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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1952
Page
4
In Olney Illinois the city named Ida Anderson as the most courteous taxi driver. Anderson received a $5 award for her service. The note mentioned paper napkins as useful for cleaning windows.
The Chinese Nationalists agree to send 446 refugees from the Communist side now in a Hong Kong camp to Formosa. The group includes students, business professionals, and several former generals and officers of lower rank.
A New Delhi professor announces a circular to MPs about launching a school for statesmen in Delhi. He promises to prepare members for high use of profit and power and to develop first class public speaking with ready made speeches on any subject to help them quickly make their mark in Parliament.
Granite Oklahoma officials said there would be no more outdoor band concerts. Saxophone and trombone sections fled their quarters beside the Ada police station Saturday. Two convicts were captured immediately. five others were later apprehended by Arkansas State Police. A British glove compartment is called a cubby locker.
Hollywood reports a possible reconciliation as Aly Khan dined with Rita Hayworth at her Beverly Hills home. Their daughter Yasmin was rushed to hospital for stomach pump after swallowing sleeping pills, with the couple giving little comment. Aly later attended Del Mar races, losing on a 50 to 1 shot named Flaming Rita.
Eastern Local Time notes daylight saving shifts affecting relay schedules. Subtract one hour for central zones and two hours for mountain zones. Some stations align to local schedules and last minute program changes aren’t included.
A dense listing of shows across channels detailing times for news, music, dramas, comedies, and sports. The schedule includes readings for seven evenings with programs like The Wax Works, One Man's Family, Crime Does Not Pay, The Steve Allen Show, and Dragnet, among many others.
Eric Callaway, general manager of Toohey's Brewery, told the New South Wales Liquor Royal Commission he is a teetotaller. Toohey's is the second largest brewery in New South Wales.
A city fire damaged the telephone exchange in Clermont and cut service for about 30 hours while repairs were made.
House investigators dig into a seven year old Justice Department fraud case that was marked closed without prosecution. The case dates to 1944 and involves high level Criminal Division officials led by T Lamar Caudle. Public hearings on Capitol Hill are anticipated as scrutiny of the department continues.
Former Georgia governor Ellis Arnall proposed a single official to oversee both wages and prices on Meet the Press. He argued the CIO steelworkers 21 cent per hour rise and a $5.20 a ton overceiling price, approved by the Wage Stabilization Board, show why combined control could limit inflationary settlements. He did not confirm any resignation to Mr. Truman, saying White House would announce if true.
Robert Fischer, 65, claims Manhattan Island is his by descent from a 17th century trade with Indians and seeks 288 million dollars a year in interest for property he says he rightfully owns. He says he has letters and documents to prove the claim and seeks what's his.
Mackinac Island firemen fought a weekend blaze in a state park building without using their engine as the fire truck remained inside the structure. The quick response helped contain the flames with no report of injuries.
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