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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1947
Page
2
Three local Negroes Nathaniel Gidderon Curry Gidderon and Annie Wyatt faced murder and assault charges in superior court over the March 8 slaying of Hezekiah Haygood at his tavern. Police and witnesses described a brutal fight ending in multiple gun and knife wounds.
The article estimates Neptune's surface temperature at about 400 degrees below zero. This extreme cold is discussed in the context of planetary science and space exploration.
Civitan club guests three high school winners from the local Civitan essay contest Anita Withers Rodney Borum and Delores Foster read papers titled Passport to Citizenship Privileges and Responsibilities of American Citizenship and Citizenship and the Citizen Each receives 25 15 and 10 dollar prizes The event featured Holt Hunter Muriel Bulwinkle and Ted Hodge attendance prize went to Arch Richardson President James Rose read a note from Dr Bonner Guilford sanatorium thanking the club for donations
Tarboro faced a $250,000 hotel bond vote struck down after a taxpayer’s challenge to its constitutionality. Superior Court Judge Henry L. Stevens denied an injunction, affirming taxes must fund public purposes. The Nash case reversed several related rulings across multiple counties.
Cannon Mills in Kannapolis re elected all officers and directors. President Charles A. Cannon reported 1946 earnings of 19,060,003 dollars, 18.16 dollars per share, the highest in company history, with 34,569,000 dollars in total earnings. Limited materials kept improvements and inventory down, but profits rose due to deferred upkeep.
Raleigh April 9 Donald Boone Sherrill filed for the labor commissioner candidacy and paid the state election fee as the first to do so. He now seeks business as a consultant on federal wage and hour regulations after leaving the state department during budget cuts.
Current annual consumption nears 177000000000 dollars, a record surpassing even wartime years. Liquid assets exceed 150000000000 dollars available for immediate expenditure. A vast pent up demand for durable goods and a housing boom are projected.
James E. Webb and Ross chaired a session where Nourse warned of a serious inflationary outlook. The meeting yielded no consensus as cabinet members debated voluntary price cuts and wage moderation while urging business to trim price structures. Rep Mason challenged government remedies, urging households to refuse price hikes by avoiding scarce items.
Collisson told Lewis that aside from 518 mines closed as hazardous, pits could reopen if the operator certifies safety and the local union safety committee does not claim imminent danger. Lewis returns before Judge Goldsborough to seek return of all but 710000 dollars of fines from the 17 day strike that began last November.
In Guilford county superior court Lonnie Hayes, 20, was given minimum sentences of 11 years on two counts of incident with intent to commit a crime against two white women, identified by Lillie Farmer and Madge Brewer. Hayes confessed to nine more cases, pleaded nolo contendere, and was found guilty on the two charged.
In a commission discussion on atomic control Russia signaled acceptance of inspection at all stages, with Romyko abstaining from voting on the report, marking the first hint of Moscow's agreement to the key feature.
Chandler stated that due to a series of unpleasant incidents deemed detrimental to baseball the commissioner suspended Manager DuRocher from participating in professional baseball for the 1947 season.
Branch Rickey was too stunned to comment on Leo Durocher's suspension as Dodgers manager. Assistants said Rickey would likely speak later and name a replacement, with Ray Blades the leading candidate and Dixie Walker also favored by supporters.
The proposal argues that German areas now administered by Poland under Potsdam including East Prussia Upper Silesia and northeast Pomerania should be given to Poland. Agricultural lands east of the Oder Neisse lines should largely revert to Germany to aid its economy. The Ruhr and Rhineland should remain in Germany but under some form of international supervision for resources.
A GE Show of the House of Magic will be exploded at the junior high auditorium Thursday at 8 pm. The program explains scientific phenomena using a motor disc, light flashes, and shadow effects. It highlights electric eye demos that turn lights into sound and long-distance beam communications.
The New York cotton exchange nominating committee selects Walter S. Montgomery of Sanburg South Carolina for the board of managers and Gustave I. Tolson of New York is nominated for president ahead of the June 2 election.
New Bern reported that Andrew J. Rifoy Jr. faced 135 years in prison after pleading guilty to mayhem and an incident with intent to harm two young girls. Judge J. Burney presided in Craven County Superior Court.
In Chapel Hill on April 9 a conference on the conservation of marriage and the family hears from Dr. Albert S. Keister of the Women’s College at the University of North Carolina who urges life insurance of at least 1000 for couples after marriage. The event honors the late Dr. Ernest R. Groves and is directed this year by his wife Mrs. Gladys Hoagland Groves.
In Wilmington on April 9 the thief who broke into a diner left a note claiming hunger and offering payment with his coat. He also took food and cigarettes, leaving the coat behind as payment.
E L Patterson, a farmer near Dunn, reported losing 2200 dollars yesterday while traveling to a local bank. He claimed the cash was in an overall pocket and a hole in the pocket caused the loss, prompting a search today with police assistance.
North Carolina FBI chief John C Bills said the bureau averages two arrests daily of alleged military deserters. He cited the recent arrest of 26 year old John Hubert Anderson at his father’s home in Oakwoods Wilkes county, handed to navy authorities as a deserter from the San Pedro California navy base.
Hudson Point and Kirchofer and Arnold Inc announce a change in corporation ownership of the High Point Overall company. The move aims to broaden management and finance to support expansion and capital needs of southeast industry while maintaining Mr. Hudson in management. Anvil Brand garments generate over 3 million dollars in annual sales across 18 states as Hudson Point leads in utility clothing.
Wallace told reporters in London that the Truman plan to lend money to curb Russian expansion might, within three months, set a pattern that leads to war. He urged using American power to aid global peace and productivity rather than splitting the world into rival camps.
The N. Press association will hold its big convention at Morehead City on June 26 28 President Herbert Peele announced. Tentative plans call for opening the convention Thursday night with group meetings Friday morning a dinner Friday evening and a final business session Saturday morning.
Senator Maybank of South Carolina urged Secretary Patterson to bar using American funds to buy cotton abroad for German and Japanese mills. He said it would be outrageous to fund overseas cotton purchases and cited complaints from the American bureau. The War Department undersecretary Kenneth Royall said no definite plans exist and no sourcing decision has been made.
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