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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1948
Page
2
Detroit July 26 The Chevrolet company will hold a major unveiling after January 1, 1949, analysts say. Chevrolet trails Ford in orders and production and expects a quieter launch to avoid rushing its replacement. Industry watchers expect a larger, possibly ultra streamlined design and potential automatic transmission options.
Two horses died after a head-on collision on a road near Ann Arbor. Riders Clifton Wells, 20, and Marvin Lee Baker, 16, sustained only minor bruises after renting the horses for a joint ride. officers could not explain how the animals came to move in opposite directions.
The North Carolina Textile Foundation, Inc. announced its fund hit $1,000,000 aided by a $6,000 gift from W. J. Carter of Greensboro. Carter specified that $5,000 fund a lounge in the college textile building, making it the first state college fundraising group to reach the milestone.
New York statisticians forecast 9,000,000 U S college graduates by 1975 making up about one in thirteen adults. They expect over half of adults to have at least a high school education and nine in ten to finish elementary school.
Norfolk Southern solicits bids for a project to build reinforced concrete tobacco warehouses at Carolina junction yards in Norfolk Virginia. Plans call for three groups of buildings totaling 130 by 160 feet each with two seven-building blocks and a three-building block, plus yard track expansion and office space in the center between the largest groups. Bids due July 31 at noon EDT.
B C Lineberger chairman of the NC Virginia unit of the National Cotton Council announces a campaign to enlist cotton men in promotion and research. The program aims to expand foreign markets for U S cotton and meet domestic competition from paper and rayon. Farmers are asked to contribute ten cents a bale when ginning, others to give proportionate amounts.
Three B 29 superfortresses on a round the world flight lifted off from the Azores and headed toward Tripoli as announced by the strategic air command.
CHAPEL HILL July 26 Dr. James Welch Patton a University of North Carolina graduate and former instructor has become Director of the Southern Historical Collection at the University. He succeeds Dr. J G deRoulha Hamilton who retired July 1 after 42 years on the University faculty and as head of the history department and director of the collection. Dr. Hamilton will continue to edit and write. Patton, native of Rutherford County Tennessee, earned an AB from Vanderbilt and MA and PhD from UNC. He taught at Woman's College UNC The Citadel Wittenberg College and Converse College before moving to NC State.
Four college scholarships of 250 dollars each were awarded to children of deceased veterans by the North Carolina American Legion. Recipients: Alice Page Belmont Mars Hill. Shade L. Wooten Baltimore pre med at Duke. Evelyn Phillips Jacksonville religious education at Meredith. Georgia Smith Goldsboro school unspecified. Elsie Gay Wilson named first alternate. The Santa Fe trail predates Columbus discovery.
Ex beauty operator Jacqueline Cochran rose to aviation fame by securing a pilot license in weeks, excelling in blind flying, Bendix and National Air Races, and WWII service with the British ATA. Gloria Swanson began as a bathing beauty in Mack Sennett comedies. The era of early sound preceded her rise.
A Bible quotation from I John 4 18 proclaims there is no fear in love, while perfect love casteth out fear. The passage emphasizes divine assurance and courage for believers.
On July 6 1945 the Conservative government fell and Clement Attlee became prime minister replacing Winston Churchill and attending the Potsdam conference. New York state ratified the United States Constitution on July 6 1788.
In Charlotte, four boys report a wingless cigar shaped craft seen at 11:30 p.m. in Independence Park. The object is described as 50 feet long, light blue bottom, red tail streaks, flying several hundred mph southeast. The tale echoes earlier airline pilot reports near Montgomery, Alabama.
A university dance group with students and townspeople will present a recital in Playmaker Theatre in Chapel Hill on Sunday August 1 at 8 30 p.m. The program features Frances Johnson of Chapel Hill and Bill Hooks of Whiteville plus Betsy Brunk Edsel Hughes Edna Dooley Harriet Sanders Colbert Leonard and Bob MacDonald with a piano interlude.
Gloria, born in Chicago and trained at the Art Institute, began her film work at age 16 in a mob scene. She remains noted for her acting, slender figure, and ability to wear gorgeous clothes, though many peers faded from the scene temporarily.
A birthday on this date signals a strong start for new creative projects and career moves. Your initiative and support from influential contacts can help business expand over the coming year and prompt action on favorable requests.
Public birthday shoutouts honor George Bernard Shaw the Irish playwright Aldous Huxley the English writer and Serge Koussevitsky the Russian conductor celebrated in a tribute note.
A list mentions Queen Wilhelmina yielding the throne to Princess Juliana next month, with Gustav V of Sweden Haakon of Norway Frederik IX of Denmark and George VI of England. Also named are Gertrude Atherton Alfred Lord Tennyson and a reference to Yellowstone and Grand Teton.
Roy Laney a 23 year Monroe post office veteran is charged with theft from the mails. U S Postal Inspector C J Shannon said Laney superintendent of mails was arrested July 16 and bound over to federal court at Shelby after a hearing at Gastonia. He was released on bond following an 18 month to two year losses probe in which 14 dollars in currency was recorded and divided, later reduced by Laney to 13 dollars returned to investigators.
AP analyst Dewitt Mackenzie argues the Cold War hinges on economic strength and food access, with the Marshall Plan shaping policy. Democracies must hold the line through central Europe while recovery under the European Recovery Program strengthens Western powers. Germany, France, Italy, and others show growing resistance to Soviet control as recovery progresses.
Gatlinburg officials say a plan to elevate Clingmans Dome above Mt. Mitchell by a 42 foot false face is under discussion with state leaders on August 6. A 500 foot WWII memorial would sit atop the summit to boost Tennessee claims to the east’s tallest peak.
The Virgin Islands, comprising roughly 50 tropical islands and islets, were historically associated with Columbus who is linked to their discovery in 1493.
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