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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1953
Page
8
Reported brisk activity at the Southern Furniture Exposition Building marks the spring informal show as the market's biggest success. Attendees range 1 500 to 2 000 with peak mid season around 1 000, as buyers stock up for summer and seek new merchandise from manufacturers.
The father of Private Glenn Rice, a POW missing since March, reports only one letter from his son dated September 16, 1952 and received December 19. A returned POW, Private Joseph Picerno, says Rice is alive and held in Korea. The Enterprise cooperates with families to seek further information.
The Junior League launches its sixth annual Milk Fund campaign May 10 through May 16 to raise 3000 for milk for needy school children. Mrs Larry Marsden chairs the weeklong effort including a milk run on May 16 and a Tag Day on Main Street. Donations support milk for elementary students selected by school principals.
Florida's Seminole Indians do not use standard license plates. They receive special tags labeled Seminole Indian, issued free by the state. About 170 tags are distributed each year.
Vermont railroad historian Al Sauviat unearthed brass Bible holders from old train cars. He suggests 1888 legislation allowing Sunday trains in Vermont led railroads to provide Bibles for “due observance of the day.”
Dispatches from Canton claim France has become the Reds main propaganda target, surpassing the United States. The Wah Kiu Yat Po reports anti French slogans dominate public meetings and billboards, while anti British spots have largely vanished, likely due to proximity to Indochina.
In Pompeii Italy restoration finished as two ancient theaters are uncovered ready for performances of Plautus. Tourists from the United States will join locals in the 2 000 year old venue near Vesuvius where antiquities chief Amedeo Maiuri says the theaters are fully restored for use.
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