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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1952
Page
7
MGM begins a film about a schoolteacher helping an unhappy boy with an almost all Negro cast. Dorothy Dandridge says the picture shows Negroes as ordinary people not a problem group and aims to broaden audience perception beyond racial issues.
Since July 7 when Mrs. Elizabeth Pinkham gave birth to three daughters and one son the hospital has drawn nationwide publicity and donations from Iowa. The purchasing department has been besieged by salesmen and many visitors seek the quads. Hospital morale has risen as friends and strangers alike come hoping to glimpse the famous babies.
Two Indian guides named Peter and Mark were baptized in the Ocmulgee River in Georgia in 1540, the earliest recorded baptisms in the country.
Raleigh Central Prison conducted a cell by cell shakedown after a knifing incident. Warden Kenneth L Bailey reported discovery of knives razors sharpened spoons hammers bars playing cards dice medicines a hacksaw without blades home brew and a peach peel prison brew. Victim Ray Booth a 30 year old Rockingham County convict serving six years for breaking and entering was wounded in the yard and hospitalized claiming he fell on a broken bottle.
Professor R A Wardle of the University of Manitoba argues a hog in the house could be a useful pet at veterinary association meeting. He notes hogs would dispose of lawn clippings and hints at trainable, desirable pig varieties on doorsteps. The piece also mentions California's medical center researching fluoride in table salt for tooth decay protection.
Eastern North Carolina Belt flue cured tobacco prices rose mainly $1 to $3 per hundred pounds with some better lots reaching $71, while Border Belt grades declined $1 to $6 and many common leaf grades showed lower quality. Eastern Belt volume was light. Border Belt sales ranged from light to heavy, totaling 2,202,643 pounds and averaging $50.86, with Border Belt at 8,268,990 pounds and $52.10. State totals show South Carolina 4,748,992 pounds averaged $51.87 and North Carolina 3,519,998 pounds averaged $52.40. In unrelated note, Hannah Adams published the first American professional author book in 1784 titled Alphabetical Compendium.
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