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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1952
Page
2
The first search for Olney Illinois city’s most courteous driver named Ida Anderson as winner. Mrs Anderson received a $5 prize. Paper napkins were noted as good for cleaning windows.
Chinese Nationalists agree to move 446 refugees from a Hong Kong camp to Formosa. The group includes students, business and professional people, and a few former generals and lower ranking officers as the first such cohort allowed this year by the Defense Ministry.
A versatile professor in New Delhi intends to open a school for statesmen. In a circular to MPs he offers to train for high profit and power and to develop first‑class public speaking. He promises ready made speeches on any subject to help MPs quickly make their mark.
Officials said no more outdoor band performances at Granite Reformatory. Saxophone and trombone sections left near Ada police station Saturday. Two convicts were caught. five more were captured the next day by Arkansas State Police. In Britain the glove compartment is called a cubby locker.
Eastern local time is listed for this program. Subtract one hour for central time and two hours for mountain time. Some stations modify relay times to fit schedules. Last minute program changes cannot be included.
A detailed listing shows primetime and daytime programming across Abe Network and WEMY TV. Notable items include News & Commentary segments, The Wax Works, The Gordon MacRae Show, Dragnet, The Studio Theater lineup, and children's programs like Howdy Doody and Carolina Calling.
Sydney report shows Eric Callaway, general manager of Toohey's Brewery, declaring he is a teetotaller to the New South Wales Liquor Royal Commission. Toohey's is noted as the second largest brewery in New South Wales.
A fire at Clermont’s telephone exchange shut down town lines for 30 hours as crews repaired damage. In Oshawa Canada Leslie Loucks, a public utilities employee, painted 79 metal lamp posts from a shaky two foot ladder fearing paint on pedestrians. In South Bend Indiana the FBI left a note after no arrest for days. Briggs called and awaited agents. Grandees of Tunis in the 17th Century used clay tile to decorate harems.
House investigators study a seven year old Justice Department fraud case that was marked closed without prosecution. The probe focuses on past officials and may lead to public hearings on Capitol Hill. The matter dates to 1944 and involves the Criminal Division under T Lamar Caudle.
Former Georgia governor Ellis Arnall proposed on Meet the Press that a single official be charged with stabilizing both wages and prices. He cited the CIO steelworkers 21 cent wage rise approved by the Wage Stabilization Board and noted the overceiling price increase for the steel industry. Arnall did not deny reports of his resignation to Truman, saying White House should announce it.
Robert Fischer, a 65 year old German bellhop living in Wiesbaden, says he is the heir to Manhattan Island after swapping $24 in trinkets and a barrel of rum with Native Americans. He seeks $288 million in yearly interest and vows to prove his claim with two satchels of letters and documents.
Mackinac Island firefighters extinguished a weekend fire in a state park building without using their engine, which was parked inside the building. The incident halted access and prompted investigation into the cause and response.
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