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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1950
Page
3
A crossword style clue set lists horizontal and vertical entries requiring names and terms for actors, abstract nouns, measurements, units, and mythic and linguistic references. Across and down clues include interstice dress social event and Erbium symbol. the puzzle blends vocabulary with trivia.
Answers to clues include 25 victims of leprosy 26 ascended 33 tower of a castle 35 impair 36 erects 38 tops of heads 40 feathered friend 41 rough lava 42 Greek god o war 45 paving 46 number 47 social insect 48 loiter 50 ambary 52 sun god.
Fleta May Hutchens executrix of W B Hutchens deceased of Guilford County North Carolina gives one year from December 13 1949 for claims to be presented duly verified. Creditors are to settle promptly and the executrix located at 118 E State Street High Point NC.
The City of High Point North Carolina invites sealed proposals for furnishing wire. Bids due 2:00 PM January 16 1950. Bids on city forms with 2 percent certified check required to guarantee compliance. Right to reject all bids and to hold bids thirty days. Specifications from Purchasing Agent W F Baley Mayor T E Hinson City Manager A R McMullan Purchasing Agent.
Chester area officials plan an early survey to study a site for the new 180 million dollar air force academy. Air force officials reportedly removed several cities from consideration while Chester remains in contention. Senator Wilbur G. Grant and Mayor L C Berry of Lowrys and other officials have campaigned for weeks to locate the academy in Chester.
Director Clyde L. Patton announced that the State Wildlife Resources Commission will meet in Raleigh on January 23 to improve efficiency of its wildlife patrols and to receive a progress report on plans to establish a school for game protectors at Chapel Hill.
Washington reports Rep Rich of Pennsylvania unveils a new spending cry for the session. He urged the house to be nifty and thrifty in 50, replacing past calls to find money for proposals with a focus on economizing.
Bennie Green reports a prank in Durham where molasses was poured into his girlfriend’s car gas tank. Officials say the fuel line must be removed and cleaned before the vehicle will run again.
The fragment lists monetary figures 9 675 00 3 602 29 and 28 615 50 with no context. No clear event, names, or organizations are present to construct a factual summary.
A historical quiz names an Italian Florence born explorer linked to Columbus voyages who supposedly reached a Pacific coast and inspired a famous land name. The second figure is a Yale graduate born 1891 in New York, a versatile rich American who advised FDR, led rail and other ventures, and served as ambassador to Russia in 1943 to 1946.
Notables Robinson Jeffers Ray Bolger Paul Henreid John W Sears and Billy Petrolle are all listed for birthday greetings in a broad, celebratory note. The lineup spans writers actors and a baseball star with no event details beyond the intention to wish them well.
Ethan Allen of the Green Mountain Boys was born in 1737. In 1920 the League of Nations formed under the Versailles treaty when 13 nations met in Geneva. In 1946 the U S Army conducted radar impulses toward the moon.
A concise definition outlines statistics as a collection of numerical facts about communities. It emphasizes data on physical social moral and economic conditions and notes the term derives from French and Greek roots.
The saying credits Conyers Middleton with a reflection on deeds of charity lasting beyond wealth earned for oneself. It contrasts lasting moral impact with material possessions that perish.
The message suggests a social and entertaining period with self improvement through beauty. Your year ahead is likely to proceed normally with some good fortune and a child born today may bring a serious personality and possible success.
Britain moves to recognize the Peiping government, arguing recognition admits reality without endorsing the regime. The action shocks Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalists and strains ties with the United States, while commonwealth neighbors had already set the precedent. Beijing and Moscow reactions loom in the UN.
Thirteen North Carolina coastal counties are designated commercial corn producing areas by the U S Department of Agriculture. Producers in these counties face price support limits for 1950 unless they follow their acreage allotments. Support in commercial areas will be 90 percent of parity as of Oct 1 1950. non commercial areas see 25 percent lower. Counties listed: Beaufort Camden Chowan Craven Currituck Gates Hertford Hyde Pamlico Pasquotank Perquimans Tyrrell Washington. Acreage allotments are a condition for price support, not a production limit.
Washington reports a midnight incident where a man scaled a seven-foot fence at 2:30 A M then jumped roofs to evade officers. Firemen from No 3 Truck Co arrived to restrain him as police and narcotics squads coordinated the response.
Hollywood chef Mick Lucich argues that divorce begins in the kitchen as home making and cooking form the core of marriage. He says many marriages head toward trouble when a wife reaches for a can opener, reflecting his view on domestic training and gender roles.
Hal Boyle reflects on a national campaign teaching noiseless chip eating for theater and high society, noting chips’ rise from a humble snack to upper crust status with a Cincinnati convention queen crowned by thousands of chips. He also sketches New York street life and a shipboard sidewalk relic, contrasting courtesy and crowding in urban travel.
Kabul thrives on a building boom driven by modernization and rising birthrates. Mayor Ghulam Mohammed drives progress by lighting up streets for night work and supplying a military band to entertain laborers.
In a Kingston Jamaica rubber bridge hand, Frank E. Lyons declares four diamonds doubled after overcalling West and a clever push. He resists opponents seeking four hearts or four spades, ending with a successful contract while shedding only a spade, heart, and club.
Hollywood soprano Dorothy Kirsten tearfully admitted she is in an awful mess and in love with a married man. She is divorcing her husband Edward McKay Oates but has not filed suit and refuses to name the man, hinting the husband is a San Antonio physician. She calls the situation murder.
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