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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1949
Page
2
Spokesmen for the state advertising bureau bid high praise to retiring head Bill Sharpe while urging the board to reconsider the program. Business leaders warn against diverting funds to education or the C D department, and defend maintaining the current agency handler.
TVA tribute salutes distributors who built rural lines reaching 300 000 electrified farms and 66 000 miles of line. Speech notes 1933 had 15 000 electrified farms and 20 fold rise. 144 distributors serve the valley with six to seven thousand new farms electrified monthly.
Polio activity shows 33 states reporting rising rates while eight decline. Nine states account for nearly two thirds of cases led by Texas California Arkansas Oklahoma New York Missouri Minnesota Michigan and Illinois. Oklahoma reports more than half of its cases recovered and cites staff shortages. New York City declares nurse emergency as 14 deaths since July 1. Maryland and North Dakota note high or record figures with warnings of a tough period ahead.
Secretary Acheson faces senate criticism during ratification debate as he argues for a 12 month arms program delivering 1.1 billion dollars to Western Europe while aiding Greece Turkey Iran Korea and the Philippines. He warns western Europe cannot rearm alone and delaying aid raises future security costs. Also a Chicago bus scene shows Cpl. William Feldkamp kissing his girlfriend before two weeks training with 10 000 National Guardsmen at Camp McCoy.
Charleston native and former Columbia Law School dean Dr Huger Wilkinson Jervey 70 died of a heart attack while vacationing in Fletcher North Carolina. He led the law school as dean from 1924 to 1928 and held the Parker School post at his death. He was unmarried with three sisters and a brother surviving. Funeral 11 a.m. Saturday at St Michael's church.
A 5 Percenter committee investigator was sent to Hunt's home to question him about Grindle's statements. Hunt has been under medical care and Grindle asserted Vaughan was among Hunt's friends. Vaughan says he knows about 30 Washington contact operations associates, prompting calls for his congressional testimony led by Sen Mundt.
Speaker Sam Rayburn stated the adjournment provision of the 1946 law is not binding amid a national emergency. Republican Leader Martin of Massachusetts called the deadline a flimsy excuse for avoiding a formal adjournment resolution.
The CIO Steel Workers press for a fourth round wage increase plus pension and social insurance concessions. A three member fact finding board, created by President Truman, will hear 16 days of evidence from the union and eight days from the 64 companies led by Bethlehem, U S Steel and Republic. The reopening contract clause is cited to limit pensions.
Vice President Barkley told reporters he was not shopping for a wedding ring after addressing the National Association of Credit Jewelers in Chicago. The 71-year-old widower dismissed questions about a woman in St. Louis and noted a social visit to Mrs. Carleton S. Hadley there last week.
Francis Cardinal Spellman accuses Mrs. Roosevelt of anti Catholic bias over federal aid to church and private schools. Mrs Roosevelt replies she favors separation of church and state and denies prejudice. Dr Gross urges legislation for public schools to keep them virile and free from church influence.
Sarajevo reports that 35 years ago World War I began indirectly from a double slaying in the town. On June 28, 1914 Gavrilo Princip killed Archduke Francis Ferdinand and his wife, sparking a regional crisis.
The record notes that about ten solar eclipses appear within an eighteen year span. The statement reflects a pattern in celestial events across decades and highlights periodicity rather than precise dates or a specific cycle.
The BC formula combines several popular pain relievers for fast acting relief. Safe for simple headaches neuralgic pains and minor aches when used as directed. Available in tablet and powder forms with two tablets equaling one powder. 10¢ and 25c.
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