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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 03, 1946
Page
1
President Truman announced civilian production is higher than ever, with non agricultural employment above V J Day levels and unemployment around 3 million. He warned a prolonged coal strike could derail gains, while wage contracts signal steady reconversion progress and a history making output rate.
Five major labor conflicts dominated headlines as 400000 soft coal miners stayed off the job for a third day. President Ker and special mediator Paul W Fuller prepared to push talks between operators and John L Lewis who signaled no wage or hours talks until in principle a miners health and welfare fund is agreed.
The United Nations Security Council received last minute replies from Russia and Iran on Tehran Moscow talks. Russia said troop withdrawals are unconditional and Iran offered a peaceful settlement if all Soviet forces leave Iran by May 6. The council adjourned until tomorrow as diplomats weigh the response.
Thomas Dixon 82, author of The Birth of a Nation and Leopards Spots, died at his Raleigh home after a long illness. He served since 1937 as clerk of the federal court for the eastern district of North Carolina and planned burial in Shelby, his birthplace, tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. He left politics and preaching roles earlier in his career and drew national attention for his Civil War era novels and screenplay work.
Bert M. Jewell announced that a board of arbitration awarded a 16 cents per hour increase to about 1.1 million railroad workers on 130 class one lines with annual revenues over 1 million dollars. The unions sought 30 cents and two board members criticized the decision as arbitrary and not evidence based.
Gen Dwight D. Eisenhower was named an honorary fellow for life of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for his role in saving art treasures endangered by waning peril. The award was announced in New York on April 3.
Sen. Clyde R. Hoey of North Carolina questions the wisdom of the navy's proposed operations Crossroads test of atomic bombs on Pacific naval units. He warns about potential natural reactions and tidal waves, supports scientific inquiry, and notes growing senate opposition to the tests while discussing the Huffman-Lucas resolution to ban them.
House Banking Committee backs Brown amendment to end price controls once supply meets demand and phase out OPA by June 30 1947. It would task the president with timing decontrol and require a pacing plan, with a next step report by April 1 on scarce commodities including housing.
Official returns from 3 205 polling places show the right wing populists winning with 557 903 votes out of 1 049 570 cast. Liberal 142 038 National Bloc 344 598 and Zervas 52 051 trailed. Leftists urged boycott and postponement. Sir Clifford Norton met Regent Archbishop Damaskinos amid signals the archbishop may resign.
Ford Motor Company announced a temporary shutdown affecting about 18,500 workers in Detroit and 16,500 in branch plants nationwide due to insufficient steel supplies. Production had only recently resumed after prior labor issues with suppliers.
President Truman said inclusion of labor costs in a new farm parity formula would upset the reconversion apple cart. He warned he would veto the wage bill if it arrived with the parity rider as senators moved to link parity to the minimum wage. Meanwhile a compromise bill to raise the minimum industrial wage from 40 to 60 cents an hour was reported, but debate on Commodore James K. Vardaman Jr.'s Federal Reserve Board nomination delayed action until tomorrow.
Honolulu reports a seismically induced tidal wave killed possibly 176 people across regions from the Aleutians to Peru. Debris from Hilo yields seven more bodies as volunteers rush to search amid contagion fears. territorial toll lists 79 dead and 65 missing with major losses on Hawaii.
Manila reports a typhoon with 100 to 115 mph center moving toward the Philippines and possibly hitting northern Luzon by tomorrow. Vice Admiral Kauffman orders Ma nila ships moved 60 miles west to Olon gapo base for protection as fringe winds near Manila rise to about 50 mph by noon tomorrow.
The report lists 73 missing across Kauai and Maui and Oahu along with six additional missing on Kauai. It adds 10 presumed deaths in the Aleutians and one each in California and Peru. About 4,000 Hawaiians were homeless as the Pacific fleet claimed radio contact with all U S naval installations in Pacific islands.
In northern Michigan about 35000 acres of woodlands burned, leaving smoky ruins as firefighters brace for more fires. Officials said flames were under control after winds subsided but forecast 25 mph winds could fan new outbreaks.
Raleigh residents can receive free dental work now through Friday as the state board of dental examiners expands examinations for dentists and dental hygienists. The initiative aims to serve a large number of patients amid a record high 87 candidates for licensure, the biggest in over 25 years.
Lieut. Gen. Masaharu Homma was executed by a U S army firing squad at Los Banos near Manila after being found guilty of ordering the Bataan death march and atrocities in the Philippines. The somber execution was carried out early this morning with Homma facing the hooded ending in silence.
The Agriculture Department offers farmers a futures option to sell now while choosing a future price date. Buyers will determine price by the market on the chosen date, with March 31, 1947, as the default if no date is designated.
Two condemned men Joseph Medley and Earl McFarland escaped from the District of Columbia jail by over powering guards at 4 15 a m and sliding down a rope wrapped in sheets. They stole a car with Maryland plates and drove off while police blocked exits and searched for them.
Five states and parts of 18 others will observe daylight saving time beginning April or while the remainder stay on standard time. Cities to move clocks ahead include New York Boston Buffalo Chicago Philadelphia St Louis Miami Louisville Newark Charleston and Indianapolis. Some cities will ignore the change while others debate a nation wide adoption led by President Truman. Connecticut Massachusetts New Hampshire Rhode Island and Vermont will observe state wide daylight saving this year. Parts of eastern states will have daylight saving while most of the west will not.
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel testified at Nuremberg that many orders issued under his name deviated from international law and that he must take responsibility. He said officers under him were bound by moral and legal principles and noted Hitler as sole commander after 1938. Von Blomberg had resigned and died in prison last month.
Rep. Durham cites worsening rural roads in North Carolina and asks the civilian production administration for 75 replacement motor graders plus other equipment. He warns veterans may be favored in priority, while the state continues to wait for needed surplus machinery and road repairs. Joined by A. H. Graham Tom R. Wolf and Clyde Erwin at the conference.
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