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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1953
Page
2
Dayton Kentucky investigators say a fire started in a closet with Christmas toys caused the death of Mrs. Sarah Hastings Siepes. She was found dead in the burning home yesterday evening.
A collage of rapid-fire curiosities covers famous names and quirky trivia. Leo Lindy and Rudy Vallee are cited in playful digs while notes on Dempsey, Rockefeller, and Shakespeare mingle with odd science facts and city lore from New York.
A Springfield New Brunswick couple faced a failed charity rush after sending a red angora hat gift to a child in Canada. The note, signed Eva Hughes, sparked a mailbox hoax pattern the Philadelphia Better Business Bureau says has run for years. Local neighbor Tom Waters reported the matter to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
Pan American Strato cruiser aided two disabled aircraft near Wake Island. An Overseas National Airways DC4, flying Honolulu to Wake, lost a propeller and sent for help. A Navy PBM amphibian, losing oil, also diverted. The Nightingale refueled at Wake and escorted both planes to safe landings within the hour.
Washington official reports Farmers Home Administration lending over 86 million dollars since July 1 to farmers and stockmen facing drought. Secretary of Agriculture Benson announced the figure reflecting widespread borrowing by rural communities.
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a four spades contract where two players misjudged a doubleton. East wins hearts, trumps are drawn, and a misread club sequence allows declarer to ruff out the clubs. West’s faulty diamond play seals the loss as South prevails in the end with a winning run of diamonds.
A historical listing details daily broadcasting times across stations with notes on time standards and minor adjustments. The schedule includes news, sports, dramas, music, and variety programs across networks and local changes, with entries for weekdays and specific shows on channels such as abc mbe cbe and others.
WACO Texas Mrs Fay Little, widowed by accident for the second time in 18 months, lies seriously ill as her husband Truman 25 dies in a traffic crash after visiting her in the hospital. Her first husband was killed in a tractor accident. her three children are cared for by her father.
Methodist Bishop William C. Martin of Dallas and Gen. John E. Hull arrived in Pusan to hold religious services for troops during a 14 day tour. The visit accompanies postwar relief and church unity efforts as Allied Far East command leads operations.
A Soo Line auto train crash in a Chicago suburb killed seven of the Gallo family. Fred Gallo 37, Violet 33, and their children Evelyn 10 John 8 Elaine 6 Carol Ann 1 died at the scene, while Audrey 12 died later from skull fracture injuries.
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