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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1945
Page
3
A portrait of Abraham Lincoln as a master of concise, witty storytelling and sharp delivery. The piece notes his talent for condensing folk jokes, his drawl for comic effect, and his ability to illustrate points with humor while discussing contemporaries and anecdotes from Civil War era life.
A preacher asked for volunteers to Heaven with all rising except Lincoln. Cartright declared triumph in linking Lincoln and Satan and asked Lincoln’s destination. Lincoln answered simply that he was going to Congress.
The piece recalls Lincoln era quips and anecdotes about his humor and relationships. It then reviews two entertainment items, the Navy film Fighting Lady and the roller skating extravaganza Skating Vanities, praising veracity of Navy footage and noting cast size and touring status.
Brooklyn College disclosed an athletic report showing $3463.82 earned from three Madison Square Garden double-headers this year versus $506.35 from nine home games. A year earlier the school earned $4128.37 from five Garden appearances and $44.44 for seven home tilts. The report urged continuing Garden play amid the campus gambling scandal.
Editor notes Elate the Navy in the Pacific with excerpts from Ernie Pyle. Pending dispatches from the war theater, the paper publishes a preflight piece written in San Francisco. This item introduces his upcoming reports and the writer’s perspective on service.
Henry G. Brown cleaned his desk and, in a short time, drew police attention to a reported shooting scare. Two detectives, two traffic officers and a motorcycle officer arrived and found Brown had discovered and destroyed four dusty firecrackers.
Substantial buying adverse weather and traffic congestion slow steel deliveries reported by Magazine Steel. Delivery of steel and sheet and carbon bars pushed into the third quarter with some into the fourth. Most quotes place plates in June. Heavy snow hinders pig iron and scrap movement.
The magazine notes the national steel action rate fell by one point to 89 percent of capacity, marking the lowest utilization since early September 1940.
Monroe County Clerk Earl Baxter advertised in a newspaper for an alimony sum of 330 dollars stored in his safe. A recipient, unaware she had been divorced, called Baxter to claim the money, prompting his remark about the dusty item in his office.
Thomas W. Shuler of Charlotte, truck driver for Miller Motor Lines, was killed when his tractor trailer struck a Winston-Salem Southbound freight train at the rear of the engine in Albemarle early this morning. Dr. John ...
In London a trend sees dozens of men roaming in women’s undergarments while a local shop lacks men’s 32 inch shorts. A separate North Carolina sale notices land at High Point City Hall to the highest bidder, with bids cash or credit, under a city-ordered sale.
Under and by virtue of an order of the City Council dated May 11 1943 the city will offer for sale at auction the property in High Point Guilford County North Carolina described as lots 9 and 10 section 2 Jordan Plat recorded in the Register of Deeds office book 2 page 33. Auction at 11 A M on a date set with terms not less than 200 percent with balance over time. City reserves right to reject any bids. Dated February 9 1945.
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