Folks of Fame Guess the Name Collects Two Ulterior Careers
This High Point Enterprise page presents a two part guessing feature about notable figures. The first profile highlights an engineer and ambassador born in Burlington Iowa on October 15 1887 who rose to major general in 1942 and held key roles under the New Deal including West Point athletics manager and later ambassador to Costa Rica. The second profile sketches a New York City born man born October 20 1911 who pursued journalism then publishing before serving in the 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion and later acting to imitate his father in a biographical film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burlington
United States Army
West Point
Athletic Association
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Missouri River
Passamaquody
New England
PWA
Federal Works Agency
Costa Rica
New York City
University of Arizona
Leland Stanford University
Beverly Hills
Calif
78Th United States Congress
814Th Tank Destroyer
7Th Armored Division
Europe
Truman
Stevenson
Democratic National Committee
Steen Mitchell
Chicago
House
Wilson Wyatt
Washington
Kentucky
Jake M. Arvey
Notable World War I Allied Leader Births and Deaths
Ferdinand Foch, marshal of France and commander in chief of Allied armies in France during World War I, born. Mohandas Gandhi, Hindu nationalist leader and martyr, born in 1869. Sir Thomas Lipton, tea merchant and yachtsman, died in 1931. Ethiopia invaded by Italy in 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferdinand Foch
France
Mohandas Gandhi
Thomas Lipton
Ethiopia
Italy
Matriculate Defined as Enroll in College
Dictionary note explains matriculate as a transitive verb to enroll by entering a name in a register and as an intransitive verb meaning to be matriculated. It also defines a matriculated person as the noun form. Origin traced to Late Latin Matricula meaning a public role.
Birthday Celebrants Include Woodward Abbott Burns Marx
Notables marked for today include William Woodward author Bud Abbott comedian Groucho Marx Julius Marx and baseball figure Bob Serena.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William £. Woodward
Bud Abbott
Bob Burns
Julius (Groucho) Marx
Bob Serena
Johnson Quote on Mind and Balance
A concise saying attributed to Samuel Johnson notes a sound mind balances embracing great and small things. It emphasizes mental steadiness and breadth of perspective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Johnson
Truman Forces Headlines With Presidential Tour
Veteran writer Lyle Wilson reports Truman's whistleblower style stirs headlines as Stevenson aides monitor voter responses. Springfield dispatches note Stevenson avoids elite political ties while staffing HQ with young pros, contrasting with Illinois boss Arvey and Indiana’s McHale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle ©. Wilson
United Press
Washington
Stevenson
Eisenhower
Wilson
John L. Cutter
Merriman Smith
Lyle
Springfield
Ill
Truman
Adlai E. Stevenson
Democratic Strategy Board
Illinois
Arvey
M. Landon
Oes
Topeka
White House
Clayton Fritchey
David Bell
State Tax Revision Proposed by North Carolina Officials
North Carolina planners urge revision of income and franchise taxes to boost industrial recruitment. Rep. E. T. Bost Jr. says groundwork has been laid over years, with industry input showing gaps between tax rules and real business effects. Executives want a joint committee with state officials to craft changes including possible sales tax integration and altered allocation formulas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
North Carolina
New Indus
Amber
Merce
Advisory Budget Commission
E. T. Bost Jr
Cabarrus
Commission
R. D. Warwick
Statesville
North Carolina Chamber of Commerce
Sizemore
High Point Chamber of Commerce
In Jail At His Own Request
St Louis police report Otis Grand nih 27 confessed to stealing 32 dollars from a restaurant last week. He said the loot now totals 1.08 dollars and that an urge to steal again drove him to ask police to place him behind bars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Otis Grandnih
Fay
Berry
Rooney
Derby Train Passengers Mistake Mannequin for Body
Horrified riders on a Derby train reported a dismembered woman along the tracks. Police were summoned at the next station and the figure proved to be a discarded mannequin. The note then mentions a football not being pigskin but steer hide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Derby, Conn
Man Who Lost Fingers Useful Again Through Surgery
Marion Cody of Milwaukee lost all ten fingers in 1949 after frostbite on an Alaskan railroad assignment. Surgeon Dr. William H. Frackelton and the Wisconsin Board of Vocational and Adult Education led a rehabilitation plan combining skin grafts and tendon transfers. After two operations and intensive therapy, Cody regained self-sufficiency and returned to work at Wehr Steel Company as a hmkeeper and work analysis recorder without missing a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delos Smith
United Press
New York
Marion Cody
Milwaukee
William H. Frackelton
Marquette University
Cody
American Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Alaskan Railroad
Wisconsin Board of Vocational and Adult Education
Frackelton
Board
F. E. Forester
Wehr Steel Company
Hmekeeper
Hollywood Stars Join Film to Aid The Legitimate Stage
Producer Lester Cowan brings eight stars to star in Main Street to Broadway to support struggling playwrights and theater artists. Stars include Tallulah Bankhead Henry Fonda Olivia de Havilland Rex Harrison Lilli Palmer Cornel Wilde Agnes Moorehead Mary Martin and a dog named New York. They will play themselves in the movie with small parts while donating profits to the theater community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Lester Cowan
Cowan
Broadway
England
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
High Point
N. C
Enterprise
Central Press
Wester
Happy
Russia
South Dakota
Antoninae
Cecil
Office Equipment CO
Main ST
Harris Pharmacy
IIST
Ees
Aline Mosby
Robert Sherwood
Cates
Council of the Living Theater
Acadia Lodge
A. F
A.M
Roy B. Culler
Paul W. Clapp
High Point Merchants
Lee W. Boswell
Admiral
TNO
Snow Lumber Company
F.I.A
Stote
Lumber Company
Admiral Big Picture TV
Brilliant
Wolan
Good Fyear $ Service Stores
N. Main ST
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!