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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1937
Page
6
Uncle Ray recalls how Catholic countries adopted the Gregorian calendar while Protestant nations stalled. England switched in 1752, losing 11 days and moving New Year to January 1. The piece notes ongoing calendar drift and the idea of a 13 month year as a possible future reform.
The proposed new one cent Army stamp should feature General Nathanael Greene beside George Washington. Greene, a Quaker, joined the revolutionary army in 1774, fought at Brandywine, led the southern army in 1780, and defeated the British in the Carolinas before dying in Georgia in 1786 at age 44.
A historical puzzle lists clues under horizontal and vertical headings. It references H L Inventor of the telephone and includes numbered terms such as Stream obstruction, Russian mountains, Aviators, Death, and Silkworm among others.
Charlie Brown a barber was detained on a coroner's jury recommendation as authorities continued the inquiry into the death of his wife Lona Fish Brown. Her body was found partly submerged in a creek near a bridge beside her abandoned car after autopsy showed multiple skull fractures.
Rep. Lindsay C Warren disclosed he had reserved 170 seats for state legislators to attend the Roosevelt inauguration and was billed $1,700. He canceled the reservation.
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