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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1940
Page
9
KENLY Feb 15. Paul Grady a Democratic gubernatorial candidate called for immediate reapportionment in North Carolina after the 1940 census is completed. He argued the constitution requires redistricting at the first session after every census. He would push the legislature to study the issue and enact legislation.
Hollywood interview records Fred MacMurray describing kiss preferences of Jean Arthur Carole Lombard Barbara Stanwyck and others on the set of Too Many Husbands He notes varied styles from soulful to brisk and practical while praising director Wesley Ruggles and co star Ann Sheridan for their acting approach.
Authorities believe ten long term convicts were aided by outsiders in a tunnel escape plan at Eastern State Penitentiary Philadelphia. Detectives found improvised digging tools and timbered sections, with two suspects questioned outside and a ringleader dead by hanging in a cell.
Rabbi Max Kirshblum executive director of the Mizrachi Organization of America will conduct a four week tour of Virginia and North Carolina meeting chapter officials in Newport News Raleigh Durham and High Point. He will speak at the Newport News Synagogue February 16 and discuss Zionist issues. The visit continues to Durham Raleigh and High Point to discuss upbuilding Palestine through Orthodox tradition.
J A Fowler of High Point is among 117 students on Wake Forest College mid term honor roll. Fowler, a freshman in the academic school, is part of about 11 percent of the student body honored. The item also notes North Carolina hosts 90 percent of the world’s greater snow geese wintering in the state.
R Gregg Cherry state Democratic chairman announced the State Democratic Convention will be held in Raleigh on May 17 after a mail poll changed the date from May 16 due to Memorial Auditorium scheduling. Governor Hoey noted criticism of the early date as the meeting moves earlier than many states.
Large tracts in southern Italy are being planted to oats and barley this year. The move signals a shift in crop planning as farmers expand cereal production across regional fields and respond to market conditions.
State Senator Forrest Pollard of Durham and president of the Young Democratic Club of North Carolina will address the Woman's College Y D C meeting at 7 30 p m Thursday in the Virginia Care ballroom Alumnae House Greensboro Feb 15 The club ranks among the campus largest with Miss Gladys Tillett of Charlotte as president
Winston Salem 1772 Moravian Church runs a Salem tavern to ensure guests see honesty and Christian behavior. Inn keeper instructed to convey legitimate hospitality and trust.
County Agent J F Brown writes to Sto County farmers urging more cows and less tobacco. He argues five cows producing about 2.5 gallons daily for 300 days yield 618.75 at 16 cents per gallon, plus manure and four calves, reflecting higher income per three acres of tobacco.
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