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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1948
Page
2
A North Carolina Wallace for labor movement forms 22 Wallace for President clubs in the state led by Rev. S. P. Manning Mrs J F Scheffer and ed Ross The group plans efforts to boost voter registration ahead of May 15 with clubs in Brevard Asheville Raleigh and Winston Salem joining the drive.
Otis Reynolds of Roanoke Rapids says the nation faces communism and fellow travelers while criticizing the New Deal for aiding them. Sim Delapp of Lexington considers a proposed group election. Ruth Idol wins a state declamation contest as Billie Andrews places second with Dewey Short as a key Lincoln Day speaker.
The piece notes that only inaction in the Senate can kill civil rights legislation, while House rules block such a tactic. No civil rights proposals have surfaced in either chamber since Congress opened, and Southern governors drew encouragement from President Truman’s Jefferson–Jackson Day address. Clark Foreman of the Southern Conference for Human Welfare telegraphed five governors urging the president to ditch the Democratic party.
In Washington Pennsylvania 39 year old Charles Burgess father of eight was electrocuted while trying to recover his son's kite from a power line. He tied a rock to copper wire and used it to reach the kite but the rock hit the high voltage line and he was fatally shocked. Power service was disrupted for over 30 minutes.
In Jasper Georgia the town faced two months of water famine with limited baths and drinking water sent to hospitals. A new 375 foot well and a backwards installed washer caused leaks. plumber Barney N Coleman fixed the system and refilled the old tank.
Washington's weather bureau chief F W Reichelderfer announces ten minute daily weather programs starting Tuesday. The Dumont network will carry the broadcasts via WTTG Washington WMAR Baltimore and WABD New York with weather maps and explanations.
Police investigated a cutting scrape at New Dixie cafe 723 East Washington Street where two Negroes were badly injured about 8 30 p m Henry Ingram 31 year old Negro 212 Beaman Street was held for assaulting one of the victims who suffered severe cuts on his stomach The other patient was struck by a bottle during the brawl Both victims were unnamed and were being treated at Memorial Hospital
The Rev. Ernest J. Arnold of Durham is appointed assistant to the president at Davidson College. President John R. Cunningham says Arnold will lead the school's long range development program. Arnold currently serves as executive secretary of the North Carolina Council of Churches. He is a Presbyterian College graduate and Yale divinity degree recipient.
In Chicago 2,500 patrons rushed from MC Vickers theater after a bystander yelled fight, mistaken for fire. Police detained three men who were fighting in the lobby. Six people sustained minor injuries, receiving only first aid. The Madison Street venue is west of State.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Henretta Macon Cassaday 88 at Flint Hill Christian church with Rev. Charlie Landredth presiding and Oakwood cemetery interment. Mrs. R B Price 64 died suddenly at High Point route 5 with Rev. W H Barker leading a Monday service at Southside Baptist church and burial at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist church cemetery. Everett Lee Goins 44 farmer of High Point died by his own hand. services were held at Asbury Presbyterian church Stokes county led by Rev. J W Brown and Rev. J R Hutchens with burial in the church family plot and pallbearers named.
Stockholm reports from Estonian underground and Finnish circles say Russia builds Baltic defenses toward Leningrad and backs a proposed Russia Finland alliance. The plan would grant Russia base rights and routes in wartime, risking Finland's neutrality and likely occupation while expanding Soviet control along coastal fortifications from Leningrad to Osel.
January and early February saw a 1.1 million drop in employment considered seasonal. Automobiles added 11 thousand workers in January while clothing firms expanded for Easter by 6 thousand. Construction shed 140 thousand jobs, with 1.645 million still in building work, and manufacturing declined by over 100 thousand from December.
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