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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1953
Page
2
Script clues mix for a crossword style puzzle with numbered hints across and down. Notable entries include actors and common terms like bridge group of singers lamprey and various fusions. The grid comprises standard crossword clues and wordplay.
The notice explains time standard references for radio programs: Eastern Standard Time used, Central, Mountain adjustments, and local station changes. It cautions that last minute relay changes are not included.
Oswald Jacoby reports a striking board from the world championship between European and American champions. In one room B Jay Becker claimed a game for the Americans by a precise sequence after finessing hearts and hearts, while in the other room a South player failed to bid spades, allowing East to win with two diamonds and thwart declarer.
DETROIT UP Spikeone Scicluna, 24, halted to avoid a tangle. A sequence of rear-end crashes followed from car to car, ending with car No 6 colliding into No 5 as the chain reaction continued. No injuries were reported.
Albert Nicolai a 66 year old man explains he was en route to pay his income tax when Patrolman Russell Bannon arrested him Nicolai carried tax papers and appeared well fortified for the task Judge O Z Ide suspended his sentence urging him to go pay his tax
A dense slate lists program times across channels with news features, dramas, comedies, music, and serials. Notable items include Beulah Sketch, News and Commentary, Gov’t and variety shows, and films featuring Doris Day, Martin and Lewis, and Bob Hope era entries.
A three year old girl in Indianapolis wandered from home in a cotton dress with bare feet and was found unconscious in a woodlot after a 90 minute search. She reached Riley Hospital with a temperature too low to record on a clinical thermometer. Doctors say she is “coming along all right.”
Mrs Clara Sexton reported a stolen car in Salem Oregon. Police found the vehicle half concealed in brush at the street end. Officers advised her to use the emergency brake when parking on hills.
Members wives and guests join the 14th annual Carolinas Ginners Association with registrations and a board session opening. Early activities focus on sightseeing and the restart of a two day golf tournament.
President Eisenhower, an avid golfer and Augusta National member, plans a brief Georgia golf visit to avoid interfering with the Masters Tournament set for April. He may travel before Easter or after, while continuing practice at the White House south lawn. The First Lady and guests are enjoying White House cinema evenings with light entertainment.
Dagmar says she shed 25 pounds in five weeks and explains the method. She consulted a physician and avoided lunch while keeping breakfast, measuring changes at a tea room chat. She preserves meals with lean meat stewed tomatoes and prunes.
Indiana Highway Department warns roads may host over 700000 dead animals yearly if U S 31 death rate holds. Patrolman Kyle Newman reported picking up 845 carcasses along 12 miles including a steer, mink, 365 rabbits, 171 cats, 134 opossums, 105 dogs, 33 chickens, 28 raccoons, and other wildlife.
Police report 28 year old Paul J. Atkinson enraged by a stranger parking in his spot. He used a hammer to smash 28 windows, wrecked tail lights, and let air out of rear tires. He was freed on a $500 bond.
The Senate investigating committee resumes probe into wasteful VOA station engineering. McKesson testifies that numerous mistakes may imply deliberate planning with potential savings of 18 million dollars if East and West Coast anchors are relocated from Port Angeles Washington and Wilmington North Carolina to southern sites.
In New York John David Provoo 45 a former bank employee and U S Army sergeant captured on Corregidor in 1942 faces four treason acts after conviction in a Japanese prison camp betrayal case. Attorneys for Provoo file appeals with Judge Gregory F Noonan to delay sentencing set for 10 30 a m F S T potentially carrying five years to death on each act.
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