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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1946
Page
5
Economists say it will take a month or two, possibly longer, for peacetime production to rebound after the 17 day coal strike. Steel and automobiles face slower recoveries, with cement and chemicals also hit. wages losses are small relative to total national totals.
President Truman assigns Clark M. Clifford to coordinate labor law revisions aimed at reducing strikes. The young special counsel will gather input from federal agencies industry and labor as part of shaping proposals for the state of the union message to Congress. Clifford, known for role in coal strike strategy, will oversee preliminary work and liaise with officials and lawmakers, seeking a clear concept of labor responsibility.
Thomasville merchants president Ben Harris announced extended store hours to seven o clock nightly on December 20, 21, 23 and 24 to aid Christmas shoppers in Thomasville. Oklahoma opened for settlement in 1889.
The Carolinas division of the National Cotton Council met in Charlotte for a one day discussion of cotton industry issues. Attendees included Oscar Johnston and Dr M K Horne Jr along with Senator Clyde Hoey and George T Ashford. A new Carolinas Ginners association formed from Virginia North and South Carolina ginners groups announced officers and vowed to push for a 100000 acre increase to South Carolina's 1947 cotton quota of 1040000 acres.
The North Carolina League of Municipalities will ask the legislature to allocate one cent of the six cent gasoline tax to cities. Legal consultant George C. Franklin told a meeting that local streets earn 40 percent of all state highway funds. Cities currently receive 1,000,000 dollars annually from the highway department. Similar meetings will be held in Waynesville, Hickory and Charlotte. The Gulf stream’s southern portion is moving at four miles per hour.
Winston-Salem reports the North Carolina state grange asks the General Assembly to raise rural teachers pay. State master Mrs. Harry B. Caldwell told Forsyth amenia grange of substandard certificates among rural teachers and backed better farm to market roads and hospital program papers.
Thomasville court bound over Yantz Petree a 60 year old Winston Salem man to Davidson superior court on larceny and receiving charges for stealing four diamond wedding ring sets valued at 140 dollars from Wagger's jewelry. Petree testified he had just finished a term in Forsyth for a similar attempt and posted a 500 dollar bond. The incident followed a period when the United States had fewer than half a million men in uniform after the fall of France.
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