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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1947
Page
3
Rep Crissman weighs a bill to ban on premise sale of beer and wine in High Point. It would forbid drinking at the point of sale and near High Point College within a stated distance. Crissman to confer with city officials as police and others urge the prohibition.
Notice by publication in Guilford County announces Olive A. Henson seeks an absolute divorce from Isaac L. Henson after two years of separation. Isaac L. Henson must appear at the High Point Municipal Court within twenty days after February 3, 1947, to answer or demur. Clerk M. W. Nash records the action.
The National Labor Relations Board directs an election by Feb 9 to decide representation for Rock Hill Printing and Publishing Co. employees. Ballot options include the International Printing Pressmen AFL and Textile Workers Union CIO. Also notes 1945 tomato inspections totaled 812232 tons.
A home cough syrup blends sugar water or corn syrup with Pinex to ease coughing from colds. The mixture soothes irritated membranes loosens phlegm and clears air passages. It claims to be easy to prepare a child could mix it and offers money back if not pleased.
W A Bivins reflects on a Coronet magazine piece by Charles Harris about sex crimes, citing the Suzanne Degnan case and a proposed nationwide program. He urges vigilance, stricter enforcement, and public education to prevent crime and protect families.
A. S. Hoke, administrator for James M. Pate of Charlotte, received an $18,000 damages verdict in a fatal car bus crash that killed three, including Mrs. Sharpe and her daughter-in-law. Atlantic Greyhound, bus driver Yates Claude Farris, and George W. Sharpe faced the suit, with an appeal anticipated. The collision occurred July 28, 1945 on the Pineville Fort Mill road in Mecklenburg County.
Wilmington January 13 A $15,000 fishing rodeo will be staged this fall by the Southeastern North Carolina Beach association to attract more anglers to Carolina beaches. The group cited favorable results from its 1946 contest which offered prizes totaling $2,000 and said larger awards are justified by greater interest.
Raleigh January 13 Markets of the middle and old flue cured tobacco belts reopened after a weekend holiday while eastern North Carolina belt markets remained closed for the season. Middle belt prices fell last week with gross sales averaging 38.04 per 100 pounds, down 1.70 from the prior week. old belt grades rose but the overall gross average slipped to 35.50 due to many low grades.
In Oxnard California on January 13 Police Judge Garland Nelson waited at the city limits with a police escort for his car to pass through town, claiming a 1908 ordinance requires a bell or horn use only if a police officer is escorting. City Attorney William Reppy said the statutes would be updated promptly.
Public librarian Elizabeth Gurley notes new State Department publications added to the local library series. The additions include Fundamentals of U S Trade in Private Enterprise, Occupation of Japan policy, Education Mission to Japan, Textile Mission to Japan, Documentary Record 1936 1946, Economic Policy Toward Germany, Aims and Policies in Europe, Education Mission to Germany, UNESCO National Commission Report, Paris Peace Conference report, Interdepartmental Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation, and International Control of Atomic Energy.
John M. Gold, chief of Police in Winston-Salem, elected president of the North Carolina chapter of FBI national academy associates at a reorganization meeting in Raleigh. S. Larkin Woods named vice president and Justus M. Tucker secretary treasurer as 27 members attended, including John C. Biles. Retiring officers included Stanho Lineberry Walter Anderson and Eugene C. Fender.
Thomas A. Rainey 80 a retired Southern railway conductor known to travelers as Captain Tom died at his Norcross home. He served 53 years with Southern before retiring in 1937 and rode the Piedmont limited from Atlanta to Salisbury many years.
The page shows a Eugene Sheffer crossword with horizontal and vertical clues ranging across languages, bodies, and objects. It lists numbers 1 through 47 with many entries and cross references, plus notes about yesterday’s solution and syndicate attribution.
Headache and neuralgia relief ad promotes BC formula as quick acting for headaches neuralgic pains and muscular aches. Advises keeping a 10c or 25¢ package handy and to use as directed with physician consultation if pains persist.
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