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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1950
Page
2
Reporters observe Maj. Gen. William B. Kean directing a planned assault by the 25th Infantry Division on a southern Korean fort. Night artillery gives way to dawn shelling as American planes strike and infantry advances through the hills.
The text describes a planned 6:30 am attack in Korea with tanks guns and supplies moving along a dusty road toward front lines. Artillery targeted enemy positions while reports from prisoners offered a guess at enemy strength hidden in the hills. The operation aimed to strike a main enemy force and secure success.
North Carolina State Employees Association surveys its roughly 3000 members to guide the next state convention on civil service for state employees beyond highway personnel and teachers. Poll results, internal politics, federal influence, and legislative impact loom as the convention in Winston-Salem approaches.
The Nunatagmiuts of Alaska, described as exceptionally tall for Eskimos, are highlighted as nearly extinct in the passage, underscoring a notable physical trait within a dwindling group.
A fighter pilot recalls the abandoned air base near Pohang under Red attacks. He describes foxhole fighting, improvised comforts, refugees, Napalm, and a cautious evacuation as C-47s lift out. The base remains in American hands yet empty of planes and pilots.
Dr. V. B. Lal and Dr. P. B. L. Verman of the New Delhi Blood Bank report they have treated 50 ulcer cases with a method using blood and blood cell jelly since the start of the year.
Edmonton worker Joseph Smith links two eras of construction on the MacDonald hotel project. Forty years apart, he moved steel girders for the original building with horses and oxen, now directing the 300 room extension by truck from the railway yard.
City of High Point invites sealed proposals to furnish one line truck body and chassis, nine police cars, and 2000 feet of 6 inch cast iron pipe. Bids due September 1, 1950 at 2 pm, with 2 percent NC bank cash or certified check. Specifications from Purchasing Agent.
New York reports the fashion industry notes the average American woman stands about five feet three inches and 65 percent are five feet five or under. Many are not slim nor stout but ordinary in build, prompting designers to tailor suits and dresses for the not tall, well rounded figure.
The column jokes about Canasta misplays as Hard Luck Joe fails to freeze the pile. It then shifts to fashion industry trends highlighting outfits for average height women, citing Murray Sices and Superior Garment Co as urging department-wide sizing and flattering cuts for shorter customers.
Theo Boger of 40-B Daniel Brooks Homes died Friday afternoon after a ten year illness. Survivors include his wife Eldora Boger one sister Bessie Montgomery of Pittsburgh Pa two nieces Katie Crook Lexington and Mary Lillie Salisbury two nephews Wilbert and Lock White Salisbury a sister in law Annie Snipes of this city. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 3 PM from Cherry Street Presbyterian church with interment in Greenhill cemetery. Body remains at Hoover's Funeral Home until service time.
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