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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1950
Page
2
The testimony describes Sander performing multiple injections into a patient without any life signs or reaction. He claims to have administered several ccs in stages, noting swelling around the needle and eventual full syringe use, with no change in the patient's expression or activity.
Senators Aiken and Thye backed a Democratic plan to empower the government to pay freight on surplus potatoes so they could be given away. Chairman Elmer Thomas reported the plan as Secretary Brannan questioned authority under current law. The move aims to prevent surpluses from rotting and to boost humane distribution of foods under price support.
A wave of fatalities leaves a grim toll across multiple counties. Names include Robert McLeod in Roxboro and Everett T. Stowe in Davidson. Pedestrian deaths occur in Supply and Linwood, with victims ranging from children to adults.
The testimony recounts a confrontation when Madsen entered and Johnson fired from point blank range as he stood in a foyer light. Mrs. Madsen, in a dark dress, sat expressionless as Shelverton testified, flanked by her Brooklyn father Alfred Noack and a WAC corporal guard. The defense lawyer Elmo Gower sought to interview her out of earshot and challenged a rule requiring a third person in interviews.
Miners celebrate return to full five day workweeks after months of stoppages sparked by contract delays. Lewis sent back to work orders via telegrams and leaders and locals issued the word through radio. Many workers faced debt while some found part time jobs and wives pitched in with family support.
Philadelphia report says Edgar Lee Masters author of Spoon River Anthology died last night at age 81 after leaving a law career to pursue poetry. He had retired from active writing and was a patient in a Melrose Park convalescent home.
Indians continue to supply tribal larders by spearing and netting salmon at Celilo Falls on the Columbia River using methods unchanged from their ancestral practice.
The article outlines internal Democratic rifts over Truman civil rights, with Sparkman and Hill urging unity within the party. It notes Byrnes in Louisiana opposition, Thurmond potential gubernatorial bid, and the likelihood of regular Democrats regaining control in Louisiana but doubts about Mississippi.
In Charleston West Virginia Harry Burdette a 26 year old sentenced for first degree murder was baptized in a creek yesterday cuffed to the preacher and declared he is fully prepared to die. He stomped Edward C O’Brien a 31 year old soft drink salesman to death last July 30. About 500 spectators witnessed the rite performed by Rev Samuel C Graley and Rev Burl Frye of the Free Salvation Baptist church. Burdette who faces electrocution on April 14 says he was converted in jail and has helped convert six other prisoners.
In Paris on March 6 Oscar Straus the Vienna born composer marked his eighty birthday by continuing to work on four new operettas as he said he is working as hard as ever.
Washington March 6 The house takes up Hawaiian state hood today after Alaska statehood vote and a likely Hawaii decision soon. Support mirrors Alaska backers with bipartisan package aims, but Senate prospects remain dim for both measures. Farrington argues Hawaii met self governance tests and urges fulfillment of the promise of statehood.
In Rome Francis Cardinal Spellman warns signs of war are increasing and Catholics must be prepared for death while hoping for peace. He says the threat of war remains strong since his Rome visit last year and mass was said at Saints John and Paul with 600 U S Catholics. Separately in Chicago birds that normally migrate south skip winter due to mild weather and plentiful food.
Sam Citizen writes to Uncle Sam outlining how federal and state taxes slice nearly a third of earnings. He urges Congress to follow the Hoover Commission, curb luxuries, and fund only absolute necessities, naming North Carolina lawmakers and local representatives.
President Truman will depart Sunday at 10 a.m. aboard the presidential yacht Williamsburg for a three week vacation at Key West Florida arriving Thursday morning at the naval station. He plans to return by plane with no set return date announced. Assistant White House press aide Eden Ayers stated the trip should last about three weeks.
Scripture reading John 9 1 11 explores why suffering exists and its role in spiritual growth. The sermon notes that suffering goes beyond bodily pain and shapes souls, art, and faith, acknowledging sin as one cause but not the sole source.
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