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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1951
Page
2
A Paris conference focuses on concluding a peace treaty with Germany and the withdrawal of occupying powers. Western Allies face questions on German unity and treaty terms while Russia shows reticence about a united Germany as envisioned by the West.
Police mobilized seven patrolmen a lieutenant a paddy wagon and a prow car with handcuffs to move Joseph Holmes recaptured after tunneling out of a Maryland prison. He had planned to flee the country visiting New Haven Philadelphia and other cities during two weeks on the loose. The year old convict was caught after a $5 holdup near the Washington Monument in downtown Baltimore.
U S Third Division report from Korea details twelve of the thirteen LeBlanc siblings serving in the armed forces. Cpl Noel LeBlanc, with a Seventh Regiment tank company, describes a family with multiple siblings in the Army Navy and Women’s Army Corps and notes their father’s Canadian army service.
Nashville dispatch reports Congressman Harold D. Cooley paid a $25 speeding fine and withdrew charges against arresting officers. The Nash ville representative and head of the house agriculture committee in Washington was arrested February 10 for speeding through Spring Hope near his hometown, by Police Chief Clyde Moody.
A gaily decorated tree and holiday cards mark a family celebration in Kansas City for Bob Gillaspie a U S Navy seaman home on leave. He had missed a Christmas in December while aboard the cruiser Rochester in Japanese waters.
Jerry Dunivan 57 owner of a Houston night club was found dead in a garage behind his business from a shotgun wound. He had called an undertaker to arrange his own funeral earlier that day and reportedly was in ill health. James Win 27 found him with a 16 gauge shotgun nearby. Justice Neal Shurtleff ruled the death a self-inflicted act.
Final rehearsals are on tap for the 1951 Jaycee Jollies in the Junior High School auditorium. Four performances start tomorrow night at 8 p.m. Ticket sales will be light at the door. opening night features 30 cent adult admission, with Thursday Friday and Saturday at 1 and 1.50 for reserved seats. Accompaniment is by Greensboro Jaycee band.
In Thomasville on March 6 a 24 hour prayer vigil begins Tuesday night and ends Wednesday night. The church plans continuous prayer in the main auditorium with attendees taking turns in the venue.
Deputy sheriffs nabbed two Winston-Salem youths in Abbott's Creek township near highway 109 for shuttling bonded whiskey to Thomasville. Donald Wilhelm, 21, charged with sale and transportation of whiskey. Lester Harrell, 19, charged with aiding and abetting. Officers arrested Harrell. Wilhelm’s accomplice fled as shots were fired.
Six divorces were granted this morning as a four day Municipal Jury court term opened. Actions list four spouse pairs and one adultery case, with several defendants waiving jury trials and multiple violations noted. Ralph D. Smith fined for drunkenness. Dan M. Oakley jailed sixty days for drunkenness and prohibition violations.
Omaha police seek three fugitives Dewey Battershaw Victor Sweet and Clifford Battershaw after a jail break on March 6. A black coupe was stolen and the trio last seen in southeastern Nebraska with hostages including a deputy sheriff and an attorney as they fled a sixth floor downtown Omaha jail. Authorities pursued through four states while describing the men as desperate and trigger happy.
License Examiner R. F. Carter reminded motorists renewing licenses to check the expiration date in the lower right corner. Renewals may be sought 30 days before expiration, which falls on the holder's birth date. The reissuance schedule, begun July 1, 1947, places birthdays near July expirations, with 1955 dates adjusting four year cycles. Blood type will be printed on licenses upon proof, voluntary for applicants.
The Arts and Crafts Workshop hosts Thursday night clay modeling classes with live models for rough clay sketches. Mary Martin and Theo Redman supervise, with focus later on animal figures and portraits in the round. Finished pieces are kiln baked and glazed for home or office use.
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