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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1950
Page
2
Reuters Beijing notes quote Echols urging reporters to avoid stories that aid the enemy or harm the United States. He says censorship is impractical due to global coverage, while correspondents debate controlled reporting amid war coverage. The paragraph ends with an odd line about the shah and herrings.
The decay of trees is primarily driven by fungal action. Bacteria can also contribute to the deterioration process in some cases.
Ives calls for wage price controls and rationing on standby to head off shortages caused by panic buying though White House and Congress debate scope. President Truman says current conditions do not require controls but would mobilize all at once if needed. Taft and allies push to narrow the administration plan in a Senate Banking Committee meeting.
Officials report 33 of 172 in Washington and 12 of 240 in Detroit failed to report while 50 others had not received orders due to changed addresses. Chicago shows 1057 of 1500 appeared at physicals. Boston 210 of 266. Baltimore 30 percent of 1000 notices unanswered.
Police detectives investigated various missing item cases until a report was filed about stolen flowers. A resident of 1409 Kivett Drive reported two packets of petunias taken from her front porch.
Sudden heavy rains drenched Oklahoma with four deaths and extensive damage. In Enid Boggy Creek flooded downtown, four inches of rain fell, 150 people evacuated, and 75 homes flooded. Edward Vaughn, 17, drowned in a 12 foot water depth. Near Eufaula three people drowned after a car overturned into a water-filled ditch.
U S forces and British aircraft intensified attacks in Korea around Hadong Kochang and Yongdok as North Korean units pressed along the south coast. U S battleships and Marine divisions reinforced lines while air forces targeted supply centers and bridges, with reports of spectacular results and heavy enemy losses. Attlee warned Britain to act decisively to preserve peace and support United Nations action in Korea.
Winston-Salem police chief John M. Gold is reported as the sought candidate for state prisons director by Governor Scott and highway Commission Chairman Henry W. Jordan. Gold, 40, would succeed J. Brice Moore, with H. H. Honeycutt acting director.
Acheson said adequate funds are needed to support mounting strength in Western Europe. Foster noted the Marshall Plan has greatly increased Europe’s ability to resist Communist aggression in its first two years and stressed the continued need for aid. Neither mentioned the enhanced foreign arms aid program Truman plans to present to Congress at the White House conference Monday.
Prime Minister Attlee salutes the United States and more than 50 nations for supporting the Korea action to preserve world peace. He warns aggression must not succeed and condemns communist states for keeping the world divided.
The North Carolina Young Democrats executive committee commends President Truman on Korea policy and selects Asheville as the site for the state YDC convention September 14 to 16. Governor Scott U S Senator Willis Smith and other officials were invited to attend as the rally precedes the convention. Buncombe County plans a YDC president candidate.
Sara Wakefield of UNC, current national indoor champion, seeks the outdoor one meter title at High Point in the AAU championships on April 5 6.
A report notes that boa constrictors can trigger failures by wrapping around power lines in parts of Central and South America, causing outages and damage to electrical infrastructure.
1936 MIT graduate, massachusetts native, served in weather bureau then air force from 1942. Discharged as lieutenant colonel after tours in Alaska and China. Survived by widow Margaret Lyons of Harrisburg Pa and twin two year old children and his parents Mr and Mrs Douglas S Mackiernan Sr of Caeton Mass. Widow resides in Fairfax Cal.
The July 29 casualty list reports Capt. Samuel G. Clark of Columbia South Carolina killed in action. Wounded: Cpl. Fred L. Speight of Snow Hill North Carolina. Missing in action: Cpl. Elwin C. Martin Jr. of Leaksville North Carolina and Pfc. Vance E. Trogdon of Asheboro North Carolina. One previously missing man returned to duty.
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