16 Jun 1951
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1951
Page
1
United Press reports 75 Red vehicles moved into Pyongyang forming a potential new defense line on the central front this Saturday. The movement aims to establish a stronger position and may lead to a third spring offensive. A second dispatch provides further details on the redeployment.
Walter E. Fuller named to post yesterday by REA Chairman B. Price replacing George Ross. Gastonia campaign reports $70,141 raised toward a Western North Carolina Conference drive to fund Brevard Greensboro and High Point Colleges with $1 million target.
The 1951 graduates of North Carolina State College faced strong employment demand with every graduate seeking work securing a position. Placement head Miles R. Parks cited high starting salaries and excellent conditions for those who took jobs.
ANTS VOTE on new officers before annual convention. New directors to be named in final business session. Yesterday the group discussed the excess profits tax law. A banquet and a dance followed the golf tournament event.
Leon Burns 38 was hospitalized at St. Agnes in Raleigh in critical condition after doctors removed metal pieces from his stomach. He said he was forced to swallow the items by a mob near his Jefferson Georgia home.
Coroner reports a man killed his estranged wife and then shot himself in a remote Vance County location after she refused to return to him. Polizei investigation ongoing.
Sixty six State Highway Patrol candidates completed a six week training course at the Patrol school in Chapel Hill and will be sworn in as regular patrolmen and assigned to stations.
More than 100000 college students will take the government second draft exemption test to aid draft boards in determining college status and service eligibility. About 121941 are expected at 1036 centers as Educational Testing Service administers for Selective Service. The series includes four exams with May 26 first test and June 30 July 12 follow ups.
United Nations infantry and tanks pressed ahead of front lines seeking contact with retreating Red forces along the Imjin River. Reds offered stubborn resistance as a new defensive or offensive line formed, while UN aircraft strafed toward Pyongyang. Van Fleet reports continued UN pressure as Reds fall back in east and west central sectors.
The U S 24th Division spokesman said retreating Chinese Communists killed seven American soldiers and critically wounded an eighth west of Hwachon last month. The victims belonged to the 19th Regiment of the 24th Division.
Allied forces push north of the 38th parallel in a UN counteroffensive. Reports say Communist reinforcements bound for Pyongyang appeared for the first time since a failed second-round offensive. Air units bombed and strafed enemy trucks while ground troops attacked with support from carrier aircraft.
Washington reporters based in the National Press Building were informed by civil engineers that their 14 story headquarters would remain one of the few in the capital to survive an atomic attack.
Fire at a Catholic home for the aged and orphans in Montreal killed at least 32 people including two nuns. Inmates and staff struggled to escape as flames consumed a six story building. Superiors and Sisters aided evacuations while some occupants remained inside.
Washington reports cattle returning to major markets easing the beef shortage threat. Commodity chief DiSalle urges patriotic cooperation to maintain supply and backs a beef price rollback program with continued controls, while Congress weighs new legislation and potential price actions.
Margaret Truman travels to Luxembourg with Perle Mesta as host, joined by Georgia Neese Clark India Edwards Frank Wright and Ethel Odum. She ends a 43 hour Belgium visit amid mixed Belgian press remarks praising charm and warmth.
In Wiesbaden Germany officials say two missing American jets landed in Czechoslovakia on June 8. Czech Foreign Minister William Siroky informed the U S ambassador that both pilots, one American and one Norwegian, were well and happy.
The Defense Department identified 291 additional American battle casualties in the Korean War. The 329th casualty list breaks down as 48 dead, 195 wounded, 17 injured, 23 missing and eight captured.
The U S destroyer Arnold J Isbell was struck ten times by shells from Communist shore batteries on Korea s east coast. Three sailors were killed and two officers plus one enlisted man wounded seriously. The Thompson transferred its wounded to the Isbell and headed for a Japanese port under its own power. The Navy said the Thompson was not severely damaged. This marked the second U S destroyer damaged off Korea this week and the eighth U S ship harmed by enemy gunfire in the war. Earlier the destroyer Walke suffered 33 casualties from an underwater explosion likely a floating mine.
Asheville man Cannon, once called a gambling kingbee, must stand trial on income tax charges. Judge Johnson J. Hayes set a special federal session for October 15. Prosecutors say Cannon reported 1944-47 income of 142,918 with tax of 63,194 while net income was 362,552 and tax 182,909.
Fort Worth Texas Gen Douglas MacArthur closes a Texas tour with fiery speeches from the Alamo to Galveston denouncing the administration as weak and propagandistic. He calls for renewed faith and asserts the public is aroused amid his push to end invisible government.
An Air Force jet exploded and crashed two miles east of Aiken near Highway 78 early today. State patrolman Barney Hiers reported the plane was still burning in a field when he arrived. Investigating officers could not reach the pilot and were checking with the Air Force for details.
Washington Senators Bridges and Butler denied allegations that a China Lobby influenced their support for Chiang Kai shek. Democratic blasts linked the two to criticism of Far Eastern policies amid the Douglas MacArthur ouster inquiry and changes in defense aid funds. Senate leaders noted calls for investigations and predicted the plan would be approved.
Senator Kerr says MacArthur's Texas speaking tour signals staying in the presidential race. The general ignores questions on returning to Washington for testimony as lawmakers push to finish the MacArthur inquiry quickly with a reduced witness list and timeline.
Pope Pius XII urges swift relief for China and Korea from war and communism. In a 10,000 word encyclical he calls for peace in Korea and denounces communism while detailing 25 years of Catholic missionary work. He names the Korean War in reference to the conflict.
In Winston-Salem a private price war emerged amid a broader Piedmont gasoline price war. Two stations at a single intersection reduced prices to 23.9 cents per gallon to attract customers.
Senate Banking Committee votes nine to four to limit rent increases to 20 percent above base period levels, as debate pivots from Truman era plans to extend controls. Base period dates set 1942 level ceilings across about 300 areas, with some proposals for broader defense-area coverage.
The report states a low of 40 tonight and a high of 4&4 tomorrow. It also records today’s high at 86 and last night’s low at 58.
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