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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1950
Page
2
Krock reports the president disputes claims of a police state and Marxist influence, defends fair employment practice plans, criticizes the 80th congress on deficits and income taxes, and recalls Potsdam and the Yalta wartime commitments with Russia during UN talks.
A Bangkok conference on a Moscow China pact drew attention to steps the United States could take to aid Southeast Asian nations under threat from communism. Thai premier Pibulsonggram warned time was short as fears of a strengthened eastern communist flank grew.
Ballentine delegates hear Harold D. Cooley oppose the Brannan plan while advocating a better farm program. Albert Gore and Albert J. Loveland present speeches. Loveland reads Brannan remarks. The bureau adopts seven tobacco tax and auction rule resolutions and honors Dr. Massey and Mrs. Van Landingham for service.
Washington officials assess the Moscow conference as starting a new era for communism in Asia. They foresee Sino Soviet cooperation despite potential conflicts and compare China’s path to Yugoslavia under Tito's independence from Kremlin control.
Mayors and officials from the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers gathered as Truman urged a broad drive against gambling. Denver's Mayor Quigg Newton chaired temporarily while New Orleans Mayor de Lesseps Morrison announced proposed joint federal and state actions. Morrison hinted a pre conference report, noting 10 recommendations but delaying detail until the attorney general's crime conference. He pressed for laws enabling federal power, including a ban on interstate shipment of slot machines or parts.
The battleship Missouri sailed from Norfolk at 7 30 a m for a training cruise to Guantanamo Cuba, its second trip to the Cuban base after grounding in Chesapeake Bay. A naval court of inquiry on the grounding was to finish presenting evidence by today, with four defendants to face further testimony.
Mediators from the Federal Mediation Service led by Cyrus S. Ching and David L. Cole prepared to assist miners and owners in stalled coal talks. Cole carried a letter from President Truman to offer help while avoiding public comments. Key issues include union membership, welfare fund access, and work stoppage clauses amid a looming coal shortage and Taft Hartley court involvement.
Millions over ten years have found relief from itching and smarting piles with a cooling soothing astriment formula. A user testimonial claims itching stopped and sleep returned. Available at druggists for 40c and 70c with money back guarantee.
Col. Jack Finks of the army quartermaster general's office reports efforts to heat clothing artificially and improve cold weather gear. He notes improved lightweight stove, durable Arctic rations, and storage possibilities while studies simulate Siberian and other regional stresses in Lawrence Mass.
New York report says Laird Shields Goldsborough, 47, former foreign editor of Time Magazine, plunged from the ninth floor of the Time-Life building in Rockefeller Center. A Czech jeweler, Joseph Padr, 37, was knocked down but survived with minor injuries. Goldsborough left two notes requesting notification of his wife and brother-in-law.
Washington report details four unions facing ouster under CIO house cleaning. The four groups Mine Mill and Smelter Workers United Public Workers United Office and Professional Workers and Food Tobacco and Agricultural Workers total about 200 000 members and face rapid votes after hearings. Additional unions and leaders named in the anti red campaign include key figures in longshore and marine unions with about 400 000 members facing future probes as Philip Murray shifts support toward anti communist factions.
North Carolina authorities moved to extradite Pelley after he failed to appear at the hearing. The Governor granted extradition but a Terre Haute habeas corpus action delayed the order until March 8. Pelleys lawyers argue he remains in federal custody and that his North Carolina sentence runs concurrently with the federal sedition term. He was convicted in Asheville in 1935 for securities law violations, with a suspended two to three year term and accused of libeling the president by publishing grossly inaccurate reports.
General Collins described U S military efforts to expand anti aircraft units and modernize arsenals with tanks missiles anti aircraft guns and medical research noting a shift toward air defense as other nations pursue atomic weapons. He cited growing manpower and a push to equip units with advanced systems and surface to surface guided missiles.
A fragment notes a 1935 superior court trial in Asheville involving charges tied to organizing a secret political and military organization. The readable text hints at legal action, but details are sparse about defendants or outcomes.
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