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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1949
Page
2
Partly cloudy and warmer today with a few showers in the east. Cooler tonight. Saturday forecast calls for fair and mild conditions. Sunrise 6 09, sunset 6 14.
The North Carolina Well Drillers Association holds its annual convention at the Sheraton with 100 to 150 members, factory reps, and exhibitors expected through tomorrow. President R M White and local dignitaries welcome attendees as sessions, demonstrations, and talks unfold, featuring a film on the Byron Jackson Submersible Pump and talks by W H Neal and R E Faw. The program includes officer elections, a heat pump report, and banquets with Joe King as guest speaker.
Methodist church leaders hear Bishop Selecman call for elbow grease and plain work as essential to religion. Conference reports push lay participation, funding for Brevard College scholarships, and broader laymen’s day observance. The text notes the 1789 U.S. Attorney General act.
The article explains per curiam rulings and dissents in the state supreme court, notes the assignment of research by justices, and discusses how majority or dissenting opinions shape final decisions. It also covers a 1940s topic on marine telephone equipment for state patrol vessels and a October 12 law enforcement conference.
Conflicting reports over an alleged rape Monday led Solicitor Louis Fisher to recommend Ner rus H Hicks be released on 5000 bond. Hicks, named by Mrs Robert E Prevatt of Greensboro as the assailant who knocked her husband unconscious and raped her on a Jamestown area country road, had been held without bond in municipal jail pending a preliminary hearing. Hearing tentatively set for Monday.
Attorneys for Canada Steamship Lines warned of a $250000 libel suit against anyone asserting the Noronic captain was drunk when the Toronto fire occurred. The hearing in Cleveland on September 23 addressed libel or slander risks amid the ship disaster reporting.
President Truman will be saluted by a guard of honor and the 82nd division band and other divisional units at 10 a.m. EST. Lt. Gen. John R. Hodges and Lt. Gen. Alvan C. Gillem Jr. will escort the President to view new equipment, followed by a review of 20,000 troops.
A Cannon case ends with mixed verdicts: not guilty on some counts and guilty on assault related charges. The assault with a deadly weapon and serious injuries findings carry potential penalties including probation violations.
U S B Tanner 54 president and general manager of Don Casper Collar and Shirt company in Rutherford was found dead in bed today. He was a member of the town board and a native of Charlotte.
Thomasville records a homecoming service at Greenwood Baptist Church on Pinewoods road. Rev. Dave Oldham will deliver a special sermon at 11 a.m. with lunch on church grounds and special music to follow.
Doctors reveal body odor can occur on thirteen parts of the body beyond the armpits. They compare soaps and find Lifebuoy Health Soap cleans skin more effectively against invisible dirt, guarding all thirteen spots and promoting a cleaner feeling. Lifebuoy, from Lever Brothers, is marketed as mild and suitable for delicate complexions.
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