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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1949
Page
6
Enterprise reports carpenter C L Leonard on North Wrenn Street baited a rabbit trap at a new Big Bear market site after finding fresh cement tracks, claiming a raccoon may still roam the area. He plans to trap again to prove his claim while avoiding out of season activity.
Plans for the 29th Carolinas Kiwanis convention were announced for Chapel Hill August 28 to 30. The program features John Wright of Lakeland as Kiwanis trustee, Wayne Guthrie of Indianapolis with Bikini atoll notes, and Dr. Charles W. Armstrong of Salisbury as former International President. Registration opens August 28 at the Navy Armory with a religious service at Hill Music Hall and a welcome from Mayor Lanier. The agenda includes business sessions, officer elections, campus tours, and special events for ladies.
The American Municipal Association reports many cities and states ban self service gas stations because of fire risk. Seattle is the latest large city to enact the measure building a trend across the region.
A 30 member Chinese trade union delegation led by Liu Ni Yi, deputy chairman of the World Federation of Trade Unions, tours Warsaw to inspect reconstruction practices and confer with Polish trade unionists after arriving from Bucharest.
Buffalo August meeting hears Dr James F Bender declare fat men make best husbands and school teachers best wives. He says fat men are least likely to divorce, tender, faithful, and helpful at home while teachers provide good mothers and well adjusted personalities though tired after lecturing all day.
In 1948 at least one resident on every sixth American farm suffered an accident causing one or more days lost from regular activities. This snapshot from the era highlights widespread rural injuries and the economic impact of temporary work stoppages on farms nationwide.
White fir lumber is non resinous and odorless when dry. Americans use about 23 million pounds of tea annually for iced tea as reported by the tea bureau.
Edward Fischer of Notre Dame urges that politicians may press editors to attack them in print. He says newspaper support, once eagerly sought, has become a kiss of death for public figures.
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