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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1952
Page
2
Eastern and Carolina flue cured tobacco belts report prices holding steady on the eve of Labor Day. U S and North Carolina agriculture departments note markets will be closed Monday for the holiday and resume sales Tuesday morning.
Washington report from the Census Bureau shows that average per person taxes were 412 in fiscal 1951. Total taxes at all levels reached 63.586 billion, three times 1942, with local, state, and federal components. Local taxes averaged 56 per person, state 8.934 billion, and federal 46.031 billion.
Filue cured tobacco markets on the Eastern and Carolinas Border Belt closed for Labor Day. Prices held steady last week with little change from opening week. Average prices across the Eastern Belt near unchanged. small changes of 1 to 2 dollars per hundred pounds with gains and losses about even. Top price reported near 70 dollars per hundred pounds.
A compact crossword style list of clues and partial word prompts across horizontal and vertical entries. The grid references include gods, demigods, poets, statesmen, coins, plants, measurements, and various common terms.
A fragmentary OCR list presents clues and numbers such as 40 Pieces of quartz 25 Harness part 41 Move 26 Opera singer sideways 27 Rebounding 42 Greek letter 28 Brain passage 43 Soon 29 European 44 Let it stand blackbird 46 College 31 Snuggle official 33 Seaport in 47 Curved Morocco molding 38 Mountain 48 Short letter ridges 40 imitate.
Eastern local time network programs note hour subtraction for central and two hours for mountain regions. Stations may adjust relay times to fit schedules but last minute changes are not included.
A dense listing of 6:00 to 11:45 program blocks across stations CBS, NBC, and others. Includes news, commentary, crime fighters, concerts, dramas, game shows, and late films with multiple show titles and host names.
Aboard USS Boxer American pilots on their first Korean War border flight reported a view of Soviet territory near the oil refinery at Oaji and the hydrogen plant at Musan. They saw mountains and smoke but no MIGs or civilians while staying on the border.
Oswald Jacoby analyzes a bridge hand where South misjudged early play and failed to account for trump and suit breaks. He shows a simpler plan using a trump return in dummy to force East’s duck and ensure the crossruff leads to the contract’s success.
Arnall urged a stronger, more effective price controls law to curb inflation and warned of rising living costs before the Carolinas Association of Retail Clothiers and Furnishers. He pressed for a special session of Congress and criticized last spring's weakening of controls, noting defense spending and drought as price pressures.
PANMUNJOM Korea Communists accused the United Nations of incessant barbarous action in a formal protest over mistreatment of Red war prisoners. North Korean Gen Nam I said he sought a responsible accounting of an incident last Thursday where prisoners were wounded. A U N prison command said two more incidents occurred on Kose Island with one prisoner hanging himself and sixteen others injured after refusing to work.
Sen John J Sparkman Democratic vice presidential candidate launches a Labor Day tour in Southern California after California Democrats pledge to stay in the party column. John Anson Ford, a national committeeman, calls Nixon a liability in the state and says he is too young and offers advice to General Eisenhower. CIO picnic near Pico.
G Edward Grammer, 35, a former church usher and WWII investigator, is held on charges of killing his 33 year old wife Dorothy in an apparently staged auto accident in Maryland. Prosecutors call it an almost perfect murder as detectives note a pipe weapon and predescribed scene.
Atlantic City report notes Neva Jane Langley of Macon as a top talent in the Miss America pageant with evening gown, swimsuit and piano skills. Contestants from 45 states plus D C, Puerto Rico, Hawaii and Canada gather for the event with finals to be set after weeklong preliminaries. The winner earns about 50000 in cash and prizes including a new automobile and annual appearances, while others receive smaller prizes and potential tax obligations.
In Greensboro on August 30 a three man peace committee was elected with full authority to decide the disposition of the 25000 dollar surplus of the Better Schools and Roads Corporation. The panel received a no hands tied go ahead signal and must spend the money within the charter purposes.
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