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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1945
Page
2
Mostly cloudy and cooler today and tonight with light rain in the east. Saturday partly cloudy with little temperature change. Extended forecast shows moderate temperatures with fair weather Saturday and Sunday, then light rain in eastern Carolinas tonight and colder Monday.
The article reports rising domestic dislocation cases after wartime plant closures, with 33 245 needy aged and 6 25 families of dependent children receiving aid in December 1945. Average payments rose modestly, NC paying well below national averages, and juvenile delinquency specialists will expand county work. An oyster pumps 40 to 50 gallons daily in food search.
Twenty eight of forty five governments signed the Bretton Woods pacts at the state department with Czechoslovakia joining last night. The fund aims for eight point eight billion dollars to stabilize currencies and the bank nine point one billion to loan for postwar recovery. Russia, Britain, France and others to contribute major shares. several nations already ratified.
Foreign representatives from Britain France and Spain observed the 1923 naval tests conducted about 60 miles off the Virginia capes. Warships including the New Jersey Virginia and Ostfriesland were used as targets while details on secret data were withheld. Atomic test observers expect future assessments to rely on airplane photography and unmanned vessel instruments rather to surface observation.
Nine persons killed and 11 injured in Jerusalem in a series of explosions and gunfire. Witnesses report six youths, some armed, targeting the police gate with bombs turning the area to ruins. Simultaneous strikes hit Tel Aviv district police HQ as curfew is imposed citywide.
The United Nations assembly in Low is to convene next month after a 4000-word communique from Moscow described as constructive in alishments and restoring cordial relations. Congress, wary yet hopeful, weighed the plan as Bloom called it a step in the right direction.
Maj. Gen. Kurt Meyer former S S regimental and divisional commander was condemned by a Canadian military court to be shot after conviction on three of five charges linked to the deaths of 48 Canadian prisoners of war. The United States church affiliated population is listed as 67,327,719.
The statement outlines a clash between Merritt and UAW officials led by Walter Reuther. Merritt argues the union seeks control over profits and prices, threatens free enterprise, and could undermine anti trust laws. He claims wage disputes affect national policy and warns of a shift toward union managed pricing and investment decisions.
President Truman will deliver a radio speech to the nation between 10 and 10:30 p m on January 3 1946 The address will be broadcast from the White House oval room and presented as a people oriented program not to be confused with the state of the nation message to Congress The exact form of delivery to Congress remains undecided and pending bills will be addressed upon his return from Missouri.
Reports from Saigon say French forces clash with Annamese nationalist units north of the city. French sources say armor and infantry are methodically attacking guerrilla strongholds as irregulars retreat from southern Cochin China.
Crew reported missing off South Carolina coast after Voyager 11 vanished near New York harbor. Voyager 11 with a former army captain and three children aboard was found stranded. all aboard are safe per New York coast guard. The Midget search continued, while the shrimper Dunworkin was wrecked after aiding the Valmore in heavy seas.
A fragment notes that any abandonment of invention and progress must be by congressional action, not by General Motors Corporation. The text implies a legal or policy stance on corporate versus legislative authority.
Liquors advanced strongly driven by Schenley after a solid quarterly showing and split-up talk. Bulova Watch, Dillards, and Mounting profits boosted new highs as Santa Fe, Canadian Pacific, Consolidated Edison, AT&T, Woolworth and Douglas Aircraft led early. Lagging issues included U S Steel, General Motors, Chrysler, Boeing, Westinghouse and others.
New York reports cotton futures opening 20 cents lower to 20 cents higher with midday levels around 23.75 to 24.72 per bale. Chicago USDA notes potato prices in Perth and U S shipments with old and new stock markets steady to slow demand and specific price ranges for U S No 1 and bliss triumph varieties in several states.
Salable 7,500 to 14,500 cattle and hogs with strong outside demand. Barrows and 40-lb plus at 14.85, sows at 14.16. Cattle 3,000 to 3,500 salable, calves 600. steers and yearlings 13.75-16.50, loads to 18.00, heifers 16.00, beef cows 9.50-12.75, canners 7.75, stock cattle scarce.
Holiday influences stall cotton textile business in New York with sales expected to rise early next year after low-cost apparel program details emerge. Woolens and worsteds move to converters as coats and suits briskly absorb goods. rayon markets remain quiet.
Washington reports the OPA predicts a spring return of furniture to market with price controls. Dealers will absorb up to 12 percent of increases from four to 20 percent set by manufacturers. 1942 retail prices for inexpensive furniture may rise about five percent, with medium priced items also scarce during the war.
The San Francisco sanity trial of Mrs An nie Irene Mansfeldt quickened as friend and attorney Vincent Hallinan testified he believed her husband left a loaded pistol accessible to her to trigger death by her own hand. Judge Mur phy warned the jury about speeding the remaining proceedings. The prior verdict found her guilty of manslaughter in the death of nurse Mrs Vada Martin.
Civil War balloons served as elevated stations to transmit signals over long distances to distant points, enabling strategic communication and observation.
On January 9 1793 Jean Pierre Blanchard conducted the first balloon ascent in the United States. The voyage marked a milestone in American aviation demonstrating early balloon flight and exploration.
Raleigh December 28 veteran influx strains college housing as about 1000 more veterans begin matriculation. Chancellor Harrelson calls it the most acute housing problem in the school’s history and appeals to Raleigh residents to rent unused rooms to ease the shortage.
Deputy Sheriff Bob Kennedy of Rt. 1 Thomasville was found in his garage with a gunshot wound to the left chest and listed in critical condition. He was taken to a local hospital after 9 am. doctors cannot yet determine the cause or outcome, and his health had been poor prior to the incident.
Mrs Margaret Bell 80 died at the home of her daughter Mrs Nancy Hodges Paul at 1015 Sherrod Street this morning after two weeks with pneumonia. Born March 30 1865 in Sladesville she was a daughter of T B and Nancy Satchwell Bell. Surviving are daughter Mrs Paul three grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday at 3 PM from the residence with Rev Howard Hartzell and Rev Dan Allen officiating. Interment in Oakwood Memorial Park.
Funeral services for Dallas Ray Long age 24 of 705 Highland Avenue will be held Saturday at 2 PM at the Primitive Baptist church with Elder J. D. Hopkins of Schoolfield Virginia officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery after the body arrives in the city and is taken to the home this afternoon at 2 o'clock.
Funeral services for William Jackson Moss 79 of 604 Woodbury Avenue were held at Brentwood Presbyterian Church with Rev. J P H McNatt and Rev. C M Floyd officiating. Interment was at Guilford Memorial Park. Pallbearers from Numa F Reid Lodge included R E Southard and others. flowers were sent by friends. Masonic rites performed at the graveside.
A prematurely-born baby girl found abandoned in a lobby had 53 foster mothers vying to adopt her. Officials at Northern Liberties hospital said calls came from as far as Jackson Michigan and Kentucky, with the infant nicknamed Mary Christmas by nurses after being born two days before Christmas.
About 120 American civilian engineers, Hawaii residents, will join the U S Army of Occupation in Tokyo. All but one speak Japanese, as they prepare to staff civil service roles.
An estimate places gold worth about 42000 in a one mile by one mile ocean area and 89 feet deep. Researchers or treasure hunters note the significant value, calculating potential recoverable metal from a defined oceanic segment.
Union Pacific announces a leadership shift with George F. Ashby succeeding William Martin Jeffers as president. Ashby, 60, a longtime railroad executive from Mt. Airy, N C, is described as affable yet hard hitting and has chaired industrial, contract and budget matters since 1944.
Washington reports the government plans by January 1 to decide if meat ceiling prices will rise as $610 million in yearly subsidies are withdrawn by June 30 1946. Consumers may shoulder about $267 million via higher prices while producers would absorb the remaining $343 million through lower meat animal prices. The total $1 785 billion in food subsidies is to be eliminated by June 30 1946, a wartime measure to curb price jumps and spur production.
N A Hill 79 died suddenly Wednesday night at his Denton area home. Funeral 2 PM at Lineberry Methodist Church with burial in the church cemetery. Survived by two daughters Mrs A R Morris and Mrs J J Cook of Denton a son W M Hill Albemarle and brother A A Hill High Point. Guilford County baby show sold 33 animals at an average of 22.64 per hundredweight.
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