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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1951
Page
2
In Pittsburgh the National Catholic Women's Union meeting with the Catholic Central Verein attacked high school drum majorette costumes as undress and indecency. They rebut heat defense noting girls wear full uniforms and are not overwhelmed by heat.
Kingston reports the hurricane that struck Kingston last week has raised the death toll to 154 as government officials released casualty figures late at night.
Permits to build were issued today by the City Building Inspector. Amos Frame Lightner receives a one story dwelling on Cedar Street with an estimated cost of 3000 dollars. George Welch receives a one story frame dwelling on Parkway with an estimated cost of 8000 dollars.
Registration for the Immaculate Heart of Mary School will be held tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the school located at Montlieu Avenue and Denny Street. Officials note two sessions of registration.
In Fort Wayne Indiana a doctor ordered Harry Wagner to the hospital when he fainted at home. He quickly regained consciousness as two men loomed over him asking where they were from. Wagner fainted again.
President Truman vowed the Oatis case will stay open until William Oatis is released and the AP jailed in Czechoslovakia is freed. He dismissed the Czech ambassador’s view of the case as closed and urged steps to secure Oatis’s release.
President avoids confirming 1952 candidacy while editor Daniels predicts Truman would win at least 419 electoral votes. The exchange includes humor about opinions and Daniels’ Raleigh News and Observer piece. The President notes no consultation with Daniels and treats guesses as up to individuals.
President Truman dismissed rumors of renewed full scale talks with the Communists as unfounded. He backed Gen Ridgway after the cease fire talks and declined to discuss potential government action on the copper strike until the Wage Stabilization Board reports. The note mentioned defense mobilization concerns and the public’s juice consumption.
John Miller reports from High Point on his Scout Jamoree coverage after attending the Seventh World Jamboree in Austria. The Enterprise prints his final two dispatches as the S S Homeland voyage home to New York concludes with reflections on friendship, world peace, and the American Scouts’ journey home to begin school.
A dated stock list shows dozens of companies from Allies like Allied Chemical and Armour to General Electric and Westinghouse. It lists price hints, percentages, and ticker fragments across industries from railroads to oils, chemicals, and consumer goods, reflecting a broad market snapshot.
Gov. James Byrnes criticized the state highway patrol for being asleep at the switch during a Ku Klux Klan rally in Anderson County. He said the constabulary must ensure adequate protection at future klan meetings and cited traffic control and disorderly conduct by armed individuals.
Coach Virgil Yow of Winston‑Vinge spoke at the Sertoma luncheon about an eight‑week tour in June to July with a girl’s team, planning travel by Pan American plane and visiting Chile and Argentina. He described Chile’s cold climate, a heat‑less hotel, and Buenos Aires as the most beautiful city, noting political tensions and disappearances connected to Peron in Argentina.
Armando Lee Fulton 22 pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for a crash in Winston-Salem that killed his infant son. Judge J Will Press Jr will postpone sentencing to later this week. witnesses said Fulton was driving while intoxicated when his car ran off the road, hit a store, overturned, and the infant died hours later.
Denton reports officers found and destroyed two stills along with about 100 gallons of mash and 15 gallons of white liquor last Friday afternoon. The sites were about one mile from the intersection of Highways 8 and 49 in Alleghany township. The report also mentions a bridge relocation near the Yadkin River and various local vacation notices.
The widow of a Winnebago Indian soldier accepts President Truman’s offer of burial at Arlington National Cemetery for Sgt. John R. Rice. Rice’s body was moved from a Sioux City cemetery after officials learned he was not Caucasian. The White House directed the transfer, noting race should not limit patriotic service. Mrs. Evelyn Rice, 29, declined a free burial lot but accepted Arlington as the final resting place.
In Dyer Tennessee Luther Carrell dives into a pond and his two dogs plunge after him. When he calls for help the dogs flee with most of his clothes, leaving him shivering in the water.
Pergoen a completes training and leaves Nursing for a week long vacation. She will rejoin the hospital’s nursing staff after the break.
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