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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1940
Page
3
Goren pulls off a decisive defensive play in a high level bridge contest described by McKenney. The column outlines strategic maneuvers and contrasts Goren's technique with standard defenses, highlighting precision and timing.
The ninth hand from the Pittsburgh championship features Charles H. Goren of Philadelphia guiding his team to victory over a slam. Facing a diamond division and a forced ruff, Goren used a club queen to kill the vital entry and thwart the declarer. The 1939 title path continued as his teammates also secured a contract at the other table. Next: An interrupted honeymoon.
The North Carolina utilities commission, overseeing electric, gas, telephone, and transit services, logged 78 public hearings and hundreds of informal matters in 1939. Key outcomes include major power rate cuts for Duke Power and other providers, totaling nearly two million dollars in reductions for the year and ongoing service improvements into 1940.
The Sudan Shrine Temple plans its annual meeting in New Bern on January 26 with former Governor J. C. B. Ehringhaus as successor to Lee L. Gravely as Illustrious Potentate. The report notes efforts to obtain fair freight rates and eliminate the tariff barrier affecting Southern industries, plus progress in state motor transportation and new or remodeled bus stations costing $450,000 across numerous cities.
State WPA Administrator C. C. McGinnis convened field reps in Raleigh to coordinate a statewide relief drive focusing on high-need areas, with emphasis on the tobacco belt.
A youth told Judge Philip Gilliam that crowds on the street forced him to drive on the sidewalk. The judge promptly sentenced him to thirty days in jail.
Asheboro begins paid fire service with Fire Chief C Bush and two full-time men C M Kivett and E R Brooks starting January 1. The department includes 25 volunteers and plans equipment improvements to raise the town’s rating from third class toward a second class.
Australia has contracted to supply commodities valued at 505 million dollars to Britain. The deal underlines postwar trade ties and economic collaboration between export suppliers and the United Kingdom.
Sam W. Miller local attorney has been named census enumerator for Randolph County and started work this week after a Raleigh conference with Supervisor Doubs. He expects the two and a half month assignment to cover Randolph business and manufacturing plants, with population work to begin later. Also noted, Salvation Army officials of the Carolinas reviewed last year’s activities and discussed the new year under Lieut. Col. Aldred Tyler in Charlotte.
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