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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1949
Page
5
The Southern Furniture Market expects robust attendance with 5 000 buyers anticipated over two weeks. Paul Casey notes registrations exceed prior markets as buyers plan ahead. Hotels fill early and 115 new private home placements are reported, signaling strong industry demand and cautious inventory plans.
The Catawba River at Rock Hill South Carolina and the First Broad River at Shelby North Carolina overflowed on Saturday after heavy rains. The French Broad River had earlier overflowed in Transylvania and Henderson counties but was back in its banks. No flood threat was reported for Asheville or eastern North Carolina. Farmers moved livestock and equipment in the Catawba lowlands as the river reached the 12 foot flood stage.
CIA Director Allen Dulles testified that many 100 individuals under review had overseas Communist ties and suspected subversive activity while noting the CIA lacks enforcement power. Deputy Secretary Peurifoy said the State Department sometimes admitted aliens despite security concerns after weighing other factors.
Funeral service for Miss Lerren dia Elizabeth Fouts 74 of Fairview church community will be at Fairview Methodist church Monday at 11 with Rev D A Oakley and Rev Plyler officiating. Body to home at 10 Sunday morning. Funeral for Pvt Dempsee Jack Harris 26 who died in Germany in 1944 will be Sunday at 2 at Old Methodist church. Burial in family plot church cemetery.
Final rites for T Sgt Clay Young who was killed in action over Germany on August 9 1944 will be held Wednesday at 11 AM at the Baptist Church of Red Springs. Interment at Guilford Memorial Park at 4 PM with Greens boro American Legion and National Guard honors. He served as a radio operator on a B 24 Liberator with the Eighth Air Force and earned the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters.
Milton Jarrett age 69 of Randleman died yesterday morning from a heart attack born in Davidson County on March 4 1880 he moved to Randleman at age 10 he was married to Cora Warner who predeceased him by six years survived by three daughters Mrs Ted Claeson of Randleman Mrs Ruby Sjames of High Point and Mrs Johnnie Orzuk of High Point two brothers Lewis of Greensboro and Johnnie of Gibsonville one sister Miss Emma Jarrett of Greensboro and five grandchildren the funeral is today at 4 pm from the Randleman Christian church with burial at Mt Lebanon Methodist Church cemetery body at Pugh Funeral Home in Randleman until service time.
North Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Ballentine announced an official three class milk classification plan for Grade A milk purchases from 700 producers served by the Coble Dairy of Lexington. The plan affects 14 Piedmont and Northwestern counties and bases payments on ultimate use while allowing processors to set their own prices under state law.
Weather by mau uu report tours at Sumperature and revitals for the tending 2pm. Principal areas grow and vary by city with readings listed for Asheville Little Rock Albany and others. Temperatures include Chicago Philadelphia Denver Phoenix Detroit and Seattle with variable values shown.
The New York Herald Tribune reported that James V. Hunt a former quartermaster corps officer received a 1000 dollar fee plus 500 per month for a year and 5 percent of gross on any government deal from Paul Grindle a Framingham Massachusetts furniture maker. Grindle named officials Hunt mentioned and Hunt denied attempting to sell influence. Waitt and Feldman denied influence in awards. Waitt had past Capitol Hill ties to the Murray Garson war fraud inquiry and a 1944 trip with a $36 government travel bill. The probe also covered faulty mortar shells that caused 38 soldier deaths.
The Senate debate heats as Taft signals opposition to the treaty while pushing the Western European arming proposal. Morse recalls isolationist ghosts as Jenner denounces the treaty over the Arms Program, and Taft faces opposition from allies and rivals including Van denberg.
In Czechoslovakia the communist drive against church leadership aims to curb Catholic influence amid peasant resistance to collective farming. The Vatican rejected threats to excommunication enforcement and clarified that decrees apply to Communist sympathizers as well. Elsewhere, a dry European summer trims harvests. Cripps travels to Switzerland for health. London waterfront strike persists. Chiang Kai-shek resumes Nationalist leadership in a new emergency council.
The probation director cites a belief in refreshing state staff. After a governors conference, the commission accepted Mr Sample’s resignation effective December 31 1949 and elected Mr N F Ransdell as assistant effective August 1.
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