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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1946
Page
5
W A Bivins muses on speaking as a gift vs craft, cites anecdotes of a Confederate veteran speaker and a church orator, notes stage fright and persuasion aim, and weaves in Hamlet tips and Indian summer observations with Mark Twain verse. The piece blends literary references with seasonal weather humor and commentary on rhetoric.
Broadway drama critic Irving Hoffman is noted for poor eyesight and sharp wit in Cosmopolitan. He recounts a producer’s complaint about blind spots in reviews and replies that his nose, not his sight, detects flaws.
An entry defines Indian summer as the period of pleasant weather that follows late summer heat. The term refers to a warm spell in autumn accompanying calm skies and mild air.
A three year-old Sophia girl kneels by her crib and prays with family. She says goodbye in advance that she and her parents will leave the following morning to establish their future home in High Point.
The Piedmont chapter of National Association of Cost Accountants met Friday night at the O Henry hotel in Greensboro to hear Thomas L. Carroll, Wachovia Bank and Trust personnel director, discuss Human Relations In Industry. Over 50 members and guests attended including Elmo Beasley and Clarence Hayes from High Point.
The largest New Mexico city Albuquerque was once spelled Alburquerque in honor of the Duke of Alburquerque, Viceroy of Mexico in the early 1700s.
Aviation enthusiast J W Beasley, a Pilot Mountain resident, owns the 1066 acre peak and is nearing completion of an air park atop its crest. He plans cottages and a two mile road to host cross country air travelers and sightseers. The site already sees light plane landings and offers a dawn to dusk approach with a steep 1500 foot runway.
North Carolina board of medical examiners, in Asheville, granted reciprocity licenses to 52 physicians after an extra session held September 30–October 1. Names include Dr. Harmon Bailey of New York, Dr. James Crowell of Charlotte, Dr. Raymond Adams of Roanoke Rapids, and others from North Carolina towns such as Asheville, Durham, Wilmington, and Charlotte, plus several out-of-state doctors.
Rio reports long term climate data from coastal and interior stations to back up claims of stable weather. Officials note Brazilians cannot recall cyclones hurricanes or earthquakes, suggesting coastal cities lack steel high rises and storm shelters.
Arthur Kirkman will chair the committee to recruit 800 members for the North Carolina Symphony Society with a campaign beginning tomorrow. Virginia Frank Mrs Henry Foscue J Gurney Briggs and Shubal Kirkman sit on the executive committee as the Friday Morning Music study club handles renewals and new memberships. Membership is two dollars with no higher donor options this year to fund the orchestra, which provides concerts across North Carolina to members. In other news the oldest cultivated tobacco specimen in America was found in Bandelier National Monument Frioles Canyon New Mexico.
Corporations that set up officer salaries must pay within two and a half months after year end to keep the deduction. A note or IOU is not a cash payment, per a tax court ruling, though substitutes like cash, stock, or third party notes can qualify as cash equivalents.
In Davenport Iowa seventeen year old Janice Wold brushed a match to the oil store when a radio warning advised that a station attendant had sold gasoline instead of kerosene. She turned off the stove just as a flame appeared. A station attendant later alerted her neighbor found fuel mix up before any explosion occurred.
The text explains that a corporation cannot deduct bond interest owed to a controlling stockholder unless the interest is actually paid within a two and one half month period. The coupon due date after this window is irrelevant under the tax rule.
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