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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1946
Page
2
Local clothing dealers report a bleak outlook with shipments dwindling for three months, suits arriving in five per order, and no relief expected from cotton price boosts. Alton Stutts says hats suits and pants are scarce and no black market exists.
Reported mutiny escalates with four killed and 25 injured as besieged sailors barricaded in Bombay castle barracks resist surrender. Mutiny spreads to Vizagapatam with 600 sailors marching for India, while Calcutta sees a seamen strike paralyzing street transport and provoking police actions. Congress leaders urge Nehru to intervene.
World Today reports that about 400 displaced persons DPs in British barracks include many Jewish survivors from Nazi camps living in grouped rooms with preferential rations and schooling. Some wish to farm or stay in Palestine while two Polish Jews plan to return to Poland. The piece notes a Belsen site visit and British police training in democratic rights.
City Manager Roy Braden said Fairchild Inc will fly an aerial map of High Point within a week of council authorization. The mapping will be mosaic and completed three weeks after work starts, with a one mile survey ring requested around the city.
Katherine Morrow Lent, executrix of William W. Lentz Jr deceased, calls all creditors to present claims by February 2, 1947 and urges immediate payment of any debts. Notice dated February 1, 1946 from High Point North Carolina.
Fair conditions prevail with little temperature change through today into Saturday. The extended forecast from 7 pm tonight to 7 pm Wednesday shows mostly fair weather and above normal temperatures, with a slight chance of showers late in the period.
Astoria reports show the Oregon coast experiencing highly variable winds this winter with southeast storm warnings and local small craft advisories for south-westerly to gale force southeasterly winds. A weather official struggled to manage hurricane flags as warnings shifted between storm categories.
John L Lewis calls a March 11 AFL United Mine Workers policy meeting to consider reopening miners contracts with soft coal operators. The NFTW approves a 17 affiliated union walkout totaling about 150,000 communications workers, potentially affecting 250,000 independent union members including 100,000 AT&T employees. Beirne cites Labor Secretary Schwellenbach proposing a Washington meeting. A 19 hour Duquesne Light strike earlier crippled Pittsburgh business. Independent locals demand a 20 percent wage increase now.
Allied newsmen enter the 2,000,000 city of Mukden in Manchuria for the first time since the war. Inflation soars with food prices quadrupled in six weeks as Japanese war plant idle rate climbs. Chinese municipal leaders and Soviet commanders oversee a tense, restricted city with thousands of troops and a large civilian population.
Executrix Ernestine Grant seeks claims by February 2, 1947 for Mary J. Grant estate in Guilford County North Carolina. A separate service by publication warns Leola Whitehead Powell and James Hoyt Powell of an absolute divorce action filed February 21, 1946, with appearance required by March 25, 1946.
CHUNGKING February 22. A severe famine threatens 4,000,000 people in Northern Hunan as battles waste land and prevent crops. Lingling near Hengyang reports 148 starvation deaths. Relief authorities plan to rush rice and flour to affected areas.
City building inspector issued a construction permit to American Bakeries at 920 West Broad Street to add a brick and steel 42 by 36 foot addition to its plant. The project costs about $20 000. In Persia a temple foundation from 1100 B C yielded painted toys made with animal glue.
Goats, sheep and pigs will stand in for humans aboard target ships in atom bomb tests. Admiral Blandy said a minimum number of animals will be used after exhaustive measurements showed mechanical methods insufficient. Tests aim to reveal biological effects of blast heat light and radioactivity on living subjects.
Dr and Mrs J Esmond Slate announce the birth of a son Joseph Esmond Jr on February 3 at the Boulevard unit of High Point Memorial Hospital.
Hollywood gossip notes Katharine Hepburn, back with MGM in You Were There, saying she earns by turning down stories and staying selective. She mocks the system, recalls stage work, and comments on careers, money, and her approach to film versus stage.
Theodore S. Johnson, state OPA director, warns lumber sellers to obey ceiling prices after 71 concerns investigated in five months, 51 violations, 18 settled treble-damage suits totaling 35 853.10, with 21 cases pending. He says enforcement may include criminal actions and treble damages to stabilize costs for homes and farms.
The national labor board ordered J. C. Spach Wagon Forks Inc of Winston-Salem to cease interfering with employees self-organization and to withhold recognition from an employees club as bargaining agent until NLRB certification is received.
President Truman plans a weekend on the Potomac river aboard the USS Williamsburg with White House staff. He will board the yacht this morning and return to the White House Sunday afternoon.
Tobias Lyerly, 99, Rowan County's last Confederate veteran, died this morning at Granite Quarry. Alex York, another local veteran, resides in China Grove but hails from Ramseur.
A Fayetteville goat dairy firm named Beaver Creek Goat Dairy Inc listed among secretaries of state charters burned in the Thursday batch. The company shows $4,000 paid in capital of $100,000 and operates selling goat milk to the public.
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Buxton February 22 The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey Exploratory well at Cape Hatteras recovered 90 feet of drill pipe and a bit after a Friday twist. Drilling resumes with target depth of 7000 to 8000 feet, granite rock guides the plan. No oil or hydrocarbons have been found yet. The fishing job was described as one of the most complicated in oil history.
Aviation News reports the Tucson Laundry Co launches an aerial laundry run between Tucson Arizona and Nogales Mexico border city. The twice weekly service uses a leased plane from Gilpin Airport and handles 500 to 600 pounds of wash per trip, replacing the former truck route.
PCA announces the second postwar 57 passenger Capitaliner will enter service March 1 linking Norfolk Washington Chicago and Cleveland. The new ship doubles four engine service to Washington Chicago and Norfolk and enables more seats at intermediate terminals while adding daily commuter service between Washington and Chicago.
LAKELAND Florida February 22 Al Benton Detroit pitcher who spent six weeks last season with a fractured ankle is the Tigers first casualty of the year. He sustained a spike cut on his right foot in a collision with Stubby Overmire Trainer Jack Homel said the cut is not serious.
Ancient Coptic bindings reveal that bookbinding was well understood in Egypt in the sixth century. Sheets of papyrus were folded into quires and bound to the back with animal glue.
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