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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1947
Page
5
Berlin based Hildegard Knef, 21, is hailed as Germanys rising star and serves as the voice for Lana Turners German dub in Ziegfeld Girl. She explains postwar realism and recalls filming in ruins for Murderers Among Us and Ah Wilderness.
An eminent scientist notes more than 770 million tons of pure nitrogen fertilizer enter soil yearly via lightning. The Atlantic City boardwalk spans five miles in length and 60 feet in width.
A dense list of radio programs across multiple networks for Sunday with times from 12:30 to 9:15 PM. Includes concerts, dramas, mystery shows, comedy acts, news briefs, and special programs featuring names like CBS Symphony Robert Merrill London and radio hosts.
A dense listing shows WHPE WHIE and WHEE air times for music shows devotionals news and specials from early morning to night. Many names of orchestras directors and hosts appear including Paul Carson Dinah Shore Freddy Martin Bing Crosby and Lawrence Welk with program notes indicating potential interruptions or cancellations.
In Durham on June 14 the Tobacco Workers International Union Local 176 urged the U S Senate to investigate lobbying by the National Association of Manufacturers and to recommend laws to curb what it calls dangerous fascist-leaning aims. The 1400-member union passed a resolution at its Labor Temple meeting and sent copies to North Carolina delegates.
In Charleston Illinois Harry McKinley ran into the fire department with his shirt aflame and firefighters quickly doused the blaze. He escaped barely breathless after the dramatic incident.
An advertisement claims SSS Tonic builds up weak blood, improves appetite, energy, sleep, and mood by increasing red blood cells and digestive juice. It urges readers to buy a bottle from their drug store and enjoy health benefits.
School seniors in Chapel Hill witnessed the installation of their newly elected government with Frank Rankin of Mount Holly as governor. Rankin defeated Barry Ransom of Charlotte and outlined key issues including federal aid to education race relations and tobacco markets. Other officers elected were Lt. Gov. Bill Shaw Blalock, Secretary of State Dallas Packard, Superintendent Buddy Bumgarner, and Agriculture Commissioner W. E. Graham, plus Supreme Court justices Worth Boyce Jim Davis Bill Simms Ham Wade and Tom Marsh.
Associate justice John Wallace Winborne of the North Carolina Supreme Court and Mrs Ned Spear Rorison were married at the bride’s mother’s home in Asheville. Mrs Winborne is Lalage Oates of Asheville, daughter of Mrs James Rush Oates. Justice Winborne, from Marion and Raleigh, joined the supreme court bench in July 1937 by appointment of Governor Clyde R Hoey.
In Idaho Falls Idaho the Salt Lake City Bees trailing 0 3 put together a huge rally in the fifth inning scoring 18 runs to seize control of the Pioneer league game and go on to win 19 to 12 over the Idaho Falls Russets.
Weirton West Virginia residents voted for the first time in the city’s history to elect a mayor and five council members. The city, once the largest unincorporated area, incorporated alongside Hollidays Cove Narland Heights and Weirton Heights to form a new city.
Large crowds visit Colleen Moore's Famous Doll House on exhibit through next week, sponsored by the Civitan club. The lavish fairyland mansion features jeweled furnishings and extensive gold and silver detailing across 11 rooms, with nine years spent on its construction and visitors from across the United States and Canada viewing the exquisite masterpiece.
In Greencastle Pennsylvania a blast from exploding fruit jars sounded an alarm that woke Royer and his family. They evacuated and fought the flames with a garden hose as the fire spread through the house.
A grand doll house exhibit features a star motion picture authorial lineup including Louis Bromfield Clair Lewis James Hilton L Douglas and Gene Fowler. Valued at about half a million dollars the piece has electrical wiring plumbing weighs over ten tons stands 11 feet high and is furnished with over two thousand tiny objects. The display opens in the afternoon daily.
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