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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1946
Page
9
James D. Ramsey faced reckless driving charges in Memphis traffic court after claiming a black cat caused his car to swerve and overturn. Judge Sam Campbell dismissed the case and quipped a warning about superstitions and luck.
Virgil Tyler suffered a string of losses on a fishing trip in Baxter Springs Kansas. He dropped his fishing light and line broke his pole and finally his billfold fell into the lake. As he leaned to fix a second line he toppled in. Two companions pulled him from the water.
The pattern shows all cotton blooms are white on day one, turn red on day two, then drop from the plant on day three. This sequence outlines a simple three day bloom lifecycle observed in the crop.
The southern states hold about 80 percent of the United States colored population, highlighting regional concentration of demographics.
Fort Worth Texas INS reports Billy Rose claims most beautiful girls skip college. Dr M E Sadler president Texas Christian University counters Rose saying many beautiful women attend college and challenges Rose to prove otherwise. Dean Walter Roe of Texas Wesleyan agrees the era of “beautiful but dumb” girls is over.
John W. Clark of Fairbanks faced wind damage on a fuselage fabric section near Ruby Alaska. He patched the hole with flour sacks on a frozen river, cooled the repairs with water until frozen solid, then took off again.
A citizen laments old water mains and broken sewers in High Point, urging action and bond funding while noting labor and material shortages. Uncle Henry the custodian illustrates cross group tolerance, and Public Works Director Perkins stresses timely reporting and budget planning as a repaired sewer pipe is fixed.
The Ita n Riviera turns into a gambling hub with high stakes and rapid losses at San Remo and Salsomagiore casinos. A bank reportedly broke twice in a week, paying fifteen million francs at trente-et-quarante tables. In the United States, between two and three million golfers use over 6,000 courses.
A group of senior and junior boys at University High School protest the insulting label bobby soxer. Led by Jack Quine Dan Eisenhart and Norman De Garmo they condemn the definition and defend their girlfriends. They criticize overemphasis on Van Johnson and defend the value and intelligence of teenage girls. They vow to fight to preserve the girls reputations and prefer calling them teen-agers.
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