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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1951
Page
2
Hollywood reports a $1,000,000 auction of Hedy Lamarr's intimate effects ending tonight. The sale includes a drawing of her famed figure and other personal items as Lamarr, now retired from the screen with husband Ernest Stauffer, parts with her possessions.
Evangeline Lorimer a 21 year old nurse student remained secluded at God's Bible School Cincinnati after returning home from a 13 day wandering in the Great Smoky Mountains with her father W N Lorimer. She left Sevierville Tennessee June 8 and evaded searchers until last Thursday. Rangers said she ate only berries and suffered swollen ankles.
Rosary will be recited for Dr. Harry W. Martin age 61 husband of Louella O Parsons veteran movie columnist He died yesterday from a tropical disease contracted while serving with the medical corps in the South Pacific
In Medicine Hat Alberta Vera Allen endured a delayed breakfast as a rope tangled delaying her meal. Two firemen attempting to climb the pole were injured slightly while trying to lift toast and coffee to the top. About 5000 onlookers cheered as the rope was freed and breakfast reached the top.
Fort Benning Georgia spans about 227000 acres and could host a city of 150000 with its extensive facilities. The post known as Infantryman's West Point anchors military training and operations in the region.
James Stewart, 23, Hollis scrap dealer, dropped a 50 cent piece on the sidewalk and shattered it. Secret Service agents say the coins were counterfeit, made of glass, and likely part of a fake jar of 50 cent pieces he found.
The first ABC tournament took place in Chicago in 1901 marking the origin of the series. Organizers announced the event as a milestone for the ABC competition and drew notable participants from the era.
A composite of jokes and quips contrasts Stalin's cow tale at Teheran with a sage exchange about life fairness. It combines a humorous anecdote about collective farming with a fable about redefining skimmed milk as cream to ease discontent.
In Hollywood Risdon Tillery earns weekly with a labor job yet moonlights in the dubbing room. He supplies the bellyaching sounds for star performances including Charles Laughton and Boris Karloff in The Door, a Technicolor thriller at Universal-International. Tillery’s rare talent draws large pay for a few hours’ work.
Industry leaders including Allis-Chalmers Pitney-Bowes Schenley Kodak Monsanto and Standard Oil of New Jersey have revised WWII era programs to fit the Korean War. Schenley guarantees prewar employees full salaries for three months in uniform and one-quarter salary thereafter, with postwar hires receiving one-fourth pay per month in service, plus family aid hospitalization and retirement credit.
In LITTLE CREEK Virginia the State will move today to seek contempt of court against 359 AFL ferry workers whose traffic bottleneck disrupts a busy Atlantic seaboard trucking route. Norfolk court to decide on compliance with the public utilities labor relations act.
Answers span historic questions and a memory quiz. Topics include a gratitude inscription for a city, Manhattan Island discovery, FDR era secretary of state, Grand Teton location, and Susan B. Anthony noted for suffrage. The column also presents biographical clues about a silent era actor and a famed presidential spouse.
It It Happened Today recalls a silent era actor who appeared in The Squaw Man and The Virginian among many titles and died in 1929. The column also notes 1876 Battle of Little Big Horn and 1948 Joe Louis defending his heavyweight title by KO on Jersey Joe Walcott.
Today’s birthday list features Roger Livesy actor June Lockhart actress Joe Kuhel former baseball star and manager and Sandy Saddler featherweight fighter, noting their notable careers.
A lexicographic snippet defines ignore as a transitive verb meaning to refuse notice or disregard. It cites French ignorer and Latin ignorare as roots, with origins in negation and knowledge. The passage focuses on etymology rather than news events.
A quotation attributed to Oliver Wendell Holmes notes that the hardest duty bravely performed gradually forms a habit and, in time, transforms into pleasure. The line emphasizes discipline turning into intrinsic satisfaction through repeated effort.
A brief notice explains that Eastern Local Time governs network programs and certain stations adjust hour differences for local schedules. It notes subtracting one hour for central time and two hours for mountain time and warns against last minute relay changes.
A dense listing outlines the evening programming across networks with News and commentary segments. Notable shows include Gordon MacRae Hollywood Playhouse Inner Sanctum Paul Lavalle Band and Boston Pops along with Crime Fighters Susan Theaters and Space Patrol. The schedule also lists sports coverage and variety programs ending with To Be Announced.
The Veterans Administration reminds World War II veterans that the training start deadline is one month away. The July 25 date applies to most World War I veterans who must begin GI training within four years after leaving service.
The University of estate agricultural extension service advocates home gardening and canning as dietary insurance against possible defense demand. It notes current food abundance but warns the situation can change quickly.
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