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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1949
Page
2
Lewis proposes a plan to balance production between mines as miners hedge shifts from one to five days. Operators warn that added labor costs could price coal out of the market amid fierce fuel competition. The average person consumes about 1,454 to 1,474 pounds of food per year.
Fair and cool today with clear skies and light winds. Tonight remains fair with overnight low near seasonal norms. Tuesday should bring a return to warmer afternoon temperatures as high pressure stays over the region. sunrise at 3 33 and sunset at 7 03.
Official weather bureau records show 24 hour temperature and rainfall to 8 30 am across stations including Asheville Atlanta Augusta Birmingham Boston Charleston Charlotte Chicago Columbia Denver Detroit Franville Galveston Mobile Mt. Mitchell New Orleans New York Spartanburg Tampa Washington Jacksonville and Wilmington with many readings in the 60s to 80s and trace rainfall at several sites.
Fans at a baseball game contributed 459.89 to a fund for a child described as a blue baby. The subject Graham’s father is a sharecropper unable to cover travel costs. three other children are in the family.
Harry Pollitt faced a hostile Plymouth crowd after a four hour confrontation over the loss of 43 British sailors aboard four vessels under Chinese fire in the Yangtze. About 300 police blocked sailors and Wrens as Pollitt slipped from the old corn exchange auditorium through a basement window and fled to a sleeper train to London.
Reported Reds may have seized Kashing the vital rail junction 53 miles southwest of Shanghai threatening Hangchow escape routes. Shanghai defense defers to last man. U S Consul General John Cabot t warns Americans to seek refuge aboard U S navy ships.
Washington April 25 A GOP leader said the party must be a lot smarter than in 1949 to win the 1952 presidency. Chairman Hugh D. Scott Jr. spoke as the national committee’s executive group approved regional conference proposals for next fall. The 23 member strategy committee also backed a centennial celebration for 1954.
The article notes early leaders who left in 1944 after word spread that Reds had infiltrated the organization. It mentions Harry A. Sherman a former Pittsburgh union lawyer listed as the third friendly witness and cites a Slav congress designation by Attorney General Clark as subversive and communist. It claims the LE One report warns communists remain in control and that in wartime many plants are at union mercy.
A bill would authorize payroll funding of 35 million for the first year to attract doctors and nurses to rural areas. Medical schools would receive per student payments based on past enrollments and averages, with dental and nursing education grants varying. No total appropriation is given and hearings are planned. final action unlikely until next year and the national health insurance program would start July 1, 1951.
The Brannan proposal would let prices fall to market levels for certain goods and compensate farmers if returns fall short. It would preserve government support for storables like grains and cotton while ending price supports for others.
The article discusses how consumerists argued that surpluses of tobacco and oil seeds could be redirected to beneficial uses. It notes the role of these crops in stabilizing prices and supporting agricultural markets during periods of excess production.
The assembly authorized a 1.5 million dollar bond to improve seaports and created the state personnel department replacing powers from the budget bureau. Other agency proposals failed, liquor referendum was rejected, and highway staffing moves were trimmed. The state becomes a self insurer for public schools after a 25 percent rise in costs.
The report notes insurance rates on school buildings set last year. It states the failed statewide liquor referendum but passage of bills allowing ABC liquor store elections in 18 counties with county wide votes possible within 60 days of ratification. A mercy recommendation in capital cases may reduce punishment to life imprisonment.
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