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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1948
Page
15
Georgia and Florida markets opened for flue cured tobacco with Jette type on sale in Valdosta and other towns. Production for the year is estimated at 106 million pounds, down from last year, with growers receiving at least 39.9 cents per pound under government support.
A Flor ence hayride from St Stephen A M E Zion church supports polio work. The Smiling Four Gospel Singers perform at First Baptist Friday 8 p.m. The Silver Star Quintette sings at Church of God tonight 8 p.m. and at House of Prayer Sunday 3 30 p.m. Legion Auxiliary meets at YWCA Friday. A fish fry hosted by Mrs Catherine Ship on Gurley Street Saturday afternoon.
Two Buncombe County men Carl James Blair aged 43 and Ellis Marion Banks aged 30 face trial in Caldwell county recorder's court on breaking and entering charges. Police say they were caught attempting to flee a Lenoir drug store with several dozen vials of narcotics including cocaine morphine opium and demerol.
Capitol sketch paints Alben W Barkley as Truman's loyal, stout partner and longtime Senate leader. Known as the Old Gibraltar, he defies gloomy odds, fights to push bills, and backs new deals while maintaining a calm, dependable persona.
Captain Stewart D. Terrell, a 16 year airline veteran with Pan American, calls the Dehmel Electronic Flight Simulator the key to safer training for the Boeing Stratocruiser. He and 69 others begin transition training, experiencing realistic takeoffs landings and emergencies without risking real aircraft or lives.
In Munich gunsmith Ferdinand Gareissen revives medieval crossbows as legal hunting tool after Allied bans on rifles. He boasts 60 yard accuracy, a 2600 pound recoil, and plans exports pending export license. To curb boar herds farmers need official permits, even with the new weapon. His shop bustles with model production as he also fulfills a birthday order for Sweden’s King Gustav.
Harrisburg report notes the Paoli Business association used a movie to back its clash with the State highways department and the Pennsylvania railroad over a dangerous bridge on North Valley road in Paoli Ches ter county. The item cites the unusual move by a regulation bound public utility commission. A separate paragraph mentions Calcutta and its population, with a line about the Office of Works London.
The Sarah Mellon Scaife foundation donates 44000 dollars to construct a story book children's zoo in Pittsburgh. Mayor David L. Lawrence says the facility will open at Highland Park Zoo within 12 months featuring a small animal track for children to ride camels and dogs teams.
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