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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1947
Page
2
Simeon, head football coach and basketball supervisor at High Point High School, plans to converse after being unable to reach Carroll. He declines further comment and suggests contacting school officials for details. Both men are in their 10th year with the district.
Warsaw reports Dr. Stefan Jedrychowski says Poland expects imports to reach 510 million dollars this year versus 130 million in 1946 and exports to rise from 120 million in 1946 to 298 million in 1947. He hopes foreign credits will cover a 212 million dollar trade deficit as Poland remains a net importer for reconstruction before becoming a net exporter.
A U S army engineers plan to engineer a flood control project affecting 87 000 acres in Halifax Mecklenburg Warren Vance Granville and three North Carolina counties to protect Roanoke Rapids Weldon and Williamston with 1944 act costs pegged around 124 million dollars and 36 140 000 earmarked for Bugges Island. Lt Gen Wheeler reported 20 million more funds allotted and 80 percent of plans completed.
The article surveys Britain’s challenged ability to sustain political and military commitments amid postwar economic distress and coal shortages. It notes questions about Russia’s aims after backing a U S trusteeship proposal and details Hoover and Truman plans for aid to liberated lands and German relief, with Clayton urging secrecy on relief details.
Snow forecasts and frigid readings sweep parts of the nation. Atlanta records 30 degrees, Augusta Maine 15, Buffalo 19, Chicago 10 with a predicted snowfall. subzero temperatures spread to northern Minnesota and Montana as a cold wave moves in from Canada.
In New York trading on February 28 AP reports a mixed market with modest gains in some stocks while overall rally momentum faded. Advancers included Santa Fe Northern Pacific Anaconda and U S Gypsum. Decliners featured U S Steel Chrysler General Motors Sears Southern Pacific N Y Central Du Pont Douglas Aircraft International Harvester and American Telephone. Bonds were narrow and cotton futures slipped.
Cotton futures opened 75 cents to $1.10 a bale lower with March at 34.60, May 33.42, October 28.67 and December 27.88 in morning quotes. Noon prices showed declines, and dry goods reports note quiet rayon and sheetings markets with limited mill activity.
The text argues that reduced naval strength and weak merchant marine push airborne forces higher value in future campaigns. Maj. Gen. James A. Gavin notes airborne troops target launch sites for missiles, strategic materials, warhead factories, airfields, and sensitive areas, suggesting such targets would suit both enemy and own airborne operations.
Thomasville, Feb. 28 James Cornell 42 Rt 2 Thomasville was bound over for trial in Davidson County Superior Court on charges of passing two worthless checks He was held in jail for a 1000 bond Police said he forged signatures on checks for 33 75 and 29 75 and cashed them at the Paramount Billiards parlor and Thomasville Store company
Coal mine owner Vincent Rizzardi of Pottsville says he has enough money and does not need the 260000 left him by his late uncle in Germany. The 50 year old industrialist is the sole heir of Charles Rizzardi whose fortune is mostly stock in U S companies. He recalls his uncle sending him small coins and notes he will accept the inheritance.
Survivors describe a nightmarish derailment on a westbound train near Altoona. Fire broke out as cars plunged down a mountainside. passengers crawled free, with J B Roebling and H G Cornell among the few uninjured. Officials say the speed reached about 30 mph before the crash.
Green Bay appoints its mayor as official taster for welfare store foods while a Japanese legal tale links a dog bark to labor duty. Independent outlines corrective measures for unions, including compulsory arbitration and anti union shop rules, as Senator Ball pushes for bans despite opposition. Monkeys’ howls echo through the jungle for over three miles.
Friends learn of the death of infant Ray mond Willard Coleman Jr at a local hospital on Thursday evening. Survived by parents Raymond W and Irene Beck Coleman and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs W M Coleman of Macon GA. Graveside rites held at Oakwood cemetery Friday at 3 30 p m with Rev Charles A Epperson.
Mrs. Mattie Lillian Corn age 57 of 1416 Johnson Street died at a local hospital early Wednesday. Services were held at Lebanon Methodist church Thursday at 4 PM with Rev W E McGilvery and Dr C W Bates presiding. Burial followed in Oakwood cemetery with grandchildren and neighbors carrying flowers. Mrs W E McGilvery sang The Last Mile of the Way and Goodnight Here Good Morning Up There with Mrs Hughes at the piano.
Mrs Iona N Morgenstern 46 of 711 Fourth Street died in a Winston Salem hospital after a long illness. Services were at Sechrest Funeral Home chapel with Rev Paul Hardin Jr officiating. Interment at Guilford Memorial Park. Pallbearers listed and floral contributions noted. Mildred Crowder and Mrs Charles McAnally sang During the services.
Funeral services for Miss Georgia E. Long 46 of 755 Main Street were conducted at 11 o'clock Thursday by Rev. Paul Tudor Jones of the First Presbyterian Church. Interment followed in Oakwood cemetery with pallbearers C. L. Monroe W. P. Brown W. C. Martin T. G. Womack Terry B. Andrews and Clyde Wood.
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Whitaker 70 wife of R L Whitaker at Union Tabernacle on Prospect street. Rev Clay J Childress Rev W H Barker and Rev J R Reece led the service with a church choir and Barker trio providing music. Pallbearers were her grandsons Wallace Hinkle Douglas Hinkle Kenneth Hinkle ar Hedrick Calvin Hedrick Billy Hedrick Fred Bame and C Lee. Interment followed at Floral Garden cemetery.
Mrs Mary Melinda Hinson Tucker died at her home Rt 4 High Point. Funeral services were held Thursday at Mt Ebal Methodist church with burial in the church cemetery. Pallbearers included Wayne Kindley J D Tucker Coy Jackson Phil Phillips Harris Jackson Hubert Jackson. Surviving are Julius E Tucker her husband four daughters four sons two brothers and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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