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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1943
Page
11
Hollywood scene on Vine Street details a Brooklyn bartender Casey wrestling with a groggy dame on a bar stool. Joe Turp narrates the attempt and a betting aside about the case as Casey plans to eject her by clever means.
Betty Clarke presents practical tips to maintain a firm chin line through posture sleep habits and neck massages. Advice includes wearing a chin strap, sleeping without pillows, using firm upward strokes with cream, and matching foundation on face and throat for even color.
Sleet and freezing rain halted buses and other highway traffic in southwest Virginia and contributed to an accident that killed six people. Bus service was stopped at Roanoke at 8 36 a m as highways iced over, forcing many stranded passengers to switch to trains.
In Hazard Kentucky on Christmas Eve a Perry County roadhouse confrontation left Deputy James Cornett age 56 and Henry Kilburn age 27 dead. Sheriff Charles Cornett reported three men were arrested on a murder charge.
In a downbeat Vine Street incident Joe Turp describes a scene where Casey is hauled from a bar by a patrolman after attempting to move a disruptive woman from a sidewalk stool. Turp notes being fined for blocking traffic and recalls friends urging restraint to avoid more trouble.
Annie Rogers Sandbach of Slater Missouri 46-year-old wife and mother heads a crystal grinding plant for radios forging a wartime workforce from local housewives. She recruited 14 initial workers from teachers and professionals, expanded to 450 applicants, and built a team including doctors wives ministers and a deputy sheriff. Workers earn 60 cents an hour rising to 65 cents with merit and donate ten percent to war bonds.
The notice lists valid through dates for ration books in food, fuel, and goods, detailing stamps L M N P Q D E F 29 and 18 and 1 airship stamps, plus 8 A 9 A B coupons with region variations. It ends with a brief line about carrion beetles as garbage collectors feeding on dead matter.
Navy Ventura bombers carried a Christmas low altitude attack against Nauru 500 miles west of the Gilberts as army bombers from the 7th U S Air Force hit Wotje in the Central Marshall Islands. One Navy plane did not return. Japanese airmen exchanged blows during the Mid Pacific operations reported by Admiral Nimitz.
Mrs Susie Patterson of 817 Hill Top street is spending the Xmas holidays in Bamberg C, US, visiting her mother Mrs Clara Wright. She will return home Monday night.
Miss Leeda Hall of the Cadet Nurses Corps visits with her parents Mr and Mrs J B Hall of High Point route one. In training at Columbia Hospital Washington DC, she is a High Point High School graduate class of 1942 and attended High Point College before entering training in August 1948. The Halls lived in Elizabeth City for a period before returning to High Point recently.
Attractive sewing pattern pitch promotes Pattern 4610 in gingham or cotton fabrics. Includes size ranges Small to Large and payment instructions. Offers free glove and bag pattern with the pattern book and lists address for order in New York.
North South play illustrates a pseudo elimination and tie in. South as declarer uses a trump to force West to lead into a favorable distribution, preserving the contract. West miscounts and fails to exploit position, allowing declarer to secure the needed tricks.
New York on December 25 reports protective measures along the Atlantic coast after a warning of a possible sneak air attack on Christmas Day. Mayor La Guardia urged radio stations to repeat the precaution, hospitals were placed on a 48 hour alert, and police precincts were ordered to have additional officers on duty from 4 p.m. to 4 a.m. Lt. O Connell emphasized vigilance across police, air wardens, and patrol corps.
The piece urges readers to stop dwelling on a mistake and view it with clear eyes. It argues that even misdirected acts hold courage energy and even beauty. By recognizing the treasure stored in past errors one can reclaim motivation and renewal.
The INS reports fur fashions favor fanciful pink green and red hats and lapels with zebra leopard trims while most coats stay in brown and black for longevity. Bright wools under furs remain essential as color accents beneath beaver opossum and mink ensembles. A note on dress makers highlights self trimmed frocks in vivid palettes and slim lines. Mr and Mrs Wade Clinard announce the birth of son Alton Dwight Clinard on December 23 at Guilfort General Hospital.
Jerry Cecil son of Pvt. and Mrs. Howard M. Cecil of High Point is one. Jerry Wayne Loftin son of FE. P. Loftin of High Point is nearly one. Charles Leon Beeson son of R. P. Beeson of Kernersville is one. Mary Brenda Holmes daughter of Ralph J. Holmes of High Point is nearly one. Linda Pauline Culler daughter of Elbert Culler of 302 Lindsay street is two and had a party this week.
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