28 Jul 1949
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1949
Page
1
Infantile paralysis cases in 1949 rise sharply with 6,935 cases and 337 deaths through July 26, far exceeding 1944 figures for the same date. Public health reports show a 38.4 percent rise over 1948, with 1,444 new cases in the week ending July 23 as hot weather fuels growth.
North Carolina prison director J. B. Moore called 64 hours in spread-eagling a prisoner excessive after Ned Carpenter’s conviction for assault on Clarence Lett. An internal probe will review regulations and possible disciplinary changes, including consultation with the highway commission and Attorney General Harry McMullan.
A 33 year old inmate paroled to meet his father for the first time. Louis Martin Clifton, freed from Central prison where he served a 1946 robbery sentence, had been in a Greensboro orphanage and adopted by the Clarktons of Johnston County. He learned his father, Louis Simmons, was alive in Columbus County and will live with him.
The Associated Press reports pork prices trending downward this week after a two week rise at retail. Lamb declined a few cents per pound in many areas, while other meats and poultry held steady. Eggs rose slightly due to hot weather in some markets. Wholesale pork prices fell four to six cents per pound versus last weekend as supplies stay seasonally small but adequate for demand. Fresh produce shows mixed shifts with peaches apples carrots cucumbers potatoes watermelons and eggplant cheaper, cantaloupes honeydews lima beans and peppers higher. Fish remains abundant for the week and August. Dun & Bradstreet wholesale price index rose two cents to 5.73, still 20.2 percent above last year.
The GOP aims to challenge major post July 31 legislation in court if Congress adjourns by late August. Key votes next month include minimum wage health aid to school children foreign military aid and social security extension. Democrats show no plan to extend the session, despite push to adjourn by July 31.
Valdosta Georgia July 28 Prices fell to 5 per hundredweight from last year's average as the second day of the Georgia Florida flue cured tobacco market moved. The U S Department of Agriculture reported leaf quality below opening day with 10 519478 pounds sold at an average 46 70 per hundred. Volume beat opening sales by 1 75 million pounds and opened 1948 averages stood at 53 20 per hundred. Warehouses kept floors clear as the market stayed heavy.
Representatives from mountain, sandhills and beach resorts urged the state to continue its advertising policy, with about 50 participants at the summer meeting of the state board of conservation and development. They stressed cooperation over competition and noted broad support from tour operators and chambers of commerce.
Acheson warns of possible Soviet aggression in Europe while a five percenter inquiry proceeds. Senator Hoey says hearings will start next week with key witness James Hunt possibly absent at first but not delaying the probe. A Massachusetts manufacturer claims Hunt paid him for help securing a government contract and named generals linked to the case. Hunt denies trading on influence as the subcommittee reviews a diary noting officials and lawmakers. The diary's content is not proof of improper deals.
In Kinston, 24 year old Joseph Franklin Albritton shot his separated wife Mollie Christine Hamilton Albritton on a street corner and then drove to Liberty Hill road where he killed himself. Mollie Albritton remained in critical condition at Memorial General Hospital.
The narcotics bureau reports an alarming rise in cocaine smuggling into the United States. It notes large quantities are available in Peru Chile and Bolivia with American seamen smuggling it regularly. In New York’s Beariant district enough cocaine exists to meet illicit demand and portions are moved from Peru to South Carolina Alabama and then to New York.
The CIO Steelworkers under President Philip Murray demand a 30 cent hourly package raise plus a 12 cent fourth round wage boost. They seek 11 to 23 cents for pensions and 6.27 cents for social insurance as part of the postwar wage dispute hearings before the fact finding board.
Nashville July 28 A Methodist official John O. Gross executive secretary of the division of educational institutions of the Methodist Board of Education declares Methodist support for separation of church and state. He states Methodists do not seek federal aid and would relinquish educational duties to the States if necessary. Rep. Barden sponsors a bill offering up to 300 million dollars annually to states for school costs with a ban on private or parochial use.
In Bessemer Alabama a 26 year old father Layman Alvin Edwards admitted selling his two and a half year old daughter for 500 dollars. Police are investigating reports he offered another daughter age months for adoption for 00. Edwards said he agreed to adoption of his little girl because he could not provide what she needed. His wife testified that 140 dollars of the money went to buy a 1936 automobile.
A thin mix of buying and selling kept trading on a narrow path. Prices moved mainly in small fractions with gains for Chrysler International Harvester Glenn Martin Schenley American Telephone Cerro De Pasco America Can Santa Fe Southern Pacific Chesapeake Ohio United Air Lines and declines for Youngstown Sheet Goodrich Montgomery Ward United Aircraft Columbia Gas Commonwealth & Southern Anaconda Copper Dow Chemical Eastman Kodak Illinois Central Gulf Oil and Nickel Plate.
Secretary of State Acheson urged immediate U S arms aid of 1.45 billion to western Europe to deter Soviet aggression. He warned Russia faces a crossroads between political and potential military conquest and said NATO treaties promise mutual defense if Congress approves the program. He argued such backing would deter aggression and secure peace across Europe.
The National Institute of Mental Health announced 489584 in grants for 35 mental and nervous disorder projects and 2554556 for training personnel in psychiatry neurology psychology nursing and social work. Training centers receive funds to expand facilities with stipends for 456 graduate students nationwide. Duke University got 51768, alongside 25968 for UNC.
In Humboldt Tennessee the Tennessee Valley Authority marks its one millionth customer with a ceremony turning Chester Williams 50 year old farm into an all electric home. The Williams residence gains a range refrigerator deep freeze hot water heater and a well pump replacing the old oil lamps and wood stove setup as public power officials look on.
Alice Joyner 16 of Weldon leads 226 Tar Heels girls state delegates to Raleigh for a cap itol learning visit. Mary Bryson of Durham elected lieutenant governor Pat Tankard of Washington secretary of state Sara Dewey Hunt of Goldsboro speaker of the house Sara Moore of Wadesboro chief justice.
In Washington the heat and political wrangling slow Congress as it nears a September 1 adjournment. The piece notes stalled items like national health insurance and civil rights bills, uncertain fate for federal aid to education, and potential action on a minimum wage, social security, and Western Europe arms aid.
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