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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1948
Page
26
Britain launches a nationwide campaign to curb a mounting crime wave after a plea from the Archbishop of York. Officials report record high crime among those under seventeen as the drive begins.
The 1947 Mississippi River traffic tonnage above Cairo may be surpassed in 1948. Officials estimate this year’s figure will exceed the prior record of 6,545,169 tons.
Louis Held, a cafeteria counterman, has built a private art collection of over eighty works in ten years through weekly savings and installment buys. He hosts a gallery preview at Layder's in New York where he also serves champagne and speaks of art as accessible to non Tycoons. Other notes include amateur painter Burton's recovery tale and his Weekend Painter guide.
New York reports show December retail sales may hit a record $13 billion, about three percent above 1947. Dun & Bradstreet data suggest 1948 total sales could be ten percent higher than 1947’s $118 billion, with Christmas shopping finally surging in early December and shoppers seeking practical gifts and value.
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