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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1948
Page
2
The Navy will deploy the 10 000-ton carrier Saipan to Greenland to rescue 11 men stranded on an icecap. Helicopter crews rushed from Norfolk, Virginia, to join the effort aiming to sail by nightfall, with an estimated five days to reach the area amid forecast bad weather.
Rescue operations for 11 men stranded atop a 7500 foot icecap continue. Aircraft including a four engine C 54 transport and two C 82s are ordered to reach the scene. Food medical supplies and a parachuted shelter aid the group as a Christmas dinner plan hinges on successful rescue by tonight.
Tokyo December 24 U P A surprise amnesty freed fifteen high ranking Japanese war criminal suspects at Sugamo prison. General MacArthur released them as Hideki Tojo and six other top war criminals were hanged hours earlier.
Mostly cloudy today and tonight with possible light rain Saturday. Some freezing rain or sleet possible in the northern section late tonight and Saturday. Official weather bureau records list 24 hour temperatures and rainfall for cities from Little Rock to Raleigh with Charlotte at 00 and Raleigh 42 48 00.
Mrs Martha Robson Searles 84 a longtime Thomasville leader died after four years in a local hospital. Her funeral at Fair Grove Methodist was led by three ministers with a long list of pallbearers and honors. interment in the church family plot. A separate brief service for Mrs Mary Bell Pierce 45 killed by a car followed at her mother's home before burial at Mount Nebo Baptist Church near Taylorsville.
Otha C. Shoaf, 57, longtime Mt. Pleasant area resident and owner of Shoaf's filling station, died at his sister Mrs. Virgil Morris's home in Thomasville last night after a six week illness. Born March 25, 1891, in Davidson County, he leaves four sisters and four brothers. Funeral at Bethany Reformed Church Saturday at 3 p.m., burial in church cemetery. Body returned to Mrs. Morris's home.
Miss Hattie Lee Smith died at 208 Centennial Avenue and funeral rites were held at Emmanuel Lutheran Church led by Rev. F. L. Conrad. The church choir performed three selections with organist Miss Haze Lanier. Pallbearers were Melville Sechrest Fred Sechrest Jr Creighton Sechrest Ophir Sechrest Gerald Sechrest and Gilbert Sechrest. Burial followed in the Oakwood family plot.
Denver engineer Thomas B. Burnite argues Colorado surpasses Texas in cubic miles, not square miles, citing Colorado’s greater mean altitude. He lists Colorado at 134,349 cubic miles versus Texas at 86,070, despite Texas leading in square miles.
Christmas festivities and charity events light up cities coast to coast. From Beacon Hill mansions open houses to a Salvation Army party for the sick and needy, readers glimpse holiday scenes from Atlantic City to Philadelphia with carols, charity, and seasonal spectacle.
The Associated Press reports dreary weather for the Carolinas during the Christmas period with possible freezing rain or sleet in North Carolina. Occasional rain starts this afternoon in western North Carolina and lasts into tomorrow with cooler temps through tomorrow. South Carolina sees similar conditions but no freezing rain. isolated showers may reach the extreme north this afternoon or tonight and persist tomorrow. Skies remain overcast and temperatures vary widely.
Canadian fisheries report a wide variety of nearly 60 food fishes. Birds observed bathing as temperatures rise only 10 to 20 degrees above zero, signaling early seasonal activity.
Read states placing lights in poultry houses extends hens daylight, aiming to raise egg output. In a different note, elephants traverse the jungle with a steady silent gait at about 15 miles per hour.
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