02 Jun 1947
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1947
Page
1
Storms killed at least 43 people and injured hundreds across rural Arkansas and Oklahoma. Pine Bluff suffered heavy damage near 40,000 residents, while Leedey saw three quarters of the town leveled. National Guard mobilized to curb looting after widespread wreckage.
In Williamson a Black man allegedly attempted to abduct Louise Coery 15 daughter of a tobacco warehouse owner while walking with a friend. Eight Black suspects were detained as investigations continue in conflict reports between Williamston police and county Sheriff Roebuck. In Rich Square three Black men were jailed after a bride reported an attempted attack. earlier arrests followed May 23 in nearby Jackson relating to a similar reported incident.
Considerable cloudiness with scattered showers and a clearing trend across the west today and Tuesday. Coast areas face breezier, slower clearing as the day progresses with a few showers inland through the afternoon. Temperatures range from the mid 60s to mid 80s across major cities including Charlotte and Raleigh as humid conditions persist.
North Carolina State Labor Commissioner H. Shuford will serve as a technical adviser to the American delegation at the 80th International Labour Organization conference in Geneva from June 19 to July 11. Delegations from 52 nations attend. Shuford previously held a similar post in 1944.
225 CIO Tex tile Workers Union members walk out at Pee Dee mill No 2 after contract talks fail. L L Shepherd says union seeks standard contract not wage increases. Owner M M Clairmont balks at workload seniority and dues checkoff. Mill operates 200 looms and 9 500 spindles.
An AT-6 trainer from the Pittsburgh area crash landed at the edge of Connelsville airport after striking a moving trailer truck cab and a automobile. Driver David Morris 38 of Tryon North Carolina died. Pilot Sgt William Smiley of Uniontown Pennsylvania survived with cuts.
An early 1920 Leipzig study used a radium solution to hatch eggs, showing embryos developed in under two weeks and resulted in perfectly normal chicks under these conditions.
A reliable informant says Tela Varga speaker of the house and No 2 in the Nagy government fled Hungary to avoid Communist arrest and is believed to cross toward the American zone of Austria. Nagy’s supporters warn of a treason case and potential in absentia trial if he talks with western diplomats.
Dr Martin Dewey Whitaker president of Lehigh University will receive an honorary degree at Wake Forest commencement exercises. Whitaker earned a Wake Forest BA in 1927.
The Senate faces a take-it-or-leave-it rent control extension bill, extending federal curbs eight months beyond June 30 with a faster decontrol option. The House already passed a six month version and Truman seeks a full year. a veto or compromise may await.
Washington June 2 Congress may have to cut short its summer recess if the coal strike develops and the labor disputes bill becomes law. Sen Ellender says a Lewis walkout after June 30 could prompt government intervention if the bill passes, while Sen Hill expects a presidential veto despite the crisis.
Six week old Stacy Davis Jr. died of a fatal skull fracture after the Davis car collided with a truck driven by J F Banks seven miles north of New Bern on Highway 17 around 11 39 Sunday night. Mr and Mrs Davis and Banks were hospitalized but reported not seriously hurt by physicians.
Pope Pius XII urged global rulers to seize the chance for unity and lasting peace after victory as he delivered a radio address from the Vatican on Saint Eugene's Day. He warned that failure to restore normal relations could threaten humanity and noted history would judge 1947 by the coming months.
Henry Garsson testified in a war fraud trial that his munitions firms held $10 million in war contracts before meeting former Congressman Andrew J May. Garsson, May, and Murray Garsson are charged with bribe conspiracy as May allegedly used influence to aid the Garsson munitions group which controlled $78 million in contracts. Garsson said he met May in 1942 over a fuse production issue and discussed a Kentucky lumber tract to form Cumberland Lumber Company due to a lumber shortage.
In Winston-Salem the House Committee on Un-American Activities opened a temporary headquarters at the Robert E. Lee hotel led by investigator Donald Appell to probe alleged communist influence in local labor groups. No details will be released locally as information will come from Washington. Meanwhile the state labor department began an inquiry into Reynolds Tobacco Company using teenage students as strikebreakers on hazardous jobs.
Memorial day weekend brought 215 traffic fatalities, far higher than last year but below safety council projections. New York led with 68 total deaths, including 42 in a La Guardia plane crash. Maryland had 60, Arkansas 38. California had 31 highway deaths as drownings reached 58.
Washington reports supporters push an armed services unification bill as a partial response to a presidential commission call for immediate universal military training. Senator Hill of Alabama backs the idea but doubts action this session, warning the hollow state of U S forces without reform threatens deterrence against atomic threats. The commission urges compulsory training up to 950 youths annually to avert existential risk from atomic warfare and totalitarian expansion.
The House approved a Republican backed plan to cut individual income taxes by July 1 lowering rates to 10.5 percent and reducing annual revenue by 4 billion dollars. Senate approval was expected next, while President Truman weighing veto or signature in coming days.
Gus Colon Langley 46 Asheboro painter becomes the first to seek under North Carolina’s compensation law for wrongfully convicted felons. He requests 5000 dollars for 21 months served, arguing unusual circumstances justify full payment despite the yearly cap of 500 dollars. His hearing before Commissioner Hathaway is noted with lawyer W G York of Asheboro representing him.
In Darfur Africa locals rely on watermelon as a refreshing source of hydration amid the dry season. The fruit’s thirst quenching qualities make it highly valued by communities facing water scarcity.
Secretary of State Marshall ordered suspending the unused half of a 400,000,000 credit to Hungary where a pro communist regime was installed with Russian aid. He expressed support for Italy’s new non communist government under Alcide De Gasperi and said aid would continue as needed. A US official cited various possible methods of assistance and a mission from the Export-Import Bank was in Italy reviewing a potential 100,000,000 loan.
At least nine people died violently in North Carolina over the Memorial Day weekend. Raleigh deaths include a light-plane crash at a large airshow injuring two pilots. Lincolnton fatal car crash followed by the father’s auto accident. Charlotte saw poison death of a 33 year old painter and a separate shooting. Other deaths include a Boonville youth in a mill pond drowning and a Sanford young woman drowning near Aberdeen.
In Washington on June 2 the House Civil Functions Appropriations Committee reviewed the Buggs Island flood control and power project on the Roanoke River spanning Virginia and North Carolina. Army engineers requested 4.8 million dollars for construction for the year starting July 1 and 80 thousand dollars to plan the Philpott Dam as part of Roanoke river basin development.
Two men were killed and nine injured when a blast wrecked two buildings at the American Cyanid & Chemical Corp. near Edinburg Pennsylvania. The dead were Merle Craven, 55, and Robert Rownine, 38, both of New Castle.
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