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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1947
Page
8
In May the rent control office acted on fourteen landlord petitions seeking increases with 12 granted, raising rents on units to $267 monthly. Evictions reached 11 with two denied, and five grant actions cited tenants’ own use. Nine new registrations brought total rented units under regulation to 7 621.
Transfers show G Marsh and wife to Fred A and wife of a Thomas C noy Lands parcel. P Cagle and wife to John F itch and wife on Van Buren. V Tate to James R Odum and wife on English Street. Hunter Dalton Jr to Irving Stor and wife in Park Place. R Apple and wife to EF J Unood and wife on D cock property. A Apple and wife to EB J An and wife on D I k property. City of High Point to George Hand and R B Gantt on a lot in M J plat.
Newark June 10 A. Wallace said Unitec hes polices abroad push the common man toward Russia for ideas and inspiration. He argued European masses will not join in against Russia which he says is unnecessary. The remark came during a public address at the ue theater.
The North Carolina State Supreme Court voided a 1947 adoption reform after finding the enactment clause was missing. Attorney General Harry McMullan said existing laws remain in effect. The decision affects changes to adoption procedures and the two year waiting period when a relative is an adopter.
Ten industrial plants received the state labor department certificate of safety achievement for cutting accident frequencies by 40 percent or more in six months. Recipients include Drexel Furniture and R J Reynolds Tobacco in Winston Salem, Fieldcrest mills divisions at Spray Ossipee and Burlington, Burlington mills Chadbourne plant, and Ossipee Weaving among others, with several textile locals named.
The CIO urged Congress to start hearings on anti lynching bills immediately to secure legislation this session. James B. Carey sent telegrams to chairmen of the House and Senate judiciary committees urging action, noting the history of lynching and a mandate to approve federal penalties for denial of civil rights. Several bills have been introduced but no action has occurred.
State Treasurer Charles M. Johnson told the Goldsboro Kiwanis club that federal aid for education is sound policy. He noted North Carolina will spend 64 million dollars on public schools this year, 6 million more than the state's 1942 income, and that state revenue will total 115 thousand dollars. He argued children deserve priority over highways amid delicate business conditions.
Governor Cherry released six prisoners on parole. Named cases include Charlie Selby from Tyrrell 1944 for second degree murder with seven to fifteen years. Haywood Taylor from Robeson 1934 for second degree murder. Charles Coble from Guilford December for drunkenness twelve months. John Bell Sanders from Wake July for housebreaking and larceny thirty six months. Ambrose Taylor from Rutherford 1940 for incest twelve years. Edwood Rivenbark from Pender 1943 for breaking entering larceny and escape seven to ten years.
The young daughter of W B Delk scared off two men seen cutting screen wire at the William Mangum residence on Greensboro road yesterday. She yelled for help and the intruders fled. Local sheriffs opened an investigation this morning. Separately, after a Republican policy committee meeting Taft predicted the senate would vote to investigate the appointed officials.
Raleigh report says eastern North Carolina can avert potato spoilage by selectively digging only necessary spuds for two weeks. G Tom Scott, state director, warns a year with 3500 carloads dumped could be avoided. Surplus will be given or sold to institutions and prisons at low cost.
A Japanese court martial heard Stamford Connecticut resident Krank Kotches plead innocent to charges of requesting and receiving Japanese money and goods while serving as a procurement officer. The proceedings center on alleged entanglements with Japanese nationals.
Eastern standard time governs national scheduling with regional shifts for central standard one hour earlier and mountain standard two hours earlier. Some stations adjust relay hours for local schedules, while last minute program changes are not included in this summary.
A dense broadcast grid lists programs across networks with times and show names including News reports, serials, dramas, music programs, comedies, and commentaries. Notable entries include News and Commentary by Lowell Thomas, Milton Berle Variety, Fibber McGee and Molly, and Bob Hope's Comedy with studio and network crossovers.
Daily on air listing for WHPE and related stations detailing a full daytime and evening lineup of news, musical programs, orchestras, variety shows, and sign offs. Entries include Blue Ridge Buddies Sunrise Salute George Barnes Octet Matty Malneck Freddy Martin Orchestra and Bing Crosby programs with frequent Newsreels and the warning that all shows may be interrupted or canceled for important news.
Hollywood reports the death of J Warren Kerrigan at Balboa Beach aged 67 from pneumonia ending a film career long tied to silents. Kerrigan, famed for The Covered Wagon and a matinee idol, had retired from pictures in 1923 and passed yesterday.
Unfurnished rooms listed at 904 Sixth Street and 817 North Main Street with contact numbers. Additional rental notices include private home furnished bedroom and a couple seeking an apartment or small house. Trade offer to exchange a Chapel Hill efficiency for a High Point dwelling noted, plus other ads for hearing aids, hot water heater, fans, and farm equipment from G A Blair Route 1 City.
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