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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1947
Page
12
Gilbert Dodds claimed victory in the Toussaint two mile at the New York Athletic Club indoor games. He dominated the field with the same ease he showed in the mile, following a three year retirement last month.
In Charlotte 223 hopefuls entered the novice and open divisions and 29 were eliminated as the field shortened to semifinalists. More than 4,000 spectators packed the Charlotte Armory as semifinals progressed with finals set for Monday night.
The per capita freight moved over U S railroads climbed from 285 in 1867 to 1 863 in 1900 and reached a peak of 5 341 in an unspecified year underscoring rapid transport expansion.
In Miami Fla on February fifteenth 4 percent Armed and jockey Doug Dodson teamed to win the $25000 added McLennan handicap at Hialeah by four lengths Carloadings figures issued Thursdays by the Association of American Railroads and widely published are seen as good indicators of current business conditions.
City License Commissioner Ben Fielding heard complaints from two delegations of cover girls about glamour work. They cited late pay, erratic shoots, and pressure from ad men and editors. The models urged reforms and a formal study, with fears of opportunistic photographers and irregular compensation.
Appalachian junior varsity defeats High Point Panthers jayvees 44 to 20 in a preliminary game. Hawkins leads Apps with nine points, Miller harasses High Point, and Brooks adds eight as Appalachian dominates from start to finish.
Kansas Lt. Gov Frank L Hagaman missed a senate session. Sen E A Briles said the loss of voice from too many speeches last week was the greatest calamity to a public official. War housing in Warsaw noted with 60 builders living in cellars of the former French embassy.
The United States announced a second 15 million dollar credit to Hungary to buy surplus American wartime material from Germany’s occupied zone. The aid supports Hungary’s non Communist government and aims to underpin postwar stability as discussed at Yalta.
In Jalgaon district a crowd of thousands killed a local conjurer called Bengali Baboo who promised to revive a cobra victim. He delayed the ceremony by two days, prompting the fatal attack, while lemons lay at the gathering as he had requested. Also reported: U S freight trains averaged 377 miles daily in 1945 versus 247 in 1920.
In Kladno Czechoslovakia a bronze plaque marking Anton Cer mak birthplace was rededicated with hundreds attending. Speeches were heard from Laurence Stein hart and J B Kozak, official figures noted. The tablet had been seized, melted, and then recovered amid wartime steel needs and a Pony Express rate note followed by a subsidy.
Radio equipment in Union Square Taxi Company cabs aids public safety. A cabbie shot during a Jan. 4 holdup called police via radio, leading to the捕作捕 apprehension. On Jan. 8 a driver reported a girl hit by a truck, police arrived in three minutes. Some bridge wire ropes measure three inches thick.
The thunder sound comes from air heated by a lightning flash cooling and new air rushing in to fill the space.
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