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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1947
Page
12
Harrison Dillard of Baldwin Wallace ran the sixty low hurdles in 0.68 seconds at the Purdue relays in Lafayette Indiana. The time bettered the American indoor mark of 0.69 seconds though last year his identical 0.68 time faced timing dispute and was not certified.
St. Louis Cardinals and Boston Red Sox are favored to repeat as pennant winners in their leagues per odds released by James J. Carroll. The Cards are strong favorites. Sox even money. Dodgers 2 to 1.
Hickory North Carolina March 22 Oswald Wagner Conover war veteran fell fifty feet into an abandoned dry well while workers installed a gas gauge under a house. He suffered only minor cuts and bruises after climbing to a ledge twelve feet up and awaiting rescue by coworkers and Hickory fire department.
Baltimore pitchers silenced Pittsburgh after a five inning rough spell. The Orioles scored four runs in the fifth off Ed Tate to pull away while Cully Rikard’s second inning triple sparked the Pirates’ early offense but produced only one tally.
The interior of Grace Methodist church in Wilmington was a blackened ruin after a blaze last night. Pastor Rev. J A Russell said the entire structure near downtown might need rebuilding at a cost exceeding 200000 dollars. The church, famous to summer visitors to the North Carolina beach resort, had flames starting in the roof.
Ernest Cagle a 40 year old resident of Abner near Denton died this morning at the state hospital in Monroe. Funeral services are set for Sunday at 4 p m in Abner with burial in the High Pines Methodist church cemetery. He is survived by his wife Wilma Ray Robbins Cagle two children Dora Mae and Mitchell a sister Mrs Austin Hancock four brothers Perry Jesse Cagle Dallas Cagle and Ira Cagle and his parents Mr and Mrs Johnnie Cagle of Abner.
U S army headquarters at Frankfurt announced strict controls on liquor consumption by American occupation forces in Germany and Austria as part of a general discipline tightening to boost morale. Beginning April 1 troops and civilians may buy only three bottles of hard liquor monthly through army stores or clubs, and importing liquor outside official army channels is prohibited.
The 1888 building houses a 160 year old Salvation Army congregation. WWI doughnuts by the Salvation Army lassies began with fudge but shifted to twists as food demand rose. Local history notes trace the change amid wartime service.
A Greensboro page lists an extensive field of players from San Francisco to Duke University with scores ranging from the mid 70s to mid 80s. Notable names include Jim Ferrier Ted Darius Willie Goggin and Harold Hall among many others. The ledger shows amateurs indicated by x and wide geographic spread with frequent 77 79 80 score triples and several players from North Carolina venues.
Ben R. Rudsill of Cherryville was elected president of the North Carolina Wing of the Air Force Association at a meeting in Winston-Salem. Officers include H F E Anderson of Raleigh as first vice president and L L Gravely Jr of Rocky Mount as second vice president. Col. W S Gitch of Washington served as executive director and attended with Brig. Gen. L A Walton of Orlando and Col. Robert L. Scott, author of God Is My Co Pilot.
United Commercial Travelers of the Carolinas heard FE Ray Penrose of Salt Lake City present on American ism and Free Enterprise. Penrose warned of the alarming growth of Communism worldwide and said only the United States and Canada offer pure democracy today.
Advertises wage and hour help by Donald R. Sherrill with six years in the Wage and Hour Division. Contact at 1589 Caswell St Raleigh NC or call 8-3081 for inspection, analysis and federal representative services in North Carolina.
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