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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1947
Page
8
A short bulletin from the American newspaper publishers association notes that more than seventeen billion dollars will be spent in 1947 on home furnishings, over ten percent of national income, with low income farm families contributing a large share.
Tony Simeon announces a city lake program with the recreation department and Red Cross offering biweekly Life Saving courses and weekly swimming teams. Sessions run 11 12 beginner and intermediate, 1 30 2 30 junior and senior schools, 2 30 4 life saving, 4 30 6 teams, and 6 7 adults every Friday. First class Monday June 30 at 2 30.
The case centers on Dora Jones a 57 year old maid who was allegedly kept in involuntary servitude by Alfred Ingalls a 64 year old former Massachusetts lawyer and his wife Elizabeth 62. The couple arrested in Coronado faces charges under the 12th amendment with alleged coercion to travel from Berkeley to Coronado last October. Ingalls will defend with Clifford Fitzgerald.
Winston-Salem VA office reports more than 41,000 North Carolina veterans were drawing disability based compensation or pensions as of May 31. Total monthly payments exceed $2.03 million with most going to World War I veterans and a higher share of WWII veterans receiving service connected benefits.
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek and Madame Chiang Kai-shek welcomed a group of American publishers and editors in Nanking after their flight from Shanghai. Chiang outlined conditions in China during the reception held today.
AP News notes Poland showcased at an international fair and potential exports to Europe and beyond. UK may receive wire nails screws and rivets from Polish plants while Europe and other regions import lathes machine tools locomotives passenger coaches and rail trucks.
Boston June judge presided as three psychiatrists testified about treason defendant Chandler who broadcast Nazi praise from Germany. Dr Strecker called him paranoid with chronic insanity while Dr Tillotson described fixed delusions and Dr Abbott quoted narcissistic requests and fears of poisoning and Jews after the trial. The judge and jury heard that Chandler’s reasoning was closed to argument due to delusions of persecution and grandeur.
In Seattle a machine produces plastic chop sticks at twelve per minute. The firm plans to export a million sticks to China. Officials claim plastic sticks surpass hand carved bamboo for beauty and sanitation as they withstand water up to 200 degrees Fahrenheit and resist distortion.
Keep COOL and FIT this summer with Dick Meisky at the YMCA. Midgets to Cadets non swimmers and juniors to seniors include boys aged 8 to 13 and 19 to 13 respectively. Day employment and softball games at the Post Office Playground. Senior Leaders' Club meets Wednesday night at 7 30.
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