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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1950
Page
2
The piece outlines how the party with the most seats would form a government, possibly needing a coalition if no safe majority exists. It notes potential leaders if Conservatives win, including Winston Churchill or Anthony Eden, and mentions Attlee remaining if Socialists prevail.
Bulgaria announced Pol has agreed to represent her in the United States as the United States broke diplomatic relations with Bulgaria on Tuesday.
Dallas Cutter, Hillsboro grocer and brother of jury foreman Louis Cutter, told reporters his brother's wife Leona died of cancer last Palm Sunday. The disclosure came as jurors toured the scene of Abbie Borreto's death while Dr. Sander faces a first degree murder charge.
A strike settlement appears distant as court moves loom and coal shortages grow. Erie declares a state of emergency with planned shutdowns for Sunday to Monday and possibly another day. Pickets attack non union mines in Pennsylvania. three men beaten near Clearfield. $4,000 damage reported at two mines near Ligonier. Iron Age warns steel mills may cut blast furnace output by up to 5 percent next week. Coal saving orders spread to cities with street lights dimmed and schools closed for heat. Non miners idle nears 75,000 as Jones and Laughlin Steel’s 23,000 workers join the layoff.
The article covers High Point College's inaugural events with leaders stressing reverence for God, optimistic ten year plans, and faculty improvements. It notes previous presidents praised, calls for better salaries, science and arts buildings, and endowments, plus remarks by church and university figures at Harrison gymnasium.
Senator Frank P. Graham is the main speaker for tomorrow night in Wallace at ceremonies dedicating the $40,000 American Legion Memorial hall.
The article reports Britons voting in a close general election with Labour and Conservative stakes high. Prime Minister Attlee and his wife voted by mail from No. 10 Downing Street as crowds gathered for results amid weather forecasts and bobby precautions.
A farmer Gibson shot a soldier who entered his home and attacked him after being surprised in the bathtub. The shooting occurred around 9 p.m. and police noted a separate report of soldiers fighting nearby before the incident.
Members of Congress clash over a voluntary compliance plan to curb employment discrimination. The McConnell substitute fails to win support as amendments expand protections and exclude communists, with a long session ending without final action.
A 106 voice Moravian community chorus directed by James C Pfohl of Davidson College will perform an all Bach program in Winston-Salem on March 19 at 4 p.m. Open to the public, the event honors Bach's 200th death anniversary with two cantatas Kyrie in D Minor Christ Lay In Deaths Dark Prison and a chorale World Farewell. An orchestra of 22 will accompany performing Brandenburg Concerto No 3.
Mrs. Jane Flory at the Jacksonville chamber of commerce answers about 75 letters daily from out-of-staters. She reassures visitors that Florida is safe to work and play, noting questions about alligators roaming streets and highways persist.
Cice ro Bryson a Gibsonville building contractor and former deputy sheriff announced his candidacy for sheriff in the May 27 Democratic primaries. He will oppose Sheriff John E. Walters and favors retaining capable officers while expanding rural policing with modern methods without extra tax cost.
In World War I, ninety eight percent of Marine officers and eighty nine percent of Marine enlisted men served overseas.
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