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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1953
Page
2
New York December 12 Senator Herbert H. Lehman urged the fight against book burners and Communists who threaten free inquiry in the United States. He warned vigilance must avoid evolving into vigilantism and denied rumors of resignation, saying he will stay as long as needed.
The Democratic National Committee elected Woodward as treasurer at a national committee meeting with proxies. He succeeds Dwight Newting who resigned, and he is praised as a fund raiser while the party faces ongoing deficits and quotas. Mitchell discussed magazine circulation and plans to stay as national chairman through 1954.
Contractor will supervise erection of the home and a complete materials list is ready. Urgent blocks and many building items are needed and available from Taylor Kennerly at 1007 Wellington St. Donations and volunteers are encouraged to push the goodwill project with site work tomorrow.
Administration officials draft a plan to add millions of contributors and broaden the tax base to fund new benefits. They argue this could justify canceling an automatic tax rate increase from 1 to 2 percent set for January 1. Republicans and others oppose the plan, citing financial soundness and political feasibility.
Dallas report says 22 year old Donald Sutcliffe admitted forcing a Dallas couple to drive him into Arkansas during a drunken attempted kidnapping. He acknowledged molesting the wife twice and faces federal holding against will charges and state armed robbery counts. Bond recommended at 25 thousand dollars. prosecutors seek the maximum penalty.
Philadelphia report on a heated dispute among Republican and Democratic women over the origin of women's suffrage. Kathie Louchheim cites GOP claims of credit while Bertha D. counters with Democratic records from 1913 to 1919. The piece notes party histories in ratification and opposition across states.
New Haven Clock and Watch Co. will receive a 1954 automobile from about 800 union members led by CIO Playthings Jewelry and Novelty Workers President Alex Bail. The gift honors Dr. Max A. Geller for saving the firm from bankruptcy and preserving jobs. Union steward Louis Squeglia calls Geller the tops for keeping the factory operating.
Vietminh launch rapid pincers against Dien Bien Phu as French forces fortify the plain. Vietminh capture Lai Chau, greet a widening Thai country span, while air drops aid French prisoners and garrison. About 3,000 French Union troops held by Vietminh.
Catholic sisters at St. Catherine's hospital urge a route shift for the toll road to avoid 100 feet from the hospital. They fear impact on expansion and patient comfort while a shrine to St. Joseph sits in the proposed path. Mayor Jeorse warned of a one man blockade if the road cuts through East Chicago, and officials agreed to study moving the route south toward Hammond.
Officials of the Chamber of Commerce led by Curtis Smithdeal rallied to unite 13 appeals under the United Fund banner. The move replaced the long struggling Community Chest and culminated in victory announced yesterday, with President George E. Hutchens steering the project from early summer toward realization.
High near 48 degrees today with a low around 40 tonight. Last night’s low was 40 and yesterday’s high 46. Sunset at 5 07 pm and sunrise tomorrow at 7 23 am.
Rep. Hand Hoffman chair of the House Government Operations Committee launches an inquiry into congressional travel abroad this year. He seeks totals, costs, and possible abuses, and may subpoena records if agencies do not provide answers. He questions counterpart funds, military transport, lodging, and the scope of travel authorized this year.
The National Labor Relations Board acts against Furniture Workers Local 576 of California for revising its constitution to remove officer positions from mandatory non Communist oaths. The board orders written explanation by Dec. 21 and warns of possible revocation of the union's certification if no satisfactory justification is found.
Frederick Steeg, 24, a Baltimore steel worker, won a divorce on abandonment grounds from his 21-year-old Seneca, South Carolina wife. They married May 30, 1952. she wrote a four page note blaming him for being too good and advising him not to be too nice to his next wife.
Senator McCarthy says he will question Air Force witnesses next week as part of the espionage inquiry stemming from Army Signal Corps at Fort Monmouth. He moves hearings to New York for four days with morning public sessions and afternoon closed ones. He denies targeting the Air Force as an investigation but cites leads involving Rome Syracuse and Griffis Base. He rebuts Lehman and cites Project Lincoln at MIT as under review for subversion, with no decision yet on Boston-area hearings. He says no FBI reports were supplied without authorization and notes two investigators in Boston examining Communist infiltration in government plants.
A message from a prisoner’s mother in Tokyo prompted fresh attempts to explain to GIs in a North Korean camp. U N commander Thimayya said Americans may publish statements after explanations, with tape and face to face talks prepared for each man. The Reds are using the prisoners as propaganda.
A two seater jet trainer, out of fuel, crashed seven miles south of Martinsville Virginia. The co pilot 2nd Lt C R Craig of Panama City Florida sustained a wrist injury and shock and was hospitalized. Pilot Lt T M Owens was later found alive and not seriously hurt. He reached Martinsville General Hospital about two hours after the crash. The crash occurred in a rain storm with an explosion felt up to ten miles away.
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