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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1942
Page
3
A seaplane incident Sept 9 left a crater three feet wide and a fire no. The Army said markings may indicate a code for a bomb factory. Forester Howard Gardner battled the blaze solo and local patrol planes bombed a submarine off Oregon with unobserved results.
Center-Cuary Grant and Jean Arthur headline as The Talk of the Town with Ronald Colman. Paramount presents Gloria Warren in Al wiss in My Heart with Kay Francis. Brdohurst showcases Jinx Falkenburg and Joan Davis in Sweethearts of the Fleet. Jane Wyman Dennis Morgan and Wayne Morris star in Bad Men of Missouri. Building cement is sifted through screens to hold water.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v C Pfont Johnson et al in Guilford County Superior Court orders sale of a High Point lot and house at 11:00 AM on October 17 1942. Commissioner J Allen Austin will offer the property at the Guilford County Courthouse east door with a 10 percent cash deposit required from the highest bidder. Sale details describe the lot’s metes and bounds along Tate Street and adjacent mappings in High Point North Carolina.
Gov. Broughton endorses sweeping reforms at the State Hospital after a board of inquiry, calling for staff removals, better record keeping, expanded farming and therapy, and a unified central board to oversee mental health institutions, with budget and legislative action to follow. The plan emphasizes rehabilitation over punishment, improved dining and care, and expansion of facilities and personnel.
W A Bivins notes 70th birthday of H. Kearns founder of Crown Hosiery Mills born Sept 13 1872 near High Point. He recalls Kearns as civic and industrial pillar, with son’s Trinity ties and Duke chair endowment. Also praises Drs Gray and Stanton, and Robert Ragan for hardware leadership and YMCA support.
Frank Cooper of Statesville, brother of J Ben Cooper of this city, died suddenly last night from a heart attack at his home in Statesville. Funeral services will be held tomorrow at ten thirty from the residence with interment in the family plot there.
Chicago readers are urged by the National Safety Council to use the signaling code V for victory by honking three shorts and four longs at reckless drivers. The goal is to curb speeding and reduce crashes by promoting safer driving through a simple, shared signal.
Mrs Lillie Lawson Wolfe 49 of Dobson died after being struck by a car last Thursday Funeral services were held Sunday at Turkey Ford Baptist Church Dobson Burial followed in the church cemetery Surviving: son Carnie F Wolfe parents James and Lawson siblings Darel Winston Salem William High Point Wendell Baltimore sisters Charles Simpson Cameron Mary Kidd Dobson Marie Dawkins High Point James Carpenter Albemarle Woodmen of the World to elect delegates to district convention in Winston Salem Oct 3 at 7 30 pm at lodge hall North Main Street
A health ad urging constipation sufferers to try Kellogg's All-Bran cereal as a gentle aid. It explains that the cereal acts on colon contents, promoting easy elimination, with advice to eat it often and drink water. It notes Kellogg's in Battle Creek and to see a doctor if not helped.
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