Today's Grab Bag From The High Point Enterprise
A mixed item from The High Point Enterprise lists quiz Qs about states stamps and presidents, then birthdays for Martial Singher Ferruccio Tagliavini and John Carroll. It includes a vocabulary definition cache and notes on an actress singer born in Goldsboro North Carolina who rose to opera and Broadway fame.
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Martial Singher
Ferruccio Tagliavini
John Carroll
Goldsboro
N. C
New York
Hollywood
United States
Baltimore
U. S. Foreign Service
Rome
British American Red Cross official to France and ambassador
The column notes Lilian Campbell writes about a figure who led the American Red Cross in Britain in 1940 and later served as assistant secretary of commerce, head of the Economic Cooperation Administration to France, and ambassador to France. He authored Revolution to Reconstruction and resided in Virginia. Name given at column bottom.
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Great Britain
American Red Cross
Economic Cooperative Administration
France
Virginia
Land Reform in Middle East Sparks Restructuring Moves
James Marlow reports that Egypt's Maj. Gen. Naguib and Iran's Premier Mossadegh move to curb wealth and redistribute assets. Egypt aims to confiscate estates over 200 acres and parcel to landless peasants with staged payments. Iran considers a 2 percent landlord tax and 10 percent income deposits for farmers.
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James Marlow Washington
Iran
Egypt
Mohammed Naguib
Farouk
Mohammed Mossadegh
Naguib
Mossadegh
Aal
Maher
Middle East
Fire department responds after six weeks to Oakville blaze
In Om the Oakville fire department rushed to a first alarm after six weeks, arriving in four minutes. The fire had burned out by the time crews reached the scene.
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Oakville, Ont
Horoscope Forecast for a Birth Date
Your future shows you should avoid breaking with an old friend today. Wait for full facts in an unbiased view. Your industry and endeavors should bring good fortune next year. An infant born on this date will likely have a firm strong character.
Greek immigrant dies short of return to homeland
Milwaukee report says Nicholas Bellehres, 65, a retired tannery worker, died of a heart attack one month before returning to Greece to live with his wife and two children. He saved about $5,565 in a bank plus a retirement fund of around $900 and $1,240 in cash wrapped in a handkerchief.
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Milwaukee
Greece
Nicholas Bellehres
Bellehres
Notable 19th Century English Writer and 20th Century World Events
John Galsworthy born in 1867 marks the rise of English fiction. The first electric street railway opened in Baltimore in 1885. In 1941 the Atlantic Charter was announced by Franklin D Roosevelt and Winston Churchill. V J Day occurred in 1945 and in 1946 Japan accepted surrender terms ending World War II.
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John Galsworthy
United States
Baltimore
Atlantic Ocean
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Japan
Life of worthiness measured by deeds not years
A quotation attributed to Richard Brinsley Sheridan emphasizes that true value lies in noble actions rather than the length of life. It advocates judging a life by its character and impact rather than its duration.
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Ding Dong Daddy of D Line In Doghouse With 15th Bride
Francis H. Van Wie 66 once a San Francisco streetcar conductor lion tamer and boxer is accused of his 15th marriage to Amelia Pritchard a 30 year old Los Angeles widow He was locked out by his bride who says she will stay put while weighing her options The story notes he served time for bigamy and previously claimed 12 or 13 marriages with parole in 1947 after two years served.
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Los Angeles
Francis H. van Wie
San Francisco
Amelia Pritchard
Tourist Rescued From Mountain Ledge on Stone Mountain
A 35 year old tourist from Ft Myers Florida slid onto a ledge on Stone Mountain and held on for two hours until Elias Nour a veteran climber and rescuer arrived with a rope. Williams escaped uninjured and was brought to safety atop the mountain.
Mistaken Identity At Oklahoma City Hospital Visit
A young man and woman visited University Hospital for checkups. A nurse asked the man to watch an X ray session, prompting an awkward moment when the doctor gave a prescription for his wife. The man denied the wife, and the woman claimed confusion over a medical student.
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Oklahoma City
Niversity Hospital
Baby Girl Born Aboard Airliner
A Pan American World Airways flight landed in New York with a newborn girl born to Mrs. Lidia Serpa of Manhattan. She delivered in the washroom during the Puerto Rico to Idlewild flight, with Captain Jack Harvey and stewardess Barbara Jirom reporting the surprise birth.
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New York
Pan-American World Airways
Lidia Serpa
Manhattan
Puerto Rico
Idiewild
Jack Harvey
Barbara Jirom
Next President Faces Five Billion Tax Decision
The incoming administration faces a mandatory five billion dollar tax decision as next year’s laws expire. If Congress fails to act, individual taxes fall about 2.28 billion, corporate taxes shrink by 2.2 billion, and excise levies drop roughly 800 million.
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Francis J. Kelly Washington
Eisenhower
Stevenson
83Rd Congress
Congress
Washington
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Twin thefts hit grain firms in Indiana
Homer Schultz reported $1,600 stolen from his grain company in La Grange. A few minutes later his brother Ralph Schultz reported 50 cents stolen from the South Milford Grain Company.
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LA Grange
Ind
Homer Schultz
Ralph Schultz
Homer
South Milford
Nudist Convention Reporter Dares to Go Bare
United Press report from Glade New Jersey describes the 21st annual American Sunbathing Association convention with 300 nudists from 30 states. The piece notes a leadership split around Dr Isley Boone, and details humorous newsroom dress code and candid interviews about health and nudist practices.
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H. D. Quigg
United Press
Glade
Mays Landing
N. J
American Sunbathing Association
Jaybird
Isley Boone
Boone
Portland carpenters reject retroactive wage rise
Members of Local 1776 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters refuse a retroactive pay increase claiming it would burden contractors on fixed fees. The stance marks a notable independence from standard wage adjustments in Portland Oregon.
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Portland
Ore
United Brotherhood of Journeymen
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