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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1946
Page
2
The correspondent reports Soviet forces in Dairen area with tanks mortars and anti aircraft guns on display. Red soldiers practice in mock battlegrounds while large anti air batteries are positioned in strategic spots. Soviet planes operate from nearby fields as Red interpretations of the August treaty claim exclusive Dairen rights until peace.
Price attacked rigid price ceilings stalling veteran home building and urged a subsidy plan for dealers to ease wartime scarcity. Truman’s message to Rayburn came as the House killed a ceiling proposal for 40 million existing homes, delaying a vote on subsidies. Construction in January rose 30 percent from December but stayed well below 1942 and 1941 levels amid code and material constraints. Manufacturers pressed for a codes modernization drive, claiming potential cost savings beyond three percent.
Creditors of Betts Drug Company in High Point North Carolina are notified that new owners have purchased all interest and will operate the business from February 14 1946. Creditors with pre existing claims must file by March 14 1946 to share in the purchase price held in trust. payments to sellers are due March 15 1946. A E Galloway and Byron Haworth attorney.
Negotiations across soft and hard coal mines and automakers stall with wage demands. Lewis urges a wage conference while unions push for reductions and supervisor inclusion. Hudson Motors and rubber giants reach tentative raises as national idle workers hover near 800,000. Pete the hippo, born 1903, tops zoo records.
Radio listings show a dense schedule of programs across time slots from 12:30 to 11:30 p.m. Eastern standard time, with many network corrections noted. Notable entries include The Robert Merrill Concert, The Church of the Air Sermons, Orson Welles Weekly Comment, Sammy Kaye's Serenade, The U of Chicago Roundtable, and Ed Murrow's Commentary along with various dramas, comedies, and musical programs featuring figures like Dorothy Claire, Leann M. Thompson, and Jones and I. The block also lists news updates, public affairs shows, and special segments such as Jazz vs. Classics Matinee, The Shadows Mystery, and Meet Me at Parky Now.
Greenwich plc states it will assist the UNO in selecting a mutually agreeable site with minimal disruption. The article notes a prolonged debate over UNO’s preferred region in Westchester County New York or Fairfield County Connecticut and outlines broader questions on war damage claims and American investments in Germany.
Police report Thomas Kennon an 18 year old resident of 605 Leonard Street created a disturbance at the local Negro theatre and set fire to a jail mattress after his arrest for disorderly conduct, charged with malicious damage to city property.
Bodies fully clothed were found in a concrete pit with about 18 inches of water. They were bound and slain, with signs of a struggle and boot prints in mud. A missing slip gag and a $75 billfold in Koontz's pocket discounted robbery as motive. Police traced a blood trail from a toolshed to the pit. Two hatchets were found but not believed used.
Connally said relief work by UNRRA will need another year, and Berlin should stay under allied control with France more active. He warned many are not eating enough and expected to publicize expanded views in a coming Senate speech. He denied joining any United Nations organization.
A conference communique outlines plans for Turkey and Arab countries to cooperate soon on commercial financial and cultural matters. Delegates will study use of the Euphrates and Tigris rivers and mutual protection against dangerous individuals, with Kurdish border issues noted as context.
The Dependable Refrigeration Service opens at 808 East Green Street offering day and night repair for refrigerators in the High Point area. Three experienced factory trained experts operate the new company: F. G. Green Otto H. Vinson and W. E. Pete King.
At the American Philosophical Association eastern division meeting in New York, Duke University's Katharine Gilbert chairing the department of aesthetics, art and music, was elected president for the coming year. She is one of only three women to hold the post, with prior presidents from Wellesley and Bryn Mawr.
New York March 2 The American Bankers Association reports banks expect a surge in consumer credit as loans for automobiles refrigerators and other goods rise. National City Bank and Chase National Bank have begun expanding personal credit services with forms shortages and labor limits shaping the pace. A home buyers down payment plan may also expand with 12 to 24 month terms and amortization of remaining debt.
Willie Pep of Hartford and Sal Bartolo of Boston will clash for the undisputed featherweight championship on June 7 at Madison Square Garden. Promoter Mike Jacobs announced the bout after Bartolo was ill causing a postponement of the original 15 round scrap. Jimmy McAllister stood in for Bartolo and was KO'd by Pep in the second round.
Hendersonville attorney Monroe M. Redden 44 longtime former chairman of the State Democratic Executive Committee announces candidacy for the Democratic nomination to Congress in the 12th District May primary. Zebulon Weaver of Asheville is the current representative from the district.
Pipeal has been filed in the case of S P Stacks former Charlotte police officer and hotel detective convicted of second degree murder for the Oct 12 fatal shooting of Troy Hunsucker at a hotel garage. Sentence set at 15 to 20 years with bond of 15000 pending appeal.
In Columbia South Carolina on March 2 a chorus of house prohibitionists led by Rep. Charlie Huggins of Williamsburg pledged to force a roll call on a bone dry prohibition bill stalled on the house calendar for a year. With adjournment looming in two to three weeks the group aims to force wet or dry votes as an election year pressure tactic.
Ted Williams and Dick Wakefield dismissed reports they bet on who would have the better 1946 season. Commissioner Chandler warned that gambling in baseball is not tolerated. Williams and Wakefield described wagers as routine kidding bets not to be taken seriously.
Asheville negotiates with Brooklyn for a working agreement with the Dodgers to supply an entire team, possibly with a Dodger manager. Final papers pending, but Asheville may field Dodger farmhands as most players and the manager. Branch Rickey Sr. and Jr. discussed the plan during meetings in Florida with local officials Burleson, Jones, and Lewellyn.
The Greeks contributed a foundational system of logic that influenced Western thought for centuries. Their emphasis on reasoning, categorization, and critical argument established methods later adopted across philosophy, science, and law, shaping analytical thinking globally.
The government contends A and P use boycott threats against suppliers and a double squeeze of retailers in an expanding monopoly. In a 1000 page brief in Danville federal court the antitrust suit names A and P and affiliates and cites massed purchasing and selling power that unfairly stifles competition. Oral arguments are set for April 24. The brief says many large food units follow A and P to control the industry.
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