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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1947
Page
3
A collage of quirky curios and half remembered facts from the London Strand credited to the 1947 Inter national Digest. It ranges from identity twists about Winchell St Patrick to musings on love at first sight and trivia on watches maps and dieting.
A collection of quirky observations covers Germany in 1932, bedtimes, diplomacy as throat-cutting, hidden canyons, turkey testing laws, gas origin, stainless hosiery, Romberg quotes, fish seasickness, Bing Crosby’s pickle factory past, insomnia remedies, knives and fate, timeless books, Walla Walla war broom patrols, bed bugs, jade tasting, cold hands, ticklish women, and kisses counted by men.
Senate appropriations committee plans to obtain a government list of large commodity traders including any former cabinet officers. Chairman Bridges of New Hampshire says reports exist and will press the Commodity Exchange Authority for access despite witnesses claiming legal protection. The hearing touched on Edwin W. Pauley’s remarks about speculative meats in corn oats and other products to fight inflation.
Washington December 16 government plans to keep in synthetic rubber production for another year or two as the House Armed Services Subcommittee drafts a bill to replace the temporary rubber control law that expires March 31. Chairman Shafer of Michigan said a bill should be ready when Congress convenes next month.
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The last American occupaton troops in Italy departed from Leghorn aboard the transport Admiral Sims ending a campaign that began with the Salerno landing on Sept. 9, 1943. A contingent of about 300 remained for graves registration and liquidation duties.
Commander Ray Galloway announces committee appointments for the remainder of his administration. The model plane contest is chaired by Ralph J. Andrews of Raleigh with vice chair Walter B. Thomas Jr of High Point and members William Ross of Shelby Joe Transon of Elkin and Donald T. Howell of Concord.
An eye witness says at least 50 people died when the Pauna bridge over the Rio Minero in Boyaca collapsed on Saturday. The current missing list lists 37 names.
Virginia O Hanlon asked if Santa exists and Francis P Church answered yes in 1897. Now 58 year old Virginia is Mrs Edward Douglas a Manhattan school principal who still believes in Santa Claus and shares the editorial’s spirit of faith and giving.
Inca capital Cuzco, Peru, faced destruction as Francisco Pizarro and his force invaded the city after gathering in the region, signaling a pivotal moment in the conquest of the Inca Empire.
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