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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1948
Page
2
Wallace declares world peace the core issue while blaming greed for a perilous path toward extinction. Taylor, nominated with acclaim, argues replacing warmongers with men of good will is the only way to avert a terrible atomic ordeal.
Two Atlanta pilots claim sighting a wingless craft with an upper and lower deck, fully lit inside, bursting flame as it vanished into broken clouds. Montgomery Maxwell Dannelly fields and the civil aeronautics administration offered no information, nor did Washington Air Force officials. The pilots, veterans of the war, are Jes from Knoxville and Whitted from Durham.
Andre Marie II France's chosen premier says his government will exclude communists and DeGaullists and restore Republican authority. He commits to the Six-Power London pact, firmness without provocation abroad, and ends day to day improvisation at home. He urges economy, tax relief for industry, and higher foreign exchange reserves.
Mrs James Chagaris leaves Gastonia with her husband to travel to Athens Greece where she promised to return to her ailing mother. The trip, a gift from her five sons, follows a 30 year vow made at departure time. Her sons arranged the homecoming and greeting at the airport.
David L. Petty, about 28, was rushed from 324 West Burton Street to Memorial Hospital by ambulance after overdosing on sleeping pills. Attendants say his condition is not serious and he is expected to recover quickly.
Four missionaries reported missing in Shansi Province were found safe today. The group includes Gladys Moon Williams of Oberlin Ohio Mary Reed Dewar of East Orange New Jersey Louise Meebeld of Chicago Illinois and Emma Noreen of Wadena Minnesota.
Three men were burned critically when a refrigerator unit exploded at a Concord creamery today. Injured are A. Y. Goodman of Concord route 3, David Ritchie of Concord, and R. Williams from near Concord.
A baseball team bus collided with a truck in Wisconsin, killing five people. The driver James E. Grealish of St. Paul and players including Gerald Peterson of Proctor and Gilbert Krirdla of Duluth died. Dozens injured were transported to Ancker and Bethesda hospitals in St. Paul.
The article notes a plan by States Rights Democrats to reconvene state conventions in South Carolina and Mississippi in early August to pledge support to Thurmond. It also reports Thurmond and Wright agreeing to accept the Birmingham nomination at a statewide rally in Houston on August 11.
Berlin dispatch reports a two engine American transport plane carrying flour and supplies crashed in the U S sector early today. The craft cut a path through trees before crashing into a bomb block of apartment houses. Firemen and U S MPs recovered one body two hours later. others were injured.
Whitelaw Reid editor of the New York Herald Tribune and Miss Joan Brandon aged 18 were married today at the Reid home Ophir Cottage in New York. The couple announced plans for a quiet ceremony in the residence.
The article profiles Daniels, a Columbus native who first faced reform school in 1941 for auto theft, later escaping a reform camp and being paroled in 1945. It discusses his violent crimes in Pike County and contextualizes rising crime in Ohio, with Dr. E. J. Humphreys linking syphilis and damaged minds to ruthless behavior and the Niebel killing, noting Daniels and West as extreme cases.
Western Berlin cheers a promise from General Clay to double airlift, with a 4500 ton daily cargo goal. British officials accuse Soviet blockade of imposing a Communist economic dictatorship on Berlin. Paul Hoffman warns Marshall Plan aid lacks coordination. Yugoslav Congress seeks special status for Macedonians in Bulgaria, deepening Yugoslavia Albania rift. Palestine and Trans-Jordan foresee rapid demilitarization measures.
Harold West former editor of the Baltimore Sunday Sun and longtime chairman of the Maryland Public Service Commission for 12 years died today at his home near Baltimore He was 81 and had notable influence in state media and regulation
The progressive party platform proposes repeal of the peacetime draft and end to universal military training, calls for noninterference in other nations, rights for people to choose their government, and broad social reforms. It outlines civil rights, housing, health care, education, taxation, and economic measures plus Israel UN admission and arms policy.
National GOP leaders including Gov. Thomas Dewey and Senator Taft will meet to map plans after a Murray Bay conference. They will adopt a wait and see policy as Truman supporters bank on anti inflation moves and rival Wey. GOP seeks to elect and retain control this fall, keeping counter moves for near November.
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