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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1953
Page
6
A Marine from Camp Lejeune North Carolina, Georges J. Wolfe of Baltimore Maryland, died of suffocation after a fire erupted in his hotel room on Christmas night. Police said the clerk found the body as they investigated a volume of smoke on the floor. The bedding was burned and the room filled with smoke.
A dense listing of daily radio programs with times and titles including News Weather Devotions Music and church services. Highlights show morning Rise and Shine blocks World News and local segments. The schedule reflects multiple stations and shows across dayparts.
Hervie N Williard a leading Point banker sits on roughly a dozen boards and committees. New roles include director of Southern Furniture Exposition Building Inc and public member chair of the Local Milk Board for Point Greensboro. He also serves as mayor pro tem and Jamestown councilman while directing Savings and Trust Co. since 1919.
Sicilian student Antonio Pallante, who shot Communist leader Palmiro Togliatti 50 years ago, is released under Italy's new amnesty act. He returns home to Randazzo and plans to resume law studies after serving 13 years and 8 months for premeditated attempted homicide.
George Millican of Fayetteville struck a six point buck with his car and placed the animal in the trunk. A policeman helped, Millican drove to the police station where an officer dispatched the car. The article also notes the evolving meaning of the word cash.
Stores brace for post Christmas exchange rush as shoppers return gifts and seek correct sizes. Clerks note most exchanges involve clothing and towel sets, with women making up about 60 percent of return cases. Managers credit careful sales staff training and steer male shoppers to salesgirls to avoid wrong sizes.
Incomplete crossword clues list across and down entries with several numbers and partial word fragments such as Onager Kind of title and Payable on teceipt. Many answers are truncated or missing, including river names compass points and Italian city references.
Harrison Arkansas December 26 60 year old Justice of the Peace Harry P Ray has divorced after just over a year of marriage. He quips that old dogs won’t train for new tricks and two cannot live as cheaply as one. Scientists say giant squids are the largest animals without backbones.
The rank of captain is among the oldest military titles and before the 16th century held far greater importance than in modern times.
A November report from Siegel and Siegelman certifies softening in the furniture industry. Orders averaged a 13 percent November drop from October over a decade, with a 2 percent decline this year. Shipments fell 4 percent from October, and unfilled orders dropped 12 percent month over month, though eleven months show a 5 percent gain versus 1952. Employment and payrolls fell, plant time near October levels, and total 1953 orders remain on balance adequate to finish the year.
Firemen blamed a carelessly-thrown firecracker for a mid afternoon blaze in Marion South Carolina that damaged about $2,000 worth of stored cotton. Fire crews prevented further spread from a dozen bales in the shed as shed owners provided the value estimate.
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