan bill to tackle the draft if progress stalls on financing.
The incident cost nearly 500 lives. 104 injured were not in serious condition. The Hartford Boston engine’s tender erupted into the cab, trapping Goodwin and Bean in the wreckage as a wooden baggage car was splintered.
Military funeral held for F C Shorty Wilson of 11 West Main Street in Thomasville. Rev Bill Kincaid officiated with V F W Post members as active pallbearers and V F W members in charge at Fair Grove cemetery with firing squad and bugler.
William A. Carter 63 of Emma Street died in a local hospital. Funeral services will be held at Rich Fork Baptist Church at 11 o clock tomorrow with Reverends R L Kiser and W M Sears officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.
A brief quotation asserts that doing good through good deeds surpasses other paths, attributed to Howland Hill.
The article explains proper dance etiquette advising that cutting in is allowed only within one’s group at public dances or night clubs. It states a man should not cut in on a couple he does not know.
A birthday today signals musical talent to develop and a positive, clear mind. Be calm to avoid early morning quarrels and let a friend's financial advice guide you. Mars enters Leo at 2 23 p m.
The Trojan horse housed Greek soldiers. The tale explains how Troy fell after the ruse. In a children's rhyme, Little Tommy Tucker sang for his supper. He sang for white bread and butter.
G Caspar Haas of Lake of the Woods reveals a flexible mold machine enabling one piece castings of complex shapes. The invention will be used by H M Foundry Co once facilities are secured, signaling a new Plymouth industry.
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Sumpter, once a thriving gold town, remained sparsely populated for four years during World War II. Now residents count about 200 as the frontier town edges toward its past peak population of around 3,000 reached in its heyday.
Lincoln Police will patrol streets in jeeps instead of motorcycles during bad weather. The city purchased three jeeps from surplus property at Fort Cropp and found them useful when streets are wet and motorcycles are impractical.
New York reports fractional advances dominating the opening as stocks edge higher for Santa Fe Loews Glenn Martin Westinghouse Bethlehem Eversharp and Oliver Farm, while Boeing and North American show small declines. Cotton futures open higher with July October and December contracts listed, indicating a buoyant start to trading.
Pfc. Clifford H Brookshire husband of Loriie Brookshire of 608 Kearns Street has been awarded the Bronze Star for distinctive service in Europe from July 1944 to April 1945. He served with the 10th infantry, under heavy enemy fire, and his skill and courage aided his unit's missions and reflected credit on the armed forces.
Thurman H. Scearce of 415 Park Street and Pfc. Billy L. Tuttle of High Point North Carolina have arrived at the Euan theater army air forces reinforcement depot near Furstenfeldbruck Germany. They will be assigned to a permanent station in Germany and can enjoy Bavaria’s scenic southern Alpine region while stationed near Munich.
Police investigated a breaking and entering at the City Lake Boat House where unknown persons forced entry. Nothing was reported missing and a key was believed used by boat manager R Hull, with no clear motive or remains found.
Oklahoma City will receive Will Rogers Field with 12.5 million in wartime improvements and barracks that can be converted into 355 veterans housing units. The city expects an interim permit to operate the field before permanent possession.
The Ray Street School Parent-Teacher Association plans an important meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 at the school. New PTA officers will be installed and all members are urged to attend per today’s announcement.
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