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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1950
Page
2
Observers note fatigue and despair among winter battle veterans as North Korean pressure exposes weaknesses in flank protection and a possible shift toward a beachhead defense. Analysts warn of uncertain timelines for material production and training needed to counter Soviet supplied weapons.
A corporal nicknamed Mocalis zigzags through command areas in a grove, parks near a trucks, ends up in a four foot foxhole, and escapes punishment with sly luck. His lore includes stealing trucks in Japan before Korea and wry tales of trench humor and stubborn bravado.
Former secretary of war Henry L. Stimson, 82, slowly improves after surgery for a broken bone near his left eye. Doctors Hospital said he has been removed from an oxygen tent and is recovering from a fall at his Huntington New York home on July 16.
Two stage bumper rocket fired at Cocoa Florida proving ground in the first horizontal test. The V-2 main stage with a WAC corporal nose rocket reached about 250 miles potential range, with safety ships and planes patrolling the area.
Present day Indian groups in New Mexico include descendants of the cliff dwellers who once inhabited what is now Bandelier National Monument.
In Berlin East German communists pass a resolution denouncing American actions in Korea and warn of a possible repeat in Germany. The five day convention, watched by Moscow and Cominform officials, ends with an International Peace Demonstration in the Lustgarten in the Soviet sector. The resolution calls for German unification on the basis of the German Democratic Republic as defined by the East zone.
The rubber blade on a car wind shield wiper should be replaced when worn to avoid scratches on the windshield from the metal holder pressing against glass.
U N officials record ongoing actions around Yongdong and Kumchon with American air support and ground forces engaging Red infantry and tanks. Reports describe Red second division columns near Poun and Hamchang with mountainous terrain complicating advances.
In medieval inns floor care relied on replacing reed coverings rather than cleaning. Reeds were laid on clay floors and swept away when dirty or worn, then a fresh layer was laid to restore the surface.
Morro Rock near San Luis Obispo California rises 576 feet above a shallow sea lagoon and has earned the nickname the Gi braltar of the Pacific due to its imposing prominence.
U S Department of Agriculture experiments with sprays to speed apple ripening. Seeds of the butter tree butyrospermum parkii dried and boiled in water produce a high quality butter that keeps indefinitely without salt.
At least ten persons met violent deaths in North Carolina over the weekend. Eight were killed in automobile crashes, one shot and one suicide. Names include Effie Johnson Lassiter a Chapel Hill teacher and J O Gaither of Delta Inc in Charlotte.
In Cleveland on July 24 two men wearing silk-stocking masks broke into a Roman Catholic parish house and robbed three priests of 13000 dollars. They cut phone lines, used flashlights, and fled before dawn after binding the priests. Monsignor John Mlotkowski was slugged but not seriously hurt and handed over 7000 dollars from a canvas bag plus money from the safe.
A AP report cites letters from home urging escape from New York City as atom bombs and Cold War tension turn attention to safer, quieter suburban areas. Real estate brokers note stronger market in country places while city population growth lags, per preliminary 1950 census data.
Soviet navy leaders celebrate naval successes as Moscow pushes expansion and training. U S estimates Russia may have up to 550 submarines and nearly twice the manpower of the United States, with a 15 billion ruble navy budget approved. Bolivia’s Simiono Indians killed sick and aged or deformed infants in reported acts.
Chicago dispatch reports 21 year old Ralph Brown an elephant hunter and trainer enlisted for three years after saying he was tired of elephants He has worked five years for Clyde Beatty and gone on 18 African hunts since age eight His comment the experience may help in the army Also notes Lake Titicaca as South Americas largest lake in Peru at 12 600 feet above sea level.
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