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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1949
Page
3
Washington reports January 15 marks the deadline for estimated 1948 income tax for those with no tax withheld or partial withholding, plus others with outside income. It outlines four groups required to file and how to use forms 1040 ES or 1040, noting penalties for underpayment and faster refunds for early final returns.
Johns Hopkins University president Dr Isaiah Bowman retires after a 13 year tenure. Detlev Bronk of the University of Pennsylvania becomes the sixth Hopkins president. Bowman, 70, a famed geographer and adviser to state and national bodies, will retire quietly.
The 1,300,000 European Jews made their greatest postwar progress in 1948 per a Joint Distribution Committee report. It allocated 70.9 million dollars for 750,000 Jews across 20 overseas countries, funded by the United Jewish Appeal. About 120,000 found new homes abroad. Israel absorbed 100,000, Warburg noted.
Harold Eide, veteran of Gold Rush days and acquaintance of Jack London, will speak on January 11 at 7 pm at the Sheraton Hotel. He will recount prospecting and Eskimo trading adventures with humor and drama, tracing his Arctic travels from Norway to Alaska and Longyear City.
This item outlines quick questions on weight at the equator, coal grades, famed nurses, UN Security Council permanent members, and legal holidays. It then profiles Dor othy Maynor a soprano born in Norfolk Virginia who trained at Hampton Institute and sang with major U S orchestras before a pastor’s wife connection and political note about Indiana governor Schricker.
The notice advises that health should improve over the coming year and optimism will rise. It emphasizes the value of making important contacts likely to yield constructive outcomes in the future.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee shares a birthday with author John Gould Fletcher actor Ray Milland and bowler Joe Falcaro. The quartet celebrates on this date with public and social acknowledgments across cultural and sporting circles.
The passage notes that a hostess serves simple light refreshments to evening callers. In warm weather this includes soft drinks or iced tea with cookies, while in cooler months offerings are coffee, sandwiches or cake.
French officials and citizens prepare a 49 car gift train to the United States to honor American aid in wars. Gifts include Sevres vases, silk portraits, dolls, rifles, a Legion of Honor warrant, and a Saint Genevieve statue. The project, led by the Railway War Veterans, travels aboard the Magellan with state and district representation.
In Quincy Massachusetts Boots the cat dangled by his neck as rising tides filled a drain. Firefighters pried open the catch basin with a crowbar and used vaseline to slip Boots free. The pet of John and Malcolm Brummitt recovered after warm milk and cleaning.
Washington date 1949 public roads administration says heavy highway traffic will persist for some time as 1948 saw record car usage. federal and nonfederal projects totaling 1 056 442 000 were contracted for 37 422 miles of road between January and December 1948 marking more money and fewer miles than 1947.
The notes recount Oscar R. Schricker’s path from Hamlet bank cashier to Indiana State Senate in 1932, then lieutenant governor 1936–1940, and first elected governor in 1941. It notes his marriage, three children, and a 1940 presidential call for wartime powers, plus a 1944 destroyer Turner disaster and a 1777 Princeton battle. It also mentions Father Damien’s birth on January 3, 1841.
A pensive line notes that many desire wisdom but refuse the cost, attributed to Decimus Junius Juvenal. The quote underscores the paradox of valuing learning while avoiding sacrifice.
A passage explains that objects weigh less at the equator due to weaker gravity and more at the poles. It lists related terms such as bituminous and mentions Florence Nightingale. It also enumerates nations and holidays including the United States United Kingdom France China and the USSR and holidays like New Year s Washington s Birthday July 4th Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The Queen Mary is unable to sail to New York as scheduled due to hull damage from a Cherbourg grounding. Repairs are underway from inside the vessel though the hull area remains underwater, with officials calling the damage minor though causing a postponement to tomorrow.
RALEIGH Jan 3 The winter meeting of the state board of conservation and development will be held in Raleigh January 25 27 Public hearings are planned for the first day The board will discuss the Buggs Island project Tryon's palace rebuilding at New Bern and Fort Caswell as a state park.
In Brighton England police patrols equipped with pocket wireless receiving sets report a period with no banditry. The measure aids rapid communication and coordination across areas, contributing to safer streets.
The Piedmont Building and Loan Association votes to hold its annual meeting at 2 30 P M January 5 1949 in the office to receive the treasurer's report elect the board of directors for the coming year and transact other business This notice is dated December 22 1948 signed by secretary A M Richardson.
Six people died in state traffic accidents during the New Year period. A Dunn crash killed three Clinton natives, while other fatalities included a Charleston resident near Hendersonville, a radio performer at North Wilkesboro, a teen in Bessemer City, and two police-related deaths in Asheville. A separate Guilford County notice dissolves the J. and B. Used Cars partnership, with William H. Bell continuing the business.
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