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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1951
Page
10
Three year old Esther Sorenson emptied ash trays into the toilet and flushed a $70 roll of bills mistaken for refuse. The incident at the Sorenson home in Seattle involved a large sum of cash hidden in green colored wrappers.
Detective Wil bert Metzler testified that at a Denver barber shop he bought a football parlay card for his three year old son and was told how to bet. The barber Virgil Heeron was fined $25 and given a 30 day sentence for gambling.
Chicago awakes to a new policy targeting habitual alcohol abusers on Skid Row. Offenders face a $200 fine or 100 days on a work farm, as Police Commissioner Timothy O Connorsaid the plan would clean up the area and benefit the city.
Hal Boyle delivers a midweek roundup with Akira Ohguchi a Japanese schoolboy who lost a letter and a home in September and asks for pen friend help. The piece weaves in a Joe DiMaggio anecdote, barroom humor, and a Penn State Froth joke, ending with an apology to Bonn and Froth for a prior gag.
For 20 years Linton Brown the town clerk relied on a nickel pay phone at the office. He asked the town council to fund a regular phone stating there is a limit and he has reached it.
An alert across four states asks for Robert Farrington Pett, a 16 year old adopted son of Mrs. Mary Pett, in connection with the stabbing death of Mrs. Pett. Coroner says 20 stab wounds and a kitchen butcher knife used. Pett’s father Harris Pett, manager of the Federal Railroad Retirement Board, was away. time of death given before midnight. Authorities found two empty cars and a torn letter suggesting family distress.
Police report details a bold theft as a suspect robs a woman officer amid a tense confrontation. Authorities seek the culprit, citing a brief chase and ongoing investigation.
An advertisement claims Creomulsion is gentler than rival products and “begs right to the seat of the trouble” by loosening germ laden mucus and aiding natural healing of bronchial membranes. It asserts no narcotics and a money back guarantee if not pleased after many millions of users.
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