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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1949
Page
3
Partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers possible and warm temperatures. East winds light with little change in temperature. calendar notes indicate Tuesday August 1, 190.
A San Antonio reader reports relief from painful piles using Pazo products. The ad claims instant pain and itching relief, lubrication to prevent cracking, and reduced swelling, recommending doctor advice and options in ointment or suppository forms.
A Northern Carolina discussion notes state private conflicts in road machinery bids and culvert manufacture. It analyzes public versus private leverage, bid use for cost basing, and Governor Scott’s admin changes. It cites progress and caution in NC development and notes a 32 percent drop in sheep slaughter under federal inspection in the first five months.
The legislature authorizes a commission to study state cement production while the highway commission uses out of state cement for concrete drain pipes. The department of conservation continues with commerce and industry division activities.
Local stations may shift relay times to fit schedules with Eastern Local Time. Subtract one hour for Central and two hours for Mountain local times. Last minute program changes cannot be included.
A dense OCR of broadcast times lists daily programming across networks CBS ABC MBS and NBE including news music drama variety concerts talk shows and plays from 6:00 pm to after midnight with multiple repeats and cross network segments listed for abe mbs nbe and cbs.
Raleigh August 15 State treasurer Brandon P Hodges travels to New York to personally deliver seven and a half million dollars in state notes sold last week in anticipation of futurosportimprovements bonds. Accompanied by W E Easterling the delivery is at Central Hanover Trust. Notes bear signatures and the treasury seal. The signing load for forthcoming bonds could exceed two hundred thousand signatures even with duplicating devices.
A Surry County farmer tops the 1949 North Carolina wheat contest with 478 bushels per acre. Hoyt Badgett, Route 1 Ararat, reported the leading wheat yield certified by D A Halsey. Allen, Forest Allen Jr Bessem er City, reported 95 bushels per acre in oats from 4 five acre crop.
Raleigh Aug 15 Governor Scott has a packed schedule this week spanning the east and west of the state with a focus on farming and tobacco marketing. He opens with prizes for Future Farmers of America then addresses assemblies at State College and Southern Pines followed by a four city tobacco markets tour and a review of the 30th Division. The trip covers Greenville Robersonville Williamston Whiteville Canton and Columbia with about 1500 miles by car and plane.
Tom Sawyer of Durham elected unanimously as state commander of the American Veterans of World War II. Sawyer, president of WSSB radio and commander of Ed Rogers Post No. 12, Durham, was named at the Amvet meeting in Raleigh.
Lou Levy of Leeds Music argues success comes from hard work and exposure not luck. He notes 85,000 songs are copyrighted yearly but only about 5,000 are glanced at by publishers and 2,000 heard. Levy urges amateurs to air songs locally or record demos before coming to New York. He built Leeds from a single copy right to 17,000 copyrights and advocates reviving piano playing nationally with a low cost plastic piano.
Drs. Emanuel Schwartz and Harry Leibowitz report a half percent pyribenzamine spray or nose drops relieve hay fever in 79 percent of test subjects with few side effects. Relief is immediate but short, mainly countering sneezing watery discharge and itching. Some nose burning occurs in a minority, while desensitizing shots are advised for pollen resistance.
Charlotte August 15 The Air Force official says Felix Doc Blanchard cannot play this season with the Charlotte professional football Clippers a furlough request denied due to military duties Blanchard a three time All American fullback at Army is stationed at Shaw Field Sumter South Carolina Also notes seasonal rise in egg prices and sharper April decline in poultry prices before fall.
A note on usage states the national legislature is always called the Con gress in the Constitution. A Manila straw hat priced around 200 dollars is also mentioned as a sample cost.
Ildo Williams found a two foot long gray object with glassy green brown and red spots on his farm northeast of Greeley. INS reports experts doubt it is a meteor suggesting a possible electrical fusion from lightning as the tree and ground conducted energy.
Lucie the baby robin receives meals on schedule from the Eva family who rescued him from a cat and keeps him in a window seat cage. Mrs Robin chats with the chick each morning before feeding. Anthropologists say no pure race exists today.
Advertisement touts BC as a fast acting headache remedy with multiple pain relievers. It claims greater effectiveness when ingredients work together for simple headaches neuralgic pains and muscular aches. Sold in tablet and powder forms at 10c and 25c.
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