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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1945
Page
11
High Point High School basketball team the Black Bison started drills late last week for a 20 game slate that includes 12 Western Conference matchups. Coach Tony Simeon, known for developing conference contenders, leads the program through limbering up and preparatory workouts.
The fifty seventh annual AAU convention in Richmond saw Boston win the boxing crown after a two hour session. Kansas City protested a prior award and the final vote was 16 to 13 in favor of Boston. Indianapolis took women s swimming while San Antonio opposed the men s track transfer. The meeting also approved sending four boxers to London and a South American tour, with others vying for the Sullivan award.
During the Christmas season researchers report the typical shopper walks about eleven miles per day. The finding highlights the season’s shopping bustle and physical effort involved for consumers.
Baseball Commissioner A B Chandler faces a showdown as majors and minors meet in Chicago to resolve anti Chandler sentiment and the Pacific Coast league bid for major league status Questions arise over fan interest West Coast facilities and signing bonuses as Chandler weighs reasserting prewar baseball control amid minority resistance.
At Rochester New York, University of Rochester 77 Niagara 47. In Defiance Ohio Findlay 51 Defiance 39. In Athens Ohio Ohio University 69 Marietta 30. In Ames Iowa State College 51 Lovas 35. In College Station Texas A and M 51 Camp Bowne 17. In South Bend Indiana Notre Dame 56 Camp Atterbury 37.
Henry Picard 204 leads the $10,000 Miami Open with a 68 and a two stroke edge over Ben Hogan. Hogan carded 66 as players chase the main prize in the three day event at Miami.
A two year search by Judy Hackman’s mother for a lifesaving procedure seemed to end in success at Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Alfred Blalock operated on the two year old from Buckley Washington to prevent death from oxygen shortage. Officials said the first 48 hours after surgery were crisis period but the operation appeared successful and Judy was doing very nicely.
James Hargreaves developed the Spinning Jenny in 1767. It functioned as a spinning wheel with multiple upright spindles, enabling faster thread production and contributing to the Industrial Revolution. The device marked a pivotal advance in textile manufacturing and mechanization.
North Carolina officials warn coal and freight costs total millions yearly with state heat demands in 4000 schools across 100 counties. The Utilities Commission cites higher per mile rates than neighboring states and joins a legal challenge against roughly eighty rail lines after failed negotiations with the ICC.
President Truman left Washington at 5 p m for a Potomac weekend cruise aboard the U S Williamsburg with a party of friends. Return planned about 8 a m EST Monday. The group includes Joseph E Davies Scott W Lucas Warren Magnuson Fred Vinson Frank C Walker George E Allen and Clark Clifford.
Chapel Hill January 8 UNC cagers under coach Ben Carnevale dominated Camp Pickett 64 to 41 for their second straight win. Veterans Jim Jordan John Dillon and Taylor Thorne led with 20 12 and 11 points respectively. Thorne a early discovery from Rocky Mount boosted UNC with steady play as Lt Bob Mullins led the soldiers and Don labor scored 12 for Camp Pickett.
A US official said Russia and Britain refused to join Washington in a tri power central administration for Germany that would exclude France. France opposes a central Reich administration and Washington had authorized proceeding without Paris. The move would split the French occupation zone from the others, with Russia seen as unlikely to accept losing influence in the French area.
The commission aims to remove discrimination against coal consumers and cut freight rates. Rate maps show uneven, patchy pricing with pockets of high or low charges. A uniform basis of equal rates for equal mileage and switching could lower overall costs and end penalties in high rate areas.
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