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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1946
Page
1
Paris reports France in an oxygen tent stage of crisis with General de Gaulle viewed as potential leader. His mandate lasts until June while a new constitution is framed and a June election aims to determine continued leadership amid cautious nationalization plans and pressure from extremes.
A 7 10 a m Western Union strike paralyzes international and New York operations. Some 1600 points in New York and New Jersey lose traffic while unions push wage demands and prepare for broader labor actions in steel oil and meat sectors.
In Chicago a parish priest met Suzanne Degnan’s grieving parents after investigators found the child’s severed head in a sewer. The Rev. G Kearney offered quiet comfort as the couple asked if she was harmed, seeking faith amid the family’s shock.
Chicago police launch a citywide search after the six year old Suzanne Degnan is found dismembered with a ransom note. Autopsy suggests rape and strangulation before body parts were dumped in sewer basins near her north side home. Rewards totaling six thousand dollars are offered for the killer’s arrest and conviction. Police interview residents and trace possible leads, including a man arrested in St Louis who allegedly demanded a ransom.
Chungking report says both sides in China's civil strife will issue cease fire orders tomorrow pending formal announcements from Gen. George Marshall and negotiators. Democratic league spokesman cites communist sources that Manchuria would be excluded as government troops advance.
Police officer Frank Hoover wished rookie Tom Morrison a happy 80th birthday. Morrison has served on the Kansas City force since 1897. Hoover, a policeman since 1887, is 85.
Lieut. Gen. Sir Frederick E. Morgan declined to resign as UNRRA chief of operations in Germany. UNRRA in London said he would await fuller information before traveling to London, and officials met to discuss next steps with no immediate action announced expected for at least a week.
In Raleigh on January 8, Senator Josiah W. Bailey spoke to a civic club and opposed legislation allowing fact finding boards to audit employer books. He praised President Truman but warned a 30 percent wage increase would trigger broader rises and social upheaval.
Hollywood January 8 Dorothy Lamour the 30 year old actress became a mother today with the birth of John Ridgely Howard a son weighing 6 pounds 8 1 2 ounces hospital attendants reported both mother and baby were doing nicely William Ross Howard III the former Baltimore Baltimore Md army major discharged last Saturday paced the hospital floor as a proud father in the Good Samaritan hospital scene
Herford Germany reports a period of amnesty from January 11 to January 21 during which no action will be taken against anyone who surrenders arms or ammunition to the nearest police station or military government detachment.
Manila report on the American forces overseas describes “fat-catting” by senior officers as causing hostility among enlisted men and junior officers. The practice involves top officers padding their privileges with luxuries while wartime realities push many toward the front and a harsh demobilization process.
Herman Ivey with the state highway patrol since 1935 is reassigned to High Point to assist Patrolman Robert I. Barr who previously led patrol work there. Ivey has served in Lexington Winston-Salem and Laurinburg and lives at Trinity where his wife teaches in the public schools.
London reports skeptical of Dr Raphael Armattoe's claim that the USSR has developed a novel atom bomb. British sources say they have not seen the statement and doubt the weapon would render Western arsenals obsolete.
Tokyo January 8 The Japanese cabinet weighing whether to resign under allied pressure to purge war makers as Premier Shidehara, recuperating from pneumonia, cannot attend meetings and awaits a final decision after its reorganizing. Allied observers say MacArthur’s disqualification of ultra nationalist candidates may expand independent options yet fail to topple political machines.
President Truman expressed satisfaction with the Moscow agreements among the United States, Russia, and Great Britain on atomic energy and recognition terms for several governments. He stated he has no information indicating the Russians have developed an atomic bomb and would have final say on recognitions.
Baltimore January 8 The condition of Mrs Margaret Garcia who underwent a delicate mid air throat operation aboard a C 47 transport plane was reported good today by Johns Hopkins Hospital officials
The Supreme Court ruled five to eight that constitutional religious freedom takes precedence over private property rights. The decision, delivered yesterday, addresses convictions of two Jehovah’s Witnesses for distributing literature in Gulf Shipping Company owned Chickasaw Alabama, with Grace Marsh at center. Justice Black wrote the majority opinion outlining a preferred position for religious rights and uncensored information for residents of company towns. Justice Reed dissented, calling the ruling novel constitutional doctrine.
Washington reports hint at price increases across labor market troubles. Government wage price officials meet on price concessions for steel and meat packing. President Truman says a steel price rise is likely, but figures and exact amount unclear. He supports a fact finding process with a 30 day cooling off period to avert strikes.
Efforts to avert strikes face setbacks as sectors push for higher prices to meet CIO union wage demands near 30 percent. A third strike targets 200 000 CIO united electrical workers at General Electric General Motors and Westinghouse, set for January.
Mrs. Loys Smith aged 47 from Smithville Missouri died when a rented car overturned near Clear Creek school on Albemarle road while returning to Pinehurst after shopping in Charlotte. Mrs. Benna Kirk Barbour of Pinehurst suffered slight injuries and was treated at Memorial Hospital.
Lt. Col. Gregory Boyington denies plans to marry Mrs. Lucy Malcolmson after her Reno divorce announcement. The Marine flyer called off expectation of postdivorce marriage, prompting shock from Malcolmson and her attorney.
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