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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1947
Page
2
Los Angeles November 20 Actress Hillary Brooke is sued in a unique suit over a dispute tied to a film publicity gag. The attorney says the case is not a publicity stunt.
Filed yesterday in superior court the action seeks 200000 damages from the actress alleging she refused to start a picture on November 15 because she would wear skirts not shorter than 14 inches from the floor. The company accuses Brooke of breach of contract claiming it wants films up to date.
New details from Samuel Eliot Morison reveal U S actions eight months before Pearl Harbor and a staged Roosevelt appearance with a fireman and two sailors posing as the president. The Niblack rescued survivors while a U-boat threat loomed as Durgin ordered the attack.
The Winston-Salem Teachers College choir will give a public concert Monday November 24 at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. An invitation is extended to hear the group, which is well known in the area.
Frankfurt school children examined by Dr. Armin Rotzel showed serious undernourishment in a survey released by Orphans, Inc. Among 851 children born in 1940, 402 were notably underweight with signs of disease from food shortages. Common ailments included spinal curvature, chronic bronchitis and skin diseases.
The future queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip marry in Westminster Abbey as bells ring out and crowds cheer. The Archbishop pronounces the couple man and wife at 11:45 a.m. with the princess veiled in a dewy satin gown and the groom in Royal Navy dress. Prime ministers Attlee and Churchill attend and smile as the couple sign and depart in a royal coach.
Greensboro November 20 A report on higher education in the south by Dr C K Brown of Davidson College and the election of officers highlighted today’s concluding program of the North Carolina college conference The representatives of 42 colleges and universities planned to hear reports by committees on student relationships and cooperative research The talks noted that future contributions should train students for the life ahead and meet the world’s demands for educated men and women Participants included Dr Arthur O M Bannerman president Warren Wilson Junior College Dr Carlyle Campbell president Meredith College Dr B B Dougherty president Appalachian State Teachers College Chancellor R B House UNC Dr T O Wright president Military Institute presided
The King and Queen Elizabeth were married in a full Westminster Abbey ceremony led by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher. The couple exchanged vows and rings in a public service broadcast to the world, with the Archbishop declaring them husband and wife in the name of the Father and the Son.
Albert Reed Bundy died recently and his funeral took place at Union Tabernacle on Prospect Street at 11 o clock Wednesday. Reverends A H Dunning W H Barker and W E McGilvrey presided with choir from Allen Jay school and Mrs T Bennison on piano. Duke Power Company workers E R Hightower Bill Helm Sam Conrad Bob Plummer S J Phillips and Ivey Jackson served as pallbearers. Interment followed at Floral Garden cemetery.
Mrs Margaret El vin Lunn wife of Kenneth W Lunn died suddenly Monday morning shortly after 1 o clock. Funeral held Wednesday at 3 30 in Yows Funeral Home chapel with Rev J P H McNatt officiating. Choir sang two selections. Pallbearers were Walter Hester H A Cecil C W Patterson Sturges May John Dunivant Gilbert Southern. Interment in Floral Garden Memorial Park cemetery.
Funeral service for Mrs. Catherine B. Hobbs was held Tuesday at 1 30 PM in the Church of God on Redding Street with Rev. O L Jones and Rev. D L Johnson officiating. A duet by Mrs. Charles Shehan and Miss Annie Carr accompanied by Mrs. P E Walters on piano. Pallbearers W R Thompson R C Lynch Dewitt Shehan Alford Perkins Allie Brantley Paul Waters. Interment in Floral Garden Cemetery.
Two would be holdup men fled a children's goods store in Omaha after a musical top rang its bells, startling them as the manager, Yale Gotsnider, was forced to open a safe. They left behind about $20 from a cash register. Police theorize the bells imitate a burglar alarm.
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