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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1949
Page
2
About 31 percent of previous crop lands were allotted for 1000 acre farms with 310 acres for cotton. Despite outrage over reductions, cotton growers voted 89 percent for rigid planting and marketing controls. Brannan and Anderson clashed over administration and leadership as the lunar terminator marks the moon’s day night line.
Democrats expect a civil rights bill to be blocked by southern opposition and a new Wherry rule limiting debate. The fight centers on FEPC and anti lynching measures as Republicans hedge on votes to end filibusters. Senate dynamics hinge on 64 vote threshold and Democratic cohesion.
The weekend saw fifteen fatalities from accidents and violence. Notable losses include Hattie Parker in Clinton from burns, Arthur M Biggs in Wilson hospital after a highway crash, and Linda Joyce Smith near Winall.
A plan for rapid integration of arms equipment and training methods was discussed by the Brussels treaty group Britain France Luxembourg Belgium and Holland. They emphasize cooperative arrangements do not threaten national territorial control. Progress on standardization is strong, especially in aviation with British designed jet fighters becoming the standard for several air forces. Some aircraft and engines of British design are produced on the continent.
Industry leaders push use of Taft Hartley act to force all miners back to work within five days. Negotiations continue with anthracite operators employing about 80 000 miners while UMW says some contracts cover roughly 10 percent of the 400 000 soft coal miners. Hartley urges action. J Don Horner warns Western Pennsylvania coal supplies near crisis.
Death notices report John Robert Hubbard 56 dying and funeral held at Oak Grove Baptist Church with pallbearers and choir. burial at Mitchell Grove. The second notice covers Mrs Connor Liles McDuffie 77, obituary details, service at King Funeral Chapel Rockingham, burial at Savannah Methodist Church Cemetery Lilesville, with survivor list and family history.
Funeral services for 38 year old W Keever Williamson were held at Calvary Methodist church with Rev J Leonard Rayle and Rev B V Broadway Worthville officiating. Burial followed at Floral Garden Park cemetery with pallbearers named. Flowers by Calvary church members and neighbors.
Daniel Grubb 73 a well known Thomasville resident died Sunday at Rowan Memorial Hospital Salisbury after two weeks as patient in declining health He was born September 13 1876 in Davidson County a farmer Survivors include sisters Martha J Grubb and Mary Frances Grubb brothers Levi Grubb High Point and David Grubb Thomasville Route 2 A large number of nieces and nephews Funeral service Tuesday at two oclock from the home Interment in Emmanuel church cemetery family plot
Pletion of designs for warships of the future, based on the leasons of the last war, the world's great navies were following a policy of make-do-and-mend. But there are signs that new fleets are in the making. In the next few years we are likely to see several categories of warships of revolutionary type, among them the atomic bomber carrier, the guided missile control Vessel, the task force command Ship, the anti-submarine cruiser, rocket destroyers, fast low-lying frigates, and gas-turbine ships.
Dr Budd E. Smith and Dr Elton C. Cooke, associate professors of biology, will attend the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in New York City from December 2 through December 30.
The Wake Forest Opera Workshop will present The Bartered Bride on January 12 in the college chapel with Raleigh Civic Opera Association assisting for the third act of Tales from Hoffman. The program follows Wake Forest's first student opera debut.
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