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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1947
Page
3
Patrolman Marvin Bishop escaped a traffic accident then dreamed of it. He woke to find a bedside lamp toppled on him and a tooth knocked out. In a separate note, Haiti’s independence is dated to a 1804 slave revolt.
Boy Scout Troop No. 3 of First Baptist Church celebrated its 25th anniversary with a parent son banquet at the church. J D Hedrick chaired the scout committee and spoke of the troop history while Scoutmaster George Ridge highlighted achievements. Members of the committee, parents, guests, and local officials attended.
The prompt asks what is known as the shot heard around the world and whether Benjamin Franklin signed both the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. It also asks the effective date for the United States Constitution and presents a Harvard quotation about time and sorrow.
The text outlines social rules at meals and grants a May June start for undertakings. It forecasts personal traits for birthdays including farsighted planning and loyal friendship. It warns of adverse days for joint interests and possible spending, health troubles, accidental events, quarrels, and fraud. It advises against lending, borrowing, or marrying.
The text notes the shot fired at Concord as the start of the Revolutionary War and the significance of four key early American documents, including the Treaty of Alliance with France and the Treaty of Peace with England, with a date reference in March 1789.
The Swiss federal council orders all doctors to report venereal disease sources to cantonal authorities for compulsory treatment of those who refuse. A federal report notes syphilis and gonorrhea cases in 1945 rose up to five times the prior year in some cantons and warns post-war travel could worsen infections.
The YMCA Bombardiers meet the ROTC basketball squad tonight at 8 o clock at William Penn school. It is the only team to have defeated the Bombardiers this season, making tonight potentially the most interesting game of the year.
Dr. Charles Wyatt of Greenville South Carolina was named president elect of the Tri State Medical Association. The 48th annual meeting of Carolinas Virginia doctors closed at Sedgefield Inn Greensboro. Dr. Raymond Thompson of Charlotte will become president next year.
In Poland flax cultivation covers 120000 acres now with a government target of 300000 acres by 1949. The current flax and hemp supply meets only a quarter of domestic demand.
In Raleigh on March 5 the joint appropriations committee eyed speedier action on a $466 state insti tution package and outlined three teacher pay rise options 30 25 or a separate 20 percent for teachers. advisory budget commission and Gov Cherry favored 20 percent for all state employees.
Berlin reports the American military government has begun collecting material for an exhibit on postwar Germany. The display will tour the United States this summer, showing reconstruction progress, denazification and demilitarization, military government activities, allied problems, and the economic situation.
Fifty four southern retail jewelers have created a federated organization with a New York headquarters for centralized advertising warehousing distribution purchasing and sales promotion. Ned W. Cohe of Greensboro North Carolina is board chairman James Levi of Baltimore is president Milton J. Green will run the New York office. The group links stores across Maryland Virginia Tennessee Georgia North Carolina South Carolina and Florida while keeping independence.
ROCKHOLD KY A Whitely County citizen famed for two things his name and paying taxes with nickels. For 13 years Jesse James has paid taxes with nickels from his service station sales. This year he counted 457 nickels to Sheriff J L Davis, received a receipt and began saving nickels again.
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