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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1943
Page
11
Advertiser promises rapid marriage license and blood test arrangements in hours. Bruce Carraway Notary Public at Office 125 N Wrenn advertises discreet service, kept out of papers, with contact notes for quick processing.
Wes Gallagher reports in Italy under government rule profiteering by stores and shopkeepers. Soldiers pay inflated prices while the poor laboring class bears the cost as clothes shoes silk stockings and jewelry rise sharply. Prices jump from pre war levels as American and British visitors fund the surge.
In Panama on November 15 a three foot black whale stranded on a Pacific beach drew a group of U S coast guards and army men. Soldiers and locals worked for hours to free the whale named Bertha by John Wiedl of Pittsburgh and helpers like Alongi and DeLuca. The whale nurse rose to sea with Bertha diving and a small wake seen as she disappeared.
Philadelphia piece recalls early Bell Telephone marketing from 1902 03. Records show fires prompting letters to non subscribers and adverts claiming burglar deterrence and benefits of service. Promotion notes bedside phones for sermons at Samaritan Hospital and a demand for armed operators amid large exchange boards.
Officer Bill North longtime head of the Ohio State University campus police to retire December 31 after 35 years on the beat. He began as the entire force and built a small staff of eight with police powers. North was born near the Scioto Lawrence county line in Ohio.
Inessa and Galina Tovstykh, daughters of Russian navy Commodore A. V. Tovstykh, arrived in Portland and began attending a local grade school. They spoke no English days earlier but are now making noticeable progress.
Allentown report shows Allen town National Bank converting to laundry work after a sign in the window says will not be open any more. The bank, trustee for the bund, will settle with customers who called for laundry services as Lee Kwong exits town amid a patchwork of marine corps postings and duties across the country.
Room for rent in a furnished unit with modern conveniences. Includes closets heat kitchen privilege adjoining bath and walking distance to 219 Thurston. People preferred for shared living arrangement.
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