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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1948
Page
2
A marked pickup in activity at the furniture market was noted with about 3,700 buyers expected to attend. The pace remained steady, observers reported little stampede, and exhibitors stayed busy as repairs from yesterday’s power disruption finished. Some buyers who scouted Chicago were purchasing locally.
The president pressed for broader price and wage controls to curb living costs and housing shortages, backing Taft Ellender Wagner housing legislation and expanded controls on consumer credit, inflationary bank credit, commodity speculation, and scarce goods. He urged rent limits, standby rationing, and standby authority, while praising collective bargaining and warning against unchecked inflation amid a wartime to peacetime shift.
Funeral and burial rites were held in Cinton South Carolina for Dr. William P. Jacobs 54 former president of Presbyterian College and leader in the American cotton manufacturers association. He died Sunday in a Washington hospital after a heart attack. He had studied foreign textile issues in Japan and England and was active in education printing banking advertising and manufacturing. He supported amateur tennis and once led the Southern Lawn Tennis Association.
Boy Scouts of the Uvwarrie Council announce five district field days for November and October 1 with over 1 800 expected participants. White scouts compete at Holt Moffitt Field Lexington Swinford Field Salisbury Finch Field Thomasville and Albion Millis Stadium High Point while colored scouts meet in Lexington next week and Rowan and Davie districts join in Salisbury. Ten events include three legged potato and sack races first aid relays and tent pitching with district chairmen acting as judges and public spectators welcome.
Soviet fighters including jets reportedly increase in number in the Russian zone around Berlin while American forces bolster jet strength at bases in western Germany. German reports say large summer maneuvers involve armor such as the 62 ton Stalin II tanks with substantial air support, as warnings of flights through air corridors are issued. Allied authorities had no comment.
Training sessions begin Thursday at 7 30 p m for four consecutive weeks at First Methodist church as scouts organize a new troop sponsored by Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 619. Open to adult scouters and others interested, with instructors Bland Worley Bill Snotherly and Holt Hunter volunteering.
President Truman’s FEPC order triggers Southern resistance as 19 of 22 Dixie state senators attend a pivotal meeting. Russell hints at two of three possible outcomes with adjournment seen as likely. no consensus on ending segregation in the armed services, while Truman plans a committee on equal treatment and opportunity.
The U S Civil Service Commission Fourth Regional Office announces clerk exams for vacancies in Maryland Delaware excluded counties North Carolina Virginia and West Virginia. Positions cover clerical fiscal and administrative fields with salaries from 2974 to 3351 dollars. Applications due by August 5 at the regional office. The note ends with a stray paragraph about the petrope device, a 30 year precursor to motion pictures.
The piece argues Western democracies maneuver to halt Soviet Europe expansion while fearing a unified German bloc. Rumors of a new big four foreign ministers conference surface as talks about a Truman Stalin meeting circulate, with officials saying no official proposal exists. The text notes the Russian politburo may hold the final say in cold war decisions, possibly differing from Stalin.
National polio expert Dr. Kenneth M. Landauer says North Carolina’s polio epidemic is over the hump as hospital care improves. He notes four years of progress with more facilities and better therapy, including a central Hickory hospital during the 1944 surge and 23 hospitals equipped now.
A reflective phrase encouraging occasional home confinement as a respite from social schedules. The remark suggests choosing quiet nights in rather than constant outings. It frames home life as a valued option within daily routines.
Master Sergeant Vincent Petroski, father of three, sought a dwelling by recruiting Earl Easton, 23, who claimed to own a five room house. Petroski pressed, Easton joined the army, and Petroski obtained his house.
Helen Hutto, three, daughter of H E Hutto local Sears Roebuck manager, is shown atop a stool pushing a Kenmore washer button. Father sends the candid shot to News-Graphic, and the child learns she is pictured at the top of column one.
Joe Tinker of the famed double play Tinker to Evers to Chance died in a hospital today from respiratory trouble. The longtime big league star was 63 and became a baseball legend for his Chicago Cubs middle infield combination.
Governor Cherry outlined a revived North Carolina marine fisheries program focusing on oysters shrimp and finned fish research planted oyster beds and pending shrimp gear availability. He cited Fort Macon State Park renovations and potential port terminal development in Morehead City to ease traffic and boost commerce and industry.
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