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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1947
Page
7
The North Carolina Travel Council, spurred by rising tourist traffic, seeks larger membership and greater funding. Directors in Raleigh outlined institutes for hospitality workers, information centers for travelers, and efforts to improve hotels and eateries, roadside facilities, parks, and extended season outreach.
A brief ad copy notes not scratching or squeezing pimples to avoid infection. It promotes Peterson's Ointment for quick relief and better skin, claiming soothing effects for itching pimples eczema and irritated skin with one application. It also advertises use for tired feet and between toes and lists druggists as sellers.
The season's harvest spans oranges grapefruit and lemons grown globally with an estimated 338 million boxes produced.
Wartime sale pitch for VIC-9 ointment promotes quick relief from itching skin conditions including eczema psoriasis and rashes. Describes white greaseless antiseptic formula safe for babies and children with a money back guarantee and distribution through local druggists.
Goldsboro Col Edgar H Bain withdraws from consideration for commander of the North Carolina American Legion department. He says he declined despite many requests to run. Remaining candidates include Ray Galloway of Wilmington and Lt Col Carlyle Shepard of Chapel Hill.
A $425,000 transfer of title moved the site of Mecklenburg County courthouse at East Third and South Tryon streets from Dr. R. Pittman and son Raymond to the Pittman corporation. They plan a large hotel once costs stabilize and announce a $250,000 Sears Roebuck expansion in Fayetteville. The hotel would contain ground floor stores and a convention hall above.
Hialmar Schacht, once cleared at Nurnberg, was convicted as a major Nazi offender by a German denazification court and sentenced to eight years. Court President Fritz Lentz announced the verdict in Stuttgart as Schacht, 70, watched in silence. if health allows, he will perform some labor during the sentence.
Egypt's Nile begins in small springs in a range called the Mountains of the Moon located near the equator in the Belgian Congo between Lakes Edward and Albert.
Botanists say the wheat grain’s viability is about seven years at most, refuting the claim that grains found in ancient tombs could sprout when planted. The statement about tomb wheat sprouting is incorrect according to current research.
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