Texarkana Visitor Praises High Point Furniture Market
Edward W. Mitchell reports on Melvin Kusin of Texas Furniture Company praising High Point as one of the nation’s best furniture expositions. Kusin cites the 1949 summer displays, the market’s organization, and the friendly High Point spirit. The article also mentions a Pilot Club pet show at City Lake and teases continuation on page 7B.
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Melvin Kusin
Texas Furniture Company
West Broad Street
Texarkana Tex
Sheraton Hotel
Texan
Kusin
High Point
Extian
Texas
Pilot Club
City Recreation Department
City Lake
Two Cent Paper Veteran Recalls Circle in Glass
Army of memories fills the page as veteran John B Parker recalls a long career in newspaper circulation from the New York Journal to the Washington Times Herald. He describes starting as a child carrier in 1911 and rising through major papers before settling in a local newsstand.
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Busman
John B. Parker
Washington Times-Herald
High Point
Enterprise
Fred Flagler
Parker
Green Street
New York Journal
New York City
William Randolph Hearst
W. R
The
Arthur Brisbane
Hearst
Carrier
Merchant Marine
Albany Times-Union
Boston American
New York
New York Mirror
Mart Opens Second Week Here Monday
Southern Furniture and Rug Market enters its second week with strong buyer interest and expected attendance from suppliers who could not find lodging during the first week. Exhibitors anticipate a record fall for goods bought at the market as operations taper after the peak week.
Preacher Dr. Norman Peale to Speak at City Lake Amphitheater
The High Point Personnel association hosts Dr. Norman Vincent Peale of New York for an evening talk at 7 30 Monday August 8 in the city lake amphitheater. Six hundred supervisors and executives attend a barbecue lunch before the address with some seating reserved for the industrial group. Dr. Peale, a 1920 Ohio Wesleyan graduate, has authored several books and holds honorary doctorates from Syracuse Ohio Wesleyan and Duke. He has led Marble Collegiate Church in New York since 1932 and is widely known among public figures.
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City Lake
Norman Vincent Peale
New York
High Point Personnel Association
Peale
Ohio
Ohio Wesleyan University
Boston University
School of Theology
Syracuse
Ohio Wesleyan
Duke
Marble Collegiate Church
New York City
Llegiate
America
Smiley Blanton
National Guard Builds New Facility In High Point
The 540th Field Artillery service battery completed a brick storage and repair shed on Ward and Silk streets at a cost of 60000 funded by federal sources. It houses 24 enlisted men two officers and a warrant officer and will be used for drills and vehicle work. The unit activated March 16 now reaches peacetime strength and plans for wartime strength soon. Fort Jackson camp runs August 14 28 with units from High Point Thomasville Monroe and more. The Long Tom 155 mm gun has a range of about 14 miles and weighs 18 tons.
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Harry Hondros
High Point
National Guard
540Th Field Artillery Battalion
Ward and
Silk Streets
Gallimore Construction Co
Greensboro
Service Battery
Guard Armory
English Street
Stearns
Homer D. Guyer
J. D. Rowe
Ft. Jackson
S. C
Thomasville
Monroe
340Th Field Artillery
Milk price debate pits dairy interests against public view
A local dairyman discusses whether milk prices are too high and if rising costs hurt consumption. He contrasts dairy industry claims that milk remains affordable with Reader's Digest findings and public health considerations urging dairy intake.
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Reader's Digest
Appea
Jury finds local man guilty after dramatic North Carolina trial
The jury convicts a local man of first degree murder after a weeklong trial with 17 witnesses. The defense argues insanity while the state presents a planned killing and ransom scheme tied to a bridge near High Point College. The judge instructs on five verdict options and life imprisonment if guilty.
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Charles Gonzaga Streeton
Carl Davis
Guilford County
High Point
North Carolina
Streeton
College Grill
Montlieu Avenue
C. A. York
Frederick R. Taylor
Patton
Boy Brings Beetle to Bug Editor for $500 Worth Claim
A boy brings a rhinoceros beetle to the Enterprise office and asks if it is worth $500. An assistant editor doubts the valuation, consults a bug expert who says it is not worth that much, while praising the bug's appearance. The boy departs disappointed, deciding not to allow a photo.
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Enterprise
Exposition exhibitors boost hopes for Southern Furniture show
Re gistration records were broken as 174 new buyers joined the ninth annual midsummer Southern Furniture exposition. Thirteen states represented, plus a Miami newspaper feature of a local Hi Y group tour to Florida and Cuba. Also noted were the Reynolds manslaughter case in London and Hoover proclaiming the Kellogg treaty’s effectiveness with 15 signatories.
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Florida
Cuba
Edgar Hartley
YMCA
Miami
Hartley
Richard J. Reynolds
Winston-Salem Tobacco
London
Norman Birkett
Reynolds
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Edward W. Mitchell
Charles G. Streeton
Carl H. Davis
Bales
Nathan W. Bales
Kieffer Morris
Davidson County
Erwin Heights
City Memorial Hospital
Burch Payne
Payne
Oakwood Memorial Park
Bales Hosiery
Aura Kinney Grimes
Mart
Dr. Peale
Pawling
N. Y
Thomas E. Dewey
Lowell Thomas
Dr. S. Parkes Cadman
Joe Brown
George Patton
Vincent Peale
Fred Flagler, JR
Grill
Davis
West College Drive
High Point College
Streetson
Cartidges
Oan
Maryfield
By Harry Hondros
Harry Hendros
Chamberlain
Hoover
Washington
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Canada
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France
Germany
Great Britain
India
Irish Free State
Italy
Japa
New Zealand
Poland
Union of South Africa
United State of America
Minist Chamberlain
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