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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1947
Page
5
A column argues the word unwisdom and its use in discussing suffrage and rights for Negro citizens and women. It questions representative democracy, cites North Carolina and constitutional amendments, and contrasts ideal democracy with reality, ending with a call for wiser civic action.
A man says ten years with a brick like lump in his stomach vanished after taking Inner-Aid. He reports relief from indigestion, constipation, gas, and headaches, claiming his bowels and liver improved. The ad touts 12 herbs and sells Inner-Aid at drug stores.
An old advertisement urges readers to fight fatigue by correcting low blood count with SSS Tonic. It links overwork illness and poor appetite to worn out red blood cells and promises enhanced energy, appetite, sleep, and overall vigor. It cites medical authority supporting the tonic’s effectiveness and urges purchasing at drug stores.
Washington February 19 The senate banking sub committee is likely to approve March 1 legislation calling for a general rent increase and removal of rent ceilings on new housing Buck of Delaware backs a rise up to 10 percent in his bill which would scrap controls on new dwellings He convened the panel to hear four other rent measures from Senators Murray Wherry Flanders and McKellar Additional testimony is awaited from Maj Gen Philip B Fleming head of the office of temporary controls and the official who ordered a 10 percent boost which Truman nearly blocked Wherry supports Buck with approval for continuing controls through year end after a 10 percent increase
Raleigh February 19 the house judiciary committee No 2 shows a split over a resolution to investigate administration of the barber law by the state board of barber examiners ahead of a third hearing Wednesday The debate ties to broader anger at regulation of professions with calls to study all 21 licensing boards and seek public representation on them Representative Robert Moseley chairs judiciary No 2 and supports the resolution citing unsolicited charges against the barber board including longtime practitioners denied barber licenses on exam failure and calling for investigation
Tobacco men form a non profit service group to boost the flue cured leaf export market and plan a second Raleigh gathering within two weeks. Florida Georgia the Carolinas and Virginia tobacco states invited. Monday’s meeting drew Grange Farm Bureau bankers warehousemen fertilizer dealers buyers and exporters.
The list presents across and down clues with numbered items covering a range from imprisonment and religious terms to botanical and nautical hints. Many entries reference common crossword topics such as heralded biblical figures and planetary terms, forming a varied word-filled puzzle.
Karl W. Schick of Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator predicts deluxe rail travel will rival ocean liners with glamorous club salons, motion picture and radio entertainment, and Astra liner cars. Electrically controlled heating and air conditioning will create vacation weather en route.
The North Carolina prohibition commission report to the General Assembly says probation grows in popularity and value for rehabilitating offenders. Since 1937, 13,596 placed on probation with 4,109 active. 500 women and 3,609 men on record, 2,508 whites and 1,543 Negroes. 46 percent under 21. Earnings total 14,044,823 with most spent on living costs and 10,981,302 for dependents.
The communications commission granted a construction permit for a standard radio station to the Thomasville Broadcasting Co. in Thomasville North Carolina at 790 kilocycles with one kilowatt daytime operation. A permit for an FM station was issued to Gordon Gray of Winston-Salem and the Burlington Graham Broadcasting Co. of Burlington North Carolina.
The four year period 1943 to 1946 produced the largest, the second largest, and the fourth largest crops in the industry’s history, marking a peak in production.
The Pennsylvania Flyer or Red Arrow derailed on a 150 foot embankment near Bennington curve in Altoona. Twenty five people were killed and 141 injured as a 14 car passenger train from Detroit to New York plunged off the rails in pre-dawn darkness. Investigations by the Interstate Commerce Commission and state utilities commission were begun.
Millions have found relief from piles itching and smarting with a light cooling cleansing ointment. A user testimonial says relief came and sleep returned. Available in 35 cents per jar or 60 cents per tube with applicator, money back if not relieved.
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