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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1951
Page
2
At a news conference Mossadegh reiterated a plan to nationalize and end fuel shipments from the Abadan refinery, saying he sought no mediator role and had no new proposals. He aimed to combine reason with enthusiasm to ease the situation.
A Minneapolis bank employee sent a suit for cleaning and left his address book in a pocket. The suit was returned along with the address book, but it contained new names and addresses added to it.
Los Angeles reports Josephine Baker calling her first race prejudice case a victory for justice. Texas salesman Fred Harlan was fined $100 after insulting Baker in a grill of a Dallas hotel and was jailed briefly for breach of peace. Baker says such remarks cannot be tolerated and will be fought as she campaigns for racial equality.
Sgt Norman F Cates son of Mrs Josephine Kormish of 500 Lindsay Street was promoted in central Korea where he serves with the 48th Field Artillery He is a Navy veteran of World War I and has eight years in service He recently sent home a photo with a buddy reading The Enterprise during a lull in fighting
St James L Cressmore son of Mrs F Cressmore of 238 W Ray St returned to duty with the 540th Field Artillery Battalion at Fort Bragg after completing an eight week leadership course at Fort Riley Kansas.
Pvt. Oren D. Hawkins son of Mr and Mrs Everett M Hawkins Route 1 Sandy Ridge completes eight week leader’s course with the famed 8th Army Division at Fort Jackson.
Picture of James H. Mabe son of Mr and Mrs J H Mabe 422 Tomlinson Street promoted to T rank at Marine training base Parris Island South Carolina amid training and ceremony.
Pvt. Rev Clifton Pearce son of Mr and Mrs Clyde H Pearce of 108 Broad Street Thomasville completed a 14 week training cycle with Company H 61st Infantry Regiment of the 8th Division at Fort Jackson.
Pvt Raymond York Mahathey son of G H Mahathey of Thomasville finishes a 14 week training cycle with Company H 61st Infantry Regiment 8th Infantry Division at Fort Jackson South Carolina.
Pvt Billy Bowers Thayer, son of Mrs W Thayer of Route 1 Thomasville, completed a 14 week training cycle with the 5th Infantry Division at Fort Jackson South Carolina. He is a High Point graduate.
Garland S. Gammon of Mrs. Helen Gammon 116 Edgeworth Avenue was promoted at Ft Brage to a rank in the 540th Field Artillery Battalion. He was recalled to duty with the High Point National Guard in September 1950.
A column discusses Carolina Power vice president Paul Vecker backing audible speed warnings in cars to supplement visual gauges. It cites trial devices on New Jersey highways and a broader push for audible lane-keeping aids amid driver inattention and safety debates. The piece also analyzes U S census data on family size and income, noting regional differences and the prevalence of large extended families in the South.
Police arrested Kenneth Castro 28 auto dealer from Bluefield West Virginia on two counts for passing a 1900 check to Johnnie Everhart Winston Salem and a 1050 check to Ed Phelps Winston Salem for used cars. Both checks were paid off and costs paid in Municipal Court. Raymond Heckler 27 of 315 Nathan Hunt was booked for passing a 50 dollar worthless check to B W Harthcock South Main Street Store. He posted bond for a July 25 hearing.
North Carolina hosiery makers report summer downturns as the bare leg trend reduces demand. Industry officials note unsettled prices after prior declines. The state ranks second to Pennsylvania in full fashioned hosiery knitting machines, with Charlotte as the South’s largest production center.
Estell, a %-year-old from High Point II, bound over without bond in the July 3 shooting of Wilie Merri. Paul Huffman, 16, of Thomasville, charged with breaking and entering and larceny. Richard de Negro, 39, of Woodbury, jailed for rape. sentenced to 12 months after a guilty assault verdict. Zack Hines, Negro, fined for drunkenness.
Mrs Ellen Carmichael Zimmerman 91 died at her Winston Salem home Tuesday morning Her funeral will be Thursday at 1 15 p m at the home 456 South Marshall Street and at 2 p m at Rural Hall Baptist Church She was born in Rural Hall daughter of Bassett and Minerva Boles Charmichael and moved to Winston Salem in 1902 She was the widow of J E Zimmerman a prominent blacksmith until his death the year prior.
Local brief items list club meetings, tent gatherings, ministerial union events, Legion auxiliary gathering, choir rehearsals, Sunday services, juvenile Ruth society, and vacation returns. Obituaries note Mrs Curlee Yarborough and Mrs Abbie White with funeral details and family connections.
Mr and Mrs Richard Warner returned home to find their lawn sprinkler still operating after a heavy storm. 1.45 inches of rain fell in 15 minutes as the babysitter failed to shut off the system in Columbia City Indiana.
Jay Conley Jr, 23, chose an offered alternative to avoid a $20 fine for littering a highway with garb age. He picked up all the debris he was accused of scattering along a five mile stretch of road in a bid to satisfy the court.
Harman W. Nichols recounts the 1836 surplus and distribution scheme under Andrew Jackson and Secretary Woodbury. The plan to share surplus revenue with states led to a deficit, inflation, and a later depression as loans were not repaid and misuse surfaced.
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