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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1946
Page
5
Toomsboro Ga lightning twice harms new high school building. After the first destruction the rebuilt structure faced further damage as a bolt knocked down sheetrock ceilings and sections of walls in half of the new construction.
Dr. Thomas Leslie Carter 53, Gatesville physician and leader of the first district medical society, was killed when his car overturned near Whaleyville Virginia Tuesday. Survivors include his widow, a son Lt. Thomas L. Carter USN, a brother C. H. Carter Hobbsville, and a sister Mrs. Clarence Powell. Funeral arrangements pending.
Twenty two states in the United States are producing oil in commercial quantities as new reports highlight expanding energy activity nationwide.
Harvey House and Herb Lotz establish a real estate partnership in Sweet Springs forming the firm House and Lotz. They plan to operate under that name and offer property services in the area.
New York dispatch quotes band leader Charlie Spivak predicting strong job prospects for veterans who served in army and navy bands. He notes their discipline, polish, initiative and youthfulness, with his own group now 75 percent ex servicemen and plans to perform in New York venues this fall.
A May 22 radio grid outlines daylight savings changes and network schedules for PM eastern times. Highlights include 4:30pm Just Plain Bill and 6:15pm Echoes of Tronics, with numerous repeats and news blocks through 10:15pm Variety and News, ending near 1am.
A 420 ton Brazilian soap shipment arrived in Naples marking Italy's first import in years. UNRRA said hospitals and schools lack soap, and authorities report widespread child scabies. The supply could distribute about one ounce per person in Italy.
A 17 year old youth, identified as Jack B. Jones, was jailed in Fort Mill, South Carolina, for questioning in a reported auto theft as police connect him to the death of T. W. McCrary, a Richmond, Virginia druggist found dead in a vacant lot on May 10.
In nautical terms a knot equals about 6080 feet per hour and is not a distance but a speed. The expression nautical mile per hour is often shortened to knot in marine usage.
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