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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1946
Page
5
Ida Jean Kain continues a series on slimming with posture tips and light exercises. The piece promotes confidence through good posture, simple wall tests, and abdominal routines, plus a sample 18 day slim down diet for teens with daily calorie counts and meal ideas.
Peru Massachusetts town clerk Rose T. Smith records for 1945 show no births, no deaths, two marriages and quotes no hits no runs and two errors in baseball parlance reflecting the calm year in the town of 54 residents.
A fragmented public notice style text captures banter from operators and a hosiery dealer about shortages and sales. It cites a newspaperman musing on crime and murder, noting fictional and real crime talk amid a High Point area context.
Aboarder Zeke Talbert recalls his English lesson with a grin while Pop Ell recounts a short visit to Statesville with Uncle Mike. Pop notes Mike’s children are overly addicted to gravy requests, humorously calling for too much help at meals.
Jed Brown reflects on language with son Sebastian while sharing rural sayings. The father notes a second hen Browney, different character, and asks if she cackles whether she is lying or laying. A quip about a father’s growth between ages 14 and 21 closes the passage.
In commentary from London Calling, a reporter describes Nuremberg's destruction by air raids and argues the war crimes trial aims to establish international justice for aggressive war. The broadcast links the ruined city’s memory to the Nazi era and the trial’s broader legal precedent.
The first annual meeting of the North Carolina Weekly Newspaper Association will be held at the Carolina Inn in Chapel Hill Friday January 25 at 4 o clock. It occurs during the North Carolina Newspaper Institute sponsored by the North Carolina Press Association. The association already has 51 weekly newspapers as members and invites all weekly editors to attend.
Raleigh January 23 The Standard Oil of New Jersey wildcat at Cape Hatteras draws cautious optimism from company officials and state leaders. Geologist Kenneth Ackley notes low odds in new areas but confirms activity as drill reaches about 1000 feet. Aboard observers hint at possible future lease of state reserve if Hatteras shows promise near Ocracoke.
A High Point delegation asked the board of conservation and development to extend quail season from January 31 to February 15 in Randolph Guilford Chatham Forsyth and Davidson counties.
About 30 patrolmen on military leave have returned to the state highway patrol, bringing the total to 150 men. Patrol commander Maj. H. J. Hatcher said 60 officers were still in military service.
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