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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 15, 1949
Page
2
In Capitol Square Ramsay and Rep Martin clash over a liquor bill with mutual respect cited by Ramsay. The vote 42 to 40 falls along party lines as opponents accuse the speaker of pushing a personal issue, while committee notes address expenses and commissioning.
Henry Wallace sent best wishes to a world peace congress organized by French communist leaders. The congress runs April 20 to 25 with more than 2 000 delegates from over 50 nations expected to attend. He cannot attend due to prior commitments.
Dr Vladimir Korenchevsky, visiting Baltimore gerontology center, argues aging is a disease and unnecessary. He urges international cooperation to pool scientists to conquer aging and unleash wisdom without infirmities. He notes aging standards remain unknown and research is expensive.
The Senate approved a contingent gas tax increase policy and authorized a $50 million bond election to aid counties in school construction. It rejected an anti-REA proposal but expanded the utilities commission from three to five members and advanced measures against unfair trade practices. A $73 million permanent improvements bill for state institutions cleared committee.
Rent Examiner J. F. Jones outlines eviction grounds including lease violations nuisance illegal use and full subletting with required notices to the rent expediter before court action. He cautions that personal or commercial use requires a 90 day notice and petition and insists actions be taken in good faith.
Milan based artist Maggiora leads the schooner Pegasus on a May 25 departure from Genoa to New York with a three man crew and a cargo of evocative modern paintings. The voyage doubles to collect underwater plants for Milan’s natural history museum.
The House released the appropriation bills for the next fiscal year, sending to the Senate a $16 billion national defense measure and a $595 million emergency Veterans benefits bill. The independent offices package totals $7.58 billion, with changes cutting the selective service allotment and adding funds for merchant marine training. The veterans hospitals program faced a contested veto of $237 million in authorizations, avoiding drastic reductions in beds and facilities.
A tunnel bored through 4,190 feet of hard rock reaches the Jimenez River headwaters to supply a new plant. The facility will generate 7,500 kilowatts and raise Compania Electrica de Santa Domingo’s capacity by about 40 percent.
Frank Palermo, stationed on Guam, answered an Olney Mail advertisement offering Whizzer motherbikes. Postal rules required shipping in five boxes by parcel post, costing Palermo over 200 dollars.
The National Safety Council announced public interest award recipients for accident prevention. WGTM of Wilson North Carolina was honored along with 47 other radio stations and 36 newspapers for outstanding ongoing safety information efforts.
Deputy sheriffs report the theft of about 20 dollars worth of meat from the smoke house of W. J. Cox on Highway 62. The theft occurred yesterday afternoon while Cox was away, with three hams taken after breaking the smoke house door catch. No arrests yet. investigations continue.
The weather bureau ordered small craft warnings along the Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras to Brunswick, with fresh to moderate winds of 25 to 35 mph forecast for the coastal stretch.
The weather forecast for North Carolina calls for partly cloudy conditions with warmth today and cooler spells tonight and Saturday. An extended Carolinas forecast projects near normal temperatures through April 20 with a warming trend early next week and light rainfall scattered late Monday night into Tuesday. Gen Lucius D. Clay reported in Frankfurt that Mrs Wilma Ybarbo was freed from a five year sentence for killing her American soldier husband.
Hoyle B. Adams of Hendersonville was elected president of N C State college student government for 1949 50. Adams won the post in a runoff with 1080 votes against 700 for Virgil Mims Jr and 170 for Summer M Caudle Jr in incomplete returns.
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