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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1951
Page
5
The Atomic Energy Commission outlines advances in using atomic energy for industrial power. Officials stress defense needs remain higher than commercial demand and discuss the timing and control of private versus government involvement in atomic power as a taxpayer funded public resource.
The American Business Baseball Club defeated Mercury 10-2 to win the Boys' Club American Business League championship. After a 7-3 win in Finch Field’s opener, the American Business surged with six runs in the bottom of the sixth, sparked by squeeze plays, Dority’s third inning triple, and Weatherford’s two doubles. Hart and Weatherford led the offense with multi hit games. Mercury’s Brewer and Weisner contributed solid contact early.
Washington senators faced a Tuesday deadline with hopes fading for action on foreign aid worth 7 million, a 96 million defense appropriation, and a 7.2 million tax plan while House adjourned and committee work continued on the State and Commerce bill dates and other measures.
Congress completed action on a resolution extending an interstate oil and gas conservation compact in effect since 1935. The renewal, approved yesterday, extends the pact to September 1, 1955 and continues cooperative action among participating states.
The Soviet Union, after resuming talks, signals it may raise the earlier settlement figure of 800 million dollars or less, arguing that most wartime U S goods had no peace time value. The State Department reports Moscow's negotiators show eagerness to adjust the final terms.
New York editors faced embarrassment after a hitherto unpublished Edna St Vincent Millay poem was attributed to her at age 12 in the August Vogue. Readers noted the poem traced to Robert Louis Stevenson’s Nest Eggs and credited to Millay, prompting corrections.
Bracksville Ohio. Rubber research scientists use radioactive photos from Oak Ridge to test tire tread wear. Dr William L Davidson of B F Goodrich explains hot tires and a Geiger counter show wear in far less time than 5000 miles of road testing.
The U S army will reduce its coffee ration for American soldiers from four to two pounds per month starting October 1 as a major move against black market trade. European headquarters said the post exchange quota drop aims to curb illicit sales where coffee fetches about 8.50 marks per pound.
Top officers study tactical use of atomic weapons during a Carolina war game. Troops including two National Guard divisions bound for Europe learn how to respond to atomic threats and operations. The maneuver features two atomic targets near Fort Bragg and an air field. 82nd Airborne preps for its attack role amid evolving defense lines.
The Navy announced a contract for the first atomic powered submarine. Details were sparse but sources indicate speeds of 50 to 60 knots and a 2 500 ton craft to be built at Groton. Project under the Atomic Energy Commission oversight may test within two years with military implications noted by lawmakers.
Vaughan Winborne of Raleigh seeks the Democratic nomination for the YDC post. Clinton’s Jim Chestnut withdraws. Winborne, 33, would serve with Basil Whitener’s national slate, committing full time to the race and campaign efforts.
The 45000 ton battleship Town will be recommissioned for duty at the San Francisco naval ship yard Saturday morning. Capt. William R. Smedberg III of San Francisco will assume command.
The Piedmont report notes dry soil conditions in the Central and Southern Piedmont harming crop condition with up to half damaged in places. Cotton shows early red damage in the Southern Piedmont but not seriously. Tobacco harvest nearly complete in the Border Belt while Apple harvesting has begun in the Old Belt.
Opening tobacco prices in the Eastern flue cured belt dropped about $1 to $5 from last year as volume stayed heavy but quality declined. Early sales across Selma and Hewame showed lower demand and prices, with low to good grades dominating and nondescript lots fetching up to $23 in some markets.
In Boston, 250 housewives from Brighton turned a registered rega test into a bakery to bake pies cookies and cake for a food fair benefiting Sea Bay yards and preschool children.
A man aged 87, Jacques Romano, appears in a sensational piece claiming extraordinary control over his body. He asserts he can turn on super strength and an apparent anesthetic brain function. He describes extensive breath control and remarkable reflexes.
The White House indicated President Truman will ask Congress for enhanced price control powers. Aides are drafting the message as Senate debate over the new controls continues and lawmakers react to the law's performance. Capehart defends the measure while Maybank signals openness to administration ideas.
Roswell Georgia driver Jack Smith shows unwavering resolve as he battles for a 75 starting berth in the 500 mile Grand National race at Darlington International Raceway Labor Day. After a wreck in the 250 miler at Detroit and a late surge in qualifying, he resumes time trials Monday seeking the big $25 000 NASCAR purse in the Labor Day classic. Time trials run 1 to 5 pm daily except Sunday with the main event at 11 am Monday.
New Orleans report notes Carlos Marcello refused to answer a Senate committee question posed last January during a crime probe inquiry and faced a six month term.
Washington report notes ample Thanksgiving food as the Agriculture Department forecasts a record 52,774,000 turkeys and a cranberry crop about 26 percent above the 10 year average.’autres
Lakeland Florida officials disliked a regret letter to Princess Elizabeth that misspelled their city as Lakeland California U S A. The misaddressed letter listed a City Clerk and Comptroller title and was deemed a clumsy error in the invitation handling.
London officials ordered match makers to pack 47 matches per box instead of 50. The change aims to keep the price at two cents per box, preserving consumer affordability amid price controls.
Six persons were killed and 33 injured when a bus overturned yesterday in Sao Paulo. Authorities rush to the scene as rescue workers pull survivors from the wreck. The accident occurred on a major city road, prompting an investigation into the cause.
Late report from Indian Harbor Labrador on September 6 quotes Robert E Peary stating the North Pole was discovered six months earlier. The message marks a bold Arctic achievement and positions Peary as the lead figure in polar exploration.
The Encyclopedia Britannica notes that brewing beer was a foundational activity in well supplied monasteries, integral to their livelihoods and daily life.
In St Paul Minnesota the 1951 Women's National Amateur trims the field to eight after two rounds. Top players from the upper bracket face morning 18 hole rounds with afternoon matches to determine quarterfinalists. Notable matchups include Len Sigel of Philadelphia vs Pat O Sullivan of Orange Connecticut in the second round.
CHICAGO AP Capt. Ruth M. Miller heads to Camp Atterbury hospital as the first woman in the 13 state Army area to join the Army Medical Corps. Women physicians were authorized last August to serve. Miller, a La Crosse Wisconsin native, previously practiced at Avona from January 3 1948 to May 15 last year.
Among the first bootleggers were the Tuscarora Indiana of North Carolina who carried forbidden rum to tribes in the interior and sold it by the mouthful. The bootlegger chose the tribesman with the biggest mouth as his scale, pouring the rum into a bowl carried as a receptacle.
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