12 Jun 1952
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1952
Page
1
In Greensboro 262 delegates are slated to attend Tar Heel Girls State at Women's College starting tomorrow. In Raleigh the embezzlement case continues with a former state laundry office manager pleading innocent. Witnesses testified about ordered records during rain rush hours in the laundry.
Gross Jr Asheville first vice peana E Wilson Chest erfield S C second vice Able Fahad Garland senior director and Banks Gladden Chester S C junior director.
The States chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold next year’s convention in Durham after a four day meeting. More than 1,000 OES members selected Durham as the site and elected Mrs. Helen Bell Rimmer of Sanford as matron and Hugh W. Prince of Porton Kincaid of King's Mountain as ...
The Professional Engineers of North Carolina hold a one day convention in Blowing Rock. Sam F. Freeman of High Point serves as president.
More than 140 workers return to North Carolina Finishing Co after a strike by Local 440 AFL United Textile Workers. Officials expect total on strike to rise to about 300 by Monday as a temporary settlement and pay terms are discussed. In Durham, editorial staff of the Durham Morald and Durham Sun vote 10 to 10 on CIO Guild leadership, preventing representation. employees may seek a new election after one year with the National Labor Relations Board.
The North Carolina Life Underwriters Association gathers for its annual two day convention in Ek cats ane wae with 1600 members, the largest enrollment in history. State President E L Leonard of Winston Salem notes 30 local associations are the second largest in number in the state. The North Carolina department of the United Spanish American War Veterans will open its annual state convention in Morganton on Sunday.
The June 1 peach crop forecast for North Carolina is 1,798,000 bushels, down 69,000 from 1949-50 average. Wheat outlook improves with 9,408,000 bushels projected, a record likely following last year’s 8,763,000. Eisenhower committee leaders in Lexington predict a close NC GOP race against any Democrat nominee.
In Washington the Senate leadership signals fresh effort to pass emergency seizure legislation to end the 650000 steelworker strike as Truman weighs Taft Hartley remedies. White House officials expect the House to act first on seizure proposals while a limited strike truce negotiates military steel for Korea.
President Truman endorses a plan by Senator Richard Russell to invite five neutral nations to inspect Korean prisoner camps on Koje Island. The move aims to counter Communist propaganda with firsthand observations of treated prisoners, drawing mixed reactions from Democrats and Republicans.
Supporters of Sen. Robert Taft argue a 1944 convention rule on seating is crucial as delegates for Louisiana Mississippi and Texas could be split or seated. The AP tally shows Taft with 464 vs Eisenhower 391 and five others, needing 604 to secure the nomination with 13 delegates still undecided.
Washington leaders pushed to keep unchanged a 2.8 billion dollar military building program for next year covering 273 projects at home and abroad. Chairman Vinson said the plan cuts risk and relies on existing bases with only a few new projects, amid a broader defense budget cut context.
Allied truce negotiators told the Communists they would make no more concessions on the prisoner exchange. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison said the April 28 package was an integrated whole and could not be accepted in part while urging a final recognition of the proposal. Nam Il accused the Allies of tearing the Geneva Convention and widening the breach, calling for the U.N. to make the next move.
The market edged higher with modest gains in steels, radio televisions, chemicals, utilities, and merchandising issues. Fractional losses appeared, while leaders included Northern Pacific, New York Central, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Dow Chemical, Zenith Radio, and Gulf Oil amid steel sector talks with government officials.
Mrs. Tami Tanabe paid 1.50 for a box of kitchen ware at an auction in Berkeley. Inside a teapot lid she found wadded paper containing 500 in cash. She may keep the money if no one claims it within a year.
CHICAGO Kenneth H Jacobs a rocket expert says piggy back rockets riding one another could make space travel feasible in the foreseeable future A craft about 125 feet long and 12 feet in diameter would use multiple stages to reach space with the final payload about 10 pounds of radar gear Initial flights would use automatic pilots before human occupants fly.
Raleigh report on the row between Gov. Scott and D. Coltrane his longtime aide and budget director who was named by Scott and who now faces dismissal. Coltrane says he has not resigned while speculation grows over whether he will keep the job with reduced duties or be removed.
Berlin news reports the Soviet Zone extending shoot to kill security measures to the East border with West Germany. Walter Ulbricht signed the order to deter diversions and spies, with at least two year terms and the death penalty for major violators. Western officials discuss aid as East German schools prepare youths for a 375,000-man army amid rhetoric against the West.
More than 400 communist war prisoners risked their lives to break from marching ranks at KOJE Island as they ran toward American guards during a mass transfer plan. Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner supervised the chaotic episode and warned of execution for future attempts.
Senator Estes Kefauver of Tennessee arrived at Asheville Hendersonville airport at 10 46 am on a one day tour through North Carolina. He traveled with his wife and campaign staff in a Lockheed Lodestar, greeted by local backers, and proceeded by motorcade to downtown Asheville for meetings and a reception before continuing to Charlotte Raleigh and Greensboro for rallies.
Salisbury reports two men drowned in the Yadkin River on Monday. Rescue crews searched the river and Rock Lake area as part of efforts led by Captain Mitford Byerly to recover the missing men.
Intense fighting rages around Chorwon as U S and Allied troops push to seize two high points from Chinese forces. Bombers and fighter-bombers strike Chinese positions while tanks and artillery pound the area. Casualties mount on both sides over six days of combat with no decisive breakthrough reported.
The State Highway Commission will open the Deep Gap Park Wednesday with picnic tables water toilets and stone fireplaces. The Alligator River Park on S 64 at Sandy Point in Tyrre County is expected to open soon officials said.
The forecast calls for a low tonight of 66 and a high tomorrow of 90. Today’s price is listed as 4 dollars with a low night temperature of 58.
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