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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1953
Page
8
In New York a fifth grader during show and tell pulled a hand grenade from his pocket and tried to take it apart before teacher Harriet Freedman intervened. The grenade was moved to the principal and found harmless. The boy said he got it from his brother who got it from a playmate in exchange for a cap pistol.
BLACKSTONE Mass. A textile worker Eli A. Messier has a vast hobby list and a prized collection of dime novels once costing a nickel. His 6500+ volumes include Frank and Dick Merriwell and Horatio Alger sets. The collection, valued over 5000 dollars, spans four walls and a basement.
German born toolmaker Henry Hamberger has invented a compact machine to sharpen circular metal cutting saws and to make new teeth. The device handles saws from 4 1 2 to 14 inches, can set up in five minutes, and mass production will create jobs for sales staff as orders grow across the United States and Canada.
Radio and TV listings show a dense morning to late-night schedule with multiple networks and programs. Notable items include Coronation Ceremonies on Tuesday and Wednesday, Johnny Doellar and Doris Day segments, and various game shows, dramas, and news broadcasts across CBS ABC and NBC affiliates.
Washington reports the excess profits tax faces fierce opposition in Congress and from business, yet provides revenue of about 29 billion dollars yearly. Critics call it unfair and inflationary, while supporters note its anti inflationary purpose and the political timing if extended to December 31. The tax targets excess earnings above a 1946 1949 base for corporations, with adjustments and deductions shaping its impact on small businesses and long term strategy.
Fort Worth citizens flagged an error as water rationing began. City officials promptly cut a sprinkler soaking a gravel park path to fix the oversight and conserve supplies.
Past Master and Most Excellent Master degrees to be conferred at 7 PM by High Point Chapter No. 70 RAM. Officers L. Green, High Priest and L. P. Magnin, Secretary listed.
The text briefly mentions domesticated animals arising from wild herd stock and provides a rough geographic note about Sweden being about 1,000 miles from north to south and averaging about 220 miles in width.
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