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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1948
Page
2
Two divorce suits charging separation were filed this morning at the municipal court. J. T. Rayburn seeks a divorce from Susan Bryan Flack Rayburn and Myrtle Campbell seeks a divorce from Raymond Campbell.
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North Carolina State College has named Henry L. Kamphoefner as the first dean of architecture. The school of architecture and landscape design will open about July 1, with Kamphoefner arriving from the University of Oklahoma where he taught. He previously worked on resettlement housing for the RJA and wartime projects for the Navy yard and docks.
Asheville attorney and former state senator Brandon P. Hodges will appear on the May Democratic primary ballot for state treasurer. Hodges, long active in Buncombe County government, chaired budget advisory and appropriations panels and served as a legislative representative during Eyey Assembly. He is a UNC and Wake Forest graduate with 21 years in the state bar.
The 3 cent Carver commemorative stamp honoring Dr. George Washington Carver was issued January 5 through Alabama’s Tuskegee post office. Postmaster S. C. Clark said stamps in sheets of 70 are available and highlighted the portrait and design elements.
Milwaukee police chief John W. Polcyn announced an experiment using color motion pictures of intoxicated motorists to be used as evidence in court. The aim is to clearly show bleary eyes and flushed faces to prove drunken driving.
President Truman’s proposed 39.7 billion dollar budget outlines defense as the largest single share of spending for the next fiscal year. Other major allocations include international affairs and social welfare programs with smaller portions for education and research, agriculture, and transportation.
In Seattle on January 12 the Pacific freestyle amateur clam eating contest association announced a new world record of 120 clams eaten in 10 minutes. Richard Watson, a Seattle cab driver, won the event with quick, steady bites while rival J. W. Nichols of St. Augustine, Florida finished with 116. Nichols earned a rematch in two weeks.
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From Page One, Pauly asserts that upon entering the Senate he cut ties with business and now abstains from private work to represent Oklahoma. He says he has invested in income properties including bonds stocks and commodities and that all information he had was public. He notes Washington living costs and campaigning debt reduced his funds since taking office. The inquiry follows Stassen’s claim that insiders profit from government positions.
League president John H. Moss of Kings Mountain announced Charlotte announces the Western Carolina league’s first season will start April 30 featuring eight clubs. A northern Maine peak photo caption notes Mt Katahdin at 5267 feet.
President proposes trimming the national debt from 256.0 to 250.9 and then 246.2 billion by successive years while preserving a $40 per person tax cut. He urges a $3.2 billion rise in corporate taxes to fund plans including state school aid health insurance social security expansion long range housing flood control and a future sea level canal. The current year income estimate rises to 45.21 billion with spending near 58.7 billion, higher than August projections.
The college football coaches rules committee will gather at the General Oglethorpe hotel in Savannah Georgia next Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday to begin recodifying current grid rules.
Babe Ruth is in New York for a routine throat examination after months of discomfort. He was admitted to a hospital for the checkup and evaluation of his lingering throat ailment.
Trustees at the University of North Carolina plan to start building a four year medical school and teaching hospital in Chapel Hill. The hospital committee seeks release of funds from Gov. Cherry and the council of state so architects can be chosen this week and plans completed in time for this year’s $500000 Hill Burton federal funds allotment. The legislature has authorized $1500000 for the Chapel Hill project. Greensboro had bid but negotiations failed.
Herman A. Moore a 45 year old financier died early today at his home in Charlotte from a heart attack. Moore was widely known in financial circles of the Carolinas and Georgia.
Mayor William O Dwyer announced a bill to suspend government tanker transfers to private owners and curb “fabulous profits” from the oil shortage. Rep Eugene J Keogh will introduce the measure to keep tankers for New York and other North Atlantic cities, citing raised transport fees after transfers.
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