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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1950
Page
2
Officials say meat will stay under price control until rationing begins. They oppose ceilings on meat and argue that price limits without rationing could favor near production centers and cause shortages in distant areas, a situation seen in the last war.
The State Utilities Commission yesterday authorized Western Union to start a 10 cent fee for confirming messages. The charge covers the cost of making the messages and mailing or delivering them to patrons.
Atlantic pact leaders outlined a plan to mobilize about 150000 Allied troops and form 5000 strong German brigades scattered along a broad European front from the Arctic to the Aegean. Germany would lose a general staff and heavy arms while integrating into an alliance defense force under an appointed supreme commander. Eisenhower is linked as potential supreme commander with possible staff chiefs Gruenther or Montgomery and a French commander for European land forces.
A fragment from page one-a notes a stunned reaction and urges to focus on real purpose amid political distemper. The piece mentions North America density at 21.3 persons per square mile.
U S forces begin orderly retreat from Hungnam with Tenth Corps and Third and Capital divisions pulling back toward the coast. Evacuation under attack, ships load men and matériel amid damaged port facilities as civilians watch.
Three doctors assess the defendant after a court outburst interrupts the proceeding. Chief Judge Maginot orders the defendant back to a nearby cell until she calms. The doctors report the outburst seems nervous in origin during the Buchenwald atrocity trial.
President Truman to address Friday while senators Taft and Dewey weigh expansion of military force. Discussion centers on air power and manpower with focus on mobilization and economic controls. National Security Resources Board approves plan to expand steel facilities for $470 million, aiding supplies. Twenty six injured in Milan to Calvi Express crash in Switzerland amid heavy snow.
A Swiss airliner on a refueling stop from Switzerland to New York struck a guide light pole and skidded into a bog, bursting into flames. Thirty one aboard with 11 crew and several passengers reportedly injured as they were evacuated before the fire.
Nine to sixteen wounded soldiers, including ten Korean War casualties, arrived at Valley Forge Army Hospital from the Changjin reservoir sector. Officials delayed releasing names until families are notified as hospital staff treated frostbitten and injured personnel.
Dr C T Binkley of Louisville has accepted the presidency of the new Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary at Wake Forest North Carolina. The acceptance was announced by Dr Casper Warren of Charlotte NC, chairman of the seminary trustees. The seminary plans to open September 1. Binkley is currently a professor at the Southern Seminary Louisville.
Telltale tracks led a U S carrier's Marine flight to a group of five Reds near Fusen in northeast North Korea. They trailed the tracks for about 20 miles before attacking with artillery and fragmentation bombs, wiping them out.
A physician laments that evacuation offers little safety for locals. He warns that once Americans leave, many citizens, including Chinese and Korean groups, will be killed and cannot escape the land. He pleads for lives to be saved with UN aid.
Amid talk of an emergency mobilization the United States contemplates faster speed drafts and increased reserve callups. Officials suggest a quickened procurement and production in war conditions, while speculation centers on possible new National Guard divisions and broader civilian mobilization.
The speaker proposed enlisting Germans and Japanese, leveraging Asiatic nations for manpower, and tying US aid to reciprocal contributions. He urged Spain to send mercury and India to offer something, aiming to foster a sense of contribution and labor peace through national cooperation. Ford and industry leaders backing the U S as an arsenal of hope by surpassing Russia in production.
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