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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1949
Page
2
A strong earthquake struck Hiroshima after noon local time, with Kyodo News Agency reporting no serious damage initially. Several telephone lines were broken and rural mail boxes, many made of galvanized steel, were disrupted by the quake.
The administration drafts a controversial subsidy program aiming to lower food costs for consumers and stabilize farmer income. It would pay farmers cash to cover the difference between the market price and the government support price, funded by Treasury payments.
Report discusses alleged political pressure around North Carolina advertising agency changes since 1937. Key figures include J. L. Horne Jr. and Bill Sharpe, with resignations and leadership shifts tied to state newspaper advertising policy. Problems cited involve sanitation, parks, forestry, and industry development.
Dr C R Hodgin a Thomasville dentist was appointed to the city council to replace Curtis Fields on the Thomasville school board. Fields resigns after five years as chair. Hodgin will serve a two year term along with re appointed Dr R L McDonald and Harry Curlee. Other members include J D Fraley and Russell Van Landingham.
The article lists former state officials including William Dunn Jr and Edwin Gill as they transition to new roles with higher salaries or new ventures. Bruce Etheridge enjoys retirement while managing business interests. Others like Charles Z. Flack, A H Sandy Graham, Baren Jurney, and Carl Williamson pursue law, real estate, farming, or broader private work as the fiscal year closes.
The report notes unemployment in 1946-48 averaged 3 to 4 percent, rising to just under 6 percent by June. Total labor force, including military, stood at 4.866 million with 3.778 million unemployed. six months of current year show about 5 percent unemployment, edging toward eight percent if 5 million jobless marks the danger line.
Partly cloudy and warm conditions expected across North Carolina today and tonight with scattered thundershowers in the interior mainly in the afternoons and evenings. Wednesday forecast includes continued warm dry periods with localized showers possible.
The ECA faces a fight over a 74 million dollar cut for April to June and 50 million dollars in loans to Spain. Senator Robertson predicts battles to restore the cut and strike the Spain loans. Senate must approve before a conference with the House. Chairman Connally expects Congress to preserve ECA usefulness.
A list of thirteen American reporters killed when a Constellation crashed near Bombay during a Dutch mission to Indonesia is reported by The Hague. The victims include Nat A. Barrows James Branyon Fred Colvig Elsia Dick Tom Falco Charles Gratke S Burton Heath Bertram D. Hulen H R Knickerbocker Vincent Mahoney George Moorad William H. Newton and John Werkley with Lynn Mahan another casualty. Two others declined to return citing sabotage fears. The aircraft was en route Batavia to the Netherlands when monsoon weather and a collision with a hill caused the wreck.
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