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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1948
Page
2
The Appalachian State Teachers College board met July 30 in Boone with V. Al Guire presiding. The graduate school reported 273 in-service teachers enrolled this summer from 60 colleges, the largest summer enrollment ever. One thousand ninety nine students came from 88 NC counties, with 296 from outside the state.
A state board of elections faces a challenge for refusing to count all registered voters who signed the petition even if they did not vote in the recent primary. The move risks court scrutiny of motives and records.
President Truman and family greet residents during a early riser tour, stopping at Ray Wills garage to shake hands and exchange smiles with locals. An aide says no plan for a second extra session exists, with focus on price control housing and other issues.
Funeral services for 67 year old James Edward Austin were held at Main Street Methodist Church with Rev. E M Jones and Rev. W W Robbins officiating. A musical trio provided music and pallbearers included J C Cockman and W D Lewis. Burial followed at Floral Garden Park cemetery.
Edward F. Gordon 73 known church leader of Emmanuel community died Friday night after long illness. Services conducted Sunday at Mt Zion Pilgrim church with Rev. T R York Rev. Lawrence Leonard and Rev A Grout officiating. Pallbearers included R S Nifong C L Bryant John Black Charlie Grubb and others. internment in church cemetery after service by Adult Bible Class members.
Mrs Emma Wardlaw Robinson aged 66 wife of James C. Robinson died Sunday morning after a two week illness. Born December 24 1882 in Anderson County South Carolina she lived on Jacob Street Thomasville. Survived by husband six daughters three sons eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren with funeral Monday at Greenwood Baptist Church conducted by Rev Dave Oldham and interment at Zion Reformed Church Cemetery.
R H Norman died in a local hospital after a five month illness. Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Reed Street residence conducted by Cecil Haworth and Rev Clay Childress. Burial was in Oakwood cemetery. Pallbearers were Arthur Edwards Robert Reece Huston Scarce Ray Davis Grover Hudson and Joe Harper. Floral offerings were carried by friends and neighbors.
Mrs. Jane Templeton of Statesville died at 7 35 p m at Baptist Hospital. Her sister in law Mrs Jessie Myers of 903 Lexington Avenue notified relatives of the death.
Paris Aug 2 Air France held out hope for the huge six engine Latecoere flying boat vanished over the Atlantic Sunday with 52 aboard. None American. The search continues as warships and planes scour the area. Last signal heard near Dakar position 19 27 north 38 25 west. Officials withheld passenger list until the fate of the craft is determined.
Philadelphia August 2 A new Waves recruiting campaign will open enlistments for women sailors in September high school graduates aged 20 or over may apply. Recruits will be assigned to the Great Lakes area. The Waves became part of the regular navy by a July 12 presidential signing.
The NLRB ruled that an Aug 30 election be held at Carolina Concrete Pipe Co. in Iilesville to decide union representation by United States and Allied Products Workers. It ordered Greensboro Coca Cola Bottling Co. to stop refusing to bargain with the Teamsters AFL. It found McKelvie Machine Co. workers not a proper machinist unit as operators also perform foundry and chrome-plating tasks.
Manila reports two B 29 bombers departed Clark field for Japan in a 13 hour 20 minute nonstop flight from Ceylon. The planes will land at Yokota field in Japan after circling the globe.
The article notes that before 1762 life insurance did not exist and insurance commonly covered crop losses or maritime ventures, indicating a focus on property rather than human life risks in early coverage.
A Winston-Salem hospital obituary fragment notes a woman who died after about three years of illness. Survived by husband a four year old son Kenny mother Mrs Jack Little and one sister among two brothers. Funeral arrangements incomplete at this time.
In Akron Ohio a 30 year old wife of a chemical plant worker gave birth to twin boys Charles and John weighing four pounds each. The couple Mr and Mrs Charles E Summers live near Doylbestown. The newborns followed two previous sets of twins Susan and Patricia born May 26 1946 and Michael and Paul born Sept 2 1947. Both older siblings were also premature and the family said the babies were doing fine.
A coroner's inquest into the slaying of Mrs. Mattie Wodall Creech was postponed to 8 p.m. tonight. Her husband James Creech, 37, is charged with murder and held in jail. Mrs. Creech was killed last Wednesday at a cousin's home. Creech reportedly surrendered at the sheriff's office after the shooting.
In a light moment, the cartoon caption shows Wilbur astonished as a character reveals a missing purse with the punchline about ongoing trouble locating items inside it over the past months. The exchange plays on mistaken belongings and domestic humor.
Sen. Ferguson of Michigan said a senate investigating committee will probe censorship charges against Oscar Ewing federal Security Administrator. Studebaker accuses Ewing of ordering advance approval of education office statements and blocking exposes of communism. The dispute highlights tensions within the administration surrounding the Education Office.
Shanghai dispatch says about 200000 Red troops ring Tsinan the Shan dai prevense capital with the city cut off except by air. Americans in Nanking gather for a conference on new military steps against the Red army. National forces claim they dispersed 1000 Reds outside Peiping.
Scattered showers and thunderstorms were expected across the Carolinas with little temperature change. Rain fell in many areas yesterday, easing drought concerns as Raleigh recorded nearly two inches and Spartanburg over an inch. Greensboro Charlotte Raleigh Charleston Columbia listed as receiving precipitation with highs ranging from 85 to 94 degrees.
Mississippi Democratic leaders plan a convention in Jackson to back Strom Thurmond and J. Strom Thurmond Wright as presidential and vice presidential nominees or consider keeping the slate unpledged while reviewing delegates actions from Philadelphia. The session aims to decide ballot listings and reaffirm states rights stances.
The 251st yearly meeting of the North Carolina Society of Quakers opened at Guilford College with delegates from about 14,000 Quakers in the state attending six days of programs and services. Henry J. Cadbury of Harvard will speak on William Hunt in England and on Nobel prize reflections. James G. Vail of Philadelphia discusses Quakers and reconciliation in South Africa and Palestine. Robert M. Jones of Munice will lead forenoon devotions.
EX-EDITOR described a wide network of courier workers tied to Miss Bentley and claimed many more. Budenz spoke of large foreign and Hollywood contributions that sparked internal disputes about funds. He outlined a three part Communist structure from Moscow links to open officials and nominal members.
Congressional committees dig into President Truman’s anti inflation program as they study cost of living issues. Paul Porter criticizes slow committee action while backing possible price controls on essentials and an excess profits tax. McCabe urges stronger bank reserve rules including non member banks.
The Rev. Howard Sargent Wilkinson Wilk inson D D 70 retired rector of St Thomas Protestant Episcopal church Washington and a former parishioner of President Roosevelt died yesterday in Choate Memorial hospital after a period of illness while visiting friends in Woburn Massachusetts He was stricken ill during his visit.
Dr Henry Hudson McMillan, a Wake Forest graduate and long time missionary to China, will give the summer school commencement address August 6. The largest graduating class to date, about 75, will receive diplomas as seniors and faculty gather in academic regalia. The article also revisits a three year retrospective on Hiroshima and the atomic age, discussing global control efforts, US Russia tensions, and future peace prospects through atomic research.
Dr. Maurice Greenhill of Duke University School of Medicine addressed the Institute on Mental Hygiene at Duke Hospital. He cited that one in twenty Americans will enter mental hospitals in a lifetime and that tens of millions need psychiatric care, while North Carolina has modernized its system but faces 74 percent doctor and 80 percent nurse shortages. About forty people attended the sessions.
A middle-aged couple, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Ouzts, were found shot to death in their Winston-Salem home. Sheriff Ernie Shore reported Mrs. Ouzts's body lay on a bed with a .38 caliber pistol nearby. he suspected self-inflicted murder suicide. Coroner Dr. W. N. Dalton ordered an autopsy.
A historical ad touts rapid relief for headaches neuralgia and muscle pains with BC powders or tablets. It claims the same fast formula and notes sizes 10c and 25c with a two tablets equals one powder offer and urges immediate purchase.
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