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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1949
Page
5
Born in St. Joseph Missouri she became the first woman to direct the United States Mint serving from 1933 appointed by President Franklin D Roosevelt and reappointed in 1938 and 1943. The prompt also notes a Hoosier born signer painter and early career path.
Today marks celebrations for novelist Fannie Hurst historian James Truslow Adams and playwright Sidney Kingsley. The trio share birthdays highlighting contributions to literature history and drama.
Estrange is a verb meaning to take away keep at a distance divert from its original use or alienate origin coming from Old French estrangier meaning to remove
The message encourages confidence in pursuing original ideas over the coming year. It highlights the value of a practical, industrious, and sincere personality in the child born on this date, urging steady effort and self-reliance.
Lilian Campbell reports on a poet known for early newspaper poems later collected in books. Notable works include The Old Swimmin Hole Seven More Poems The Boss Girl Old Fashioned Roses The Flying Islands of the Night A Child World and dialect pieces in The Hoosier Book. The poet died in Indianapolis on July 22 1916.
The entry notes the Feast of St Luke, Beau Nash born in 1674, Bergson born in 1459, Thomas Edison died in 1981, and in 1945 indictments of twenty four Nazi leaders after World War II.
A poetic line by Frances Shaw proclaims a vow to follow a beloved man through the rain and storm, seeking warmth and quiet gaze at his home and hearth. The verse centers on devotion and intimate shelter.
Durham October 18 Sir Oliver Franks British Ambassador to the United States arrives for Duke University opening ceremonies this weekend He will deliver the opening address at the General Convocation on Education in the Atomic Age next Friday afternoon The address follows Franks rapid rise from British civil service to top posts and his stay in Washington as ambassador.
In a national championship hand North South pairs reached five odd, losing only two heart tricks as declarer correctly ducked clubs. The play featured a sequence ending with dummy ace of clubs, a dropped king, and light overruffing by West, resulting in an eight trick swing and a defeat of the contract.
Federal Judge Vincent L Leibell scheduled November 9 for the trial of Judith Coplon and Valentin A Gubitchev on conspiracy charges tied to spying for the Soviet Union Gubitchev a Soviet engineer suspended from his UN post will defend himself Coplon former Justice Department employee will be represented by Archibald Palmer Coplon was convicted June 30 of stealing FBI documents and awaiting appeal she is free on 20 000 bail plus 20 000 on New York indictment Gubitchev free on 100 000 bail
An early medical report describes procaine injections into a vein as relieving pain and swelling from fractures and sprains. It notes improved movement, reduced swelling, and better circulation after treatment in about 450 patients without harmful reactions, with enhanced benefit when vitamin C is added in arthritis cases.
Southeast ceramic manufacturers hold a one day conference on structural clay product research at N C State College Raleigh on November 2. Dean Lampe announces insights from the year long work and expects far reaching industrial impact. Delegates register 9 to 10 am YMCA lobby with sessions starting at 10 am. Dr W W Kriegel presides and Lampe welcomes. Reports by Dr W C Bell and R L Crouch and E R Rankin address industrial research. George R Ross will speak at lunch with toastmaster John H Isenhour. Afternoon demos cover light weight aggregates and a college lab tour.
Pleasure craft traffic on the Intra-Coastal Waterway is rising with scores of vessels, from one man launches to multi million dollar yachts, expected in Morehead City by late October for winter cruising. The citys yacht basin now offers an overhead storage basin sheltering twenty yachts, boosting local business as more cruisers visit North Carolina ports and Morehead City.
A U S Department of Commerce representative in Venezuela says American beer holds the edge over local brews. He notes American beer sells for about 1.50 per quart while local beer goes for 0.75.
Dennis Beam, a Shelby merchant, said a pursuing car fired at him while returning from Hickory. Police charged Beam with speeding reckless driving and failing to stop for police. a hearing in Hickory is set for Wednesday after it was revealed the following car was a police cruiser.
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