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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1944
Page
5
A discussion on physical therapy in homes highlights Bernard Baruch’s fund for research and argues that massage heat cold and electricity are effective immediate treatments. The piece outlines home ready methods using a bath hot compress sun lamp and simple tools, and cites Baruch and his father on abdominal massage.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey, in a nationwide radio address, vows peacetime tax cuts for individuals and business if Republicans win in November. He calls for simplifying tax laws, reducing exemptions, and lowering wartime levies to avoid burdening a postwar recovery. He opposes continuing high taxes and condemns wartime taxes and excess bureaucracy.
Chicago report cites 1943 statistics from a major insurer showing hunting caused less than 1 percent of accident claims. C S Bedell of the Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute presented the finding at the National Safety Congress in Chicago on October 4.
The article notes that three American presidents have Dutch roots, tracing lineage to Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, and Franklin D. Roosevelt. It highlights the immigrant heritage and the enduring link to early Dutch settlers in America.
North Carolina agencies request substantial increases in appropriations for 1945 47 including the Revenue Department motor vehicles division highway patrol and libraries. Proposals outline 1945 46 and 1946 47 needs versus 1943 44 and 1944 45 figures with totals for the highway fund and state role commission and probation commission also listed.
A fragment notes the outflow from the budget allocation to the highway department and signals remaining funds. No further details or figures are readable in the excerpt.
The notes discuss whether first editions are marked, a theater performance with a 5 30 pm start and an hour dinner intermission, and identify a famous humorist from Paducah Kentucky who recently died. Also included is a Bertrand Russell quote and a horoscope dated October 5 predicting impulsiveness, travel, and a literary career for a born child.
A brief note lists the play Strange Interlude by Eugene O'Neill and credits Irvin Cobb. The fragment suggests a theater listing or program entry with author and performer details.
General H H Arnold announced that the Women Air Force Service Pilots are closing their unit by December 20 as enough men will be available for all military flying duties at home and overseas. About 1000 WASP personnel are affected.
Chicago Oct 4 Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M Ladis hospitalized at St Luke's due to illness and unable to attend the opening World Series game in St Louis. Fans prepared to follow a radio report of the event.
Jef Davis self styled king of hoboes says riding trains is terrible. He arrived on a tour promoting war bond sales and blood donations and described cramped sitting, hanging on, and the difficulty of finding shelter. He voices a postwar worry about time travel by air and hoboes risking a landing gear ride.
The 77-year-old Landis is suffering from a cold and was advised by physicians not to attend these Tips.
Guilford County transfers include multiple High Point parcels. W A MecAniless to D Smith and wife conveyances for several lots. city parcels shift to Mrs C E Saris and to Margareta Garris. Whitlow and others transfer lots on Cen and Centennial. Hedgecock to Burke. Blair interests to Laprade and to Schultheiss. Mendenhall receives several lots from Westward development and related entities. Austin and others to Mendenhall. Minnie L Andrews to Clyde Daniels. Jones to Carrie Brevard. City of High Point transfers College Park blocks. Fila Jones to Brevard. Hedgecock to Beck. J Allen Austin to Z Morgan. Washington Race lots 145-150. Millis to Low Purniture Exposition building. Hiatt to Mary Ellen Fiat. Gantt to Z Smith on Bridges Street.
Washington report: pre boned and pre rolled loin and standing rib roasts of the two lowest beef grades may be sold again at retail starting Oct. 2 as the office of price administration rules. The measure aims to encourage ration purchases for utility, cutter and cannery beef. The ban on rolling other grades in advance sale continues.
Instructions describe dipping flower pots into melted wax to fill porous surfaces, creating a water proof seal for pots.
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