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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1947
Page
1
Bel gian police used machineguns sabers and clubs to break up a mass protest by former war and political prisoners in Brussels near the parliament. Over 20 injured as 50 000 demonstrators demanded recognition of special status and full pension payments.
Raleigh February 26 A measure to move the state primary from the last Saturday in May to the third Saturday in June was introduced by Rep Blue of Moore to give teachers and of age college students a voting opportunity. The House set a record with 32 bills, including Crissman Edwards and Seymour proposing a state board of practical nurse examiners. A constitutional amendment to remove debt limit clauses for government was sent up by Rep Whitfield. Umstead proposed teacher increments for summer school attendance. Senate approved a measure allowing directors to decrease stock instead of increasing it.
Mount Etna, active on Sicily's east coast, erupted for the first notable time since 1928. Lava advanced about a mile and a half front while threatening Passo Pisciaro and Randaza, with evacuees fleeing and observers estimating flows filling Musumeci valley depths up to 600 feet.
Elmerdor Field Alaska February 26 The second Alaskan Air command B 29 lost in a week on training missions is feared down somewhere near the Alaska peninsula The last report placed the missing ship near Bruin Pass north of Kodiak Island about 10 miles southeast of Naknek The plane carried about 12 men and the gas supply was exhausted around 8 20 a m PST yesterday General Atkinson announced the search continues and weather has improved
Clear to partly cloudy conditions continue today and tonight. Sunrise at 8:53 and sunset at 8:13 mark the day with notable visibility.
Official weather bureau data for the 24 hour period ending 8:30 a.m. with city temperatures and rainfall readings. Notable values include Charlotte 44 with 21 precipitation units and Los Angeles 71 with 0.90 rainfall, while Detroit shows 31 and Evansville 21 with 0.60.
Moscow endorsed United States trusteeship over Pacific islands once ruled by Japan. The move could signal eased tensions ahead of the Moscow conference and potential shifts in East Asia policy. Secretary Marshall declined to comment amid wary expectations from Tokyo and Washington. Senator Wiley voiced cautious optimism.
President Truman appoints Lewis W. Douglas as ambassador to Great Britain. Douglas, born July 2, 1894 in Bisbee Arizona, former budget director under FDR, served in the House for Arizona, and led budget policy before quitting in 1933. He has three children and was a World War I soldier cited by General Pershing.
Washington report says pork price spike is seasonal and housewives will resist high costs. Officials note postwar price peak last October and expect only small or no declines soon. Extended forecast predicts beef prices to ease in spring and summer with more cattle slaughter. More on page 10.
President Truman sent to Congress a draft bill to unify the armed forces under a National Defense Secretary. The plan places army navy and air force under secretaries who report to the defense secretary with cabinet status limited to the top post. The act would create a national security framework and centralize defense planning.
Passaic reports three voters drowned in the ice choked Passaic River while witnesses praise their gallantry. One boy warned rescuers to stay back as the ice cracked and all three slipped beneath the frigid water in a failed attempt to save a companion. a Negro boy was among the others.
Albania blocks AP correspondent L. S. Chakales from entering to cover regional elections. Albanian liaison Nesti Kerenxhi says Chakales was named in a Quisling trial as in contact with subversive elements. Chakales had visited Albania to report on December 1945 elections.
AFL President William Green accuses new labor bills of aiming to destroy unions and curb collective bargaining, blaming inflation and government interference for postwar unrest. He says proposals address neither inflation nor restraint on government action, while Congress pushes compulsory arbitration amid mixed public and legislative reactions.
Senator Bridges of New Hampshire says colleagues should record their views on budget cuts by submitting the White House estimates as a substitute. He urges a public test to show who opposes any cuts while backing a $6 billion reduction in the next year’s budget.
AP text reports Lt. Gen. John R. Hodge warns negotiations with Soviet authorities for Korean unification have collapsed. He cites Moscow’s five year trusteeship plan and conscription of Koreans into the Red Army, while Dr. Syngman Fhee says 500,000 Koreans are being drilled for war. Korea’s strategic value is stressed as central to power realignment in the Far East.
Lake Success New York February 26 The United States is expected to deliver to the United Nations today a pledge to administer the strategic Japanese mandated islands in the Pacific in the best interests of international peace and security. An authoritative source said Warren R. Austin U S delegate.
President Truman named Warren R. Austin United States delegate to the United Nations as the U S representative on the UN commission for conventional arms.
A United States plan seeks UN Security Council backing to place 623 islands under a strategic trustee ship administered by the United States. The move appears as a surprise tactic in the council discussion.
Wisconsin Gov. Phillip F. LaFollette came to the defense of David E. Lilienthal amid questions over accepting pay from a private firm while on the Wisconsin railroad commission. He telegraphed the atomic energy committee that Lilienthal fully explained the windup of private affairs when taking the state post in 1931 and cited his record as wholly honorable. Lilienthal awaits senate confirmation as chairman of the atomic energy commission and may submit a statement to the committee.
Jonathan Daniels replied to Governor Tuck remarking on Virginia as the cradle and graveyard of democracy and questioned the governor’s authority to speak for Virginia. He accused the governor of excessive tone and asserted poll tax issues and disenfranchisement concerns in the South.
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