04 Dec 1946
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1946
Page
1
A freight embargo on nonessential goods will shutter most High Point furniture plants within days and force others to close within a week, with hosiery and textile plants potentially shutting within two weeks. Exemptions for clothing and overalls are under consideration, with December 15 or December 23 as key closure dates.
Bennington Vermont December reports show searchers hiking Glas tonbury mountain at dawn seeking Paula Welden an 18 year old Bennington college sophomore missing since Sunday from campus. Four sightings are noted including a Stamford Connecticut industrial engineer’s daughter on Long Trail. A night watchman saw her continue uphill after asking distance to the trail end.
Official weather data show North Carolina turning fair and warmer with a clear to partly cloudy pattern. Overnight temperatures expected around 30s interior and mid 30s in coastal areas, with a mild, not very cold night. Thursday predicts continued fair skies and higher temperatures.
Henderson North Carolina December 4 a morning blaze destroyed five businesses including the Henderson Daily Dispatch plant and caused more than 75000 in damage editor Henry A Dennis said the Dispatch plant was three fourths destroyed forcing suspension of publication for an indeterminate period fire began just before 3 am and burned for about three hours other losses included The Reliable Welding and Machine company Carolina Radio Duffell Electric and a Satterwhite Furniture warehouse insurance partially covered the losses and valuable presses and newsprint were destroyed
A three way contest for the United Nations permanent headquarters appeared likely among New York Philadelphia and San Francisco backers. Russia led the stay in New York movement while Britain backed Philadelphia. San Francisco drew support from Australia and China but a Soviet minority urged eliminating S F as a site and favoring Flushing Meadows New York. The sub committee majority backed San Francisco and Philadelphia as equal top choices after a coast to coast tour.
Seven year old Johnny Vernon Turner was killed in Winston-Salem yesterday when he fell beneath a truck he was hitching to. The tragedy occurred on a city street as emergency responders were called to the scene.
London reports a European industrial crisis as nations cut off from American coal due to John L. Lewis miners strike. France Belgium Italy Switzerland and Denmark suffer immediate effects while Sweden Norway and Germany show limited impact. UK officials say the situation is under review.
Soviet Foreign Minister V M Molotov said Moscow would accept U S proposals on arms reductions as a basis for talks and stated the big power veto would not block controls and inspections. The move drew praise from British delegate Sir Harland Shawcross and was welcomed by Australian officials.
A government order halting rail freight to essential needs hits industries hard as coal strike continues. Measures limit parcel post and export shipments, cut rail passenger mileage, and curb Christmas travel, with officials warning of widespread layoffs and factory shutdowns while coal stocks dwindle.
Rep. Carl T. Durham of Chapel Hill asks Rep. Andrew J. May to order an investigation into leaks of top secret material after Drew Pearson published a supposedly top secret war department telegram from General MacArthur. Durham believes the leakage originates within the department and aims to stop further disclosures.
Four Republican senators publicized a Meader committee report charging immorality venereal disease and incompetence among occupation troops in Germany. The move aims to expose alleged misconduct even as War Department and President Truman question the need for investigation.
President Truman is expected to issue an early statement on the housing program controversy that prompted housing official Wilson Wyatt to resign. White House press secretary Charles G. Ross said the message would be released today or tomorrow, with a definite possibility for today.
Washington reports O Max Gardner former North Carolina governor will become ambassador to Great Britain succeeding W Averell Harriman. President Truman confirmed the appointment at a White House press conference stating Gardner will assume duties at the court of St James once confirmed. Gardner recalled his first trip to England aboard a cattle boat while a UNC football captain in 1905.
Oakland California December brief reports a mass protest walkout by AFL unions paralyzing transit and many city operations. Mayor Herbert L. Beach asks council for drastic emergency powers while unions mobilize, citing clashes and injuries as motorists flood streets and news supplies halt.
Athens dispatch reports bloody outbreaks in the Peloponnesus and interior Greece. a source accuses Communists of provoking unrest to divert attention from border violence and pressure the United Nations. Premier Tsaldaris travels to New York while Greece points to Yugoslavia, Bulgaria and Albania as harboring leftist raiders.
PARIS, Dec. 5. The Communist party failed to elect Maurice Thorez as premier in the new national assembly. Thorez trailed by 91 votes of the 310 needed, as moderates from the MRP and radical socialists abstained, preventing an absolute majority.
Washington December 4 A congressional committee heard natural gas could begin flowing within 48 hours through major pipelines to ease the coal shortage. Gardiner Symonds of Tennessee Gas said work is underway to turn on the system possibly in a day or two, depending on southern Louisiana weather for pipe connections.
President Truman appoints Charles R. Denny Jr of Baltimore Maryland as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Denny had been acting chairman since Paul A Porter left to become OPA administrator The chairmanship had been held for Porter until his decision to leave government service last week
In Washington on December 4 the contempt sentence for John L. Lewis in the ceas strike was postponed to at least 3 p m after a two hour round of private talks among government and United Mine Workers lawyers. Judge Goldsborough had ordered a recess as negotiations continued, with officials offering no comment.
In Raleigh on December 4 a 14 month old child Martha Doraine Abrams daughter of Mr and Mrs James T Abrams was identified with infantile paralysis at the veterans trailer city near the N C State College campus. About 700 residents including 100 children live there and health officer A C Bulla will decide whether to impose a broader quarantine after his later inspection.
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