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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1950
Page
2
Yomiuri poll of 4,000 residents in major cities finds 37 percent favor creating a defense army while 34 percent oppose it, with others undecided. Public view on UN action in Korea remains split.
Mrs. Dean, wife of Maj. Gen. William F. Dean, 24th Division commander missing in Korea, arrived from Tokyo and said rumors claim he is alive though unconfirmed. She plans to visit relatives in Puerto Rico and at West Point, and would return quickly if news confirms his safety.
Jeanette Lafferty, 25, a fifth grade teacher from Woodbury New Jersey, stopped at a toll house on the Delaware river bridge, paid the toll, parked, and fatally shot herself with a 22 caliber rifle. An unsigned note found in the car read I’m done living. God put me on earth and he is taking me off because I failed miserably. She had just returned home from summer school at Cornell University.
President Truman appointed Col Thom H. Upton as North Carolina selective service director effective Aug 1. Upton, 49, has led as deputy since 1940 and directed duties since 1948, replacing State Adjutant General J. Van B. Metts who resigns but remains in charge of the National Guard. Metts, 74, has served since 1920.
In Yokohama Japan on August 15 refurnish work on prefabricated steel air strip matting flows to Korea bases. Japanese women repair 750000 square feet weekly to lay 5000 feet of runway 50 feet wide under Norman Hickey of Groveton New York in charge.
The piece argues that capital investment per job varies widely from under $1,000 in small outfits to over $75,000 in large systems, averaging about $7,500–$10,000. It covers schools, government, garages, manufacturing, farming, and public investment, stressing that jobs require prior funding and that earnings must be reinvested to create opportunities.
Official weather bureau records show the 24 hour period ending at 7 30 a m with temperatures and rainfall in multiple cities including Asheville Birmingham Boston Charleston Charlotte Chicago Columbia Denver Detroit Evansville Galveston High Point Jacksonville Little Rock Los Angeles Memphis Meridian Miami Minneapolis St Paul Mobile Mt. Mitchell New Orleans New York Raleigh San Antonio San Francisco Spartanburg Tampa Washington Wilmington and more. Readings vary with highs and rainfall amounts indicated beside each city.
In San Francisco on August 15 Nimitz and Halsey told the Disabled American Veterans that Communist aggression must be checked in Korea or a World War III is certain. Nimitz said UN forces must press beyond the 38th parallel to break the enemy’s will. Halsey agreed and urged firmness to avert further conflagration.
AFL longshoremen angered by the Korean War have halted unloading $250,000 worth of Russian canned crab meat from the British liner Parthia. They demand the cargo be sent back to Russia rather than unloaded in New York.
Raleigh August 15 John M Gold 40 year law enforcement veteran to take over the state prison department He will likely be sworn in this week for a 9000 dollar annual salary He has been Winston Salem police chief since 1944 succeeding H H Honeycutt acting director since July 1 Gold will oversee about 9000 prisoners and address personnel problems after former director J B Moore resigned amid labor and material use accusations
A Raleigh dispatch reports a dispute between Chapel Hill Recorder's Court Judge John T. Manning and Highway Patrolman R. R. Thomas over case handling. Thomas had been citing arrests to Hillsboro court rather than Manning's Chapel Hill court, prompting an investigation and a policy reminder from Patrol Commander Col. James R. Smith. The Chapel Hill court will receive Thomas' full cooperation going forward.
Hoboken firemen asked a driver to move his car to clear a one way street for their engines. He jumped on a running board and shouted at them, then was booked on a disorderly conduct charge.
In Okayama near Kobe a Korean Red peace rally erupted into a mass melee as about 700 Koreans clashed with 300 police. The Communist led event defied a police ban. five arrests reported. A separate Kobe demonstration earlier did not turn violent.
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