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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1944
Page
20
Fire Chief K Ingram said the week long inspection of mercantile, manufacturing and residential units yielded few hazards. A total of 8 344 inspections covered 178 manufacturing buildings 775 mercantile establishments and 7 598 residences with 558 man hours.
Canon City warden Roy Best, Democrat nominee for Colorado governor, required approval from GOP rival Governor John C. Vivian to take campaign leave. Vivian granted the leave, praising Best's work at Canon City, while noting difficulty finding a capable successor.
The eleventh hour rush for overseas parcels began at the post office with forty four people in line at ten o clock and ten more approaching. Monday is the final day to mail Christmas packages to service members overseas.
Ralph K. Davies deputy petroleum administrator said a new fuel developed by American petroleum technologists will give carrier planes and B 29s greater range and full throttle performance. Production could begin once military authorities authorize, with only minor refinery changes needed.
New York October 14 report notes when disabled veterans are added to civilians with impairments the total physically handicapped would exceed one thirteenth of the population. McFarland of Harvard Business School estimates 5 million had impairments in 1940 plus millions with major diseases. He says ten percent of armed men will be discharged with disability and industry must rehabilitate veterans, with labor conceding on seniority and shifts. Also missing in action: Pfc John L Mobley Jr reported September 16. his family in English Place. Greens should be washed tepidly to ease grit removal.
Vernon T. Pickett, 29, a discharged Army Air Forces sergeant and Missouri School of Mines graduate, jumped 13 stories from a Los Angeles downtown office window after being told he would learn Monday about his overseas post status as a technical engineer. He landed on a parked car and then on the street, badly injured but with a physician's warning of possible recovery.
In Brooklyn a dog caused a 25 ton trailer crash after darting into traffic. The driver hit brakes to avoid the animal. the truck became a $4,000 wreck. Traffic was held for two hours as responders cleared the scene.
Fragmentary note suggests testing petroleum jelly for skin healing between thumb and finger areas. Mentions bruises and skin irritation, with unclear references to size, placement, or method.
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