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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1946
Page
2
A U S backed resolution asks the United Nations to urge Generalissimo Francisco Franco to step down and for Spaniards to ensure Franco surrenders power. Additional Polish and White Russian proposals seek severing relations and global economic sanctions on Spain.
The article notes inquiries linked to a Bilbo campaign statement urging suppression of black voters. Bilbo attended most sessions with his red tie and diamond pin, calling the proceedings a flop. Testimony from Bilbo was expected to start Thursday, per Len Ellender.
Minneapolis teachers accepted a settlement granting an annual raise of 1200 dollars and called off a threatened strike. The agreement, ratified by locals 238 and 59 of the AFL, includes a 150 dollar cost of living bonus this month and a flat 600 dollar increase for all regular classroom instructors in 1947. The board plans formal ratification at the December 10 meeting. In St Paul, councilmen proposed charter changes to raise about 3.885 million dollars yearly to address a second week of teachers strike.
Mass walkout from strikes at two downtown department stores prompts 12 hour shifts cancelled and days off suspended. Police escorted 12 truckloads of merchandise through picket lines as AFL unions push for contracts and orders to crafts to observe a holiday today. Alameda County CIO council says CIO members will not cross picket lines.
Portland patrolman Charles W. Heller was wounded in the leg when his .38 revolver slipped from his belt and discharged after Pearl Harbor. He had survived six major naval battles unscathed in World War II. The text also notes a European flower rarity with only 420 of 4300 varieties having agreeable perfume.
Banks fear rapid idling rise as coal stoppage continues. Illinois Central reports 1,100 workers back to work in Paducah, Kentucky, while plants from Youngstown to Schenectady lay off hundreds. Colorado and Utah mines announce drastic cuts. universities warn heat loss looms. Government talks seek a cooperative plan amid possible violence. Toy trains halted to conserve electricity.
Central and western Carolina regions expected 24 to 28 degrees tonight with 28 to 32 in the east. Sunday promises spring like weather but overnight drops to as low as 47 degrees in some areas and about 30 degrees generally, marking an unusual continued cold snap.
The United States outlines a plan for a merged German zone with a four power commission to draft a permanent settlement. Key issues include Austrian questions, troop withdrawals, and German reparations policy, with costs in the near term and hopes for a self supporting zone in three years.
Local employment office reports fewer unemployed in November and 274 placed in jobs, including 66 women 132 veterans and 27 handicapped. Plant shutdowns due to coal shortages may worsen December figures, with 660 openings at start of November and 546 by month end.
The merger halves the Western zone costs for Britain and the United States, adding about 100 million dollars annually to the U S bill for Germany while Clay forecasts costs to fall over a three year period. The overall deficit for the merger period is about 1 billion dollars. The big four also advance treaty talks with Italy Romania Algeria Hungary and Finland and address Greece Yugoslavia border and reparations issues. Meat tenderness links to muscle fiber diameter, with smaller fibers yielding more tender meat.
A forecast of labor union regulation as big business under federal supervision follows a note on political trends from the 1946 election. Hotels edge toward revenue decline in 1947 amid vacation demand, while men suits face production limits and shifting consumer choices. New snowstorm tech boosts farming, and tax payments dip in 1946 after wartime highs.
High Point firemen fought several blazes in a busy afternoon. A Jeep anti freeze flash fire at 308 West Hicks Street caused minor damage. A child’s candle under a curtain at 817 Morris Street ignited a curtain. A shed at 1209 North Hamilton Street burned out. Two grass fires, one on English Street and another on East Russell Street, were extinguished.
The century of snow rain wind and sun has not erased the wagon ruts along the Barlow road across the Cascade range in Oregon. Walter Meacham of the American Pioneer Trails association scouted the route and confirmed unmistakable signs of the old pioneer road. The Dutch introduced buckwheat to Manhattan Island and grew it there as early as 1625.
UMW President Lewis denounces the temporary restraining order as unconstitutional while the government seeks to widen natural gas supply to the East. Krug forecasts gas flow in days, but Texas officials warn pipelines may take months to convert. Judge Goldsborough plans a contempt question based on a week-old statement by UMW counsel Hopkins.
Market drifted lower in New York trading as liquidation stayed tepid amid declines by major names such as Bethlehem, U S Rubber, Chrysler and General Motors while cotton futures rose early with stronger noon quotes. Bond activity remained uneven and several grains and commodities showed mixed moves.
Republican lawmakers push release of the Meader report on Germany after a committee vote rejected the inquiry. Kilgore resists publication without full committee approval as party leaders plan disclosures to reporters amid ongoing peace talks and public scrutiny. Pennsylvania and West Virginia lead U S coal output. whales breathe air.
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