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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1946
Page
8
Greece faces warehoused tobacco amid wartime disruption. Exports once topped 60 thousand tons yearly with 45k to Central Europe and 15k to America and Britain. The 1944 crop of 18k and 1945 crop of 25k remain stored. U S tobacco agents bargain amid exchange rules and shipping shortages.
In Davidson a new Keen-Teen club on Main Street offers a supervised space with dancing, games, a snack bar, and chaperones sponsored by the Lions club. The community backs broader youth programs through schools, Boy Scouts, and memorial projects, aiming to provide healthy outlets and leadership opportunities for young people.
Upsheriff R. D. MacLean reports a hard headed suspect arrested for automobile theft used an oak as a battering ram against a jail office door. The door was torn from its hinges and the prisoner’s head remained unharmed.
Warsaw faces slow rebuilding after Nazis destroyed 17 000 homes. Only about 210 units restored. housing scarce with one room per family rule. UNRRA supplied trucks aiding debris removal and farm gear while thousands live in cellars and bunkers awaiting shelter. Government hopes for ten years to rebuild.
In Richmond, Virginia Governor William M. Tuck testified that kerosene serves as a satisfactory substitute motor fuel in emergencies. Twenty miles from Richmond the governor's car ran out of gasoline and found no service station nearby. a neighbor provided kerosene, allowing the car to reach another station for a proper fill.
Egyptian Prince Mohamed Aly Ibrahim and Princess Hanzade, visiting wartime New York, fail to find an apartment and complain a hotel room cannot accommodate friends. The piece notes the princess is descended from Turkey’s last sultan and caliph. Also cites Canada’s 1945 wheat crop at about 321,409,000 bushels.
Sherrard Illinois reports the Richland Grove Vigilantes formed 87 years ago to catch horse thieves. The group, with 130 members including descendants of founders, has not pursued a horse thief since August 24 1899 but remains active for sentiment and social reasons, meeting once a year.
An advertisement promotes a fearfully generic remedy named A and O with menthol as a key ingredient. It claims quick soothing relief and markets itself as a liquid cure for a stated No 1 enemy. The ad emphasizes reliability and time tested ingredients.
Pattern 4674 a shirtwaist with new collar offers sizes 12 through 40 and requires 2 7/8 yards of 39 inch material for size 16. Send 20 cents to The Enterprise Pattern Dept for pattern 4674 and enter name address and size. Free hat and gilet directions printed in the book.
Westford Massachusetts Mrs Jennie M Kendrick 85 has knitted 3400 afghan squares 650 pairs of socks 12 knee bands and scarves and shoulderettes for servicemen since March 1940 for the Lowell Red Cross She also did similar Red Cross work in World War I noting she learned to knit at age nine and still handles all house work.
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