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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1945
Page
2
The U S Department of Agriculture anticipates a larger food supply before 1946, which is expected to result in retail prices about five dollars per unit. The outlook hinges on supply conditions and labor factors influencing market costs.
The bulletin notes a rise from 1 to 34 in Albany and a frigid 3 below zero near Bismarck. Florida clears while the peninsula warms in Alabama Louisiana Arkansas Texas and other southwest states. Rocky Mountain snow flurries and heavy rain along the Pacific impact rail road and air travel. Indianapolis buses halted as conditions worsen. Miami and Brownsville report clear skies and a high around 70.
Young reports Chinese troops are retiring as planned from Indo China. France did not request a delay in withdrawal. The China Times ran an unconfirmed dispatch claiming Dec 20 that France agreed to convert Haiphong into a free port.
Durham authorities said Jesse Odell Riggs of Roxboro road was killed last night when struck by an automobile on the highway about 100 yards from his home. Sheriff E. G. Belvin reported the fatality yesterday.
North Carolina Attorney General Harry McMullan issues opinions allowing marriage for 16 and over with parental permission for 14 to 16, and permitting abortion only to preserve the mother’s life. Other rulings cover bail authority, vehicle taxes, veterans benefits, business name filings, bank hours, and banks on federal reservations.
Premier Sutan Sjahrir of the Indonesian republic escaped an assassination attempt in Batavia as an unidentified firearm pierced his car radiator. British military police arrested five Eurasians and a Surinamese. six Dutch-uniformed men allegedly approached but fled when a patrol arrived. Dutch sources meanwhile report two Dutch soldiers killed in Batavia on Christmas Eve by ambushes.
Motors paced a general advance of fractions to around 3 points in New York trading. Gains followed in General Motors Chrysler U S Steel Bethlehem and many large names with U S Rubber Montgomery Ward J I Case and others advancing modestly.
Livestock market report from Chicago on December 26 notes salable hogs 2,000 of 9,000 total with 140 lb plus barrows and gilts at 14.85 ceiling and sows at 14.10. Cattle and calves totals reach 5,500 and 500 with higher prices due to strong demand. steers and heifers up 25 to 40 cents, cows and bulls up to 25 cents, best steer prices 15.50 to 17.75 with some 18.00 loads. top heifers around 17.00, beef cows 9.50 to 13.00, bulls to 14.25, sausage bulls 13.00 down.
The cotton textile market shows restrained activity as holidays influence demand. Mills delay allocations for Q1 while wool goods see limited deliveries against old contracts. Mills await order clearances before new commitments. price order easing for wool may follow due to reduced men’s wear supplies. rayon goods remain quiet.
The Far Eastern Commission departs today for Japan to survey General MacArthur's administration. They will fly from Washington to Pearl Harbor and proceed aboard the USS Mt. McKinley, returning around February 15. They aim to see how U.S. directives to MacArthur have been carried out and consider a rewritten directive.
The summary lists per state tallies of violent deaths with records for 50 states and territories. California leads with 35 2 9, Texas shows 29 0 18, while several states report zero or minimal totals. The compilation notes some states not listed reported none.
DURING the next eighteen months buildings costing between three and four million dollars will be erected here the chamber of commerce announced at completion of a survey.
A spectacular fire swept Hampden Park in Glasgow early today damaging administration offices dressing rooms press box and the grandstand while most seats were saved. Hampden Park, seating 103 000, is Britain s largest stadium and hosts major football matches.
Four Democratic representatives Dickstein Ramspeck Weiss and Woodrum announce resignations effective year end. Death of Representative Ervin prompts funeral plans. false report linked to Senator Reynolds in Palm Beach. House sergeant at arms Romney sets Morganton train transfer and funeral details, with Speaker Rayburn notified.
President arrived back in Independence at 8 p.m. after a day of holiday greetings. He dined with Mrs. Truman and daughter Margaret, hoped to visit his mother in Grandview, and rode through icy routes as a winter storm slowed travel. News crews followed, arriving three hours later as wing ice delayed takeoff for Washington.
In Detroit today pickets at General Motors four Flint plants resume after a four day holiday. Negotiations with the union are set to begin this afternoon, with union leaders and GM officials preparing for talks since last week’s Truman fact finding session. Salaried workers at Buick face larger picket lines while entry is allowed for more than two thousand workers.
Willie Weasel of Philadelphia defeats Johnny Allen in a knockout win. Weasel improves his record as Allen suffers a stoppage in the early rounds at the Philadelphia venue.
Captain Howland reported engines failed and forecastle washed away aboard the Valmore. He cast off near Frying Pan Shoals to anchor but lost the other engine and went dark as the schooner disappeared. Missing crew include J W Watters Dick Williams Paris Willis and J T Willis of Morehead City. The Dunworkin, a Banks coastal shrimp vessel out of Raleigh, aided by Bay Banks Fishing Corp, had Paul Will aboard and was on its first voyage as a shrimper joining Florida fleets.
The London talks on European peace saw renewed collaboration among the big three after the breakdown of the earlier French demand to join all treaties. Diplomatic sources reported renewed intimacy and a more cordial atmosphere among Byrnes Molotov and Bevin, with questions lingering over Georges Bidault.
Funeral services were held for J R Pendergraft 68 former Durham police chief who died Monday at his home in Mebane He survived by his widow six daughters a son and several siblings. A cockroach even when blinded shuns the light and scuttles into the dark.
Maj. Gen. John Marston announced 20 stained glass windows costing 150000 will be placed in two Camp Lejeune chapels. The memorials honor Camp Lejeune leathernecks the fleet marine forces in the Pacific the third fourth and fifth amphibious corps and other marine divisions that fought in the Pacific.
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