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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1950
Page
2
Hutson warned that flue cured tobacco could gain as the ECA program expands and 30 percent of American grown tobacco is used in western Europe. He noted 1949 tobacco exports rose while overall U. S. exports declined five percent and urged actions to boost foreign engagement and investment to offset losses.
A Royal Australian Air Force Lincoln bomber crashed in flames in southeast Queensland near Rosewood Ipswich today killing four aboard. The nose first impact caused a field fire while rescuers responded to the deadly incident.
Westinghouse Electric is constructing an atomic power plant for a U S Navy submarine at the former Bettis airport near Pittsburgh. Work started last April with a projected completion of two to six years, while the submarine will be built elsewhere. A technical staff is assembled and the new engineering building will open in three to four months.
Wake County Commission moves to take full responsibility for hospitalization and tuberculosis treatment of indigent patients within the county. Raleigh taxpayers had funded most of the city’s share, but the board votes to cover all county residents, citing equity and mutual need.
Wake Forest College trustees reiterated support for relocating the college to Winston-Salem. The board pledged confidence in the plan and urged officials to push it forward, noting a recent move to keep the school at Wake Forest would rely on Z Smith Reynolds foundation funds. A new dean nomination committee for the law school was named, with members from Raleigh, Rockingham, Asheville, Burlington, and Dunn.
Gibsonville residents urged the State Utilities Commission to replace the Central Carolina Telephone Co with a new dial system. The commission ordered installation in the Gibsonville urban area by January 1951, a survey of needed lines, and reporting within 60 to 90 days. The rural expansion will be addressed in a supplementary order. The company operates 16 exchanges and estimates the cost at 42,883 dollars.
A vintage health ad touts Doan's Pills as a mild diuretic for backache and kidney discomfort. It claims long use and relief from nagging pains, frequent urination, and low energy, urging readers to obtain Doan's Pills.
Lewis pushes coal miners to secure about 1.40 dollars per day per man with welfare fund gains and a 70 cent daily cash wage boost while steel employers and wage formulas face renewed pressure. Auto workers press pension demands as GM contract nears expiry, signaling a broader wage spiral that could lift prices.
The Greek royalists hold a slim edge in the house and must rally to beat the conservative motion. In Formosa the nationalist government reports thousands of communist deserters join nationalist guerrillas in Kwantung. Chiang Kai-shek appoints Chen Cheng premier, praised by American generals for Burma campaign leadership. In Sofia a translator's confession ties Bulgaria to espionage, with the U.S. breaking diplomatic ties after torture aided coercion. Jefferson Caffrey stresses continued U S Middle East engagement. British troops move to secure the Goering steel works in Brunswick amid protests against dismantling wartime plants.
Daniel Frisch 52, president of the Zionist Organization of America, died at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York shortly before 2 a.m. after undergoing an operation the day before. He was a retired New York City businessman.
Testimony from Sander's wife and nurse witnesses details his war era schedules and home life. She says he rarely rests, spends hours reading at home, and donates substantial sums to Elliot hospital and New York University. Nurse Gertrude Morency recalls Sander pressing for blood for transfusions and admitting to giving his own blood to a patient.
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