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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1948
Page
2
The article notes whale oil, once common in lamp lighting, is now mainly used to produce soap and glycerine for munitions. It also states life began in the ocean and that human blood contains mineral salts found in the sea.
Answers include a centaur as a mythic creature half horse half human. A reef knot is also called the square knot. The system enabling blind reading by touch is Braille. The Spanish Main refers to the Caribbean coast and islands of colonial Spain. Maid Marian is the legendary love interest of Robin Hood.
The piece notes that a serving senator is always called Senator Jones but upon leaving office the president is only Mister. It also recounts Joan Leslie modeling for a camera ad before acting, Robert Mitchum boxing and selling shoes, being spotted by a scout, and later starring in westerns and Ernie Pyle's biopic while serving in World War II.
The birthday is good for developing ideas and increasing popularity with a loved one and social circle. The year may feel dull, so focus on intellectual work, be careful with employers and authorities, and improve health.
A Central Press feature quotes Lilian Campbell stating a good man is mostly on the path to being a good Christian regardless of place or denomination. The prose reflects Christian moral emphasis and universal virtue.
The date February 18, 1678 marks the publication of Runyan's Pilgrim's Progress. It also notes Polish astronomer Copernicus, born on the same date in 1473, and the 1939 opening of the Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco.
Hollywood actor Adolph Menjou marks a birthday today while Minnesota Congressman Frank T Starkey also celebrates. Both figures receive congratulations from fans and supporters.
The clues yield centaurs for the mythic half man half horse, a reef knot for the square knot, Louis Braille the French inventor, the Caribbean southward passage and Spanish galleons main route, and Marian as Robin Hood’s beloved.
A bridge column by William Fe McKenney discusses fundamental tactics and bidding ideas. The writer outlines common conventions and practical play guidance for improving decision making at the table.
The article presents a dramatic rubber bridge hand played by Sherman Stearns of New York in which he faces a tough decision on four spades. After South wins the ace of hearts and West hazards club finesse, Stearns weighs risks as he and his partner navigate ruffs and discards to avoid losing the lead.
Eric Johnston president of the Motion Picture Association of America told a House labor subcommittee that a law forcing arbitration when rival unions clash would act as an anti strike vaccine. He said responsibility lies with the AFL and attacked a Hollywood studios dispute ongoing since 1946. Chairman Kearns said movie makers and unions conspired to prolong the strike.
London reports the British government refused a proposal by Sir Waldron Smithers to outlaw communists and confiscate their funds. Prime Minister Attlee’s aide Arthur Moyle said no change from the policy of allowing all lawful political parties to advocate their views.
Warren H. Hoffman, 23, a former navy airman from Bayville, released on $2,500 bail on a plea of innocent to charges of attempting to rape the wife of retired Maj. Gen. Bennett E. Meyers. He faces Nassau county court trial after arraignment on two indictments for breaking and entering Meyers home on Sept. 27, 1945, and attempted rape. His insanity plea from 1945 remains in force.
The Veterans Administration announced that higher living allowances for veterans in school apply only to full-time students. Part-time students on the job or others are not eligible. Subsistence payments rise to 75 dollars monthly for veterans without dependents, 105 with one dependent, and 120 with more than one dependent, effective April 1 and paid for the first time in May.
Chief Highway Examiner Vance Baise said road conditions were improving rapidly in eastern North Carolina after high waters. Waters are subsiding on the roads, though several county roads remain closed. Eastern rivers are expected to crest before causing significant property damage or evacuations.
The city of High Point will auction four lots at city hall next Monday at 11 00 am. Lot 161 fronts Forrest Hill drive and Greenway drive with varied depths. Lots 45 and 46 front Dayton street with 25 by 150 feet each. Lot 56 at Otteray drive and Hardover street fronts 70 by 148 feet. Starting bids are listed for each lot. In New York a 16 month old boy born in Rome is being deported to Denmark as he seeks American citizenship, after his father’s late US residency and an immigration technicality. The child will spend a year with his grandmother in Copenhagen before possibly naturalizing.
U S Ambassador George V Allen departed Tehran by plane on Tuesday bound for Cairo and the United States. He will assume responsibility for the State department information program including the Voice of America broadcasts.
In a bridge hand Stearns counted and chose under trumping the queen of spades with the four. West held jack nine of trumps and Stearns guarded diamonds, expecting to win both the king and ten of trumps if West led a trump. If declarer led a heart, Stearns would discard the jack of diamonds to force the cope with South leading.
An old warning notes that a three days cough can signal chronic bronchitis if untreated. It promotes Creomulsion as a potent remedy that targets the bronchial membranes to loosen phlegm, soothe irritation, and help rest, with a money back guarantee if it does not relieve the cough.
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