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Newspaper

High Point Enterprise

Location

High Point, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

May 19, 1947

Page

8

How Supreme Court Justices Decide A Case

James Marlow explains the Supreme Court process from petition to final opinion. After petitions are filed, nine justices read them, hold Saturday conferences, and vote to hear a case. If five vote for review, both sides present arguments in open court, then justices draft opinions and release them on Monday Opinion Day.

James Marlow Washington U. S. Supreme Court Smith Supreme Court Ith Justice Murphy Justice Black Murphy Black

Rat Extermination Week Aids Sanitation Drive

In College Station Raleigh area the twenty Northampton county home demonstration clubs launched a fat extermination week to promote health. The effort was organized by Mrs Effie L Price state College extension service with support from B R Bullock county sanitarian and local clubs providing publicity.

College Station Raleigh Northampton County Effie L. Price State College Extension Service B. R. Bullock

Boy, 13, Is Hurt as Light Post Falls in Oklahoma City

Paul Carter Burns, 13, leaned on a light post when a short circuit caused the wiring to melt the anchor bolts and the post to collapse into the street. He fainted, then told doctors at the hospital he was waiting for a bus and did not cause the incident.

Oklahoma City Paul Carter Burns Paul

Markets plunge as stocks tumble to yearly lows in New York

The New York market slumped with a feeble early rally fading. Leading decliners included Schenley Lockheed Bethlehem Deere Kennecott Chrysler and others while rail and commodity sectors showed mixed moves with railway bonds slipping and cotton futures opening varied.

New York Secant Schenley Lockheed Bethlehem Deere Kennecott Chrysler International Nickel and Southern Railway Santa Fe Great Northern Failway Colgate- Palmolive U.S. Rubber Goodrich International Harverer Douglas Aircraft Sears Roebuck American Telesphone Engineers Public Service Anaconda Phelps Dodge American Can Dow Chemical Union Carbide Johns- Manville Owens-Illinois Eastern Air Lines American Airways American Tobacco Texas Co Baldwin Locomotive United Fruit

Dry Goods Market Report in New York Trade Notes

In New York May 194-, cotton textile market had steady day with scattered lots sold for print cloths. wool goods market stayed quiet. Warped goods sold well, aiding retail men’s wear sales. rayon goods converters received steady mill allocations.

DRY Goods New York

Radio Announcer Plays Mendelssohn for Real Wedding

KLAMATH FALLS Ore IS The radio station KFLW received a wedding request at 2 p.m. Paul Alexander the announcer checked the record and announced the exact minutes and seconds needed. He played the Wedding March on schedule letting the couple march to the altar on time.

Klamath Falls Ore Mendelssohn Paul Alexander KFLW Paul

Calf Too Good to Kill Sparks 4-H Show Bid

Ed Schaake of Schaake Packing Company in Ellensburg bought a 4-H Hereford calf donated by N. C. Jamison. He declared the calf “too good to kill” and offered to buy it back for a regular 4-H show, aiding Kittitas county youngsters and the Thorp Livestock Club.

International News Service Washington INS Ed Schaake Schaake Packing Company Kittitas County Thorp Livestock Club N. C. Jamison North Pacific Hereford Association Donald Callahan Schaake

No Old Jurists

In Harrisburg a bill would bar candidates over 70 from the general assembly and forbid the secretary of the commonwealth from accepting nomination petitions from those above the age limit. The measure is sponsored by Senator John M. Walker of Allegheny. Also noting that rattlesnakes may be killed by bites from other poisonous snakes.

Harrisburg INS General Assembly Pennsylvania John M. Walker Allegheny Secretary of the Commonwealth

Ontario pastors pledge to bar divorcees without Christian grounds

Ontario Calif officials report rising divorce rates. The Ontario ministerial union pledges not to wed divorced persons who cannot prove divorce grounds are sufficient from a Christian viewpoint. They urge feuding couples to seek minister counsel before a divorce lawyer.

Ontario Calif INS Ontario Ministerial Union

Trade Fair Reopens in England After Eight Year Gap

The British Industries Fair resumes in London on May 5 after an eight year lapse. Since its first event in 1915 it has drawn thousands of visitors from abroad each year, with nearly 7 000 overseas buyers visiting in 1939. The accordion was invented in 1829 in Vienna.

London INL England

Akron airship Puritan flashes news over city skies

Goodyear demonstrates a lit news sign on the airship Puritan, formerly K-28, rigged with 22 miles of wiring and 5,000 bulbs. The 250 foot vessel broadcasts 18 character lines across 180 feet of its side readable up to five miles away at 2,500 feet. The craft, with 1400 mile range, will cover a 250 mile radius around Akron through June.

Akron Ohio INS Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company Times Square Navy Goodyear

Funeral Rites for William Ray Hill Held in Raleigh

Funeral services for William Ray Hill 24 of 1229 Tankstreet were held Friday from the residence with Rev. S. W. Johnson officiating. Ennis Street Methodist church choir sang as pallbearers Howard Elliott Truman Duncan Kelly Hill Ben Morton William Heath and Albert Jones carried flowers. Miss Isabell Harrison coordinated arrangements. Interment followed in the Walter's Grove Baptist church cemetery family plot in Davidson County.

William Ray Hill Tankstreet Raleigh W. Johnson Ennis Street Methodist Church Howard Elliott Truman Duncan Kelly Hill Ben Morton William Heath Albert Jones Isabell Harrison Walter's Grove Baptist Church Davidson County

Personality payoff in New York vocational schools

In 27 vocational high schools here students are taught a pleasant manner. Assistant superintendent George F. Pigott Jr. says the program began on employers' recommendation, noting many workers lose jobs due to personality problems rather than inefficiency.

New York George F. Pigott, Jr

Milk’s 1945 U S Farm Income Source 14 Percent

A 1945 analysis shows milk accounted for 14 percent of all U S farm cash income, highlighting dairy’s major role in the agricultural economy.

U. S

Funeral notices for Everhart Teague and Holton in Thomasville

Funeral services were held for D Arch Everhart 55 of Rt 2 Thomasville at Fairgrove Methodist Church with pastors Clemmer York and others officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Also in Thomasville Mrs J B Teague died at home and Miss Irene Holton a local schoolteacher had a funeral service at 102 Brentley Circle with Rev Paul S Hardin Jr officiating. Interments followed at Oakwood Memorial Park.

D. Arch Everhart Thomasville D. Arch Everhart Thomasville Fairgrove Methodist Church A. James Clemmer T. R. York Mt. Zion Pilgrim Church Chester Raymer Dayton Irene Holton Brentley Circle Paul S. Hardin, Jr Wesley Memorial Methodist Church Mildred Crowder Charles John Diffendal Frank George Armfield Robert Morrow Sydney Gayle Henry M. Baker F. P. Covington Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery

Funeral services held for A. O. Raper 86

Funeral services for A. O. Raper 86 of 127 Lindsay Street were conducted Sunday at 4 pm at Abbotts Creek Baptist Church by Rev B A Mitchell and others. Interment followed at Abbotts Creek Cemetery. Pallbearers included Wesley Moore Lester Davis Ben Garner Abel Hayworth Ralph Teague and Robert Idol. Floral tributes were arranged by Annie Lee Jarrell and Bernice Teague. A male chorus and quartet performed during the service led by Carey Davis at the piano. The body was placed in the church 45 minutes before the service.

A. O. Raper Lindsay Street Abbotts Creek Baptist Church B. A. Mitchell W. Wilbur Hutchins First Baptist Church F. A. Moore Abbotts Creek Lester Davis Ben Garner Abel Hayworth Ralph Teaghe Robert Idol Annie Lee Jarrell Bernice Teague Noah Charlie W. P. Davis D. S. Hayworth J. P. Traynham Carey W. P Noah Davis Carey Davis

Chinese use of Mexican dollars ends confusion among traders

Chinese authorities have long minted and circulated Mexican dollars, with the inscription Republica de Mexico remaining visible on the coins. The practice underscores cross border commerce and currency familiarity in China.

China Republica de Mexico

Furnished rooms and rentals offered in Thomasville area

A series of classified ads describe furnished bedroom for a couple or three, furnished apartment requests, several unfurnished apartment asks, and various sale items including wood squares piano gear tools and outdoor equipment. Listings include phone numbers and time windows for calls.

West Russell Street Fast Green Street

Tarheel Trading Company for Sale and Local Supplies

FOR SALE New County Ba and Black industrial first aid kit. 8x8x16 plain face blocks 20c yard 22c delivered. See special blocks before you buy. Thomasville Concrete Blocks Co Thomasville NC 959. Wallite shipment with patterns at Rogers Paint Store 210 East Commerce St. Johnson outboard motor and boat. O L Lackey Trinity. GE DeLuxe 2 speed and standard floor types Deluxe tank type. Limited stock and easy terms.

New County Ba and Black High Point Enterprise Thomasville Concrete Blocks Company Thomasville North Carolina Rogers Paint Store East Commerce Street

Utility Appliance Co and Miscellaneous Listings

An old classified-style page listing multiple businesses and items for sale. Includes Utility Appliance Co at 205 S Main St offering kitchen cabinets and appliances, L C Thayer Lumber in Trinity NC, Paul Kennedy Appliance with pumps and plumbing supplies, and other ads for heaters, water pumps, mattresses, bikes, ice boxes, lawn chairs, and a bicycle with phone numbers and partial addresses.

Paul Kennedy Myres Mayo Tobacco Hasty Road Thomasville Road High Point

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