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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1951
Page
2
FCC moves to end the 1948 TV station test freeze and unlock vast growth. Brown forecasts about 50 stations by end of 1952 with building costs near 350000 per station plus 250000 per station for staffing and programming. He sees a boom toward 1500 stations in 5 to 10 years despite defense limits and material constraints.
Washington July 2 Agriculture Department officials say reports of a shrinking farm population are not worrisome. The Bureau of Agriculture Economics predicts a decline through 1975 due to farming methods and movement to new areas in the South. They note wartime labor shifts and soil conservation advances have cushioned food production.
A Bavarian donor, Paul J. Dahmen of Kempten in the Bavarian Alps, sent money to aid flood victims in Kansas City. He explained he was poor himself yet hoped to brighten a Kansas City child by replacing a lost toy. He urged broader German support for relief efforts.
Military intelligence reports uncover a Communist plot to assassinate Quirino upon his return to the farm 10 miles northeast of Manila. The claim cites a Communist team and a location near Palionines.
A nine year old girl was killed when lightning struck a tree and flashed into a clothesline area in Wilmington Delaware. Her brother, who was nearby, was unharmed.
A Navy Privateer patrol bomber crashed during pre dawn takeoff on Atada Island south of Hiroshima. All nine aboard were killed, including Aviation Ordnance Man Coley Gray Pridgen of 2720 Tuckaseege Road, Charlotte, North Carolina.
A fragmentary briefing outlines U S resolve to avoid concession in Korea. It argues the 38th Parallel cannot yield defensible lines and warns a retreat would threaten Seoul. It notes limited talks center on military moves and possible redrawing battle lines to speed negotiations.
Washington July 28 The Senate preparedness subcommittee led by Chairman Lyndon B Johnson will expand its probe of the military chair corps to 20 advanced training centers. Earlier, tests at 16 basic centers showed the housekeeping force could form three to five combat divisions. Assistant Defense Secretary Anna disclosed the Army aims to harvest two or three new fighting divisions from the chair corps while cutting military and civilian help in the war zone.
Defense Secretary George C Marshall told reporters the United States plans to send about four hundred thousand troops to Europe but insists the figure does not imply more than six combat divisions. He notes three divisions already in Europe and two National Guard divisions slated for fall movement, with air force personnel making up the remainder.
Washington reports Senator McClellan says investigators monitor an alleged influenced RFC loan to American Lithoford in St. Louis. Max Siskind, former partner of DNC Chair William M. Boyle Jr., named in the probe alongside Boyle and E. Merl Young. Siskind allegedly received 13,000 dollars from Lithoford for minimal work.
British policymakers plan to seek American help to calm rising tensions in the Middle East. The Foreign Office reexamines policy as Washington signals readiness for closer military coordination. Abdullah’s assassination compounds fears of region instability and the danger of gun rule steering the area toward Russia.
Sen. Paul H. Douglas won backing from Pat McCarran in opposing two of President Truman's federal nominations to Illinois posts. The Senate committee plans hearings, threatening a clash over White House selections and showcasing tensions with Chicago political factions led by Nash and McCahey against Arvey.
A New York woman climber spent 24 hours stranded near the Matterhorn summit in Switzerland after her Swiss guide plunged to his death. She was marooned in a lunged gorge some 80 feet from the rope binding him to the team.
DETROIT July 3 Seess se ivere winter may make car ba ore we te seek ce aeel be no serious shortage. Martin president and board chairman of Electric Auto pare predicted that ee conditions change drastically, motorist's car will be immobilized for slack of a storage battery. Martin said the battery industry with Auto-Lite as a major producer should maintain civilian production at reasonable levels and still meet defense needs.
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