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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1954
Page
5
High Point post office officials warn of a new chain letter scam promising $10,000 from a $10 investment. The letters urge buyers to mail $5 to the top name, then copy and pass on, with a claimed return of $10,240 once the name reaches the top. Officials label it postal fraud and illegal.
Retired Lt. Gen. J. M. Swing, commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, said plans to reorganize the service are nearly completed. The New York Times reports closures and mergers, with some jobs eliminated and others moved to new locations. U.S. post offices handle about 14 billion items annually, enough to meet roughly 20 pieces of mail per person worldwide.
Oswald Jacoby and Alfred Sheinwold explain canasta meld rules from a NEA Service column. The piece discusses adjusting a legal meld by moving a deuce from kings to nines to reach a 130 point total, and contrasts allowed rearrangements for illegal or insufficient melds versus legal ones.
The Ford Motor Co Fund gives Michigan College of Mining and Technology the Alberta community of 60 residents and ten acres of adjacent timber, valued at 273000. Dr Grover C Dillman says the property will expand forestry facilities and research. The village includes a dozen houses a sawmill and a lake and was once developed by Henry Ford as a model lumbering community.
Mercury presents updates for the elf series including 198 and 188 hp carbureted models. The release highlights dual exhaust for top series and improved compression. A new Full-Scope windshield and tubeless components are announced as part of the ongoing product refresh.
Realty transfers list numerous parcels in High Point and surrounding townships. Properties shift between multiple buyers and sellers including Shields Kearns Briges Miller Reynolds Spencer Snider Bryant Inman Woollen Osborne Dunning Myers Frazier Young Hod Hughes Smith Thomas and others across streets such as Corti Greenview Willenbar Phillips Clark Millikan and Myers Road.
Los Angeles dispatch says Field Marshal Viscount Bernard Montgomery left by air last night for New York after a two day visit.
Piedmont Toastmasters featured David Lindsay reviewing American fortunes in Latin America and tax advantages there. Roy Carr spoke on The Confused Automobile and Willard McClements on The Most Wonderful Guy in the World. Other participants included Charles Jarrell Earnest McCall Dave Bouldin Jim Strickland and more.
M D Burnworth a safety engineer will address the Young Men's Industrial Club at the YMCA tomorrow night at 6 30 The program includes a discussion on the safety program the club is promoting among local industries A safety film will be shown A nominating committee will select officers for the December 16 meeting and January election Elliott Wood of Heritage Furniture Co is planned to speak on Production Management
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