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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1951
Page
2
The East Berlin youth rally of 500000 delegates faces hunger shelter shortages and disease amid claims of discriminatory food distribution favoring Western delegates. West Berlin plans a counter rally as asylum requests rise to 238 since Sunday.
Washington FBI arrested Maurice L. Braverman, Baltimore attorney for Communist defendants, as part of a Washington Baltimore crackdown under the Smith Act. Braverman, linked to party activities since 1944, joined five other Reds taken into custody and the overall roundup raised to 51.
A crowded stock page lists numerous corporations across sectors from chemicals to railroads, airlines, and consumer goods. Companies such as American Car and Fdy, Eastern Airlines, General Electric, Goodyear, and General Motors appear among many others with varied percentage figures.
In Minneapolis a chaotic raid with twelve squad cars and entry at headquarters failed to link a suspect to crime as one officer asked who would weather the rain and the man replied indignantly. The piece notes a June 30 1951 national debt near 260 billion and total global stocks around 52 billion.
Marcus Roggenburger chats about pretruck delivery days as he nears 35 accident free years with a downtown department store. He recalls a horse drawn buggy with a gold stripe and yellow wheels, praising horses for brains and knowing when to stop while noting modern trucks lack that instinct.
Funeral services were conducted today for Miss Pauline Graye at Fort Clark Baptist Church in Camden South Carolina. Former resident of 611 Elizabeth Street. A joint meeting of the American and Auxiliary is set for tonight at 8 p.m. at Daniel Brooks Center. The Ever Ready Club will meet at the home of Mrs Ola Gardensfield Stone Farm Thursday at 7 p.m. with Mrs Laura Harrington 314 Taylor Street. A call meeting of the El Viernes Club is at the YWCA this evening at 7 30 p.m.
United Nations troops took a pivotal hill in the Kumhwa sector as rain of fire from mortars and heavy machine guns pinned down Communist defenses. The seizure occurred by noon with allied artillery pounding the north of Yanggu and an estimated 200 enemy casualties reported. A surrounding Red counterattack was repulsed and patrols remained engaged in the area.
Washington reports the Agriculture Department forecasts a 1951 cotton crop of 17 266 000 bales up 7 254 000 from last year and 5 236 000 above the 1940 49 average. Aug 1 carryover 1 900 000 bales would raise total to about 19 166 000 bales with 16 000 000 needed domestically and for export. The board notes losses from 510 000 acres planted and an indicated yield of 286.7 pounds per acre, below last year and the 10 year average, amid above normal temperatures and below normal rainfall aiding pest control.
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