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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1947
Page
3
An early Tuesday crash on Montlieu Avenue left a driver wrecked in front yards and a telephone pole. Bystanders recall the scene as ambulances took injuries to the hospital while Dr. Parks assisted the driver.
A retired navy captain recalls a New York port incident where a brief glance at a woman in black led to his arrest for making improper advances, illustrating how a single stare can spark trouble.
The Hadley Correspondence School for the Blind in Winnetka is offering a free safety course for the sightless. The guide warns against dry cleaning clothes at home, using only electric razors, and stamping all medicine bottle labels in Braille.
Twenty years ago the United States dispatched marines to Nicaragua amid strong Latin American opposition. The article notes inter American tensions, Stimson's mission, Sandino as a key figure, and the 1933 withdrawal leading to Sacassa Sandino reconciliation followed by Sandino's capture and death.
A dense, old time radio network schedule shows dozens of programs with times and repeats across networks. It notes time zone changes and station relay variations, listing serials dramas comedies news shows and variety acts with multiple repeats.
Winston-Salem January 8 The North Carolina Farm Bureau federation will hold a probe meeting to explain why better grade leaf tobacco sells for 20 cents a pound less on western flue cured markets than eastern belts. Attending are Farm Bureau tobacco committees, officials from USDA and CCC, the AAA, and the Flue Cured Stabilization Corporation. Fredder of Henderson, president of the Bright Leaf Warehouse Association, is also slated to attend.
The Cardinals and Browns in St. Louis paid a total of 71 800 in taxes on admissions to National and American League games in 1946. Of this amount 54 200 was paid by the clubs and 17 600 by others. A large shipment of cod liver oil is imported annually from Norway to support fisheries.
Metropolitan Life statisticians report 1946 had about 1,300 catastrophe deaths through year end, roughly 400 fewer than 1945 and the lowest since 1941. Major losses included the Atlanta hotel fire with 119 deaths and Chicago hotel fire with 61, plus a tenement collapse, a Illinois railroad crash, Texas tornadoes, and air transport wrecks.
Seattle police report glare from bright aluminum license plates blinds officers at night making it hard to read numbers. Traffic Division Chief Ted Ahner notes glare reduces night recognition of plate IDs.
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