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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1949
Page
3
George Machen, veteran Emerywood golfer, shot two under par 70 in qualifying for the club championship. Pro Boyd Jaeger called it one of the finest medalist rounds ever. Match play underway with Ansel Snow not defending and Frosty Snow out as pro.
In Cannes on August 3, the Aga Khan’s wife said four bandits robbed her and the Begum of jewels and money worth about 450 dollars when leaving their Riviera villa with a maid and chauffeur en route to Deauville to visit their son Aly and daughter-in-law Rita Hayworth.
Nell Kennett resigns as Guilford county home demonstration agent after 14 years to head the western district of North Carolina. She will supervise agents from Raleigh and work with the Asheville district office. Elizabeth Sharp to replace her in Guilford. Kennett, native of Pleasant Garden, is a former Rowan county agent and Woman’s College graduate. Nails were scarce in the early American colonies.
Raleigh August 3 The General Assembly warned against deficit spending and tax rises. Governor Scott noted appropriations exceed receipts by about five million, but recent figures show an unappropriated general fund balance of 13.9 million, reducing the expected deficit to about 3.5 million.
Smith quotes a codex arguing that the Soviet Union uses forced labor and political offender condemnations. He draws parallels to historical despotic procedures and notes open warrants allowing camps, referencing Nazi labor and past star chamber practices.
A MacArthur press statement says monopolistic power dominated prewar Japan has been eliminated with no fragmentation of finance or industry. Production up 50 percent and stabilization progress cited as signs of a healthier economy, with mixed views on success or failure. Joseph Robinson held a news conference stating there is no excessive economic concentration in Japan today.
Tito denounces slanders against Yugoslavia and vows to help peers restore fraternal relations. The report notes Traicho Kostov’s June expulsion from Bulgaria’s communist party and Albania’s Koci Xoxe’s execution for treason amid Tito’s rift with Cominform.
U S chiefs weigh unification risks to armaments aid approval. Admiral Denfeld says effect on Field Marshal Montgomery's five power setup is under discussion. Montgomery arrives in London for a routine visit before planned talks at Montainebleau Friday. A bicycling craze in the 1890s spurred demand for better roads.
Executed as the will of Clyde Rupert Edwards of High Point Guilford County North Carolina. Wachovia Bank and Trust Company Trust Department is the executor. Creditors must file claims within one year from first publication. Indebted parties should pay promptly to Wachovia Bank Trust Department High Point NC. Publication dates July 13 1949 and follow on July 20 27 and August 3 10 17.
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