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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1947
Page
5
Readers note a 15 minute Thoughts for the Day devotional program from the local station and praise the ministers time while urging civic action. A resident shares concerns about sidewalk parking, poor street lighting, a midnight closing ordinance, and calls for council attention to local issues.
Washington February 25 Robert R Young announced a new railroad federation to shift control from bankers to security owners with a target of one million members drawn from railroads security holders labor and the public Headquarters will be Cleveland with advisory committee leaders including Edward R Stettinius Jr Admiral Halsey Clare Booth Luce and others attached to guiding policy
The sleeping sponge served as the chief medieval anesthetic. Fumes from soporific plant juices soaked into a sea sponge were inhaled, rendering the patient unconscious to surgical pain.
A Thomasville District Boy Scouts of America court of honor reported forty five advancements across nine troops in the city hall session led by E. J. Jarrett. Six to star, one to life, two to first class, fifteen to second class and fifty merit badges awarded. many parents and leaders attended. An unrelated line notes Cyprus destroyed locust eggs in 1881.
Corrections by networks push changes late. Times are EST and network supplied with local relay variability. Schedule lists many programs from 4:45 PM to 12:00 AM with repeats, news periods, dramas, comedies, sports, and music across CBS ABC and NBC lineups.
State representatives Morris and Sims told the Mecklenburg county commissioners that about 2600 bootleggers operate in the county and 250 speakeasies are in Charlotte. They described a vicious liquor ring and said preparations are being made to act.
In Moscow reports after a week of Voice of America broadcasts say the programs are poor and dull with heavy interference. Russians interviewed noted amateurishness and that the content fails to sound American, while the British BBC Russian broadcasts are seen as better by most listeners.
The War Assets Administration announced the sale of 15 giant cranes to the Brazilian government for use in expanding Rio de Janeiro harbor. The cranes, stored at Marietta Pennsylvania, were offered to American industrial and commercial users for two years before final sale to Brazil.
Sims forecasts that establishing alcoholic beverage control stores would provide sufficient funds to run bootleggers out of business. The proposal seeks public approval for creating ABC stores in the legislature.
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