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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1946
Page
2
Clifton Harding McMahan of 1300 Bencini Street faces reckless driving and in contempt charges to be heard in court on January 8. The case stems from an November 94 accident that killed local youth Fred Max Farlow.
The article notes Tsaldaris seeking Russian influence to stabilize Greece amid Balkan tensions, with Britain defending its foothold in the eastern Mediterranean. It frames a potential UN trial by confronting Soviet aims in Albania Yugoslavia and Bulgaria and questions whether the new peace body can handle such a crisis.
Virginia attorney Verne files suit over soft coal mine shutdowns citing deprivation as a consumer of coal. UMW and Lewis named in affidavit. action to be judged by securities law definitions. Governor Tuck directs AG Staples to study case and join prosecution if justified.
Winds and a deep chill swept the Carolinas to Maine and beyond as temperatures plunged across the eastern half of the United States. New York City dropped to 15.5 degrees, Florida marked 43 at Tallahassee, and Bemidji Minnesota posted 17 below zero as the coldest reading.
Train strike causes a bridge tender to die before hospital aid. Horace Autry, 32, dies in a fire near Oxford. Mitchell Moore, 19, dies as store room burns. Two Wake Forest men, Jesse Williams 23 and Sidney Bell 19, die from Thanksgiving night crash injuries. Two Black residents Len Holland and Bertha Haywood fatally injured in Raleigh area crash. Myrtle DeArmond Starrette, 41, dies after bus collision in Charlotte. Gordon Lee Woodcock, 18, dies in a Kinston area car crash. Abraham Bernard, 67, dies in Winston-Salem after being struck by a car.
The article states A. V. Alexander would become defense minister as a defense scheme unfolds in parliament. Gen. Sir William Morgan, commanding in the Mediterranean, is to Washington as chief of military mission to implement the scheme by year end. Prime Minister W L MacKenzie King proposed the move in April with talks in May toward tying Britain to total dependence on the United States for arms.
Eastern Airlines adds a nonstop 2 a m flight to New York from Raleigh Durham airport, a forenoon service, and a Newark New Jersey flight that arrives here at 9 07 p m after the business day. Total 13 daily EAL flights connect Durham and Raleigh with New York.
United Nations Assembly and Council of Foreign Ministers clash on penalizing postwar aggressors and preventing a new war. Britain’s claim that veto modification is a mere formality sparked a split as the assembly’s committee sent the issue to a sub committee amid possible delay.
The piece notes Molotov’s health losing ground in the national celebration of the Russian anniversary and rising speculation over his possible succession to Stalin. It lists other senior leaders linked to power shifts including Malenkov Beria Zhdanov Mikoyan Andreyev and Kaganovich amid debates on party direction and postwar policy.
A shopkeeper strike in Shanghai is reported as agitators fail to paralyze the city. Wu announces by radio that police were ordered to shoot to kill anyone disturbing the peace or carrying firearms. In Colonial Virginia ten pounds of tobacco offered for every good wool or fur felt hat produced locally.
Funeral services for Clarence R. Eddinger of near Thomasville were held Saturday at 2 PM at Fair View church with burial in the church cemetery. The Rev. C. O. Plyer and Rev. D. B. Alderman officiated. Pallbearers were Cletus Crofts Francis Motsinger Roy Connie and Clarence Carr F. A. Brown. Music included hymns sung by the church choir and a quartet.
Richard Gaston Gregory of Rt. 4 Danville Va died at Danville Memorial hospital after eight weeks illness born December 26 1884 in Elkin to John N Gregory and Kathren Johnson He was a stone cutter for W D We and Company member of Third Avenue Christian church survived by widow Lucy Jones and six daughters in High Point two sisters and one brother and seven grandchildren Funeral from Swicegood Chapel Tuesday at 11 with graveside at Oakwood Memorial Park High Point at 2.
Philip Murray, head of the CIO and United Steel Workers, forecast a strong steel year and substantial wage gains in 1947. He said profits could reach 125 million dollars and argued the industry is positioned to raise wages.
In Chichester England Justice of the Peace A Alwyn ruled gleaning behind reapers remains legal. He stated the public has a right to glean when fields have no stacks left and acquitted two boys charged with taking wheat for chickens after inspecting the farmer’s field.
Federal officials gathered to resolve sharp differences on reopening the contract with the United Mine Workers. If an agreement is reached it could end the strike and return government seized mines to private operation. Officials foresee a lengthy court battle as testimony resumes and potential appeals loom amid contempt charges against UMW leader Lewis.
Sir Edward V. Appleton reported that the British Road Research Laboratory, moved to wartime work at MIT, studied explosion physics. A spokesman said coal mines rulings authorize fines of 1 to 2 dollars daily against striking miners under the Krug Lewis pact, payable after the walkout ends.
Reports say BOAC discussions with Taca Airways could lead to control of Central and South American routes and the Atlantic US connections. A Transcontinental & Western Airlines stake and Export-Import Bank funding are noted possibilities.
New York December 2. The market slipped into lower territory with no clear push. Stumblers included U S Steel Bethlehem Santa Fe Southern Pacific Southern Railway Northern Pacific Great Northern Goodyear Chrysler General Motors Montgomery Ward Woolworth American Telephone Kennecott Du Pont Dow Chemical and Standard Oil. Bonds skidded. Grains were mixed and cotton easy.
Cotton futures opened 35 cents to 1.35 a bale lower in New York with December at 30.73, March at 30.58, May at 29.83, and July at 28.23 as noon prices showed declines of 95 cents to 2.20 from the prior close.
Krug inch pipelines would run 1500 miles from southwest gas and oil fields to the eastern seaboard. Interior official Cr Girard Davidson said active consideration exists to use the lines for gas during the eastern coal shortage but no decision has been reached. Ralph K Davies confirmed discussions with several applicants to operate the pipelines as gas conveyors.
Agonizing headaches and neuralgic pains yield to the quick acting ingredients in the BC formula. BC also relieves muscular aches and functional periodic pains. Be prepared, keep a 10c or 25c package handy. Use only as directed and consult a physician if pains persist.
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