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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1950
Page
5
New York October 7 plus marks dominated the nations business scoreboard with steel and electric power leading. Inflation rose, wages and prices climbed, and inventory efforts intensified as the stock market hit new peaks, adding nearly 2 billion to NYSE values amid broad participation and low labor disruption.
Dr. E J Coltrane special representative of High Point college returned Friday from Fayetteville where he attended the annual meeting of the Southeastern District of the North Carolina Education Association. He will attend North Central Goldsboro October 10 Northwestern Greensboro October 12 Western Asheville October 17 South Piedmont Charlotte October 26.
A quirky linguistic note observes that the letter Q does not appear in the names of U S states or their capitals. This alphabetical curiosity highlights letter distribution across geography and may interest word enthusiasts and trivia fans.
The following bid and asked prices are from the National Association of Securities Dealers and other sources, unofficial and not actual transactions. They indicate approximate ranges within which these securities could have been sold or bought at the time of compilation on October 5 1950. Origin of any quotation furnished on request.
The Encyclopedia Britannica states that geometric forms based on the circle and the square recur in the art of all primitive peoples, highlighting shared geometric language across diverse cultures.
The Carrier & Week selection honors Leon Russell son of Mr and Mrs W B Russell of 609 Lexington Ave for two and a half years on the North High Point route. His customers praise his efficiency courtesy and reliability. He saves weekly from route profits earmarking funds for college. He builds and flies gas model airplanes and owns a console radio bought with earnings. He buys his own clothes and enjoys self reliance.
High Point college announces homecoming events on October 13 and 14. Activities include float decorating, queen crowning at the Friday dance, and alumni open houses and a barbecue at Boylin Terrace. Dr. and Mrs. Cooke host open house at 821 West College Drive. Football vs Lenoir Rhyne at 8 pm with band entertainment.
Mitchell Nebraska October 17 A young farmer Delbert Hanson 24 entered a burning farm home to rescue his three month old son and threw him outside before succumbing to the flames. His wife Lila and his father Warren suffered minor burns while another child was saved. Fire Chief Vernon Watson blamed the blaze on a defective oil stove valve.
A dense OCR fragment lists ticker like Penn-Dix Penn RR Pepsi Cola Phillips Pet Philco Pitt SCREE Pullman Pure Oil Radio Radio KO Rem Rand Repub Reynolds Sears Socony Vac Sou Pac Sou Ry Sperry Std Brands Std Ofll Cal Std Ol Ind Std Oil NJ Stev ens JP Stewart Warner Studebaker Swift Tex Co Tex Gulf Prod Tex Gulf Sul Textron Timken Det Ax TransAmerica Trans West Air Union Carbide Union Pac United Airs United Aire United Corp United Fruit US Pipe US Rubber US Smelt Ref US Steel Vanadium Va Caro Chem Vick Chem Warner Pict West Mary West Union West Eloc Wilson Youngs S&T Zenith with various percentage figures indicating prices or changes, typical of an index board.
Winter resort owners report more inquiries and earlier reservations in Florida Arizona and California. Travel agents note special air coach rates and expanded cruise and hotel capacity. Incomes rising and overtime pay may boost spending on clothing and travel while higher taxes may dampen durable goods purchases. Public notices follow about a railroad stockholders meeting on October 30 1950 in High Point North Carolina.
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