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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1948
Page
3
A rapid trivia grab bag covering Gulf border states, Annie last names, eldelweiss meaning, lard composition, and Ulysses Grant’s given name. Also notes birthday wishes for Ervin Rudolph and early career details of Cathy O Donnell and Russel Crouse.
The new moon brings fortune for business and social life with steady progress and possible inheritance. A thoughtful, reserved child may show dependability and a religious nature, while focusing on business over the coming year.
McCarthy and The Whist Club of New York host an annual party at the Hotel Pierre to aid the Children’s Cancer Fund. The article details a bridge hand where Mr. McCarthy uses precise play to secure nine tricks, leveraging bidding at three no trump and careful finesses.
Portland's symphony orchestra left the stage to play in the pit during a color film of Oregon coast scenes. Conducted by Werner Janssen, the performance used Mendelssohn Fingal's Cave as the musical accompaniment with live music synchronized to the silent film. The audience enjoyed it and the board planned similar shows at future concerts.
Tokyo reports a corn surplus among U S aid shipments, with 300 000 tons unused as Japan favors millet sorghum and other coarse grains for livestock. The plan allows farmers to keep non corn grains while trading them for corn to feed livestock, which prefer corn.
The source notes Frank R. Crouse as co author with Howard Lindsay of Life With Father and other works. It credits him as Pulitzer Prize winner for 1946 and mentions productions including Arsenic and Old Lace and Life With Mother and Life With Bather.
On December 30 1853 the Gadsden Purchase and boundary treaty were ratified by the United States and Mexico. English author Rudyard Kipling was born December 30 1865 and New York Governor and presidential candidate Alfred E Smith was born December 30 1873.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists five items: a regional mix of U S states Texas Louisiana Mississippi Alabama and Florida. the surname Rooney. a Swiss Alpine perennial plant. fat from hogs. and Hiram Ulysses Grant.
Police track 500 dollars stolen from a Rockland shop. Chief George Shaw warns to watch for silver dollars as clues. Two days later the silver dollar lead fades. A local firm had 600 in employees pay envelopes when the theft occurred.
The notice explains standard time zones for radio listings with EST used in the east and adjustments for Central Mountain and stations that modify relay times. It states last minute changes cannot be included and instructs readers to align schedules with local listings.
A dense time table lists 6:00 to midnight daily programming across CBS ABC NBC networks. Includes news, music, variety shows, dramas, sports comment, and kiddies hours with multiple repeats and regional blocks noted as mbs abe cbs abc and west.
Alamosa Colorado report notes George H Blickhalln, practicing 37 years, has defended 25 murder defendants. Not one received death sentence. Two were convicted of first degree murder but reversed by the Colorado supreme court and freed. Two others were convicted of second degree murder, one of manslaughter, and the remaining twenty were acquitted.
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