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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1951
Page
4
New York exhibit by the Glass Bottle Blowers Association showcases 500 entrants repurposing old bottles into terrariums lamps vases fish tanks piggy banks and more. Highlights include olive jar flashlights beer bottle lamps and jelly jar bird houses.
A decorative piece uses hundreds of colored glass shards arranged on a canvas after bottles were smashed. Light reflects off the pieces to create an effective image. One woman notes a charming reuse of old fruit jars by storing fruit in them.
A collage-like column lists battleship blueprint costs from 150000 to 350000, a one cubic foot refrigerator, Newport News Times Herald oddities, jokes, legal trivia, and pop culture notes. It notes the Duke of Windsor hospital entry, a critique of critics free drinks, and Disney planning Robin Hood and Peter Pan projects.
A column traces top contenders for nominations including Dawn and Streetcar, with Shelley Winters and Vivien Leigh tipped for standout prizes. It surveys critics’ reactions to recent stage to screen transfers and notes lingering tastemakers, plus brief quips on diaries, politics, and wry aphorisms from showbiz figures.
In Morganton, Mrs. Helsa Carpenter, 1 year-old mother of five, and her 15-year-old son Ralph face murder and armed robbery charges in the September 21 death of Will Denny, 65, near Linville. Denny was shot with a shotgun. Carpenter husband Guy, 35, is a fugitive after escaping jail.
Washington officials said a government order would place machine tool producers on the top priority level with tanks and planes. The move targets critically scarce tools seen as the tightest bottleneck in the defense program amid a backlog and output reserved for defense.
A baby girl christened at St Michael's Church in Hudson wore a dress that has served three generations of the Doyle family. New fluorescent lamps for buses provide strong reading light and operate on frequencies from 80 to 900 cycles through a circuit linked to the motor coach alternator.
The capital area reflects on the deaths of Dr. Henry Lineberger Kerr Craige Ramsay Walter Stacy and Tom Best. Lineberger chaired the state hospitals board since 1945 and Ramsay had risen to House speaker before his death at age 39. Stacy and Best were long serving public figures, each leaving a lasting mark on state affairs.
Washington AP reports that state governments should not expect more steel for schools highways and public works until late next year Defense Mobilizer Charles E Wilson and Defense Production Administrator Manly Fleischmann told a governors conference that little chance exists of obtaining more structural steel before the final quarter of 1952 The meeting included 15 governors and officials from 28 other states and aimed to review material shortages in the defense program Limestone is noted as used in blast furnaces to remove impurities from iron ore and in steel making pig iron.
A dense crossword style item listing clues across vertical and horizontal entries. It includes definitions for a singing cowboy theme and various general knowledge terms such as military leader, Greek letter, animal and plant names, body parts, and common words. The grid references and enumerations indicate a puzzle format rather than a straight news report.
Washington (UP) America is turning out new weapons enabled by data from this year’s atomic tests at Frenchman Flat Nevada and preparing for more tests in spring to maintain its lead over Russia. Gordon Dean, AEC chairman, said weapons are entering finished form as quickly as produced, with new designs based on fresh information. He outlined a range of potential war roles and noted the tests’ substantial impact on weapon versatility and immediate payoff.
Sen Fulbright calls for full airing of the 68 000 profit on a 1000 investment by Democratic National Chairman Frank E McKinney McKinney insists the deal yielded four to one after ten months and attributes gains to buying preferred stock and a company bid to gain control The issue arises amid House tax collection probes and calls for cleaning up government business practices ahead of next year’s campaign
Magi strate James M Bridges says he has now heard them all A 28 year old defendant told Bridges he got intoxicated eating banana pudding The unusual defense was presented in a Gaffney South Carolina court proceeding where Bridges presided over the case The defendant claimed the dessert caused his intoxication and legal battle followed
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