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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1950
Page
3
James Marlow explains when to use Form 1040 A for 1949 income tax, defining income limits, withholding receipts with W-2 forms, exemptions for dependents and spouses, and when the 1040 short or long form applies. It outlines rules for joint returns and references earlier stories in the series.
Early entries for the Southern Conference Indoor Games set for February 25 at Chapel Hill indicate one of the big fields ever. The article recalls a note from 1777 about Jeremiah Wilkinson, a Rhode Islander who invented a machine that could cut nails from cold metal.
Active Elks membership reaches one million with Raymond Cole of Ka City Michigan named the millionth member at the New York lodge banquet on February 18. Cole, a 42 year old department store executive, was initiated February 7 by Bay City lodge 88. The order now lists 1,508 lodges, primarily in the United States, with one Manila lodge continued by dispensation after the Philippines gained independence.
Norfolk dispatch says Capt. Wib Brown and three Navy officers faced blame over the grounding of the battleship Missouri in Chesapeake Bay. Brown says he trusted his team but felt abandoned during the crisis. Other defendants include Cmdr. John R. Millett Lt. Cmdr. Frank G. Morris and Lt. John E. Carr.
Sarat Bose, elder brother of Subhas Chandra Bose and head of the united socialist party, died in Calcutta at age 66. Prime Minister Nehru called Bose a major critic who helped India’s freedom struggle and urged a swift transition to socialism while preserving India's Commonwealth ties.
Four Mississippi State college students died when a car and trailer collided near Columbus. Victims were James Chrestman 21 a senior basketball player Louie Thergie 22 of Columbus Robert Kelly 20 of Walnut Grove and Walford Fikes of Lake State. The truck dragged the car 108 feet and burst into flames. Driver M L Watkins of Bragg City Missouri escaped with cuts and bruises.
An advertisement claims Cardui relieves menstrual cramps and muscle pains related to menstruation. It urges readers to try Cardui and suggests the remedy can reduce or eliminate cramps.
State offices will stay open tomorrow while federal offices and banks in Raleigh close for George Washington's birthday. The dispatch notes Pheasants developing short stubby wings to aid rapid ascent from underbrush.
The fifteth overseas student to receive a scholarship from the National Council of Jewish Women has arrived. Miss Carla Fanny Aghib of Milan Italy will study at the University of California Berkeley School of Social Welfare. After two years she returns to Italy to join rehab work in the Italian Jewish community.
The announcement by the Reverend Smyth sets the Lenten program at St Marys. Holy Communion will be at 7 and 10:30 a.m. tomorrow. Thursday service at 10:30 a.m. and afternoon prayer at 5 p.m. with a sermon series on The Life of Prayer.
An early hearing by Chairman Sabath on a resolution to probe congressional payrolls opened in Washington. Rep. Burdick, who requested the inquiry, says no specific member is targeted and asserts members are generally honest. The push follows a salary kickback case involving a former senator from New Jersey.
In Raleigh on February 21, Rusell Thomas, a 28 year old Hickory Negro, had his sentence commuted from hard time to time served and was released after he restrained a fellow convict who attacked a gang foreman with a bush axe at the Burke County camp on January 23. The commutation came from Paroles Commissioner T C Johnson on W Dedmon's recommendation.
Mary Lou Hornbacker of Peoria declined a ring proposal to fund a displaced European student’s Bradley University entry. The proposal, supported by Robert Swanson and Bradley peers, redirected ring money into a Bradley World Service drive at a mutual music recital themed friendship, raising funds.
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