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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1949
Page
2
The President urged world unity to avert further wars and aid captive peoples. He argued that freedom and faith, not armaments, sustain strength and lasting peace, calling for generous aid and responsible global leadership.
The report describes Coleman leaping from a road scraper while moving from Louisville corrections camp to Matthew Georgia and attacking a Negro school girl. Capt. B L Tingle, traveling ahead with another road machine, said he waited as Coleman fell behind before catching up.
Inspector Krug says the attempt involved enough dynamite to destroy the UAV building near the GM research lab. Two 90 inch fuses were lit but failed to detonate, and detectives suspect a conspiracy against the Reuthers and the union.
Coltrane expects a fund boost after March tax receipts and says savings from cutting expenditures below appropriations could reach 10 to 12 million dollars over the total building program. He notes the legislature may reallocate saved money to the general fund.
Gerritt Van Daam a 56 year old prominent inventor died after six months illness in Buffalo New York. A native of Amsterdam he came to the United States early in the century and helped direct engineering work at the Panama Canal. He is linked to a World War One aircraft propeller synchronized gun device and held over 100 patents including de icing systems for high altitude guns and aircraft.
Mrs Norman Cole aged 39 gave birth to her 16th child, a daughter, at home in Woodbury on December 20. Thirteen children born in Woodbury remain living. Father, a scrap metal dealer, notes he has 14 siblings and sees large families as no surprise.
The Southeast, Southwest and Far West accounted for 48 percent of national gains in business firms from 1944 to 1949, led by Florida, Arizona and California with 71, 67 and 59 percent increases. Growth slowed by 1949, with 1948 figures below 1944 levels in these areas.
Hollywood reports Clark Gable has married Lady Sylvia Stanley widow of Douglas Fairbanks Sr in a secret ceremony at a Santa Barbara area ranch. The pair plan a Honolulu junket aboard the Lurline before returning to work with Gable’s box office pull.
Textron Inc will construct a rayon mill in South Carolina rather than Rhode Island due to easier financing in the south. President Royal Little said Textron has funded new plants there through insurance companies or banks, noting New England lacks similar support and citing Hartwell Georgia as an example of financed growth.
Raleigh reports Raymond Presnell, a Watagua County farmer, is trying electrically heated bee hives to winter small bee colonies. He aims to produce honey while smaller colonies survive. State College extension expert W A Stephen says electricity could help early brood rearing and faster spring buildup, potentially matching larger wintered colonies. Stephen plans to review results next spring.
Washington reports that radar disrupts migrating ducks but not non migrants. The Wildlife Management Institute notes ducks flare and momentarily lose formation when struck by radar, then regroup and proceed. Researchers caution results are preliminary but may advance understanding of bird migration.
Philadelphia builder John McShain placed oversized signs on the White House lawn as part of a 5.3 million renovation. Public Buildings Administration officials ordered removal stating signs were too large and not in keeping with surroundings.
Raleigh December 21 1949 21 000 cows were bred artificially in North Carolina during the first ten months of 1949 John F Brown extension dairy specialist at State College reported Today During the same period last year 12 600 were bred Anson and Jackson are the latest counties to organize artificial breeding associations With these two units the State now has 50 associations serving farmers in 56 counties
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