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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1947
Page
1
Charlotte results show Mecklenburg County voters favor state liquor stores by an unofficial 3547 votes. Total 16377 for 12830 against with strong urban support and rural anti sentiment. First western NC county to approve ABC stores under a legislature authorized referendum.
Detroit police report 31 year old unemployed factory worker George Copman confessed to attempting to extort 8000 dollars from Marie Schweitzer a 48 year old hospital dietician and mother of a missing man Dick Schweitzer. The suspect and plan involved masquerading as street cleaners and truck drivers.
Washington weather bulletin notes temperatures and rainfall for hours ending, focusing on principal growing regions and other areas. Reports describe conditions affecting crops and daily forecasts across regions.
A Capital Air Lines plane wreck near Leesburg Virginia claimed the lives of three North Carolina residents Miss Robena McLean executive secretary for Wake Forest Red Cross unit William M Watson 34 of Gastonia and Cecil L Eaton 35 of High Point.
Detroit June 14. The Detroit Automobile Dealers association urged a six month dealer customer contract to curb boot legging of new cars. Purchasers would keep cars during the contract or return them to the dealer at a 10 percent loss. State AG office planned action against dealers overpricing and licensing abuses.
The House Committee on Un American Activities labeled the Southern Conference for Human Welfare a deviously camouflaged Communist front. The report links figures such as Henry A Wallace Melvyn Douglas Mrs Marshall Field Harold L Ickes Joseph E Davies Dorothy Parker and Paul Robeson to the group. Conference officials reject the report saying it was issued without hearing. Foreman denounces it as a rehash and says hearings against un Americanism including the Ku Klux Klan may follow with observers to Wallace's speech Monday.
Floodwaters on the Yadkin River receded as rain stopped. An 8.51 inch overnight cloudburst sent the river to the 20 foot stage, eight feet over normal, flooding lowlands for about 40 miles and closing some highways. No evacuations reported.
President Truman attacked the communist governments of Hungary Romania and Bulgaria as oppressors while praising Italy for rebuilding democracy. He signed peace treaties with Italy and the three Balkans and urged UN work to secure treaty changes. He criticized the Balkan regimes for ignoring the will of the people and not forming representative governments.
The North Carolina Medical Care Commission adopted a tentative plan for allocating 6.25 million dollars in state funds to 100 counties for hospital construction. State shares range from 4 to 10 percent by county wealth, with federal support expected to cover one third of costs. progress hinges on federal funds. Counties lacking facilities receive top priority.
Senator Ferguson urged swift public release of the Molotov Ribbentrop papers. He noted the Nazi foreign office exchanges held by the United States and France participation was agreed, but early publication remains undecided.
Ellis Crawford a Negro truck driver for Central Ice Company suffered two badly broken legs and a severely maimed foot after his truck hit a City Cab driven by George W Grissett at the Mallory and Park streets intersection. Grissett 51 was cited for reckless driving and Crawford was rushed to Winston Salem hospital.
House Democratic leader Rayburn argued that U S aid to Greece amounts to the first step in rebuilding a self supporting European economy. He warned that without a stable Europe there can be no peace and urged taxpayers to fund a broader European revival plan.
Thousands of Legionnaires gathered in Carolina Beach for the North Carolina American Legion convention as the Forty and Eight staged its wreck event under Grand Conductor C H Ingram with crews from Greensboro and Wilmington. A banquet followed. tomorrow includes a Miss North Carolina Legion beauty contest with 500 prize and a coronation ball. Senator Umstead to speak at memorial services Sunday. A mock invasion is planned for Monday afternoon.
Chapel Hill reports a new all time enrollment for the UNC summer session with about 4500 students registered for the first term, surpassing last year’s 3750. The term runs through July 22, followed by a second term from July 23 to August 29.
Cincinnati bio physicist James Marion Snodgrass described a secret wartime weapon as awesome in effect to rivals of the atomic bomb. He noted the project involved British and New Zealand scientists, started after the war, and was not a biological or atomic weapon. He hinted a link to Tarawa casualties without confirming details.
Secretary of Agriculture Clinton P. Anderson told the American plant food council that the world cannot yet end its food emergency and urged plant food manufacturers and distributors to persist in fighting shortage and hunger. He criticized the House action on the agriculture appropriations bill as endangering farm programs and urged continued national cooperation for abundance.
Eddyville Iowa reports continued rising levels of the Des Moines River flooding streets and debris filled lanes. Residents observe water inching up side streets, with the main street abandoned except for a boat tied to a lamp post as crews wait in the sun.
Searchers reach fire blackened wreckage on a Virginia mountainside and confirm all 50 aboard died instantly after the Capital Airlines plane struck the 45 degree slope near Vienna. Red Cross official Gordon Stone reports instant death for victims. Civil Aeronautics Board officials prepare for possible safety actions.
Joseph Curran, president of the CIO National Maritime Union, said he and his delegation were invited out of a conference with shipowners and predicted a walkout at midnight tomorrow. He called the move a lockout and said as of June 15 there is no contract, with five CIO unions involved and marine engineers delaying immediate strike action.
A private yacht exploded in the Montreal canal lock area killing two women and two children during a holiday voyage. Owned by Alexis Nihon the craft burned after the blast as it passed the canal lock in the south central district. The dead were Mrs. Demon tigny Miss Laboie Claudette Nihon 5 and Carroll Nihon 4. Injured were Nihon his wife and Albert Therrien, all burned or shocked.
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